'Ye mistletoe bough, or, The maydenne who perished from a pain in ye chest', burlesque in one act by F. Marchant. Licence sent 6 May 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, recorded on script. Based on the legend of the mistletoe bough, popularized by Henry Bi...
'Pizarro, the great tyrant and the little wonder', burlesque by F. Marchant. Licence sent 10 June 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Identifies Samuel Lane, proprietor. Based on R. B. Sheridan's play Pizarro, 1799, adapted from the German drama, Die Spanier in Peru, by A. F. F. von Kotze...
'The fireman and the volunteer, or, An artful trick and love in the dark', farce in one act by John T. Douglass. Licence sent 12 May 1861 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 17.
Souvenirs de voyage, comedy in one act by Amédée Archard. Printed.(Michel Lévy Frères; Bibliotheque dramatique , 1853.) French. Licence sent 18 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Française, Paris, 16 March 1853. Publisher’s advertisement on front and back c...
'The midnight angel', drama in three acts by L. Phillips. Licence sent 18 May 1861 for performance at the Surrey. Cues underlined in red ink. For other versions, see Add. 53004 F, 53004 O, and 53011 O. ff. 105. L. Phillips, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: 1861.
'The angel of death' (altered from 'Life, death, and immorality'), drama in four acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 15 May 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. Conquest, manager. There is some confusion over authorship of the various versions of this play. The Lacy edition of T...
Le serment d'Horace, comedy in one act by Henry Murger. Printed (Michel Lévy Frères, 2ème éd., 1861). French. Licence sent 11 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Palais-Royal, Paris, 28 November 1860. Publisher’s advertisement on back cover. Not listed in Ni...
'Lyddy Beale, or, Betrayed innocence, a story from nature', drama in four parts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 May 1861 for performance at the Surrey. Final page signed by the copyist, W. H. Searle. ff. 41. Colin Henry Hazlewood, dramatist and low comedian: Plays by, submitted: 1853-18...