List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office for December 1870, together with the names of the theatres of intended performance. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays.
Comic scenes, presumably detached from another play. No details of licence or place of performance in the LCO day Book (Add MS 53704), on the MS or in the index (Add MS 53091 Y).
'Little Jack Horner, or, Harlequin babes in the wood and the cruel uncle'.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Bower. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Comic drama in one act. Licence sent 19 December for performance at the Adelphi. The names B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] and F (?) B. Chatterton are noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to B. Webster the younger is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the s...
Mifistifix, or, The evil spirit of a bit o' love and a revengeful heart.
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Burlesque. Licence sent 26 december 1870 for performance at the St George's. Printed (n.d). The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 24 December 1870 for performance at the Opera Comique. Nicoll lists the play as 'Found drowned, or, Our mutual friend', as does the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704).
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the East London. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. Soutar and gives the full title as 'Harlequin and the...
Burlesque. Licence sent 26 December 1870 for performance at the Globe. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand and gives the title as 'The white cat, or, Prince Lardi-Dardi and the radiant Rosetta'. The play was also published by La...
Comic opera in one act with music composed by I. E. Legouix. Licence sent 24 December 1870 for performance at Astley's. Printed (n.d.). Dramatis personae together with the names of the performers on folio 2v. Attractive blue cover.