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A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE is available for Jarndyce Catalogues for those who do not regularly purchase. Please send £30.00 (£60.00 overseas) for four issues, specifying the catalogues you would like to receive. PANTOMIMES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & BURLESQUES ISBN: 978 1 910156-33-9 Price £10.00 Front cover adapted from item 469; back cover adapted from item 510

Brian Lake Janet Nassau INTRODUCTION

Pantomime developed from the commedia dell’arte character of Harlequin; the ‘harlequinades’ of the early eighteenth century were mimed, with ‘slapstick & tomfoolery’. But David Garrick, at Drury Lane Theatre, successfully reworked the harlequinade with a speaking Harlequin; Henry Woodward wrote new plays based on old English folk stories like Dick Whittington, Robin Hood, and The Children of the Wood. As evolved, more domestic stories and topical satire began to replace classical tales. After ’s performance in Mother Goose at Covent Garden in 1806, the clown began to take over from Harlequin as the star. The pantomime increased in popularity with the introduction of elaborate scenery and stage effects in the fairytale extravaganzas of James Robinson Planché, first staged at the in 1831, and the reintroduction of ‘Harlequin’ in many new guises. Until 1843, there were restrictions on the use of spoken word in performances, but the Theatres Act allowed any theatre without a royal patent to produce a play with purely spoken dialogue. Now witty puns, word play and audience participation were added to the repertoire of mime, daring chase scenes and spectacular transformations. Favourite fairytale characters, magical animals, principal boys and pantomime dames all became part of the experience. ‘Burlesques’ of the period followed the form of pantomimes and extravaganzas, but had the specific quality of caricaturing well-known, serious, plays. By the late nineteenth century, the most extravagant productions at the largest London theatres could last up to five hours and featured clever stage tricks, stunning costumes and huge casts. It became customary for pantomimes to open on Boxing Day, linking pantomime with Christmas. This catalogue consists largely of ‘word books’ for productions from the mid- eighteenth through to the mid-twentieth century. The first section lists the primary texts chronologically by title; part two records less famous pantomimes as well as extravaganzas and burlesques, alphabetically by author. Part three lists pantomime and other playbills by place & theatre, the catalogue concluding with a miscellany of associated material. Two people have made this catalogue possible: Henry Hoppe and Helen Smith. Henry sold us a large part of his pantomime collection and the following note is by him: “A long time ago the Third Programme transformed my life. On Christmas night the annual pantomime was broadcast from The Players Theatre in London. At the time I knew nothing of The Players’ tradition of editing and adapting early Victorian pantomimes in a way that made them enjoyable for a twentieth- century audience. Sadly, The Players are no more, but through their pantomimes I became acquainted with ‘pantomimists’ such as H.J. Byron and E.L. Blanchard. I was charmed by their rhyming couplets, appalling puns and pretty little ditties sung to melodies like the Londonderry Air. It was all very different to my local theatre in Windsor where 1960s’ audiences were enthralled by the beautiful daughters of John Counsell and entertainers such as Joe Brown, Bryan Burdon and Julian Orchard. These productions where written almost entirely in prose, larded with slightly risqué jokes and included the latest from the world of pop music. I wanted to know how and why the pantomime tradition had changed so dramatically. I read all the books I could find and made friends with a number of dealers in theatrical memorabilia and books. My speciality became pantomime word books and with the help of booksellers, I built up a fairly large collection. Many of these were rarities and often sold at prices which were a challenge for the pocket of a young civil servant. These ‘books of words’ provided me with a unique insight into how pantomimes responded to social changes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the stiff formality of the theatre of pre- Dickensian London changed under challenge, as the uninhibited stars of the laid siege to pantomime. Then came the khaki-clad stars of the Great War pantomimes who valiantly tried to cheer up the wives and children of British Tommies. Finally I saw the glamour and grandeur of the Lyceum pantomimes of the 1920’s and 30’s trying to draw audiences away from the cinema. I loved my collection and I hope it gives pleasure to others.”

This is the final catalogue of Helen Smith, who worked for Jarndyce for 35 years but sadly died in 2018. One of Helen’s specialities was theatre – she worked for the V&A’s Theatre Museum, and curated a Garrick collection for the – and she was responsible for nearly a dozen Jarndyce catalogues of Plays and Theatre History. She took a particular interest in the popular theatre of the Victorian era – and the musical hall, which developed from tavern entertainments of the 1830s. The final section of this catalogue includes books on pantomime history from Helen’s personal reference collection which are marked **.

Brian Lake, Janet Nassau, Ed Nassau Lake April 2020

*Note on scarcity: Most of the items offered here are ephemeral; many are unrecorded, or only recorded in one or two copies on Copac (now transitioning to the unhappy acronym ‘JISChub’) The V&A has the best collection in the U.K., but the poor holdings of other major libraries show that pantomime has been a neglected area. 83 CONTENTS

items I. THE MAJOR PANTOMIMES Word Books by Title 1-190

II. BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES Word Books by Author 191-384

III. PLAYBILLS By Theatre 385-464

IV. BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME Including Programmes 465-547

TITLE INDEX

AUTHOR INDEX

THEATRE INDEX ALADDIN

I THE MAJOR PANTOMIMES Word books by Title

ALADDIN A folk tale of Middle Eastern origin, Aladdin was introduced to Great Britain in One Thousand and One Nights. The first pantomime based on the tale was written by John O’Keeffe for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1788: Aladin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. A Pantomime entertainment. 1. À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. (Aladdin.) The Wonderful Lamp in a New Light; being an illustrated edition of the story of Aladdin. First performed at the Princess’s Theatre, on Thursday, July 4th, 1844. W.S. Johnson. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ Cambridge & Durham only. [1844] £45 2. ADAMS, Marion L. (Aladdin.) The Slave of the Lamp. A fairy-tale play. Stead’s Publishing House. (Books for the Bairns, no. 117.) 4pp ads; sl. browned. Orig. pink printed paper wrappers; dulled. 58pp. ¶ Oxford & V&A only. ‘Or, Aladdin in Japan’ on wrapper. [1905] £30 3. ANDERTON, John. (Aladdin.) Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled, Aladdin. 1892-3. Book of the words. n.p. Ads. Orig. orange wrappers printed in red & black; sl. marked with minor tears at edges. 52pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham pantomime, price 2d. The Theatre Royal, Birmingham Book of words 1896-7 is in exactly the same style. 1892 £35 4. ANONYMOUS. Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp: a grand romantic spectacle, in two acts. ... John Cumberland. Front. by R. Cruikshank; marked. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ Cambridge & NLW only. Listing Covent Garden casts from 1826 and 1836 so not the version by George Soane. It may be related to the 1813 Covent Garden pantomime with the same title which was devised by Charles Farley. [1836?] £30 5. BLANCHARD, Edward Leman. Aladdin. Book of the Words (Book of the Words.) Music by Oscar Barrett. Invented, staged, and produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 1885-6, by . Alfred Gibbons. Illus, music, ads. Without wrappers. Disbound. 60pp. ¶ Glasgow & V&A only. 1885 £38 ‘BY THE BROTHERS GRINN’ 6. (BLANCHARD, Edward Leman & GREENWOOD, Thomas Longdon) (Aladdin.) Harlequin Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or The Flying Palace and Big Ben of Westminster. Written by the Brothers Grinn, and produced under the direction of E.F. Edgar. Aubert’s Steam Printing Works. Orig. orange printed wrappers; badly dusted and creased or chipped at corners. 24pp. ¶ Oxford only. Title headed: Royal Aquarium (Great Yarmouth) Grand Christmas Pantomime. 1878-79. Wrapper title is simply ‘Aladdin’. 1878 £35 BYRON, Henry James 7. Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Scamp! An original extravaganza, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 750.) Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. dusted. Signature of William Wallford, 1861. 42pp. ¶ The issue with colophon of Thomas Scott on p.42. [1861] £25 ALADDIN

BYRON, Henry James, continued 8. Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Scamp! ... Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 750.) Disbound. 42pp. ¶ The issue with colophon of Thomas Scott on p.42. [1861] £15 9. Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Scamp! ... Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no. 750.) 2pp cata. Orig. pink printed front wrapper torn at one corner. 42pp. ¶ Cover title: Aladdin (Burlesque). [c.1875] £20 GLASGOW 10. (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp!) The New Grand Christmas and New-Year Pantomime entitled Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp! (Glasgow:) Gilchrist, printer. Disbound. 23pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, Glasgow. Price one penny. Dated at end in ms. 5 18/1/09. Altered into pantomime form with Harlequinade from Aladdin; or The Wonderful Scamp. 1865-66 £45 _____ NOTTINGHAM 11. DIX, Frank J. (Aladdin.) Mr. Robert Arthur’s Seventh Nottingham Pantomime ‘Aladdin’ (and the Wonderful Lamp). ... (Nottingham: Derry & Sons, printers.) Plates, ports, ads. Orig. grey wrappers, printed in red & black; sl. marked, tears at some corners. 87pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Half title headed: Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Some of the portrait plates have the names of the characters played added in ink; the advertisements are elaborate and one has a coloured onlay picture of cork linoleum. 1903 £50 12. ELAND, Peter. (Ahr Aladdin.) Book of words of the Third Annual Local Topical Pantomime, Ahr Aladdin, and the Cave at Loh Mooh ... Invented, written and composed by Peter Eland. (Bradford: published for T. Settle, by T. Throup.) Ads. Orig. brown pict. wrappers; spine neatly reinforced. 52pp. ¶ Not on Copac. St. George’s Hall, Bradford pantomime, 1902? The action opens on the shelves of the Free Library, Dar-Lee Streete with the Head Librarian as a good fairy. Dated from an advertisement. [1902?] £30 BIRMINGHAM 13. GREEN, Frank W. (Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp.) The Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. 1879-80. (Written expressly for this theatre.) Birmingham: James Upton, printer. Loose in orig. yellow printed wrappers; dusted with trace of old folds. Stamp of Terence Rees. 24pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham. The pantomime text, with only the cast of the Harlequinade listed. On the verso of the front wrapper are rough pencil sketches possibly intended to represent some of the characters. 1879 £40 14. (SMITH, Albert Richard) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. In two acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal Lyceum. FIRST EDITION. W.S. Johnson. Disbound. 32pp. ¶ Apparently not in BL. First performed on 5th August, 1844. [1844] £50 HARLEQUIN & THE FORTY THIEVES 15. SPRY, Henry. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp; or, Harlequin & the Forty Thieves and the Flying Horses of . 1874-75. As produced at Sanger’s National Amphitheatre, late Astleys. E. Rascol, printer. Title vignette. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ Oxford only. 1874 £35 ALADDIN

DRURY LANE 1896 16. STURGESS, Arthur & LENNARD, Horace. (Aladdin.) Book of Words. Aladdin: grand Christmas pantomime. (F.M. Evans & Co.) Illus., ads. Orig. col. printed wrappers with photo. onlay of who played Aladdin; mark on front and in inner margins, spine sl. torn at tail. 90pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Christmas 1896. Produced by Oscar Barrett after the death of Augustus Harris in June 1896. Price one shilling. 1896 £70 17. STURGESS, Arthur & LENNARD, Horace. (Aladdin.) Book of Words. Aladdin: grand Christmas pantomime. n.p. Illus., ads. Orig. green printed wrappers with portrait of Oscar Barrett; browned at edges, sl. marked & chipped, lacking spine strip. 90pp. ¶ The 6d cheaper edition, with identical text pages. 1896 £35 18. THOMPSON, Alfred. Aladdin II; or An old lamp in a new light, an original - bouffe. The music by M. Herve. First performed at the Gaiety Theatre. Gaiety Theatre. Disbound. 48pp. ¶ Thompson, 1831-1895, wrote a number of pantomimes, plays and libretti. 1870 £25 FULLY ILLUSTRATED 19. WYLIE, Lauri & MAXWELL-STEWART, F.V. (Aladdin.) The 1923-4 “Royal” Pantomime Aladdin. Book by Lauri Wylie and F. Maxwell-Stewart. Lyrics by Clifford Harris and Valentine. (Book of words and souvenir.) Birmingham: Moody Bros, printers. Oblong 8vo. Ports, ads, pict. title in red & blue. Orig. buff wrappers printed in green & brown; sl. dusted. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Lauri Wylie was the pseudonym of Morris Lawrence Samuelson. 1923 £50

ALI-BABA Another tale from One Thousand and One Nights. The first printed version appears to beAli Baba; or, The forty thieves destroyed by Morgiana, a slave, Hull, 1790. Many of the 19th century versions were simply called The Forty Thieves. 20. À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Arabian Nights! A pantomime ... produced under the superintendence of A. Harris. ... First performed at Covent Garden Theatre, Wednesday, December 26th, 1866. Printed by J. Miles & Co. Ads. Disbound. 25pp. ¶ BL & Cambridge only. [1866] £40 CRYSTAL PALACE 21. À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Arabian Nights. A pantomime ... produced under the direction of , Gaiety Theatre. ... R.K. Burt & Co., printers. Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. chipped & dusted. 24pp. ¶ Senate House only. Headed: Crystal Palace. Christmas holidays, 1871-72. Originally performed at Covent Garden, 1866. The text title has “good genii”. [1871] £45 PER-VERSION 22. À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott & LEMON, Mark. (Ali Baba) (Open Sesame.) The Thorough-bred Arabian, Racy, Extravaganza, in two acts, called Open Sesame; or, A Night With the Forty Thieves. The present version, or per-version, as performed at the Theatre Royal Lyceum. W.S. Johnson. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ Not on Copac. [1844] £75 3 13

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23. ANONYMOUS. The Forty Thieves ... produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 26th, 1935. Wightman Mountain. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers. 40pp. ¶ Senate House only. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. A different text from the 1924 version. 1935 £25 24. ANONYMOUS. The Forty Thieves. (Pantomime, 1887.) (Nottingham: Midland Advertising Co.?) Ads, catalogued from head of text. Stabbed as issued; staples rusting, but without the wrappers with full details. Disbound. 32pp. ¶ The Grand Theatre, Nottingham opened in 1886, and p.11 offers advertisement spaces. 1887 £15 25. BANTOCK, Leedham. The Forty Thieves ... produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W. Dec. 26th, 1924. David Allen & Sons. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 32pp. ¶ Bantock, 1870-1828, singer, comedy actor and early film director - he was the author of pantomimes from 1922-27 when general manager of the Lyceum Theatre. 1924 £25 26. BLANCHARD, Edward Leman. (40 [Forty] Thieves.) Book of the Words 40 Thieves. Music by Ferdinand Wallerstein. Invented, staged, and produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1886-7. By Augustus Harris. Strand Publishing Co. Illus, some neatly hand col., ports, music, ads. Without the wrapper & stitching, sl. marked & dusted 74pp. ¶ Cambridge & V&A only. 1886 £35 PECKHAM 27. BOWYER, Frederick. The Forty Thieves ... (The third gorgeous Crown pantomime, 1900-1901.) Pantomime arranged and produced by Isaac Cohen assisted by Cecil Paget and Edouard Espinosa. A.E. Abrahams, advertising contractor. Tear in margin of first two leaves affecting a few words of ads, sl. creased & dusted. Stabbed as issued, without wrappers. Stamp of Terence Rees. 32pp. A poor copy. ¶ Hull only. Headed: Crown Theatre, High Street, Peckham. 1900 £10 CRYSTAL PALACE 28. LENNARD, Horace. The Forty Thieves. ... Music composed and selected, and the entire pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Oscar Barrett. The Crystal Palace Company, Sydenham. 1891-92. n.p. Ads; tear without loss in title margin. Without wrappers. Disbound. 60pp. ¶ BL only. Headed: Crystal Palace. Pantomime season, 1891-92. 1891 £25 29. MAURICE, Newman, pseud. (Newman Cohen) (The Forty Thieves.) Book of the Words of the Pantomime The Forty Thieves. Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on ... Dec. 26th, 1912, ... Hudson & Son, artistic printers. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 64pp. 1912 £30 BIRMINGHAM 30. MILLWARD, Charles. (Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.) The Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. Produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on Saturday, December 26th, 1868. ... The opening of the pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by Charles Millward. ... Birmingham: printed at the Theatre Royal Printing Office. Stabbed as issued; sl. spotted. 24pp. ¶ Not in Nicoll; Oxford only on Copac. Priced twopence. 1868 £60 ALI-BABA

‘WITH AN EASTERN FLAVOUR’ 31. MONRO, Eric Stuart. Ali Baba: a play with an eastern flavour. Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Orig. printed cloth wrappers; ink mark to spine, sl. faded. 44pp. ¶ NLS only. [1930] £20 GRAND THEATRE, 32. THORN, Geoffrey, pseud. (Charles Townley) (The Naughty Forty Thieves.) Grand Pantomime, The Naughty Forty Thieves; or Harlequin, Merry Morgiana and the Magic Cave. ... Produced under the personal direction of Charles Wilmot. n.p. Ads. Without the wrappers. Disbound. 46pp. ¶ V&A only.Title headed: Grand Theatre, London, N. Some of the text is on rectos only with ads on versos. [1892] £38 33. THORN, Geoffrey, pseud. (Charles Townley) (The Naughty Forty Thieves.) Book of the Words of the Grand Christmas pantomime entitled The Naughty Forty Thieves, or Harlequin Merry Morgiana and the Magic Cave. ... First performed at the Prince’s Theatre, Bristol, December 23rd, 1893, ... (2nd edn.) (Bristol:) printed at the Office of the Bristol Mercury. Illus. including scenes, ports, ads. Orig. cream printed wrappers; sl. dusted. (82pp.) ¶ Bristol only. First performed at the Grand Theatre, Islington in 1892. 1893 £48 SCALES’S EDITION 34. (WARD, Charles) The Forty Thieves, a grand operatical romance, in two acts, (altered from the original). As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. (Scales’s edition.) J. Scales; sold by Champante & Co.; Wilmott & Hill. (M’Gowen, printer.) Corner lost through paper flaw on 3rd leaf losing scene signature only. Disbound. 30pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The libretto attributed to Charles Ward, for a scenario by Richard Brinsley Sheridan with dialogue and revisions by George Colman. [1807?] £150 35. (WARD, Charles) (The Forty Thieves.) Songs, Duets, Trios, Chorusses, &c. &c. &c. in the grand operatical romance of The Forty Thieves. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, April 8th 1806. The music composed, and selected by Mr. Kelly. The ballets and action, under the direction of Mr. D’Egville. Printed by C. Lowndes, and sold in the Theatre. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ BL only on Copac. The libretto attributed to Charles Ward, for a scenario by Richard Brinsley Sheridan with dialogue and revisions by George Colman. 1806 £200 GLASGOW 36. WOOD, Jay Hickory. (The Forty Thieves.) Seventeenth “Royal” Pantomime entitled “The Forty Thieves”, ... Produced under the personal direction of F.W. Wyndham. ... (Glasgow: Yeats, Ltd.) Ports, ads. Orig. front wrapper printed in red & black. Spine protected with transparent tape. 72pp. ¶ On wrapper: Theatre Royal, Glasgow. 17th Royal pantomime 1904-5. On p.48 is an ink note: ‘Please return to Mrs Hickory Wood, 26. St. Paul’s Road, Manningham. Bradford. Yks’. 1904 £45

BABES IN THE WOOD This title dates back to a late 16th century broadside and was first dramatized in 1793 at the Haymarket Theatre as the opera The Children in the Wood, by Samuel Arnold. Harlequin & Cock Robin; or, The Babes in the Wood presented at Drury Lane in 1828 was the first pantomime version. Later (from 1867), Gilbert A’Beckett’s version introduced Robin Hood as the children’s saviour. BABES IN THE WOOD

37. ANDREWS, Louis. (Babes in the Wood.) Book of the Words of the Lyceum Pantomime Babes in the Wood. Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on ... Dec. 27th, 1920. ... Wightman Mountain & Andrews. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 32pp. ¶ Not on Copac 1920 £30 38. ANONYMOUS. The Babes in the Wood. A fairy tale play. ... (Reissued.) Ernest Benn. (Stead’s popular plays. For school and home performance, no. 140.) Illus. Stapled as issued. 58pp. ¶ BL has a run of Stead’s popular plays, otherwise not on Copac. 1926 £20 39. ANONYMOUS. The Babes in the Wood. A fairy tale play. ... (Reissued.) Ernest Benn. ... Illus. Disbound. 58pp. 1926 £15 AUSTRALIAN PANTOMIME 40. AYRTON, Frank. (Babes in the Wood.) Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sydney. Second Grand Christmas Pantomime, season 1891-92. Babes in the Wood, Bold Robin Hood and his Foresters Good. Written expressly for this theatre ... The whole produced under the personal supervision of George Rignold. (Sydney: printed by J.W. Eedy.) Two col. litho. plates of characters, text printed in green, ads. Orig. col. printed wrappers; rusting at staples, spine strengthened with cream tape. 96pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Her Majesty’s Theatre. Inscribed on wrapper: ‘With Frank Ayrton’s Compliments’. 1891 £45 WICKED UNKILL & ROBIN HOOD! 41. BISGOOD, Joseph John. (Babes in the Wood.) Mr. Edward Fletcher’s Fifth Grand Christmas Pantomime Babes in the Wood; or, The Wicked Unkill; the Merrie Men; and Robin Hood. 1885-6. Printed by Daniel Owen & Co. Ads, paper browning, corner torn from title. Stabbed as issued without wrappers, staples sl. rusting. 51pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Headed: Theatre Royal, Cardiff. Bisgood’s other writings are on insurance. 1885 £25 ADAPTED TO THE MAGIC LANTERN 42. COOTE, R. The Tales of The Children in the Wood, and Puss in Boots. Especially adapted to Magic Lantern illustrations. Sm. 4to. Brodie & Middleton. Orig. green limp embossed cloth, lettered in gilt on front. 16pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Possibly inspired by the E.L. Blanchard pantomimes of 1873 and 1874 and suggesting music to accompany the performances. [c.1874] £50 43. CORNER, Julia. The Children in the Wood; edited by Miss Corner and J.V. Barret. 4to. Dean & Son. (Little plays for little actors.) Front., illus. Orig. printed green boards; sl. marked, spine defective. 32pp. ¶ Barret was the illustrator. The first edition of a popular version. [1854] £40 44. EGERTON, Louise. The Babes in the Wood. An original play for little players. Music by Stephen R. Philpot. (With original songs and choruses.) “Books for the Bairns” Office. (Books for the Bairns, no. 140.) Illus., tonic solfa tunes; text browning. Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. faded. 58pp. [1907] £20 LIVERPOOL 45. McARDLE, John Francis. The Babes in the Wood; or, Little Cock Robin and Bold Robin Hood! an entirely new and original comic Christmas pantomime introducing many local hits and pretty misses. ... Liverpool: published for Mr. D. Grannell, by Alex. Stevenson. Ads. Orig. orange illus. printed wrappers; sl. marked. v.g. 22pp. ¶ Wrapper headed: Rotunda Theatre and Music Hall of Varieties; the pantomime for BABES IN THE WOOD

1872-3. John Francis McArdle was an Irish journalist, playwright and actor, author of Puppets, a whimsical play performed at the Criterion Theatre in London in 1893. 1872 £68 BRIXTON 46. MELVILLE, Frederick. (The Babes in the Wood.) The Brixton Pantomime. The Babes in the Wood. Written and produced by Fredk. Melville . (Book of words.) n.p. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. illus. cream wrappers. 40pp. ¶ V&A only. Brixton Theatre pantomime, first staged on Boxing Day 1936. 1936 £25 47. RICE, Charles. The Babes in the Wood and the Great Bed of Ware. An Old English pantomime, with a few modern effects. Written and produced for the amusement of good children of all ages, at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, 1874-5. E. Rascol, printer. Sl. dusted. Disbound. 32pp. ¶ Oxford & V&A only. 1874 £50 48. STURGESS, Arthur & COLLINS, Arthur. (The Babes in the Wood.) The 53rd Royal Pantomime, entitled The Babes in the Wood. ... (Book of words to the Christmas pantomime 1898-9.) Manchester: Manchester Billposting Co. Ports, ads. Orig. cream wrapper printed in red & black; staples rusting, sl. dusted. 72pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Manchester. The portrait on p.33 has been cut out, affecting ad. on verso, text complete. This must be a version of the 1897 Drury Lane pantomime. 1898 £20 GRAND THEATRE, ISLINGTON 49. THORN, Geoffrey, pseud. (Charles Townley) (Babes in the Wood.) Grand Pantomime, Babes in the Wood, or, Bold Robin Hood & His Foresters Good. ... Produced under the personal direction of Charles Wilmot. n.p. Ads; margin sl. marked. Without the wrappers. Disbound. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copace; Bristol has an 1892 Bristol edition. Title headed: Grand Theatre, London, N. Some of the text is on rectos only with ads on versos. [1890] £35 50. WADE, William. The Babes in the Wood, and their valiant rescue by bold Robin Hood. Specially written for this theatre. ... First performed at the Prince’s Theatre, Bristol, Dec. 24th, 1901. Bristol: printed by T.D. Taylor, Sons & Hawkins, “Times & Mirror”. Plates, ports, blue plates of scenery, ads. Orig. blue printed illus. wrappers. v.g. 88pp. ¶ Not on Copac; an 1899 Portsmouth version with variant title, V&A only. 1901 £48 51. WOOD, Jay Hickory. The Babes in the Wood, written expressly for this theatre ... Additional lyrics by W. Jackson Houlston. (Birmingham : James Upton Ltd, printers.) Ports, ads. Orig. cream wrappers printed in blue, red & black; front wrapper browned with sm. corner lost at tail of spine. 56pp. ¶ Not on Copac; V&A has an [?] [1906?] edition. Title headed: Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham; the Grand Christmas pantomime 1909-10. Starring Dorothy Ward. 1909 £25 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Originally published in 1740 as La Belle et la Bête, by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. The Beauty & the Beast; or, The Magic Rose by W. Kemmish was put on at the New Royal Circus, c.1806. Versions by Albert Smith and J.R. Planché both appeared in 1841. 52. ANONYMOUS. Beauty and the Beast. A fairy tale play. “Books for the Bairns” Office. (Books for the Bairns, no. 93.) Illus., tonic solfa tunes; browned. Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. creased & faded. 58pp. ¶ ‘First edition’ on spine. [1903] £25 5 43

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CROWQUILL ILLUSTRATIONS 53. CORNER, Julia. Beauty and the Beast. An entertainment for the young. ... Embellished by Alfred Crowquill. 4th edn. 4to. Dean & Son. (Little plays for little actors, 1.) Front., added engr. title, illus. Orig. printed col. boards; sl. marked, spine defective. a.e.g. 46pp. ¶ On wrappers: Little plays for little actors & home performance. [c.1855] £38 54. McGLENNON’S PARLOUR PANTOMIMES. Beauty and the Beast, with songs (words and music). Parlour pantomimes, no. 5. Felix McGlennon. (McGlennon’s Standard Series, no. 36.) 7pp ads; sl. browned. Disbound. 25pp. ¶ Not on Copac. [c.1902] £25 55. MELVILLE, Walter & MELVILLE, Frederick. Beauty and the Beast ... Written and produced by Walter and Frederick Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 26th, 1928. Wightman Mountain & Andrews. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; a little dusted & staples sl. rusting. 40pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. 1928 £35 56. (MELVILLE, Walter & MELVILLE, Frederick) Beauty and the Beast ... Produced by Frederick Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 27th, 1937. Wightman Mountain. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 40pp. ¶ Oxford only. Title headed: Lyceum. A slightly altered text of the 1928 version with a reference to the 1937 Coronation. 1937 £35 PLANCHÉ, James Robinson 57. Beauty and the Beast: a grand, comic, romantic, operatic, melo-dramatic, fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Easter- Monday, April 12, 1841. FIRST EDITION. G. Berger. Stabbed in early plain brown paper wrappers. 28pp. ¶ Not on Copac. [1841] £120 SONGS, DUETS, CHORUSSES 58. (Beauty and the Beast.) Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c. in the new and original grand comic, romantic, operatic, melo-dramatic, fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... entitled Beauty and the beast; first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Easter-Monday, April 12, 1841. ... FIRST EDITION. Printed by S.G. Fairbrother and sold in the theatre. Marked. Stabbed with orig. plain front wrapper with tear at edge and ink title. Stamp of Terence Rees. 15pp. ¶ BL and Cambridge only. 1841 £65 59. Beauty and the Beast. A grand, comic, romantic, operatic, melo-dramatic, fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... As revived at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, on Wednesday, October 31st, 1849. S.G. Fairbrother. Disbound. 28pp. ¶ Liverpool & Warwick only. [1849] £50 60. Beauty and the Beast. A grand, comic ... First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Monday, April 12, 1841. John Dicks. (Dicks’ Standard plays, no. 1017) Illus; browned. 13pp. ¶ With the late issue stamp on last page of H.J. Emmerson. [c.1910?] £20 _____ BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

61. YARDLEY, William & HARRIS, Sir Augustus. Beauty and the Beast. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Christmas 1890. Book of Words. n.p. Folding monochrome plate of Indian dancers, illus. ads. Without wrappers & dusted. Stamps of Peter Davey, Theatre Museum cancellation & Terence Rees. 88pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Drury Lane pantomime, 1890-91. Starring among others , Harry Nicholls , Belle Bilton and Vesta Tilley. The harlequinade still had two scenes. 1890 £25 BLUEBEARD First published by Perrault, the earliest pantomime version was staged at Drury Lane in 1798. CROWQUILL ILLUSTRATIONS 62. BAYLEY, Frederick W.N. Blue Beard. 2nd edn. Wm. S. Orr & Co. (Comic nursery tales.) Half title, plates & illus., final ad. leaf. Disbound, in recent marbled wrappers. 46pp. ¶ TCD only. An attractive children’s book in verse in the burlesque tradition. [1842] £30 63. BRIDGEMAN, John V. Bluebeard; or, Harlequin and Freedom in her Island Home. First performed at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, ... Wednesday, December 26th, 1860. ... Published & sold in the Theatre. (Nassau Stem Press - W.S. Johnson.) Mark on last page. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ BL & Cambridge only. 1860 £38 64. BURNAND, Sir Francis Cowley. Blue Beard; or, The Hazard of the Dye. A burlesque, in three acts. Printed by R. Wilson & Co. Disbound. 60pp. ¶ Produced at the Gaiety Theatre on 12th March 1883. Nellie Farren played Blue Beard. 1883 £30 65. BYRON, Henry James. Blue Beard! From a new point of hue. A burlesque extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 38pp. ¶ The dramatist , 1835-1884, was the son of ’s second cousin Henry. [1861] £20 COLMAN, George, the Younger 66. Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity! A dramatick romance, first represented at the Theatre Royal Drury-Lane, on Tuesday January 16, 1798. FIRST EDITION. Printed by T. Woodfall, for Cadell & Davies. Sl. marked at fore-edge. Disbound. 54pp. ¶ ESTC T20761. Colman’s preface says it was written in place of an harlequinade as there was no pantomime that year. 1798 £150 67. Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity! A dramatick romance; ... The fourth edition. Printed by T. Woodfall, for Messrs. Cadell & Davies. Final ad. leaf; spotted, corner torn from pp(57- 58) with loss of page numbers. 56pp. ¶ ESTC T4689. 1798 £20 68. Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity: a dramatic romance; ... February 18th, 1811. Printed by W. Clowes, for J. Cawthorn; and James Cawthorn. Title marked & dusted. Disbound. 40pp. 1811 £20 69. Blue Beard. A romantic drama, with songs, in two acts. ... Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Cumberland’s British theatre.) Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound. 39pp. [c.1840?] £15 _____ BLUEBEARD

SCHOOL PANTOMIME 70. DUNCAN, J.C. (Bluebeard.) Fifth Annual Pantomime, given by the children of the Carlton National School. 1899. Produced by J. Raine. n.p. Hand-coloured illus. on title; sl. browning, one internal mark. Stabbed as issued; staples rusting. 20pp. ¶ Not on Copac. A traditional pantomime in rhyming couplets and many ‘in’ jokes. This is possibly now Carlton Primary School in Camden, London in its 1883 building but there are other Carlton Schools in various parts of England. 1899 £30 71. MILLWARD, Charles. (Bluebeard.) The Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled, Bluebeard; produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on Monday, December 27th, 1869. ... The pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by Charles Millward. ... Birmingham: printed at the Theatre Royal Printing Office. Stabbed as issued; sl. dusted & spotted. 21pp. ¶ V&A & Cambridge only. Not in Nicoll. Priced twopence. 1869 £40 72. TULLY, John Howard. Blue Beard; or, Hints to the Curious. A burlesque burletta ... (As performed at the English Opera House.) W.W. Barth. Disbound. 22pp. ¶ Cambridge only, dated [185-?]. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain in autumn 1842 as ‘Blue Beard or Fatal Curiosity’ but with no entry in Nicoll. [1843?] £35 SHILLING EDITION 73. WOOD, Jay Hickory & COLLINS, Arthur. (Bluebeard.) Grand Christmas Pantomime Blue Beard. (Produced by Arthur Collins.) J. Miles & Co. Illus., ads; marginal mark through part of text. Orig. multi-coloured printed wrappers, with photo. onlay of Herbert Campbell; sl. marked, staples rusting. 74pp. ¶ BL, V&A, National Trust only. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The shilling edition 1901-02. Starring Dan Leno & Herbert Campbell. 1901 £55 SIXPENNY EDITION 74. WOOD, Jay Hickory & COLLINS, Arthur. (Bluebeard.) Grand Christmas Pantomime ... J. Miles & Co. Illus., ads. Orig. blue printed wrappers with portrait of Arthur Collins; marked, originally folded. 74pp. ¶ Title headed: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The sixpenny edition 1901-02, with ‘Children’s Christmas pantomime’ on wrapper. 1901 £40

