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8201. Add MS 53066 U

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Title:
'Oliver Twist', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 April 1868 for performance at the Queen's. The name of the copyist is noted as J. G. Saunders on folio 59. Folios 50-58 form act three of the play and are in a different hand to acts one and two. Act three was submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office subsequ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1868
Extent:

59 folios.

8202. Add MS 53067 H

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Title:
'Adrift on the world', by F. Bousfield.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 April 1868 for performance at the Oriental. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Bousfield and gives the full title as 'Adrift on the world, or, Every cloud has a silver lining'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1868
Extent:

50 folios.

8203. Add MS 53069 D

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Title:
Foul Play, by D. Boucicault.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 22 May 1868 for performance at the Holborn. Printed (n.d.), with minimal manuscript additions. Folio 1v contains a note written on behalf of the playwright and addressed to Mr W. B. Donne introducing the play and stating that it is intended for performance on Satu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1868
Extent:
47 folios.

8204. Add MS 53070 M

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Title:
After Dark, by D. Boucicault.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 5 August 1868 for performance at the Princess's. Printed (n.d.), with slight manuscript additions. A note to Mr W. B. Donne, written on behalf of Mr George Vining and dated 4 August 1868, mentioning that with permission the play will be performed on Saturday 8 Aug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1868
Extent:
50 folios.

8205. Add MS 53071 F

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Title:
The king o' the Scots
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 September 1868 for performance at Drury Lane. An adaptation of Walter Scott's The Fortunes of Nigel, by the Scottish journalist and dramatist Andrew Halliday (1830-1877). Although Halliday's name does not appear on this LCP playscript, he is credited in press...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:
143 folios.

8206. Add MS 53074 C

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Title:
'School', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 13 January 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from C. J. James [Charles James James] on folio 2 states that the play is intended for representation on January 16 1869. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

70 folios.

8207. Add MS 53075 B

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Title:
'Life for life', by J. W. Marston.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 6 March 1869 for performance at the Lyceum. Dramatis personae on folio 2 with the names of some of the actors noted in pencil. A plan of how the stage should look at the opening of the play is included on folio 2v. The MS contains considerable pencil annotations ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

127 folios.

8208. Add MS 53075 M

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Title:
'Joan of Arc', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 26 March 1869 for performance at the Strand. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 86).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

51 folios.

8209. Add MS 53076 A

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Title:
'A roving commission', by J. Besemeres.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 3 April 1869 for performance at the Royalty. The attribution of the play to J. Besemeres is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

35 folios.

8210. Add MS 53076 T

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Title:
Seraphine, or, A Devotee, by D. Boucicault.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 30 April 1869 for performance at the Queen's. Acts I, II and III (folios 2-48) are printed (n.d.), with manuscript additions, while Act III (folios 49-58), apparently re-written, is included again in manuscript. Letter to W. B. Donne, dated 26 April 1869, on beha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:
iii + 58 folios.