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Farce in one act. Licence sent 21 October 1864 for performance at the Adelphi. The name 'Mr B. Webster' noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to Brough and Halliday is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dramatists not being recorded on the script.
‘Scenes and speeches included to be introduced into the Standard Theatre version of ‘The betting boy’s career’ to be produced at the Queen’s Theatre.’ Licence sent 14 September 1852 for performance at the Queen’s. Title page signed by C. F. James. Songs included in MS. Revisions not the work...
La petite Cendrillon, ou, La chatte merveilleuse, ‘pièce féerie’ in four tableaux by M. A. M. Désaugiers and ‘Monsieur Gentil’ (i.e., M. J. Gentil de Chavagnac). Printed (Paris; Barba, 2e ed., 1816). French. Licence sent 4 October 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first per...
'Harlequin Ali Baba, and the forty thieves, Morgiana and the Arabian nights,' pantomime by T.. Greenwood. Licence sent 22 December 1854 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1854. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that representations of nurses must ...
'Betty Martin' ('The clockmaker's hat'), farce in one act by T. W. Robertson, based on ‘Le chapeau d’un horologer’ by Mme. Emile de Girardin. Licence sent 5 March 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Later performed at...
Wallace, tragedy in five acts by Robert Buchanan. Printed (1856). Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Princess’s Theatre, Glasgow. Listed as an amateur performance in Nicoll. Keywords: Scotland, English characters, British Empire, treason, politicians, revolution, castles, e...
'Little Miss Muffet and Little Boy Blue, or, Harlequin Daddy Long Legs', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 18 December 1861 for performance at the Haymarket. Includes comic scenes. Inside front cover signed Thoms. T. Pugh, prompter. Cues and stage directions underlined in red. Pub...
'Shadhragh the Shingawn' ('The Rathboys'), drama in four acts by --Williams, Robert Buchanan and Charles Gibbon. Licence sent 12 May 1862 for performance at the Standard. This script may be based on M. Banim’s 'Crohoore of the Billhook.' Nicoll cites the play under the alternative title, and...