'The giant of the mountains, or, The savage, the shipwreck and the girl of the period', by F. Marchant.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 8 December 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'The three temptations, wine, women and gambling and the three blessings honour, honesty and virtue', by F. Marchant.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 September 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant under the title 'The three perils, or, Wine, women and gam...
'Harlequin Nimble Nip, or, The pig who went to market and the pigs who stayed at home', by F. Marchant.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 31 December 1870 for performance at the Victoria. Partly printed (n.d.). Comic scenes included separately between folios 46-49. A playbill for the Victoria which gives the title of the play as 'Harlequin Nimble Nip, or, The pig who went to market, the pigs who stayed at h...
‘Aminta, or, A match for a magistrate’, opera in two acts by John Oxenford. Licence sent 19 January 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 19 January 1852. Manager: Benjamin Webster. Untitled songs performed by both the chorus and individual characters are written into the text,...
‘The bottle imp, or, Spirits in bond’, burlesque in one act by W. P. Hale and Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 17 March 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 12 April 1852. Songs included in MS. Manager’s signature appears on last page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation tha...
Egmont’, tragedy in five acts by J. W. Goethe. Printed (1849). German. Licence sent 21 May 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher’s advertising on inside of front cover. Bookseller’s label: Mitchell, Bookseller and Stationer, 33, Old Bond Street. LCO Da...
Faust’, tragedy in five acts, by J. W. Goethe. Printed (1850). German. Licence sent 24 May 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that several passages be omitted. Keywords: theatre, literature and literary reference...
‘A house out of windows’, farce in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 16 October 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 18 October 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 8, no. 117. Keywords: art and artists, bachelors, le...
'The obstinate family', farce in one act, adapted from a German original by S. Phelps the younger. Licence sent 17 February 1853 for performance at Sadlers Wells 19 February 1853. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 10, no. 136. Keywords: food and dining, servants. ff. 28. S. Phelps, writer of plays...