'Court and cottage', comic operetta in one act by Tom Taylor (for the music by Frederic Clay.) Licence sent 8 March 1862 1to be performed at Covent Garden on 15 March 862. Signed W. Harrison, manager. Cuts and amendments in inks. Contains words for songs. Nicoll cites an earlier performanc...
Christine, operetta in one act adapted by W. J. S. Gadsby (for the music by Henry Gadsby). Printed. Licence sent 25 March 1862 to be performed at the New Royalty on 21 March 1862. ff. 16. W. J. S. Gadsby, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: 1862: Printed.
'Keep your temper', farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 15 April 1862 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 827. ff. 23. John Pratt Wooler, called 'John Pratt'; writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1853-1866.
Tit for tat, farce in one act by Captain Horton Rhys. Printed. Licence sent 25 June 1862 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Printed by T. H. Lacy for author, not in Lacy’s List. ff. 12. Captain Horton Rhys, called 'Morton Price', writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1858-1863: Partly pri...
The ghost ! the ghost !! the ghost !!!; or, The late awful rise in spirits, apropos jeu d’esprit by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 31 August 1863 for performance at the Olympic. Printed by W. Davey under original title The Ghost ! The Ghost!! The Ghost!!! An awful rise in spirits. Numerous manusc...
Opera bouffe in three acts with music by Hervé. Licence sent 18 April 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. LCO Day Book asks for a considerable number of lines to be omitted, including separate references to Acts of Parliament, the Archbishop of Canterbury and certain suggestive lines making refe...
'Kenilworth, or, Ye queen, ye earle and ye maydenne', by Andrew Halliday and Fredric Lawrance. Licence sent 23 December 1858 for performance at the Strand. Cover signed by the lessee, Miss Swanborough. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of lines be omitted. Inclu...
'The brigand of London, or, A tale of the city and the mountains', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 March 1864 for performance at the Effingham. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
'A dark night's work, or, The murder at Dead Man's Pool', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 March 1865 for performance at the City of London. Mr Nelson Lee, the lessee of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.