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'Ye belle alliance, or, Harlequin and good humour and the field of the cloth of gold', pantomime by William Brough in collaboration with R. B. Brough. Licence sent 18 December 1855 for performance at Theatre Royal Covent Garden 26 December 1855. 'Proprietor. Mr John Henry Anderson' written on...
‘The first printer’, drama in three acts by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade. Licence sent 21 January 1856 for performance at the Princess’s 3 March 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: the press, Netherlands, family relationships, treason, aristocracy, science and technology. ff. 61. Tom Tay...
‘The mistress of the hotel’, comedy in three acts by Carlo Goldoni. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Signed Kemble, Esq., 94 Mount St, Grosvenor Square. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and N, part of t...
‘The forger and his victim’, drama in two acts by C. Pitt. Licence sent 12 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 12 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: London, land and farming, fashion, murder, crime, elopement. ff. 28. C. I. Pitt, writer of pl...
La demande en marriage, song with words by Gustave Lemoine for the music by Mlle. L. Puget. Printed. French. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher’s list at back. Keywords: French influence. ff. 2. Gustave Lemoine, dramatist: London; Secular Instituti...
Pepito, opéra-comique in one act by Léon Battu and Jules Moinaux (for the music by Jacques Offenbach). Printed (1853). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Variétés 28 October 1857. Cover and title page stamped ‘...
Le financier et la savetier, opérette-bouffe in one act by H.- J. Crémieux and E. About (for the music by Jacques Offenbach). Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 22 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 23 September 1856. S...
Six demoiselles á marier, opérette bouffe in one act by A. Choler (for the music by Delibes). Printed. French. Licence sent 15 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 13 November 1857. Includes one illustration. Cover s...
'Masaniello', an extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the Olympic 2 July 1857. Many revisions in different hands and on different types of paper. Illustration of revolutionaries’ banners included on p. 65. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the ...
'Fairy circle', or, Con O'Carrolius dream', drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 July 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 6 July 1857. Revisions and additions to stage directions written in a different hand. At least one diagram included. Prompter’s marginal notes included. Keywords: fairies ...