‘See saw Margery Daw, or, Harlequin Holiday and the island of ups and downs’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 26 December 1856. Cover signed E. L. Smith. Keywords: harlequinade, festival and celebration, dance, arist...
‘The fisherman and the genie, or, Harlequin Padmanaba and the enchanted fishes of the silver lake’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1856. Two different types of paper used in MS. Songs included in MS. Keywords: black c...
'William Tell', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 13 April 1857. Nicoll also lists the performance of a revised text at the Strand 27 June 1857. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a larg...
Les Pantins de Violette, opérette-bouffe in one act by Léon Battu (for the music by A. Adam). Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 29 Avril 1856. Cover and title page stamped ‘J. Mi...
Ba-ta-clan, ‘chinoiserie musicale’ in one act by Ludovic Halévy (for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed (1856). French . Licence sent 14 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 29 December 1855. Title page signed J. Mitchell....
'The struggles of the poor, or, Love, poverty and wealth', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: p...
'The phantom brides', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 1 October 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Keywords: poverty, theatre, German characters, family relationships, French characters, dance. ff. 53....
Il ritorno di Columella, melodrama buffo in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. Keywords; Italian settings, doctors, servants, peasants, weddings, letters, Padua, familiy relationships, madhouses, madness, ...
'Don Quixote, and the steed Rosinante, or, Harlequin Sancho Panza, by W. Cooke. Licence sent 13 December 1857 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 26 December 1857. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, W. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Keywords: harlequinade,...
'The sleeping beauty', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Keywords: harlequinade, children, fairies and other supernatural creatures, travel, military, Indian Mutiny, working clas...