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9401. Add MS 53079 R

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Title:
'Flower makers and heart breakers', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 4 October 1869 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Thursday 7 October 1869. The play, described as 'a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

29 folios.

9402. Add MS 53080 B

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Title:
'The watch-dog of the Walsinghams', by J. P. Simpson.
Scope & Content:
Romantic drama in four acts. Licence sent 11 October 1869 for performance at the Surrey. Nicoll notes that the drama was also performed at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool on 28 August 1869. The attribution of the play to J. P. Simpson is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

122 folios.

9403. Add MS 53081 E

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Title:
'As good as gold', translated from the French by C. Coghlan.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 16 December 1869 for performance at the Lyceum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

30 folios.

9404. Add MS 53081 F

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Title:
'Gold is nothing!! Happiness is all', by J. C. Levey.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 16 December 1869 for performance at the East London. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll notes that the play was previously performed at the Amphitheatre, Leeds on 5 October 1868.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

97 folios.

9405. Add MS 53082 E

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Title:
'Rely on my discretion', by T. A. Palmer.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in one act. Licence sent 14 January 1870 for performance at the Royalty. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. A. Palmer.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

62 folios.

9406. Add MS 53082 Q

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Title:
'The man in the cloak', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 February 1870 for performance at the Victoria. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant under the title 'The man in the cloak, or, The assassin'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1870
Extent:

12 folios.

9407. Add MS 53084 N

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Title:
'Honor bright, or, The prompter's story', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 April 1870 for performance at the East London. Mr Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers under the title 'Honor bright: a story of the stage, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

50 folios.

9408. Add MS 53085 A

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Title:
The Princess of Trebizonde, adapted by C. L. Kennedy.
Scope & Content:
Opera buffa in three acts, adapted from the French libretto of C. H. Mutter and E. Treffeu. Music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 1870 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed by Boosey & Co., Holles Street, London (n.d.), although folio 1 is manuscript, in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

33 folios.

9409. Add MS 53085 F

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Title:
'The Varsity Boat Race', by C. H. Stephenson.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an absurdity in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 21 April 1870 for performance at the Olympic. An alternative title, 'Boggles at the Varsity Boat Race' has been partially amended to produce the final version. Nicoll attributes the play to Stephenson but in collaboration with F. Ro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

22 folios.

9410. Add MS 53085 Q

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Title:
'The gentleman in black', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in two acts. Licence sent 16 May 1870 for performance at the Charing Cross. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the German word 'sakrament' to be omitted on the grounds that the word, as used in the play, still conveys an objectionable profane exclamation just as it would in English....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

31 folios.