CINDERELLA The most popular pantomime story, based on an ancient tale retold by Perrault, published in French in 1697. First publication in English was a version by Madame d’Aulnoy, 1721. A New Grand Allegorical Pantomime Spectacle of Cinderella played at Drury Lane in 1804. Rossini’s opera La Cenerentola of 1820 encouraged pantomime versions. Also in 1820, Harlequin & Cinderella was the Covent Garden Easter pantomime. Many other versions appeared from 1830 onwards. 75. ADAMS, Marion L. Cinderella. A musical play. The words by Marion Adams. Music by Stephen R. Philpot. (For home parties or school entertainments.) “Books for the Bairns” Office. (Books for the Bairns, no. 69.) Illus., tonic solfa tunes; text browning. Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. faded. 58pp. ¶ First edition on spine. [1901] £25 ANONYMOUS CHILDREN’S STORY 76. Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper: beautifully versified and illustrated with figures. Sm. 4to. Printed for S. & J. Fulller, Temple of Rancy. (Shury, printer.) Damp marked. Orig. grey printed wrappers, trimmed at tail. In grey printed slip case; with small reparis. v.g. 24pp. CINDERELLA

ANONYMOUS, continued ¶ See Osborne Vol. 2, p.1052. Oxford & Cambridge. Issued with eight coloured figures, one at least a moveable head. This copy has only four figures, each with a moveable head, but the wedding repaired & without the priest’s head. It does not have the folding coach and horses. 1814 £220 77. Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper. New York: McLoughlin Bros. (Red Riding Hood series, no. 15.) Col. and monochrome illus., text printed in brown. Orig. illus. col. wrappers. (10pp.) ¶ An attractive version for children. The date is from the copyright statement. [1892] £45 78. Cinderella; ... New York: McLoughlin Bro’s. (Pantomime toy books.) Col. illus.; lacking 1 leaf of text of the verse section. Orig. illus. col. printed boards; a little rubbing. Booklabel of George Fleming. ¶ A poem in rhyming couplets followed by a prose version of the story. In the middle is a gathering of smaller col. plates, moveable to depict changing scenes in the pantomime and the harlequinade, within the frame of a proscenium stage front. The story text is not the same as that in McLoughlin’s storybook. [c.1895?] £150 79. “Cinderella”. A pantomime in three acts. (Original music by Reginald Clarke.) n.p. Copyright. With additional slips of dialogue printed in red. Plain green binder’s cloth. v.g. 24pp. ¶ Entered at Stationers’ Hall but not traced on Copac. A domestic pantomime perhaps for a family related to a High Sheriff. It could be related to the 24pp pantomime in BL published in 1904 by D. Cooper in Huntingdon and ascribed to J.P.L.D. Stables. One song by Reginald B. Clarke was performed at a Promenade Concert in 1900. [c.1900?] £65 80. Cinderella ... Produced by Walter and Frederick Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 26th, 1931. Wightman Mountain. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers. 39pp. ¶ Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. 1931 £38 THE FIRST PANTOMIME CINDERELLA 81. (Cinderella.) An Accurate Description of the Grand Allegorical Pantomime Spectacle of Cinderella, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane: to which is added, A Critique on the performance and performers, by A Lover of the Drama. Together with the story of Cinderella. Illustrated with four beautiful engravings. 12mo. John Fairburn. (J.H. Hart, printer.) Four hand coloured plates, one dated March 7. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The first pantomime based on the story of Cinderella devised by the ballet master James Byrne who played the Prince. Grimaldi was in the cast. [1804] £500 82. (Cinderella.) The Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper. ... The music composed, arranged and selected by Oscar Barrett and G.W. Byng. ... The entire pantomime presented under the sole direction of Mr. J.C. Smith. (Manchester: C.A. Corner, printer.) Illus., ads; text browned. Orig. illus. cream wrappers, printed in brown. 32pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Wrapper headed: The Prince’s Theatre, Manchester. Nicoll lists Cinderella staged at the Prince’s Theatre in 1880 and 1885. Related to the 1883-84 Cinderella by Blanchard. Not all the advertisement space is taken. [1885?] £45 CHAPBOOK 83. History of Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper. Glasgow: printed for the booksellers. (New and improved series, no. 45.) Illus. Unsewn as issued. 24pp. ¶ A chapbook, also including Hop-o’-my-thumb. 1852 £25 81 84

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ANONYMOUS, continued 84. History of Cinderella; ... To which is added, The Babes in the Wood. Glasgow: printed for the booksellers. (No. vii. 1) Unopened, folded as issued, lacking sewing thread. 24pp. ¶ A chapbook. [c.1870?] £20 _____ 85. BLANCHARD, Edward Leman. (Cinderella.) Book of the Words of Cinderella, the Drury Lane Pantomime, 1883-4. Music by Oscar Barrett. With original illustrative designs by Frederick Waddy. (Produced by Augustus Harris.) Alfred Gibbons. Illus, music; some foxing. Orig. printed illus.wrappers; marked. 45pp. ¶ Possibly as produced later outside London, similar to the Birmingham Dick Whittington (item 122). 1883 £30 86. BURNAND, Sir Francis Cowley, WOOD, Jay Hickory & COLLINS, Arthur. (Cinderella.) The Children’s Pantomime. Cinderella. Produced by Arthur Collins. Folio. J. Miles & Co. Large format. Illus., ads; paper sl. browning. Orig. green printed wrappers with port. v.g. 80pp. ¶ This version not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Christmas pantomime 1905-06. The sixpenny Book of Words. 1906 £60 87. BYRON, Henry James. Cinderella; or, The Lover, the Lackey, and the Little Glass Slipper. A fairy burlesque extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 728.) Disbound. 35pp. [1861] £30 88. COOPER, Reginald. Cinderella, 1935-36: Souvenir book of words. (Book by Reginald Cooper. Produced by David Cochran under the personal direction of Leon Salberg.) Birmingham: P. & M. Advertising Service. Ports, seating plan, ads. Orig. col. printed wrappers; creased at edges, cord bow partly pulled out. 56pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Wrapper headed: Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. 25th annual pantomime. 1935 £40 CRUIKSHANK’S VERSION 89. CRUIKSHANK, George. Cinderella and the Glass Slipper. Ed. and illus. with ten subjects, designed and etched on steel, by George Cruikshank. David Bogue. (George Cruikshank’s Fairy library. no. III.) Front. & plates. Orig. green printed wrappers; darkened, marked & chipped at corners, spine partly defective. 31pp. ¶ Cohn 198. The wrappers are the earliest version, but the contents are reorganised with the list of illustrations preceding the frontispiece. Cruikshank used the fairy tales to promote his views on temperance. [1854] £60 90. DIX, Frank J. & HEWSON, J. James. (Cinderella.) Book of Words of the Sixteenth Nottingham Pantomime in two acts, “Cinderella”. Music composed by Jullien H. Wilson. ... 4to. (Nottingham: Derry & Sons, printers.) Ports, ads. Orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. creased at edges. 91pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Nottingham. ... Xmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24th, 1912. 1912 £30 NEW THEATRE, OXFORD 91. DORRILL, Stanley. Stanley Dorrill’s Pantomime Parade. Nos 3 & 5. Pantomime season 1958/9 & 1960/61. Exeter: printed by William Chudley & Sons. (Oxford: Oxonian Press.) Illus., ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. colour printed wrappers. 32pp & (32pp). ¶ Not on Copac. Cinderella and Dick Whittington: pantomimes at the New Theatre, Oxford. Advertising magazines with features on the starring actors and of general interest; Cinderella including recipes and a knitting pattern. [1958-1961] £20 CINDERELLA

92. GOODYER, F.R. (Cinderella.) (Book of words of the gorgeous Christmas pantomime, entitled Cinderella?) The libretto written by F.R. Goodyer. (Invented and produced by Thos. W. Charles.) (Nottingham: R.B. Earp, printer.) Without the wrappers which carried the title. Disbound. 42pp. ¶ Bristol only. Theatre Royal, Nottingham pantomime, listed by Nicoll in 1882. [1882] £20 93. KEATING, Eliza. Cinderella. A fairy drama, in one act. Samuel French. (Fairy and home plays for home performance, no. 4.) Orig. wrappers. v.g. 22pp. [c.1890] £25 94. LACY, Michael Rophino. Cinderella; or, The Fairy Queen and the Glass Slipper. A comic opera in three acts. Performed for the first time at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, April 13, 1830. John Dicks. (Dicks’ Standard plays, no. 1,080.) Illus. Orig. fragile pink printed wrappers chipped & split along spine. 23pp. ¶ Based on Rossini’s opera. [c.1886?] £15 CROWQUILL ILLUSTRATIONS 95. LEE, Nelson. The Life of a Fairy. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. John & Daniel A. Darling. [1850] BOUND WITH: CORNER, Julia. Cinderella and the Glass Slipper; or, Pride punished. An entertainment for young people. Embellished by Alfred Crowquill. Dean & Son. 1854. (Little plays for little actors, 3.) Sm. 4to. Front. to Cinderella & illus. Orig. two orange and one drab wrapper bound in at end in contemp. half calf; spine title rubbed. t.e.g. v.g. ¶ The first item a children’s story by the celebrated writer of pantomimes, dedicated to the Prince of Wales. Alfred Crowquill also wrote pantomimes. [1850]/1854 £125 PRESENTATION COPY 96. LEIGH, Henry Sambrooke. Cinderella: a fairy opera, in four acts. Composed by John Farmer. The words written by Henry S. Leigh and illustrated by Heywood Sumner. 4to. Harrow: J.C. Wilbee; London: Novello, Ewer, & Co. Half title, illus. Orig. olive green embossed cloth. v.g. 41pp. ¶ BL & only. With a programme tipped in for a performance by the Harrow School Musical Society conducted by Alberto Randegger after Leigh’s death in 1883. With signed presentation inscription on leading f.e.p by John Farmer to Hirwen Jones who played Prince Mirabel. Farmer, 1835-1901, was music master at Harrow School. Printed at the Chiswick Press. [1882] £85 AT IRVING’S LYCEUM 97. LENNARD, Horace. (Cinderella.) Mr. Oscar Barrett’s Fairy Pantomime, Cinderella. ... The entire pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Oscar Barrett. (Book of words.) n.p. Illus. Stabbed in cream wrappers, printed in brown & gilt; creased at corners, sl. marked, spine guarded with paper tape; onlay photograph of Ellaine Terriss partly torn away. 63pp. ¶ Title headed: Lyceum Theatre [London]; the Christmas pantomime 1893-94. An earlier Lennard version was performed at the Crystal Palace in 1888-89. A pencil note on the title states that the same pantomime was staged at the Garrick Theatre in 1897 as by Geoffrey Thorn. The details in Wearing seem very similar. [1893] £25 98. LENNARD, Horace. (Cinderella.) Mr. Oscar Barrett’s Fairy Pantomime, Cinderella. ... Music composed and arranged, and the entire pantomime invented and produced by Oscar Barrett. n.p. Illus. Stabbed, without wrappers; stitching weakening, dusted. 62pp. ¶ Opposite title: The Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh. In details, closely resembles the Lyceum version of 1893-94. This copy has been used by the publisher to record payment by the advertisers: their texts have been marked with a price in ink, and most have ‘Paid’ added in pencil. [1894?] £20 CINDERELLA

99. McARDLE, John Francis. Cinderella, or, The Little Magic Glass Slipper. An entirely new and original grand, gorgeous, and grotesque Christmas pantomime, specially invented and written for the Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool. 1875-6. Liverpool: printed & published for Mr. D. Grannell, by Alexander Stevenson. Ads. Orig. yellow illus. printed wrappers. v.g. 25pp. ¶ This edition not on Copac. 1875 £75 100. McARDLE, John Francis. Cinderella; or, ... An entirely original ... Christmas, 1882- 3. (Book of words and programme of characters, scenery, and incidents.) Liverpool: H. Wightman & Co. Ads. Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. dusted, staples rusting causing splits at spine. (32pp.) ¶ V&A only. A different text from the 1875 version. With pencil date Jan. 18th 1884 2/-. 1882 £40 101. McGLENNON’S PARLOUR PANTOMIMES. HORNCASTLE, George. Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper. With songs (words and music). Parlour pantomimes, no. 1. Felix McGlennon. (McGlennon’s Standard Series, no. 31.) 3pp ads; sl. browned. Disbound. 29pp. ¶ V&A only. [c.1900] £25 102. (MARSHALL, Henry, THOMAS, Basil A. & GORDON, Barbara) (Cinderella.) Derek Salberg’s Cinderella. (Souvenir programme and book of words, 1950-51. Book and lyrics by Henry Marshall, Basil Thomas, Barbara Gordon; original music by Henry Marshall.) (Birmingham: P. & M. Advertising Service.) Ports, plan, ads. Stapled in orig. col. printed wrappers. 56pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. Norman Wisdom played Buttons. 1950 £20 MAURICE, Newman, pseud. (Newman Cohen) 103. (Cinderella.) Words and Lyrics of the Pantomime Cinderella, written by A. Newman ... Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on ... Dec. 26, 1910, ... Produced under the personal direction of Walter Melville and Frederick Melville. Hudson & Son. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. rubbed, staples sl. rusting. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. This is the Melvilles’ first Lyceum pantomime, not the Queen of Hearts, listed elsewhere. The text is basically the same as the 1912 version at the Princes Theatre and the 1918 Lyceum pantomine both attributed to Newman Maurice, so A. Newman must be his earliest pseudonym. Maurice, 1868-1920, was a variety performer and then actor who wrote several pantomimes and later managed the Brixton Theatre for Frederick Melville. 1910 £40 104. (Cinderella.) Book of the Words of the Pantomime Cinderella ... Produced at the Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on ... December 26th, 1912, ... Produced under the personal direction of Walter Melville and Frederick Melville. Hudson & Son. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 64pp. ¶ V&A only. The same text as the Lyceum 1910 version. 1912 £25 105. (Cinderella.) Book of the Words of the Lyceum Pantomime Cinderella. Produced by Walter & Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London. December 26th, 1918, ... Printed by the Morgan Reeve Co. Ports, ads; paper sl. browning. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. dusted. 32pp. ¶ Substantially the 1910 version. 1918 £25 _____ CINDERELLA

CHILDREN’S MUSICAL, ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE 106. PARKER, Louis Napoleon. The Children’s Musical Cinderella, told in familiar words to familiar tunes, by William Routledge and Louis N. Parker; with pictures by Walter Crane. 4to. George Routledge & Sons. Col. illus., music; a few tears without loss & a few pencil marks, Christmas 1910. Orig. col. printed card wrappers; worn at corners and split along spine. (30pp.) ¶ Words by William Routledge, music by Louis N. Parker. Including a Reciter’s text in rhyming couplets. 1879 £38 107. RAMSEY, B. Mansell. Cinderella. A cantata or for schools. The words by A.J. Foxwell. The music written by B. Mansell Ramsey. (Tonic sol-fa edn.) J. Curwen & Sons. Sl. browned. Stabbed in orig. blue printed wrappers; sl. browned, v.g. 28pp. ¶ BL has 2 copies dated [1930] and [1937?], but this seems earlier. [c.1890?] £40 108. RICE, Charles. Cinderella and the Fairy Glass Slipper. Produced at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1875-6. E. Rimmel. Ads; one leaf proud through poor imposition. Disbound. 22pp. ¶ V&A & Cambridge only. 1875 £75 109. (SMITH, Albert Richard, KENNEY, Charles Lamb & TAYLOR, Tom) Cinderella. A burlesque extragavanza. By the Authors of “Valentine and Orson”, “Whittington and his cat,” &c. As preformed at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum on Monday, May 12th, 1845. Printed by R. Hodson. Sl. browned & marked. Disbound. 34pp. ¶ Cambridge & Warwick only. Nicoll only lists this as by and Albert Smith. [1845] £50 THORN, Geoffrey, pseud. (Charles Townley) MANUSCRIPT, GRAND THEATRE ISLINGTON 110. (Cinderella.) Manuscript Script of Cinderella, performed at the Grand Theatre, Islington, in winter 1896/97. 64pp 4to typescript, ms. titlepage & ‘characters’ leaf, annotated throughout in blue pencil, pencil & ink; sewing loose. Brown paper wrappers, ink title; a bit worn. Blue pencil signature of J.M. Jones on front wrapper; inscription on final page: Mr Spellman, 16 Cynthia Street, Pentonville Rd. N’. ¶ The full title of the pantomime is Cinderella; or, Harlequin the Sweet Little Lass With Her Trilby of Glass and Pretty Prince Caramel. First performed at the Grand Theatre, Islington on Boxing Day, 1896. An illustration of the performance was reproduced in the Illustrated London News and it was reviewed in the Daily Mail on December 28th: ‘There is only one word which fitly describes Mr. Geoffrey Thorn’s last version of the old tale. It is a grand pantomime. This means that frolic and fun are first in the chase, and fairy tale sentiment a lagging last’. The typescript is heavily annotated for performance by J.M. Jones who is noted as playing the ‘village schoolmaster’. Townley was Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, as well as being a critic, lyric-writer and pantomime author. [1896] £580 111. (Cinderella.) Mr. Oscar Barrett’s Fairy Pantomime, Cinderella. Music composed and arranged, and the entire pantomime invented and produced by Oscar Barrett. (J.M. Evans & Co., printers.) Illus., ads; a little marking in text and on wrappers. Orig. card wrappers printed in red & brown, photo. onlay portrait of Barrett sl. chipped at edges. 74pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Garrick Theatre, London pantomime, 1897-98. [1897] £48 112. (Cinderella.) The Second Gorgeous Crown Pantomime, 1899-1900. ... Produced under the personal direction of Isaac Cohen. ... (A.E. Abrahams, advertising contractor.) Ads; sl. browning. Orig. col. wrappers. 40pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Crown Theatre, Peckham. 1899 £40 110

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THORN, Geoffrey, pseud. (Charles Townley), continued WITH TYPESCRIPT PROMPTBOOK 113. (Cinderella.) The Second Gorgeous Crown Pantomime, 1899-1900. ... (A.E. Abrahams, advertising contractor.) Ads; sl. browning. Orig. col. wrappers. ¶ Crown Theatre, Peckham. With the typescript of Cinderella, or Harlequin the dainty lass with shoes of glass marked with deletions, ms. insertions, stage directions and calls, & almost certainly the prompt book. The creased and dusted copy, stabbed with brass clips lacks the brown paper front wrapper. The first page is a ms. cast list with as Prince Heliotrope, Alice Lloyd as Cinderella, Kitty Raymond as Dandini, and Tom Fancourt as Gertie. The printed text contains the passages obviously deleted in performance. 1899 £450 _____ ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WITH PARTS 114. WEBB, Cecil. Pantomime Cinderella. (George Black’s Pantomime.) To play two houses nightly. 36 numbered pages ms. on rectos only, with additional ms. title, synopsis of scenes and character list, numerous additional ms. notes on versos with one inserted leaf of ms., sewn, without wrappers WITH: A further full script (1912) and 5 vols of ms. character parts, all in lined exercise books, numerous pencil annotations and emendations; some wear but generally good. ¶ Two manuscript play texts, and manuscript parts for five of the characters (Lavinia, Dandini, Baron, Garlic, Fairy) for performances of Cinderella, written by Cecil Webb. Unrecorded in Nicoll, a Cecil Webb is listed as performing in a production of Little Red Riding Hood at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, in 1892/93. George Black, 1890-1945, was a theatrical impresario and film pioneer, following in the footsteps of his father (of the same name). They operated primarily in the north east of England; this script is probably for productions at theatres at Blyth, North Shields or West Hartlepool. [1911-1912] £650 115. WOLFE, James H. (Cinderella.) Mr. Frank Macnaughten presents his Third Grand Annual Pantomime, Cinderella. Music by Carl Hamlin. ... (Theatre Royal, Leeds. - Christmas pantomime, 1904-05.) Leeds: printed by John Waddington. Ports, ads. Orig. col. wrappers with inserted 4pp. ads. 88pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The author’s name is only at the head of the text. 1904 £28 116. WOOD, Jay Hickory. (Cinderella.) Grand Christmas Pantomime entitled Cinderella. ... The pantomime produced under the direction of Frank Curzon. n.p. Ports, ads; sl. browning at edges. Without wrappers. Disbound. 56pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Grand Theatre, Islington and dated from an advertisement for Dunn’s ‘The 1902’ hat. Starring . Wood’s Cinderella is first recorded at Liverpool in 1899. [1902?] £30

DICK WHITTINGTON The only pantomime based on a real historical figure, Richard Whittington, and one of very few which are entirely English in origin. The first recorded pantomime is from 1814: Harlequin Whittington; or, Lord Mayor of London.

117. (ADAMS, Marion L.) Dick Whittington. A musical play in five scenes. (Adapted by Marion L. Adams. Music by Stephen R. Philpot.) Ernest Benn. (Stead’s popular plays. For school and home performance, no. 232.) Illus., tonic solfa tunes. Stapled as issued; sl. torn & dusted. 58pp. ¶ Not separately on Copac. The names of adaptor and composer are buried in the introduction. [c.1915?] £25 DICK WHITTINGTON

PANORAMA 118. ANONYMOUS. Whittington and His [Cat]. Rock, Brothers & Payne. 12 uncoloured illustrations, with accompanying text, folded concertina-style into illustrated yellow paper glazed boards, blue cloth spine; the odd spot, a little dulled & rubbed, but a nice copy of a scarce item. ¶ Not on Copac. A scarce juvenile tale. Title on cover; the word “cat” is represented by a picture, above the London motto ‘Domine. Dirige. Nos.’ [c.1850?] £250 119. BLANCHARD, Edward Leman. Whittington and His Cat; or, Harlequin Lord Mayor of London. Grand comic Christmas pantomime. Tuck & Co. Ads with tear without loss in last leaf, sl. creasing. Orig. blue printed wrappers; torn at edges. 55pp. ¶ BL, Oxford & Senate House only. The Drury Lane pantomime 1875-76. 1875 £45 BLANCHARD RECYCLED 120. BLANCHARD, Edward Leman. (Dick Whittington.) Sir Augustus Harris’s Great Drury Lane Pantomime, entitled - Dick Whittington ... 1896-7. Book of the words. Alfred Gibbons. Illus., ads. Catalogued from remains of badly torn front wrapper. 59pp. ¶ The titlepage reads: Book of the words of Augustus Harris’s pantomime, Whittington and His Cat, produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. 1884-5. Music by Oscar Barrett. This is a reissue or reprint of the 1884 text with a wrapper indicating the production at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham 1896-7 in the same style as the wrapper for the 1892 Aladdin produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham (see items 122 & 3). 1896? £38 121. BOWYER, Frederick & SPRANGE, W. Edwardes. (Dick Whittington.) Messrs. E. and W. John’s First Grand Christmas Pantomime, Dick Whittington and His Cat. Cardiff: Daniel Owen & Co. Ads; tear in margin of pp 59-60, last leaf & back wrapper stained by old insert. Orig. illus. wrappers printed in green & brown. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Headed: Grand Theatre & Opera House, Westgate Street, Cardiff. Nicoll and other texts show that Sprague is a misprint for Sprange. 1888 £50 122. (HARRIS, Sir Augustus, RALEIGH, Cecil & HAMILTON, Henry) (Dick Whittington.) Sir Augustus Harris’s Great Drury Lane Pantomime, entitled Dick Whittington direct from Drury Lane Theatre; produced under the personal direction of Henry Dundas. (Birmingham: James Upton, printer.) Illus., ads. Corners creased. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Produced at Drury Lane on 26th December 1894, but said by Nicoll to be staged in Birmingham in 1894 also. An advertisement refers to a January 1897 catalogue. A pencil note says played Jack. [1896?] £45 MILITARY PANTOMIME WITH MSS. NOTES 123. KENCHINGTON, Frank. (Dick Whittington.) Pantomime written & produced by members of the 85th Field Ambulance (3rd London). Folio. Printed for private circulation only. (Waterlow Brothers & Layton.) Plates, some after C.A.B. Jaques, title in red & black; one spot. Uncut in orig. grey printed boards; marked, worn at corners, spine defective. 48pp. ¶ 4 locations only on Copac. The pantomime was first produced on Christmas Day 1915. As well as the highly allusive text, the volume contains a preface and introduction by the Author from Salonika, describing the production of the pantomime, various difficulties and the tour made through the 28th Division. On the leading e.ps are several ms. contributions 1916 by men connected with the production, some apparently aimed at a certain Lawrence who ran the canteen: cast members Edward J. Dillon, G. Gibson Horrocks, replacement Stewart Bramall, librettist N.H. Hadfield, the Author and someone possibly Lawrence himself, signing as The Proprietor. In 1917 in Macedonia they produced Aladdin. 1916 £150 DICK WHITTINGTON

CRYSTAL PALACE 124. LEMON, Harry. Dick Whittington and His Wonderful Cat; and the Butterfly Ball and Grasshopper’s Feast, and the troublesome rats of Morocco. A pantomime for the little ones of Great Britain. Robert K. Hunt, printer. Title from wrapper, illus., ad. for Astley’s. Stabbed in orig. cream printed wrappers. 20pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Wrapper headed: Crystal Palace. Christmas 1869-70 . Nicoll has the title slightly wrong as ‘troublesome cat’. 1869 £68 125. LENNARD, Horace. Dick Whittington and His Cat ... The entire pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Oscar Barrett. n.p. Illus. Without wrappers, spine guarded. 67pp. ¶ Senate House only. Headed: New Olympic Theatre. Oscar Barrett’s pantomime, 1892-93. 1892 £35 126. LOCKE, Fred. (Dick Whittington.) Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled Dick Whittington and His cat! Sprecially written for this Theatre. Lyrics, locals and topical allusions, by B.T. Hughes. (Book of words and programme of characters, scenery, & incidents.) Liverpool: Rockliff Bros. Ads, some on yellow paper. Orig. green printed wrappers; sl. marked, spine strengthened at head & tail with tape. 34pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool pantomime, 1891-92. The text does not list the cast. 1891 £48 127. MCARDLE, John Francis. (Dick Whittington.) Grand Comic Pantomime Dick Whittington and his Cat. Programme and Book of words. (Words of songs.) [Birkenhead.] Unopened & stabbed as issued; dusted. 14pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Prince of Wales Theatre, Argyle Street, Birkenhead. 1876-7. Christmas holidays. The one penny programme does not contain the dialogue. The last leaf advertises in some detail the pantomime Aladdin at the Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool. 1876 £45 128. McGLENNON’S PARLOUR PANTOMIMES. Dick Whittington and His Cat. With songs (words and music). Parlour pantomimes, no. 2. Felix McGlennon. (McGlennon’s Standard Series, no. 32.) Illus. title; sl. browned. Disbound. 32pp. ¶ Titlepage with illustration. [c.1901] £25 129. McGLENNON’S PARLOUR PANTOMIMES. Dick Whittington and His Cat. ... no. 2. ... Series, no. 32.) 2pp ads; sl. browned. Disbound. 30pp. ¶ Titlepage without illustration. [c.1901] £25 130. MAURICE, Newman (Newman Cohen). (Dick Whittington.) Book of Words of the Pantomime Dick Whittington and His Cat ... Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on ... December 26th, (1911) ... Hudson & Son, printers. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. worn at spine. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Cuts marked in text. 1916 £40 131. (MAURICE, Newman (Newman Cohen)) Dick Whittington ... Produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 26th, 1934. Wightman, Mountain. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 40pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. The text is adapted from the 1911 version by Newman Maurice. 1934 £40 132. (SMITH, Albert Richard, KENNEY, Charles Lamb & TAYLOR, Tom) (Whittington and His Cat.) An entirely new extravaganza, in two acts, called Whittington and his cat. As DICK WHITTINGTON

performed at the Lyceum Theatre, on Monday, March 24, 1845. Printed & published by W.S. Johnson. A few spots. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ BL, Durham & V&A only. [1845] £38 PRINCE’S THEATRE, BRISTOL 133. THORN, Geoffrey, pseud. (Charles Townley) (Dick Whittington.) Book of the Words of the Grand Christmas pantomime entitled, Dick Whittington. ... First performed at the Prince’s Theatre, Bristol, December, 24th, 1891, ... (1891-92) (Bristol:) printed at the Office of the Bristol Mercury. Illus. including scenes, ports, ads. Orig. light blue illus. printed wrappers; sl. dusted, one corner creased. 88pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Cast list headed: Whittington & His Cat: or, Harlequin Lord Mayor Show and the fairy bells of Bow. Presumably related to the version performed the same year at the Grand Theatre, Islington (see following item). 1891 £40

134. THORN, Geoffrey, pseud. (Charles Townley) (Whittington and His Cat.) Grand Pantomime of Whittington and His Cat written up to Dick; Harlequin Fairy Spells and Merry Bow Bells. ... The pantomime produced by C. Wilmot. n.p. Ads. Sl. spotted. Disbound, spine guarded. 54pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Grand Theatre, London, N. The Islington pantomime 1891-92. A pantomime of the same title by Thorn was performed there in 1887. [1891] £38

135. WOOD, Jay Hickory & COLLINS, Arthur. (Dick Whittington.) The Children’s Pantomime Dick Whittington. Original incidental songs and finales by Arthur Sturgess ... The music composed, selected and arranged by J.M. Glover. Produced by Arthur Collins. J. Miles & Co. Illus., music, ads. Orig. multi-coloured. printed wrappers with sm. photo. onlay of Marie Wilson sl. torn. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Pantomime 1908-09. In this copy blue pencil marks that Johnny Danvers played Alderman Fitzwarren instead of Neil Kenyon and that the scene outside Whittington’s house was omitted. 1908 £60

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK From an ancient Cornish tale, first appearing as a pantomime in 1819: Jack & the Beanstalk; or, Harlequin and the Ogre.

