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'Oanita the desert flower', opera in three acts by A. Harris and T. J. Williams. Licence sent 28 September 1863 for performance at Covert Garden. Names of A. Harris and T. J. Williams crossed out in ink on front cover. Name of William Harrison noted as manager on the title page. Corrections...
'My heart's in the highlands', farce in one act by W. Brough and Andrew Halliday. Licence sent 9 November 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Actors' names in ink next to dramatis personæ on title page. Minor corrections in ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 899. ff...
'The assassins at the road side inn, or, The road side inn, or, Auberge des Ardets', by J. T. Douglass.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 March 1865 for performance at the Standard. Nicoll lists the play with the title as either 'Assassins of the roadside' or 'Assassins of the roadside inn'. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the play under the title 'The road side inn' but records the play a...
'Up-stairs and down-stairs, or, The great percentages question', by W. Brough and A. Halliday.
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Farce in one act. Licence sent 11 May 1865 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the surnames of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll and the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) both list the play with the title 'Upstairs and downstairs, or, The great percentage question'. The play was...
'Lost at sea, a London story', by D. Boucicault and H. Byron.
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Drama in four acts. Licence sent 30 September 1869 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.), but with the title, the name of the authors and the list of characters added in ink on folios 1 and 2.
‘Adrienne Lecouvreur’, tragic drama in four acts. Licence sent 10 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal Manchester 10 April 1852. ‘Helen Faucit Martin’ is listed on title page, but Nicoll lists author as her husband, Sir Theodore Martin. Revisions to text throughout. This script ...
Les petites moyens, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in one act, by G. Lemoine, E. Labiche, and A. Decourcelle. Printed (1850). Licence sent 15 April 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 6 November 1850. Signed by J. Mitchell. Songs included in ...
Francesca da Rimini, tragedy in five acts, by Sylvio Pellico. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 16 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and M, part of the season in which Madame Ristori and company appeared. K...
Camma, tragedy in three acts by Joseph Montanelli, translated into English by T. Williams. Printed (1857). Italian with English translation on facing pages. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the Lyceum. Keywords: Italian influence, classical civilization, supernatural, Turkey, fe...
Play by H. Meilhac, writer of plays; submitted: 1882 Play by P. H. Gille, writer of plays; submitted: 1882 Play by H. B. Farnie, writer of plays; submitted: 1882