‘First love and false hearts, or, Sunbeams and shadows’, drama in two acts by C. Hazelwood. Licence sent 14 August 1856 for performance at City of London 14 August 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: family relationships, discipline, land and farming, drinking and dr...
‘A family failing’, farce in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 3 November 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 17 November 1856. Request for licence signed by J.B. Buckstone. Title page signed John Oxenford with address. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 424. Keywords: law...
Durch!, comedy in one act by Rudolph Genée. Printed (1855). German. Licence sent 13 December 1856 for performance at the St James’s. Includes advertising. ff. 25. Rudolph Genée, writer of plays: London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. St James' Theatre: Durch! comedy in one act by Rudolph...
‘Conrad and Medora, or, Harlequin Little Fairy at bottom of the sea’, pantomime by William Brough, based on the ballet ‘Le corsaire’. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 26 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 423, with the alternativ...
'The red man of Hammelberg, or, The price of life' ('The red man, or The headsman'), drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed J. J. Towers. Some revisions to text. Keywords: German influence, poli...
'The way of the world', comedy in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Revisions made to text and different types of paper used. Keywords: art and artists, speculation, tra...
La bonne d'enfant, opérette-bouffe by Eugène Bercioux (for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed. French. Licence sent 15 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 14 October 1856. Cover and title page signed J. Mitchell. I...
'My wife and my umbrella', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 29 October 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 30 October 1857. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Nicoll lists this play under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: speculation, musicians, letters. ff. 30. George ...
'Goody goose, or, Harlequin Greenheart and the good boy who helped the poor old woman home from market', pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood and J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 16 December 1858 for performance at the Marylebone. Cover signed Chr. J. H. Cave, lessee and manager. Comic scenes included ...
'Satanella, or, The power of love', opera in four acts by A. G. Harris and E. Falconer, for the music by M. W. Balfe. Licence sent 9 December 1858 for performance at Covent Garden 20 December 1858. Entire script copied by G. Hastings. Request for licence signed Messrs. Harrison and Tyne. Pu...