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‘The Arab of the desert and the faithful steed’, oriental spectacle in two acts by W. Cooke. Licence sent 14 February 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 18 February 1856. Signed William Cooke and W. West. Keywords: Muslims and Islam, animals, family relationships, aristocrac...
‘Mischievous Annie’, farce in one act by W. J. Florence. ‘With an original Dutch song and dance, “La fille du regiment”’. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 12 May 1856. Cover signed J. S. S. Tully. Some actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae....
‘Two precious scoundrels’, farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 26 August 1856. Keywords: police, crime, prisons and prisoners, murder, businessmen. ff. 33. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J S Buckingham: Londo...
‘Like and unlike’, drama in two acts by -- Langford. Licence sent 4 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 10 April 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: French influence, working women, working class characters, Paris, theatre, dance. ff. 52. London; Secular Ins...
The king’s muskateers, drama in three acts. Printed with written additions. Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 16 October 1856. Request for licence signed Mr. Charles Dillon. Some corrections. Keywords: French influence, festival and celebration, dance, aristocracy, ...
‘Belphegor’, extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1856 for performance at the Strand 29 September 1856. Letter from G. Smith bound into MS at back. For a version of this play by John Courtney, see Lacy’s, vol. 3, no. 39. Keywords: pubs and inns, children, m...
‘Young and handsome’, a fairy extravaganza by J. R. Planché, from the fairy tale ‘Jeune et belle’, by Madame Murat. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Olympic 26 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 421. Keywords: fairies and other superna...
‘See saw Margery Daw, or, Harlequin Holiday and the island of ups and downs’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 26 December 1856. Cover signed E. L. Smith. Keywords: harlequinade, festival and celebration, dance, arist...
‘The fisherman and the genie, or, Harlequin Padmanaba and the enchanted fishes of the silver lake’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1856. Two different types of paper used in MS. Songs included in MS. Keywords: black c...
'William Tell', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 13 April 1857. Nicoll also lists the performance of a revised text at the Strand 27 June 1857. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a larg...