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‘The first printer’, drama in three acts by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade. Licence sent 21 January 1856 for performance at the Princess’s 3 March 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: the press, Netherlands, family relationships, treason, aristocracy, science and technology. ff. 61. Tom Tay...
‘The mistress of the hotel’, comedy in three acts by Carlo Goldoni. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Signed Kemble, Esq., 94 Mount St, Grosvenor Square. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and N, part of t...
‘The forger and his victim’, drama in two acts by C. Pitt. Licence sent 12 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 12 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: London, land and farming, fashion, murder, crime, elopement. ff. 28. C. I. Pitt, writer of pl...
'Masaniello', an extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the Olympic 2 July 1857. Many revisions in different hands and on different types of paper. Illustration of revolutionaries’ banners included on p. 65. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the ...
'Fairy circle', or, Con O'Carrolius dream', drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 July 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 6 July 1857. Revisions and additions to stage directions written in a different hand. At least one diagram included. Prompter’s marginal notes included. Keywords: fairies ...
'Medea in Corinth', tragic play in three acts by John A. Herand. Licence sent 9 August 1857 for performance at Sadlers Wells 12 August 1857. Keywords: Classical civilization, literature and literary reference, murder, family relationships, marital separation, children, poisoning, crime, super...
'La traviata', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 2 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 7 September 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in red. For other versions see Add. 52966 R, 52967 T, and 5...
‘Gossip’, comedy in two acts by A. G. Harris and T. J. Williams. Licence sent 23 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Signed A. Harris. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 76, no. 1033. Keywords: West Indians, British Empire, marital relationships, eavesdropping, gossip, operatic referenc...
'Holly Bush Hall', drama in three acts by J. Mordaunt. Licence sent 7 February 1860 for performance at the Standard. For other versions, see Add. 52989 S. and 52990 D. Based on the serialisation by J. Rymer (under the pseudonym 'M. J. Errym') which appeared in Reynolds's Miscellany. Keyword...
'The census', apropos sketch in one act by William Brough and A. Halliday. Licence sent 12 April 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 748. ff. 11. Andrew Halliday Duff, called 'Andrew Halliday'; essayist and dramatist: Plays by, submitte...