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'It's Never too Late to Repent', by George Lewis. Play recommended 18 August 1875 for a licence to perform at the Britannia Theatre, London. 36 folios.
'A pet of the public', farce in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 3 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 7 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 180. Keywords: French influence, theatre...
'Tit for tat', comedietta in two acts by F. Talfourd and A. S. Wigan. Licence sent 10 January 1855 for performance at the Olympic 22 January 1855. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 252. Keywords: food and dining, fashion, lodgers and boarding houses, flirtation, debt a...
'Take that girl away!', farce in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 2 March 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 3 March 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 18, no. 261. Keywords: food and dining, London, fashion, art and artists, imprisonment. ff. 45. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatis...
'The great gun trick, or, Half an hour with the original Lyceum wizard', farce in one act by Christian Le Ross. Licence sent 22 December 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 31 December 1855. Signed ‘E.T. Smith, T. R. D. Lane’ on back cover. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no....
‘Jessy Vere, or, The return of the wanderer’, farce in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 371. Keywords: Christians and Christianity, elopement, crim...
‘The wild tribes of London’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 May 1856 for performance at City of London 31 May 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: gambling, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 20. Colin Henry Hazlewood, dramatist and low comedi...
‘Shelah from Cork, or, A spy in the Crimea’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 May 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Crimea, Irish characters, military, family relationships, crime, police. ff. 27. William ...
‘Life’s trials by sea and land, or, The child of the waves’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 July 1856 for performance at City of London 22 July 1856. Signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Songs included in MS. Keywords: American characters, businessmen, crime, travel, n...