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9391. Add MS 53070 L

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Title:
'The convict Jean Valjean 9430', by H. Neville.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 5 August 1868 for performance at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool. MS in two hands. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. Neville under the title 'The convict'. Based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1868
Extent:

77 folios.

9392. Add MS 53071 R

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Title:
'Hernani, or, The double wrong', by C. Osborne.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Aberdeen. The play is adapted and considerably altered from Victor Hugo's romantic and historical drama of the same name, as noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as being performed in Belfast on 5 October ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

62 folios.

9393. Add MS 53073 L

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'Matching for money, or, The cobbler's stratagem', by B. Brierley.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 19 December 1868 for performance at the Princes's Theatre, Manchester. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

23 folios.

9394. Add MS 53073 M

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'Chaw-Sword, or, The last of the paladins', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 19 December 1868 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The attribution of the play to R. Reece is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

13 folios.

9395. Add MS 53074 S

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'Destiny, or, A fight with fate', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 20 February 1869 for performance at the East London. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

88 folios.

9396. Add MS 53076 F

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Title:
Le Roman d'un Jeune Homme Pauvre, by O. Feuillet.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts and seven tableaux. Licence sent 12 April 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevard des Italiens. (1864). First performance noted as 22 November 1858, at the Vaudeville, Paris, on folio 2. Original cast list included on folio 3v.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

71 folios.

9397. Add MS 53078 J

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Title:
'The chops of the channel', by F. Hay.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 3 July 1869 for performance at the Strand. The stamp of the Royal Strand Theatre is embossed on the paper at the top of folio 2. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 84).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:

25 folios.

9398. Add MS 53079 B

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Title:
'Jack Steadfast, or, Wreck and rescue', by C. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 12 August 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

18 folios.

9399. Add MS 53079 D

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Title:
'Ino, or, The Theban twins', by B. J. Spedding.
Scope & Content:
Classical burlesque. Licence sent 23 August 1869 for performance at the Strand. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. J. Spedding, noting further that the play was performed at the Prince of Wales's, Liverpool on the 30 August 1869 and at the S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

57 folios.

9400. Add MS 53079 O

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Title:
'A hero for an hour', by K. Summers.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 25 September 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. The date of intended performance noted as 29 September 1869 on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

10 folios.