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'Dragonette', opérette in one act. (Libretto by Eugène Mestépès and L.– A. Jaime, for the music by J. Offenbach.) French. Licence sent 20 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influence, military, orphans, musicians, age and ageing. ff...
'Dido', burlesque by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 6 January 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Contains words for songs and detailed stage directions. Published in Lacy's, vol. 44, no. 655. Keywords: Roman mythology, classical civilization, literary references, cross-dressing, Carthage...
Furnished apartment, vaudeville in one act by 'MM. Cormon et Grangé' (i.e., P. E. Piestre and Eugène Basté). Printed (Michel Lèvy Frères; Bibliotheque dramatique; théatre moderne, n.d.) French. Licence sent 12 June 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the Variétés, Par...
Une grisette de Paris (altered from Une maitresse bien agreeable), comedy-vaudeville in one act by 'MM. Paul de Kock and Lambert Thiboust' (i.e., P. A. A. Thiboust). Printed (Michel Lèvy Frères: Bibliotheque dramatique, théatre moderne, 1857). French. Licence sent 18 June 1860 for performa...
Histoire d'un sou, comedy in one act by 'MM. Clairville et Lambert-Thiboust' (i.e. L. F. Nicolaie and Pierre Antoine Auguste Thiboust). Printed (Beck, 1858). French. Licence sent 6 November 1860 . First performed at the Palais-Royal, Paris, 29 October 1849. Publisher's advertisement on bac...
'The pretty housebreaker', farce in one act by William Brough and A. Halliday. Licence sent 13 July 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 765. ff. 27. Andrew Halliday Duff, called 'Andrew Halliday'; essayist and dramatist: Plays by, submi...
'A shilling day at the Great Exhibition, "1862", or, All the fun of the world's fair', apropos extravaganza by William Brough and Andrew Halliday. Licence sent 7 June 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. For another version, see Add. 53015 H. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 817. ff. 19. ...
'The bottle imp, or, Harlequin , the witch of the woods and the beautiful princess and the five good little fairies', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1865 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended representation - Saturday 23 December 1865. Comic scenes included separately on folios 22-2...
'Harlequin Ric Rac - The Giant of the Mountain, or, The goblin's gift - kingdoms three and the Good Fairy and the pretty princess', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Comic scenes contained separately in folios 28-31. Nicoll lists the title as 'Harlequin Rik Rak, the Giant of the Mountains, or, The goblin's gift of the kingdoms three, and the Good Fairy and the princess'.
'Herne the hunter, or, Harlequin the demon oak and the maid, the monarch and the young mischief', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the responsible manager on folio 1.