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'Janet Pride', drama in five acts ('of which the 1st and 2nd are prologuial') by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 3 February 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 5 February 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions t...
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Irish Assurance, farce in two acts by Mrs. B. Williams. Printed (n.d.) Licence sent 11 August 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 11 August 1856. “Written expressly for Mr. Barney Williams. To which are added, a description of the costume, cast o...
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'The spirit of the haunted room, or, The Dunmow festival', drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 August 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 25 August 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. For another version see Add. 52955 F. Keywords: ...
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‘Our gal!! or, The Connecticut stratagem’, farce in one act by G. D. Johnson. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 26 July 1856. Letter requesting licence signed B. Webster bound in with MS. Actors’ names listed alongside dram...
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'The Spanish girl, or, The spy of Naples', drama in three acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 9 April 1857 performance at the City of London Theatre 13 April 1857. Keywords: Spanish influence, Naples, police, nautical interest, aristocracy, imprisonm...
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'George D'arville', drama in five parts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 2 June 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 3 June 1857. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: orphans, family relationships, crime, festival and celebration, i...
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'How's your uncle, or, The ladies of the court', farce in one act by T. E. Wilks. Licence sent 25 August 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 27 August 1855. Request for licence written and signed by B. Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 41, no. 6...
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‘Like and unlike’, drama in two acts by --Langford. Licence sent 4 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 10 April 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: French influence, working women, working class characters, Paris,...
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‘The boots at the Holly Tree Inn, or, The infant elopement to Gretna Green’, illustrative sketch in one act by Benjamin N. Webster. Licence sent 31 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 31 January 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webst...
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'Welcome little stranger', domestic sketch in one act. Licence sent 31 March 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 30 March 1857. Keywords: children, debt and its consequences, poverty.ff. 28.London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Adelphi Theatre: ...
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‘Medea’, tragedy in one act by Thomas J. Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 14 July 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, murder, children.ff. 17.T...
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Ireland as it is, drama in three acts by J. H. Amherst. Printed (n.d.). Licence sent 11 August 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 August 1856. Includes cast of characters, stage business, costumes, and relative positions on stage. Keywords: ...
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'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’...
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'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 wo...
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'The drapery question, or, Who's for India', apropos sketch in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 28 October 1857. ‘Proprietor, Benjamin Webster’ written on title page. Includes some later additio...
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‘Urgent private affairs’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 7 January 1856. Request for licence written and signed B. Webster. Keywords: doctors and medicine, military, Ratcatcher’s Daught...
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‘The elves, or, The statue bride’, ballet extravaganza in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Songs included in MS. Final scene written ...
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‘Lucifer matches’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Additional stage directions pencilled in throughout. Diagrams included. Keywords...
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'Fearful tragedy in the Seven Dials', farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 30 April 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 4 May 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. See Add. 52966 Z. Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 452. ...
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‘Mother Shipton, or, Harlequin knight of love and the enchanted whistle pipe’, pantomime. Licence sent 27 December 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 26 December 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Revisions and annotations throughou...
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'The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. Keywords: fairies and other supernat...
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'Helping hands', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 20 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 325. Keywords: lodgers...
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'Jack and the beanstalk, or, Harlequin Mother Goose at home once more', pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 26 December 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 ...
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'I'll tell your wife, or, Highly improper', farce in one act by N. S. Webster. Licence sent 5 March 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the...
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'Betty Martin' ('The clockmaker's hat'), farce in one act by T. W. Robertson, based on ‘Le chapeau d’un horologer’ by Mme. Emile de Girardin. Licence sent 5 March 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. Request for licence written and s...
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‘That blessed baby’, farce in one act by F. Moore. Licence sent 9 February 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 11 February 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. According to Nicoll, Published in Lacy’s, but the reference has not been ve...
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'A night at Notting Hill', farcical sketch in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 5 January 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. Songs included in MS. Published in L...
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‘A battle of smoke’, farce in one act. Licence sent 23 May 1856 for performance at the Adelphi on 26 May 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: food and dining, lodgers and boarding houses.ff. 11.London;...
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‘The custom of the country, or, Yankee help’, farce in one act by --Walcott. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 30 June 1856. ‘Property of Mr. B. Williams’ written on cover. Actors’ names included in MS. John Proctor liste...
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'The fairy tales of Mother Goose', fairy spectacle in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written in two different hand...
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‘A border marriage’, comic drama in one act by W. J. Sorrell. Licence sent 3 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. ‘J.M. Langfo...
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‘The loves of Cupid and Psyche’, burletta spectacle in one act, opening to a pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1857 for performance at the Adelphi the same day. Signed ‘With Mr Benjamin Webster’s compliments’. Songs included in MS. Some revisi...
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