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'The beginning and the end', drama in four acts by 'Miss Maria Lacy' [i.e. Mrs. G. W. Lovell]. Licence sent 30 October 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 27 October 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Published in Cumberland’s, vol. 47, no. 393, ...
'Hey diddle diddle, or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the seven ages of man', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 22 December 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 26 December 1855. 'From E.T. Smith' written on cover. Songs included in MS. Diagrams and a printed illustr...
'Ding dong Will, or, The Ashbrooke blacksmith', village tale in one act, founded on a story in the Christmas number of Household Words. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Nicoll gives the date of the first performance ...
'The three brothers of Normandy, or, The compact of life and death', drama in three acts. Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Austerlitz, Austria, military, French characters, F...
'Two can play at that game', comedietta in one act by Walter Gordon. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Plymouth the same day. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keywords: art and artists, letters. ff. 32. William Aylmer Gowing, called 'Walte...
'Le roi boit', opérette-bouffe in one act. French. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Back page signed J. Mitchell. Keywords: French influence, literature and literary reference, doctors and medicine, science and technology, family relationships. ff. 20. London;...
'The fugitive tree', drama in three acts by E. G. Burton. Licence sent 15 June 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Margate the same day. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in blue. Songs included in MS. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, Caribbean islands, family relations...
Il birrajo di Preston, melodramma giocoso in three acts. Italian. Printed. Licence sent 14 November 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's advertising at back. ff. 26. Francesco Guidi, writer of plays: London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. St James' Theatre: Count Luigi Ric...
'Peter Wilkins, or, The flying Indians and the wild men of the Loudstone Islands', pantomime by H. Spry and George Conquest. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 December 1857. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. The present text appea...
‘Harlequin Hans and the golden goose, or, Old Mother Earth , the little red man and the princess whom nobody could make laugh’, pantomime by T. L. Greenwood and E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Contains ‘expressions used’ and lists of characters...