'Nell, or, The Old Curiosity Shop', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 17 November 1870 for performance at the Olympic. The play noted as 'The property of Mr Liston, Olympic' on folio 1. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
'Dame Trot, or, Harlequin, babes in the wood, and lost Little Red Riding Hood', by G. H. George.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1870 for performance at the Oriental. M. Abrahams noted as the responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1 together with the date of the intended performance - Saturday 24 December 1870. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for one passage of a suggestive nature...
'Mr and Mrs Gulliver, or, Little Boy Blue, the Land of Lilliput and the home of the giants', by C. H. Horsman.
Scope & Content:
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...
'Herne the hunter, or, Harlequin the demon oak and the maid, the monarch and the young mischief', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the responsible manager on folio 1.