136. ADAMS, Marion L. Jack and the Beanstalk. A fairy-tale play in three scenes. Adapted by Marion L. Adams. And The Little Pilgrims. A Christmas play for children. By W. Foyster. Stead’s Publishing House. (Stead’s popular plays. For school and home performance.) Illus. Stapled as issued. 47pp. ¶ Originally published as Books for the bairns. [c.1910?] £20

137. BANTOCK, Leedham. Jack and the Beanstalk ... produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W. Dec. 26th, 1923. David Allen & Sons. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. dusted. 32pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. 1923 £30 HARLEQUIN KING ARTHUR 138. BYRON, Henry James. Jack the Giant Killer; or, Harlequin King Arthur, and ye knights of ye round table. A burlesque extravaganza, (preceding a mirthful, magical, comical, Christmas pantomime.) Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 645.) Disbound. Signature of R.B. Douglas on titlepage. 31pp. [c.1859] £25 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

139. GREEN, Frank W. Jack and the Beanstalk; or, Harlequin and the Seven Champions as We’ve Christened ‘Em. A pantomime. Invented and produced by Charles Harris. Printed by J. Miles & Co. Ads. Orig. pink printed wrappers; faded. 33pp. ¶ Senate House only. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. First performed Thursday, December 26th, 1878. 1878 £45 140. GREEN, Frank W. Jack the Giant Killer and Tom Thumb; or, Harlequin, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Printed by Phillips Bros. Green printed front wrapper sl. chipped & torn serves as title. Disbound. 30pp. ¶ BL & Cambridge only. Headed: Surrey Theatre; the pantomime for 1875-76. [1875] £38 141. HEWSON, J. James. (Jack and the Beanstalk.) The Grand Pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk; specially written for this Theatre ... (Birmingham: James Upton Ltd, printers.) Ports, ads; text browned, tear without loss on one page of Act I, Sc. 1, some leaves splitting at spine. Orig. wrappers printed in red & black; dusted & chipped at corners. 64pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Birmingham; the Christmas pantomime 1909- 10. Starring George Robey and . 1909 £25 ‘GORGEOUS & GROTESQUE’ 142. McARDLE, John Francis. Jack the Giant Killer! An entirely new and original grand, gorgeous, and grotesque Christmas pantomime, specially invented and written for the New Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool. 1881-82. (Book of words and programme of characters, scenery, and incidents.) Liverpool: Matthews Brothers, printers. Ads. Variant in orig. orange printed wrappers; sl. dusted. 30pp. ¶ Not on Copac; the same title, by McArdle & J.T. Denny, Sheffield published, (1880?), Leeds only. 1881 £65 143. McARDLE, John Francis. Jack the Giant Killer! ... Liverpool: Matthews Brothers, printers. Ads. Variant in orig. yellow printed wrappers; dusted & split along spine. 30pp. 1881 £65 144. McGLENNON’S PARLOUR PANTOMIMES. Jack and the Beanstalk, with songs (words and music). Parlour pantomimes, no. 7. Felix McGlennon. (McGlennon’s Standard Series, no. 39.) 1p. ads; sl. browned. Disbound. 31pp. [1900?] £20

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD Originating in a French children’s story, dating back to the 10th century, Le Petit Chaperon was included in Perrault’s 1697 collection of Tales. As a pantomime, Rudolph the Wolf; or, Columbine Red Riding Hood, by J.R. Planché, was produced at the Olympic Theatre, London 1819. ROBERTS’ PANORAMA 145. ANONYMOUS. (Harlequin and Litle Red Riding Hood.) Songs, Duets, and Chorusses, with a lithograph of the Grand Panorama, and a description of the scenes in the grand comic Christmas pantomime, called Harlequin and Little Red Riding Hood: or, The Wizard and the Wolf. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Friday, December 26th, 1828. ... The whole arranged by Mr. Farley. FIRST EDITION. John Miller. Fold. front. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The frontispiece is ‘Grand Panoramic Porcibasilartikasparbosporas, painted for the splendid Christmas pantomime Little Red Riding Hood or Harlequin Wizard and the Wolf, at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, by Mr. Roberts. Produced Decr 25th 1828.’ The landscape painter David Roberts, 1796–1864 began his career as a scene painter in Scotland and the provinces before coming to work with Clarkson Stanfield at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. The panorama depicts a military expedition from St Petersburg via the Dardanelles to Constantinople. 1828 £450 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

146. (BUCKINGHAM, Leicester Silk) Little Red Riding Hood and the Fairies of the Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle. An original burlesque extravaganza, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) A few pencil marks. Disbound. 32pp. [1862] £35 SMITH & CARPENTER’S LYCEUM PANTO 147. CARPENTER, Ernest & CARPENTER, Mrs Ernest. (Little Red Riding Hood.) Messrs. Smith & Carpenter’s Second Xmas Pantomime Little Red Riding Hood; the book and lyrics written by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carpenter. Invented and produced by Ernest Carpenter. W.T. Haycock & Sons. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. cream wrappers, printed in red, blue & black; sl. dusted, torn at corners. 63pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Lyceum Theatre, London; the Christmas pantomime 1908-09. [1893] £50 148. DALY, Brian & EAST, James M. (Little Red Riding Hood.) Mr. Acton Phillips’ Twelfth Annual Pantomime. 1902-3 Little Red Riding Hood. n.p. Ads; sl. browning. Without wrappers. Disbound. 60pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Headed: Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith, W. Nicoll has James M. East but this might be the actor John Marlborough East. 1902 £20 149. DAVIDSON, Gladys. Red Riding Hood. A fairy tale play. Lyrics by Louise Egerton. Music by Stephen R. Philpot. (Reprinted.) Ernest Benn. (Stead’s Popular plays. For school and home performance.) Illus., tonic solfa tunes. Stapled as issued. v.g. 58pp. 1932 £25 ‘THE WOLF, THE WOOER & THE WIZARD’ 150. KEATING, Eliza. Little Red Riding Hood: or, The wolf, the wooer, and the wizard!!! A fairy burlesque, in one act. Samuel French. (Fairy and home plays for home performance, no. 8.) First leaves marked, title torn at head. Orig. wrappers; torn, spine defective. Text complete. 37pp. [c.1890] £15 151. McARDLE, John Francis. Little Red Riding Hood; or, Harlequin Jack Horner & the Grandam Good, and the very wicked Wolf of Knowsley Wood. An entirely new and original grand and gorgeous Christmas pantomime, specially invented and written for the Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool. 1873-4. Liverpool: printed & published for Mr. D. Grannell, by Alexander Stevenson. Ads. Orig. blue illus. printed wrappers. 22pp. ¶ Not on Copac. 1873 £65 152. McGLENNON’S PARLOUR PANTOMIMES. Little Red Riding Hood and the Demon Wolf. With songs (words and music). Parlour pantomimes, no. 3. Felix McGlennon. (McGlennon’s Standard Series, no. 33.) 2pp ads; sl. browned, tear to lower margin of final 2 leaves without loss. Disbound. 28pp. [c1901] £25 PLANCHÉ’S SECOND PLAY 153. PLANCHÉ, James Robinson. Rodolph the Wolf; or, Columbine Red Riding-Hood: a comic melo-dramatic pantomime, as performed at the Olympic New Theatre, Newcastle Street, Strand, Monday, December 21, 1818. Printed for John Lowndes. (Printed by W. Smith.) Dramatic col. front. by I.R. Cruikshank. Uncut in sl. later marbled boards; spine a little rubbed. 23pp. ¶ Not in BL. Planché’s rare second play. One of the earliest pantomimes with spoken dialogue. 1819 £450 154. WOOD, Jay Hickory & RISQUE, W.H. (Little Red Riding Hood.) The Entirely Original and Superbly Mounted Pantomime entitled - Little Red Riding Hood, written and invented by 174 177

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J. Hickory Wood and W.H. Risque. ... Book of words. - Pantomime, 1900-1901. Manchester: Lloyd & Taylor, printers. Ads; text sl. browning. Orig. wrappers printed in red & green; sl. dusted, spine sl. torn. 93pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Manchester. 1900 £45

MOTHER GOOSE One of the oldest stories and one of the earliest pantomimes: Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, 1806, starring Joseph Grimaldi. The modern version dates from Hickory Wood’s production, Mother Goose of 1902. 155. DIBDIN, Thomas John. Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg! A comic pantomime. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 18pp. ¶ Performed in 1806, the debut of Grimaldi. [1862] £20 156. MAURICE, Newman (Newman Cohen). (Mother Goose.) Book of the Words of the Lyceum Pantomime Mother Goose. Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on ... Dec. 23rd, 1916, ... Wightman Mountain & Andrews. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. dusted with old folds & sm. chip to fore-edge. 32pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Ninette de Valois danced. 1916 £35 157. THOMAS, Basil A. (Mother Goose.) Twenty-Sixth Annual Alexandra Pantomime Mother Goose. Book and lyrics by Basil A. Thomas. ... Under the personal supervision of Leon Salberg. (Souvenir book of words and programme.) (Birmingham: P. & M. Advertising Service.) Ports, plan, ads. Stapled in orig. beige illus. wrappers printed in green & brown; sl. creased at edges, ornamental cord losing tinsel & sl. pulled. 39pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; the Christmas pantomime 1936-37. Starring Barry Lupino. 1936 £30 158. WOOD, Jay Hickory. Mother Goose: pantomime. First performed at the Prince’s Theatre, Bristol, December 23rd, 1905. Bristol: printed by the Bristol Times & Mirror. Plates, ports, blue plates of scenery, ads. Orig. wrappers, printed in blue; spine partly worn. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Prince’s Theatre, Park Row, Bristol. On wrapper: Christmas pantomime 1905-06. 1905 £50

PUSS IN BOOTS Originally an Italian fairy tale, The Master Cat, or The Booted Cat, published in the 16th century, was included by Perrault in his Tales. As a pantomime, it was first produced at Covent Garden in 1817-18, but even with Grimaldi in the cast, it was unsuccessful. In 1832, Puss in Boots; or, Harlequin and the Miller’s Son also appeared at Covent Garden. 159. ANONYMOUS. (Puss in Boots.) Lyceum Puss in Boots ... produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 26th, 1936. Wightman Mountain. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 40pp. ¶ Oxford, Senate House & V&A only. 1936 £35 160. BLANCHARD, Edward Leman. (Puss in Boots.) Book of the Words. Puss in Boots. Music by Walter A. Slaughter. The new version of the old story invented, arranged, and produced by Augustus Harris, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Christmas 1887. Strand Publishing Co. Illus, ports, music, ads. Without wrapper, sl. marked & dusted. 92pp. ¶ Cambridge & Aberystwyth only. 1887 £30 PUSS IN BOOTS

161. BYRON, Henry James. Puss in a New Pair of Boots; a new & original burlesque extravaganza. W.H. Swanborough, . Disbound. 36pp. 1862 £40 TOY BOOK 162. DEAN & SON. Puss in Boots. Dean & Son’s Pantomime Toy Books with five set scenes and nine trick changes. (No. 4.) Dean & Son. 9pp with 26pp chromo. litho. illus, on varying sheet sizes. Some creasing & tearing at corners. Orig. col. card wrappers; dulled, sewing sl. loosening, splitting at spine, corners sl. creased. A good copy of a scarce title. 9pp. ¶ BL only on Copac; Princeton only on OCLC. The tale told in verse with folding colour plates of the action of the pantomime and harlequinade with some plates having short tabs for the tricks. [1881] £450 163. McARDLE, John Francis. Puss in Boots; or, The Princess Fair and the Ogre Rat, the Miller’s Merry Son, and the little Manx Cat. An entirely new and original grand, gorgeous, and grotesque Christmas pantomime, specially invented and written for the Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool. 1874-5. Liverpool: printed & published for Mr. D. Grannell, by Alexander Stevenson. Ads. Orig. mauve illus. printed wrappers. v.g. 24pp. ¶ Not on Copac. 1874 £60 164. PLANCHÉ, James Robinson & DANCE, Charles. Puss in Boots; an original, comical, magical, mew-sical, fairy burletta, in one acts. As performed at Madame Vestris’ Royal Olympic Theatre. Chapman & Hall. (Webster’s Acting National Drama.) Front. by Pierce Egan browned. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ Not in BL. First performed on Dec. 26, 1837 with , who is depicted in the frontispiece, as the cat. 1838 £50 165. SIMS, George Robert, DIX, Frank J., & COLLINS, Arthur. Puss in Boots: a fairy tale; music by J.M. Glover and Melville Gideon ... (Book of words, Christmas 1918.) Edinburgh: James Turner & Co. Ports, music, ads. Orig. cream wrappers printed in red & black with photo. onlay port. of Mona Magnet. v.g. 49pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, with “The Children’s Pantomime from Drury Lane Theatre”. It was performed at Drury Lane in 1916. 1918 £45 166. SIMS, George Robert, DIX, Frank J., & COLLINS, Arthur. Puss (in New) Boots: a fairy tale; music by J.M. Glover and Melville Gideon ... (Book of words, Christmas 1922.) Edinburgh: n.p. Ports, music, ads. Orig. beige wrappers; sl. dusted. 63pp. ¶ A revival of the Edinburgh 1918 version. 1922 £35

QUEEN OF HEARTS A 19th century pantomime based on the nursery rhyme; the earliest version was written by Martin Dutnall, 1863. 167. ANONYMOUS. Queen of Hearts ... Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 26th, 1938. Wightman Mountain. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers. v.g. 40pp. ¶ Oxford & V&A only. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. Frederick Melville died in 1838 and this is the last pantomime at the Lyceum. 1938 £30 168. BANTOCK, Leedham. Queen of Hearts ... Produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W. December 26th, 1927. David Allen & Sons. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; corner torn from front wrapper, sl. dusted. 32pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. 1927 £30 QUEEN OF HEARTS

169. (BANTOCK, Leedham) Queen of Hearts ... Produced by Walter and Frederick Melville ... December 26th, 1933. Wightman Mountain. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. dusted. 40pp. ¶ Substantially the 1927 text. 1933 £25 170. HALL, Frank & BLOOD, James J. (The Queen of Hearts.) The Grand Annual Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled, The Queen of Hearts and the Wonderful Tarts. Written expressly for this Theatre, ... Birmingham: n.p. Stabbed as issued; sl. marked. 24pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Birmingham. The pantomime 1883-84. 1883 £48 171. (MARSHALL, Henry) (Queen of Hearts.) Derek Salberg’s 1949-50 Pantomime Queen of Hearts. (Book, original music and lyrics by Henry Marshall ... the entire pantomime made at the Alexandra Theatre.) (Birmingham: P. & M. Advertising Service.) Ports, ads. Stapled in orig. beige illus. wrappers, printed in green, red, orange & purple. v.g. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. Starring Lauri . John Le Mesurier was in the cast. 1949 £20

ROBINSON CRUSOE The first pantomime version was by Thomas Linley, 1781, at Drury Lane. 172. BANTOCK, Leedham. (Robinson Crusoe.) Lyceum Pantomime: Robinson Crusoe ... Produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W. Dec. 26th, 1922. David Allen & Sons. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 32pp. ¶ V&A only. 1922 £35 173. (BANTOCK, Leedham) Robinson Crusoe ... Produced by Walter and Frederick Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W.C. December 26th, 1930. David Allen & Sons. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 40pp. ¶ V&A only. A variation of the text of the previous item. 1930 £30 DERBY CRUSOE 174. CONNOLLEY, Gus. (Robinson Crusoe.) Christmas Pantomime, entitled Robinson Crusoe; or, The Bad King, the Good Fairy, and the Lucky Friday! ... First produced at the Corn Exchange, Derby, under the direction of Messrs. J. Stoner & Crowley. Christmas, 1880-1. Derby: James Harwood, printer. Orig. orange printed wrappers; sl. dusted. ¶ Not on Copac. Wearing records Gus Connolly, Irish comedian, who died in 1900. The wrapper has “The Grand Christmas pantomime” and the titlepage describes it as “quizzical, local, topical, emblematical, enthusiastical, cosmopolitan, cannibalistical, Defoeical, comical”. 29pp. 1880 £80 175. MAURICE, Newman (Newman Cohen). (Robinson Crusoe.) Book of the Words of the Lyceum Pantomime Robinson Crusoe. Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on ... Dec. 27th, 1915, ... Wightman Mountain & Andrews. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; sl. dusted with old folds & sm. chip to fore-edge. 48pp. ¶ V&A only. Ninette de Valois danced. 1915 £35 176. NICHOLLS, Harry & HARRIS, Sir Augustus. Robinson Crusoe: a grand comic Christmas pantomime. ... Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Christmas 1893. Book of Words. n.p. Illus. music, chronol. of 15 years productions by Harris, ads. Stabbed as issued in orig. beige printed wrappers, with portrait of Marie Lloyd; dusted & tearing at staples. ROBINSON CRUSOE

¶ V&A & Senate House only. Drury Lane pantomime, 1893-94. Ada Blanche played Crusoe, Dan Leno played Mrs. Crusoe, and Marie Lloyd, Herbert Campbell and also starred. The pantomime concluded with a pageant ‘The History of England in Twenty Minutes’ and a list of sovereigns are inserted. The final harlequinade starred Harry Payne. 1893 £38 GRIMALDI AS MAN FRIDAY 177. POCOCK, Isaac. Robinson Crusoe; or, The Bold Bucaniers: a romantic melo-drama. Produced ... at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, Easter Monday, 1817. FIRST EDITION. Printed for John Miller; by B. McMillan. Lacking frontispiece. Contemp. half calf, marbled boards; sm. hole at tail of spine, otherwise v.g. 48pp. ¶ Copac records only a microform copy at Cambridge. Grimaldi played Man Friday and Bologna and Ellar were also in the cast. The pantomime was directed by Charles Farley with music by William Henry Ware. 1817 £380 178. SAMUEL, Kenneth Ormsby. Robinson Crusoe: a pantomime in three acts. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no. 1194.) Orig. brown printed wrappers. v.g. 42pp. [1929] £20

SLEEPING BEAUTY La Belle au Bois Dormant was first published by Perrault in 1697, but the story dates back to Persia. The first pantomime version Harlequin & the Ogress; or, The Sleeping Beauty of the Wood, starred Grimaldi and was performed in 1822. ANONYMOUS THE FIRST PANTOMIME VERSION 179. (Harlequin and the Ogress.) Songs, Duets, Trios, Chorusses, &c. in the new grand comick pantomime of Harlequin and the Ogress; or, The Sleeping Beauty of the Wood. ... First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Thursday, December 26, 1822. ... The whole arranged and produced by Mr. Farley. FIRST EDITION. John Miller. Title marked. Disbound. 14pp. ¶ Oxford only. From Allardyce Nicoll’s collection. 1822 £500 180. The Sleeping Beauty: a fairy-tale play, together with Two Christmas stories. (The Christmas Roses. The Christ Child - a poem.- Princess Lilia.) “Review of Reviews” Office. (Books for the Bairns, XLVI.) Illus.; browned. Orig. pink printed wrappers; marked, front wrapper detached, spine defective. 58pp. ¶ The series is listed to no. 78 on the wrapper. [1899?] £20 181. The Sleeping Beauty. A fairy tale play. ... (Reprinted.) Ernest Benn. (Stead’s popular plays. For school and home performance, no. 46.) Illus. Stapled as issued. 42pp. 1932 £20 182. The Sleeping Beauty ... produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W. December 26th, 1932. David Allen & Sons. Ports, illus., ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. 40pp. ¶ Oxford, Senate House & V&A only. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. A different text from that of 1926 (see following item). 1932 £35 _____ 183. BANTOCK, Leedham. The Sleeping Beauty ... produced by Walter and Fredk. Melville at the Lyceum Theatre, London, W. December 27th, 1926. David Allen & Sons. Ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting. v.g. 32pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Lyceum pantomime. 1926 £40 SLEEPING BEAUTY

184. McGLENNON’S PARLOUR PANTOMIMES. The Sleeping Beauty, with songs (words and music). Parlour pantomimes, no. 6. Felix McGlennon. (McGlennon’s Standard Series, no. 37.) 1p. ads.; sl. browned. Disbound. 31pp. [c.1901] £25

185. SIMS, George Robert, BOVILL, Charles H., & COLLINS, Arthur. (The Sleeping Beauty.) The Children’s Pantomime The Sleeping Beauty ... Music composed, selected and arranged by J.M. Glover. Produced by Arthur Collins. J. Miles & Co. Ports, music, ads; paper sl. browning. Orig. buff wrappers printed in red & black with onlay port. of Irene May; sm. mark otherwise v.g. 80pp. ¶ Warwick only. Title headed: Theatre Royal Drury Lane; the pantomime 1912-1913. Bovill wrote the lyrics. 1912 £40 ‘RE-AWAKENED’ 186. SIMS, George Robert & COLLINS, Arthur. The Sleeping Beauty Re-Awakened: A fairy tale. Music composed, selected and arranged by J.M. Glover. Produced by Arthur Collins. J. Miles & Co. Ports, music, ads; paper sl. browning. Orig. brown wrappers printed in red, green & black with onlay port. of Arthur Collins. v.g. 74pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Theatre Royal Drury Lane; the pantomime 1913-1914. 1913 £50 ... AND THE MYSTIC YELLOW DWARF 187. WALTON, William. (The Sleeping Beauty.) Book of Words and Songs in the original, lyric, terpsichorean, spectacular, dramatic, burlesque pantomime entitled The Sleeping Beauty and the Mystic Yellow Dwarf, written, invented and produced by William Walton. ... (Bolton: W. & T.R. Morris) Without wrappers. Disbound. 32pp. ¶ BL only. Headed 1892-93. This pantomime was performed in Parkhurst in 1895 and in Edinburgh with William Walton in 1897. 1892 £25

188. (WALTON, William) (The Sleeping Beauty.) Royal Grand Pantomine The Sleeping Beauty and the Mystic Yellow Dwarf. Book of words and songs. London, Glasgw & Chicago: Yeats. Ports, ads; a little dusting & creasing. Bound in later drab boards with illus. front wrapper in red & black laid down on front board. 76pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Wrapper headed: Theatre Royal, Edinburgh 1897-98. The text begins with a prose retelling of the story. 1897 £38 ... AND THE BEAST 189. WOOD, Jay Hickory & COLLINS, Arthur. (The Sleeping Beauty.) Grand Christmas Pantomime The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast. (Produced by Arthur Collins.) J. Miles & Co. Illus., ads. Without wrappers; staples rusting. Theatre Museum cancelled stamp. 71pp. ¶ Title headed: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. 1900-01. Starring Dan Leno, Herbert Campbell and Fred Emney. 1900 £20

190. WOOD, Jay Hickory, MAXWELL-STEWART, F.V. & WYLIE, Julian. (The Sleeping Beauty.) Julian Wylie’s Fourth Edinburgh Pantomime The Sleeping Beauty ... Edinburgh: James Turner & Co. Ports, ads. Orig. orange wrappers; sl. dusted. 48pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Wrapper headed: King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 1933-1934. This is the 1929 Drury Lane pantomime when Wylie, the pseudonym of Julian Samuelson, revived the pantomime season. A programme rather than book of words. In 48pp with a prologue and the story told scene by scene by Geo. M. Slater. 1933 £25 153

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II BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES Word books by Author ‘Burlesques’ and ‘Extravaganzas’ were highly popular in the Victorian era, and the terms are virtually interchangeable. Like pantomimes, they incorporated the ‘harlequin’ tradition and were often based on traditional themes, while also ‘burlesquing’ or parodying other classical , plays or ballads. The aim was to entertain with humour, song and dance, sometimes with spectacular stage effects. Burlesques could be risqué in style, often with reversed male/female roles.

À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 Humorous journalist - one of the founders of Punch - and playwright. Author of over fifty extravaganzas and burlesques, he also wrote two operas for which his wife wrote the music. 191. King John, (with the benefit of the Act.) A burlesque, in one act, ... FIRST EDITION. W. Strange. (Strange’s London acting drama.) Front. by W. Newman of Harry Hall as King John. Disbound. 22pp. ¶ BL only. 1837 £35 192. The Roof Scrambler: a grand burlesque ballet opera, in two acts, ... John Cumberland. (Cumberland’s Minor theatre.) Front. port. after Buss of William Rogers as Swelvino. Disbound. 25pp. ¶ BL, Cambridge & Warwick only. With a 4pp Memoir of William Rogers. [1835] £30 193. The Son of the Sun; or, The Fate of Phaeton: a classical burlesque burletta, in one act. First performed at the Fitzroy Theatre, Tuesday, February 13th, 1834. John Miller. (Miller’s Modern acting drama, no. 19.) Half title; sl. marked at end. Orig. pink front wrapper; dusted & sl. torn. 24pp. ¶ St. Andrews & Warwick only. One of A Beckett’s earliest works, this edition unknown to Nicoll. 1834 £35 THREE GRACES 194. The Three Graces. A classical and comical, musical and mythological burlesque burletta. In two acts ... (As performed at the Princess’ Theatre, Oxford Street, Monday, April 17th, 1843.) William Barth. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ Cambridge only. Including brief descriptions of the costumes and indications of grooves for the scenery. [1843] £30 CREAM OF TARTARS 195. (Timour, the Cream of all the Tartars) The New Grand Oriental Melo-Dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in two acts, called Timour, the cream of all the tartars. As performed at the Princess’s Theatre, on Monday, March 24, 1845. 12mo. W.S. Johnson. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ Not in BL; Cambridge only on Copac. Founded on G.M. Lewis’s Timour the Tartar. [1845] £40 _____

196. À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott & LEMON, Mark. O Gemini! Or, The Brothers of co(u)rse. A new burlesque on a frightfully popular subject. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay- Market. ... Webster & Co. (Acting National Drama.) Front foxed. Disbound. 22pp. ¶ BL, Manchester & Cambridge only. A burlesque of The Corsican Brothers. 1852 £35 ST GEORGE & THE DRAGON 197. À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott & LEMON, Mark. St. George and the Dragon, a new grand empirical exposition, in two acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi. ... National BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

Acting Drama Office. (Webster’s Acting national drama, no. 119.) Vertical front., browned. Orig. beige printed wrappers; sl. chipped at edges, corner torn away in margin at end. 24pp. ¶ BL, Cambridge & Senate House only. A satirical play performed in 1845. [1845] £40 ALICE 198. ADAMS, Marion L. Alice in Wonderland. A fairy-tale play in three scenes. Adapted by Marion L. Adams. Music by Stephen R. Philpot. Stead’s Publishing House. (Stead’s popular plays. For school and home performance, no. 232.) Illus., tonic solfa tunes. Stapled as issued. 32pp. [c.1910?] £25 WISE KING KINO 199. ALBERY, James. The Will of Wise King Kino: a new and original fairy spectacular extravaganza. First performed at the Princess’s Theatre Royal, on Saturday, September 13th, 1873. Book of words, songs, &c. Printed by J.W. Last & Co. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ V&A only on Copac. 1873 £38 200. ALLAN, A.W. Reinzi Reinstated; or, The “Last” of the Cobbler. Being a per-version of Miss Mitford’s tragedy. Printed by W.H. & J. Collingridge. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ Cambridge only. Performed by an amateur company, the St. Paul’s Dramatic Club at the Globe Theatre on 21st December 1874. 1875 £50 ANONYMOUS THE GNOME-KING 201. An Elfin Freak; or, A Legend of Number-Nip: on which is founded The Gnome-King, or The Giant-Mountains; now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Printed for John Lowndes; by W. Hughes. Fold. col. front. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Issued to accompany the pantomime text now usually attributed to George Colman the Younger, but also to Frederick Reynolds. The coloured frontispiece with fountain and lake is a scene design from the pantomime which was produced by Charles Farley. 1819 £250 202. The Enchanters; or, Harlequin Sultaun. The songs chorusses &c. with a description of the pantomime. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. Friday, December 26th 1806. Printed by C. Lowndes, and sold in the Theatre. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Not in BL; Bodleian only on Copac. The author of the words on pp. 9-16 is not named. New music by Mr Shaw with selections from various composers. 1806 £125 GULLIVER 203. (Gulliver’s Travels.) The Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled Gulliver’s Travels! O, Harlequin Prince Rover and the Princess Tricksy Wicksy! Birmingham: James Upton, printer. Orig. purple printed wrappers, partially unopened. A fine copy. 46pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham. The pantomime 1875-6 text, with only the cast of the Harlequinade listed. There were several pantomimes based on this story in the late 1860s and 70s but no author is given by Nicoll. 1875 £55 HARLEQUIN & COCK ROBIN 203a (Harlequin & Cock Robin.) Programme, Songs, Duets, &c. &c. in the new and grand comic pantomime called Harlequin & Cock Robin, or, Vulcan and Venus: first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Saturday, Dec. 28, 1829. ... The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Farley. FIRST EDITION. John Miller. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Not on Copac; from Allardyce Nicoll’s collection. 1829 £60 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

ANONYMOUS, continued 204. (Harlequin & Mother Bunch.) Airs, Duetts, Chorusses &c. in the new pantomime of Harlequin & Mother Bunch, or, The Yellow Dwarf; with a sketch of the story. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Wednesday, December 26, 1821. ... The whole under the direction of Mr. Farley. FIRST EDITION. John Miller. Sl. dusted. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Not on Copac; from Allardyce Nicoll’s collection. 1821 £60 STANFIELD PANORAMA 205. Harlequin and the Flying Chest; or, Malek and the Princes Schirine. A new grand comic Christmas, pantomime, comprising the songs, chorusses, recitative, and dialogue. With a description of the business of each scene, as first performed at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Friday, Dec. 26, 1823. ... The whole arranged and produced under the immediate direction of Mr. W. Barrymore. 2nd edn. Printed for, and to be had at the Theatre, & of John Miller. Fold. front. sl. browned. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ Cambridge only. The frontispiece is ‘The Key Plate to the Principal objects in the moving Diorama of the Plymouth Breakwater, painted by Clarkson Stanfield, from drawings taken by W.S. Reynolds & now exhibiting at the New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane’. 1823 £180 NOTTINGHAM CORPORATION 206. (Harlequin Happy Humbug.) A Comico, Pantomimico, Dramatico, Extravaganzico, entitled Harlequin Happy Humbug, or, The Sayings and Doings of an Immaculate Corporation. Respectfully dedicated ... to the Whited Walls of Nottingham, by the Brothers Bruff. n.p. Orig. glazed turquoise printed wrappers. v.g. 43pp. ¶ BL only. A political satire on the Nottingham Corporation based on a Brough Brothers’ pantomime. The long list of characters including Councillors Bookworm, Cardsharper, Football, Hosey Nosey &c. has identifications in ink by a contemporary owner. [c.1870?] £45 COLOUR FRONTISPIECE 207. (Harlequin Munchausen.) Chorusses, Recitative, and Dialogue, with a short description of the business of each scene, of the new pantomime, called Harlequin Muchausen, or The Fountain of Love; ... The whole arranged & produced under the direction of Mr. Farley. To be had of John Lowndes, and at the Theatre. Fold. col. front with sm. mark from adhesion, front causing offsetting on title. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Oxford only. The Covent Garden pantomime of 1818-19. The title admits that the ‘real facts’ about the fabled Baron Munchausen have been altered and expanded. 1818 £180 208. (Love & Magic.) The Songs, Glees, &c. &c. introduced in the new pantomime called Love & Magic; or, Harlequin’s Holiday. First acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. Monday, December 27th, 1802. Printed by C. Lowndes. Half title, final blank. Disbound. 18pp. ¶ Two possible locations on Copac, but BL edition is in 17pp. Perhaps based on Garrick’s ‘The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic’, 1760. 1802 £45 _____

209. (ARNOLD, Henry Thomas & GREENWOOD, Thomas Longdon) Harlequin Little Boy Blue and Little Bo-Peep Who Lost Her Sheep; or The Wicked Dragon and the Enchanted Horn. Written by Brother Grinn the Elder and H.T. Arden, and promoted by E.T. Smith and P. Emile Hopkins. n.p. Orig. light blue printed wrappers. Disbound. 14pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Headed: Crystal Palace Pantomime. Christmas, 1868-9. Title from wrapper. The Brothers Grinn was a pseudonym used by E.L. Blanchard and Thomas Greenwood, and Arden was Arnold’s pseudonym. Inscribed J. Osborn Grout, Jany 1869. 1868 £40 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

BLANCHARD, Edward Litt Leman, 1820-1889 Author of thirty plays before the age of 20, he is best remembered for his Drury Lane pantomimes. 210. Harlequin and the House that Jack Built; or, Old Mother Hubbard, and her Wonderful Dog. Music-Publishing Co. Sl. browning. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ The Drury Lane pantomime 1861-62. [1861] £40 KING HUMMING-TOP 211. King Humming-Top; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys: an original grand fantastic allegorical comic Christmas pantomime, the novel and original burlesque opening written by E.L. Blanchard. Sm. 4to. G.H. Davidson. Illus. on front wrapper. Orig. blue printed wrappers; split along spine. A rare & fragile item. 20pp. ¶ Cambridge only. The Drury Lane pantomime, 1853-54. [1853] £200 ROBIN HOOD 212. Robin Hood; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck, and the merry men of Sherwood Forest: an entirely new grand, magical, comical, Christmas, pastoral, parodiacal, and peculiarly pantomimical pantomime, founded on the popular Old English ballad of “Robin Hood”. Davidson. Illus. on back wrapper, ads; the odd spot. Orig. beige printed wrappers; sl. dusted. 16pp. ¶ V&A only. The Drury Lane pantomime, 1858-9. 1858 £75 _____

213. BROUGH, Robert Barnabas. Alfred the Great; or, The Minstrel King. An historical extravaganza. 12mo. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 644.) Disbound. Signature of R.B. Douglas on titlepage. 48pp. ¶ First performed at the Olympic Theatre in December 1859. Robert Brough, 1828-1870, humorous writer & playwright, often working with his brother William. [1860] £20 214. BROUGH, Robert Barnabas. Masaniello; or, The Fish’oman of Naples. A fish tale, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. (42pp.) ¶ A burlesque of the opera by Auber first performed in 1828. [1857?] £20 BROUGH, William, 1826-1870 Writer of some of the earliest entertainments produced by German Reed and his wife, and also burlesques, some with his brother Robert. They were both founder members of the Savage Club. 215. (A Froggee Would a Wooing Go.) A New and Original Christmas Pantomime, entitled A Froggee Would a Wooing Go, or, The Pretty Princess and the Fairy of the Dancing Water. Produced under the direction of Charles calvert. (Manchester: Guardian Steam-Printing Works.) Text marked & sl. browned, ads on green & white paper. Orig. green printed wrappers; dusted & marked with printing flaw at one corner. 48pp. ¶ Cambridge only. Title headed: Prince’s Theatre, Manchester. The pantomime with related title was performed in Brighton in 1874. [1869] £58 216. The Caliph of Bagdad. An original oriental, operatic extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 1178.) Disbound. 35pp. [1867] £20 217. Lalla Rookh; or, The Princess, the Peri & the Troubadour. A burlesque and pantomime, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 501.) Orig. printed wrappers; sl. torn & dusted. Signature of William Wallford. 40pp. ¶ The Lyceum pantomime, 1857-58. [1858] £30 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

