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'Old Daddy Longlegs and Sir Regent Circus, or, The race for the golden apples', by C. H. Hazlewood and D. Johnson.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 9 December 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to Hazlewood and Johnson is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dramatists not being recorded on the script.
Play by C. Sims, al. (with W. G. Churcher) 'The Brothers Brush'; submitted: 1895 Play by W. G. Churcher, al. (with C. Sims) 'The Brothers Brush'; submitted: 1895
'Black Eyed Susan, or, The Little Bill that was taken up', by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a nautical burlesque'. Licence sent 27 November 1866 for performance at the Royalty. MS contains numerous corrections, additions and sketches of characters and stage-designs throughout. Dramatis personae on folio 7 with the names of the actors added in pencil. The names of the auth...
'Harlequin Jack Sprat and the three blind mice', by E. L. L. Blanchard and T. L. Greenwood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. First performed on 26 December 1864 at Astley's (neither the MS nor the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) contain a note of when the licence was sent). Comic scenes contained separately in folios 25-41. Folio 41v mentions E. T. Smith as lessee of the theatre. The attribution of the play to ...
'Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man', by B. Wright and J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1865 for performance at the Standard. Comic scenes included separately between folios 22-31. An alternative title 'Harlequin bah bah black sheep' is noted on folio1. The attribution of the play to Wright and Douglass is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dram...
‘The queen of the market’, drama in a prologue and three acts by H. C. Coape and B. N. Webster. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 12 April 1852. Signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not appear to list this play. Text written in a number of differen...
'The new wags of Windsor', farce in one act. Licence sent 11 September 1854 for performance at the Strand 18 September 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'Lord' be substituted with 'Heaven'. Keywords: military, fashion, orphans, family relationships, flirtati...
'Who's a traveller?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 25 October 1854 for performance at the Strand 1 November 1854. Signed on back cover. Keywords: transport, travel, pubs and inns, debt and its consequences. ff. 17. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and newspape...
'Where's Cruvelli?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 6 November 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Signed. Keywords: theatre, French influence, working women, London, musicians, science and technology. ff. 13. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and ne...
'England and France in the days of chivalry, or, The brothers in arms', new grand spectacle in three acts by J. H. Stocqueler. Licence sent 21 May 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre, 28 May 1855. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Keywords: an...