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... after the work was first published.) Title Genre Theatre Date Uncle Baby One-Act Comedietta Lyceum Theatre 1863-10-31 Ruy Blas Burlesque unperformed N/A Hush-a-Bye, Baby, on the Tree Top or, Harlequin ... Burlesque Haymarket 1867-07-06 Allow Me To Explain One-Act Farce Prince of Wales's Theatre 1867-11-04 Highly Improbable One-Act Farce Royalty Theatre 1867-12-05 A Colossal Idea One-Act Farce ... The Princess Blank-Verse Parody Olympic Theatre 1870-01-08 The Gentleman in Black Two-Act Musical Play (Frederic Clay) Charing Cross 1870-05-26 Our Island Home One-Act Musical Entertainment (T ...
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