Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 May 1866 for performance at the Strand. Printed (n.d.) Proof copy, but with the title and the name of the dramatist added by hand.
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 5 June 1866 for performance at St James's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) records the play with the title 'Jack in the box'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 71).
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 22 May 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Adapted from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. The name of the theatre manager, H. Nation, noted on folio 1 together with the date of intended production - Monday 28 May 1866. MS in several hands....
'Britomarte, or, The man hater', by W. M. Schofield.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 June 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. The name J. Arnold Cave is noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended production - Monday 11 June 1866. The attribution of the play to W. M. Schofield is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not bein...
'Belphegor. The mountebank to any amount of property', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 10 May 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Papillonetta, or, the prince, the butterfly and the beetle, by W. Brough.
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An original burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 4 June 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Printed (n.d.). Lacy's Acting Edition (Vol 68, no 1010). Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folios 2v-3. Nicoll lists the play as previously performed at the Prince of Wales's,...
Helen, or, Taken from the Greek, by F. C. Burnand.
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An original burlesque. Licence sent 23 June 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by the Strand Printing and Publishing Company,(1866), with one page of manuscript additions, including the name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster], added at the beginning. The play was also published by Lacy's (v...
'The King's Mail, or, The Devil's Punch Bowl', by W. T. Townsend.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 June 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. T. Townsend is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Britomarte the man hater, or, Will he win her', by Mrs H. Young
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 28 June 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.