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'The fair one with the locks of gold, or, Harlequin Gorilla and the ring, the giant and the gloomy grotto', pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 19 December 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Includes comic scenes. ff. 52. Henry Spry, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: ...
'A nice quiet day', farce in one act by T. H. Hipkins and Gaston Murray. Licence sent 24 December 1861 for performance at the New Royalty Theatre, Soho. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 808. ff. 22. Gaston Murray, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1862. T. H. Hipkins, writer of p...
'Dot', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 11 April 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. First performed at the Winter Garden, New York, on 14 September 1859. Based on The cricket on the hearth. by Charles Dickens, first published 1845. ff. 63. Dionysius Lardner Boucicault...
'The golden daggers', drama in five acts by Charles Fechter and Edmund Yates. Licence sent 17 April 1862 to be performed at the Princess's on 19 April 1862. Identifies A. Harris, lessee. Amendments in ink. MS written in more than one hand. Last page identifies Edw. G. Hastings, prompter an...
'Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathew's entertainment', entertainment in two parts. Licence sent 17 May 1862 for performance at the Concert Room of Her Majesty's Theatre. Titles of separate parts listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 as "1. 'My wife and I', 2. 'The sensation fork, or, The maid, the maniac...
'The Toodles', farce in one act by William E. Burton. Licence sent 18 June 1862 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Dion Boucicault, 20 King Street, St. James, noted on cover (Boucicault was lessee of Drury Lane from June 1862). First performed at Burton's Chambers Street Theat...
'Pauvrette', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicualt. Licence sent 22 August 1863 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool. MS in more than one hand. Acts on different paper and in different hands. First performed at Niblo's Garden, New York 10 April 1858. Published (Fren...
'Life and adventures of Will Shakespeare, the poacher, the player and the poet, or, The golden days of Good Queen Bess', by H. F. Saville.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 7 April 1864 for performance at the Marylebone. The name of the theatre propretor J. A. Cave [Joseph Arnold Cave] noted on folio 1. MS in two hands.
'The King of the Golden Valley, or, Harlequin Tom Tidler, Little Boy Blue and the old woman who lived under the hill', by Nelson Lee Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 21 December 1864 for performance at the City of London. The name Nelson Lee noted below the details of the theatre on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the play with the spelling of 'Tidler' altered to 'Tiddler'.
'King Flame and Queen Pearly Drop, or, Harlequin Simple Simon and the pretty little mermaid at the bottom of the sea', by N. Lee, Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 26 December 1865 for performance at the City of London. The playwrights F. Marchant and W. Travers are noted below the details of the theatre on folio 1.