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'Claude du Val, or, The ladies highwayman, the king and the ring', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 13 Januray 1869 for performance at the Royalty. MS contains annotations, deletions and corrections throughout. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand and gives the title as 'Claude Duval, or, The highway...
'The old world and the new, or, From the streets to the hulks', By G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 14 May 1869 for performance at the Grecian. The attribution of the play to G. Conquest is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
'Jack and the beanstalk and Jack the giant killer, or, Harlequin Seven Champions of Christendom', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1869 for performance at the Standard. The dramatist is not named on the script but is noted as being the author of 'Pat a cake', 'Dame Durden', 'Oranges and Lemons' and 'Tell tale tit'. The play is not listed in Nicoll.
'The King of the Peacocks; or, Harlequin Ton Tiddlers Ground and the Queen Barley Sugar', by Alfred Crowquill
Scope & Content:
'The King of the Peacocks; or, Harlequin Ton Tiddlers Ground and the Queen Barley Sugar', by Alfred Crowquill. Licence sent 13 December 1871 for performance at the Royal Surrey Theatre. 33 folios.
Play by A. Monnier, writer of plays; submitted: 1880 Play by E. Martin, writer of plays; submitted: 1880 Play by Eugène Marin Labiche, French dramatist; submitted: 1880
Play by A. H. G. Harris, writer of plays; submitted: 1893 Play by Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield, actor, dramatist, and Examiner of Plays; submitted: 1893
Play by H. Ravenswood, writer of plays; submitted: 1899 Play by H. Coveney, writer of plays; submitted: 1899 Play by R. Buchanan, writer of plays; submitted: 1899