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8511. Add MS 53080 J

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Add MS 53080 J
Title:
'The syren', by J. P. Simpson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 24 November 1869 for performance at the Lyceum. The title of the play is given with the alternative spelling, 'The Siren', on folio 2. The attribution of the play to J. P. Simpson is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:
77 folios.

8512. Add MS 53081 C

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Add MS 53081 C
Title:
'Wat Tyler M.P.', by G. A. Sala.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 11 December 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.). The script is in the form of a proof copy, but with the title and the name of the author noted separately by hand on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to a character having a temper as...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

11 folios.

8513. Add MS 53082 B

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Add MS 53082 B
Title:
The Nightingale, by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 6 January 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.). Diagrams of the stage layouts are presented at the opening of each act. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. W. Robertson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

42 folios.

8514. Add MS 53082 C

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Add MS 53082 C
Title:
'Open to conviction', by R. B. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 6 January 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. B. Brough under the title 'Open to correction'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:
23 folios.

8515. Add MS 53085 C

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Add MS 53085 C
Title:
'Little mother', by J. M. Morton
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1870 for performance at the Royalty.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

94 folios.

8516. Add MS 53085 I

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Add MS 53085 I
Title:
'Truth against the world', by G. Spencer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 2 May 1870 for performance at the East London. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

45 folios.

8517. Add MS 53085 M

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Add MS 53085 M
Title:
'The wager', by J. A. Kappey.
Scope & Content:
Comic operetta in one act. Licence sent 30 April 1870 for performance at the Marine Barracks, Chatham. A letter from the dramatist to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 25 April 1870 introducing the play included on folio i. Nicoll gives the date of the Chatam performance as 20 June 1871, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

i + 27 folios.

8518. Add MS 53085 P

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Add MS 53085 P
Title:
'Beggars' uproar', by H. J. Morice.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 7 May 1870 for performance at the Surrey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

54 folios

8519. Add MS 53086 P

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Add MS 53086 P
Title:
'Romance and reality', by H. Folkard.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a musical piece of extravagance in one act', on folio 1. Licence sent 28 June 1870 for performance at the Royalty. The name William Offord [copyist?] noted on folio 21. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. Folkard under the title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

21 folios.

8520. Add MS 53086 Q

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Add MS 53086 Q
Title:
'The lost air', by H. M. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama. Licence sent 30 June 1870 for performance at the Victoria. A note in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, records the play being licensed to the Victoria under the title 'Paul Clifford, or, The highway of life', on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'Paul Clifford, or, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

54 folios.