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‘The rolling stone’, petite comedy in one act by John Vandenbergh. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 22 August 1856. Keywords: musicians, education, art and artists, science and technology, military.ff. 46.John Vandenbergh,...
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Coyne, J. Stirling (Joseph Stirling), 1803-1868. A new and peculiar scene in the life of an unprotected female [microform] / by J. Stirling Coyne.
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Old Dominion University, Old Dominion University Libraries |
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'The phantom brides', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 1 October 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Keywords: poverty, theatre, German characters, family rel...
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Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk).
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Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University |
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'Drat that comet', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 16 July 1857 for performance at the Strand 16 August 1857. “Leicester Buckingham, 13 Clements Lane” written on cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the p...
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Strand Theatre (London, England). Playbills for dramatic performances presented at the Strand Theatre.
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University of Virginia. Library |
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'How it's to be done', comic drama in two acts. Licence requested for performance on Tuesday, 18 August 1857, but refused. Note on cover states that the MS was referred to the Lord Chamberlain 24 August 1857. Nicoll lists a play of the same title ...
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'The anti-garotte', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 31 January 1857. Intended performance date listed on back cover is 2 February 1857. Performed in a revised version by J. C. Wilson at t...
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'The fletch of bacon, or, The custom of Dunmow', farcical sketch in one act. Licence sent 23 July 1855 for performance at the Strand 23 July 1855. For another version see Add. 52955 O. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: bachelors, spinsters, law an...
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‘The czar’, historical drama in two acts. Licence sent 6 June 1856 for performance at the Strand 11 June 1856. Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. Some revisions to text. Keywords: Russian characters, aristocracy, Jewish characters...
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‘Belphegor’, extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1856 for performance at the Strand 29 September 1856. Letter from G. Smith bound into MS at back. For a version of this play by John Courtney, see Lacy’s, vol. 3,...
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The stolen kiss, farce in one act. Printed (possibly proof sheets.) Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Strand 18 October 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: hotels, French influence, travel, working class characters, seaside ...
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‘Extremes are bad’ (‘The juvenile party’), farce in one act. Licence sent 16 January 1852 for performance at the Strand 19 January 1852. Includes a brief performance of the song, ‘We won’t go home till morning.’ LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records th...
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'The little demon', drama in one act. Licence sent 19 May 1855 for performance at the Strand 21 May 1855. Keywords: the supernatural, fairies and other the supernatural creatures, street musicians, sport, aristocracy.ff. 22.London. Secular Institu...
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Jeancourt-Galignani, Charles,. Letter signed from the editor, Ch. Jeancourt-Galignani, Paris, to Augustin Daly, Royal Strand Theatre, London [manuscript], 1886 June 15.
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'Harlequin novelty, and the princess who lost her heart', pantomime by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Strand 24 December 1857. ‘Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn’ written on cover. Comic scenes written ...
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'An honest attorney, or, The mathematician', drama in two acts by W. S. Empden. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Strand 11 June 1855. Signed. Revisions in blue ink. Keywords: science and technology, law and the legal profession, wo...
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‘Good Queen Bess’, burlesque in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 22 March 1856 for performance at the Strand 24 March 1856. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: Early Modern settings, politicians, pubs and inns.ff. 36.Charles Ja...
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Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899. Theatrical papers of Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1863-1900.
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'Harlequin and Black eyed Sue, or, All in the downs in Davy Jones Locker', pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1855 for performance at the Strand. Songs included in MS. Keywords: food and dining, nautical interest, rustics, the supernatural, fair...
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‘The magic mistletoe, or, Harlequin Humbug and the shams of London’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Strand 3 January 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that two lines be omitted. Keywords: liter...
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'Dido', burlesque by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 6 January 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Contains words for songs and detailed stage directions. Published in Lacy's, vol. 44, no. 655. Keywords: Roman mythology, classical civilization,...
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'The nondescript', interlude in one act. Licence sent 5 August 1857 for performance at the Strand the same day. ‘J. M. Cooper, 86 Hercules Bldgs, Lambeth’ written on cover. Keywords: art and artists, disguise, cross-dressing.ff. 11.London. Secula...
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'Hamlet', burlesque in two acts. (Nicoll lists this as 'Hamlet, according to Act of Parliament'). Licence sent 3 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 8 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. LCO Day Book ...
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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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‘Little Dorrit’, drama in two acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 10 November 1856. Keywords: literature and literary reference, French influence, prisons and prisoners, poverty, family relationships, ...
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'A raffle for an elephant, or, The lottery of love', sketch in one act. Licence sent 5 June 1855 for performance at the Strand 5 June 1855. Signed by Allcroft. Keywords: London, letters, animals.ff. 11.London. Secular Institutions; Theatres. Stra...
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Buckingham, Leicester, 1825-1867. Two precious scroundrels [microform] : a farce in one act .
