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'The struggles of the poor, or, Love, poverty and wealth', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: p...
'The phantom brides', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 1 October 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Keywords: poverty, theatre, German characters, family relationships, French characters, dance. ff. 53....
Il ritorno di Columella, melodrama buffo in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. Keywords; Italian settings, doctors, servants, peasants, weddings, letters, Padua, familiy relationships, madhouses, madness, ...
'Don Quixote, and the steed Rosinante, or, Harlequin Sancho Panza, by W. Cooke. Licence sent 13 December 1857 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 26 December 1857. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, W. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Keywords: harlequinade,...
'The sleeping beauty', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Keywords: harlequinade, children, fairies and other supernatural creatures, travel, military, Indian Mutiny, working clas...
‘The swan and Edgar, or, The fairy lake’, burlesque extravaganza in one act by H. S. Edwards and C. Kenney. Licence sent 12 November 1859 for performance at the St. James's. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. MS written in more than one hand. Con...
'The Colleen Bawn, or, The brides of Garry Owen', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 31 August 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word 'Heaven' be substituted for 'God'. Nicoll cites first production at Laura Keene'...
'The blue bird of paradise, or, King Charming and Prince Pigmy', pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the Grecian. Includes comic scenes. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the last scene comic business: "Now here is Napo...
Raymond in agonies, a bit of fun with Harlequin and the bleeding nun, pantomime by Thomas Mowbray. Printed. Printed by T. Gunn. Licence sent 26 December 1860 for performance at the Soho. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit two lines of text. See Add. 52994 D. ff. 10. ...
'I've beat all three', farce in one act by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 22 March 1861 for performance at the Standard. ff. 19. John Thomas Douglass, called 'James Willing'; actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1867: Partly incomplete.