'Lizzie Storie, the brave lass o' Haltwistle', by S. Davis.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 April 1868 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Three-pence postage stamp on folio 91v. Nicoll lists the play with 'Haltwistle' amended to 'Haltwhistle'.
Drama in one act. Licence sent 13 June 1868 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown while MS notes the author as Henry Forrester.
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 June 1868 for performance at the Queen's. MS in two hands. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. P. Simpson. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 81).
Described as 'a piece of extravagance in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at the Queen's. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 82).
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at Drury Lane. MS contains several corrections and deletions in pencil. The date of intended performance is noted as 2 November 1868 on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to S...
Robinson Crusoe, or, Friday and the Fairies!, by H. J. Byron.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1868 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by J. Miles and Co., Wardour Street, Oxford Street. (n.d.). Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2.
'Mercy Dodd, or, Presumptive evidence', by D. Boucicault.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 May 1869 for performance at the Princess's. Mostly printed (n.d.). A letter from '[illegible]. B. Bennett' to W. B. Donne, dated 7 May 1869, gives the title of the play and the name of the author and notes the date of intended performance as Monday 10 May on foli...
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 August 1869 for performance at the Adelphi. Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to J. P. Simpson is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on ...