'Jessie Brown, or, The siege of Lucknow'('Jessie Brown, or, The relief of Lucknow'), drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 11 September 1862 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. MS written in more than one hand. First performed as 'Jessie Brown, or, The relief of L...
'Jeanie Deans, or, The heart of Midlothian' ('The trial of Effie Deans'), drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 23 January 1863 . No details of theatre given on script, but Nicoll records first British performance at Astley's, 26 January 1863. Letter signed [illegible] and E. S...
Harlequin Blue Beard, the Great Bashaw and his Seven Headless Wives, or, Harlequin Selim and his Lovely Fatima, by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1865 for performance at the Pavilion. The script is in three parts. Folios 1-16 printed by E. J. Bath, Whitechapel. (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folios 14 and 14v. Folios 17-23 manuscript comic scenes. Folios 24-30, printed proofs of the play.
'Prince Pippo and the Fair Mayde of Islington, or, Harlequin, the fairy magpie and the 12 magic spoons', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Alexandra. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Un Soir qu'il Neigeait (one Snowy Night); Les Prés Saint Gervais (The Meadows of saint Gervais); 'Les Forfaits de Pipermans (Piperman's Predicaments), translated by J. R. Ware.
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English translations of three plays (respectively a comedy in one act, a farce-comedy in two acts and a farce in one act). 'Licence for French versions of the plays sent October 27', noted on folio 1 in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays. Licence issued for performance at the Opera Comiq...
'Mr and Mrs Gulliver, or, Little Boy Blue, the Land of Lilliput and the home of the giants', by C. H. Horsman.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at the Alexandra Opera House, Sheffield. A covering letter addressed to William Bodham Donne and dated 15 December 1870 introduces the play and notes that payment has been enclosed, is included on folio i. The name of the author appears on...
Opera bouffe in one act. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Paris. (n.d.). Half-page illustration and dramatis personae with the names of the actors on folio 1. The play is not listed in the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704), and the date of licence is not noted on the script suggesting the ...