'Apollo and the flying Pegasus, or, The defeat of the Amazons', 'mythological burlesque' in one act. Licence sent 19 April 1858 for performance that day at Astley's Amphitheatre 19 April 1858. Cover signed Mr William Cooke, lessee and manager and Mr William Best, stage manager. Keywords: cla...
'Auld Robin Grey', musical burletta in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Listed in Nicoll as 'Auld Robin Gray'. Licence sent 10 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. There are numerous published versions of the traditional Scottish air 'Auld Robin Gray' dating from the mid-eighteenth century o...
'Toolooloo and Woolooloo, or, The great bear and the two kings', extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Cover bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: the Caribbean, animals, natural phenomena, drinking and drunkenness, dance, travel, ...
'The caliph of Bagdad', comic opera in two acts (for the music by Boieldieu). Licence sent 31 March 1858 for performance at the Adelphi. "With Benjamin Webster's compliments" written on cover. Songs included in MS. The original libretto for this opera was written in French by C. Godard d'Auc...
'The spy of Paris, or, A struggle for liberty', drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 April 1858 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: French Revolution, French influence, prisons and prisoners, military, pubs and inns, peasants, crime. ff. 16.
'Never too late to mend', drama in four acts. Licence sent 26 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Nicoll attributes authorship to G. Conquest, but his name is more securely attached to a later version of this text, for which see Add. MS 52975 A. Cover bears names of Messrs Shepherd and...
'The bombardment and capture of Canton', 'new and grand spectacle founded upon events in the present war in China', in two acts by J. H. Stocqueler. Licence sent 31 March 1858 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre 5 April 1858. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager and W. West, st...
'King Pluto, or, The belle and the pomegranate', extravaganza in one act by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 31 March 1858 for performance at the Haymarket. "Francis Talfourd, 3 Essex Court, H Temple" written on cover. Revisions and annotations to text. Songs included in MS. Listed in Nicoll ...