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Old Dominion University, Old Dominion University Libraries |
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‘Peace at any price’, farce in one act by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 8 February 1856 for performance at the Strand 11 February 1856. ‘J. P. Wooler, 17 Wellington Street, Islington’ written on cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulat...
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'The cricket on the hearth', drama in one act and three tableaux adapted from Dickens's Christmas tale by Joseph Halford. Licence sent 16 March 1855 for performance at the Strand 19 March 1855. Keywords: literature and literary reference, festiva...
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Comic scenes for 'Harlequin and King Nutcracker, or, The world of toys'. No record of a separate licence being issued, and the material is not listed in Nicoll. First performance planned for the Strand 26 December 1853. Request for licence written..., 1853
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'The dream of the Irish emigrants, or, The Lady May', drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 May 1853 for performance at the Strand 16 May 1853. Request for licence written and signed by John Kemble. Unidentified signature appears on title page. Son...
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‘That house in High Street’, comedy in two acts by M. Stuart. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Strand 28 July 1856. Keywords: military, servants, doctors and medicine, supernatural, ghosts.ff. 42.M. Stuart, writer of plays: London....
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D.H. Laurence Collection. Saint Joan / by Bernard Shaw; directed by Gale Edwards for the Strand Theatre, 1994 - poster.
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University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library |
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'City friends, or, Mis-direction', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 24 February 1855 for performance at the Strand 26 February 1855. Signed by J. W. Allcroft. Keywords: servants, letters, politicians, British Empire.ff. 15.Charles ...
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Strand Theatre (1832-1905). Playbills, 1849-1869.
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'The excursion', farce in one act. Licence sent 7 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 7 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. Keywords: seaside settings, Brighton, the press, theatre, lodgers and boarding...
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'Paul, or, The fortunate slave’, dramatic sketch in one act. Licence sent 4 November 1852 for performance at the Strand 8 November 1852. Songs included in mss. Keywords: black characters, American characters, slavery and abolitionism, fashion, st...
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Carrick, Edward, 1905-. Edward Craig Theatre Collection : ephemeral documents, 1613-ca. 1984 (bulk 1800-1900)
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Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA |
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'Prince Cheri and Princess Fair Star, or, The jewelled children of the enchanted isle', extravaganza in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 18 July 1855 for performance at the Strand 18 June 1855. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatu...
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'King Queer and his daughters three', extravaganza burlesque in one act by J. Halford and C. J. Collins. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Strand 9 April 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: literature and literary reference, fami...
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‘Frolics in France’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 19 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 19 November 1856. Cover has illegible signature, as the author, and ‘copyright of Edwin Bryer, Strand Theatre’. Keywords: servants, theatre, Fr...
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‘Two precious scoundrels’, farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 26 August 1856. Keywords: police, crime, prisons and prisoners, murder, businessmen.ff. 33.Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramat...
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'The modern Ingomar, or, Palaces and peeresses', burlesque in two acts. Licence sent 30 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 7 December 1853. Request for licence signed by J. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 reco...
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Dailey Paskman papers, 1904-1939, 1924-1929
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The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. |
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‘The Holly Tree Inn, or, A Christmas story’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Strand 7 January 1856. Songs included in MS. See also Add. 52958 G and 52958 O. Keywords: literature and literary reference, pu...
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'William Tell', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 13 April 1857. Nicoll also lists the performance of a revised text at the Strand 27 June 1857. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book ...
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‘A plague o’ both your houses, or a double barrelled gun trick’, dramatic sketch in one act. Licence sent 14 January 1856 for performance at the Strand 17 January 1856. Keywords: science and technology, servants, spiritualism, debt and its consequ...
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Miscellaneous theatrical papers
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'Pride and poverty, or, The real poor of London', drama in two acts by Ben Barnett and J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 3 March 1857 for performance at the Strand. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: London, poverty, working class characters, debt and i...
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The people’s lawyer, drama in two acts. Printed (n.d.) by J. S. Jones. Licence sent 19 May 1856 for performance at the Strand. Elaborate descriptions of setting and costume. Keywords: law and the legal profession, United States, art and artists,...
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'Alonzo the brave and the fair Imogene', burlesque in one act by H. T. Craven. Licence sent 29 January 1855 for performance at the Strand 29 January 1855. Signed by F. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. Keywords: science and technology, fairies a...
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'Holly Bush Hall', drama in three acts by J. Mordaunt. Licence sent 7 February 1860 for performance at the Standard. For other versions, see Add. 52989 S. and 52990 D. Based on the serialisation by J. Rymer (under the pseudonym 'M. J. Errym') whi...
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'Fashion, or, The perils of crinoline', farce in one act by Ben Barnett. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Strand 19 January 1857. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The perils of crinoline’, and attributed there to Morris Barnett. Keywords: fas...
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'So very obliging', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 23 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 28 September 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Keywords: animals, servants, science and technology, fam...
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