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'The life of a beggar', drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 13 August 1857 for performance at City of London 14 August 1857. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: festival and celebration, servants, death, poverty, poisoning, inheritance, murder, crime, fallen wom...
'The legend of the headless man, or, The spirit of good and evil', melodrama in three acts by B. J. Webster. Licence sent 14 November 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 16 November 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the words 'God' and 'damnation' be omitted. Keyword...
'B. B., or, The Benicia Boy', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 19 March 1860 for performance at the Olympic. The script is based on the famous boxing match between Tom Sayers and the American John Heenan, known as 'the Benicia Boy', which took place on 17 April ...
Le fléau des mers, drama in seven acts and nine tableaux by 'M. Lèonce' (i.e., C. H. L. Laurençot) and Eugéne Nus, music by M. Artus. Printed (Théâtre contemporain illustré, n.d.) French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. Imperfect. Contains words for songs. Firs...
'The Turkish bath', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 26 April 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Cuts and amendments in ink and pencil. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 754. ff. 22. Montagu Williams, writer o...
'Easy shaving!', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 12 June 1863 , no details of place of performance noted on script. The present MS prepared as prompt copy. Cues and cuts written in both pencil and ink. Actors' names in pencil next to dramatis personæ. MS writ...
‘The devil’s in it’, opera in two acts , with libretto by Alfred Bunn. Licence sent 15 July 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 July 1852. Letter from the stage manager requesting licence is bound with MS. Text written in two different hands; one using red ink to underline stage directions...
Le chevalier des dames, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘Marc-Michel’ (i.e. M. A. A. Michel) and E. Labiche. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1853). French. Licence sent 4 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre du Pa...
Les Bohémiens de Paris, drama in five acts and eight tableaux by ‘Adolphe d’Ennery’ and ‘Eugène Grangé’ (i.e., A. Philippe and E. P. Basté). Printed. French. Licence sent 22 December 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique 27 S...
Les noces de Jeannette, opéra comique in one act by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier (for the music by Victor Massé). Printed (Paris; Bibliotheque dramatique; theâtre moderne, 1853.). French. Licence sent 26 June 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed. Publisher's advertising on fro...