'The spider and the fly, or, Harlequin number pip and the magic toys' ('Number nip'), pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 20 December 1862 for performance at the Grecian. MS written in more than one hand. Comic scenes appended. Underlinings in red pencil on ff. 55r. Listed i...
'Mr German Reed's opera di camera entertainment', including 'Jessy Lea' by John Oxenford. Licence sent 29 October 1863 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Full title page reads "Mr German Reed's opera di camera entertainment in which he introduces a lyric composition written by Jo...
'Rumplestiltskin, or, The maid and what's his name, or, The woman at the wheels', by F. C. Burnand.
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Extravaganza. Licence sent 15 March 1864 for performance at the Royalty. Nicoll lists the play with the title amended to 'Rumplestiltskin and the maid, or, The woman at the wheel'. The play was also published by French.
'Sir Hugh Myddelton, or, The fairy of the chrystal stream and the baliff's daughter of Islington', by C. Millward.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1864 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The name of the theatre manager, Robert Edgar, is noted on folio 1 together with the proposed date for the play's performance - 24 December 1864. The spelling 'Myddelton' in MS appears as 'Myddleton' in Nicoll and 'Middl...
The Golden Cask, the princess! the page!! and the pageant!!!, or, Harlequin and Queen Grumble, by A. J. O'Neil.
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Burlesque and pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Printed (folios 1-20) by J. W. Last, Heathcock Court, 414 Strand (n.d.). Folios 21-25 are manuscript and contain the comic scenes. Mr R. Edgar [Robert Edgar] noted as the sole lessee, and Miss Marriott note...
'Dame Trot, or, Harlequin, babes in the wood, and lost Little Red Riding Hood', by G. H. George.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1870 for performance at the Oriental. M. Abrahams noted as the responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1 together with the date of the intended performance - Saturday 24 December 1870. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for one passage of a suggestive nature...
'The convict brother, or, The story of a night', drama in two acts by T. Meade. Licence sent 6 June 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 6 June 1853. Signed by E. L. Smith. 'Smith, E.L., 38 Dean St, Soho' appears on back cover. Keywords: working class characters, the superna...