'The Deal boatman', drama in two acts by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 21 September 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Corrections and cues added in ink. Not listed in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Nicoll incorrectly lists this title as 'The boatman of Deal'. Published as ...
'King Arthur; or, The days and knights of the Round Table', pantomime by W. Brough. Licence sent 22 December 1863 , no details of theatre on script, but LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records place of performance as the Haymarket. MS written in more than one hand. Actors names in ink next to the dra...
'Queen Cockadoodledoo, the Dame who lost her shoe, or, The princess, the tulip, the page and the Peri of the deep seas blue', by W. Seaman.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1867 for performance at the Bower. Comic scenes in a separate hand to be found in folios 43-46. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
'Lallah Rookle, or, The Peri, the princess and the troubadour', extravaganza by William Brough. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 24 December 1857. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Some revisions included in text. Keyword...
'The Tiffins, or, Our bachelor friends', farce in one act. Licence sent 7 December 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of phrases with a biblical flavour be omitted. Keywords: marital relationships, poetr...
'The Dark King of the Black Mountains, or, The adventures of Floris the Foundling Prince', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 17 March 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play, minus its alternative title, to C. H. Hazlewood.
'The three great worthies, or, The king, the hangman and the barber', by J. R. Anderson.
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Drama in four acts. Licence sent 15 August 1866 for performance at the Standard. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the phrases 'Holy Mother' and 'Holy Virgin' to be omitted. The attribution of the play to J. R. Anderson is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the sc...
'The Princess of the Pearl Island, or, The three kingdoms of pearl, gold and silver', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 22 November 1866 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 C. H. Hazlewood.
'Robert le Diable, or, The nun, the dun and the son of a gun', by W. S. Gilbert.
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Extravaganza. Licence sent 9 December 1868 for performance at the Gaiety. The original title, 'Robert the Devil', has been crossed through on folio 1. Adapted from the opera by G. Meyerbeer. The attribution to W. S. Gilbert is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the sc...
Mrs Beflat's Blunder and Leah, A Hearty Joke in a Cab Age, by W. Routledge.
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Two plays, a farce and a burlesque. Licence sent 18 January 1868 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed (n.d.). The performances noted as taking place on Saturday, January 23 1869 and being 'For the benefit of a lady in reduced circumstances' on folio 1. Dramatis personae togeth...