'Out of the frying pan into the fire', by B. Wright.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 5 July 1867 for performance at the City of London. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1.
'He's a lunatic', by H. C. Merivale ("Felix Dale").
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 14 September 1867 for performance at the Queen's. The attribution of the play to H. C. Merivale is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 78).
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 16 October 1867 for performance at the Olympic. The name Benjamin Webster noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. M. Morton is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 79).
'The cricket on the hearth', by H. C. Hazlewood, Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 November 1867 for performance at the Alexandra. Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths to be removed.
'The convict, or, Hunted to death', by C. H. Stephenson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 30 January 1868 for performance at the Pavilion. An alternative title, 'Sampson, or, A fight with fate' appears on folios 1 and 38, crossed through on both occasions. Act four is in a separate hand to acts one, two and three.
'For life through thick and thin', by J. G. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 March 1868 for performance at the Alexandra. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. G. Taylor.
'Fannette, or, A story in the dark', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at the Pavilion. Several alternative titles have been crossed through on folio 1 including 'Tiny, or, Up all night' and 'Up in the dark'. Also noted on folio 1 is the name of the theatre manager Mr Edward Levette. The script contains...
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 July 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. An alternative title ' The will is law, struggle of good and evil' has been crossed-through on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the s...
'Robert Macairie, or, The road-side inn turned innside out', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 13 April 1870 for performance at the Globe. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.