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'Nobody's son, or, Half a loaf better than no bread', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 February 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre proprietor, Mr Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 33v. MS in two hands. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
'The jolly dogs of London, or, The two roads of life', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 July 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.
'The light of love, or, The diamond and the snowdrop', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 February 1867 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre manager, Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 1.
'Olympic Games, or, The major, the miner and the cock-a-doodle-doo', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 19 April 1867 for performance at the Olympic. MS contains detailed and considerable stage directions. The attribution of the play to F. C. Burnand is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Alone in the pirate's lair, or, Danger and fatality', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 August 1867 for performance at 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 noted on the script.
'The blue eyed witch, or, Not a friend in the world', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 11 June 1869 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.
'Good as gold, or, A friend in need when others fail', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 12 August 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre 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.
'Beauty and the beast, or, No rose without a thorn' by F C Burnand
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 30 September 1869 for performance at the Royalty. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is not listed in Nicoll.
'Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, or, Harlequin and the silver amazons', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1870 for performance at the Standard. The attribution of the play to J. T. Douglass is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.