BROUGH, William, continued 218. Perdita; or, The Royal Milkmaid, being the legend upon which Shakespeare is supposed to have founded his Winter’s Tale: a new and original burlesque. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 406.) Disbound. (40pp.) [1856] £25 219. Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Maid and the Monster. A classical extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 36pp. [1861] £20 PYGMALION 220. Pygmalion; or, The Statue Fair. An original burlesque. 12mo. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 36pp. [1867] £20 LA SYLPHIDE 221. The Sylphide. A new and original extravaganza, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Title creased & dusted, sm. marginal tears, piece torn from margin of last leaf. Stabbed, without wrappers. A poor copy. 32pp. ¶ La Sylphide is now only known as a ballet. [1860] £10 _____ BROUGH, Robert Barnabas & William 222. Camaralzaman and Badoura; or, The Peri Who Loved the Prince; an extravagant Arabian Night’s entertainment, in two acts. By the Brothers Brough. ... National Acting Drama Office. (Webster’s Acting national drama.) Disbound. 40pp. ¶ Performed at the Hay-market on 26th December 1848. [1849?] £25 IVANHOE, AN EXTRAVAGANZA 223. The Last Edition of Ivanhoe, with all the newest improvements. An extravaganza, in two acts. By the Brothers Brough. ... National Acting Drama Office. (Webster’s Acting national drama, no. 170.) Front. Orig. buff printed wrappers; sl. marked. 43pp. ¶ Distantly related to Sir Walter Scott’s novel. [1850] £65 224. The Sphinx: a “touch from the ancients,” in one act, by the Brothers Brough. ... National Acting Drama Office. (Webster’s Acting national drama.) Front. Disbound. 33pp. ¶ A burlesque of the Oedipus legend, performed in April 1849. [1849] £35 _____

225. BROUGHAM, John. Metamora; or, The Last of the Pollywogs. A burlesque in two acts. New York: Samuel French. (French’s Minor drama, no. CCLIII.) Orig. wrappers; a little damp marked. 18pp. ¶ Cambridge only. Brougham, the Irish actor/playwright/manager who emigrated to the USA in 1842, here burlesques the most famous ‘Indian’ play of the 1820s, John Augustus Stone’s Metamora, or The last of the Wampanoags, which was produced first in 1847. [1857?] £40 POCAHONTAS 226. BROUGHAM, John. (Po-ca-hon-tas.) An original aboriginal erratic semi-civilised and demi-savage extravaganza, being a perversion of ... Po-ca-hon-tas: or, The Gentle Savage. In two acts. New-York: Samuel French. (French’s American drama, no. LXIX.) Two pages close shaved in margin. Disbound. 32pp. [1855?] £40 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

227. (BUCKINGHAM, Leicester Silk) Virginius; or, The Trials of a Fond Papa! A burlesque, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 36pp. ¶ A burlesque of the play by James Sheridan Knowles. [1859] £20 BUTTERFLY’S BALL 228. (BUCKSTONE, John Baldwin) The Butterfly’s Ball and The Grasshoppper’s Feast; or, Harlequin and the Genius of Spring. A new comic Christmas pantomime founded on Roscoe’s popular poem, the pantomime written and invented by the writer of the popular Haymarket pantomimes of “The Three Bears” and “Little Bo-Peep”. ... And first performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on Wednesday, December 26, 1855. W.S. Johnson. Orig. yellow printed wrappers; sl. dusted. 16pp. ¶ Senate House only. Anonymous in Nicoll. There was a Liverpool pantomime on this theme in 1853. William Roscoe’s poem for his children was first published in 1806 and separately in 1807. 1855 £85

BURNAND, Sir Francis Cowley, 1836-1917 Comic writer & playwright, producing over 200 pantomimes & burlesques. An early success was Ixion, 1863, and he adapted Box & Cox in 1866, with music by Arthur Sullivan. 229. Fair Rosamond; or, The Maze, the Maid, and the Monarch! Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition., no. 55.) Disbound. 43pp [1862] £20 230. Faust and Marguerite. An entirely new original travestie, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 63.) Disbound. 42pp. [c.1862] £20 IXION 231. Ixion; or, The Man at the Wheel. An original extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 889.) Orig. pink printed wrappers; dusted & sl. chipped. Signature of William Wallford, 1863. 44pp. [1863] £30 232. King of the Merrows; or, The Prince and the Piper. A fairy extravaganza. Written by F.C. Burnand, from an original plot constructed by J. Palgrave Simpson. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 790.) Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. dusted & small chip from back wrapper. Signature of William Wallford, January 1862. 48pp. ¶ A burlesque Irish play. Merrows are mermen. [1861?] £25 MILITARY BURLESQUE 233. The Military Billy Taylor; or, The War in Carriboo. FIRST EDITION. Hopwood & Crew. Last leaf torn at head without loss of text. Disbound. (36pp.) ¶ Oxford, Cambridge & Liverpool only. A burlesque based on an old nautical ballad, performed at the in 1869; a title page note references Douglas Jerrold’s Black-Eyed Susan. The cast includes Lady Clara Veer de Veer and Minnehaha. 1869 £35 OLYMPIC GAMES 234. (Olympic Games.) A New and Original Extravaganza, entitled Olympic Games; or, The Major, the Miner, and the Cock-a-Doodle-Doo. Phillips. Disbound. (44pp.) ¶ BL, Cambridge & Liverpool only. A modern take on the loves of Mars, Venus and Vulcan. [1867] £25 235. Robin Hood; or, The Forester’s Fate! An extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 841.) Orig. printed wrappers. Disbound. 40pp. ¶ On wrapper: Robin Hood burlesque. See also at Babes in the Wood, items 40, 41, 45, 49 & 50. [1863] £30 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

BURNAND, Sir Francis Cowley, continued 236. Rumplestiltskin; or, The Woman at the Wheel! An extravaganza, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 923.) Disbound. Signature of R. B. Douglas on titlepage. 50pp. [c.1862] £20 237. Snowdrop; or, The Seven Mannikins and the Magic Mirror. An entirely new & original burlesque extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Title browned; orig. back printed wrapper. Signature of (Anne) Renier. 44pp. [1864] £20 238. Windsor Castle. An original opera-burlesque, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 992.) Disbound. 50pp. [c.1862] £20 _____

BYRON, Henry James, 1835-1884 Actor and prolific writer of burlesques and pantomimes; first editor of Fun from 1861 and co-manager of the Prince of Wales Theatre from 1869. 239. Thirteen Plays by Henry James Byron. Thomas Hailes Lacy. Bound in half green crushed morocco, lettered on spine ‘Byron’s Plays’ volume ‘III’; sl. rubbed. ¶ 1. La! Sonnambula; or, The Supper, the Sleeper, and the Merry Swiss Boy. An original operatic burlesque extravaganza. 2. War to the Knife. An original comedy. 3. Lucia di Lammermoor; or, The Laird, the Lady, and the Lover. A new and original operatic burlesque extravaganza. 4. Little Don Giovanni. A burlesque. 5. A Hundred Thousand Pounds. An original comedy. 6. Der Freischutz; or, The Bill! The Belle!! And the Bullet!!! An original burlesque. 7. Pandora’s Box. A mythological extravaganza. 8. William Tell, with a vengeance! Or, The Pet, the Patriot, and the Pippin. A grand new and original burlesque. 9. Lucretia Borgia, M.D.; or, La Grande Doctresse. An original burlesque extravaganza. 10. The Corsican “Brothers”; or, The Troublesome Twins. An original burlesque extravaganza. 11. Lord Bateman; or, The Proud Young Porter and the Fair Sophia. A burlesque. 12. Sensation Dramas for the Back Drawing Room. Illus. 13. Cyril’s Success. An original comedy. [c.1867] £250 PRESENTATION COPY 240. The Bride of Abydos; or, The Prince, the Pirate, and the Pearl. An original oriental burlesque extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no.533.) Lower third of title torn away, dusted, browned & marked. Disbound. Stamp of Terence Rees. 24pp. ¶ A burlesque of Lord Byron’s work of the same name, performed in 1858 at the Strand Theatre. The dramatist Henry James Byron, 1835-1884, was the son of Lord Byron’s second cousin Henry. This copy inscribed to [Thomas Haines?] Bayley by Byron, marked for the part of Osman in 1888 perhaps by G. Whyte whose name is also on the title. [1858] £25 241. Cyril’s Success. An original comedy, in five acts. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 78pp. [c.1880] £20 242. ; or, The “Sensation” Goat! A new and original burlesque extravaganza, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 779.) Disbound. 42pp. [1861] £20 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

BYRON, Henry James, continued 243. Fra Diavolo; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. A burlesque burletta. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 34pp. [c.1860] £20 MRS BROWN 244. The “Grin” Bushes! or, The “Mrs.” Brown of the “Missis”-Sippi. A burlesque extravaganza, in one act. 12mo. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 955.) Some ink crossing through of Byron play titles on titlepage. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ Set in Ireland & the USA. [c.1864] £28 245. La! Sonnambula! or, The Supper, the Sleeper, and the Merry Swiss Boy. An original operatic burlesque extravaganza. 12mo. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 981.) Disbound. Initials of RBD on titlepage. 36pp. [c.1865] £20 246. (Lady of Lyons.) The Very Latest Edition of the Lady of Lyons. A new burlesque extravaganza, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition., no. 510.) Front. Disbound. Contemp. of R.B. Douglas on titlepage. 30pp. ¶ A satire on Bulwer Lytton’s play. [c.1859] £35 MAZEPPA! 247. Mazeppa! A burlesque extravaganza in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 690.) Disbound. Signature of R.B. Douglas on titlepage. 40pp. ¶ Performed at the Olympic Theatre in 1859. ‘Founded on a rather celebrated little poem (by Lord Byron), and a great deal on a noted Transpontine Drama.’ [1859?] £20 FOUNDED ON COLLEEN BAWN 248. Miss Eily O’Connor. A new and original burlesque, founded on the great sensation drama of The Colleen Bawn. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 781.) Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. dusted. Signature of William Wallford, 1861. (36pp.) ¶ First staged at Drury Lane in 1861. With 8pp Alphabetical list of ... dramatic portraits. [1862] £30 249. Miss Eily O’Connor. ... Thomas Hailes Lacy. (... no. 781.) Disbound. (36pp.) [1862] £20 250. Not Such a Fool as He Looks. An original eccentric comedy, in three acts. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no. 1795.) Orig. pink printed wrappers; partly torn. 54pp. ¶ First performed in Manchester in 1868. [c.1880] £20 251. The Old Story! An original comedy, in two acts. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 32pp. ¶ Performed at the Strand Theatre in April 1861 [1861] £15 252. Our Boys: an original modern comedy. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no. 1728.) Orig. pink printed wrappers; sl. marked, spine torn. 48pp. [c.1885] £20 253. Partners for Life: an original comedy in three acts. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no. 1620.) Stained at head. Orig. pink printed front wrapper sl. torn. Signature Schreiber 1885. 48pp. [c.1880] £20 258 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

BYRON, Henry James, continued FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA 254. Princess Spring-Time; or, The Envoy Who Stole the King’s Daughter. An original fairy extravaganza. Founded on a story by the Countess d’Anois. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 30pp. [c.1864] £20 255. War to the Knife. An original comedy, in three acts. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no. 993.) Orig. pink printed wrappers. v.g. (31pp.) [c.1885] £30 256. Weak Woman: a new and original comedy, in three acts. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no.1669.) Orig. wrappers; sl. dusted & torn, back wrapper half torn away 43pp. [c.1880] £20 WILLIAM TELL 257. William Tell, with a vengeance! or, The Pet, The Patriot, and the Pippin. A grand new and original burlesque. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 39pp. [1867] £20 _____

THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY 258. CAREY, Henry. The Dragon of Wantley; a burlesque opera, in three acts. ... To which is added the old ballad on which it is founded. Sherwood, Jones & Co. (London stage, no. 47.) Illus., two column text; sl. marked & dusted at edges. Uncut in later brown paper wrapper with ink title. 16pp. ¶ First performed in 1737. Pages 6-16 are The Liar, a farce in two acts, by Samuel Foote. [1826] £20 259. CARTWRIGHT, Carol. The Queen of the May, a fairy play. ... Words by Carol Cartwright. Music by Stephen R. Philpot. (Reissued.) Ernest Benn. (Stead’s Popular plays. For school and home performance.) Illus., tonic solfa tunes; sl. browned. Stapled as issued. 58pp. 1926 £20 260. COOPER, Frederick Fox. The Elbow-Shakers! Or, Thirty Years of a Rattler’s Life; a burlesque extravaganzical burletta, on one act, ... Thomas Richardson. (Richardson’s New minor drama.) Front. Disbound. ¶ A burlesque of the popular ‘Thirty years of a gambler’s life’ adapted from a French play by Victor Ducange. 32pp. [1827?] £25 AESOPIAN BURLESQUE 261. COYNE, Joseph Stirling & TALFOURD, Francis. Leo the Terrible. An entirely new and original Aesopian burlesque, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 126.) Orig. printed wrappers. Disbound. ¶ Most of the characters have animal identities. 32pp. [1853] £20 PUBLISHED BY HARRISON AINSWORTH 262. CROKER, Thomas Crofton. Daniel O’Rourke; or, Rhymes of a Pantomime. Founded on that story by T. Crofton Croker. 2nd edn. Published by Mr. Ainsworth. Front. by W.H.B. Orig. brown printed wrapper; marked. 30pp. ¶ There is no first edition on Copac. The implication of the preface is that this is a version of the 1826 pantomime at the written at the request of Terry and Yates and revealed as by Crofton Croker. 1828 £60 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

PRESENTATION COPY 263. CROKER, Thomas Francis Dillon. Romulus and Remus; or Rome Was Not Built in a Day: a classical and what one may call a most absurdly ridiculous burlesque, in one act being an attempt at something founded on Roman history. Printed for private circulation. Orig. blue cloth; a little rubbed. 49pp. ¶ Dedicated to J.R. Planché. This copy inscribed by the author (son of Thomas Crofton Croker) to J.S. Campbell. Not designed for performance. 1859 £50 HARLEQUIN’S LOTTERY 264. DIBDIN, Charles Isaac Mungo. (Thirty Thousand.) Recitatives, Songs, and other vocal compositions, with a description of the scenery and other decorations, in the comic pantomime, callled Thirty Thousand; or Harlequin’s Lottery: with the fable of the pantomime. Printed by W. Glendinning. Browned at the margin. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Four locations only on Copac. Performed at Sadler’s Wells where the title was soon changed to Harlequin’s Lottery. Grimaldi played Clown. One scene takes place inside Bish’s Lottery Shop. Thomas Dibdin also wrote a work in 1804 called Thirty Thousand. 1808 £65

DIBDIN, Thomas John, 1771-1841 Songwriter and dramatist, pantomime writer at Drury Lane until 1816 before he made a disastrous takeover of the Surrey Theatre. 265. (Chevy Chase.) Descriptive Sketch of the new Historical Pantomime of Chevy Chace; or, Douglas and Percy. As performed at Sadler’s Wells, 1795. 12mo. (London: n.p.) Spotted. Disbound. 12pp. ¶ ESTC N6705; not in BL, Oxford only in UK; California State & Indiana University in North America. Attributed to Dibdin. 1795 £120 266. (Harlequin and Asmodeus.) Songs, Chorusses, Recitative, and Dialogue, with a description of the scenery, &c. &c. in the new pantomime, called Harlequin and Asmodeus; or, Cupid on Crutches, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. (The pantomime arranged under the direction of Mr. Farley. ) Printed & published by J. Barker. Half title. Uncut & stabbed as issued; sl. dusted & marked. 23pp. ¶ BL & Bodleian only on Copac. Originally entitled Harlequin Zambullo and based on Le Sage’s The Devil on Two Sticks. Nicoll ascribes it to Charles Farley. Grimaldi and the two Bolognas were in the cast. 1810 £280 HARLEQUIN HOAX 267. Harlequin Hoax; or, A Pantomime Proposed. A comic extravaganza. John Dicks. (Dicks’ Standard plays, no. 498.) Partly unopened in orig. pink printed wrappers. v.g. 9pp. ¶ Problems in staging a pantomime. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, 1814. [c.1885] £25 268. (Harlequin Pedlar.) Recitatives, Choruses, &c. in the new comic pantomime called Harlequin Pedlar; or, The Haunted Well, as performed at the New Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. The overture and music composed by Mr. Ware. The pantomime under the superintendance of Mr. Farley. Printed and published by J. Barker. Half title; sl. spotted at end. Disbound. 19pp. ¶ Oxford only. 1809 £120 269. (Harlequin’s Almanack.) The Introduction, Songs, Glees, Trios, Chorusses, &c. in the new pantomime, called Harlequin’s Almanack; or, The Four Seasons. Performed at the Theatre- Royal Covent-Garden. The music composed by Messrs. Reeve and W. Ware. The overture by Mr. Reeve. Printed and published by Barker & Son. Disbound. 19pp. ¶ Not in BL; Oxford only on Copac. 1801 £120 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

DIBDIN, Thomas John, continued THE SCANDINAVIAN SORCERER 270. (Harlequin’s Magnet.) Dialogue, Songs, &c. with a sketch of the scenery, in Harlequin’s Magnet; or, The Scandinavian Sorcerer, a melo-dramatick pantomime, as performed at the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden. The overture and musick composed by Mess. Davy and Ware. (Written and invented, by Mr. T. Dibdin, and produced under the direction of Mr. Farley.) Printed & published by Barker & Son. Disbound. 23pp. ¶ BL, Oxford, Cambridge only. Including scenes in Russia; without music. Song on p.16 crossed through. 1806 £85 271. (Harlequin’s Tour.) Songs, Chorusses, &c. in the new pantomime of Harlequin’s Tour; or, The Dominion of Fancy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. With entire new music, scenery, machinery, dresses, &c. Printed and published by J. Barker. Disbound. 15pp. ¶ ESTC 67191? This issue bears the date 1800, whereas the ESTC entry (2/2 locations) suggests no date is present. 1800 £80 272. Melodrame Mad! Or, The Siege of Troy. A new comic, pathetic, historic, anachronistic, ethic, epic melange, “full of doleful mirth and right merrie conceit”. ... First performed at the Surrey Theatre Monday, June 21, 1819. John Miller. Disbound. 42pp. 1805 £45 _____ HUMPTY DUMPTY 273. DIX, Frank J. (Humpty Dumpty.) Mr. Robert Arthur’s Ninth Nottingham Pantomime Humprty Dumpty. (Xmas, 1905.) (Nottingham: Derry & Sons, printers.) Ports, ads; a few ink annotations. Orig. cream wrappers, printed in red & blue; staples rusting, transparent tape at head & tail of spine. ¶ Not on Copac. Half title headed: Theatre Royal, Nottingham; the pantomime 1905-06. Some of the portraits have the names of the characters played added in ink. 1906 £35 LIVERPOOL BURLESQUE 274. DOWLING, Maurice G. Othello Travestie: an operatic burlesque burletta. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Front. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ First performed in Liverpool in 1834 and then at the Strand Theatre in London. [c.1860?] £20 275. ELLIS, George, Dramatist. Cherry and Fair Star; or, The Children of Cyprus. A grand Asiatic melodramatic romance. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no.123.) Orig. pink printed wrappers; dusted & torn at corners. 28pp. ¶ A later issue. On wrapper with Samuel French imprint: Harlequin Cherry and Fair Star. First performed in 1822. [c.1875?] £20 276. FALCONER, Edmund, pseud. (Edmund O’Rourke) Chrystabelle; or, The Rose Without a Thorn. An extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Sl. marked. Disbound. Signature of C.T. Horan. 36pp. [1861?] £20 277. FARLEY, Charles. (Harlequin and Poor Robin.) Songs, Chorusses, &c. &c. in the new comic pantomime, called Harlequin and Poor Robin; or, The House that Jack Built. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Friday, December 26, 1823. ... The whole composed and produced by Mr. Farley. FIRST EDITION. John Miller. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Not on Copac. From Allardyce Nicoll’s collection. 1823 £125 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

FAWCETT, John, 1769-1837 Actor and playwright who elected to play ‘low comedy’, first appearing in London at Covent Garden in 1791. His first play was Obi, or Three-Fingered Jack, 1800, the story of Jack Mansong, leader of a band of runaway slaves, who established an independent community in Jamaica in the 1770s, and who was regarded as a ‘Robin Hood’ figure. 278. (Enchanted Island.) Prospectus; with the songs, choruses, &c. &c. of The Enchanted Island: a dramatick ballet; founded on Shakspeare’s Tempest. Printed for the Author, by T. Woodfall: and sold at the Theatre. Disbound. 27pp. ¶ Bodleian only on Copac. Performed at the Haymarket Theatre. [1804] £85 THREE-FINGERED JACK 279. (Obi.) Songs, Duets and Choruses in the pantomimical drama of Obi; or, Three-Finger’d Jack. (Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market.) To which are prefix’d Illustrative extracts, and a Prospectus of the action. Invented by Mr. Fawcett, and got up under the direction of Mr. Farley. 11th edn, with additions and alterations. Printed by T. Woodfall. Browned & sl. creased at end. Disbound. 20pp. ¶ First performed in 1800. 1809 £85 280. (Perouse.) Prospectus of the action, with the song, duet, and choruses, in Perouse: or The Desolate Island. A pantomimical drama in two parts, performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Invented by Mr. Fawcett. Printed and published by J. Barker. Disbound. 15pp. ¶ Copac lists only a different printing entitled ‘Songs, choruses, &c’. 1801 £85 _____ COLOUR PLATES 281. FITZBALL, Edward. Harlequin and Humpty Dumpty: or, Robbin de Bobbin, and the first Lord Mayor of Lu’on, a grand historical pantomime. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, December 26th, 1850. Printed & published by S.G. Fairbrother; and may be had in the theatre. Front. & 17 plates, partly hand col.; corner torn from one plate, text marked. Disbound and without stitching. A fragile copy. 23pp. ¶ BL and Cambridge only on Copac. Only the fairy is played by a woman; Humpty Dumpy is a small figure with a cock’s head. [1851] £45 SINBAD AT READING 282. FRANKLAND, H. ”Sinbad, the Sailor”, the first pantomime produced by H.B. Ormsby Trench, at the New Royal County Theatre, Reading, on December 23rd, 1895. Written and adapted by H. Frankland. Reading: printed by Petty & Sons. Orig. pale pink wrappers printed in purple; front wrapper torn away at head & tail. 37pp. ¶ Not in BL or on Copac. 1895 £40 ADAPTED FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND 283. FREILIGRATH-KROEKER, Kate. Alice and other fairy plays for children. ... W. Swan Sonnenschein. Front. & plates, music; some spotting. Orig. brown cloth, bevelled boards; sl. rubbing, inner hinges cracking. Bookseller’s ticket of H. & C. Treacher, Bristol. a.e.g. ¶ Alice, with Snowdrop, The Bear Prince and Jack and the Princess who never laughed. Alice in Wonderland with a plate of the croquet party. 1880 £40 284. FREILIGRATH-KROEKER, Kate. Alice, a fairy play, adapted by permission from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”; with illustrations by Mary Sibree and songs with music. George Bell & Sons. Half title, plates, music. Orig. pink printed wrappers; dusted & creased at edges, front wrapper detached. 64pp. ¶ This separate edition not on Copac. A reissue of the first part of the collected edition of 1880 with title only on wrapper. 1882 £45 226 262

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THE FIRST PANTOMIME? 285. (GARRICK, David) (A Christmas Tale.) A New Dramatic Entertainment, called A Christmas Tale. In five parts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. FIRST EDITION. Printed for T. Becket. Front. by de Loutherbourg. Disbound. 76pp. ¶ ESTC T39827. Garrick’s pantomime which established the panto as an annual Christmas event. 1774 £200 286. GRAVES, Joseph. Cupid; a burlesque burletta. In one act. ... W. Strange. (Strange’s London acting drama.) Front. Disbound. 22pp. 1837 £20 HOP O’ MY THUMB 287. GREEN, Frank W. Hop o’ my Thumb; or, Harlequin No-Body, Some-Body, Busy-Body, and the wicked ogre with the seven league boots. (Surrey Theatre, Pantomime 1880-81.) By Frank W. Green. Printed by Phillips Bros. 7pp ads. Green printed wrappers serve as title; sl. damp marked at spine, old label. 29pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Green provided several pantomimes each year. Frank Green, 1836-1884; his pantomimes were an annual fixture at Brighton, but widely performed elsewhere. They were fun, but also ‘respectable’ - he was, with Blanchard, Lewis Carroll’s favourite playwright. 1880 £40 ASTLEY’S NURSERY RHYME PANTO 288. (GREENWOOD, Thomas Longdon) Harlequin Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son, Pope Joan, and Little Bopeep, or, Old Daddy Long Legs, and the pig that went to market, and the pig that stayed at home. Printed by Nowell’s (late Peel’s) Steam Machine. Sl. browned; some corners creased. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The pantomime with nursery rhyme themes at Astley’s Amphitheatre, 1865-66. [1865] £65 289. (GURNEY, Richard) Romeo and Juliet Travesty. In three acts. (By Richard Gurney.) 12mo. T. Hookham, junr & E.T. Hookham, & J.M. Richardson. (Jenkins, printer, Plymouth.) Half title, errata slip;R damp making. Uncut in orig. blue boards; neatly repaired. Handmade booklabel of EAC. 71pp. ¶ BL & Oxford only. 1812 £150 290. (HALE, William Palmer & TALFOURD, Francis) Thetis and Peleus; or, The Chain of Roses. A mythological love story, told in one act, by the Authors of “The Princesses in the Tower”, ... Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 21pp. ¶ Produced at the New Strand Theatre on October 27th 1851. 1851 £25 291. HALLIDAY, Andrew (Andrew Halliday Duff) & LAWRANCE, Frederic. Kenilworth: or, Ye Queene, Ye Earle, and Ye Maydenne. A comic operatic extravaganza, in one act. (Revised and re-written, by Andrew Halliday. - The last edition.) Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no. 566.) Orig. pink printed front wrapper sl. chipped. (46pp.) [c.1875] £30 BO-PEEP 292. HARRIS, Sir Augustus & JONES, Wilton. Little Bo-Peep, Little Red Riding Hood and Hop o’ My Thumb. A grand comic Christmas pantomime. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Christmas 1892. Book of Words. (Strand Publishing Co.) Illus. music, ad. Stabbed as issued in orig. beige printed wrappers, with portrait of ; staples rusting otherwise v.g. 91pp. ¶ NLW, Exeter, V&A only. Drury Lane pantomime, 1892-93. With Marie Loftus, Marie Lloyd and Arthur Williams. Dan Leno, Herbert Campbell, Ada Blanche and Little Tich also starred. The pantomime concluded with a pageant of fairy tale and pantomime characters. The harlequinade starred Harry Payne. 1892 £40 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

293. HARRIS, Sir Augustus & JONES, Wilton. Little Bo-Peep, Little Red Riding Hood and Hop o’ My Thumb. ... (Strand Publishing Co.) Illus. music, ad. Stabbed as issued in orig. beige printed wrappers, with portrait of Ada Blanche; wrappers sl. chipped with tape stain to spine. 91pp. ¶ This has a different setting of the wrappers and a different portrait from the previous item, but the contents are the same. 1892 £25 PAVILION THEATRE, WHITECHAPEL 294. HAZLEWOOD, Colin Henry. (Sinbad the Sailor.) A Complete Programme of the Opening and the words of the s[cenes?] of the new grand Christmas pantomime entitled Sinbad the Sailo[r]; or, Harlequin Old Man of the Sea, the Emperor, the Ogre, the Good fairy & the Princess. Produced under the direction of Henry Powell. E.J. Bath, steam printer. Ads. Double pink wrappers serving also as title; dusted & marked. 26pp. ¶ BL only. Title headed: Royal Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel Road. The first front wrapper with titlepage and cast list is quite badly torn at fore-edge losing the names of a few of the characters. With the full text. [1866] £45 295. HEWSON, J. James. (Little Boy Blue.) Howard & Wyndham present their Royal Pantomime entitled Little Boy Blue; or, The Lost Heir; the stolen treasure and the restored kingdom. Music composed by Jullien H. Wilson and John Armstrong. ... (Nottingham: n.p.) Ports, ads; text sl. browning & creased at corners. Orig. illus. cream printed wrappers; sl. dusted. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Nottingham, Season 1914-15. 1914 £30 296. HEWSON, J. James. (Little Miss Muffet.) Gorgeous Production of the New Pantomime, Little Miss Muffet ... (Birmingham: James Upton Ltd, printers.) Ports, ads. Orig. wrappers printed in red & black; sl. marked. 72pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Birmingham; the Christmas pantomime 1913-14. James J. Hewson wrote many provincial pantomimes, particularly for Nottingham, Birmingham and the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool. He wrote all of Mr. H.B. Nelson’s ‘annuals’. He was also an ‘esteemed’ local critic for The Stage reviewing Liverpool productions. 1911 £25 BICYCLING BURLESQUE 297. IXION, pseud. The Guardians; or, Is “Union” Strength? A bicycling burlesque in one act. Hardwicke & Bogue. 16pp ads, some illus. Orig. grey printed wrappers with ads. 32pp. ¶ BL, Oxford, TCD only. Five copyright copies only on Copac. Ixion who was fixed to a blazing wheel in hell became a cycling symbol. This Ixion is too early to be the celebrated Canon Basil Henry Davies, 1879-1961. The text is full in allusive references. 1877 £150 HARLEQUIN GREEN BEETLE 298. JOHNSTONE, John Beer. Harlequin Green Beetle; or, The Three Princesses of Pumpkin. A grand comic Christmas pantomime, performed at the Queen’s Theatre, Manchester, 1858- 9. The opening by J.B. Johnstone, ... Manchester: J.B. Normanton, printer. Unopened. Stabbed as issued in orig. plain blue wrappers with stamped title ‘Queen Beetle’. 16pp. ¶ Manchester only. [1858] £45 299. (LINLEY, William) (Harlequin Captive.) Airs, chorusses, &c. in the new pantomime, called Harlequin Captive; or, The magick fire. As performed ... at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. The musick by W. Linley. ... Printed by C. Lowndes, and sold in the theatre. Disbound. 12pp. ¶ ESTC T106558. The shorter version with Finis on p.12. 1796 £48 300. (LONSDALE, Mark) (Baron Munchausen.) Songs, Recitatives, &c. in the entertainment of Baron Munchausen; or, Harlequin’s Travels. As performed at Sadler’s Wells. 12mo. (London: n.p.) Disbound. ¶ ESTC N23807, not in BL, Bodleian only in UK; California State and Indiana University only in North America. 1795 £65 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

THACKERAY DRAMATISED 301. LOWE, Lucy C. The Rose and the Ring. A dramatised version of Thackeray’s “Fire-side Pantomime”. Arranged by Lucy C. Lowe. Sm. 4to. Oxford: Parker & Son. A few spots. Orig. pink printed wrappers; spine partly defective. 59pp. ¶ BL, Oxford, Cambridge only. [1906] £75 THE CHARMED HORN 302. (MACFARREN, George) Oberon; or, The Charmed Horn. A romantic fairy tale, in two acts. John Cumberland. (Cumberland’s British theatre.) Front. of Eliza Vincent as Oberon. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ Based on the same source by Wieland as Weber’s opera. [1826] £20 GIOVANNI IN LONDON 303. (MONCRIEFF, William Thomas, pseud. (William Thomas Thomas)) Giovanni in London; or, The Libertine Reclaimed; embracing all the surprising adventures of the celebrated character, described with Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c.: as performed at the Theatres Royal; being a broad, comic, extravaganza entertainment in two acts, ... (Duncombe’s edition.) 16mo. Printed & published by Duncombe. Fold col. front of a scene from the play. Uncut in orig. dark green wrappers; corners creased with some dusting, split in spine. 34pp. ¶ Not on Copac. First performed at the Olympic Theatre in 1817, (the songs first published in 1818) with later productions at other theatres. This edition lists the Olympic cast headed by Madame Vestris, but at the end there is an advertisement for songs in Der Freischütz, which was not performed in London until 1824. [1825?] £65 304. NICHOLLS, Harry & HARRIS, Sir Augustus. Humpty Dumpty; or, Harlequin, the Yellow Dwarf, and the Fair One with the Golden Locks. ... Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Christmas 1891. Book of Words. (Strand Publishing Co.) Illus. music, ads; tears without loss in pp 53-56. Stabbed as issued in orig. beige printed wrappers, with photo. portrait of Marie Lloyd torn away at one side barely affecting her image; corners torn, spine reinforced with paper tape. 72pp. ¶ V&A, Oxford & National Trust only. Drury Lane pantomime, 1891-92. Starring Herbert Campbell and Dan Leno, Marie Lloyd and Little Tich. The final double harlequinade starred Harry Payne and Charles Lauri. 1891 £25 305. NORTHALL, William Knight. Macbeth Travestie. ... (A burlesque in two acts.) With the stage business, ... New York: Samuel French. (Minor drama, no. XXXVI.) Orig. wrappers. v.g. 36pp. ¶ Not on Copac; two earlier editions recorded. Written for the Olympic Theatre, New York in 1843. [c.1870?] £25 306. NUGENT, George & WHITBREAD, J.W. Miss Maritana; or, ‘Not for Jo!-See?’. An operatic burlesque. Dublin: W.J. Alley & Co. Upper corners sl. creased. Orig. printed paper wrappers; staples rusted. A nice copy. 44pp. ¶ Not in BL; Bristol only on Copac; OCLC adds University of Kansas & National Library of Ireland. Produced for the first time on any stage at the Queen’s Royal Theatre, Dublin, April 21st, 1890. 1890 £40 307. (O’KEEFFE, John) (Lord Mayor’s Day.) Songs, Duets, &c. in the new pantomime called Lord Mayor’s Day; or, A Flight from Lapland. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent-Garden. Printed for T. Cadell. Without half title, tear in margin of p.9 with loss of about three words on p.10. Disbound. 19pp. ¶ ESTC T118852. 1782 £30 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

