'A tale of two cities', drama with prologue and two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 20 January 1860 for performance at the Lyceum. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word 'Heaven' be substituted for 'God'. Based on the serialisation published in All the year round, Apr...
Les princesses de la rampe, comedy in two acts by 'MM. Lambert Thiboust (i.e., P. A. A. Thiboust) et Léon Beauvallet'. Printed (A. Bourdilliat; Théâtre contemporain illustré, 1860). French. Licence sent 19 June 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the Variétés, 26 Febr...
'The old story', comic drama in two acts by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 25 April 1861 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 758. ff. 23. Henry James Byron, called 'Nick Nemo'; actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1857-1865: Partly imperf.
All's fair in love and war, comedietta in two acts by Captain Horton Rhys. Printed. Licence sent 28 April 1862 for performance at Sadlers Wells. 'Epilogue' spoken at the Lyceum Theatre on the occasion of the Felix Testimonial Benefit by Captain Horton Rhys, 24 May 1858, bound in at back of p...
Le marquis de Lauzun, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in one act by P. F. A. Carmouche and Paul Vermond. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Printed (1850). French. Manager; J. Mitchell. Advertising on front and back covers. Keywords: French influence, property, German ...
‘Keeley worried by Buckstone’, farce in one act by Mark Lemon and Benjamin Webster. Licence sent 1 June 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 3 June 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions that do not appear to be by the Examiner appear thro...
‘The charmed harp’, operetta in one act by John Courtney (music by M. Lutz). Licence sent 24 August 1852 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1852. Donne’s signature and one other appear on title page. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Two pages...
'The loose fish', comedietta in one act, by 'Hugo Vamp' (i.e. J. R. O'Neill). Licence sent 2 December 1852 for performance at the Marylebone Theatre. The theatre manager Smith has signed second page. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays throughout the text. Plot summary appears on...
'Harlequin and the world of flowers, or, The fairy of the rose and the sprite of the silver star', 'grand comic pantomime' by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1852 for performance at the Surrey 27 December 1852. Simultaneously licenced with, and almost certainly intended to include, ...
‘The sentinel’, opera in one act by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 7 January 1853 for performance at the Strand 10 January 1853. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and includes the same note relating to the signature of Lord B...