'The soft sex', comedy in three acts by C. J. Mathews. Licence sent 27 August 1861 for performance at the Haymarket on 31 August. Cover signed Thoms. T. Pugh, under-prompter. Stage manager's cues in pencil, cuts in ink. Actors’ names listed in pencil next to dramatis personæ. Keywords: fli...
'A lucky escape', comic drama in one act by C. S. Cheltnam. Licence sent 6 September 1861 for performance at the Strand. Adapted from the French. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 772. Keywords: France, early modern Settings, French adaptations, flirtation, disguise, widows, courtship, marit...
'The widow's sons', drama in two acts by J. H. Wilkins. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted on script. Numerous cuts in pencil. ff. 53. John Henry Wilkins, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1866.
'Our lot in life, or, Brighter days in store', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 17 February 1862 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted in text. ff. 34. Colin Henry Hazlewood, dramatist and low comedian: Plays by, submitted: 1853-1867.
'A fairy's father', drama in one act by C. S. Cheltnam. Licence sent 18 February 1862 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 801. ff. 9. Charles Smith Cheltnam, translator and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1861-1866.
'Jessy Ashton, or, The adventures of a barmaid', drama in four visions and two acts by Mrs. H. Young. Licence sent 18 April 1862 for performance at the Effingham. Partial list of actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Name of Morris Abrahams noted on cover. Torn fragment of an unide...
'The disguised nobleman, or, The romance of a poor young man', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 26 June 1862 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted in the text. For other versions of this story see Add. 53005 F (in French) and Add. 53009 J ...
'The wrongs of twenty years, or, Doomed to slavery', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 2 August 1862 for performance at the City of London. ff. 17. Colin Henry Hazlewood, dramatist and low comedian: Plays by, submitted: 1853-1867.
'Maun Guinea (sic), or, Life among the slaves and the pirates of the Missisippi', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 2 September 1862 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted in the text. Based on Maum Guinea, and her Plantation“Children”. A sto...
'St. Anne's night', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 10 November 1862 for performance at the Surrey. MS written in more than one hand. Entitled, 'St. Anne's night, or, The smuggler of the abbey', in Nicoll. ff. 19. John Beer Johnstone, actor and dramatist: Plays by, submi...