'Fast friends up a tree, or, How to shave the govenor', by J. R. Anderson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 20 September 1864 for performance at the Surrey. The attribution of the play to J. R. Anderson is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
'The King's Mail, or, The Devil's Punch Bowl', by W. T. Townsend.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 June 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. T. Townsend is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'The Ballinasloe Boy, or, The fortunes of an Irish peasant', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 June 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 C. H. Hazlewood under the title 'The Ballanasloe Boy'.
'Little William Tell, or, The pet, the patriot and the pippin', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 4 October 1867 for performance at the Strand. Thomas J. Anderson noted as the copyist of folio 2. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) records the name of the play being changed to 'William Tell with a Vengance'. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll a...
'An utter per-version of the brigand, or, Lines to an old ban-ditty', by G. A. À. Beckett.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 21 December 1867 for performance at the Haymarket. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'An utter perversion of the brigand, or, Lines to an old ban-ditty'.
'London by night, or, The dark side of our great city', by C. Selby.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 March 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. Selby.