‘One touch of nature’, drama in one act by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 5 August 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Nicoll cites an unverified Lacy’s edition. Keywords: servants, female actors, drama production, copyists, courtship, fathers. ff. 13. Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor, th...
‘Love and fortune’, dramatic tableau in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 20 September 1859 for performance at the Princess’s on 24 September 1859. Inside cover signed Augustus Harris. Contains words for songs and some pencilled-in stage directions. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 62...
‘Virginius, or, The trials of a fond father’, burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 28 September 1859 for performance at the St. James’s on 1 October 1859. Copied in more than one hand. Contains words for songs. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 627. Keywords: classical ci...
‘Garibaldi’, a historical drama in four acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 10 October 1859 for performance at Astley’s. Contains detailed descriptions of stagecraft. Back cover to Act One contains reference to elephants written in ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a nu...
‘Victorine’, opera in three acts by Edmund Falconer, music by A. Mellon. Licence sent 14 December 1859 for performance at Covent Garden on 19 December 1859. Extensive cuts noted in ink. Contains words to songs. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, French character names and settings, pove...
'The sylphide', extravaganza in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 9 April 1860 for performance at the Princess's. Contains words for songs. Based on the scenario for the ballet La sylphide, first performed in Paris in 1832 with choreography written for Marie Taglioni. The 'libretto' w...
'A Christmas dinner' (altered from 'A family party'), comedietta in one act by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 14 April 1860 for performance at the Olympic. Contains extensive amendments in ink and paste-ins. Based on the lives of the Irish actress Margaret 'Peg' Woffington and the artist William H...
'Bowl'd out' (Bowl'd out, or, A bit of Brummagem), farce in one act by 'Henry Thornton Craven' (i.e., Henry Thornton). Licence sent 10 July 1860 for performance at the Princess's. MS written in two different hands. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 694 as Bowl'd out, or, A bit of Brummagem. ...
'Did I dream it?' (al. 'Charming dreams'), farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 9 November 1860 for performance at the Strand. Listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 under original title, 'Charming dreams'. Published in Lacy's, vol. 50, no. 739. Contains words to songs. Keywords: song...
'Goosey Goosey Gander, or, Froggy would a-wooing go and the fairy of the golden lilies', pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 24 December 1860 for performance at the Eastern Opera House, Pavilion Theatre. Unusual theatre venue also recorded in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Includes comic sc...