'Blue Beard, or, Harlequin the red rover, the fairy of the golden locks and the genie of the magic king', by F. G. Cheatham.
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Burlesque pantomime. Licence sent 16 December 1865 for performance at the Alexandra. The play, under the title 'Bluebeard', is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 10 May 1864 for performance at St James's. Act 5 appears to be incomplete. MS in three separate hands. The author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to D. Boucicault, noting further that the play was performed under the title 'The fox hunt...
'Arrah-na-Pogue, or, The Wicklow wedding', by D. Boucicault.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 31 March 1865 for performance at the Princess's. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to D. Boucicault, noting further that the play had previously been performed in Dublin on 7 November 1864. The play was also p...
Tragedy in five acts. Licence sent 9 June 1865 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the theatre manager, Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster], is noted on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to Mrs H. L. Bateman and gives the full ti...
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 31 October 1866 for performance at the Princess's. The names of the authors are not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Phillips in collaboration with W. S. Vining, and with music by C. Hall. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 16 April 1867 for perfomance at the Haymarket. Printed (n.d.). The title of the printed edition - The Scamp - has been crossed through and replaced by 'The wild goose'. Nicoll lists the play as written in collaboration with J. L. Wallack.
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 April 1868 for performance at the Olympic. Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. MS in two hands. The name of the author is not recored on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. P. Simpson, written in collaboration...
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 2 November 1868 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Leeds. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll, but J. B. Johnstone and Miss Beatrix Shirley are noted as the authors on the script.
Farce in one act. Licence sent 1 September 1870 for performance at the Vaudeville. Printed (n.d.), with manuscript additions. The original printed title of Alexander the Great has been crossed through and replaced by 'Chiselling'. The names of the authors are not recorded on the script but Nicol...