| Ref No | DDP/LIB/ALA/11 |
| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Title | London Theatres |
| Date | 5th August 1844-1906 |
| Extent | 17 libretti |
| Description | Libretti for the following performances: 'Aladdin and the wonderful lamp; or, new lamps for old ones' (5th August 1844) at the Lyceum Theatre ; 'Aladdin II.; or, an old lamp in a new light, and original opera-bouffe' by Alfred Thompson, the music by M. Herve (December 1870) at the Gaiety Theatre ; 'Aladdin. A grand pantomimic ballet spectacle' adapted by John Hollingshead (Easter Holidays, 1871) at the Crystal Palace ; 'Ali Baba! À la mode!' by R. Reece (first produced 14th September 1872) at the Gaiety Theatre ; 'Aladdin and the wonderful lamp, or, Harlequin and the forty thieves and the flying horses of Lambeth' by H. Spry (1874-1875) at Sanger's National Amphitheatre, late Astley's ; 'Sinbad the sailor; or, Harlequin and the fairies of the diamond valley' by the Brothers Grinn [sic], produced by Charles Wyndham (1876-1877) at the Crystal Palace ; 'Aladdin. A Christmas pantomime' by the Brothers Grinn [sic], produced by Oscar Barrett and W. R. Osman (1880) at the Crystal Palace ; 'Sinbad the sailor, or, Harlequin old man of the sea' by Frank W. Green (26th December 1883) at the Pavilion Theatre ; 'Sinbad the sailor' by J. T. Denny (1885-1886) at the Marylebone Theatre ; 2 copies of 'Aladdin, and the wonderful lamp; or, the willow pattern plate and the flying Crystal Palace' by Horace Lennard, produced by Oscar Barrett (1889-1890) at the Crystal Palace ; 'Aladdin! Or, the good fairy, the bold, bad magician and the wonderful lamp' by Malcolm Lisle (1896-1897) at the Royal West London Theatre ; 'Aladdin' devised and arranged by Peter Davey, the libretto and concerted pieces written by Fred Flexmore, with additional lyrics by George Manchester Cohen and Ashton Shere (26th December 1898-1899) at the Royal County Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames ; 'The grand Christmas pantomime, Sinbad the sailor' by Newman Maurice (1905-1906) at the Grand Theatre, Islington ; 'The pantomime Aladdin' by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carpenter (23rd December 1909) at the Lyceum Theatre ; 'Aladdin up-to-date, or, Harlequin silver and gold, and new lamps for old' by Geoffrey Thorn (undated) at the Grand Theatre ; 'Aladdin and the wonderful lamp; or, new lamps for old ones' (undated) at the Lyceum Theatre. |
| Arrangement | Playbills have been arranged chronologically. |
| Related Organisation | Lyceum Theatre |
| Gaiety Theatre |
| Crystal Palace, Sydenham |
| Sanger's National Amphitheatre, late Astley's |
| Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel Road |
| Royal West London Theatre, Church Street, Edgware Road |
| Royal County Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames |
| Grand Theatre, Islington |
| Related Place | Kingston-Upon-Thames |
| London |
| Category | Libretti |
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| Level | Series |