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31. Add MS 53038 H

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Add MS 53038 H
Title:
'Punch and Judy, or, Harlequin Prince Valliant and Shallaballa, or, The good little fairy of the wood', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

26 folios.

32. Add MS 53038 O

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Add MS 53038 O
Title:
'Dame Durden and her five servant maids, or, Harlequin Robert and Richard were two pretty men', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

23 folios.

33. Add MS 53038 AA

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Add MS 53038 AA
Title:
'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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

41 folios.

34. Add MS 53038 Z

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53038 Z
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

8 folios.