'The string of pearls, or, The Barber of Fleet Street', by F. Hazleton.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts, taken from the published work of the same title. Licence sent 25 July 1865 for performance at the Bower. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Sweeny Todd, the Barber of Fleet Street, or, The string of pearls'.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace, by E. L. Blanchard.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by J. Miles & Co, 105 Wardour Street, Oxford Street. (n.d.). The date of intended performance noted as Tuesday 26 December 1865 on folio 1, next to which the name of Edward Murray, acting manger, has been adde...
Little Bo-Peep, or, Queen Butterfly's Ball, and King Grasshopper's Feast', by M. Dutnall.
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Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 26 December 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Birmingham. Printed by James Upton, Great Charles Street, Birmingham. (n.d.). The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
'Trap for trap, or, The fly and the web', by A. C. Troughton.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 31 January 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll lists the play with the title as simply 'The fly and the web'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 69).
Papillonetta, or, the prince, the butterfly and the beetle, by W. Brough.
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An original burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 4 June 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Printed (n.d.). Lacy's Acting Edition (Vol 68, no 1010). Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folios 2v-3. Nicoll lists the play as previously performed at the Prince of Wales's,...
'The masked man, or, The victim of the Star Chamber', by E. Towers.
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Romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 July 1866 for performance at the Effingham. Mr Morris Abrahams is noted above the details of the theatre and an alternative title for the play, 'Clement Lanyere, or, The masked man' has been crossed through on folio 1. MS in two hands. Nicoll lists the...
'Life in the coal pits, or, Self doomed', by J. C. Levey.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 25 February 1867 for performance at the Victoria. The date of intended representation noted as Tuesday 26 February 1867 on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. C. Levey is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the...
'The shamrock of Ireland, or, Flower of Erin', by J. B. Howe.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 May 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. B. Howe is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'The marriage certificate, or, A mother's honour', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 May 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. An alternative title, 'The spinning wheel', has been struck through. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatis...