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Une tasse de thé, comedy in one act by Ch. Nuitter and J. Derley. Printed. French. Licence sent 6 November 1860 . First performed at the Vaudeville, Paris, 28 September 1860. Publisher's catalogue attached (Michel Lévy, Paris, August 1860). Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Not lis...
'Truth and fiction', drama in two acts by T. J. Williams and A. G. Harris. Licence sent 17 May 1861 for performance at the Princess's on 18 May. Signed A. Harris, lessee. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts, amendments and stage manager's cues in pencil and ink. Cues underl...
'The wooden spoon maker', drama in one act. Licence sent 9 May 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster, the theatre manager, noted on script. Nicoll attributes title to Andrew Halliday and William Brough. ff. 15. Andrew Halliday Duff, called 'Andrew Halliday'; essayist an...
'Brother Sam', by J. Oxenford, E. A. Southern and J. B. Buckstone.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 22 May 1865 for performance at the Haymarket. MS in several hands. The attribution of the play to Oxenford, Southern and Buckstone is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dramatists not being noted on the script.
'The king's rival', drama in five acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor) and Charles Reade. Licence sent 16 September 1854 for performance at the St. James’s 25 September 1854. Signed by Laura Seymour. Revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a passage ab...
'Clarisse, or, The foster sister', drama in two acts translated and adapted by T. W. Robertson, from the French of MM D’Ennery and Clement. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 17 February 1855. Signed by A. Sanger, acting manager. Also performed in English as ‘Er...
The Cagot; or, Heart for heart, play in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Printed (John Mitchell, 1856), where the author’s name is given as ‘Edmund O’Rourke’. Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 6 December 1856. Note on title page: ‘This play was only sent in to be examin...
A subterfuge (Book 3, chapter1), comedy in one act translated and adapted from the French of Eugène Pierron and Adolphe Laferrière. Printed. Licence sent 1 August 1857 for performance at the Olympic. Lacy's edition of Livre 3, chapitre 1er has been sent for licensing under a different title,...
'Leading strings', comedy in three acts by A. C. Troughton. Licence sent 8 October 1857 for performance at the Olympic 19 October 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 33, no. 486. Keywords: family relationships, bankers, ...
‘The Corsican brothers, or, Les frères Corses’, ‘dramatic romance’ in three acts and five tableaux, adapted ‘from the romance of M. Dumas by MM. E. Grangé and X. de Montépin’. Printed (Lacy’s acting edition, vol. 6, no. 79). Licence sent 2 April 1852 for performance at the Queen’s Theatre, Du...