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'Diogenes, in search of a contented man', drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt, and, ‘The old shadow, or, The spirit of conscience’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Both licences sent 9 October 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Both covers signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. ...
'The colleen bawn settled at last', farce in one act by W. Brough and A. Halliday. Licence sent 1 July 1862 for to be performed at the Lyceum on 5 July. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 819. See also Add. 52995 B, 52995 T, 52996 M, 53002 M, 53...
'A valentine, a compliment of the season', play in one act by W. Brough and 'A. Halliday' (i.e. A. H. Duff). Licence sent 9 February 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B[enjamin] Webster (the theatre lessee and manager) noted on the script. Published as A Valentine ! in Lacy's, vol...
'Masks and faces, or, Both sides of the curtain’, comedy in two acts. Licence sent 8 November 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 5 November 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. For a related play see Add. 52958 W. Keywords: cross-dressing, the...
'The good woman in the wood', Christmas piece in two acts by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 23 December 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 27 December 1852. Songs sent separately make up first eight pages of the MS. Keywords: family relationships, animals, Uncle Tom's Cabin, property, fairies a...
'The cricket on the hearth', drama in one act and three tableaux adapted from Dickens's Christmas tale by Joseph Halford. Licence sent 16 March 1855 for performance at the Strand 19 March 1855. Keywords: literature and literary reference, festivals and celebration, working class characters, ...
‘Retribution’, domestic drama in four acts by Tom Taylor, based on Le loi de talion by Charles de Bernard. Licence sent 26 March 1856 for performance at the Olympic 12 May 1856. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 391. Keywords: French influence, educati...
'Wooing one's wife', comedietta in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 18 October 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 778. Bound with two songs, ff. 34-36: 'Mama won't buy me out', by William Broug...
'The lily of Killarney', opera in three acts by John Oxenford and Dion Boucicault (for the music by Sir Julius Benedict). Licence sent 3 February 1862 for performance at Covent Garden on 10 February 1862. Signed William Harrison, the theatre manager. Contains words to songs. Cuts and additi...
Cinderella, or, Harlequin and the magic pumpkin and the great fairy of the little glass slipper, by E. L. L. Blanchard and T. L. Greenwood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1864 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by J. Miles & Co., 105 Wardour Street (n.d.). Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 1v. Greenwood and Blanchard produced collaborations under the alias 'The Brothers Grinn', although...