Le voyage de Monsieur Perrichon, comedy in four acts by MM. Eugène Labiche and Édouard Martin. Printed (A. Bourdilliat; Libraire Nouvelle, 1860.) French. Licence sent 11 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Gymnase, Paris, 10 September 1860. Publisher’s adver...
Les trembleurs, ou, Le printemps qui s'avance, scenes de la vie bourgeoise, scenes by 'MM. Dumanoir et Clairville' (i.e., P. F. Pinel and L. F. Nicolaie). Printed (Michel Lévy Frères, 1861.) French. Licence sent 23 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Gymnase-D...
Le baron de Fourchevif, comedy in one act by 'MM. Labiche and A. Jolly'. Printed (Libraire théatrale), 1859. French. Licence sent 7 June 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 15 June 1859. Pencil marks to text. Stamped in green ink, "Geo...
'The red riband, or, The soldier's motto, life for life', romantic drama in two acts by Beaumont Hughes and Henry Sinclair. Licence sent 18 July 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted on script. Entitled, 'The red ribbon, or, The soldier's motto "Life fo...
'Harlequin Christoval, or, The demon ogre and the good fairy Silver Star at the bottom of the sea' (altered from 'Harlequin King Oberon, or, The demon ogre and the good fairy Silver Star of the lake') ('Harlequin Christoval and the demon ogre of the plains, or, The good fairy at the bottom of th...
'The Chinese invasion of 1960', burlesque by Edward Draper and Ellis Reynolds. Licence sent 23 March 1863 for performance at the Princess's. Cuts and amendments in ink. Cues and stage directions in pencil. No attribution given in Nicoll. ff. 49. Ellis Reynolds, writer of plays: Plays by, ...
'Nature's above art, a romance of the nursery', comedy in three acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 9 September 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. ff. 98. Edmund Falconer, theatre-manager and playwright: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1866: Partly incomplete.
'Harlequin Valentine and Orson, or, The Queen of Lillies and Jewells and the Green Knight of the Horseshoe Dell', by J. D. Mathews.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 7 December 1866 for performance at the Bower. Victor Hazleton noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
'Dick Whittington and his cat, or, The demon of discord and Harlequin and the fairy of the sun beam valley', by J. Richards.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 31 December 1870 for performance at the Garrick. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. Richards and gives the title as 'Dick Whittington and his cat, or, The demon of discord and the fairy'.
'Harlequin Babes in the Wood, Colombine, Queen of the Sky and the Lady of the Land', by Thomas Mead
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'Harlequin Babes in the Wood, Colombine, Queen of the Sky and the Lady of the Land', by Thomas Mead. Play read 26 December 1873 for a licence to perform at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London. 77 folios.