'A sister's wrongs, or, The dark hour before dawn', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 September 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 September 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: crime, police, eighteenth-century settings, sport, pubs and inns, aristocracy, literatur...
'Harlequin and the ratcatcher's daughter, or, Lily Vite Land and his laughing donkey, or, Old Father Thames of Tiddy Bells Alley and the fairy of the Ruby and Emerald Lane', pantomime by W. Seaman. Licence sent 17 December 1855 for performance at the Bower Saloon 17 December 1855. Nicoll list...
‘Urgent private affairs’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 7 January 1856. Request for licence written and signed B. Webster. Keywords: doctors and medicine, military, Ratcatcher’s Daughter, working class characters. ff. 32. London...
‘The married flirt, or, A conjugal lesson’ (‘Stay at home’), comedy in two acts by Henry Danvers. Licence sent 31 January 1856 for performance at the Olympic 3 July 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. For another version, see Add. 52960 A. Publis...
‘A fascinating individual, or, Too agreeable by half’, farce in one act by Henry Danvers. Licence sent 16 April 1856 for performance at the Olympic 9 June 1856. Letter signed by ‘Mr. J. Linden for Mr. A. Wigan’ bound into MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 394. Keywords: industrialisatio...
‘Muleteer of Toledo’, comedietta in one act. Licence sent 6 May 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 12 May 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, responsible manager and proprietor. Songs included in MS. See also another version as Add. 52953 P. Keywords: Spanish characters, Spain, peasant...
‘Jones, the avenger’, farce in one act by F. Talfourd. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Olympic 24 November 1856. Keywords: servants, science and technology, illness, orphans, letters, family relationships. ff. 20. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Olympic Theatre:...
‘The elves, or, The statue bride’, ballet extravaganza in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Songs included in MS. Final scene written on a different type of paper to the rest of th...
‘Frolics in France’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 19 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 19 November 1856. Cover has illegible signature, as the author, and ‘copyright of Edwin Bryer, Strand Theatre’. Keywords: servants, theatre, French influence, disguise. ff. 23. London. Se...
‘Blind man’s bluff, or, The man who would see and couldn’t’, comedy in one act. Licence sent 27 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Listed neither in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 nor Nicoll. Keywords: gardens, seaside settings, science...