‘The wide, wide world’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 August 1856 for performance at the Standard 18 August 1856. Cover signed J. Douglas, proprietor. Keywords: London, poverty, mourning, imprisonment, orphans, crime. ff. 27. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Standard Theatre: '...
Pia de’Tolomei, tragedy in five acts by Charles Marenco. Printed (1855). Italian with French translation. Licence sent 11 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Original first performance at the Théâtre Impérial Italien 31 July 1855. Actors’ names written alongside dramatis personae. LC...
‘Auld Robin Gray, or, The hand and the heart’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 22 August 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Letter signed by G. Smith bound in with MS. Two different forms of paper used. See ...
Marie Stuart, tragedy in five acts by F. Schiller. Printed (1855). Italian with French translation. Licence sent 11 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Original first performance at the Théâtre Impérial Italien 26 June 1855. With 52960 B, D, I, M and N, part of the season in which Mad...
‘The rolling stone’, petite comedy in one act by John Vandenbergh. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 22 August 1856. Keywords: musicians, education, art and artists, science and technology, military. ff. 46. John Vandenbergh, writer of plays: London. Secular Institut...
Myrrha, tragedy in five acts by Vittorio Alfieri. Printed (1855). Italian with French translation. Licence requested for performance at the Lyceum but refused 26 June 1856. Actors’ names written alongside dramatis personae. With Add, 52960 B, C, I, M and N, intended to be part of the season...
‘Music hath charms’, farce in one act by David Fisher. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Princess 7 July 1856. Speaking cues and stage directions are underlined in red. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 63. Keywords: French influence, lodgers and boarding houses, dance. ff. 18. Davi...
‘The custom of the country, or, Yankee help’, farce in one act by -- Walcott. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 30 June 1856. ‘Property of Mr. B. Williams’ written on cover. Actors’ names included in MS. John Proctor listed as ‘prompter’. Nicoll lists the play under ...