'Ida Lee, or, The child of the wreck', drama in four parts and two acts by Mrs Henry Young (i.e. Melinda Young). Licence sent 28 August 1863 for performance at the Effingham. Morris Abrahams, the theatre manager, noted on cover. ff. 38. Melinda Young, also called 'mrs Henry Young: Plays by,...
Le cachemire vert, ‘comédie’ in one act by Alexandre Dumas père and Eugène Nus. Printed (1851). French. Licence sent 26 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Manager: John Mitchell. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique 15 December 1849. Bound in what...
'Undine, the spirit of the waters, or, Harlequin and the magic cup and sorcerer', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 22 December 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 27 December 1852. Part of title has been revised and obscured. Dramatis personae lists actors' names. Comic scenes ...
'Wellington and Waterloo', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 December 1852 for performance at the Marylebone Theatre 27 December 1852. The Examiner of Plays W. B. Donne notes on cover that the events surrounding the funeral of the Duke of Wellington have intervened in the process of licensing...
‘The magic mistletoe, or, Harlequin Humbug and the shams of London’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Strand 3 January 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that two lines be omitted. Keywords: literature and literary reference, doctors and medi...
‘Little Jack Horner or, Harlequin ABC’, grand comic pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. First performance at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 26 December 1857; there is no licensing information on the script itself. Comic scenes and songs included in MS. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: th...
Old King Cole, or, Harlequin Hey Diddle-Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, and the four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, by M. Dutnall.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Printed by the Theatre Royal Printing Company, Birmingham (n.d.). The name of the manager, Mr H. M. Simpson Jnr, is noted on folio 1. Dramatis personae with the names of the actors taking the roles on foli...
'Charles the Second and pretty Nell Gwynne, or, Harlequin Oliver Cromwell and the Little Fairies of the Enchanted Oak', by R. Soutar.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1867 for performance at the Victoria. J. Arnold Cave noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. Soutar.
'Fred Frolic, his life and adventures, or, The dark deeds of the devil's grip', by C. Pitt.
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Drama in two acts - the drama being 'founded on the tale of that name published in 'The young men of Great Britain'. Licence sent 20 June 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1.
'Little Prince Poppet; or, Old King Twiddle Twaddle, the Princess and the Naughty Boy and the Pump', by unknown author
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'Little Prince Poppet; or, Old King Twiddle Twaddle, the Princess and the Naughty Boy and the Pump', by unknown author. Licence sent 14 August 1871 for performance at the Bower Theatre, London. 25 folios.