Comic scenes for pantomime, 1858 – 1859. Licence sent 22 December 1858 for performance at the Victoria 27 December 1858. MS written by Isaac Cohen. Request for license signed J. J. Towers. Listed neither in LCO Day Book Add. 53703, nor in Nicoll. Keywords: Harlequinade, working men and wom...
'The cradle of steam' al. 'Marion de l'Orme' (altered from 'Bicêtre, or, Salomon de Caus'), drama in three acts. Licence sent 31 December 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 3 January 1859 'under the management of Mr. Edmund Falconer'. The original titles appear to have been crossed out and su...
'Queen Anne's farthing' al. 'Queen Ann's farthing and the three kingdoms of copper, silver and gold, or, Harlequin and the fairies of the magic mint', pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1858 for performance at the Standard. The alternative title appears at the head of the list of dramatis pe...
'Mother Red Cap, or, Harlequin and Johnny Gilpin, his ride to Islington'], pantomime for 1858 – 1859 season. Licence requested for performance at the Adelphi 27 December 1858. The text is so listed in the LCO Day Book Add. 53703. Comic scenes included in MS. Keywords: legends, eighteenth-century...
'Prince Peacock, or, The Queen of Spite and the fountain of eternal youth', pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1858 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Words for songs given. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation for a number of omissions. Keywords: ...
'Red Riding Hood and Baron von Wolf, or, Harlequin Little Boy Blue, Dame Durden and Old Gammer Gurton', pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Cheltenham 27 December 1858. The Examiner, W. B. Donne, has amended 'Cheltenham' to 'Brighton'. See also Nicol...
'Harlequin Master Walter, or, The hunchback monkey and the little fairies', pantomime by Thomas Mowbray. Licence sent 27 December 1858 for performance at the Soho Theatre. There is one addition to the text on a pasted-in slip. Words for songs given. Keywords: orphans, children, uncles, popu...
'Red Riding Hood', comic pantomime. Licence sent 10 December 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham. Signed Mr. M. H. Simpson. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keywords: cannibals, demons. fairies, fairy-tales, nursery rhymes, legend, magic, castles, nobil...