'Moonlight Jack, or, The king of the road', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 June 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Travers, although with the date cited as 1866.
'Break but not bend, or, Phantom honour', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 September 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. An alternative title, 'The bitter burden' has been crossed through. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dra...
'Captain Gerald, or, False and fair', by J. B. Howe.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 November 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. B. Howe is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Agamemnon and Cassandra, or, The Prophet of Loss and Troy', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Classical burlesque. Licence sent 11 April 1868 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool. Dramatis personae on folio 2 together with the names of the actors.
'Lady Anne's Well, or, The warning spirit', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 July 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Travers.
'The headless horseman, or, The ride of death', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 November 1868 for performance at the Britannia. The name S. Lane [Samuel Lane] noted below the details of the theatre on folio 1.
A Breach of Promise, adapted from the French by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Extravagant farce in two acts. Licence sent 7 April 1869 for performance at the Globe. Printed (n.d.). The names of the actors added by hand against the characters they are playing on folio 1.
'The Corsican bothers, or, The troublesome twins', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 13 May 1869 for performance at the Globe. The date of intended performance noted as 17 May 1869 on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play with the title 'The Corsican brothers'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 88).
'Gratitude, or, Life's battle for gold', by W. H. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 9 June 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio1. The attribution of the play to W. H. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.