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‘Our gal!! or, The Connecticut stratagem’, farce in one act by G. D. Johnson. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 26 July 1856. Letter requesting licence signed B. Webster bound in with MS. Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. Part of printed playbill and i...
‘The half caste’, drama in four acts by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 8 September 1856. Cover signed Suter. Revisions throughout. Elaborate stage directions. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, no. 441, as The half caste, or, The poisoned pearl. See ...
‘The mill of the happy valley, or, Life’s mysteries and woman’s devotion’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: military, dance, working class characters, drinking and drunkenness, French i...
‘Cabinet secret’, farce in one act by T. H. Webb. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 13 October 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Some revisions to text. Songs included. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in red. Ke...
‘The seamstress and the duchess, or, Pride, poverty and splendour’, drama in two acts by Henry Young. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Victoria 1 November 1856. Keywords: aristocracy, working class characters, fallen women, pubs and inns, crime. ff. 50. Henry Young, write...
‘A border marriage’, comic drama in one act by W. J. Sorrell. Licence sent 3 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. ‘J.M. Langford and W. J. Jonell, 43 Denbigh Street, Belgra...
'A sheep in wolf's clothing', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Olympic 19 February 1857. Revisions throughout the text. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 549. Keywords: the press, execution, treason, murder, Restoration England, Some...
'My friend from Leatherhead', farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 23 February 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 437. Keywords: Pop Goes the Weasel, speculation, entertainment, working class characters. ff. 17. N. ...
'Pocahontas, or, The English tar and the Indian princess', original drama in three acts by E. G. Burton. Licence sent 14 June 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Margate 15 June 1857. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in blue. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation...
'A frightful murder in Hoxton', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 13 June 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 15 June 1857. Keywords: drinking and drunkenness, murder, the press, food and dining, crime. ff. 17. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist, and dramatist...