'A case of conscience', farce in one act. Licence sent 18 July 1857 for performance at the Princess’s 16 November 1857. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in red. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, mur...
'The honour of the house, or, Ppride and passion', drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 18 August 1857. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: aristocracy, sport, servants, duelling, festival and celebration. ff. 16. Hoxton; Middle...
'A lucky hit', comic drama in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 1 February 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 1 February 1858. This text appears to be the author's second version of the same play. Keywords: French influence, aristocracy, Spain, duelling, flirtation....
'Dying for love', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 24 May 1858 for performance at the Princess's. Nicoll cites 28 June 1858 as the date of production. Published in Lacy's, vol. 36, no. 536. Keywords: doctors and medicine, food and dining, travel, illness. ff. 17. John Maddis...
'A tenant for life', farce in one act by W. Phelps. Licence sent 26 October 1858 for performance at Sadlers Wells 30 October 1858. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Keywords: bachelors, servants, lodgers, eviction, lawyers, widows, courtship, engagement, letters, popular mus...
‘Carlo Leoni, or, The Irish boy and the gipsy girl’ (altered from 'Carlo Leoni, or, The children of the stars’), drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 7 March 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Original title crossed out and amended in ink. Keywords: Italian settings, Spani...
Prison and palace, comic drama in two acts by J. Palgrave Simpson. Licence sent 5 August 1859 for performance at the Canterbury. Printed for private circulation in an edition of Lacy’s. Back cover signed Hon. S.(?) Ponsonby. First performed at Thurloe Place West, Brompton, February, 1853. ...
‘The magic toys’, ballet farce in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 28 September 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed J. Oxenford on front cover. ‘Miss L. Thompson’ pencilled next to list of dramatis personae. Set design inside front cover in ink. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42...
'Sisterly service', comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 8 February 1860 for performance at the Strand. MS written in more than one hand; see note 'H. Chater scripsit' on f. . LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol...
'I will if you will', farce in one act by James Bruton. Licence sent 13 February 1860 for performance at the St James's. Described on the front cover as 'A broad farce in one act and one scene'. Keywords: tailors, burglars, bachelors, rural police, spinsters, wards, cross-dressing, inheritan...