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Add MS 65534-68881

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS: playscripts received for licensing by the Lord Chamberlain's Office between 1900 and the abolition of censorship in 1968; 1900-1968. For plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain between 1824 and 1899, see Add. 42865-43038, 52929-53701 and for the Day Books see Add. 53702-53708 (1824-1903) and 61952-61970 (1904-1968). See also Allardyce Nicoll, English Drama 1900-1930 (Cambridge, 1973). A separate catalogue will be prepared. Presented by the Lord Chamberlain's Office and incorporated in 1988.

Three thousand three hundred and forty-eight volumes.

Scope & Content:

Chamberlain; Lord: Drama ENGLISH: Plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office for licensing: 1900-1968.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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George Bernard Shaw, author: 'How He…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990667", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65701 H: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'John Bull's Other Island' by George Bernard Shaw; 1904. Typewritten. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'John…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990668", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65736 L: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Major Barbara' by George Bernard Shaw; 1905. Typewritten. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Major Barbara':…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990669", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65776 J: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Doctor's Dilemma' by George Bernard Shaw; 1906. Typewritten. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'The Doctor's…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990670", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65826 J: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Getting Married' by George Bernard Shaw; 1908. Typewritten. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Getting Married':…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990671", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65866 E: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet' by George Bernard Shaw; 1909. Printed (1909). Censor's instruction on…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990672", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65879 I: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Misalliance' by George Bernard Shaw; 1910. Printed (1909), with some autograph amend-ments by Shaw. See…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990673", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65905 Q: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Dark Lady of the Sonnets' by George Bernard Shaw; 1910. Printed (1910), with some autograph amendments…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990674", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65920 C: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Fanny's First Play' by George Bernard Shaw; 1911. Printed (1911), with a few of Shaw's auto-graph…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990675", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65987 F: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Overruled' by George Bernard Shaw; 1912. Printed script under title 'Trespassers will be Prosecuted by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990676", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66026 I: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Androcles and the Lion' by George Bernard Shaw; 1913. Printed (1913), together with MS. report and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990677", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66042 A: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Great Catherine' by George Bernard Shaw; 1913. Typewritten, together with MS. and typewritten report and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990678", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66052 E: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Music Cure' by George Bernard Shaw; 1914. Typewritten, with an alternative scene at the end of the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990679", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66056 F: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Pygmalion' by George Bernard Shaw; 1914. Printed (1913), together with MS. and typewritten report and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990680", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66118 F: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Inca of Perusalem' by George Bernard Shaw; 1915. Typewritten, together with MS. report and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990681", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66125 O: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet' by George Bernard Shaw; 1916. Printed (1913). Script preceded by extended…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990682", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66183 G: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Annajanska, the Wild Grand Duchess, from the Russian of Gregory Biessipoff' by George Bernard Shaw; 1918.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990683", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66295 D: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Heartbreak House' by George Bernard Shaw; 1921. Printed (1920). See also L.C.P. Corr. 1921/3794. George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001990684", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66316 A-U: 66316. LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S PLAYS" },{ "id" : "040-001990685", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 A: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Joan Byford: Ernest Legh: Hertford; Hertfordshire Corn Exchange: Play, `Treasure trove' by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990686", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 B: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Harry Lowther: Eastbourne; Sussex Hippodrome: Revue `Peeping Tom', by Harry Lowther lic. for…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990687", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 C: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Gustave Du Clos: London; Secular institutions. Theatres. Little Theatre: Play, `Happy New…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990688", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 D: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: London; Secular institutions. Theatres. Little Theatre: Jean Baston: Sewell Collins: Play,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990689", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 E: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Gordon Sherry: York, City of; Empire Theatre: Play, `Music and meals' by Gordon Sherry lic.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990690", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 F: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Birmingham; City of. Alexandra Theatre: Entertainment, `The showbox' lic. for production at…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990691", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 G: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Aberystwyth; Cardiganshire Parish Hall: J. O. Francis: Play, `The dark little people' by J.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990692", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 H: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: St Albans; Hertfordshire Hall: Musical play, `Mutt and Jeff' (rev. version), lic. for…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990693", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 I: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Whitechapel; Middlesex Pavilion Theatre: Sketch, `The understudy' lic. for production at the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990694", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 J: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: J. P. Harrington: John Neat: Whitechapel; Middlesex Pavilion Theatre: Musical sketch, `The…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990695", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 K: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Ian Davison: Bedford; Bedfordshire Royal Theatre: Musical play, `The golden dawn' by Ian…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990696", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 L: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: M. A. Hayes: Hulme; Lancashire Zion Institute: Play, `The lost mermaid' by M. A. Hayes lic.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990697", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 M: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Hampstead; Middlesex Everyman Theatre: Play, `Ile', lic. for production at the Everyman…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990698", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 N: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Theresa Vigo: Eastbourne; Sussex Pier Pavilion: Play, `Lozenges' by Theresa Vigo lic. for…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990699", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 O: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: F. H. Rose: Carlisle; Cumberland His Majesty's Theatre: Play, `Trouble in the house', by F.