'Cousin Adonis, or, Too handsome for anything', by J. P. Wooler.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 9 February 1865 for performance at the Royalty. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) records the play as having two acts, but the MS appears complete in one act.
'The neglected home, or, The spirit child's prayer', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 February 1865 for performance at the City of London. Mr Nelson Lee, the theatre manager, noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 13 February 1865 for performance at the King's Cross Theatre (also known as the Cabinet Theatre). The play intended for representation on 'Monday 20th for the benefit of the Surrey Company' as noted on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the scr...
'The fall of the avalanche, or, The mountain home', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts and a prologue. Licence sent 16 February 1865 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager on folio 1.
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 February 1865 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during January and early February 1865, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation. Details of some plays which appear in the subsequent volume included on folio 3. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of P...