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Play by Richard William Butler, called (with H. C. Newton) 'Richard Henry'; dramatist and theatre critic; submitted: 1889 Play by Henry Chance Newton, called (with Richard William Butler) 'Richard Henry'; dramatist; submitted: 1889
Play by Richard William Butler, called (with H. C. Newton) 'Richard Henry'; dramatist and theatre critic; submitted: 1889 Play by Henry Chance Newton, called (with Richard William Butler) 'Richard Henry'; dramatist; submitted: 1889
Play by Richard William Butler, called (with H. C. Newton) 'Richard Henry'; dramatist and theatre critic; submitted: 1890 Play by Henry Chance Newton, called (with Richard William Butler) 'Richard Henry'; dramatist; submitted: 1890
Play by B. C. Stephenson, called 'Bolton rowe', writer of plays; submitted: 1878 Play by C. W. Scott, called 'John Doe' and 'Saville Rowe', writer of plays; submitted: 1878
Play by B. C. Stephenson, called 'Bolton rowe', writer of plays; submitted: 1878 Play by C. W. Scott, called 'John Doe' and 'Saville Rowe', writer of plays; submitted: 1878
‘To Paris and back for five pounds’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 3 February 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 5 February 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. Revisions thr...
'The soldier's wife', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 May 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 June 1853. Possible analogue by F. F. Cooper performed in 1854. Keywords: military, working class characters, crime, domestic violence, murder, doctors and medicine, execution. ff. 26...
'The thirst of gold, or, The lost ship and the wild flower of Mexico', drama in five tableaux, adapted from the French of d’Ennery and Dugué by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 25 November 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre 5 December 1853. Title page signed with Paris address. Songs and di...
'Number nip and the spirit bride', drama in two acts by C. W. S. Brooks and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 22 December 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 26 December 1853. Request for licence appears to be written in Benjamin Webster's hand. Revisions throughout the text. Keywords: fairies and o...
'Hard times', drama in three acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 10 August 1854 for performance at the Strand 14 August 1854. Request for licence written in a hand that appears to be Benjamin Webster's. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two passages be censored for religious co...
