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8711. Add MS 53080 L

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Title:
'The Flying Dutchman', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 30 November 1869 for performance at the Royalty. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Brough under the title 'The Flying Dutchman, or, The demon seaman and the lass that loved a sailor'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:

57 folios.

8712. Add MS 53080 Q

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Title:
Morden Grange, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 4 December 1869 for performance at the Queen's. Printed (n.d.), with occasional manuscript additions and deletions. The original printed title noted as The Diamond Bracelet, or, Morden Grange but the first three words have been lightly crossed-through in pencil.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

57 folios.

8713. Add MS 53082 D

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Title:
Dr Ambrosias, His Secret, by 'H. B.'.
Scope & Content:
Opera di Camera in two acts with music by R. D'Oyly Carte. Licence sent 10 January 1870 for performance at the St George's. Printed (1868). The date of the play's first performance recorded as 'Saturday evening, August 8th 1868' on folio 1. Nicoll attributes the play to 'H.B.', the author being ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

10 folios.

8714. Add MS 53082 O

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Title:
Lost and Found, by G. March
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act with music by Virginia Gabriel. Licence sent 29 January 1870 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed by J. Miles & Co., 122 Wardour Street. (1869).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

29 folios.

8715. Add MS 53083 A

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Title:
'Sampson's wedding', by G. F. Rowe.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 February 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Letter dated 21 February 1870 from the dramatist to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, on Royal Lyceum headed notepaper on folios i - ii. A sketch of how the stage should look for the opening scene is included on folio 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1870
Extent:

ii + 42 folios.

8716. Add MS 53083 D

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Title:
'Under a ban', by W. Duckworth.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 March 1870 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'Seminary for young liars! He ought to be qualified for the Church by and by' to be omitted. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

52 folios.

8717. Add MS 53083 S

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Title:
'A chamber of horrors', by A. Wood.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 6 April 1870 for performance at the Holborn. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. Wood under the title 'The chamber of horrors', noting further that the play was performed at Sadler's Wells on 1 April 1872 under ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

36 folios.

8718. Add MS 53083 T

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Title:
Guy Fawkes, by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 6 April 1870 for performance at the Standard. Printed (n.d.). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the lines 'like Fenian prisoners you'll pardon see / 'Tis England's greatest triumph - clemency' to be omitted. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Guy Fawkes, or, A new w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

16 folios.

8719. Add MS 53085 B

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Title:
Barwise's Book, by H. T. Craven.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1870 for performance at the Haymarket. Details of licence and theatre in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, on folio 1. Note, neither signed nor dated, to W. B. Donne introducing the play on folio 2v. Thereafter printed by Williams and Strahan, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

32 folios.

8720. Add MS 53085 W

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Title:
L'Aventurière, by G. V. E. Augier.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 19 May 1870 for performance at the Princess's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevarde des Italiens, Paris. (1867).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

60 folios.