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21. Add MS 53087 C

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Title:
'The weeds and flowers of Erin', by G. H. Macdermott.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 July 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - 1 August 1870. Nicoll lists the play as having been previously performe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1870
Extent:

29 folios.

22. Add MS 53087 H

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Title:
'Sons of the forge, or, The blacksmith and baron', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 23 August 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. An alternative title 'The blacksmith of Brussels' has been crossed through on folio 1. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1870
Extent:

20 folios.

23. Add MS 53087 O

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Title:
'F. M. Julius Caesar, or, The irregular rum'un', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an eccentric operatic hysteric burlodrama in three acts' on folio 1. Licence sent 3 September 1870 for performance at the Queen's.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870
Extent:

27 folios.

24. Add MS 53087 N

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Title:
'Chiselling', by J. Albery and J. Dilley.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 1 September 1870 for performance at the Vaudeville. Printed (n.d.), with manuscript additions. The original printed title of Alexander the Great has been crossed through and replaced by 'Chiselling'. The names of the authors are not recorded on the script but Nicol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870
Extent:

12 folios

25. Add MS 53087 T

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Title:
'Innisfallen, or, The men of the gap', by E. Falconer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 14 September 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'Here [in Ireland] the path to distinction, wealth and what are called honours has ever been closed to the Patriot' be omitted from Act II Scene 2'. The name of the au...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870
Extent:

149 folios.

26. Add MS 53087 F

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Title:
'Handsome is that handsome does', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'A story of the Lake Country in four acts', on folio 1. Licence sent 22 August 1870 for performance at the Olympic. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. Taylor.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1870
Extent:

145 folios.

27. Add MS 53087 R

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Title:
'The three temptations, wine, women and gambling and the three blessings honour, honesty and virtue', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 September 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant under the title 'The three perils, or, Wine, women and gam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870
Extent:
27 folios.