‘The Borgia ring’, drama in two acts by A. R. Slous. Licence sent 5 January 1859 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover signed Benjamin Webster. Eighteenth century settings, Salisbury, wills, inheritance, orphans, family relationships, treason, Jacobites, balls, lower-class characters, b...
‘A dream and a reality, or, The jewel casket’, drama in three acts by Henry Shield. Licence sent 31 January 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Contains numerous cuts and amendments in pencil and ink. Keywords: wards, courtship, servants, debt, Irish characters, dr...
‘Man's evil spirit’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 February 1859 for performance at the Queens. Final page signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Contains unusually detailed stage directions. Keywords: stagecraft, lawyers,...
‘The world and the stage’, comedy in three acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 11 March 1859 to be performed 12 March 1859 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words ‘Oh Lord’ and all other oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, n...
‘Orphan of the mine’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 11 April 1859 for performance at the Queens. Signed W. E. Suter. Extensive stage directions underlined. Keywords: natural phenomena, exile, treason, royalty, Russia, Poland, duelling, inns, military, family relationships,...
‘Archy Moore, or, The rat of the hold’, drama in three acts by H. Young. Licence sent 2 May 1859 for performance at the Victoria Theatre on 9 May 1859. Signed Isaac Cohen. Based on ‘The slave, or, Memoirs of Archy Moore’, first published by J. H. Eastburn, Boston, 1836. Keywords: Suriname,...
‘Under a cloud’, drama in two acts with prologue, by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 9 May 1859 for performance at the Effingham. MS in more than one hand. Actors’ names added in pencil to the list of dramatis personae. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a biblical reference...
‘The talking fish’, sketch in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 25 May 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Alteration of the licensed farce ‘Catching a mermaid’, (Olympic, 20 October 1855). LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the exclamation ‘Oh, Lord’, be ...
‘Never judge by appearances’, a drawing room opera in one act by Henri Drayton, music composed by E. J. Loder. Licence sent 8 July 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Contains words to songs. Keywords: music, marital relationships, divorce, concealed identity, letters. ff. 24. Henri Dray...
‘Third class and first class, or, The career of a widow’s son’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 28 July 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords railways, pedlars, celebrations, sailors, poison, class contrast, madness, sea settings, Japan, boats, disguise, volcanoes, gam...