'Vermuh Kareeda, or, The fall of Delhi', drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 November 1857 for performance at the Victoria ‘Saturday evening next’. Request for licence signed by J. Towers. Does not appear to be listed in Nicoll. Keywords: Indian Mutiny, India, travel, nautical interest, orph...
'My wife's revenge, or, The masked rider', drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 November 1857 for performance at the Surrey. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: military, aristocracy, English Civil War, Christians and Christianity, revolution. ff. 46.
'The storming and capture of Dehli', grand military spectacle in three acts. Licence sent 24 November 1857 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 23 November 1857. Cover signed William Cook, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 5307...
'The snake king, and the frog prince, or, Harlequin and the queen of the water lilly', pantomime. Licence sent 30 November 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Manchester the same day. Songs included in MS. Ending of play written on different sized paper from rest of text. Keywords: ha...
'King Blusterbubble, and the demon ogre, or, Harlequin Prince Honorbright and the dwarf king of the ruby mines', pantomime by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 14 December 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham the same day. Keywords: harlequinade, fairies and other supernatural crea...
'Harlequin and the white cat; or, The princess Blanche Flower and her fairy godmother', Christmas pantomime. Licence sent 14 December 1857 for performance at the Princess’s. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a number of scenes be omitted from the comi...
'A telegram', farce in one act by John V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 24 November 1857 for performance at the Strand 23 November 1857. Revisions and prompter’s notes added to text in pencil. “Copyist—Mr. H. Roberts, 24 Agnes Street, Waterloo Road, Lambeth” written on last page. Keywords: scienc...
'The duke’s double', farce in one act. Licence sent 26 November 1857 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 30 November 1857. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, French characters,...