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'The woman of colour', drama in four acts by Captain Williams. Licence sent 22 October 1853 for performance at the Surrey 14 November 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'God' be substituted with 'Heaven'. Keywords: American characters, New York, orphans, slav...
'Jack the giant killer, or, Harlequin and Robin Goodfellow', grand grotesque burlesque comic pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 12 December 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham 12 December 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that phrases such as 'Lord...
'The ocean queen and Sleeping Beauty of the deep, or, Harlequin and the mystic branch', comic pantomime in one act by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the City of London 26 December 1853. Keywords: harlequinade, fairies and other supernatural creatures, Chobham, mi...
'A struggle for gold, or, A mother's prayer and the adventurer of Mexico', drama in five acts by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 16 January 1854 for performance at the City of London 23 January 1854. Signed by managers Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions, see Add. 52937 S, 52944...
Matilde de Shabran, libretto in two acts by J. Ferretti (for the music by Rossini) edited and translated by Manfredo Maggioni. Printed (Brettell, n.d.). Italian with English translation. Licence sent 20 April 1854 for performance at the Italian Opera Covent Garden. Actors' names listed with...
'Rotherhithe in the olden time', drama in two acts by James Elphinstone. Licence sent 28 June 1854 for performance at the Pavilion 27 June 1854. 'This MS was accepted in place of another entitled “Rotherhithe in the olden time, or, The female highwayman”, which was refused a licence by the Lo...
'Faust and Marguerite, or, The demon tempter', melodrama in three acts. Licence sent 11 August 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two passages be censored for religious content. Keywords: science and...
'The avalanche, or, The trials of the heart', drama in four acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 29 September 1854 for performance at the Surrey 3 March 1854. Additional stage directions added in pencil, and there are revisions where parts of the page have been entirely removed. Published in L...
'Jack and Jill, or, Harlequin and King Mustard and four and twenty blackbirds in a pie', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 21 December 1854 for performance at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 26 December 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two scenes of the comic ...
'Past midnight', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 26 March 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 March 1855. Elaborate description of setting. Nicoll does not attribute this play to Conquest. Keywords: bachelors. ff. 23. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist,...