'Harlequin Columbus, or the old world and the new', pantomime by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e. Tom Taylor). Licence sent 16 December 1853 for performance at Olympic 26 December 1853. Written in a number of different hands and on a number of different types of paper. Diagrams included. Keywords: fairi...
'Ranelagh', comic drama in two acts by J. P. Simpson and Cecil Wray. Licence sent 4 February 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 9 February 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 13, no. 192. Keywords: elopement, family re...
'Mr Buckstone's voyage round the globe (in Leicester Square)', an extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 10 April 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 17 April 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Jos. Hastings for J. B. Buckstone. Published in Lacy’...
'The marble heart, or, The sculptor's dream', drama in five acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 15 May 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 18 May 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the phrase 'Eve before the ...
'Gabrielle the Girondist', drama in three acts by E. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 9 August 1854 for performance at the City of London 14 August 1854. Signed by Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: Paris, French influence, French revolution, execut...
Additional act and introduced speeches in the drama of ‘Edward the Black Prince'. Licence sent 26 October 1854 for performance at the Queen's, 30 October 1854. Signed by C. J. James. Keywords: festival and celebration, Spanish influence, prison and prisoners, kidnapping, military, aristocrac...
'Harlequin and little one eye, little two eyes and little three eyes, or, Beasts and beauties', pantomime by T. Shepherd. Licence sent 16 December 1854 for performance at the Surrey 26 December 1854. Songs included in MS. Keywords: animals, aristocracy, illness, fashion, family relationships...
'L'étoile du nord', comic opera in three acts; English adaptation by T. H. Reynoldson [for the music by Meyerbeer]. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Songs included in MS. Script not listed in Ni...
'Art', comedy in one act by Charles Reade. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 17 February 1855. Title page signed by acting manager, A. Senger. 'Corrected copy, C.R.' written on title page. Inside title page signed 'C. Reade, Esq, Garrick Club, King St, C.R.' ...
'The northern star', play in three acts. Licence sent 2 March 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 5 March 1855. Signed by W. R. Markwell and Alfred Sanger, stage manager. Stage directions written in pencil throughout. See also Add. 52952 T (as ‘L’étoile du nord’) and Add. 52955 D under ...