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'Isle of St. Tropez', drama in three acts by M. Williams and F. C. Bernand. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Contains considerable cuts and additions in pencil and ink, cues and list of props. Actors' names listed next to dramatis personæ. Small sketch in in...
'Playing with water, or, Pearls of the Rhine', burlesque fairy spectacle in two acts by George Fenton and J. B. Dale. Licence sent 6 February 1862 for performance at the Bower. Burlesque of the opera 'Lurline'; music by Wallace and libretto by E. Fitzball; for other versionsof this work see A...
'Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's new and original entertainment, popular illustrations from real life, The family legend, or, Heads and tails, and, Two rival composers', programme. Bound with words to songs included in the entertainment, 'Barney Macguire', 'The spinning wheel', 'Bow wow, wow', 'O wae...
'The phantom', drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 17 April 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. First performed under the title 'The vampire' at the Princess's on 14 June 1852 (for which see Add. 52932 Q). First performed under the title 'The phantom', at Wallack's Theatre, N...
'Carte de visite', comedietta in one act by M. Williams and F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 22 December 1862 , no theatre indicated. Script notes name of C. Dumerie, copyist, 22 Mornington Place, Hampstead Rd. Amendments and cues noted in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 845. ff. 52. ...
How she loves him! comedy in five acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 30 November 1863 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool. Printed. Pages pasted onto large paper. Minor cuts in ink. This performance is listed as the premiere in Nicoll. Published by Chapman and ...
'Lady Belle Belle, or, Fortunio and his seven magic servants', pantomime by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 22 December 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster, the theatre manager, noted on script. "Comic fairy tale" on title page. For an earlier version of the story, see 'Fortu...
'The slave of crime, or, Sowing the whirlwind and reaping the storm, or, Bitter fruits of disobedience', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 July 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'The slaves of crime, or, Sowing the whirlwind and reaping the storm'.
'Hop o my thumb and his eleven brothers, or, Harlequin and the ogre of the seven league boots', by E. L. L. Blanchard.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1864 for performance at Drury Lane. MS appears to be missing the front page containing the title; the title listed above comes from the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703). The attribution to Blanchard is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded...
'Harlequin Tom Tom the piper's son, Pope Joan and Little Bo-Peep, or, Old Daddy Long Legs and the pig that went to market and the pig that stayed at home', by T. L. Greenwood.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1865 for performance at Astley's. The MS is in several hands and contains numerous amendments and additions throughout. Comic scenes included separately in folios 47-75. The attribution of the play to T. L. Greenwood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the drama...