Note relating to the five act play ‘A woman’s heart’, by Miss Vandenhoff. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 February 1852. The note reads ‘Woman’s heart. Lent to Henry Vandenhoff, November 17, 1862.’
‘Matrimonial—A Gentleman, etc. For further particulars apply at—The Royal Olympic Theatre’, farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at the Olympic 12 February 1852. Signed by W. Farren. Stage directions underlined. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 7, no. ...
‘Tancred, or, The triumph of the Crusaders’, spectacle in two acts by John M. Kingdom. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 1 March 1852. Elaborate stage directions for battle scenes including horses. Title page states ‘property of Dow. Batty.’ Keyword...
‘The Leghorn bonnet’, extravaganza in one act by John Oxenford. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 9 February 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Actors' names included in the dramatis personae. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipu...
Colombine, ou, Les sept péchés capitaux, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in one act by P. F. A. Carmouche and Paul Vermond. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Printed (1850). French. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Variétés 12 March ...
Mercadet, ‘comédie’ in three acts by Honoré de Balzac. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Printed (1851). French. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 24 August 1851. Advertising on back cover. Label of Willm. Jeffs, foreign bookseller, Picca...
La pension alimentaire, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in two acts by J. B. Rosier. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Printed (1849). French. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Variétés 29 January 1849. Signed by John Mitchell. Advertising for other printe...
‘The rifle club, or, A shot at a passing bubble’, farce in one act by M. W. B. Jerrold. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the Strand 16 February 1852. Keywords: invasion fears, military, discipline, animals, debt and its consequences. ff. 11. William Blanchard Jerrold, journa...
‘My husband’s widow, or, Too late for the train!’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 12 February 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 16 February 1852. Signed by the author. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Revisions t...
La douairière de Brionne, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in one act by J. F. A. Bayard and ‘P. F. Pinel-Dumanoir’. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Printed (1850). French. Signed by J. Mitchell. Advertising on front and back covers. Keywords: festivals and celebrati...