‘The foundlings’, comic drama in five acts by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 15 June 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 16 June 1852. Request for licence written on title-page is unsigned, but in a hand that appears to be Benjamin Webster’s. Keywords: orphans, illegitimacy, ...
‘The chameleon, or, The art of pleasing’, comic drama in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 1 July 1852 for performance at Sadler’s Wells 3 July 1852. Text written in more than one hand. Red ink is used on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a few words and...
‘The mysterious lady’ (‘Wealth makes the man’), altered from ‘The Fitzapes’, drama in two acts by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 16 October 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 18 October 1852. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 8, no. 465. Keywords: English characters, Antwerp, Flanders, English Civil Wa...
'Don Roderick, or, The outlaws of Braganza’, drama in three acts by ‘Hugo Vamp’ (i.e. J. R. O'Neill). Licence sent 22 October 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 25 October 1852. J. R. O'Neill listed as lessee and manager. Keywords: Portugal, festivals and celebration, crime, aristocracy,...
'Harlequin Uncle Tom, or, Brittania the pride of the ocean and guardian genius of the slave', pantomime by Frederic Neale. Licence sent 23 December 1852 for performance at the Effingham Saloon 27 December 1852. Request for licence, signed by Edmund Green, manager, mentions that the play will ...
‘A deed without a name’, farce in one act by Robert Soutar, Jr. Licence sent 5 February 1853 for performance at the Olympic 7 February 1853. Signed by W. Farren. Actors’ names included with dramatis personae. Revisions throughout. Songs included in MS. Keywords: animals, servants, age and...
'The devil in six, or, A lucifer match', drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 October 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 October 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane. Songs included in MS. Keywords: aristocracy, servants, the supernatural, cross dressing, impersonation, disguise. ff. 24. ...