'Ill-treated Il Trovatore', burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 27 May 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster, the theatre manager, noted on script. Published as Ill-treated Il Trovatore, or, The mother, the maiden, and the musicianer, in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 8...
'Finesse, or, Spy and counter spy', comedy in three acts by Helen S. Sheridan. Licence sent 14 May 1863 for performance at the Haymarket. Original title 'Finesse; or, A busy day in Messina' on the front cover of Act I. MS written in more than one hand. Numerous corrections, notes and amendm...
'The haunted man', play in one act by B. Webster jun. (?). Autograph. Licence sent 12 June 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Based on Charles Dickens' novel The haunted man and the ghost’s bargain, (London, 1848). The Adelphi staged an earlier version, attributed to Mark Lemon, on 20 Dec...
'Hate's assassin; or, The double ambuscade', drama in two acts by C. Webb and T. Mead. Licence sent 28 September 1863 for performance at the Grecian. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Not listed in Nicoll. ff. 37. Charles Webb, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1863: Partly ...
'Silken fetters', comedy in three acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 14 November 1863 for performance at the Haymarket. MS written in more than one hand. Speakers and stage directions underlined in red ink in first act. Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 905. ff. 83. Leicester Silk Bu...
'Ye faire maide of Islington, or, Harlequin the cruel prince of Canonbury and the chivalrous knight of St John', by F. G. Cheatham.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at Sadler's Wells. A letter from Robert Edgar, manager of the theatre, to W. B. Donne and dated 24 December 1869, apologising for the late submission of the piece is included on folio i. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Ye Faire Maide...
'King Emerald, or, Harlequin's Crystal Palace in fairyland', comic pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 16 December 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 27 December 1852. Signed by Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Songs included in MS. Separate comic scenes inserted toward the ...
Adrienne Lecouvreur, comédie-drame in five acts by A. E. Scribe and E. Legouvé. Printed (Beck, 1849). French. Licence sent 28 June 1858 for performance at the St. James's. Original first performance at the Théatre de la République 14 April 1849; this performance part of the season at the St...
'Harlequin Little Jack Horner, or, Mother Hubbard and her dog, Baron Makumawlschakeinthurschoosu and the fairies of the gold and silver haunts of imagination and sensation', by R. Soutar.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. The date of intended performance noted as Monday 26 December 1864 on folio 1. Stage directions marked in blue ink. The attribution of the play to R. Soutar is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not...
Robin Hood and his Merry Men!, or, Harlequin Ivanhoe, the Knight Templar and the Jewess, by C. H. Hazlewood.
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A burlesque extravaganza and extravagant pantomime opening. Licence sent 23 December 1867 for performance at the Pavilion. Printed by E. J. Bath, Whitechapel (n.d.). C. H. Hazlewood noted on folio 1 as the author of the successful Pavilion pantomimes of 'Blue Beard' and 'Sinbad the Sailor'. Mr He...