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8181. Add MS 53034 M

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Title:
'My dress boots', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 3 September 1864 for performance at the Royalty. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 63).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

37 folios.

8182. Add MS 53036 I

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Title:
'On the sly', by J. M. Morton.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 21 October 1864 for performance at the Haymarket. The date of intended performance noted as Monday 24 October 1864 on folio 2. The attribution of the play to J. M. Morton is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:

50 folios.

8183. Add MS 53038 U

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Title:
'Hercules and Omphale', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 21 December 1864 for performance at St James's. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Brough under the title 'Hercules and Omphale, or, The power of love'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

30 folios.

8184. Add MS 53041 E

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Title:
'La Somnambula', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 16 April 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The lessee of the theatre noted as C. J. James (Charles James James) on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Saturday 15 April 1865. MS in two hands. Nicoll lists the play...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

29 folios.

8185. Add MS 53042 B

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Title:
'A fair pretender', by J. P. Simpson.
Scope & Content:
Comic drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 May 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] is noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Saturday 6 May 1865. MS in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

39 folios.

8186. Add MS 53047 V

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Title:
'Master of Ravenswood', by J. P. Simpson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 December 1865 for performance at the Lyceum. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. P. Simpson, noting further that the music was provided by W. H. Montgomery. The drama is based on the novel The Bride of Lam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

125 folios.

8187. Add MS 53047 X

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Title:
'Behind time', by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 26 December 1865 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

33 folios.

8188. Add MS 53049 F

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Title:
'Borrowed plumes', by C. A. Maltby.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 14 March 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. A note from the playwright to W. B. Donne, (n.d.), introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as either the 23rd or 24th [March 1866]. The script contains sketched plans of the stage layouts throu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

23 folios.

8189. Add MS 53053 K

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Title:
'Larkins love letters!', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 26 September 1866 for performance at the Holborn. Nicoll lists the play with the title amended to 'Larkin's love letters'. The play was published by Lacy's (vol 72).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

67 folios.

8190. Add MS 53054 A

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Title:
'The wrong box', by W. H. Swanborough.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 2 October 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

24 folios