'Jack and Jill and the sleeping beauty, or, Harlequin Humpty Dumpty', by R. Soutar.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 15 December 1868 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, the lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. Comic scenes included separately on folios 28-33. The attribution of the play to R. Soutar is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being...
'Pure as driven snow, or, Tempted in vain', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 November 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Bob Lumley's secret, or, The murder in Bluegate Fields', by C. Pitt.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 December 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, who lists the play with the title 'Bob Lumley's secret, or, The dark deeds of Bluegate Fie...
'The gnome fly, or, Harlequin the nine dwarfs and the magic crystal', by G. Conquest.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1869 for performance at the Grecian. The attribution of the play to G, Conquest is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Marriage not divorce, or, Love that blooms forever', by J. C. Levey.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 April 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Sharps and flats, or, The race course of life', by F. Marchant.
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Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 25 June 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant.
L'Olandese Dannato (Der Fliegende Holländer), translated by L. H. F. du Terreaux.
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Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner, translated into Italian by Salvatore de C. Marchesi. Licence sent 18 July 1870 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed by Cramer and Co., 201 Regent Street (1870). George Wood noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. Dramatis personae with the names of the p...