‘The late lamented’, comedietta in one act by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 14 November 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that references to 'Providence' be omitted. Substantial cuts and amendments in ink, actors’ names added to ...
‘Puss in boots’, pantomime by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 14 December 1859 for performance at Covent Garden on 26 December 1859. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Bound with three separate sets of comic scenes: ‘A perfectly original comic scene, Lion Inn and (?) pawnbrokers’, by Nels...
‘The nymph of the Lurleyberg, or, The knight and the naiads’ (altered from ‘Lurline’), extravaganza in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. See also Add. 52990 C, Add. 52991 M and Add. 53011 K. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 643. Keywords:...
'The overland route', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 17 February 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Additions, cuts and cues made both in pencil and in ink. Includes stage manager's directions, some attached with sealing wax. Sketch of staging, f. 69b. ...
'The family secret', comedy in three acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 7 May 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 700. Keywords: Italian settings, inheritance, orphans, engagement, castles, aristocracy, courtship, literary references, class,...
'The brigand and his banker', comic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 28 September 1860 for performance at the Lyceum. MS written in more than one hand. Based on the French play 'Le roi des montagnes', by Edmond About. Keywords: brigands, Athens, botanists, mountain settings, fa...
'Endymion, or, The naughty boy who cried for the moon', comical extravaganza in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the St. James's. MS written in more than one hand. Cuts in pencil and ink. Actors' names listed next to dramatis personæ. Published as...
'A duke in difficulties', comedy in three acts and an epilogue by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 20 February 1861 for performance at the Haymarket. Numerous cuts and amendments in red and black ink, cues underlined in red ink. MS written in more than one hand. Pencil sketch of garden set at the b...
'Woman, or, Love against the world', comedy in four acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 15 August 1861 for performance at the Lyceum. Signed Edmund Falconer, lessee. MS written in more than one hand. Cuts and amendments in ink. Keywords: orphans, debt, engagements, shipwreck, water scene...
'Cora, or, The octoroon slave of Louisiana', drama in five acts by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 25 October 1861 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 59. John Thomas Douglass, called 'James Willing'; actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1867: Partly incomplete.