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21. Add MS 53073 W

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Title:
'Bluffe King Hal, or, Herne the Hunter and the miller's daughter of the River Dee', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1868 for performance at the Victoria. Mr J. A. Cave [Joseph Arnold Cave] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. MS in two hands. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant with the spelling of 'Bluff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

59 folios.

22. Add MS 53073 R

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Title:
'Tell tale tit, or, Harlequin dickery dickery dock', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1868 for performance at the Standard. The intended date of performance noted as Saturday 26 December 1868 on folio 1. The comic scenes are included separately in folios 33- 40. The attribution of the play to J. T. Douglass is taken from Nicoll, the name of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

40 folios.

23. Add MS 53073 H

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Title:
'Not such a fool as he looks', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 December 1868 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. Nicoll lists the play as being performed in Manchester on 4 December 1868 and at the Globe on 23 October 1869, but no mention is made of a performance in Liverpool. The play was also publishe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

89 folios.

24. Add MS 53073 D

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Title:
'Robert le Diable, or, The nun, the dun and the son of a gun', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 9 December 1868 for performance at the Gaiety. The original title, 'Robert the Devil', has been crossed through on folio 1. Adapted from the opera by G. Meyerbeer. The attribution to W. S. Gilbert is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:
45 folios.

25. Add MS 53073 V

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Title:
'The gnome king and the good fairy of the silver mine', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 24 December 1868 for performance at the Queen's. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 86).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

36 folios.

26. Add MS 53073 U

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Title:
'Harlequin Humpty Dumpty', by T. L. Greenwood and H. T. Arnold.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1868 for performance at the Lyceum. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to Greenwood and Arnold under the title 'Harlequin Humpty Dumpty and Dame Trott and her cat, or, The old woman from babyland and the little ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

53 folios.

27. Add MS 53073 O

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Title:
'The Flying Dutchman, or, Harlequin the Riddle of the Sphinx and the pretty princess who was made by a charm', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1868 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the sole proprietor of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Thursday 24 December 1868. The attribution to Conquest and Spr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

47 folios.