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9841. Add MS 53070 S

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Add MS 53070 S
Title:
'Wild Will, or, The pirates of the Thames', 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 play is not mentioned in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:

27 folios.

9842. Add MS 53074 G

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Add MS 53074 G
Title:
'The snowdrift, or, The cross on the shoe', by A. Coates.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 January 1869 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 Alfred Coates under the title 'The snow drift, or, The cross on the boo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

16 folios.

9843. Add MS 53090 I

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Add MS 53090 I
Title:
'Marlborough, or, The three phases of a life', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 November 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for one passage with strong scriptural overtones to be omitted in performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

76 folios.

9844. Add MS 53093 M

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Add MS 53093 M
Title:
'The Daughter of Truth; or, Spells of Love', by W.H.Pitt.
Scope & Content:
'The Daughter of Truth; or, Spells of Love', by W.H.Pitt. Licence sent 18 March 1871 for performance at Britannia Theatre, London. 22 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

9845. Add MS 53161 B

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Add MS 53161 B
Title:
'Jacl the Giant Killer and the Sleeping Beauty', by H. Levy
Scope & Content:
'Jack the Giant Killer and the Sleeping Beauty', by H. Levy. Play approved 21 January 1876 for a licence to perform at the Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh. 17 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

9846. Add MS 52929 C

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Add MS 52929 C
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Scope & Content:
‘A duel in the dark’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 12 January 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 January 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be omitted. P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1852
Extent:
1 item

9847. Add MS 52931 F

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Add MS 52931 F
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Scope & Content:
Mademoiselle de La Seigliere, comedy in four acts, by Jules Sandeau. Printed (1852). French. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Manager: J. Mitchell. Original first performance at the Comédie Française, 4 November 1851. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

9848. Add MS 52931 H

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Add MS 52931 H
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Scope & Content:
‘The blue baron, or, The mine fiend and the lake fay’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 6 April 1852 for performance at the Victoria 12 April 1852. MS includes letter from Eliza Vincent requesting the licence. Only listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 under the title‘The mine fiend and the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

9849. Add MS 52932 G

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Add MS 52932 G
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Scope & Content:
Le collier de perles, comedy in three acts by M. Mazères. Printed (1851). Licence sent 4 May 1852 for performance at St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 4 Février 1851. Dramatis personae lists actors’ names. Publisher’s advertising at f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
4 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

9850. Add MS 52933 A

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Add MS 52933 A
Title:
Scope & Content:
Emilia Galotti, tragedy in five acts by G. E. Lessing. Printed (1844). German. Licence sent 21 June 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. A play of the same title by F. Holcroft was performed in 1805. Keywords: aristocracy, family relationships, murder. ff. 50. Gotthold Ephraim Lessin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
21 Jun 1852
Extent:
1 item