La belle bouchère, vaudeville in one act by Anicet-Bourgeois and Edouard Brisebarre Printed. French. Licence sent 23 March 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Includes words to songs. First produced at the Gaité, Paris, 7 January 1844. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: working men an...
‘Ruthven’, drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Contains words to song. Based on the novel, The vampire, by John Polidori, London 1819. See also Add. 52932 Q and Add. 53013 Q for versions by Dion Boucicault. Published in Lacy’s, vo...
'The Christmas box system' (Christmas boxes), farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 14 January 1860 for performance at the Strand. Cuts made in pencil. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 685 as Christmas boxes. Keywords: music, marital relationships, eavesdropping. ...
Le paratonnerre, comedy-vaudeville in two acts by ' MM J. Gabriel et Dupeuty ' (i.e., J. J. Gabriel de Lurieu and Désiré-Charles Dupeuty). Printed (Bibliothèque dramatique; théatre moderne, 1860). French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the Gym...
'Militaire & pensionnaire', vaudeville in one act by E. Brisebarre. French. Licence sent 25 July 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed by the Zouaves-Artistes at the Theatre d'Inkermann. Not listed in Nicoll.Signed by the copyist, Fernand Strauss, 2, Bow Street, Covent...
'Up at the hills', comedy in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 22 October 1860 for performance at St James's. Described as "An original comedy of Indian life". Contains numerous cuts and additions in ink and pencil. Small sketch of a bird at the end of Act 1. Actors' names listed next t...
'Old Trusty', comic drama in one act by 'Walter Gordon' (i.e. William Aylmer Gowing). Licence sent 22 January 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 741. ff. 42. William Aylmer Gowing, called 'Walter Gordon', writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1857-1867.
Alfred, patriotic drama in five acts by Martin F. Tupper. Printed (privately published, 1858). Licence sent 12 July 1861 for performance at the Queen's, Manchester. ff. 27. Martin Farquhar Tupper, author: Plays by, submitted: 1861: Printed. Adrien Decourcelle, dramatist: Plays by, submitte...
Mr and Mrs Charles Mathews "At home", entertainment in two parts with printed programme attached. Licence sent 25 November 1861 for performance at Her Majesty's Concert Room. Programme printed by the Nassau Steam Press. Not listed in Nicoll. Described in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 as a "melang...
The Irish boy (altered from 'Andy Blake'), drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Printed (French's Minor Drama, no. 110). Licence sent 7 February 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover signed B. Webster. Handwritten paste-in of the title 'The Irish boy', obscuring the original printed t...