'Pizarro', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 15 April 1862 for performance at the Strand. Contains words to songs. Described as an extravaganza in both Nicoll and LCO Day Book Add. 52703. For other versions, see Add. 53004 W and 53013 X. ff. 34. Leicester Silk Bucking...
'It must be true, 'twas in the paper', comedietta in one act by E. Falconer. Licence sent 18 October 1862 for performance at the Lyceum. ff. 16. Edmund Falconer, theatre-manager and playwright: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1866: Partly incomplete.
'Love's triumph', opera in three acts by J. R. Planché (for the music by Vincent Wallace). Licence sent 27 October 1862 for to be performed at Covent Garden on 3 November. Cover identifies William Harrison, manager, Royal English Opera Covent Garden. Contains words for songs. ff. 62. J...
'My wife's relations', comedietta in one act by 'Walter Gordon' (i.e. William Aylmer Gordon). Licence sent 26 November 1862 for performance at the Olympic. MS written in more than one hand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 840. ff. 14. William Aylmer Gowing, called 'Walter Gordon', writ...
'The merry widow', comedy in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 4 February 1863 for performance at the St. James's. Name of the author appears on cover of each act. Amendments and cuts made in pencil. LCO Daybook Add. 52703 records date of licence as 5 February 1863. Published in L...
'The Deal boatman', drama in two acts by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 21 September 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Corrections and cues added in ink. Not listed in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Nicoll incorrectly lists this title as 'The boatman of Deal'. Published as ...
'King Arthur; or, The days and knights of the Round Table', pantomime by W. Brough. Licence sent 22 December 1863 , no details of theatre on script, but LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records place of performance as the Haymarket. MS written in more than one hand. Actors names in ink next to the dra...
'Queen Cockadoodledoo, the Dame who lost her shoe, or, The princess, the tulip, the page and the Peri of the deep seas blue', by W. Seaman.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1867 for performance at the Bower. Comic scenes in a separate hand to be found in folios 43-46. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
'Lallah Rookle, or, The Peri, the princess and the troubadour', extravaganza by William Brough. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 24 December 1857. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Some revisions included in text. Keyword...
'The Tiffins, or, Our bachelor friends', farce in one act. Licence sent 7 December 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of phrases with a biblical flavour be omitted. Keywords: marital relationships, poetr...