'Rich and poor, a story of the four seasons', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 30 April 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Jack Mingo, the London street boy, or, Try again', by V. Roberts.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 August 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to V. Roberts and gives the title as 'Jack Mingo, the London street-boy'.
'The old cherry tree, or, The orphan cousins', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 August 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1, together with a note saying one pound has been paid. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood.
'Anthony and Cleopatra, or, His-story and her-story in a novel nile-meotre', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 19 November 1866 for performance at the Haymarket. Thomas J. Anderson noted as the copyist on folio 2. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand. 'Nile-meotre' in the title also appears as 'Nile-o-metre...
'Under the Earth, or, The sons of toil', by W. H. C. Nation.
Scope & Content:
Three additional scenes for the play 'Hard Times' by F. F. Cooper (Add MS 52949 A). Licence sent 22 April 1867 for performance at Astley's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) notes that passages that were requested to be cut in the original production of 'Hard Times' should still be omitted.
'Rescue on the raft, or, Sunlight thro the mist', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 15 May 1867 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended production - Monday May 20 1867. Nicoll lists the play with 'thro' altered to 'through'.
'The poor parisheen, or, The outcast's return', by J. B. Howe.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 August 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. B. Howe and notes a further alternative title, 'The fugitives of D...
'A happy pair, or, A fly in the honey', by S. T. Smith.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 27 February 1868 for performance at St James's. The author's name noted as S. Theyre Smith on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a Biblical reference to be omitted. The play was published by French.