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990700", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 P: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Cardiff; co Glam. Empire Theatre: Revue, `The peep show', lic. for production at the Empire…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990701", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 Q: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Margery Louise Allingham, crime novelist: London; Secular institutions. Miscellaneous. King…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990702", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 R: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Louie Tinsley: Lambeth; Brixton, Surrey Empress Theatre: Play, `H'Anniversaries', by Louie…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990703", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 S: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Lambeth; Kennington, Surrey Kennington Theatre: Play, `Hunted down', lic. for production at…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990704", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 T: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: Isobel Horn: Cowfold, Sussex Village Hall: Play, `At Madame Penelope's', by Isobel Horn lic.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990705", "parent" : "036-001990684", "text" : "Add MS 66316 U: George Slythe Street, Examiner of Plays: René Fauchois, French dramatist: London; Secular institutions. Theatres. Court Theatre:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990706", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66322 N: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'O'Flaherty, V.C.' by George Bernard Shaw; 1922. Undated printed rehearsal copy. See also L.C.P. Corr.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990707", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66356 A: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Back to Methuselah' by George Bernard Shaw; 1923. Printed (1922), together with two type-written folios…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990708", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66385 A: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'St. Joan' by George Bernard Shaw; 1924. Printed (1924). See also L.C.P. Corr. 1924/5376. George Bernard…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990709", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66395 P: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Augustus does his Bit' by George Bernard Shaw; 1924. Typewritten. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Augustus…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990710", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66402 G: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' by George Bernard Shaw; 1924. Printed (1924), with MS. amend-ments and additions…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990711", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66414 J: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Jitta's Atonement' by George Bernard Shaw; 1924. Play by Siegfried Trebitsch translated by Shaw.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990712", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66656 I: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Apple Cart' by George Bernard Shaw; 1929. Typewritten. See also L.C.P. Corr. 1929/8971. George Bernard…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990713", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66759 O: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Fascinating Foundling' by George Bernard Shaw; 1931. Printed, n.d. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'The…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990714", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66811 M: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Too True to be Good' by George Bernard Shaw; 1932. Printed (1931). See also L.C.P. Corr. 1932/11312. George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990715", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66866 F: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'On the Rocks' by George Bernard Shaw; 1933. Printed (1933). See also L.C.P. Corr. 1933/12381. George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990716", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66892 I: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Village Wooing' by George Bernard Shaw; 1933. Printed (1933). See also L.C.P. Corr. 1934/12935. George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990717", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66901 L: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Six of Calais' by George Bernard Shaw; 1934. Printed (1934). See also L.C.P. Corr. 1934/13107. George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990718", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66926 O: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles' by George Bernard Shaw; 1935. Printed (1934). See also L.C.P. Corr.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990719", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67019 C: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Millionairess' by George Bernard Shaw; 1936. Printed (1936). See also 67234 P by George Bernard Shaw;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990720", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67084 L: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Cymbeline Refinished' by George Bernard Shaw; 1937. Typescript of Act V. See also L.C.P. Corr. 1937/771.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990721", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67148 H: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Geneva' by George Bernard Shaw; 1938. Printed, 'Second rehearsal copy, revised after Bom-bardone's…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990722", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67204 H: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'In Good King Charles's Golden Days' by George Bernard Shaw; 1939. Printed (1939). See also L.C.P. Corr.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990723", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67234 P: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Millionairess' by George Bernard Shaw; 1940. Printed (1940). See also 67019 C by George Bernard Shaw;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990724", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67577 K: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Buoyant Billions' by George Bernard Shaw; 1948. Printed (1948). See also L.C.P. Corr. 1948/9778. George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990725", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67676 R: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'The Glimpse of Reality' by George Bernard Shaw; 1950. Typewritten. See also L.C.P. Corr. 1950/1641. George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990726", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67714 F: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Farfetched Fables' by George Bernard Shaw; 1950. Duplicated typescript. See also L.C.P. Corr. 1950/2375.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001990727", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 68725 E: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. 'Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction' by George Bernard Shaw; 1967. Printed. Submitted in an edition of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004311896", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 65870: Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1900-1968. 1909/25" },{ "id" : "041-004315438", "parent" : "040-004311896", "text" : "Add MS 65870 I: 'Lily of Burmuda', by Duse Mohamed and Ernest Trimmingham" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004315441", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66703: Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1900-1968. 1930/9" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-004315443", "parent" : "040-004315441", "text" : "Add MS 66703 M: 'Appearances', by Garland Anderson" },{ "id" : "040-004315446", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66878: Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1900-1968. 1933/47" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-004315497", "parent" : "040-004315446", "text" : "Add MS 66878 D: 'At What a Price', by Una Marson" },{ "id" : "040-004315498", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67256: Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1900-1968. 1941/4" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-004315502", "parent" : "040-004315498", "text" : "Add MS 67256 C: 'Haiti', by William Du Bois" },{ "id" : "040-004315504", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 66908: Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1900-1968. 1934/30" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-004315506", "parent" : "040-004315504", "text" : "Add MS 66908 F: 'Stevedore', by Paul Peters and George Sklar" },{ "id" : "040-004315508", "parent" : "032-001990663", "text" : "Add MS 67497: Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1900-1968. 1947/29" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-004315510", "parent" : "040-004315508", "text" : "Add MS 67497 H: 'Anna Lucasta', by Philip Yordan" }]

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63 items

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Latin

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1900

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1968

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1900-1968

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Lord Chamberlain, c 11th century-