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...
The sleeping beauty, or, Harlequin and the spiteful fairy, by G. A. A'Beckett and C. H. Ross.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1870 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed (1870). The names of those who created the scenery, the costumes and those who composed the dances and the music (Herve) mentioned on folio 2. Detailed descriptions of the characters together with the names of the...
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).
'Sinbad the sailor, or, Harlequin, navigation and the great roc of the diamond valley', by N. Lee Jnr.
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Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 23 December 1870 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The attribution of the play to N. Lee Jnr is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
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.
'Harlequin Nimble Nip, or, The pig who went to market and the pigs who stayed at home', by F. Marchant.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 31 December 1870 for performance at the Victoria. Partly printed (n.d.). Comic scenes included separately between folios 46-49. A playbill for the Victoria which gives the title of the play as 'Harlequin Nimble Nip, or, The pig who went to market, the pigs who stayed at h...
'Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, or, Harlequin and the silver amazons', by J. T. Douglass.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1870 for performance at the Standard. The attribution of the play to J. T. Douglass is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
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).