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Add MS 53084 A
- Record Id:
- 040-002007269
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002007268
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000820.0x00037c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53084 A
- Title:
- 'Light o' love, or, Paying for the past', by H. F. Saville.
- Scope & Content:
-
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 April 1870 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'Peace on Earth. Good will among men and all that sort of twaddle' to be omitted. The name Henry F. Saville appears on folios 49 and 89 (the beginnings of Acts II and III), but the play is attributed to G. Rose ("Arthur Sketchley") in Nicoll, with the alternative title given as 'Paying for the post'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002007268
040-002007269 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 53084 A-O : Lord Chamberlain's Plays: April 1870. (Box 205).
Add MS 53084 A : 'Light o' love, or, Paying for the past', by H. F. Saville. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0156]/036-002007268[0001]/040-002007269
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
126 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1870
- Date Range:
- Apr 1870
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Rose, George, called 'Arthur Sketchley dramatist novelist and humorous entertainer
Saville, Henry Faucit, writer of plays