'The Chinese invasion of 1960', burlesque by Edward Draper and Ellis Reynolds. Licence sent 23 March 1863 for performance at the Princess's. Cuts and amendments in ink. Cues and stage directions in pencil. No attribution given in Nicoll. ff. 49. Ellis Reynolds, writer of plays: Plays by, ...
'Nature's above art, a romance of the nursery', comedy in three acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 9 September 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. ff. 98. Edmund Falconer, theatre-manager and playwright: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1866: Partly incomplete.
'Harlequin Valentine and Orson, or, The Queen of Lillies and Jewells and the Green Knight of the Horseshoe Dell', by J. D. Mathews.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 7 December 1866 for performance at the Bower. Victor Hazleton noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
'Dick Whittington and his cat, or, The demon of discord and Harlequin and the fairy of the sun beam valley', by J. Richards.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 31 December 1870 for performance at the Garrick. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. Richards and gives the title as 'Dick Whittington and his cat, or, The demon of discord and the fairy'.
'Harlequin Babes in the Wood, Colombine, Queen of the Sky and the Lady of the Land', by Thomas Mead
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'Harlequin Babes in the Wood, Colombine, Queen of the Sky and the Lady of the Land', by Thomas Mead. Play read 26 December 1873 for a licence to perform at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London. 77 folios.
Colombine, ou, Les sept péchés capitaux, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in one act by P. F. A. Carmouche and Paul Vermond. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Printed (1850). French. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Variétés 12 March ...
Faust’, libretto in three acts for the opera by Spohr. Printed (c1852). Italian with English translation, by Manfredo Maggioni; based on the original German libretto by J. C. Bernard. Licence sent 13 July 1852 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Names of orchestra lis...
'Leo the terrible, a fable for the present day', burlesque. Licence sent 18 December 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 27 December 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Written in a number of different hands and on a number of different papers....
'Harlequin Studibras, or, Dame Durden and the droll days of the Merry Monarch', pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that 'The lines, 'Proclamation—bearbaiting! This act is not Licenced by th...
Livre III, chapitre Ier, comédie in one act by Eugène Pierron and Adolphe Laferrière. Printed (Paris: La France dramatique au dix-neuvième siècle: choix de pièces modernes, 1852). French. Licence sent 22 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Od...