'The fallen one, or, The wide wide world', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 February 1864 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. A play of this title is not recorded in Nicoll but the author is credited with a play called 'The fallen star', also performed at the Effingham in 1864.
'Paul the showman, or, The dead mother's letter', by W. R. Crauford.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 April 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. R. Crauford is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Dutch Anna, or, A tale of the French police', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 20 April 1864 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton are noted as the lessees of the theatre on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Alonzo the Brave, or, Faust and the Fair Imogene, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'tragical, comical, demonical and whatever-you-like-to-call-it burlesque' on folio 2. Licence sent 20 May 1864 for performance at the Greenwich. Printed, Lacy's Acting Edition No 864, Thomas Hailes Lacy, 89 Strand. (n.d.). An extensive list of the author's previous productions rec...