308. OLDHAM, Richard Charles. (Old King Cole.) On Friday evening, Dec. 24th, 1915, will be presented John Hart’s 21st pantomime, entitled “Old King Cole”. ... Leeds: Waddingtons Ltd, printers. Ports, ads; sl. browning of text. Orig. green printed wrappers; tears to spine. 72pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Grand Theatre, Leeds. The page of Synopsis of the scenery contains very rough pencil comments about the performance: ‘24 children, Rib joke NG, Smaller scene than Lpool’, &c. [1915] £25 309. OXBERRY, William Henry. Acis and Galatea Paraphrased. In one act. Reprinted from “The Stage - a weekly magazine ...”. Sherwood & Co. Folded & stitched as issued, uncut; title & last page dusted. 14pp. ¶ Not in BL. Oxberry died in 1852; it is not clear why this short text of a burlesque produced in 1842 was republished. 1849 £20 KING ZANY’S DAUGHTER 310. (OXBERRY, William Henry) King Zany’s Daughter; or, The Princess Who was Blind of One Eye and Could Not See out of the Other. A free and easy burlesque adaptation, in one act. By Guliel. Henric. Bosbacca, M.D.A.S. S.G. Fairbrother. Front. Stabbed as issued; sl. dusted. 20pp. ¶ BL & Cambridge only. BL, which does not crack the pseudonym, has date [1852?] but Oxberry died that year. A burlesque of King René’s Daughter, the story of Iolanta, in probably the version by Sir Theodore Martin produced in 1849. ‘One penny’ is stamped on the title in place of the original printed ‘sixpence’. [1850?] £48 311. OXENFORD, John & BROOKS, Shirley. Timour the Tartar! Or, The iron master of Samarkand-by-Oxus. An extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition, no. 733.) Disbound. Signature of C.T. Horan. 36pp. [1861] £28 312. PAULTON, Harry. Cymbria; or, The Magic Thimble. A comic opera. Libretto by H. Paulton. The music by Florian Pascal. Joseph Williams. 24pp ads for published music. Orig. drab printed wrappers; sunned & marked, front wrapper torn without loss. Signature of Janet Whitmore May 1st ’83. 24pp. ¶ Both Paulton and Pascal (Joseph Benjamin Williams, the son of the publisher) also wrote burlesques and pantomimes. This libretto, for the Royal Strand Theatre contains 12pp inserted compositions and lists of music by Pascal on pink paper. [1883] £35 GULLIVER 313. PAULTON, Harry. (Gulliver’s Travels.) Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled, Gulliver’s Travels. 1885-86. Book of the words. (Birmingham): Anglo-American Advertising Co. Orig. stiff card wrappers, printed in blue, red & brown/gilt; sl. dusted, crease in front wrapper. 68pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Headed: Prince of Wales Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham. Unusually the text is printed on the versos giving prominence to the advertisements. Costing only 2d. 1885 £50 314. PETTITT, Henry. (King Frolic.) The Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, King Frolic; or, The Coral Tree, the Golden Key, and the Naughty Boy who was Wrecked at Sea. Printed by A. Syms. Stabbed in orig. green printed wrappers; sl. faded, dusted, torn at corners and at spine. 30pp. ¶ V&A only. Wrapper headed: New Grecian Theatre. Grand Christmas Pantomime for 1880-1. The Grecian Theatre in Road, originally the Grecian Saloon, was rebuilt in 1875-77 but only survived until 1882 when it was bought for the Salvation Army. 1880 £50 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

PLANCHÉ, James Robinson, 1796-1880 Author, or co-author, of 176 pantomimes, extravaganzas and burlesques - and an expert on historical costume. His first play, Amoroso, King of Little Britain, was produced in 1818 at Drury Lane; this was followed by Rodolph the Wolf at the Olympic, 1819 (see item 153). 315. Amoroso, King of Little Britain. A serio-comic, bombastic, operatic interlude, in one act. John Cumberland. (Cumberland’s British theatre.) Front. after R. Cruikshank. Orig. printed wrappers. 19pp. ¶ Planché’s first play performed at Drury Lane in 1818. In a later wrapper, without title, with imprint of Samuel French & Son, New York and London. [c.1875?] £20 ‘THE RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF THE DRAMA’ 316. The Drama at Home; or, An Evening with Puff. An original, occasional, and local extravaganza, in two acts. Correctly printed from the prompt book, ... First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Easter Monday, April 8, 1844. S.G. Fairbrother; & W. Strange. Stabbed as issued in plain yellow wrappers; sl. dusted. 22pp. ¶ A theatrical satire about Drama “in a wretched condition”. The cast includes Ophelia, Ariel, Punch and Portia, with examples of plays from other theatres, &c., including even the Industrious Fleas. 1844 £45 317. Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady. A comedy, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Front. Disbound. 27pp. ¶ First performed at the Olympic Theatre in 1839 with Madame Vestris as the Duchess. [c.1860] £25 ‘AN OPERATIC ANECDOTE’ 318. The Fair Gabrielle; an operatic anecdote, in one act. First performed at the Theatre Royal English Opera House, Thursday, September 5, 1822. C. Chapple. 6pp ads partly unopened. Stabbed a issued; sl. browned dusted & creased at edges. 31pp. ¶ Cambridge only. The music was by Barham Livius. 1822 £60 319. The Fair One with the Golden Locks. An original, grand, musical, fairy extravaganza, in one act, ... Founded on the popular nursery tale by the Countess d’Anois, ... First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on Tuesday, December 26th, 1843. S.G. Fairbrother, W. Strange and R.C. Fairbrother. Disbound. 28pp. ¶ Cambridge & London Library only. 1844 £35 320. The Fair One with the Golden Locks. ... As performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. S.G. Fairbrother. Disbound. 28pp. ¶ BL & Warwick only. 1852 £30 FORTUNIO 321. Fortunio, and his Seven Gifted Servants, a fairy extravaganza, in two acts, founded on the popular nursery tale by the Countess d’Anois, ... First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Easter Monday, April 17th, 1843. G. Berger. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ London, Durham, Warwick only. 1843 £35 322. The Golden Branch, an original fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, on Monday, December 27th, 1848. S.G. Fairbrother & W. Strange. Front showing ballet water marked. Stabbed with orig. yellow front wrapper rather stained & creased at corners. 39pp. ¶ Cambridge, Durham & London Library only. [1848] £48 323. The Golden Branch, ... S.G. Fairbrother & W. Strange. Front showing ballet. Disbound. 39pp. [1848] £30 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

PLANCHÉ, James Robinson, continued 324. Graciosa and Percinet: an original fairy extravaganza, in one act, ... founded on the popular nursery tale by the Countess d’Aulnoy. Correctly printed from the prompt book, ... First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on Thursday, December 26th, 1844. S.G. Fairbrother & W. Strange. Sl. marked. Disbound. 30pp. 1845 £35 325. (Graciosa and Percinet.) Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c. in the new fairy extravaganza entitled Graciosa and Percinet; in one act, by the Author of “The Fair One with the Golden Locks”, ... and founded on the popular nursery tale by the Countess d’Aulnoy. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on Thursday, December 26th, 1844. Printed by S.G. Fairbrother. Sl. marked. Disbound. 13pp. ¶ London Library only. 1844 £50 GREEN-EYED MONSTER 326. The Green-Eyed Monster: a comedy, in two acts, ... John Cumberland. (Cumberland’s British theatre.) Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound. 45pp. [1828] £20 327. King Charming; or, The Blue Bird of Paradise. A new and original grand comic fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, on Thursday, December 26th, 1851. S.G. Fairbrother. Sl. browned. Disbound. 38pp. ¶ BL only. [1851] £35 LOAN OF A LOVER 328. The Loan of a Lover. (Somebody Else.) John Dicks. (Dicks’ Standard plays, no. 895.) Title illus. Stabbed as issued with tear at fold. Without wrappers. 23pp. ¶ The first play has a few performance marks. [c.1885] £15 329. The Mason of Buda: an opera, in two acts. ... John Cumberland. (Cumberland’s British theatre.) Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound. 36pp. [1828] £15 330. My Lord and My Lady; or, “It Might Have Been Worse”. A comedy, in five acts. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Sl. spotted with tear at title margin. Disbound. 72pp. ¶ Written in 1847 but first performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in July 1861. [1861] £20 331. Oberon: a romantic and fairy opera, in three acts. As performed, with the music of Carl Maria von Weber, at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. 3rd edn. Hunt & Clarke. Disbound. 56pp. ¶ London Library only. Title headed: The British Theatre. 1826 £35 INSCRIBED 332. Oberon: a romantic and fairy opera, in three acts. As performed, with the music of Carl Maria von Weber, at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. 3rd edn. Hunt & Clark. (British Theatre.) 1826. Front. port of Weber; some spotting. BOUND WITH: Cortez; or, The Conquest of Mexico. An historical drama, in three acts. ... John Lowndes. [1823] Front. of Miss Paton. BOUND WITH: Returned “Killed”; a farce in two acts; ... Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper. 1826. BOUND WITH: All In the Dark; or, The Banks of the Elbe. A musical farce, in two acts. ... C. Chapple. 1822. Sl. browned. Four plays in contemp. half calf; spine chipped at head & repaired; leading hinge splitting. ¶ The first libretto is inscribed: ‘Mrs Young with the Author’s com[pliments]’. 1826/[1823]/1826/1822 £65 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

PLANCHÉ, James Robinson, continued PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND 333. The Prince of Happy Land; or, The Fawn in the Forest. A new and original grand comic fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, on Friday, December 26th, 1851. S.G. Fairbrother. Orig. yellow printed wrappers; dusted. Signature of Janet Whitman, 1871. 36pp. ¶ BL & Newcastle only. [1852] £58 334. The Prince of Happy Land; or, The Fawn in the Forest. ... S.G. Fairbrother. Orig. yellow printed wrappers; dusted, spine sl. torn. Stamp of Terence Rees. 36pp. ¶ Typography of title & border to front wrapper differ from previous item. [1852] £58 MARKED FOR PERFORMANCE 335. The Printer’s Devil. A farce, in one act. As performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre. ... Chapman & Hall. (Webster’s Acting national drama.) Without the frontispiece; browned & dusted. Stabbed without wrappers. Stamp of Terence Rees. 19pp. ¶ Not on Copac. A performer’s copy No. 59, marked for the part of Griffet with ink numbered cues. [1838] £75 336. A Romantic Idea. A comic drama, in one act, ... Correctly printed from the prompt book, ... First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Thursday, March 2nd, 1849. S.G. Fairbrother, and to be had at the theatre. Orig. yellow printed wrappers. v.g. 28pp. ¶ BL, Manchester & London Library only. Containing a burlesque of romantic . 1849 £85 337. A Romantic Idea. A comic drama, in one act, ... Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition, no.303.) Orig. pink printed wrappers. v.g. 28pp. [c.1880] £20 338. Somebody Else. A farce, in one act. ... Boston: William V. Spencer. (Spencer’s Boston Theatre, no. CXIII.) Dusted with the odd spot & ink mark on title. Later brown paper wrappers. Stamp of Terence Rees. 26pp. ¶ Performed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1844. [1857?] £25 339. “The Birds” of Aristophanes: a dramatic experiment, in one act, being an humble attempt to adapt the said “Birds” to this climate, ... First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, on Monday, April 13th, 1846. S.G. Fairbrother & W. Strange. Disbound. 28pp. ¶ BL, Cambridge & London Library only. [1846] £40 SEVEN CHAMPIONS 340. (The Seven Champions of Christendom.) Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c. in the new and original comic fantastic spectacle of The Seven Champions of Christendom. By the Author of The Golden Branch, ... First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, 9on Easter-Monday, April 9th, 1849. Printed by S.G. Fairbrother, (and may be had in the theatre). Spotted. Orig. yellow printed wrappers; dusted & torn at spine, corners & edges. 15pp. ¶ Not on Copac. 1849 £40 341. Theseus and Ariadne; or, The Marriage of Bacchus. A classical extravaganza in two acts. 12mo. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Most of Planché play titles on titlepage are inked through. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ BL only. [c.1859] £20 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

PLANCHÉ, James Robinson, continued 342. The Two Figaros. A musical comedy, in two acts. First performed at the Olympic Theatre, November 30th, 1836. John Dicks. (Dicks’ Standard plays, no. 888.) Title illus. Stabbed as issued. Without wrappers. 18pp. ¶ Taking place 16 years after The Marriage of Figaro. [c.1885] £15 THE VAMPIRE 343. The Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles. A romantic drama, in two acts. John Dicks. (Dicks’ Standard Plays, no. 875.) Title illus. Stabbed as issued. Without wrappers. Stamp of Terence Rees. 13pp. ¶ Four locations only on Copac. The most successful of Planché’s early plays - it was an adaptation of Charles Nodier’s Le Vampire - first produced at the Lyceum in August 1820, and introducing the ‘Vampire Trap’ allowing an actor to appear & disappear almost instantly. [c.1888] £150 _____

PLANCHÉ, James Robinson & DANCE, Charles WITH ONE PRESENTATION COPY FROM CHARLES DANCE 344. Collection of Twelve Burlesques and Extravaganzas. Front. port., ms. titlepage, 2pp. biographical sketch. Later 19thC half green calf, read morocco labels. Signature of J M Langford on leading f.e.p. ¶ 1. Olympic Revels; or, Prometheus and Pandora ... R. Wilkes. 1834. 18pp. 2. Olympic Devils; or, Orpheus and Eurydice ... John Miller. 1836. 24pp. 3. The Paphian Bower; or, Venus and Adonis ... Thomas Hailes Lacy. 24pp. 4. The Deep Deep Sea; or, Perseus and Andromeda ... R. Wilkes. 1834. 24pp. 5. Telemachus; or, The Island of Calypso ... Thomas Hailes Lacy. [c.1835?] 28pp. Presentation inscription on titlepage: ‘J.M. Langford Esq. With kind regards from Charles Dance’. 6. Puss in Boots ... Chapman & Hall. 1838. Front. 24pp. 7. Riquet with the Tuft ... Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper. [c.1840] Front. 28pp. 8. Blue Beard. S.G. Fairbrother. [1839] 26pp. 9. The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood ... S.G. Fairbrother. [1840] 32pp. 10. Beauty and the Beast ... G. Berger. [1841] 28pp. 11. The White Cat ... S.G. Fairbrother. [1842] 28pp. 12. Fortunio and the Seven Gifted Servants ... G. Berger. [1843] 36pp. 1834-[1843] £200 THE CARD PARTY 345. High, Low, Jack, & the Game; or, The Card Party. A most extravagant extravaganza, or rum- antick burlettta, in one act. ... John Miller. (Miller’s Modern acting drama, no. 10 altered to 7.) Orig. pink printed wrappers, dusted and marked by glue, spine defective. Stamp of Terence Rees. 20pp. ¶ This edition not in BL. First performed at the Olympic Theatre on Sept. 30th, 1830. 1833 £60 346. Telemachus; or, The Island of Calypso. A classical and mythological extravaganza. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 28pp. ¶ First performed at the Olympic Theatre on Dec. 26, 1834. [c.1860] £25 _____ 347. (POOLE, John) Travestie: in three acts. With annotations by Dr. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and other commentators. 12mo. New York: David Longworth. Sl. browned, a few spots. Quite early blue-grey wrappers; chipped at corners at tail. 64pp. ¶ Only a digitised copy on Copac. 1811 £75 343 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

HARLEQUIN-AMULET 348. (POWELL, C.?) Harlequin-Amulet; or, The Magick of Mona. The songs chorusses, &c. with a description of the pantomime. First acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Monday, December 22, 1800. Printed by C. Lowndes, and sold in the theatre. Disbound. 16pp. ¶ ESTC N17310; 2 US locations only. [1800] £50 349. PULSZKY, Theresa. Three Christmas Plays, for Children. The Sleeper Awakened. The Wonderful Bird. Crinolina. Griffith & Farran. Col. front. & plates, music, 32pp cata. Orig. blue cloth; sl. rubbed, leading pastedown torn, stitching sl. weakening. a.e.g. Bookseller’s ticket of C. Goodman, 407, Strand. 1858 £38 350. REDE, William Leman. Douglas Travestie: a burlesque in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Front. Disbound. 18pp. ¶ A burlesque of John Home’s play first performed in 1837. [c.1860?] £20 351. RHODES, William Barnes. Bombastes Furioso: a burlesque tragic opera. With designs by George Cruikshank. Joseph Thomas. Horizontal front., illus. Disbound. 34pp. ¶ See Cohn 692 for the first Cruikshank edition (1830). 1837 £20 352. RHODES, William Barnes. Bombastes Furioso: ... in one act. 12mo. Thomas Hailes Lacy. Front., illus. title, illus. Disbound. 24pp. ¶ First performed in 1810. [c.1850] £15 353. ROGERS, William. Virginius the Rum’un: a burlesque, in one act. ... W. Strange. (Strange’s London acting drama.) Front. sl. shorter than text. Disbound. 38pp. ¶ Oxford, Cambridge & London Library only. Not in Nicoll. A burlesque of James Sheridan Knowles’ play by the actor best known for his performances in the minor theatres. See also item 192 1837 £15 KING RICHARD III 354. SELBY, Charles. Kinge Richard ye Third or Ye battel of Bosworth Field ... A merrie mysterie in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Sl. marked & torn at spine. Disbound. 36pp. ¶ This edition Nottingham only. A burlesque of Shakespeare, performed in 1844. [c.1860?] £35 MAZOURKAPHOBIA 355. SELBY, Charles. Taming a Tartar; or Magic & Mazourkaphobia, an operatic, romantic, magical, semi-burlesque, terpsichorean burletta, in two acts. Founded on the grand ballet spectacle callled Le Diable a Quatre. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi. ... Nassau Steam Press. (Acting National Drama.) Without the etching by Mr. Clayton. Disbound. 31pp. 1846 £20

SMITH, Albert Richard, 1816-1860 Playwright, journalist, humourist & mountaineer. He wrote several extravaganzas for the Lyceum, including Aladdin, 1844 (see item 14). 356. The Alhambra; or, The Three Beautiful Princesses. A new and original burlesque extravaganza. Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 25pp. ¶ Nicoll records this as The Alhambra; or, The Three Moorish Princesses. First performed at the Princess Theatre on 21st April, 1851. This edition in 25pp printed by T. Scott, which is not recorded on Copac. [1851] £35 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

SMITH, Albert Richard, continued 357. The Alhambra; or, The Three Beautiful Princesses. ... Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 24pp. ¶ BL & Cambridge only. The reset edition in 24pp without printer’s name, title re-set. [1851?] £20 358. Esmeralda. An entirely new and original operatico terpsichorean burlesque. In two acts. T.H. Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 36pp. ¶ H.J. Byron wrote a burlesque of the same name in 1861. [1851] £30 _____

359. (SMITH, Albert Richard, KENNEY, Charles Lamb & TAYLOR, Tom) Valentine and Orson. A singularly original and touching extravaganza. In two acts. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, on Thursday, Dec. 26th, 1844. Printed by R. Hodson. Sl. browned at tail. Disbound. 35pp. ¶ Cambridge & Durham only. Mr. & Mrs. Keeley played Valentine and Orson. [1845] £30 RAILWAY HORRORS 360. (SMYTH, William, painter) Dublin Destroyed! Or, The Witches’ Cauldron of Railway Horrors! A mysterious Shakspeareana. In one act, by William Scribble. Dublin: published for the Author by John Wiseheart, Bernard Wiseheart. Title from front wrapper. Stabbed in orig. printed wrappers; sl. marked & spotted. 30pp. ¶ BL only, the third edition; not in Nicoll. This is the sixpenny Acting edition of a burlesque full of Shakespearean allusions; the First Witch becomes King Richard of the rail. [1862] £250 PEEPING TOM 361. SPRY, Henry. Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry; or, Harlequin St. George and the Dragon of India. 1875-76. As produced at Sanger’s National Amphitheatre (late Astleys). Printed by E. Rimmel (Perfumer to H.R.H. The Princess of Wales). Title vignette. Disbound. 45pp. ¶ Not on Copac. 1875 £65 PRODUCTION MANUAL: ‘ARTISTES ONLY’ 362. (STANLEY, Arthur & PINNOCK, Hugh B.) Goody Two Shoes. (The Portsmouth pantomime, 1917-18.) [Portsmouth: Holbrook & Son, “Portsmouth Times” Printing Office.] Text browned. Orig. green wrappers printed in brown; green pencil marks, one corner creased. 74pp. ¶ Not on Copac. The Theatre Royal, Portsmouth full text, with a press cutting of a review of Peter Davey’s 4th Portsmouth pantomime inserted. “Printed (not published) for private circulation only. - This book (with full stage directions) is printed for circulation among the artistes only for the purposes of rehearsal, and is to be returned to the management.” The text includes a list of scenes with designers and a list of wardrobe changes. Stage directions, scene settings, music cues and numbers indicating positions are inserted in the text. 1917 £150 363. STANLEY, Arthur & PINNOCK, Hugh B. (Goody Two Shoes.) The Tale of Goody Two Shoes as told in the Portsmouth pantomime, 1917-18. (Yet another old legend in an entirely new guise which may (or possibly may not) be historically correct.) [Portsmouth]: Holbrook & Son, “Portsmouth Times” Printing Office. Ads, text browned. Orig. orange wrappers printed in brown; sl. dusted. 44pp. ¶ The published text with cast list but without the production instructions. The cast includes Earl Godiva and Uncle Silas. 1917 £60 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

TALFOURD, Francis, 1828-1862 Barrister and dramatist, son of Thomas Noon Talfourd. He was the author of numerous burlesques and extravaganzas, the first of which wasMacbeth Travestie, 1847. 364. A Sammelband of 19 Plays. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Faint sign of label removed from leading f.e.p. verso. Contemp. half green calf; a little rubbed. Contemp. signature of S.W. Hurrell, April 1865, on leading blank. ¶ 1. Abon Hassan; or, The Hunt After Happiness. [c.1855] 38pp. 2. Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman ... 3rd edn. [c.1853] 26pp. 3. Atalanta; or, The Three Golden Apples ... 44pp. Not recorded on Copac; not in Nicoll. 4. Ganem, the slave of love ... [c.1852] 27pp. 5. A Household Fairy: a domestic sketch. [c.1860] 16pp. 6. King Thrushbeard! Or, A Little Pet and the Great Passion! ... [c.1859] 36pp. 7. Leo the Terrible ... By Stirling Coyne and Francis Talfourd. [1853] 32pp. 8. Macbeth, somewhat removed from the text of Shakespeare. 4th edn. [c.1853] 37pp. 9. The Miller and His Men ... By Francis Talfourd and Henry J. Byron. [c.1860] 40pp. 10. Mammon and Gammon ... [1848] 16pp. 11. The Mandarin’s Daughter! Being the simple story of the willow-pattern plate. A Chinese tale. [1851] 26pp. 12. Number One A; or, A Hero in Spite of Himself. G. Vickers. 1847. Smaller format. 24pp. 13. Pluto and Proserpine; or, The Belle and the Pomegranate ... [c.1858] 36pp. 14. The Princesses in the Tower; or, (being a play after Congreve - some 200 years), A Match for Lucifer! ... [c.1850] 24pp. 15. The Rule of Three ... [1858] 23pp. 16. Shylock; or, The Merchant of Venice Preserved ... [c.1853] 30pp. 17. La Tarantula; or, The Spider King ... [c.1851] 31pp. 18. Tell! And the Strike of Cantons; or, The Pair, the Meddler, and the Apple! ... [c.1860] 46pp. 19. Tit for Tat ... By Francis Talfourd and . [1855] 47pp. 1847-[c.1860] £450 MISINTERPRETATION OF EURIPIDES 365. Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman: a classical burlesque, in one act. Being a most shameless misinterpretation of the Greek drama of Euripides. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: E.T. Spiers. Disbound. 35pp. ¶ First performed at the Strand Theatre, July 4, 1850. 1850 £35 366. Ganem, the Slave of Love. An original extravaganza, from “The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments”. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 27pp. [1852?] £20 MACBETH TRAVESTIE 367. Macbeth Travestie. A burlesque, in two acts. 4th edn, completely revised, with copious alterations and introductions. Thomas Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 29pp. ¶ Text in 29pp. With performance dates 1847 at Henley Regatta, and 1848 at the Strand Theatre in London. Nicoll lists an Oxford edition of 1850. [1848?] £38 368. (Macbeth Travestie.) Macbeth, somewhat removed from the text of Shakespeare. In two acts. 4th edn, completely revised ... Thomas Hailes Lacy, 89 Strand. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 108.) Disbound. 37pp. ¶ Re-set in 37pp, p.38 with ads. With performance dates 1847-53. [1857?] £25 364 375 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

TALFOURD, Francis, continued 369. The Merchant of Venice Travestie. A burlesque in one act. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: E.T. Spiers. Disbound. 33pp. ¶ Manchester & Oxford only. Nicoll does not record this play as having been performed. 1849 £48 ‘JERUSALEM HEARTY-JOKE’ 370. Shylock; or, The Merchant of Venice Preserved. An entirely new reading of Shakespeare, from an edition hitherto undiscovered by modern authorities, and which it is hoped may be received as the stray leaves of a Jerusalem hearty-joke. Thomas Hailes Lacy, Theatrical publisher. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 159.) Dusted, creased & torn at corners. Stabbed as issued without wrappers. 30pp. [c.1853] £38 371. Shylock; or, The Merchant of Venice Preserved. ... Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition no. 159.) Disbound. 30pp. ¶ Titlepage re-set. [c.1860] £25 _____

372. TALFOURD, Francis & BYRON, Henry James. The Miller and his Men: a burlesque mealy-drama, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 40pp. [1860] £20

373. (TALFOURD, Francis & SMITH, Albert Richard) La Tarantula; or, The Spider King. An entirely new extravaganza, made up into an English dress from the best French materials in two acts. Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Sl. stained a tail, corners creased. Disbound. 31pp. ¶ First performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi on Dec. 26, 1850. Set in Calabria with cast including Mephistopheles. ‘Made up into an English dress from the best French materials.’ [1851?] £30 374. (TAYLOR, Tom) The Philosopher’s Stone. An entirely new and original satirical and politico-economical Whitsun morality, extremely serious and very comical. By the Author of “Diogenes”, ... T.H. Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 35pp. ¶ First produced at the New Strand Theatre, Monday, May 20th, 1850. [1850?] £35 HARLEQUIN DOCTOR FAUSTUS 375. THURMOND, John. Harlequin Doctor Faustus: with the masque of the deities. Compos’d by John Thurmond, dancing-master. With additions and alterations. Printed for W. Chetwood, at the Cato’s Head. 24pp, half title. 12mo. A nice clean copy. In half brown crushed morocco, marbled paper boards. ¶ ESTC T72422, five copies in the U.K.; Huntington only in North America. ESTC records another similarly scarce edition of the same year. First produced at Drury Lane on November 26th, 1723, a rival production, Lewis Theobold’s Harlequin Doctor Faustus; or, The Necromancer, was shown at Lincoln’s Inn Fields under the direction of John Rich. The rivalry between Cibber’s Drury Lane and Rich’s Lincoln’s Inn Fields Pope summarizes as, ‘Here shouts all Drury, there all Lincoln’s-Inn; Contending Theatres our (Dulness’s) empire raise, Alike their labours, and alike their praise’. 1724 £1,500 376. WILLIAMS, Thomas J. The Volunteer Review: or, The Little Man in Green! A farcical extravaganza, in one act. Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy’s Acting edition.) Disbound. 26pp. ¶ BL only. Performed as The Young Man in Green at the Lyceum in February 1869. [1869?] £25 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

BO-PEEP 377. WOLFE, J.H. Pretty Bo-Peep, Little Boy Blue, and the Merry Old Woman who lived in a shoe, by J.H. Wolfe. Local and topical illusions by W. Lawrence (Yorkshire Owl) ... (Book of the words of Walter Reynolds’ third Leeds pantomime, season 1895-6.) Leeds: Henry Jenkinson, printer. Ads. Orig. col. pict. wrappers; sl. rubbed, back wrapper replaced, spine strengthened with archival tape. 69pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Theatre Royal, Leeds pantomime, 1895-96. Folded and tipped in at the end is the large 4pp multicoloured programme, listing cast and scenes with details of prices, etc: a piece has been cut from bottom third at spine to facilitate binding but only adverts are affected. 1895 £50 378. WOOD, Jay Hickory. (Jack and Jill.) The Grand Pantomime, Jack and Jill ... (Birmingham: James Upton Ltd, printers.) Ports, ads. Orig. wrappers printed in red & black. v.g. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Birmingham; the Christmas pantomime 1911-12. James Hickory Wood, (?)-1913, wrote many of Dan Leno’s pantomimes at Drury Lane, sometimes with Arthur Collins, manager of Drury Lane from 1896. He also published a volume of Recitations and Life of Dan Leno. 1911 £45 HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 379. WOOD, Jay Hickory. (The House That Jack Built.) Book of Words and Songs of Howard & Wyndham’s 1911-1912 “Royal” pantomime The House that Jack Built, written expressly for this theatre ... Produced under the personal direction of F.W. Wyndham. ... Edinburgh: James T. Cowan, printer. Ports, ads; a few pencil marks. Orig. wrappers printed in red, green & black; corner creased & dusted, spine rubbed. 60pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. 1911 £35 WOOD, Jay Hickory & COLLINS, Arthur 380. (Sindbad.) The Children’s Pantomime Sindbad; music composed, selected and arranged by J.M. Glover, produced by Arthur Collins. J. Miles & Co. Illus., ads; a few marginal tears. Without the wrappers. 95pp. ¶ V&A only. Title headed: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Christmas pantomime 1906-07. 1906 £20 SHILLING EDITION 381. (The White Cat.) Grand Christmas Pantomime The White Cat. Produced by Arthur Collins. Folio. J. Miles & Co. Illus. some of costume designs, ads. Orig. col. & gilt printed pict. wrappers with onlay port of Mrs Lane-Joynt. ¶ Title headed: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane pantomime 1904-1905. Starring Harry Randall and Queenie Leighton. The shilling edition. 1904 £60 SIXPENNY EDITION 382. (The White Cat.) Grand Christmas Pantomime The White Cat. ... Folio. J. Miles & Co. Illus. some of costume designs, ads. Orig. green printed wrappers with port; staples rusting, minor marks & tears. ¶ V&A only. The sixpenny Book of Words. 1904 £45 _____ OLD KING COLE 383. WOOD, Jay Hickory & HEWSON, J. James. (Old King Cole.) Nineteenth Annual Pantomime Old King Cole; and entirely new and original pantomime. Produced under the personal direction of F.W. Wyndham. (Book of words and songs.) Liverpool: Geo. J. Smith & Co., advertising contractors. Ports, ads. Orig. cream wrappers printed in purple and worn gilt; sl. dusted. 64pp. ¶ Not on Copac. On wrapper: , Liverpool; the Christmas pantomime 1914-1915. 1914 £45 BURLESQUES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & OTHER PANTOMIMES

384. WOOD, Jay Hickory & OLDHAM, Richard Charles. (Humpty Dumpty.) The Prince’s Theatre’s Own Production Humpty Dumpty Pantomime, speciallly written for this theatre, ... First performance at the Prince’s Theatre, Bristol, on Thursday, December 24th, 1914, ... (Bristol): Bristol Times & Mirror. Plates, ports, ads. Orig. wrappers, printed in blue & red; sl. chipped at edges, spine strengthened with transparent tape. 63pp. ¶ Not on Copac. Title headed: Prince’s Theatre, Park Row, Bristol. With a list of pantomimes from 1867. 1914 £38

