Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. Nicoll lists the play as subsequently performed at the Amphitheatre, Leeds on 28 October 1872.
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at Drury Lane. Comic scenes included separately between folios 41-57. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. L. L. Blanchard and lists the play as 'The dragon of Wantley, or, Old Mother Sh...
Farce in one act. Licence sent 26 December 1870 for performance at the Surrey. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood, in collaboration with A. Williams.
Aladdin II, or, An old lamp in a new light, by A. Thompson.
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Opera-bouffe with music by M. Herve. The dramatist is also noted as the author of 'On the Cards', 'Columbus' and 'Linda Burlesque'. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.). A list of characters together with the names of the actors included on folio 2. Nicoll ...
'My son Jack, or Harlequin Mother Goose and the gaping, wide-mouthed waddling frog', by R. Soutar.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 31 December 1870 for performance at the Surrey. No details of the title or author are given in the MS. Details of the title and author come from Nicoll and the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704).
'Deedle Deedle Dumpling and the eleven dancing princesses, Little Tom Tittlemouse and the silver frog', by T. Greenwood.
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Pantomime with comic scenes. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at Astley's. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'Little Tom Tittlemouse and the eleven dancing princesses'. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play as 'Harlequin Deedle Deedle Dumpling and the eleven dancing princes...
The Mistletoe Bough! A Merrie Jest of an Old Oak Chest, by H. B. Farnie.
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Burlesque. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.). The names of B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] and F (?) B. Chatterton are noted on folio 1. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to the Marquis of Lorne and a separate couplet of a suggestive nat...