'Mr and Mrs Gulliver, or, Little Boy Blue, the Land of Lilliput and the home of the giants', by C. H. Horsman.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at the Alexandra Opera House, Sheffield. A covering letter addressed to William Bodham Donne and dated 15 December 1870 introduces the play and notes that payment has been enclosed, is included on folio i. The name of the author appears on...
Opera bouffe in one act. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Paris. (n.d.). Half-page illustration and dramatis personae with the names of the actors on folio 1. The play is not listed in the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704), and the date of licence is not noted on the script suggesting the ...
La corde sensible, ‘vaudeville’ in one act by ‘Monsieur Clairville’ and ‘Lambert-Thiboust’. 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 Vaudeville 8 October 1851. Advertising...
'Nobody's son, or, Half a loaf better than no bread', by Mrs H. Young.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 February 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre proprietor, Mr Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 33v. MS in two hands. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
'The jolly dogs of London, or, The two roads of life', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 July 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor 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.
'The light of love, or, The diamond and the snowdrop', by Mrs H. Young.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 February 1867 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre manager, Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 1.