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'Harlequin Ali Baba, and the forty thieves, Morgiana and the Arabian nights,' pantomime by T.. Greenwood. Licence sent 22 December 1854 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1854. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that representations of nurses must ...
'Betty Martin' ('The clockmaker's hat'), farce in one act by T. W. Robertson, based on ‘Le chapeau d’un horologer’ by Mme. Emile de Girardin. Licence sent 5 March 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Later performed at...
Wallace, tragedy in five acts by Robert Buchanan. Printed (1856). Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Princess’s Theatre, Glasgow. Listed as an amateur performance in Nicoll. Keywords: Scotland, English characters, British Empire, treason, politicians, revolution, castles, e...
'Little Miss Muffet and Little Boy Blue, or, Harlequin Daddy Long Legs', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 18 December 1861 for performance at the Haymarket. Includes comic scenes. Inside front cover signed Thoms. T. Pugh, prompter. Cues and stage directions underlined in red. Pub...
'Shadhragh the Shingawn' ('The Rathboys'), drama in four acts by --Williams, Robert Buchanan and Charles Gibbon. Licence sent 12 May 1862 for performance at the Standard. This script may be based on M. Banim’s 'Crohoore of the Billhook.' Nicoll cites the play under the alternative title, and...
'Arline the lost child, or, The Pole, the policeman and the polar bear', by H. Bellingham and W. Best.
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Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 22 July 1864 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The date of intended performance noted as Saturday 23 July 1864 on folio 2. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) requests a reference to the Prince of Wales be omitted in performance.
'Punch and Judy, or, Harlequin Prince Valliant and Shallaballa, or, The good little fairy of the wood', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1. Comic scenes contained separately in folios 24-26. The attribution of the play to Conquest and Spry is taken from Nicoll, the ...
'Dame Durden and her five servant maids, or, Harlequin Robert and Richard were two pretty men', by J. T. Douglass.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1864 for performance at the Standard, the date of the play's intended performance noted as 24 December 1864 on folio 19v. Comic scenes in a separate hand contained in folios 20-23.
'The rise and fall of Richard III, or, A new front to an old Dicky', by F. C. Burnand.
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Described as 'A Richardsonian burlesque drama in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 21 September 1868 for performance at the Royalty. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand.
Play by H. Pettitt, writer of plays; submitted: 1880 Play by A. H. G. Harris, writer of plays; submitted: 1880 Play by P. Meritt, writer of plays; submitted: 1880