'Ching-Chow-Hi, or, A cracked piece of China', by W. Brough and G. Reed.
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Opera di camera in one act. Licence sent 5 August 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed (n.d.) but with the title added by hand.
'Camaralzaman and Badoura, or, The fairies' revenge'.
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Extravaganza. Licence sent 11 August 1865 for performance at the Olympic. MS in two hands. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and no play is listed in Nicoll for this title in this year.
Drama in two acts. Licence refused 16 August 1865, the play was to have been performed at the Adelphi, Liverpool. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) notes 'Referred to Lord Chamberlain and refused licence. Licence granted, in consequence of change in American affairs, July 18 1867'. Nicoll lists the pl...
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 August 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's, Birmingham. The name Henry Woodall (author?) is noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
'Roger O'Hare, or, The Irish Jack Sheppard', by H. Everett.
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Drama in four acts. Licence sent 22 August 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The names of the theatre lessees, Messrs Frampton and Fenton are noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - 26 August 1865. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for the words 'damn' and 'damnatio...
'All Hallows Eve', or, Truth will triumph', by E. Towers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 August 1865 for performance at the Effingham. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'All-Hallows' Eve'. The play is not entered in the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703).
'Nelly, or, The companions of the chain', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 31 August 1865 for performance at the Marylebone. 'Property of Mr Arnold Cave, Theatre Royal Marylebone' noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Nellie, or, The companions of the chair'. The play is not recorded in the LCO Day Book...
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during July and August 1865, together with the names of the theatres of proposed representation. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays.