'Hamet and Zelena, or, Stratagem for stratagem', a seri-comic opera in two acts. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal Dublin the same day. Signed Signor Lanza, 31 Great George Street, Euston Square. Songs included in MS. Keywords: slavery and abolition, Muslims ...
'A dramatic legend', in a prelude and three acts. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Olympic the same day. Revisions and diagrams throughout. Songs and music included in MS. Keywords: German influence, the supernatural, pubs and inns, musicians, drinking and drunkenness, art...
'The plague of the family', comedy in three acts adapted from the French by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 31 January 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 6 February 1854. Signed by R. Conquest. Listed in Nicoll under the heading ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: French influence, military, pub...
'The carpet bag and sketch book,' lecture. Not listed in either LCO Day Book (Add. 53073) or Nicoll. Keywords: science and technology, education, theatre, trains and rail travel, London. ff. 25. Anon, writer of plays: 'The carpet bag and sketch book', lecture: c1854.
'Ranelagh', comic drama in two acts by J. P. Simpson and Cecil Wray. Licence sent 4 February 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 9 February 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 13, no. 192. Keywords: elopement, family re...
'Lynch law, or, The warden of Galway', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 February 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records that 'The manager is requested to take notice that no representation of an execution—sho...
'A good run for it', farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 11 February 1854 for performance at Sadlers Wells 13 February 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted as well as one other phrase. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 14, no. 198. Keyw...
'No Irish need apply', ‘petit’ comedy in two acts. Licence sent 13 February 1854 for performance at the Strand 20 February 1854. Request for licence written and signed by W. Allcroft. Keywords: Irish characters, London, poverty, servants, fashion, Ireland. ff. 40. Anon, writer of plays: 'N...
'The woodman's horse, or, The false knight', a grand equestrian spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 15 February 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 20 February 1854. Signed by Wm. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Keywords: illness, castles, mourning, hunting, arist...