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11. Add MS 53085 B

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Title:
Barwise's Book, by H. T. Craven.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1870 for performance at the Haymarket. Details of licence and theatre in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, on folio 1. Note, neither signed nor dated, to W. B. Donne introducing the play on folio 2v. Thereafter printed by Williams and Strahan, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

32 folios.

12. Add MS 53085 W

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Title:
L'Aventurière, by G. V. E. Augier.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 19 May 1870 for performance at the Princess's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevarde des Italiens, Paris. (1867).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

60 folios.

13. Add MS 53085 X

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Title:
Put Yourself in his Place, by C. Reade.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 14 May 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, Charing Cross (n.d.). Nicoll cites the play as being performed in Leeds with this title on 11 March 1870 and then at the Adelphi on 28 May 1870 under the title 'Free ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

43 folios.

14. Add MS 53085 A

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Title:
The Princess of Trebizonde, adapted by C. L. Kennedy.
Scope & Content:
Opera buffa in three acts, adapted from the French libretto of C. H. Mutter and E. Treffeu. Music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 1870 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed by Boosey & Co., Holles Street, London (n.d.), although folio 1 is manuscript, in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

33 folios.

15. Add MS 53085 F

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Title:
'The Varsity Boat Race', by C. H. Stephenson.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an absurdity in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 21 April 1870 for performance at the Olympic. An alternative title, 'Boggles at the Varsity Boat Race' has been partially amended to produce the final version. Nicoll attributes the play to Stephenson but in collaboration with F. Ro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

22 folios.

16. Add MS 53085 Q

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Title:
'The gentleman in black', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in two acts. Licence sent 16 May 1870 for performance at the Charing Cross. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the German word 'sakrament' to be omitted on the grounds that the word, as used in the play, still conveys an objectionable profane exclamation just as it would in English....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

31 folios.

17. Add MS 53085 O

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Title:
'Grenouillard et les Rosières', by H. Dubacq.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 7 May 1870 for performance at the King's Cross.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

14 folios.

18. Add MS 53085 E

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Title:
Froufrou, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 21 April 1870 for performance at the Princess's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevarde Des Italiens, Paris. (1870). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for passages to be omitted in line with the cuts requested for the English version of the play ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

84 folios.

19. Add MS 53085 L

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Title:
'Breaking the spell', by H. B. Farnie.
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in one act with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 2 May 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Printed by Henderson, Rait and Fenton, 23 Berners Street, Oxford Street (n.d.), but with manuscript additions. The original printed title, The Chelsea Pensioner has been crossed through and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

39 folios.

20. Add MS 53085 H

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Title:
'Marriage not divorce, or, Love that blooms forever', by J. C. Levey.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 April 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

19 folios.