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BIRMINGHAM ALADDIN PRINTED IN GREEN & RED 385. Prince of Wales Operetta House. (Aladdin.) Monday, March 16th, 1868, for the benefit of G.K. Maskell. First night of Planche’s celebrated comedy of the Pride of the Market! ... The entertainments to conclude with every evening, the celebrated Strand burlesque extravaganza by H.J. Byron, of Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Scamp ... Birmingham: J. Upton, printer. Single sheet folio playbill, printed in red & green. Approx. 75 x 24.5cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1863 £85 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 386. Theatre Royal. (Beauty and the Beast.) Last Night But One of the Pantomime! Benefit of Miss Millie Cooke. This evening, Friday, March the 27th, 1874, the performance will commence with the comic drama of The Muleteer of Toledo ... After which Mr. Simpson will present his illuminated comic Christmas annual for 1873-4, in the shape of the newest and latest pantomime version of the popular fairy story of Beauty and the Beast ... Written expressly for the theatre by Charles Millward ... Printed at the Theatre Royal printing works. Single sheet folio playbill, illus.; tears with loss to right margin, repaired & made good in ink, otherwise an attractive copy. Approx. 74 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ With a wonderfully illustrated title by J. Boddington. 1874 £75 DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 387. Theatre Royal. (Dick Whittington.) Complete Success of the Grand Comic Pantomime ... Every evening until further notice, at 7 O’Clock, a new and entirely original version of the favourite old English fairy tale of Dick Whittington and His Cat. Or, The Good Young Man, and the bad young man, and which became Lord Mayor! Written expressly for this theatre by J.J. Blood ... Printed at the Theatre Royal printing office. Single sheet folio playbill, printed in red & black, illus.; large closed tear at foot of page, neatly repaired, some tears to right margin, repaired, tear with partial loss of four letters at upper right corner. Approx. 73 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ Dated by Ellen M. Couchman-Crook in The Exotic and the Everyday: regional Victorian Pantomime in Birmingham and the Black Country, 1813-1914. Illustrated by J. Boddington, with a scene of Dick Whittington on his way to London. [1884] £65

BRIGHTON Theatre Royal One of the oldest theatres in Britain, opening in 1807, it produced a regular Christmas pantomime during the nineteenth century. 388. (Harlequin’s Vision.) By Command of Her Most Gracious Majesty. In the course of the evening “God Save the King” by the whole of the company. On Saturday evening, January 7th, 1835, will be performed a musical comedy, in three acts, called Sweethearts and Wives ... The whole to conclude with the last new comic pantomime called Harlequin’s Vision: and the beauty of Persia; or, The Geni of Light ... Brighton: Creasy & Baker. Single sheet folio playbill. Approx. 41 x 19cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1835 £50 ALADDIN 389. (Harlequin Aladdin.) Glorious and Triumphant Success of the New and Gorgeous Christmas Pantomime! Wednesday & Thursday, Jan. 7, & 8. On Wednesday ... Plot & Passion ... On Thursday ... Tit for Tat ... To conclude with each evening, a grand comic Christmas pantomime ... to be entitled, for the particular edification of everybody, Harlequin Aladdin 386 405 385 387 389

399 400 408 PLAYBILLS - Brighton

Theatre Royal, continued and the Wonderful Lamp: or, The Geni of the Ring and the Fairy of the Golden Grove ... Brighton: Phillips & Co. Single sheet folio playbill; tear with sl. loss to heading at upper right corner with paper repair, a few small internal holes, a little creased. Approx. 73 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ With a script revised by Edgar Taylor. [c.1857] £40 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 390. (Little Red Riding Hood.) On Wednesday, January 26th, 1859, for the benefit of Mons. Allano, clown and buffo dancer. Thursday, fourth grand juvenile night commencing with the pantomime ... The performance will commence with, on Wednesday, the new drama ... Never Too Late to Mend ... Each evening will be repeated the highly successful new pastoral, comical, whimsical, musical ... Christmas pantomime, entitled Little Red Riding Hood ... Brighton: Phillips & Co. Single sheet folio playbill; creased, with a few small closed marginal tears. Approx. 73 x 23cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1859 £50 391. (Harlequin House that Jack Built.) On Monday & Tuesday, December 26th & 27th, 1859, will be presented the petite comedy of The Scapegoat; or, The Rake and His Tutor ... To be followed by a nursery, rhymical, musical, pastoral, tragical, comical Christmas pantomime entitled Harlequin House That Jack Built Ye Lorde Lovelle and Ye Nancye Belle; or, Old Mother Bunch! Humpty Dumpty! And the fairies of the silver grotto, written expressly for this theatre by Miss Keating ... Brighton: Phillips & Co. Single sheet folio playbill; very small internal hole at head of page affecting one letter. Approx. 74 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1859 £55 BABES IN THE WOOD 392. (Babes in the Wood.) Great Success and Roars of Laughter!! Every evening, at the new and original burlesque, entitled The Babes in the Wood and the Good Little Fairy Birds ... On Saturday, October 27th, 1860 ... The Lady of Lyons ... To conclude with a new and original burlesque extravaganza ... entitled Babes in the Wood ... Phillips & Co. Single sheet folio playbill; large tear with loss to heading, creased with a few further small tears not affecting text. Approx. 73 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1860 £35 393. (The Invisible Prince.) For the Benefit of Miss Julia St. George ... On Friday, Nov. 30th, 1860, the performances will commence with the popular Lyceum comedietta, by J.R. Planche, entitled Somebody Else ... After which will be presented the celebrated burlesque (founded on the Countess D’Aulnoy’s fairy tale of “Prince Lutin,” entitled The Invisible Prince; or, The Island of Tranquil Delights ... Phillips & Co., printers. Single sheet folio broadside; sl. creased, paper repair to upper left corner, a few small tears to upper margin. Approx. 73 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ A benefit evening for the popular actor and singer Julia St. George. At the height of her career she was described as ‘one of the finest burlesque actresses of her day’. Success however, did not bring financial security and she died a lonely pauper’s death at St. Pancras Workhouse infirmary in 1904. 1860 £50 LITTLE JACK HORNER 394. (Harlequin Little Jack Horner.) Sixth Week. The Great Sensation of the Day, the Brighton pantomime. Monday & Tuesday, Jan. 30 & 31, will be produced the grand nursery-rhymical, harmonical, whimsical ... comic Christmas pantomime, entitled Harlequin Little Jack Horner; or, Mother Hubbard and Her Dog!! And the Fairies of the gold and silver haunts of imagination & sensation. Written expressly for this theatre by ... Phillips & Co. Single sheet folio playbill; two punch holes, without loss, at head of page. Approx. 75 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. [1864] £40 PLAYBILLS - Brighton

Theatre Royal, continued JACK THE GIANT KILLER 395. (Jack the Giant Killer.) On Monday, & Tuesday, Feb. 19 & 20, will be revived the celebrated new and romantic drama, from the French of Paul Feval, entitled The Motto on the Duke’s Crest ‘I am Here.’ ... To conclude with the opening of the grand nursery-rhymical, harmonical, whimsical ... comic Christmas pantomime, entitled Jack the Giant Killer; or, Harlequin King Arthur!! And ye knight’s of ye round table!! Thegreatgorgibusterfurioso!!! And the fairies of the crystal lakes!! ... Brighton: Phillips & Co. Single sheet folio playbill. Approx. 74 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. [1866?] £65 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 396. (Beauty and the Beast.) For the Benefit of M. Allano, Clown ... On Wednesday, Feb. 13th, 1867, will be performed the grand nursery-ryhmical, harmonical, whimsical ... comic Christmas pantomime entitled Beauty and the Beast; or Maladetta, the Sorceress! The fairies of the golden bowers, and harlequin handsome is as handsome does! ... Brighton: T. Phillips, printer. Single sheet folio playbill; tear with loss of heading at upper left corner, otherwise a nice copy. Approx. 74 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ ‘On this occasion, T.W. Paulo, the popular clown, from the Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells and Surrey, will appear in two new comic scenes.’ 1867 £35

BRISTOL VALENTINE & ORSON 397. New Theatre Royal. (Harlequin Valentine and Orson.) Positively the Last Five Nights of the Magnificent Pantomime, the final performance of the pantomime will take place on Saturday, Feb. 21 ... On Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 17th, the performance will be for the benefit of the clown Mr. A.F. Forrest, and the sprites, the brothers Forrest ... concluding each evening ... with Harlequin Valentine and Orson; or, Harlequin Wild Man of the Woods, the green knight and the fairy of the enchanted valley of sweet waters ... Printed at the Bristol Mercury and Daily Post Office. Single sheet folio playbill. 75 x 25cm. ¶ The home of Bristol pantomime for 72 years from its opening in 1867. It was renamed The Princess Theatre in 1884. [1874] £50 HARLEQUIN TEMPLAR 398. Theatre Royal. (Harlequin Templar.) In Consequence of the Success of the New Grand, Emblematical, Gastronomical ... Pantomime being a new version of the history of England ... A new absorbing, beautiful, comical, delightful ... production called Harlequin Templar: Richard Cœur de Lion taking in Bristol on his way to Palestine ... On Thursday, January 16, 1851 ... Bristol: Somerton, printer, Mercury Office. Single sheet folio playbill; small internal hole affecting two words of imprint, closed tear at lower margin. Approx. 49 x 23cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1851 £65

EDINBURGH TAM O’ SHANTER! - PRINTED IN RED 399. Queen’s Theatre. (Tam O’ Shanter.) Triumphant Success and Nightly Increasing Attraction of the New Comic Pantoimime ... This present evening, Friday, 7th January, 1859, first and only grand juvenile night when the performance will commence with the grand Christmas pastoral pantomime entitled Tam O’ Shanter! Or, Harlequin and the Fairies of Alloway’s and Haunted Kirk! ... Edinburgh: Reid, printer. Single sheet folio playbill, printed in red. Approx. 61 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1859 £75 PLAYBILLS - Glasgow

GLASGOW 400. Royal Colosseum. (Aladdin.) The Dumb Man of Manchester and Aladdin! The farewell benefit of Mr Alfred Macarte on Thursday first, August 6, 1868 ... Concluding with (for the last time but two) the grand Eastern drama, entitled Aladdin! or, The Wonderful Lamp! ... Glasgow: printed at the City Steam Printing Works. Single sheet folio playbill. Approx. 73 x 24cm. Tipped onto a sealed card mount. 1868 £60 401. Theatre Royal. (Falls of Clyde.) Second Night of the Re-Engagement of Mr. H. Johnston. On Saturday, 11th March, 1820, will be performed (for the third time) the grand romantic melo drama, ... called The Falls of Clyde ... To conclude with the celebrated melo drama of Rugantino; or, The Bravo of Venice ... W. Tait, printer. Single sheet 4to playbill; small hole sl. affecting two letters, archival tape repairs to verso. 1820 £35

HAVANT ON SILK 402. Town Hall. (Cinderella.) Trinphant [sic] Success of Miss Linington and Her Celebrated Dramatic & Pantomime Company, to-night, Friday, February 10th, 1882, for the benefit of Miss Linington ... when will be produced the beautiful drama ... entitled “Jo.” ... To conclude with the gorgeous pantomime! of Cinderella ... Havant: T. Suter. Playbill, printed on cream silk, brown silk fringe. 23 x 14cm. v.g. 1882 £65

HUDDERSFIELD 403. Theatre Royal, Ramsden St. (Queen Mab.) New Grand Pantomime. On Tuesday evening April 1st, will be performed Otway’s tragedy of Venice Preserved ... To conclude each evening with a Pantomime! ... entitled Queen Mab; or, Harlequin Prince Pippin, and the fairies of the bower of 1000 glittering gems. Huddersfield: J. Mosley, at the Theatre Royal Press. Tall single sheet folio playbill; sl. creased. 50 x 25cm. ¶ Also advertising the programme for April 2nd, opening with The Iron Chest! The Philosophical Hall, Ramsden Street, was redeveloped as a theatre in the 1850s. 1856 £35 404. Theatre Royal, Ramsden St. (Queen Mab.) New Grand Pantomime. On Friday evening, April 4th, will be performed a new and elegant play, called Time Tries All ... To conclude each evening with a Pantomime! ... entitled Queen Mab; or, Harlequin Prince Pippin, and the fairies of the bower of 1000 glittering gems. Huddersfield: J. Mosley, at the Theatre Royal Press. Tall single sheet folio playbill; sl. creased. 50 x 25cm. ¶ Also advertising the programme for April 5th, opening with The Merchant of Venice and followed by Queen Mab. 1856 £35

HULL 405. Queen’s Theatre. (Jack and the Giant Killer.) Glorious and Most Successful Triumph of the Grand and Gorgeous Pantomime of Jack and the Giant Killer ... On Saturday, Jan. 8th, 1859, the performance will commence with a startling drama entitled, The Midnight Watch; or, The Royalists & Republicans ... To conclude with a collossal [sic], commendable, captivating ... pantomime called Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer; or, The Fairy Queen of the Coral Grotto, & the ogre of St. Michael’s Mount ... Hull: J. Temple. Single sheet folio playbill. Approx. 73 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ With ‘Giant’ printed in a large font illustrated with characters comically bent to form the letters. 1859 £75 PLAYBILLS - Hull

ALADDIN PERFORMED IN HULL 406. Queen’s Theatre Royal. (Aladdin.) Grand Treat! First time in this theatre of the tragedy of Alexander the Great. First night of the grand London spectacle of Aladdin! or, The Wonderful Lamp. Saturday, June 15th, 1850 ... Hull: H.J. Whiting. Single sheet folio playbill. 50 x 19cm. 1850 £50

LEITH TAM O’SHANTER 407. Macarte’s Theatre Royal & Temple of Varieties. (Tam O’ Shanter.) On Monday, December 30, and every evening during the week, a fairy, funny, bombastic, ... burlesque, grand, gorgeous new year pantomime, ... entitled Tam O’Shanter; or, Harlequin Souter Johnnie, the witches of Alloway Kirk, and the good fairies of the Doon! ... Leith: Henderson’s Steam Printing Works. Single sheet 4to playbill, printed on pink paper. Approx. 56 x 42cm. Tipped on to a sealed card. 1868 £65

LONDON See also item 494. THE LITTLE MOUSE! 408. Bower Saloon. (The Little Mouse.) Monday and Tuesday, January 21st & 22nd, the evening’s entertainments will commence with the Scottish drama, in two acts, entitled Gilderoy; or, The Freebooter of Scotland! ... To conclude with the grand gorgeous Christmas pantomime, entitled The Little Mouse! That Built a House in a Christmas Cake; or, Harlequin Industry and Idleness! n.p. Single sheet folio playbill, printed on yellow paper’; a few small internal holes with sl. loss to a few letters. Approx. 76 x 26cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ ‘The only theatre for the working classes’, the Bower Saloon was originally attached to the Duke’s Tavern on Stangate Street, Lambeth, and produced an annual pantomime until 1875. [1867?] £125 QUEEN DODO 409. Britannia Theatre. (Queen Dodo.) Last Six Nights of the Grand Pantomime! ... Monday, March 10th, 1884, and every evening (Wednesday excepted) at 7 O’Clock, the performance will commence with the exciting drama, by the late Mr. G. Denvil, entitled The Courier of Lyons ... Concluding with the Grand Britannia annual original spectacular pantomime, entitled Queen Dodo; or, Harlequin Babilo and the Three Wonders! Written and invented by Mr. Frederick Bowyer ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill, printed in blue; a few small marginal tears, with loss of 1 letter at lower left corner, signs of some tape removal, overall an attractive copy. Approx. 75 x 48cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1884 £85 410. Royal Grecian Theatre. (Zig-Zag the Crooked.) On Saturday, January 15th, 1871, ... will be produced a new and original grand comic Christmas pantomime, invented and written by messrs. G. Conquest and H. Spry, and entitled Zig-Zag the Crooked, or, Harlequin the King, the cat, and the pretty princess; or, The Frog, the fairy who lived in a tree, the suitors five and the wishes three. n.p. Double folio playbill, folded; sl. browned, a few small marginal tears. 34 x 43cm. ¶ Listing all nine scenes including ‘the cave of passions’ and ‘The grand transformation, the coral reef and fairy mermaids’ haunt beneath the sea’. The Royal Grecian, a 2,500-seat theatre on the City Road, was originally built in 1821 beside the Eagle Tavern. 1871 £45 PLAYBILLS - London

411. Royal Grecian Theatre. (Harlequin Spitz Spitze.) On Monday, January 31, 1876, ... to commence with a new grand operatic burlesque, grotesque, demonesque, fairy, extravaganza pantomime, written by messrs. Geo. Conquest & Henry Spry, and entitled Harlequin Spitz Spitze, the Spider Crab; or The Sprite of Spitz-Bergen. Geo. Stevens, printer. Double folio playbill, folded; browned, numerous small tears to upper & lower margins affecting a few letters only. 34 x 53cm. 1876 £40 Royal Lyceum Theatre With origins dating back to 1765, the Lyceum was rebuilt in 1834. It became the home of operas and Planché’s extravaganzas. 412. (King Charming.) This Evening, Thursday, Dec. 26th, 1850, will be presented (first time at this theatre) the comic drama entitled A Handsome Husband ... Which will be performed (for the first time) an entirely new and original fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... to be called King Charming; or, The Blue Bird of Paradise ... S.G. Fairbrother. Double folio playbill, folded; contemp. pencil annotations at right margin. 50 x 50cm. ¶ With the first and last plays containing performances by Charles Matthews, but not the fairy extravaganza which includes Madame Vestris as Charming the First. Beside the description of act I of King Charming, a pencil note reads: ‘Alhambra arches, Chrystal cole(?) jewelled capitals - beautiful piece of colour. Beautiful piece of painting too soon closed from sight’. 1850 £55 413. (King Charming.) This Evening, Wednesday, Jan. 22nd, 1851, will be presented (24th time at this theatre) the comic drama entitled A Handsome Husband ... After which, will be performed (for the 24th time) an entirely new and original fairy extravaganza, in two acts, ... to be called King Charming; or, The Blue Bird of Paradise ... S.G. Fairbrother, printer. Double folio playbill; sl. creased. Approx. 50 x 46cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ By James Robinson Planché. 1851 £60 414. (The Prince of Happy Land.) This Evening, Friday, December 26th, 1851, will be presented (18th time) the new comedy, in three acts, by Slingsby Lawrence, entitled The Game of Speculation ... After which will be presented (for the first time) an entirely new and original fairy extravaganza in two acts ... called The Prince of Happy Land; or, The Fawn of the Forest ... S.G. Fairbrother, printer. Double folio playbill; sl. creased. Approx. 49 x 46cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1851 £65 415. (Harlequin Humpty Dumpty.) Monday, Feb. 1st, 1869, and every evening, the performance will commence at seven with a new and original farce, by T.J. Williams, entitled the Man in Green; or, The Volunteer Review ... To conclude with a new grand Christmas nursery, rhymical, E. T. Smith-ical comic pantomime, entitled Harlequin Humpty Dumpty and Dame Trot & Her Cat! Or, The Old Woman from Babyland and the Little Bachelor Who Lived by Himself ... W.S. Johnson. Double folio playbill, folded; a few small internal tears sl. affecting a few letters, sl browned in places. Approx. 49 x 42cm. Tipped on to a sealed double-sided card mount. 1869 £40

Royal StrandTheatre Converted from a Panorama in 1832, The New Strand Theatre opened in 1833. In 1858 it was taken over by Henry V. Swanborough who rebuilt the theatre as the Royal Strand; it has been described as ‘burlesque’s first nursery’. The site is where the old station is today. 416. (Fra Diavolo.) Great Attraction! Reproduction of the celebrated Strand burlesque Fra Diavolo! On Tuesday, July 9th, 1867, and until further notice, the performance will commence ... with a comedy farce, in two acts, by F. Hay, entitled Our Domestics ... After which the celebrated burlesque, entitled Fra Diavolo. Merser & Gardner, printers. Double folio playbill, folded; sl. creased & thumbed, a few marginal tears. 38 x 50cm. ¶ Produced under the direction of Mr. Parselle and Mr William Brough. 1867 £30 PLAYBILLS - London

Royal StrandTheatre, continued 417. (Kenilworth.) This Evening Saturday, September 28th, the performance will commence with the laughable farce, in two acts, by F. Hay, entitled Our Domestics ... After which for six nights only, the celebrated operatic burlesque extravaganza, the latest edition of Kenilworth! n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; sl. creased. 38 x 25.5cm. ¶ Nicoll records a performance of Kenilworth at the Strand Theatre in August 1866; September 28th fell on a Saturday in 1867 and this playbill is dated 1867 in pencil. [1867] £40 418. (William Tell.) Triumphant Success of Byron’s New Burlesque. Monday, November 4th, 1867, and until further notice, the performance will commence ... with the favourite comedy, in two acts, entitled Neighbours! ... After which, ... a grand and original burlesque, entitled William Tell! With a Vengeance; or, The Pet, the Patriot, and the Pippin. Written by H.J. Byron. Merser & Gardner, printers. Double folio playbill, folded. 38 x 50cm. 1867 £35 419. (William Tell.) Triumphant Success of New Comedy. Roars of laughter at Byron’s new 413 burlesque. Saturday, Dec. 7th, Monday, 9th, 1867, & until further notice. The performance will commence at seven O’Clock with the laughable farce untitled Nothing to Nurse ... To conclude with the grand new and original burlesque, entitled William Tell With a Vengeance; or, The Pet, the Patriot and the Pippin. Written by H.J. Byron. Merser & Gardner, printers. Double folio playbill, folded; sl. creased & thumbed. 38 x 50cm. ¶ Nicoll records a performance, in September 1867, at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. 1867 £30 420. (Paris.) Great Success of Old Salt ... On Monday, February 17th, 1868, and until further notice, the performance will commence ... with ... Old Salt! ... Production of the grand classical burlesque extravaganza, entitled Paris, or Vive Lempriere. On Saturday next, Feb. 22nd, 1868. Merser & Gardner, printers. Double folio playbill, folded. 38 x 50cm. ¶ Created by Francis Cowley Burnard, with music by Frank Musgrave. 1868 £30 421. (Paris.) Triumphant Success of Paris! This Evening, Monday, March 9th, 1868, and until further notice, the performance will commence at seven O’Clock, with the charming comedietta, entitled Orangeblossoms ... To be followed by the grand burlesque extravaganza, entitled Paris; or, Vive Lempriere! By F. C. Burnard. Merser & Gardner, printer. Double folio playbill, folded; 2 pencil corrections to the cast. 37.5 x 50cm. 1868 £30 424 422. (The Field of the Cloth of Gold.) Great Success of the New Burlesque in Which Miss Appears. On Monday, April 20th, 1868, and until further notice, the performance will commence ... with the charming comedietta, entitled Sisterly Service ... To be followed by a new and original grand historical burlesque extravaganza, entitled The Field of the Cloth of Gold ... Merser & Gardner, printers. Double folio playbill, folded; tape repairs to verso. 38 x 50cm. ¶ By William Brough. This was one of Thompson’s last roles before departing in August 1868 for her highly successful season in New York performing burlesques and pantomimes with her troupe the ‘British Blondes’. 1868 £30

Theatre Royal, Adelphi Founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil, it became the Adelphi in 1819, and the Theatre Royal Adelphi in 1829. 423. (St. George and the Dragon.) This Evening, Monday May 12th, and during the week, will be presented ... Mr. Poole’s comedy, in three acts, of Paul Pry ... To conclude with, (for the 42nd ... and 47th times) a new grand empirical exposition founded on a polite request of Made. Celeste to the authors, and called St. George and the Dragon ... W.S. Johnson. Double folio playbill; sl. creased. Approx. 49 x 46cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ The extravaganza written by Gilbert A’Beckett and Mark Lemon. [1844] £50 456 413 414

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Theatre Royal, Adelphi, continued UNPARALLELED ACTION! 424. (Peter Wilkins.) Unparalelled (sic) Attraction! First Week of A New Drama, of peculiar interest & novel effects ... This evening, Monday, May 18, ... and Saturday, 23, 1846, will be presented, a new drama, of peculiar construction, in three acts, founded upon the novel by Mr. G.H. Rodwell, and to be entitled The Memoirs of an Umbrella; or, The Silent Observer ... To conclude with (for the 31st ... & 35th time) an extra extravaganza ... called Peter Wilkins: or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. W.S. Johnson. Double folio playbill; sl. creased, with a few holes, not affecting text to central vertical fold. Approx. 49 x 46cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. ¶ The extravaganza written by Gilbert A’Beckett and Mark Lemon. 1846 £50 425. (The Fountain of Zea.) This Evening, Monday May 15th, 1848, and during the week, will be presented (34th ... & 39th time) a new and original drama, in three acts, by Tom Parry ... called The Harvest Home! ... To conclude with ... (17th ... and last time) a new grand romantic fairy spectacle, written expressly for Madame Celeste, by J. Stirling Coyne, entitled The Fountain of Zea: or, The Child of Air. ... W.S. Johnson. Double folio playbill; sl. creased. Approx. 50 x 45cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1848 £50 426. (The Devil’s Violin.) Increasing Success! of the Devil’s Violin ... This evening, Thursday, May 31st, 1849, & during the week, will be performed, a comic drama, in two acts, by J.R. Planche, called The Irish Post ... After which (20th, 21st & 22nd time) an entirely new grand terpsichoric, romantic, operatic ... semi-burlesque spectacular extravaganza, in two acts ... called The Devil’s Violin! and the Revolt of the Flowers! ... W.S. John. Double folio playbill; sl. creased. Approx. 49 x 46cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount. 1849 £50

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden The first theatre on the site began in the 1660s; today it is the . Joseph Grimaldi, the great clown, made his name at Covent Garden until his retirement in 1821. 427. (Sadak and Kalastrade.) This Present Tuesday, April 19, 1814, will be acted the comick opera of The Woodman ... To which will be added (8th time) a new grand Asiatick spectacle, called Sadak & Kalastrade; or, The Waters of Oblivion ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; two actors underlined in pink ink, laid down on card. 32 x 21cm. 1814 £30 ROBINSON CRUSOE 428. (Robinson Crusoe.) This Present Wednesday, April 9, 1817, (29th time) the new musical drama of The Slave ... After which, (3d time), a new grand romantick melo-drama, called Robinson Crusoe; or, The Bold Buccaneers ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; trimmed close at upper margin, creased with tears to right margin without loss. 31 x 22cm. ¶ By Isaac Pocock. 1817 £40 429. (Robinson Crusoe.) This Present Thursday, April 17, 1817, will be acted the comedy of The Jealous Wife ... After which, (10th time), a new grand romantick melo-drama, called Robinson Crusoe; or, The Bold Buccaneers ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; sl. torn at left margin without loss, two small internal holes affecting two letters. 32 x 17cm. 1817 £40 430. (Harlequin Gulliver.) This Present Monday, Feb. 9, 1818, will be acted a play, called The Point of Honour ... To which will be added, for the 32d time, a new pantomime called Harlequin Gulliver; or, The Flying Island ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; sl. creased. 32 x 22cm. 1818 £30 PLAYBILLS - London

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, continued HARLEQUIN MUNCHAUSEN 431. (Harlequin Munchausen.) This Present Saturday, January 23, 1819, will be acted the musical play of Guy Mannering ... To which be added (for the 25th time) a new grand pantomime, entitled Harlequin Munchausen; or, the Fountain of Love ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; a few marginal tears & creases. 32 x 22cm. ¶ Arranged and produced by Charles Farley and featuring Joseph Grimaldi as ‘My Lord Humpy-Dandy (afterwards Clown)’. 1819 £40 432. (Harlequin and Friar Bacon.) This Present Saturday, Dec. 30, 1820, will be acted the musical drama of The Slave ... After which the the pantomime, founded on the legendary tale, called Harlequin & Friar Bacon; or, The Brazen Head. n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; a little creased, text faded in places. 37 x 19.5cm. 1820 £30 MOTHER BUNCH 433. (Harlequin and Mother Bunch.) This Present Monday, January 21, 1822, (38th time), in four acts, the opera of The Exile ... After which will be produced for the 23rd time, a new pantomime called Harlequin and Mother Bunch; or, The Yellow Dwarf. n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; sl. creased. 33.5 x 21cm. ¶ With music by Mr Ware; produced under the direction of Charles Farley. 1822 £30 434. (Cherry & Fair Star.) The Present Friday, April 26, 1822, will be acted the comedy of the School for Scandal ... To which will be added (17th time) a new grand Asiatick melo- dramatick romance, called Cherry & Fair Star; or, The Children of Cyprus ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; small tear to upper left corner without loss. 33 x 20cm. 1822 £25 435. (Harlequin and the Magick Rose.) This Present Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1826, will be acted the opera of The Duenna ... To which will be added (for the 20th time) a new grand & comick pantomime, called Harlequin and the Magick Rose: or, Beauty & the Beast ... Printed by W. Reynolds. Single sheet folio playbill; tear without loss of text to upper left corner, sl. creased. 34 x 22cm. 1826 £30 436. (Harlequin and Little Red Riding Hood.) This Present Saturday, Jan. 10, 1829, will be acted Sheridan’s Opera of The Duenna ... After which, for the 14th time, a new comic pantomime (founded on a fairy tale) called Harlequin and Little Red Riding Hood; or, The Wizard and the Wolf ... Printed by W. Reynolds. Single sheet folio playbill; trimmed close at upper margin, sl. creased. 35 x 21cm. 1829 £40 437. (Harlequin and Cock Robin.) This Present Saturday, January 9, 1830, will be performed (third time) a petit comedy, (in two acts), called A Husband’s Mistake; Or, The Corporal’s Wedding ... To which will be added (for the 13th time) a new grand comic pantomime, called Harlequin, and Cock Robin: or, Vulcan & Venus ... (Printed by W. Reynolds.) Single sheet folio playbill, printed on green paper; trimmed close at upper margin with sl. loss. 34 x 21cm. ¶ This production not in Nicoll. Scene 18 is described as ‘Roberts’ moving diorama of the polar expedition. exhibited in a series of views in thirteen compartments’. 1830 £40 438. (Harlequin and Cock Robin.) This Present Monday, January 11, 1830, will be acted Shakespeare’s tragedy of Romeo and Juliet ... To which will be added (for the 14th time) a new grand comic pantomime, called Harlequin, and Cock Robin: or, Vulcan & Venus ... (Printed by W. Reynolds.) Single sheet folio playbill, printed on green paper. 34 x 21cm. ¶ This production not in Nicoll. Scene 18 is described as ‘Roberts’ moving diorama of the polar expedition. exhibited in a series of views in thirteen compartments’. The production of Romeo and Juliet includes Fanny Kemble as Juliet. 1830 £40 PLAYBILLS - London

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, continued MR FAWCETT’S FAREWELL 439. (Cinderella.) Mr. Fawcett’s Farewell Benefit. This present Thursday, May 20, 1830, will be acted the tragedy of The Gamester ... Cinderella: or The Fairy and the Little Glass Slipper will be repeated on Saturday next, being the last night it can be performed this season. Printed by W. Reynolds. Single sheet folio playbill; trimmed with sl. loss to lower margin. 34 x 21cm. ¶ Together with Mary Ann Paton singing Black Eyed Susan, Charles Matthews, the Medley of Melodists together with a performance of Charles the Second. 1830 £20 440. (Peter Wilkins.) This Present Tuesday, June 5, 1827, will be performed (8th time) a new comedy, in three acts, (taken from the French) called Love Love and Reason ... After which, (41st time) a melo-dramatic romantic spectacle, in 2 acts, founded on the popular adventures of Peter Wilkins, or, The Flying Indians ... Printed by W. Reynolds. Single sheet folio playbill; trimmed with sl. loss to upper margin. 32 x 20cm. ¶ Music by Mr Watson, the whole arranged by Charles Farley. 1830 £30 441. (Cinderella.) Mr. Wood’s Night ... Monday Next, June 7, 1830. Will be performed the opera of Cinderella: or, The Fairy and the Little Glass Slipper. Printed by W. Reynolds. Single sheet folio playbill; sl. trimmed at left margin without loss. 33 x 20cm. ¶ Produced under the direction of Charles Farley. 1830 £50 442. (Harlequin and Queen Mab.) This Evening, Thursday, January 8, 1835, will be performed Auber’s popular historical opera of Gustavus the Third ... To conclude with (12th time) a new grand comic Christmas pantomime called Harlequin and Queen Mab: or, The Three Glass Distaffs! ... W. Wright, printer. Single sheet folio playbill; tears with sl. loss to a few letters at upper margin, torn and browned at central horizontal fold, repaired. Approx. 68 x 19cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. 1835 £50 443. (Harlequin Guy Fawkes.) Continuation of the Scenery and Incidents in the Pantomime of Harlequin Guy Fawkes, interior of Sir Francis Moore’s abode, astrological penetralia at the top of the house, from which are seen the heaven by starlight, The House of Lords in 1605: entrance to Guy Fawkes’ cellar ... S.G. Fairbrother, printer. Single sheet folio broadside; a few marginal tears & creases. 34 x 20cm. ¶ First performed at the Covent Garden Theatre on December 26th 1835. [1835] £25 444. (Harlequin and the Merrie Devil of Edmonton.) This Evening, Saturday, January 11th, 1840, will be performed Sheridan’s opera of The Duenna ... To conclude with (sixteenth time), an entirely new romantic and legendary comic Christmas pantomime, called Harlequin and the Merrie Devil of Edmonton; or, The Great Bed of Ware ... S.G. Fairbrother, printer. Double folio playbill; tear to central lower margin without loss of text, sl. creased & dusted. Approx. 49 x 46cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. 1840 £60

