'A seven years secret, or, The noble foundling', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 October 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood.
'The lost wife, or, The husband's confession', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 November 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood, giving the date of performance as 7 August 1871. The p...
The Mistletoe Bough! A Merrie Jest of an Old Oak Chest, by H. B. Farnie.
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Burlesque. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.). The names of B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] and F (?) B. Chatterton are noted on folio 1. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to the Marquis of Lorne and a separate couplet of a suggestive nat...
'An Awkward Mistake; Or, The Wrong man in the Right Place', by John Maddison Morton
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'An Awkward Mistake; Or, The Wrong man in the Right Place', by John Maddison Morton. Licence sent 4 April 1871 for performance at the Princess's Theatre. 22 folios.
‘Wittikind and his brothers, or, The seven swan princes and the fair Melusine’ (‘The swan princes’), fairy tale in two acts, by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e. Tom Taylor). Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 12 April 1852. Extensive revisions throughout text. Some notes about t...
‘Mephistopheles, or, An ambassador from below’, an extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 10 April 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 12 April 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 do...
‘Uncle Tom’s crib, or, The nigger life in London’, dramatic sketch in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 9 October 1852 for performance at the Strand 14 October 1852. Songs included in MS. For other versions see those written in 1852 by J. Courtney (Add. 52934 K); Edward Fitzball (3 ver...
'A phenomenon in a smock frock', farce in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 10 December 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 15 December 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 9, no. 121. Keywords: servants, French infl...
Une chambre à deux lits, ‘pochade mêlée de couplets’ in one act, by C. V. Varin and — Lefèvre. Printed (1852). French. Licence sent 18 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 20 October 1846. Signed by J. Mitchell. Keywor...