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‘The writing on the wall’, drama in three acts by J. M. Morton and Thomas Morton. Licence sent 29 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 2 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive revisions in various hands not the work of the Exam...
'The will and the way’, drama in 2 acts. Licence sent 11 May 1853 for performance at the Britannia 16 May 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions see Add. 52939 O, 52939 Q, 52939 BB, 52939 CC, 52939 DD, and 42942 H. Keywords: adultery, orphans, Indian characters, aristocr...
'It runs in the family', farce in one act by C. C. Harding. Licence sent 2 March 1855 for performance at the Marylebone 5 March 1855. Signed by J. William Wallack, manager. Keywords: disguise, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 19. Charles Colbert Harding, writer of plays: London. Secula...
'The actress of Padua', play in four acts by John Brougham. Licence sent 3 May 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 4 May 1855. First performed at the Broadway, New York 12 May 1852. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records t...
5 Reward!', farce in one act by John Oxenford. Licence sent 28 November 1855 for performance at the Olympic 3 December 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 24, no. 358. Keywords: fashion, duelling, travel, transport, Crimea, doctors and medicine. ff. 48. John Oxenford, dramatist, translator and...
‘An act in the life of Garrick’, comedy in one act translated from the German by Hermann Vezin. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Liverpool 5 January 1856. Keywords: theatre, literature and literary reference, festival and celebration. ff. 16. Hermann Vezin, a...
The postman’s knock, musical farce in one act by L. M. Thornton. Printed (n.d.) Licence sent 22 March 1856 for performance at the Surrey 10 April 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: pubs and inns, land and farming, elopement. ff. 11. Lewis Mansel Thornton, writer of plays: London; Secul...
‘The rights of woman’, farce in one act, by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 23 May 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 24 May 1856. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 26, no. 385, under the title The rights and wrongs of woman. Keywords: fashion, servants, police. ff. 14. John Maddison ...
'Bird in hand', drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 2 January 1857 for performance at the Surrey 19 January 1857. List of dramas licensed in January 1857 bound in with this MS. Keywords: eighteenth-century settings, military, servants, death, Yorkshire, inheritance, landlords...
'Up in the world', farce in one act by J. Worthington. Licence sent 1 October 1857 for performance at the Surrey the same day. Last page signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 109. Keywords:...