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'The son of night, or, Ben Liel', drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. For other versions, see Add. 52962 T and 52965 K. Keywords: mountain s...
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'The spirit trapper! Or, The rapparee's mystery, a romance of the Eve of All Hallows' ('The rapparee's vengeance'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 July 1853 for performance at the Victoria 18 July 1853. Request for licence written and signed b...
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‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by __ (name illegible). Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Diagrams in...
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'Halfpenny child, or, The archives of the poor' ('The token, or, Lenza, the child of the wanderer'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 September 1857 for performance at the Victoria ‘Monday next’. Request for licence signed by J. Towers. LCO Day...
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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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'Ellie Forrestere', drama in three acts. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the Victoria 8 February 1857. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Keywords: nautical interest, orphans, crime, emigration.ff. 36.London; Secular I...
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'The wild gypsy girl, or, The dark shadows and sunshine of life', drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 April 1857 for performance at the Victoria 13 April 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a few phrases be omitted. Nicoll r...
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'The devil's three decker; or, The pirate's bride and the constancy of woman', drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 May 1853 for performance at the Victoria 30 May 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: nautical dr...
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‘Down at Ramsgate, or, What I think I say!’, farce in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: seaside settings, theatre, lodgers and boar...
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‘The seamstress and the duchess, or, Pride, poverty and splendour’, drama in two acts by Henry Young. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Victoria 1 November 1856. Keywords: aristocracy, working class characters, fallen women, pubs...
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'La traviata', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 2 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 7 September 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in red. For o...
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'The secret twelve! or, The bridge of Beltaz' ('St Pierre, or, The secret twelve'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 May 1855 for performance at the Victoria 28 May 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Songs included in...
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'Ida May! or, The slave's triangle', drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 April 1855 for performance at the Victoria 25 April 1855. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, dance, black characters, American characters, family relationships, murder.ff. 85...
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‘The red brigade, or, Vice and its consequence, a tale of the ragged school’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Victoria 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS....
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'The island of trances, and the land of flowers! or, Harlequin King Nosey and the old woman from Babylon', pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1852 for performance at the Victoria Theatre 27 December 1852. Request for licence written and signed by...
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‘Fate and its wonders! or, The idiot and the twin brothers’, drama in two acts, by A. Rayner. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: Italian char...
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'High and low water bell, or, The ebb and flow of fortune' ('High and low water bell, or, The panther of the seas and the ebb and flood of fortune'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 September 1855 for performance at the Victoria 17 September 185...
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'Harlequin Prince Love the Day, or, Queen Busy Bee, Little Red Riding Hood, and the fiend wolf', pantomime by H. Young. Licence sent 19 December 1857 for performance at the Victoria 26 December 1857. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Tower...
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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, The fugitive slave!’ drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 September 1852 for performance at the Victoria 20 September 1852. Title page signed by Eliza Vincent. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Other ...
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‘The blue baron, or, The mine fiend and the lake fay’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 6 April 1852 for performance at the Victoria 12 April 1852. MS includes letter from Eliza Vincent requesting the licence. Only listed in LCO Day Book Add...
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'The democrats of 1793' ('The generous heart') drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 December 1855 for performance at the Surrey. 'The generous heart' is written on title page but crossed out. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: rustics, French influ...
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‘Simon the tanner! or, The maid of the cherry tree garden of Bermondsey!’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 May 1856 for performance at the Victoria 7 April 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Minor revisions throughout. LCO Day...
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'Wealth and poverty! or, The trials of life', drama in three acts from the French by the author of 'The black huntsman' and 'Miser and spendthrift'. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Victoria 9 April 1855. Request for licence writte...
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‘Kafra Karabush, Chief of the Eagle Tribe, or, A chieftain’s vengeance’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9 August. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: Native American ...
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‘Harlequin William the Conquerer and King Vice of the silent city, or, War wine and love and Queen Virtue in the vistas of light and glitter’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Victoria 27 December 1856. Request for l...
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'The prince and the fairy', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Keywords: festival and celebration, fairies and othe...
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'Martyn Langton' al. 'Nelly the rag-gatherer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 October 1852 for performance at the Victoria 19 October 1852. Signed by J. J. Johnson on back cover of first act. Signed by Eliza Vincent on last page. Keywords: p...
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'The seven champions of Christiandom! or Harlequin Queen Diamond, and the realms of gems and jewels!' pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the Victoria 26 December 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincen...
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'The seven poor travellers', drama in three acts, ‘taken from Mr. C. Dickens’ popular tale in "Household Words". Licence sent 1 February 1855 for performance at the Victoria 5 February 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent....
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‘The lone star! or, The seaman’s destiny’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 July 1856 for performance at the Victoria 22 July 1856. Request for licence dated 17 July 1856 and signed J. Johnson Towers. Keywords: nautical interest, dance, natural...
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‘The maid and the magpie’, operatic burlesque in one act. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. The exact relationship of this text to the libretto of Ro...
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'Eliza Fenning', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 August 1857 for performance at the Victoria 31 August 1857. Request for licence signed by J. Towers. Text written in two different hands. Keywords: orphans, servants, poisoning, landlords and te...
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'Red hand of Fountainbleau', drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Ke...
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'Quadroon, the slave bride, or, The tree cavern', drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 October 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence written by Isaac Cohen (copyist) for J. J. Towers. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records...
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'The red man of Hammelberg, or, The price of life' ('The red man, or The headsman'), drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed J. J. Towers. Some revisi...
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‘The massacre of Glencoe! or, The fate of the MacDonald’s’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Victoria 12 May 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Some revisions to the text, and different papers u...
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