'Macbeth', burlesque in one act by H. Spry. Licence sent 28 May 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Revisions throughout the text. Stage directions, which mention the use of traps among other things, added in a different hand. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown author...
'Love's trial, or, The game of hearts', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 4 December 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 3 December 1857. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Includes comic scenes. Nicoll lists this play under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords...
‘The fairy page, or, The demon’s compact’, drama in two acts by Augustus Harris the elder. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal Manchester 12 April 1852. Title page lists John Knowles, and notes that licence should be sent to 368 Oxford Street for forwarding to Mr. K...
'The little treasure', comedy in two acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 8 October 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 11 October 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that several lines be omitted. Pu...
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...
Adrienne Lecouvreur, drama in five acts by A. E. Scribe and E. W. Legouvé, translated into Italian by M. Guilier with English translation by Thomas Williams. Printed (1863). No details of licence noted on script. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 lists play as a tragedia with date of licence as 8 July ...
'Plot and passion' ('Mine and countermine'), drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor) and John Lang. Licence sent 15 September 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 October 1853. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy's, vol. 13, no. 191. Keywords: French imperialism, Frenc...
'La stella del nord' ('L'étoile du nord'), lyric play in three acts translated and adapted by Manfredo Maggioni [for the music by G. Meyerbeer]. Printed. Italian with English translation. Licence sent 17 July 1855 for performance at the Italian Opera Covent Garden. Keywords: Finland, food a...
'The Viscount of Letorieres', comedy in three acts translated from the French of ‘MM. Bayard et Dumanoir’ [i.e. J. F. A. Bayard and P.- F. Pinel] by Hermann Vezin. Licence sent 17 December 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Kidderminster 17 December 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 record...
Qui se ressemble se gêne, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Marc-Michel, Fontaine et Peupin’ (i.e. M. A. A. Michel, Emile Fontaine and A. Peupin.). Printed (Magasin théâtral, 2e serie, n.d.). French. Original first performance at the Théâtre de la Gaité. Licence sent 18 March 1854 for p...