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Commonly called Drury Lane, there has been a theatre on the site since 1663. Today’s theatre opened in 1812. Under the management of David Garrick, it had become the main venue for pantomimes, a tradition which continued through the nineteenth century. From 1852-1888, E.L. Blanchard wrote the ‘Annual’ pantomime for Drury Lane, when it was managed by Augustus Harris, and the pantomime tradition continued after Harris’s death in 1895. 445. (Harlequin Horner.) This present Saturday, December 21, 1816, ... The Iron Chest ..., After which (compressed into 2 acts) the comick opera of Robin Hood; or, Sherwood Forest ... A new comick pantomime which has been long in preparation, will be produced on Thursday, PLAYBILLS - London

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, continued the 26th, called Harlequin Horner; or, The Christmas Pie. n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; small internal hole with sl. loss to one letter, sl. creased. 30.5 x 16cm. ¶ An advertisement for the first performance of this anonymously written pantomime on December 26th, 1816. 1816 £20 WITH MADAME VESTRIS 446. (Shakespeare versus Harlequin.) This Evening Thursday, April 8, 1820, His Majesty’s servants will perform the grand serious opera of Artaxerxes ... after which will be produced, for the first time, a broad farcical pantomime dr[ama], in 2 acts, entitled, ShakespeareVersus Harlequin ... Dedicated to the genius of Shakespeare. J. Tabby, printer. Single sheet folio playbill, trimmed with sl. loss to right margin. 32 x 19cm. ¶ With John Pritt Harley as Harlequin and Madame Vestris in the role of Dolly Snip. By Charles Dibdin; first performed in 1820. 1821 £50 447. (Giovanni in London.) This Evening Thursday, July 5, 1821, His Majesty’s servants will perform the grand serious opera of Artaxerxes ... To conclude with the favourite musical extravaganza, called Giovanni in London. J. Tabby, printer. Single sheet folio playbill, printed in red & black; tear with sl. loss to heading at upper margin. 32 x 19.5cm. ¶ The printing in red announces that Mr. Braham and Miss Wilson, after two more performances, ‘will be obliged to leave London to attend to their provincial engagements’. 1821 £30 448. (Giovanni in Ireland.) This Evening, Thursday, December 27, 1821, ... A new operatic extravaganza, in 3 acts, entitled Giovanni in Ireland ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; trimmed at head with sl. loss to title, sl. creased. 32 x 19cm. ¶ Including Edward Fitzwillian as Padreen Gar. Fitzwilliam, who joined the regular company of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in November 1821, was the husband of noted actress Fanny Fitzwilliam. 1821 £25 449. (Harlequin and the Flying Chest.) This Evening, Wednesday, January 28, 1824, His Majesty’s servants will perform the comedy of The Hypocrite ... To conclude with, (for the 29th time) a new grand & comic Christmas pantomime, called Harlequin and the Flying Chest; or, Malek and the Princess Schirine ... J. Tabby, printer. Double folio playbill; cut down middle & at some time re-sewn, largely loose. 34 x 40cm. 1824 £25 450. (The Man in the Moon.) This Evening, Saturday, January 13, 1827, His Majesty’s servants will perform the national ballad opera, ... called Malvina. ... To conclude with (for the sixteenth time) the entirely new comic pantomime, entitled the Man in the Moon; or, Harlequin Dog-Star. n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; sl. creased. 33.5 x 20cm. ¶ Created by W. Barrymore with music by Mr. Blewitt and T. Cooke. Also announced is Charles Kean’s forthcoming appearance as Richard III following his return from America. 1827 £25 451. (Harlequin and Cock Robin.) This Evening, Friday, January 18, 1828, His Majesty’s servants will perform R. B. Sheridan’s Critic ... To conclude with, (for the 21st time) a new grand and comic Christmas pantomime, called Harlequin & Cock Robin; or, The Babes in the Wood. The whole invented and produced by W. Barrymore. J. Tabby, printer. Single sheet folio playbill; laid onto another sheet; worn & browned at upper margin, creased & browned. Sound only. 32 x 19cm. ¶ Not recorded in Nicoll who notes later performances of pantomimes with variant titles. 1828 £20 PLAYBILLS - London

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, continued 452. (The Meltonians.) This Evening, Saturday, April 21st, 1838, Her Majesty’s servants will perform (3rd time) an original grand romantic opera (in 2 acts) called The Gipsy’s Warning ... To conclude with (6th time) an original good-humored, & perfectly illegitimate drama and Easter extravaganza ... called The Meltonians! ... W. Wright, printer. Double folio playbill; sl. creased with a few small marginal tears. 35 x 42cm. ¶ By Richard Brinsley Peake. 1838 £25 453. (Harlequin and Humpty Dumpty.) The Most Successful Pantomime! This evening, Saturday, December 28th, 1850, will be presented ... Sheridan Knowle’s play of the Love Chase ... After which (3rd time) an entirely new grand, historical, emblematical, aerostatical, ... pantomime ... entitled Harlequin and Humpty Dumpty; or, Robbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun’on ... S.G. Fairbrother, printer. Double folio playbill. 68 x 43cm. 1850 £120 454. (Robin Hood.) Crowded Houses. Monday Jan. 10, & During the Week, those celebrated popular and celebrated artists, Mr. & Mrs. Barney Williams ... in the laughable piece entitled Latest From New York ... After which will be produced ... an entirely new grand magical, comical ... and peculiarly pantomimical pantomime, founded on the popular old English ballad, and entitled Robin Hood; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest ... Jullien & Co. Double folio playbill, folded; tear with some loss of text to lower margin of first leaf. Approx. 49 x 46cm. Tipped on to a sealed double-sided card mount for ring binding. [1859] £50 455. (Beauty and the Beast.) Positively the Last Two Weeks of the Pantomime! ... Monday, February 14th, 1870, and during the week, ... William Tell ... After which will be produced ... Beauty and the Beast; or, Harlequin and Old Mother Bunch ... J.W. Elliot, printer. Double 4to playbill, folded. 28 x 44cm. ¶ Music composed by William Charles Levey, written by Edward Litt Laman Blanchard, and arranged and produced by Edward Stirling. This performance not recorded in Nicoll. 1870 £40 _____

456. Theatre Royal, Haymarket. (The Captives.) Every Evening this Week, the new and brilliant ballet-pantomime of The Captives; or, A Night in the Alhambra ... This evening, Thursday Oct. 2nd ... 1856 ... The Inconstant ... The Captives; or, A Night in the Alhambra ... W.S. Johnson. Double folio playbill; stab holes either side of, and one small tear to old vertical fold. Approx. 48 x 42cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. ¶ Featuring the renowned Spanish dancers Perea Nena and Senor Ricardo Moragas. 1856 £40 457. Theatre Royal, Haymarket. (Electra.) Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mrs. Charles Matthews, having commenced a third engagement at this theatre since their return from America, will appear, every evening this week, in Stirling Coyne’s last new comedy of Everybody’s Friend ... On Monday next ... to commence with Everybody’s Friend, after which He Would Be An Actor. With (for this night only) the extravaganza of Electra, in a New Electric Light! W.S. Johnson. Double folio playbill. Approx. 49 x 45cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. 1859 £35 458. Theatre Royal, Marylebone. (Valentine and Orson.) Mr. & Mrs. Keeley, Every Evening ... Thursday, August 24th, Friday, 25th, & Saturday, 26th, 1848, will be presented the popular drama, in two acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled The Prisoner of War ... After which, (16th, 17th, & 18th time at this theatre) the popular extravaganza, in two acts, of Valentine and Orson ... S.G. Fairbrother Single sheet folio playbill; a few closed tears. Approx. 49 x 22cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. 1848 £45 PLAYBILLS - London

459. Theatre Royal, Marylebone. (Harlequin Alfred the Great.) Engagement of Miss Rebecca Isaacs For Three Nights Only. On Monday, January 6th, Tuesday 7th, and Wednesday 8th, 1851, will be performed the operatic play of The Slave ... To conclude with every evening, a new and original grand historical Christmas pantomime entitled Harlequin Alfred the Great; or, The Magic Banjo! and the Mystic Raven ... S.G. Fairbrother, printer. Single sheet folio playbill; laid down in two sections on card with loss of two lines toward lower edge, sl. creased. 45.5 x 21cm. ¶ By Lee Nelson. 1851 £25 PORTSMOUTH LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES 460. Theatre Royal. On Monday, Feb. 13th, 1871, the performance will commence with Mr. Marchant’s great drama, in three acts, ... entitled Forsaken: an every-day story ... To conclude each evening with the grand burlesque opening of the pantomime entitled Little Goody Two Shoes and Her Queen Anne’s Farthing! or, Harlequin King Counterfeit & the World of Coins ... Portsmouth: Gordon(?), printer. Single sheet folio playbill, illus. Approx. 75 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. ¶ With a crude woodcut title illustrating 12 small masked characters carrying two shoes. 1871 £85 SCARBOROUGH ALADDIN 461. Scarbrough Theatre. (Aladdin.) For the Benefit of Miss Bland. On Wednesday evening, 6th Oct., 1824, will be revived Otway’s celebrated play called Venice Preserved ... To conclude with (for positively the last time) the splendid, and admired melo-drame [sic], founded on the well-known story, from the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, called Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp ... n.p. Single sheet folio playbill; trimmed at lower margin with sl. loss, small internal hole with loss of one letter. 27 x 13.5cm. 1824 £35 SOUTH SHIELDS 462. Theatre Royal. (Beauty and the Beast.) Production of the Grand Comic Pantomime ... On Monday evening, June 15th, 1863, the performance will commence with Shakespeare’s tragedy of Richard III ... To conclude each evening with the new grand comic pantomime of Beauty and the Beast ... South Shields: H. Hewison. Single sheet 4to playbill. Approx. 56 x 42cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. ¶ Also advertising Rob Roy on June 16th, and Flowers of the Forest, on June 17th, both evenings concluded with Beauty and the Beast. 1863 £120 SOUTHAMPTON 463. Theatre Royal. (Babes in the Wood.) Continued Great Success and Fourth Week of the New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime ... Monday, Jan. 12th, 1880, grand fashionable night under distinguished patronage ... Every evening at 7.15 will be performed the new grand and original pantomime, specially written for this theatre by T. L. Clay, entitled The Babes in the Wood; or, Harlequin wicked uncle, the golden butterfly and the spider fiend! ... Southampton: Paul & Sons. Single sheet folio playbill; small tear to right margin, sl. creased. Approx. 75 x 24cm. Tipped on to a sealed card mount for ring binding. 1880 £120 (LOCATION UNCERTAIN) 464. Theatre Royal. (Hedcate’s Cave.) By His Majesty’s Servants. On Monday, March 25, 1799, will be performed, a tragedy called, Romeo and Juliet ... To-morrow, Lovers’ Vows, with Hedcate’s Cave; or, Harlequin Triumphant. n.p. Single sheet 4to playbill. 24 x 18cm. ¶ Hedcate’s Cave is not recorded in Nicoll, who does not note a performance of Bluebeard or Romeo and Juliet at a Theatre Royal in 1799. 1799 £35 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME

IV BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME & Related Material, including Programmes ** denotes items from the library of the late Helen Smith. FOUR ITEMS - WITH TWO PRESENTATION COPIES - BELONGING TO CLEMENT SCOTT 465. À BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. The Canterbury Pilgrims. An Opera in Three Acts. Written by Gilbert À Beckett. Composed by C. Villiers Stanford. 4to. Opera Co. Four items in one volume. Presentation inscription on titlepage: ‘To Clement Scott with the Author’s very best regards’. 64pp. BOUND WITH: LONDON. HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE. Little Red Riding Hood; or, The Wizard and the Wolf. Written expressly for this theatre by Frank W. Green. n.p. [1883] Some pencil annotations. Chromolitho. pictorial paper wrapper; without a back wrapper. 40pp. BOUND WITH: LONDON. ROYAL AVENUE THEATRE. On Saturday, December 23rd ... will be performed ... Whittington and His Cat. R. Wilson & Co., printers. [1882] 6 chromolitho plates & 14pp text. Orig. blue paper wrappers, printed in black & red. BOUND WITH: BRIDGMAN, Cunningham V. Opera Comique. The Song Words of Quid Pro Quo. Written by Cunningham V. Bridgman. Music by Wilfred E. Bendall. [1885] Orig. blue paper wrappers. Presentation inscription on front wrapper: ‘With C Bridgman’s compliments’. 7pp. BOUND WITH: ANTHOLOGY. A Booke of ye Olde English Fayre. With contributions in pen & pencil by Lady Constance Howard, Miss Jean Middlemass, ... Mr. Walter Crane, Mr. George Cruikshank, &c. (George Falkner, printer.) [1881] 65, (1), lviii. 4 items bound in half red calf, gilt spine, maroon morocco labels; sl. rubbed. Bookplates of Clementis Scott, Mexborough, and Joan Feisenberger on leading e.ps. Inscription on leading blank: ‘Cawdrey with best wishes from Theodore 4/9/18’. ¶ Four theatrical items belonging to the influential theatre critic Clement Scott, 1841- 1901. Including two pantomime programmes for performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket and the Royal Avenue Theatre in Charing Cross. The first, with the full play text for Little Red Riding Hood, was first performed on boxing day 1883. The second, Whittington and His Cat, written by A. Henry, was performed in the winter of 1882. This programme contains six colour scenes from the play with accompanying text, but does not include the full play text. The final item,A Booke of ye Olde English Fayre, is a programme for an event at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Chelsea Hospital for Women. 1884/1883/1882/1881 £280 466. ANNUAL. Drury Lane Theatre. Old Drury Lane Christmas Annual, 1886-7. 3rd year of issue. Folio. Strand Publishing Co. (Printed by R.K. Burt & Co.) Illus., ports, music, ads, text in two columns. Orig. col. printed wrappers; staples sl. rusting, splits in spine, tear without loss in back wrapper. ¶ A lively collection of articles, stories, songs, poems portraits and caricatures (including of Ally Sloper) with a pantomime or Drury Lane history theme, including Seven Years of Drury Pantomimes. Authors include E.L. Blanchard, Clothilde Graves and Jerome K. Jerome. 1886 £50 ANONYMOUS JIGSAW PUZZLES 467. Cinderella Picture Puzzles. Salem, Mass.: Parker Brothers. Four col. card sheets of simple jigsaws in a collapsed card box with black & white key. [c.1925?] £75 † GUIDE TO THE STAGE 468. The Guide to the Stage: or, How to enter the theatrical profession, obtain an engagement, and become an actor. Founded on, and partly taken from Leman Rede’s book. Samuel French. (French’s Acting edition.) Spotted. Orig. pink printed wrappers; tear repaired. 33pp. ¶ Senate House only on Copac. The wrappers advertise an 1880-81 play catalogue and the adverts are for ‘Miscellaneous plays’. Reference is to Leman Thomas Rede’s Road to the stage; or, The performer’s preceptor, 1827. [1880] £25 469. Pantomime: a picture show for young people. Folio. George Routledge & Sons. (New York: Wemple & Co., lithographers.) Col. front., plates & illus., text & some illus. printed in BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME

ANONYMOUS, continued brown. Orig. col. printed boards; worn at corners, blue cloth spine; rubbed. ¶ Three copies on Copac, the Bodleian copy catalogued under the copyright holder J.L. Blamire, and presumably first published in New York. A long poem in rhyming couplets about the pantomime harlequinade. An inscription, Xmas 1888, records a gift from his father to Erwin F.H., Nice, France. [1883] £85 PANTOMIMIC PASTIMES 470. Punch’s Pavilion; or, Pantomimic Pastimes. J. Bysh & sold by J. Sewell. Illus., 13 engr. leaves; worn at corners & edges, one leaf partially defective, some shaved at lower edge touching a few words; neat paper repairs to corners. Fully conserved & rebound in boards. ¶ Not on Copac; Princeton & Bloomington, Indiana only on OCLC. Illustrated titlepage followed by 12 harlequinade and pantomime figures each with a descriptive four line doggerel verse below. The paper is watermarked 1822, and the boards retain wrappers taken from The Governess’s Register of 1824. These figures might possibly also have been used as lottery puffs. [1822] £350 _____ 471. BELL, Florence Eveleen Eleanore, Lady. Fairy Tale Plays, and how to act them. New impression. Longmans. Half title, front. & illus. by Lancelot Speed, music. Orig, black cloth. v.g. bright copy. a.e.g. Armorial bookplate of Annie Freeman. 1908 £75 472. **(BELL, John) BURNIM, Kalman A. & HIGHFILL, Philip H., Jr. John Bell, patron of British theatrical portraiture. A catalog of the theatrical portraits in his editions of Bell’s Shakespeare and Bell’s British Theatre. FIRST EDITION. Southern Illinois University Press. Half title, front. port., illus. Orig. blue-grey cloth. White pictorial d.w., unclipped; sl. thumbed. 1998 £15 FABLES, FICTIONS, FREAKS & FOLLIES 473. (BLANCHARD, Edward Leman) Freaks and Follies of Fabledom; a little Lempriere. John Ollivier. (Printed by G. Nichols.) Title in red & black. Orig. dark green cloth; front board sl. marked with one small nick to cloth, spine a little rubbed at head & tail. A nice copy. ¶ A comic dictionary of mythology, perhaps as an aid to understanding burlesque, by a prolific playwright who wrote pantomimes for the Drury Lane Theatre for 37 years. Blanchard was also a respected journalist and editor writing for periodicals including Punch, The New London Magazine, and The Daily Telegraph. 1852 £125 474. BLANCHARD, Edward Leman. Photographic Portrait of Edward Laman Blanchard. n.p. Photo. port. 11.5 x 9cm. ¶ This photo was reproduced in The Life and Reminiscences of E.L. Blanchard by Clement Scott and Cecil Howard, 1891. [c.1870?] £25 † 475. **BOOTH, Michael R. English Melodrama. FIRST EDITION. Herbert Jenkins. Half title, illus. Orig. green cloth. Printed d.w.; rubbed. Library label & stamp of Kettering Public Library; withdrawn stamp on titlepage. [1965] £10 PANTOMIME NUMBER 476. BRADFORD & DISTRICT THEATRE GOER. The Bradford & District Theatre Goer. January, 1926. (A journal devoted to the interests of the theatre and patrons.) Pantomime number. Bradford?: Yorkshire Theatres; printed by E.H. Smith. Illus., ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. colour printed wrappers; dusted. 40pp. ¶ Leeds only on Copac. A free advertising magazine principally about the Prince’s Theatre, Bradford pantomime The Babes in the Wood, but also listing the forthcoming variety performances at the , and the Theatre Royal, Leeds pantomime Robinson Crusoe. 1926 £25 470 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME

477. BURNAND, Sir Francis Cowley. Photographic Portrait of Sir Francis Cowley Burnand. n.p. Photo. port.; sl. wear to right margin. 11.5 x 9cm. [c.1880?] £25 †

BYRON, Henry James 478. ALS to Charles Lamb Kenney, from Rockelymont, Clapham Park, Jany. 21st, 1881. ‘My Dear Kenney, Alas! ... 30 lines on first & last page of an embossed folded 8vo leaf. TOGETHER WITH: ALS to Charles Lamb Kenney, from the Prince of Wales Theatre, March 13, 1866. 8 lines on a single side of an 8vo leaf. ¶ Byron writes to his friend the dramatist and actor Charles Lamb Kenney, regretting that he is unable to find a role for his daughter in his latest production. ‘Alas! all the parts have been filled up long since ... There are so many theatres (three I heard about to be built) and so many “travelling companies” that I should have imagined Miss Kenney would have had little difficulty in getting an engagement. But as I know too well, these things when wanted don’t turn up ...’ Nicoll records three plays by Byron first appearing in 1881, the first of which was Michael Strogoff first performed at the Adelphi on March 14th. The second brief note, written from the Prince of Wales Theatre, asks: ‘about that comedy. Can you let me see it soon?’ 1881 £85 † 479. ALS to John Palgrave Simpson, from 3 Drayton Grove, April 22nd, 1861. ‘Pray accept a copy of the photo ...’ 12 lines on single side of an embossed 8vo sheet. ¶ Byron writes to his fellow dramatist and author John Palgrave Simpson sending him a ‘copy of the photo in question ... that you may live to look upon it with friendly eyes for very many years ...’ 1861 £50 † 480. ALS to John Palgrave Simpson, Feb. 6(?), 1873. ‘There is no sufficient proof ...’ 12 lines on a single side of an 8vo sheet; previously tipped into an album, sl. marked. ¶ Byron writes a short note to his fellow dramatist and author John Palgrave Simpson regarding a probable unauthorised performance of one of his plays. ‘There is not sufficient proof in the bill that the pantomime is mine. I suspect yet strongly doubt any how it is not sufficiently tangible for action’. 1873 £60 † WITH ALS TO FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON 481. Bits of Burlesques, being Extracts from the Extravaganzas. Samuel French. Sl. marks. Orig. grey printed wrappers. v.g. 46pp. ¶ Signed inscription from Byron to Frederick Locker with small blue crest, and the latter’s 1874 armorial bookplate. Tipped in at the end is a 2pp ALS from Byron to Locker, June 27th 1879 from 1 Eccleston Square, S.W. sending the book with a failed play not present. Byron promises a gift of successful plays but says a third are not printed. A postscript notes that an idiot of a servant failed to deliver the book until 1st July. [1877] £58 482. Mirth. A miscellany of wit and humour. Edited by Henry J. Byron. No. I-XII. 4to. Tinsley Bros. Half title. Orig. green cloth; sl. rubbed at corners. v.g. ¶ An annual cumulation, with contributions by J.R. Planché, E.L. Blanchard, G.A. Sala, R. Reece, W.S. Gilbert and others connected with the theatre. 1878 £65 _____ SCARCE ILLUSTRATED ALPHABET OF PANTOMIME 483. CARSE, Roland. The Pantomime A.B.C. Illustrated by John Hassall. 4to. Sands & Co. Half title; upper 6cm (with inscription) cut from half title & partially reattached, sewing cracked in places but firm. Orig. pictorial white paper boards, red cloth spine; dulled & a little worn. Inscription on half title: ‘To dear Belle with love and best wishes from Auntie, Xmas 1907’. ¶ NLS & BL only on Copac, both dated 1902; OCLC, dated [1910] adds Manchester & Cambridge; no copies in North America. A scarce alphabet of pantomime characters with an accompanying rhyme. John Hassall, 1868-1948, was an English illustrator best known for his poster and advertisement designs. [1902] £380 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME

484. **(DARRELL, George) IRVIN, Eric. Gentleman George: King of Melodrama. The theatrical life and times of George Darrell 1841-1921. FIRST EDITION. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. Half title, front. port., illus. Orig. purple cloth. Pictorial d.w. v.g. [1980] £15 485. DISHER, Maurice Willson. Clowns & Pantomime. 4to. Constable & Co. Half title, plates, illus.; sl. foxing at edges. Uncut in orig. orange cloth; sl. dulled. t.e.g. 1925 £65 486. **FROW, Gerald. Oh Yes It Is! A history of Pantomime. FIRST EDITION. British Broadcasting Corporation. Half title, plates. Orig. black cloth. Pictorial d.w., unclipped. v.g. [1985] £10 487. **(GRIMALDI, Joseph) STOTT, Andrew McConnell. The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi: laughter, madness and the story of Britain’s greatest comedian. FIRST EDITION. Canongate. Half title, plates. Orig. black cloth. Pictorial d.w., unclipped. v.g. [2009] £15 488. **HORN, Charles Edward. Charles Edward Horn’s Memoirs of His Father and Himself. Edited by Michael Kassler. FIRST EDITION. Ashgate. Front., half title, plates. Orig. pictorial blue paper boards. ¶ The life of the composer & singer, 1762-1830, and his father Charles Frederick Horn, 1762- 1830. A musician and composer, Charles Frederick rose to become a music teacher in the royal household and helped to introduce the music of Johann Sebastian Bach to Britain. [2003] £20 489. KEMBLE, Frances Anne. ALS to John Warren, from 29 King Street, Sunday 1st March. ‘Sir I beg to acknowledge your “reminder” ...’ 14 lines on the first page of a folded 8vo sheet. With the front section of the envelope, stamped and addressed, laid on to paper. ¶ A brief note from Kemble to John Warren of the Marylebone Institute confirming that she will ‘if I am alive be at the Institute at half past seven ... I look forward with much painful emotion to my last reading ...’. Kemble was renowned for her Shakespearean readings. [1853] £60 † 490. **LATHAN, Peter. It’s Behind You: the story of panto. FIRST EDITION. New Holland. Half title, front., illus. Pictorial paper boards. Matching d.w., unclipped. v.g. [2004] £10 FUNNIEST BOOK OF THE DAY 491. LENO, Dan. Dan Leno: hys booke, written by himself; volume of frivolities autobiogaphical, historical, philosophical, anecdotal and nonsensical. New and cheaper edn. Greening & Co. Illus.; one or two corners torn away. Orig. illus. brown wrappers; spine sl. defective. ¶ Dan Leno (George Wild Galvin, 1860-1904) the great comedian, star dame in many Drury Lane pantomimes. The book was in fact ghost written by T.C. Elder. Inserted are two bookmark format Rotary photo series 9720 portraits of Leno, one head and shoulders as Sister Anne in Bluebeard, sent by post 1904, and one full length as a Royal Jester. 1902 £45 492. LITTLER, Emile. Emile Littler’s Pantomime Pie. Articles, cartoons, stories and features. (Dewynters for Emile Littler.) Illus., ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. colour printed wrappers. (64pp.) ¶ Only [1948] on Copac. A 2/- miscellany for the pantomime season; in part a survey of the current London theatre scene. [1949] £20 WOMEN IN THE PANTOMIME 493. LONDON LIFE. London Life Pantomime Annual No. 315. January 30th 1926. Folio. Printed & published for the Proprietors by the New Picture Press. Illus., ports, cartoon; letterpress Literary Supplement browned, torn & chipped. Orig. green wrappers; torn at spine & restapled, tape repairs to some tears. ¶ A very fragile copy of a scarce item. BL has a run of this periodical from 1920. This issue concentrates entirely on women in the pantomimes, not all in London, with miscellaneous articles and fiction. 1926 £50 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME

THE 1859-1860 SEASON 494. LONDON PANTOMIMES. A Contemporary Collection of Playbills, Programmes and Newspaper Clippings, for the pantomime season of Christmas 1859 and January 1860. 17 playbills, 1 programme, & 6 theatre periodicals, with 1 double page pantomime illustration from the Illustrated London News & numerous newspaper reviews, all laid down or tipped into a large folio album; 2 playbills defective with loss to head of leaves, 2 more partially defective, album leaves torn & worn at margins, sewing loose. Half calf, morocco title label ‘London Pantomimes &c. Christmas 1859’ on front board; worn. ¶ A well thumbed volume but an important collection of playbills and ephemera for one season of London pantomime productions in the London winter of 1859/60. Playbills include productions of Valentines Day!, Harlequin Hans & the Golden Goose, The Magic Axe, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Puss in Boots, &c. Theatres include, amongst others, Drury Lane, Effingham, Grecian, St. James’s, Royal Victoria, Pavilion, Sadler’s Wells and New Britannia. Also included are two playbills for Astley’s Amphitheatre, one a hand-coloured advertisement for Tom Moody; or, Old Towler the Huntsman & the Goddess Diana, the other being Astley’s Olympiad Pantomimic, and equestrian register for the year 1859 & 1860, four fully illustrated pages. The final advertisement, cut in two to fit into the album, is for the Great Christmas Festival at Crystal Palace, advertising numerous activities including a feast of lanterns, grotesque shadows, punchinello, and an illuminated promenade. 1859-60 £500 UNRECORDED 495. MANCHESTER. THEATRE ROYAL. (Forty Thieves.) Pen and Ink Sketches of the Forty Thieves From the Theatre Royal Pantomime. Oblong 12mo. Manchester: Samuel M. Strong. Illus. Light brown printed paper wrappers, stapled as issued; pencil date ‘Xmas 1888’ on front wrapper. 12pp. ¶ Unrecorded on Copac and OCLC. Six illustrations signed Dellagana. The Forty Thieves, written expressly for the theatre by T. F. Doyle, was performed at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, in the winter of 1888/1889. [1888] £150 496. **MANDER, Raymond & MITCHENSON, Joe. Pantomime: a story in pictures. Foreword by Danny La Rue. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Peter Davies. Half title, illus. title, illus. Orig. turquoise cloth; sl. nick to head of spine. Sellotape laid on to leading f.e.p. Pictorial d.w., unclipped; sl. worn. Withdrawn stamps of Newham Library. 1973 £10 497. **(MATHEWS, Charles, the Elder) KLEPAC, Richard L. Mr. Mathews at Home. Society for Theatre Research. Half title, plates. Orig. orange paper wrappers; sl. marked. ¶ A bibliography of Charles Mathews’ solo entertainments, with extracts from some of the texts. 1979 £10 DARK DEEDS DRAMATIZED 498. **NEWTON, Henry Chance. Crime and the Drama: or Dark deeds dramatized; with an introd. by Sir John Martin-Harvey. FIRST EDITION. Stanley Paul. Half title, front. & plates. Orig. red cloth; spine faded & sl. rubbed at head & tail, label partially removed from foot of spine. Label of the British Theatre Museum (withdrawn) on leading pastedown; Signature of L.V. Watkins on leading f.e.p. & one later inscription. ¶ and similar plays, based on real and fictional criminals. 1927 £15 499. PEARSON,C. Arthur, pub. Pearson’s Photographic Portfolio of Footlight Favourites. By eminent photographers. C. Arthur Pearson. [1895] 128pp. WITH: Pearson’s Photographic Portfolio of Footlight Favourites. New Series. [1895] 80pp. WITH (bound first): Pearson’s Photographic Portfolio of Footlight Favourites. The Supplement to Footlight Favourites. [1894] 32pp. Bound without titlepages in half red sheep; worn with loss to foot of spine. ¶ Bound with photocopies of the titlepages. Photographic portraits of characters from pantomimes performed across Britain. [1894-95] £85 507

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PERIODICALS ARTICLES ON PANTOMIME 500. 85 Sheets Extracted from the Illustrated London News, all with illustrations of, or articles on, pantomimes. Illustrated London News. 85 folio sheets including a few folded double folio sheets, housed in two modern plastic albums. 1845-1909 £120 501. The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News. No. 151, vol. VI, Saturday, December 30, 1876. James & George Judd, printers. 16pp folio, illus. WITH: the Boxing Day Supplementary Number ... Saturday, December 30, 1876. 8pp folio, illus. Disbound. ¶ The first page of the supplement is a full page illustration of a scene fromRobinson Crusoe at Covent Garden Theatre, together with three further full page illustrations from Christmas theatre productions. 1876 £25 SCARCE SONGSHEET 502. McGlennon’s Pantomime Song Budget. McGlennon’s Publishing House. 8pp folio, illus., unopened; old folds, a few worm holes & small tears, a little browned. ¶ Not recorded on Copac or OCLC. Advertised as 16 pages, all but the front page are printed in landscape and presumably intended to be a double page. Lyrics to the popular pantomime songs of the day. [c.1907] £75 503. Nine Illustrations Relating to Pantomimes, extracted from periodicals. 8 full page & 1 double page illustration, folio. ¶ Seven are extracted from the Illustrated London News, one from The Graphic, and one from the Illustrated Times. 1855-1901 £20 _____

504. **(PINERO, Arthur Wing) DAWICK, John. Pinero: a theatrical life. FIRST EDITION. Colorado: University Press. Half title, front., illus. Orig. grey cloth. Maroon d.w. [1993] £10 505. PLANCHÉ, James Robinson. The Recollections and Reflections: a professional autobiography. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Tinsley Bros. Half titles, 7 plates, 4pp ads vol. I, 16pp cata. each vol. Orig. green cloth, bevelled boards; sl. rubbing & signs of label removal. Armorial bookplates of Sir O.H.P. Scourfield. A good copy. 1872 £120 506. PLANCHÉ, James Robinson. Two ALsS to Spencer Ponsonby, from College of Arms. ‘I am sure you will be pleased to hear that the memorial you so kindly signed ...’ 17 & 33 lines on 1 & 3 sides respectively of an embossed, folded 8vo sheet, the first together with a stamped envelope. ¶ Two letters from the prolific dramatist James Robinson Planché to the cricketer and civil servant Spencer Ponsonby. Both are dated November 1875, and relate to a request from Ponsonby for assistance. The first, dated 6 November begins: ‘Thanks for you kind note. I certainly should have applied to you had I been aware that the permission came from the Lord Chamberlain’s office; but when I was favour’d with it some five and twenty years ago, it was accorded to me by the Board of Green Cloth ...’ The second thanks Ponsonby for his ‘kind support’ having signed a memorial which was ‘favourably considered and a grant accorded to me of 100 per anno’. 1875 £50 † PRINTS 507. (GRIMALDI, Joseph) HEATH, William. Grimaldis Bang Up in the Popular Pantomime of the Golden Fish. J. Palser. Hand-coloured etching. Plate 25 x 35cm, with large margins. ¶ One of a number of caricatures of Grimaldi by William Heath. Grimaldi, dressed in character as a clown, sits atop a wicker cart pulled by a dog. 9th Jan., 1812 £480 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME

