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9061. Add MS 53058 A

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Title:
'Wanted, husbands for six', by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a dramatic absurdity'. Licence sent 8 March 1867 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed (n.d.). The script consists of printed pages cut out and pasted to larger sheets of paper. Folio 1 is manuscript and lists the title and proposed place of performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

16 folios.

9062. Add MS 53058 B

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Title:
'Faust, or, Marguerite's mangle', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a musical, magical, comical, diabolical burlesque extravaganza' on folio 1. Licence sent 13 March 1867 for performance at the Britannia. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for certain passages relating to Mephistopheles' claim to have deceived Eve be omitted in performance. The attri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

18 folios.

9063. Add MS 53062 Q

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Title:
The Forester's Daughters, by W. C. Masters.
Scope & Content:
Drawing room opera. Licence sent 22 October 1867 for performance at St George's Hall. Printed (n.d.).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1867
Extent:

9 folios.

9064. Add MS 53064 X

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Title:
Comic scenes for 'Valentine and Orson', by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime comic scenes by Carl Rowella, clown, to accompany the play 'Valentine and Orson' by C. L. Kenny. For performance at the Holborne. A note, dated Saturday 21 December 1867, to W. B. Donne from J. B. Bennett, stage director, introducing the scenes is included on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

4 folios.

9065. Add MS 53065 H

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Title:
'The peep show man', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 January 1868 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick noted as the theatre managers on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. J. Williams with the title corrected to 'The peep-show m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

29 folios.

9066. Add MS 53065 K

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Title:
'The better angel, or, An inheritance', by W. Reeve.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 January 1868 for performance at the Theatre Royal, South Shields. The script contains sketched plans of how the stage should be set-up on folios 1v and 14v. A letter from the author to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated January 28 (?) is to be found on folio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

37 folios.

9067. Add MS 53065 T

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Title:
'The woman of the world', by J. S. Coyne
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 February 1868 for performance at the Olympic. Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. An alternative title, 'The wonderful woman', has been crossed through. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attrib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1868
Extent:

65 folios.

9068. Add MS 53069 J

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Title:
'Our dear old home', by W. J. Archer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 June 1868 for performance at the City of London. A note from Walter Roberts, dated June 16 1868 announces that the play is intended for performance on 'Saturday next'. MS in two hands. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1868
Extent:

34 folios.

9069. Add MS 53070 R

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Title:
'Admiral Tom, king of the buccaneers', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 September 1868 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 W. Travers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:

25 folios.

9070. Add MS 53071 U

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Title:
'Millicent, or, The pirate's wife', by _ Williams.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 November 1868 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Birmingham. Mostly printed (n.d.) but with considerable manuscript additions and corrections throughout. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the words 'damn' and 'God' to be removed throughout. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1868
Extent:

64 folios.