‘Harlequin Beauty and the Beast, or, Little Goody Two Shoes and Mother Bunch’s bookcase in Baby Land’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1857 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1857. Comic scenes included. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that some parts of the com...
‘Pierette, or, The rivals’, comic opera in one act by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 29 December 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Hull 6 March 1858. Includes letter signed by the Examiner W. B. Donne stating that ‘the Opera “Pierette” (intended for representation at Hull) belongs to M...
Les deux timides, comedy-vaudeville in one act by Marc Michel and Eugène Labiche. Printed (Nouvelle bibliothèque théatrale, n.d.) French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Contains words for songs. First performed at the G...
'The young actress', interlude in one act, 'edited' by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 30 August 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Nicoll cites earlier productions at Burton's, New York on 22 October 1853 and at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 26 May 1856. Contains words for songs. Yet an...
'Peter Wilkins', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 24 December 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Includes comic scenes. Signed J. H. Craven, prompter and copyist and E. T. Smith, lessee. Based on the novel The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornishman,...
'The spider and the fly, or, Harlequin number pip and the magic toys' ('Number nip'), pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 20 December 1862 for performance at the Grecian. MS written in more than one hand. Comic scenes appended. Underlinings in red pencil on ff. 55r. Listed i...
'Mr German Reed's opera di camera entertainment', including 'Jessy Lea' by John Oxenford. Licence sent 29 October 1863 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Full title page reads "Mr German Reed's opera di camera entertainment in which he introduces a lyric composition written by Jo...
'Rumplestiltskin, or, The maid and what's his name, or, The woman at the wheels', by F. C. Burnand.
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Extravaganza. Licence sent 15 March 1864 for performance at the Royalty. Nicoll lists the play with the title amended to 'Rumplestiltskin and the maid, or, The woman at the wheel'. The play was also published by French.
'Sir Hugh Myddelton, or, The fairy of the chrystal stream and the baliff's daughter of Islington', by C. Millward.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1864 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The name of the theatre manager, Robert Edgar, is noted on folio 1 together with the proposed date for the play's performance - 24 December 1864. The spelling 'Myddelton' in MS appears as 'Myddleton' in Nicoll and 'Middl...
The Golden Cask, the princess! the page!! and the pageant!!!, or, Harlequin and Queen Grumble, by A. J. O'Neil.
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Burlesque and pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Printed (folios 1-20) by J. W. Last, Heathcock Court, 414 Strand (n.d.). Folios 21-25 are manuscript and contain the comic scenes. Mr R. Edgar [Robert Edgar] noted as the sole lessee, and Miss Marriott note...