PRINTS, continued MOTHER GOOSE WRITING SHEET 508. HARLEQUIN. Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg. Laurie & Whittle. Unused engraved writing sheet, 10 woodcut illus., on Whatman 1805 paper; a few small tears to sl. brittle margins. Plate 45.5 x 35cm. Such sheets are exceptionally scarce. ¶ An unused writing sheet for children, illustrating scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on boxing day 1806. Running for 92 nights its cast included Joseph Grimaldi as the Harlequin. 1807 £650 509. (HEATH, William?) Mr Grimaldi & Mr Norman in the Epping Hunt from the Popular Pantomime of the Red Dwarf. n.p. Hand-coloured etching; trimmed to plate mark, very sl. loss to upper left corner, at some time tipped into a mount. 24 x 34cm. ¶ Attributed to Heath by the Wellcome. Grimaldi dressed as a clown/jockey rides on the back of a giant sheep following Norman who rides a horse which is too small for him. [c.1811] £380 † 510. REDINGTON, John, pub. Pantaloon. J. Redington. Hand-coloured engraving, laid onto card; closed tear at upper right corner. 22 x 17cm. ¶ The card on which the print is laid down is printed: ‘With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year from’. A toy theatre print of a clown. [c.1860] £50 † 511. REDINGTON, John, pub. Redington’s Favorite Fours. J. Redington. Uncoloured etching. Plate 22.5 x 18cm, wide margins. ¶ Not in the BM; one copy traced at www.toytheatre.net. The characters are: Mr. J Alexander as Harlequin, Mrs. J. Alexander as Columbine, Mr. Morelli as Pantaloon, and Little Huline as Clown. [c.1860] £25 † 512. VESTRIS, Lucia Elizabeth. Madam Vestris, as Morgiana. n.p. Uncoloured engraving. ¶ An uncoloured toy theatre tinsel print of Madam Vestris as Morgiana in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. [c.1850] £30 † _____

PROGRAMMES LONDON See also item 494. ROBINSON CRUSOE 513. Avenue Theatre. (Robinson Crusoe.) At 7.45 Precisely, an entirely new colonial & sub- tropical burlesque pantomime, in three acts and ten tableaux, entitled, Robinson Crusoe. Written by R. Reece & H.B. Farnie. n.p. 4pp 4to programme on yellow paper; sl. creased with numerous small tears to fore-edges. ¶ With Arthur Roberts in the lead role of Robinson Crusoe. Includes back page advertisements for Colonial and Indian Cigarettes, George Beer & Co., &c. [1887] £40 514. Britannia Theatre, . 1892. The Man in the Moon. Gorgeous spectacular pantomime. (Written and invented by J. Addison.) n.p. Illus., ads. Without staples in orig. pink wrappers. v.g. (20pp.) ¶ Not on Copac. Cast, synopsis and portraits, with nursery rhymes and puzzle rhymes at the end. 1892 £60 515. Britannia Theatre, Hoxton. 1896. The Giant & the Dwarf or Hop-o-My- Thumb. (Gorgeous spectacular pantomime. - Written and invented by J. Addison.) Hill, Siffken & Co. Illus., text printed in blue ink, ads. Without staples in orig. beige wrappers. (28pp.) ¶ Not on Copac. Cast, synopsis and portraits by Pingo with a puzzle picture at the end. The cast included members of the Albert & Lupino families. 1896 £50 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME - Programmes

LONDON, continued 516. Britannia Theatre, Hoxton. 1898. King Klondyke: grand pantomime. (Written and invented by J. Addison.) Hill, Siffken & Co. Illus., text printed in orange, ads. Loose in orig. pict. wrappers printed in red & blue. (28pp.) ¶ Not on Copac. Cast, synopsis and character portraits with a puzzle picture at the end. 1898 £60

517. Britannia Theatre, Hoxton. 1900. King Doo-Dah: brilliant comic pantomime. (Written by Charles Wilmott.) Hill, Siffken & Co. Illus., text printed in purple, ads. Stabbed in orig. pict. wrappers printed in red & blue. (28pp.) ¶ Not on Copac. Cast, synopsis and portraits of characters with photograph of a troupe of Imperial Russian Singers and Dancers and an impression of the Flying Ballet. The advertisements include a list of late trains. 1900 £60

518. Drury Lane Theatre. 1929 Souvenir of The Sleeping Beauty, produced by Julian Wylie, Christmas 1929. (Vail & Co.) Illus., printed in blue & brown. Orig. cream wrappers with gilt coat of arms. (40pp.) ¶ BL only. Title from wrapper; comprising The Romance of Drury Lane, What is pantomime? and The Story of “The Sleeping Beauty” illustrated with photographs of the pantomime scenery, one with performers. 1929 £40

519. Lyceum Theatre. 1938. Queen of Hearts. Wightman, Mountain. Illus., ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. wrappers printed in brown; dusted. 16pp. ¶ The anonymous version of the pantomime. [1938] £20

520. Royalty Theatre. (Venus.) Every Evening at 7.50, the new successful comedy, Crutch and Toothpick ... To be followed at 10 O’Clock, by the new and original mythological extavaganza, Venus! By Edward Rose and Augustus Harris. n.p. 4pp 8vo programme, decorative embossed borders, a few pencil annotations to first page; tear to upper margin of first leaf, without loss of text. ¶ First performed in June 1879, a pencil annotation on the front page notes ‘July 1879’. [1879] £20 _____

521. MANCHESTER. Opera House. 1934. The Sleeping Beauty; written by E. Byam and Rex London, produced by Harry Roxbury. (Season 1934-1935.) Wightman, Mountain. Illus., ports, ads. Stabbed in orig. red wrappers. 40pp. ¶ Not on Copac. A long summary of the action illustrated with portraits of the cast and production staff. [1938] £38 DICK WHITTINGTON & HIS CAT IN RAWALPINDI 522. RAWALPINDI. Traffic Institute. Grand Pantomime Dick Whittington & His Cat. By kind permission of Lieut.-Colonel A.P. Drayson, on Monday & Tuesday, January 31st & Febry. 1st. Rawalpindi: Commercial Union Press. 4pp 8vo programme; creased. ¶ Not recorded on Copac or OCLC. A British army production of Dick Whittington and His Cat. [c.1900] £38

523. RICHMOND, Surrey. Richmond Theatre. 1934. Dick Whittington. (Programmme. - The delightful Christmas pantomime.) n.p. Ads, printed in blue. Stabbed. (6pp.) ¶ Not on Copac. 1934 £15 ______522 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME

524. **(RACE, Sydney) FEATHERSTON, Ann, ed. The Journals of Sydney Race 1892- 1900: a provincial view of popular entertainment. FIRST EDITION. (Society for Theatre Research.) Half title, illus. Orig. pictorial card wrappers. [2007] £10 525. **RANGER, Paul. ‘Terror and Pity Reign in Every Breast’: gothic drama in the London patent theatres, 1750-1820. FIRST EDITION. Society for Theatre Research. Illus. Orig. pictorial printed boards. v.g. 1991 £10 526. **RICHARDS, Jeffrey. The Golden Age of Pantomime: slapstick, spectacle and subversion in Victorian England. I. B. Tauris. Illus. Orig. brown cloth. Pictorial d.w. v.g. [2015] £10 527. **ROWELL, George. The Victorian Theatre 1792-1914: a survey. 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press. Half title, plates. Orig. maroon cloth. Pictorial d.w.; spine sl. faded. [1978] £20 528. **SCHOCH, Richard W. Not Shakespeare: bardolatry and burlesque in the nineteenth century. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge University Press. Half title, illus. Orig. black cloth. Pictorial d.w. v.g. [2002] £15 PENNY THEATRES 529. **SHERIDAN, Paul. Penny Theatres of Victorian London. FIRST EDITION. Dennis Dobson. Half title, front., illus. Orig. red cloth. Pictorial d.w., unclipped. Pencil inscription on leading f.e.p.: ‘From Grenville Cook’s Library’. v.g. 1981 £20 SONG PERFORMED AT THEATRE ROYAL NEWCASTLE 530. SLIP SONG. Theatre Royal, Newcastle. The Tipity Wichet. As sung by Mr. Grimaldi, at the Theatre-Royal, Newcastle, with unbound applause ... One of Every Sort. As sung Mr Grimaldi ... Newcastle: printed by William Hall, sold by J. Sykes, bookseller. Single folio slipsong. 32 x 13cm. ¶ Bodleian Ballads online records a near identical slipsong printed by Marshall of Newcastle. [c.1819] £35 † 531. SORRELL, William J. The Amateur’s Hand-Book and Guide to home or drawing room theatricals. How to get them up and how to act ion them. To which is added How to “get up” theatricals in a country house. And a Supplement containing A list of suitable plays, with the number of male and famale characters. Complete list of the modern plays ... by Thomas Hailes Lacy. Samuel French. Stapled as issued without wrappers; staples rusting, sl. dusted. ¶ An early reissue of the 1866 edition listing only Lacy’s plays. Listing only three pantomimes and 21 burlesques &c. Lacy sold out to Samuel French in 1873. [c.1875] £40 PANTOMIME ANNUALS 532. SUNDAY CHRONICLE. The “Sunday Chronicle” Pantomime Annual. 1907-8 (Yorkshire Section.), 1908-9 - 1911-12; 1919-20, 1921-22; 1926-27; 1930-31. 9 issues. Manchester & London: E. Hulton & Co. Illus., ports & caricatures, ads. Stabbed in orig. illus. wrappers, mainly v.g. ¶ BL has 1912-13, Manchester 1913, Oxford 1922-28, Glasgow 1930-31. Portraits of all the leading artists, a few with brief biographies. Later there are brief articles, and in each a Pantomime Directory. 1907-8 edited by Buccaneer, and then until 1926 by Bayard. 1926-27 & 1930-31 published by Allied Newspapers. The price rose to 6d from one penny in 1919. 1907-30 £200 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME - Toy Theatre

TOY THEATRE ANONYMOUS 533. (Aladdin) Pollock’s Characters and Scenes in Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. B. Pollock. (Pollock’s Juvenile Drama.) 8 character plates, 15 plates of scenes, 4 plates of wings, all hand-coloured, together with the 16pp play text. v.g. ¶ A nicely coloured complete set of Pollock’s characters and scenes for Aladdin, or, The Wonderful Lamp. This is dated to after 1876 when Pollock purchased the toy theatre business from his father-in-law John Redington. [c.1880] £300 † REDINGTON & POLLOCK 534. (Baron Munchausen.) Redington’s Scenes & Characters in Baron Munchausen. ... J. Redington & sold by J. Webb. 28 coloured sheets of slightly different sizes. A v.g. set. ¶ A complete 9 character sheets, but with nos. 2,4, 5, 8 & 9 issued by Benjamin Pollock; 13 scenes, nos 3, 5 unnumbered and without imprint & nos. 1 & 9 issued by Benjamin Pollock and no. 10 replaced by Pollock’s Scenes in Don Quixote, no. 2. Of the 4 plates of wings, the third is replaced by Pollock’s Wings, no. 2; the two sheets of tricks are present. An original publication by Redington probably based on the 1839 London Victoria Theatre production. This is an interesting example of a later assemblage, c.1880. [c.1840?] £280 † 535. Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper. A grand operatic tale of enchantment in three acts. ... Adapted only for Pollock’s characters and scenes. B. Pollock. (Pollock’s Juvenile drama.) Orig. grey printed wrappers; marked & sl. chipped. 16pp. ¶ The book of words only. Taken by Pollock from John Redington’s edition and possibly going back to J.K. Green’s edition of 1849. [c.1880] £35 536. The Forty Thieves. A drama. 12 plates of characters, 15 scenes, 6 plates of wings. Total 33. Adapted only for Pollock’s characters and scenes. B. Pollock. (Pollock’s Juvenile Drama.) The word book only, sewn as issued. 16pp. ¶ The abridged play text to accompany Pollock’s toy theatre characters and scenes. [c.1880] £20 537. (The Forty Thieves.) Skelt’s Scenes in The Forty Thieves. M. & M. Skelt. 5 hand-coloured & 2 uncoloured halfpenny sheets; sl. browned with some sm. chips at edges. ¶ Nos. 5, 6, 8 with duplicate uncoloured, 10 uncoloured, 11, 12. [c.1840] £30 † 538. (Harlequin and Old Dame Trot.) Skelt’s Characters and Scenes in Harlequin and Old Dame Trot. M. & M. Skelt. 5 uncoloured halfpenny sheets; sl. browned with some sm. chips at edges. ¶ Title and nos 2 & 7 of 8 character sheets and nos. 4 & 5 of 12 scenes. [1837?] £25 † WATER PAGEANT 539. (The Silver Palace, and the Golden Poppy, a water pageant.) Pollock’s Characters & Scenes in The Silver Palace or The Golden Poppy. B. Pollock. 3 coloured sheets; one sl. dusted. ¶ The title, and scene no. 4 in two copies only. Originally published by J.K. Green, c.1841. [c.1880] £12 † 540. (Whittington & His Cat.) Pollock’s Characters & Scenes in Whittington & His Cat or Harlequin Lord Mayor of London. ... B. Pollock. (Pollock’s Juvenile drama.) Coloured title sheet & book of words only in orange printed wrappers. 16pp. ¶ The book of words adapted only for Pollock’s characters and scenes. Taken by Pollock from John Redington’s edition and possibly going back to J.K. Green’s edition of 1853. [c.1880] £35 _____ 538 BOOKS ABOUT PANTOMIME - Toy Theatre

541. ARDIZZONE, Edward. Mr. Ardizzone Presents His Model Theatre & Pantomime (Cinderella). IN: The Strand. Vol. 114. Issue no.684. December 1947. (George Newnes.) Col. & black & white illus. Orig. col. printed wrappers; split at tail of spine. ¶ The central pages 52-66 contain Ardizzone’s plans for making a toy theatre, complete with a proscenium arch and scenes and characters for Cinderella. No text is provided but there is a plot summary and instructions. Care needs to be taken as some items have general instructions on the back. A note at the end states that if anyone goes wrong a limited number of extra sets are available from the publisher at 1/3 (the same price as the magazine). The front cover reproduces an attractive drawing by Ardizzone of children watching a toy theatre performance. The issue also includes Christmas items, short stories and a caricature of Frederick Ashton the choreographer by Osbert Lancaster. 1947 £40 542. SKELT, G. Skelt’s New Pantomine Characters. No. 1. [St Helier:] G. Skelt. A single uncoloured engraved sheet; sl. rust marks on one edge. ¶ Harlequinade characters. George Speaight says that Skelt worked in St Helier, , c.1910-31 but this might be part of a 1963 reprinted selection of these sheets. [c.1930?] £8 † _____

543. VESTRIS, Lucia Elizabeth. Pencil and Ink Sketch of Madame Vestris as Don Carlos. Pencil & red ink. 26 x 18cm. ¶ An amateur portrait. For other items relating to Madame Vestris, see items 164, 303, 371, 412, 446 & 512. [c.1860?] £40 † 544. **(VESTRIS, Lucia Elizabeth) PEARCE, Charles E. Madame Vestris and Her Times. FIRST EDITION. Stanley Paul & Co. Half title, front. port. & plates. Orig. black cloth, bevelled boards; sl. damp marked & rubbed. Inscription on leading f.e.p.: ‘J.W.A. Lingard from his friend Christopher Bradshaw. November 1923’. [1923] £15 545. **(VESTRIS, Lucia Elizabeth) WILLIAMS, Clifford John. Madame Vestris: a theatrical biography. FIRST EDITION. Sidgwick & Jackson. Half title, front. port., illus. Orig. brown buckram. Pictorial d.w., unclipped. [1973] £15 A BOOK IN SEASON 546. WAGNER, Leopold. The Pantomimes and all about them: their origins, history, preparation and exponents. London & Manchester: John Heywood, &c. Ads including on pastedowns; old fold. Orig. blue printed card wrappers; front board creased. 60pp. ¶ Signed by the Author. With synopses of classic pantomimes. The work was available from his address 36, College Place, Oakley Square, London, N.W. 1881 £25 547. **WILSON, Albert Edward. Edwardian Theatre. FIRST EDITION. Arthur Barker. Half title, front. & plates. Orig. blue cloth; spine faded, library mark at foot. Numerous stamps of the Vic-Wells Association Library, label removed from leading f.e.p. [1951] £10

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1. MAJOR PANTOMIMES 2. OTHER TITLES

ALADDIN 1-19, 127, 385, 389 Abon Hassan 364 400, 406, 461, 533 Acis & Galatea 309 Alcestis 364, 365 ALI-BABA (Forty Thieves) 20-36, 512, 495 Alfred the Great 213 536, 537 Alhamabra 356, 357 Alice in Wonderland 198, 283 BABES IN THE WOOD 37-51, 84, 392, 451 Alice, a Fairy Play 284 463, 476 Amoroso 315 Atalanta 364 BEAUTY & THE BEAST 52-61, 189, 344, 386 Baron Munchausen 300, 534 396, 455, 462, Birds of Aristophanes 339 Bo-Peep (see Little Bo-Peep) BLUEBEARD 62-74, 344, 491 Bride of Abydos 240 Butterfly’s Ball 228 CINDERELLA 75-116, 402, 439, 441 Caliph of Baghdad 216 467, 535, 541 Camaralzaman 222 Canterbury Pilgrims 465 DICK WHITTINGTON 91, 117-135, 387 Captives 456 465, 522, 523, 540 Cherry & Fair Star 275, 434 Chevy Chase 265 JACK & THE BEANSTALK 136-144, 395 Christmas Tale 285 405, 494 Chrystabelle 276 Corsican Brothers 196, 239 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 145-154, 292 Cupid 286 293, 390, 436, 465 Cymbria 312 Cyril’s Success 239, 241 MOTHER GOOSE 155-158, 494, 508 Daniel O’Rourke 262 Deep Deep Sea 344 PUSS IN BOOTS 42, 159-166, 344, 494 Der Freischutz 239, 303 Devil’s Violin 426 QUEEN OF HEARTS 167-171, 519 Dragon of Wantley 258 Drama at Home 316 ROBINSON CRUSOE 172-178, 428, 429 Dublin Destroyed! 360 476, 501, 513 Elbow-Shakers! 260 Electra 457 SLEEPING BEAUTY 179-190, 344, 518, 521 Elfin Freak 201 Enchanted Island 278 Enchanters 202 Esmeralda 242, 358 Faint Heart 317 Fair Gabrielle 318 Fair One with the Golden Locks 304, 319, 320 Fair Rosamond 229 Falls of Clyde 401 Faust & Marguerite 230 Field of the Cloth of Gold 422 Fortunio 321, 344 Fountain of Zea 425 Fra Diavolo 243, 416 Froggee Would a Wooing Go 215 Ganem 364, 366 Giovanni in Ireland 448 Giovanni in London 303, 447 Golden Branch 322, 323 Goody Two Shoes 362, 363, 460 Graciosa & Percinet 324, 325 Green-Eyed Monster 326 La Tarantula 364, 373 Guardians 297 La! Sonnambula! 239, 245 Gulliver’s Travels 203, 313, 430 Lady Godiva 361 Harlequin & Asmodeus 266 Lady of Lyons 246, 392 Harlequin & Cock Robin 203a, 437, 438, 451 Lalla Rookh 217 Harlequin & Friar Bacon 432 Leo the Terrible 261, 364 Harlequin & Humpty Dumpty 281, 453 Little Bo-Peep 209, 288, 292, 293, 377 Harlequin & Mother Bunch 204, 391, 433, 455 Little Boy Blue 295 Harlequin & Mother Goose 155, 508 Little Don Giovanni 239 Harlequin & Poor Robin 277 Little Miss Muffet 296 Harlequin & the Flying Chest 205, 449 Little Mouse 408 Harlequin & the House that Jack Built 210 Loan of a Lover 328 Harlequin & the Merrie Devil 444 Lord Bateman 239 Harlequin & the Ogress 179 Lord Mayor’s Day 307 Harlequin Alfred the Great 459 Love & Magic 208 Harlequin Captive 299 Lucia di Lammermoor 239 Harlequin Doctor Faustus 375 Lucretia Borgia 239 Harlequin Green Beetle 298 Macbeth Travestie 305, 367, 368 Harlequin Gulliver 430 Macbeth, Somewhat Removed 364 Harlequin Guy Fawkes 443 Mammon & Gammon 364 Harlequin Happy Humbug 206 Man in the Moon 450, 514 Harlequin Hoax 267 Mandarin’s Daughter! 364 Harlequin Horner 445 Masaniello 214 Harlequin House that Jack Built 391 Mason of Buda 329 Harlequin Humpty Dumpty 415 Mazeppa! 247 Harlequin Little Boy Blue 209 Melodrame Mad! 272 Harlequin Little Jack Horner 394 Meltonians 452 Harlequin Munchausen 207, 431 Merchant of Venice Travestie 369-371, 404 Harlequin Pedlar 268 Metamora 225 Harlequin Spitz Spitze 411 Military Billy Taylor 233 Harlequin Templar 398 Miller & His Men 364, 372 Harlequin Tom, Tom 288 Miss Eily O’Connor 248, 249 Harlequin Valentine & Orson 397 Miss Maritana 306 Harlequin’s Almanack 269 My Lord & My Lady 330 Harlequin’s Magnet 270 Not Such a Fool 250 Harlequin’s Tour 271 Number One A 364 Harlequin’s Vision 388 O Gemini! 196 Hedcate’s Cave 464 Oberon 302, 331, 332 High, Low, Jack 345 Obi 279 Hop o’ My Thumb 287, 292, 293, 515 Old King Cole 308, 383 House that Jack Built 277, 379 Olympic Devils 344 Household Fairy 364 Olympic Games 234 Humpty Dumpty 273, 304, 384, 391 Olympic Revels 344 415, 453 Othello Travestie 274 Hundred Thousand Pounds 239 Our Boys 252 Invisible Prince 393 Pandora’s Box 239 Ivanhoe 223 Paphian Bower 344 Ixion 231 Paris 420, 421 Jack & Jill 378 Partners for Life 253 Jack the Giant Killer 138, 140, 142, 143, 395 Perdita 218 Kenilworth 2914, 417 Perouse 280 King Charming 327, 412, 413 Perseus & Andromeda 219, 344 King Doo-Dah 517 Peter Wilkins 424, 440 King Frolic 314 Philosopher’s Stone 374 King Humming-Top 211 Pluto & Proserpine 364 King John 191 Po-ca-hon-tas 226 King Klondyke 516 Pretty Bo-Peep 377 King of the Merrows 232 Prince of Happy Land 333, 334, 414 King Richard ye Third 354 Princess Spring-Time 254 King Thrushbeard! 364 Princesses in the Tower 364 King Zany’s Daughter 310 Printer’s Devil 335 Pygmalion 220 Sylphide 221 Queen Dodo 409 Tam o’Shanter 399, 407 Queen Mab 403, 404 Taming a Tartar 355 Queen of the May 259 Telemachus 344, 346 Riquet with the Tuft 344 Tell! 364 Rienzi Reinstated 200 The Grin Bushes! 244 Romeo & Juliet Travesty 289 The Old Story! 251 Robin Hood 40, 41, 45, 49, 50 Theseus & Ariadne 341 212, 235, 445, 454 Thetis & Peleus 290 Rodolph the Wolf 153 Thirty Thousand 264 Romantic Idea 336, 337 Three Graces 194 Romulus & Remus 263 Timour the Tartar 195, 311 Roof Scrambler 192 Tit for Tat 389, 364 Rose & the Ring 301 Two Figaros 342 Rule of Three 364 Valentine & Orson 458, 494 Rumplestiltskin 236 Vampire 343 Sadak & Kalastrade 427 Venus 520 Sensation Dramas 239 Virginius 227, 353 Seven Champions 340 Volunteer Review 376, 415 Shylock 364, 370, 371 War to the Knife 239, 255 Sinbad (the Sailor) 282, 294, 380 Weak Woman 256 Shakespeare v. Harlequin 446 White Cat 344, 381, 382 Snowdrop 237, 283 Will of King Kino 199 Somebody Else 328, 338, 393 William Tell 239, 257, 418, 419, Son of the Sun 193 455 Sphinx 224 Windsor Castle 238 St. George & the Dragon 197, 361, 423 Zig-Zag the Crooked 410

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A’Beckett, G.A. 1, 20-22, 191-197 Dowling, M.G. 274 423-424, 465 Duncan, J.C. 70 Adams, M.L. 2, 75, 117, 136, 198 East, J.M. 148 Albery, J. 199 Egerton, L. 44, 149 Allan, A.W. 200 Eland, P. 12 Andrews, L. 37, 55, 156, 175 Ellis, G. 275 Ardizzone, E. 541 Falconer, E. 276 Arnold, H.T. 209 Farley, C. 4, 38, 145, 177, 179 Ayrton, F. 40 201, 204, 207, 266, 268 Bantock, L. 25, 137, 168, 169, 172 270, 277, 279, 431, 433 173, 183 440, 441 Barrett, O. 5, 16, 17, 28, 82, 85 Fawcett, J. 278-280, 439 97, 98, 111, 119, 125 Fitzball, E. 281 Bayley, F.W.N. 62 Frankland, H. 282 Bisgood, J.J. 41 Freiligrath-Kroeker, K. 283, 284 Blanchard, E.L. 5, 6, 26, 42, 85, 119 Garrick, D. 285 120, 160, 210-212, 455 Goodyer, F.R. 92 466, 473, 474, 482 Gordon, B. 102 Blood, J.J. 170, 387 Graves, J. 286 Bovill, C.H. 186 Green, F.W. 13, 139, 140, 287 Bowyer, F. 27, 121, 409 Greenwood, T.L. 6, 209, 288 Bridgeman, J.V. 63 Hale, W.P. 290 Brooks, S. 311 Hall, F. 170 Brough, R.B. 213, 214, 222-224 Halliday, A. 291 Brough, W. 215-224, 416, 422 Hamilton, H. 122 Brougham, J. 225, 226 Hazlewood, C.H. 294 Buckingham, L.S. 146, 227 Hewson, J.J. 90, 141, 295, 296, 383 Buckstone, J.B. 228 Horncastle, G. 101 Bulwer Lytton, E. 246 Ixion 297 Burnand, F.C. 64, 86, 229-238, 420, 477 Johnstone, J.B. 298 Byron, H.J. 65, 87, 138, 161, 239-257 Jones, W. 292, 293 364, 372, 385, 418, 419 Keating, E. 93, 150, 391 478-482 Kenchington, F. 123 Byron, Lord G.G. 240, 247 Kenney, C.L. 109, 132, 359, 478 Carey, H. 258 Lacy, M.R. 94 Carpenter, E. 147 Lawrance, F. 291 Cartwright, C. 259 Lee, N. 95 Cohen, N. 29, 103-105, 130, 131, 156. 175 Leigh, H.S. 96 Collins, A. 48, 73, 74, 86, 135, 165 Lemon, H. 124 166, 185, 186, 189, 380-382 Lemon, M. 22, 196, 197, 423, 424 Colman, G. 34, 35, 66-69, 201 Lennard, H. 16, 17, 28, 97, 98, 125 Connolley, G. 174 Linley, W. 299 Cooper, F.F. 260 Locke, F. 126 Cooper, R. 88 Lonsdale, M. 300 Coote, R. 42 Lowe, L.C. 301 Corner, J. 43, 53, 95 Macfarren, G. 302 Coyne, J.S. 261, 364, 425, 457 Marshall, H. 102, 171 Croker, T.C. 262, 263 Maurice, N.C. 29, 103-105, 130, 131 Cruikshank, G. 89, 351, 465 156, 175 Cruikshank, R. 4, 69, 153, 315, 326, 329 Maxwell-Stewart, F.V. 19, 190 Daly, B. 148 McArdle, J.F. 45, 99, 100, 127, 142 Dance, C. 164, 344-346 143, 151, 163 Davidson, G. 149 McGlennon (publisher) 54, 101, 128, 129, 144 Dean & Son (publisher) 43, 53, 95, 162 152, 184, 502 Dibdin, C.I.M. 264, 446 Melville, F. 23, 25, 46, 55, 56, 80 Dibdin, T.J. 155, 265-272, 508 103-105, 130, 137, 159, 168 Dix, F.J. 11, 90, 165, 166, 273 169, 172, 173, 182, 183 Dorrill, S. 91 Melville, W. 55, 56 Millward, C. 30, 71, 386 Skelt M.&. M. 537, 538, 542 Moncrieff, W.T. 303 Smith, A.R. 14, 109, 132, 356-359, 373 Monro, E.S. 31 Smyth, W. 360 Nicholls, H. 176, 304 Sprange, W.E. 121 Northall, W.K. 305 Spry, H. 15, 361, 410, 411 Nugent, G. 306 Stanley, A. 362, 363 O’Keeffe, J. 307 Sturgess, A. 16, 17, 48, 135 Oldham, R.C. 308, 384 Talfourd, F. 261, 290, 364-373 Oxberry, W.H. 309, 310 Taylor, T. 109, 132, 359, 374 Oxenford, J. 311 Thackeray, W.M. 301 Parker, L.N. 106 Thomas, B.A. 102, 157 Paulton, H. 312, 313 Thompson, A. 18 Pettitt, H. 314 Thorn, G. (pseud.) 32, 33, 49, 97, 110-113 Pinnock, H.B. 362, 363 133, 134 Planche, J.F. 57-60, 153, 164, 215-346, 385 Thurmond, J. 375 393, 413, 426, 482, 505, 506 Tully, J.H. 72 Pollock, B. (publisher) 533-536, 539, 540 Wade, W. 50 Raleigh, C. 122 Walton, W. 187, 188 Ramsey, B.M. 107 Ward, C. 34, 35 Rice, C. 47, 108 Webb, C. 114 Risque, W.H. 154 Whitbread, J.W. 306 Samuel, K.O. 178 Williams, T.J. 376, 415 Scott, Sir, W. 223, 291, 417, 431 Wolfe, J.H. 115, 377 Selby, C. 354, 355 Wood, J.H. 36, 51, 73, 74, 86, 116 Shakespeare, W. 191, 218, 289, 305, 347, 135, 154, 158, 189, 190 354, 360, 364, 367-371 378-384 446, 464, 528 Wylie, J. 190, 518 Sims, G.R. 165, 166, 185, 186 Wylie, L. 19

352 THEATRE INDEX

I Provincial II London

Birmingham 3, 13, 19, 30, 51 Adelphi, Theatre Royal 197, 262, 355 71, 88, 102, 119, 122 423-426 141, 157, 170, 171, 203 Britannia Theatre 409, 494, 514-517 296, 313, 378, 385-387 Brixton 46, 103 Bradford 12, 476 Covent Garden, Theatre Royal 47, 57, 58 Brighton 388-396 60, 63, 94, 108, 139, 145 Bristol 33, 50, 133, 158, 384 177, 179, 201, 204, 266 397, 398 268-271, 277, 280, 307 Cardiff 41, 121 331, 332, 427-444, 501 Edinburgh 98, 165, 166, 188, 190 Crystal Palace 21, 28, 124, 209 379, 399 Drury Lane, Theatre Royal 5, 16, 26, 34 Glasgow 10, 36 35, 61, 66, 73, 74, 81, 85 Great Yarmouth 6 86, 119, 120, 122, 135, 160 Havant 402 165, 176, 185, 186, 189 Huddersfield 403, 404 202, 205, 208, 210-212 Hull 405, 406 281, 285, 292, 299, 304 Leeds 115, 308, 377, 476 321, 348, 380, 381 Liverpool 45, 99, 100, 126, 127 445-455, 466, 494, 518 142, 143, 151, 163, 274 Hammersmith 148 383, 419 Islington 32, 33, 49, 110, 116 Manchester 48, 82, 154, 215, 298 133, 134 495, 521 Lambeth, Bower Salon 408 Nottingham 11, 24, 90, 92, 273, 295 Lyceum 14, 22, 25, 29, 37, 55 Portsmouth 362, 363 56, 59, 80, 97, 103, 105 Reading 282 109, 130-132, 137, 147 Richmond, Surrey 523 156, 159, 167-169, 172 Scarborough 461 173, 175, 182, 183, 322 South Shields 462 327, 333, 336, 339, 340 Southampton 463 359, 393, 412-415, 519 Peckham 27, 112, 113 Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave 104 Whitechapel 294

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