'The students', drama in three acts by J. Courtney. Licence sent 30 January 1861 for performance at the Surrey. ff. 44. John Courtney, actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1861.
'The star of the woodlands', melodrama in two acts, probably by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 4 February 1861 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Note on cover that script is the licence copy made for Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee, the proprietors. Authorship attributed to Nelson Lee ...
'Mac Carthy More, or, Possession, nine points of the law', comic drama in two acts by Sam Lover. Licence sent 4 February 1861 for performance at the Lyceum. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 753. ff. 75. Samuel Lover, song-writer, novelist and painter: Plays by, submitted: 1854-1861.
'House on the bridge of Notre Dame', drama in three acts by M. R. Lacy. Licence sent 7 February 1861 for performance at the Lyceum. Adapted from the French of T. Barrière and H de Kock. This MS copy appears to have been used as an exhibit in a court case concerning the play, the following st...
'The Cantab', farce in one act by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 7 February 1861 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 743. Also published in an earlier edition of plays by Robertson, An evenings entertainment. Consisting of an original comedy, burlesque, and farce,...
'The fairy', drama in one act by J. Baxter Langley. Licence sent 13 February 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Private address of J. B. Langley on front cover, 18, Nixon Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. ff. 44. John Baxter Langley, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: ...
'The fatal shadow, or, The man with an iron heart', by Mrs. H. Young. Licence sent 16 February 1861 for performance at the Effingham. Cover and Act I records name of Morris Abrahams as the theatre manager. Pasted-in slips obscure the original title page. ff. 33. Melinda Young, also called ...