'My wife and my umbrella', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 29 October 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 30 October 1857. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Nicoll lists this play under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: speculation, musicians, letters. ff. 30. George ...
'Goody goose, or, Harlequin Greenheart and the good boy who helped the poor old woman home from market', pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood and J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 16 December 1858 for performance at the Marylebone. Cover signed Chr. J. H. Cave, lessee and manager. Comic scenes included ...
'Satanella, or, The power of love', opera in four acts by A. G. Harris and E. Falconer, for the music by M. W. Balfe. Licence sent 9 December 1858 for performance at Covent Garden 20 December 1858. Entire script copied by G. Hastings. Request for licence signed Messrs. Harrison and Tyne. Pu...
‘Ruthven’, drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Contains words to song. Based on the novel, The vampire, by John Polidori, London 1819. See also Add. 52932 Q and Add. 53013 Q for versions by Dion Boucicault. Published in Lacy’s, vo...
'The Christmas box system' (Christmas boxes), farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 14 January 1860 for performance at the Strand. Cuts made in pencil. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 685 as Christmas boxes. Keywords: music, marital relationships, eavesdropping. ...
'Up at the hills', comedy in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 22 October 1860 for performance at St James's. Described as "An original comedy of Indian life". Contains numerous cuts and additions in ink and pencil. Small sketch of a bird at the end of Act 1. Actors' names listed next t...
'Old Trusty', comic drama in one act by 'Walter Gordon' (i.e. William Aylmer Gowing). Licence sent 22 January 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 741. ff. 42. William Aylmer Gowing, called 'Walter Gordon', writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1857-1867.
Alfred, patriotic drama in five acts by Martin F. Tupper. Printed (privately published, 1858). Licence sent 12 July 1861 for performance at the Queen's, Manchester. ff. 27. Martin Farquhar Tupper, author: Plays by, submitted: 1861: Printed. Adrien Decourcelle, dramatist: Plays by, submitte...
Mr and Mrs Charles Mathews "At home", entertainment in two parts with printed programme attached. Licence sent 25 November 1861 for performance at Her Majesty's Concert Room. Programme printed by the Nassau Steam Press. Not listed in Nicoll. Described in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 as a "melang...
The Irish boy (altered from 'Andy Blake'), drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Printed (French's Minor Drama, no. 110). Licence sent 7 February 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover signed B. Webster. Handwritten paste-in of the title 'The Irish boy', obscuring the original printed t...