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Faust up to Date is an 1888 London musical burlesque by G. R. Sims and Henry Pettitt, with Meyer Lutz music, spoofing Gounod's Faust.
Little Jack Sheppard is an 1885 London burlesque melodrama by Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley, lampooning plays about thief Jack Sheppard.
Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué is an 1889 London burlesque by Fred Leslie and Herbert F. Clark, known for a 289-performance Gaiety run.
"Robert the Devil, or The Nun, the Dun, and the Son of a Gun" is an 1868 Victorian burlesque by W. S. Gilbert that parodies the opera and medieval legends of Duke Robert of Normandy.
Carmen up to Data is an 1890 Gaiety Theatre musical burlesque by G. R. Sims and Henry Pettitt, with Meyer Lutz music, spoofing Bizet's Carmen.
"Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim" is an 1887 theatrical burlesque that uniquely combines Mary Shelley's monster mythology with popular Victorian vampire tropes.
"Cinder Ellen up too Late" is a Victorian musical burlesque that offers a comical, fast-paced, and slightly risqué parody of the traditional Cinderella fairy tale.
"Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed" is a Victorian burlesque that inverts the classic myth of Pygmalion, humorously subverting the era's traditional gender and sculptural tropes.
"Blue Beard" is a classic fairy tale frequently adapted into British Christmas pantomimes and theatrical burlesques throughout the Victorian era.
"Miss Esmeralda" is a 19th-century stage burlesque that comically adapts the tragic story of the fictional gypsy character Esmeralda from Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback.
"The Bohemian G-yurl and the Unapproachable Pole" is an 1867 Victorian burlesque by W. S. Gilbert that comically parodies Michael Balfe's 1843 opera, The Bohemian Girl.
