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'George Porge, pudding and pie kissed the girls and made them cry, or, Harlequin Daddy Long Legs', pantomime by John Douglass. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Standard 26 December 1857. Comic scenes and songs included in MS. Keywords: harlequinade, trains and rail travel...
Octavia, tragedy in five acts by V. Alfieri, translated from the Italian by Thomas Williams. Printed (R.S. Francis, 1858). Italian with facing English translation. Licence sent 28 June 1858 for performance at the St. James's. 'Rough Proof' written on cover. Not listed in Nicoll. Part of t...
'The tale of a coat', an entirely original comedy in three acts by William Brough and Gustavus Franck. Licence sent 5 November 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 6 November 1858. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words 'Oh Lord' and all other oaths be o...
'The four knaves and the pack, or, A game of life for the odd trick', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 June 1865 for performance at the Effingham. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
'The Orange Tree and the Humble Bee; or, The Little Princess who was Lost at Sea', by Henry James Byron
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'The Orange Tree and the Humble Bee; or, The Little Princess who was Lost at Sea', by Henry James Byron. Licence sent 13 May 1871 for performance at the Vaudeville Theatre. 64 folios.
‘No. 3 Fig Tree Court, Temple, or, Us and our clerks’, farce in one act by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e., Tom Taylor). Licence sent 26 February 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 6 March 1852. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 80. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, law and the legal profession,...