| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Description | Libretti for the following performances: ‘Harlequin Hoax; or, a pantomime proposed: a comic extravaganza’ by Thomas Dibdin (1814) at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum ; ‘Paul Pry on horseback or, Harlequin and the magic horse shoe! A grand comic equestrian pantomime’ by C. A. Somerset (1856-1857) at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre ; ‘Undine; or, Harlequin and the spirit of the waters. A grand comic Christmas pantomime’ founded on the German legend by the Baron de la Motte Fouqué (27th December 1858) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket ; ‘Little Miss Muffet and Little Boy Blue; or, Harlequin and Old Daddy Long-legs! A new fairy Christmas pantomime’ by Mr. Buckstone and Mr. Buckstone, jun. (26th December 1861) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket ; ‘Johnny Gilpin’s ride or Harlequin and the black witch of Edmonton!’ (26th December 1861) at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre ; ‘Riquet with the tuft; or, Harlequin and old Mother Shipton’ by E. L. Blanchard (1862-1863) at the Princess’s Theatre ; ‘Harlequin Little Tom Tucker; or the fine lady of Banbury Cross, and the old woman who lived in a shoe’ by the Brothers Grinn [sic] (1863-1864) at the Princess’s Theatre ; ‘Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man; or, Harlequin Bah, Bah, Black Sheep! A grand Christmas pantomime’ (26th December 1865) at the New Standard Theatre ; ‘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’ (1865-1866) at Astley’s ; ‘The birth of beauty! Or, Harlequin William the Conqueror, and the pretty white horse with the golden hoof’ by W. M. Akhurst (1872-1873) at Sanger’s Grand National Amphitheatre, late Astley’s ; ‘Harlequin the yellow dwarf or the king of the gold mines’ by the Bros. Grinn [sic] (1875-1876) at Alexandra Palace ; ‘Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry; or, Harlequin St. George and the dragon of India’ by H. Spry (1875-1876) at Sanger’s National Amphitheatre, late Astley’s ; ‘St. George and the dragon; or, Harlequin the seven champions of Christendom’ by the Brothers Grinn [sic] (1877-1878) at Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill ; ‘A frog he would a-wooing go or, Harlequin Sleeping Beauty and the wicked demons of the mystic pool’ produced by J. A. Cave (1877-1878) at the Royal Aquarium ; ‘Harlequin St. George and the dragon or, the beauty and the beast’ by H. Spry (1880-1881) at Sanger’s National Amphitheatre, late Astley’s ; ‘A frog he would a wooing go; or, Harlequin Sleeping Beauty, and the demon of the mystic pool’ by Frank Hall (1884) at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, New Kent Road ; ‘Old Dame Trot or, Harlequin Godiva and Peeping Tom, St. George and the seven champions of Christendom’ by Oswald Allan 91884-1885) at Sanger’s Grand National Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road ; ‘Jack in the box or, Harlequin Little Bo Peep who lost her sheep, and the pretty fairies who found them’ by Frank Green, re-written by Frank Hall (24th December 1886) at the Elephant and Castle Theatre ; ‘Plum-Pudding pantomime; or, Harlequin and the British lion’ by Horace Mayhew (undated) at the Theatre Royal Olympic ; ‘Harlequin and Friar Bacon; or great grim John of Gaunt, and the enchanted lance of Robin Goodfellow’ by Francesco Frost (undated) at an unknown London theatre. |
| Astley's Royal Amphitheatre |
| Sanger's Grand National Amphitheatre, late Astley's |
| Elephant and Castle Theatre |