'Baccarat, or, The knave of hearts', by W. E. Suter.
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Drama in four acts. Licence sent 1 March 1865 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Note addressed to Mr W.B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, from the theatre lessee R. Edgar and dated 25 February 1865 introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as 4 March 1865 on folio 1. The script i...
'Roger O'Hare, or, The Irish Jack Sheppard', by H. Everett.
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Drama in four acts. Licence sent 22 August 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The names of the theatre lessees, Messrs Frampton and Fenton are noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - 26 August 1865. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for the words 'damn' and 'damnatio...
'All Hallows Eve', or, Truth will triumph', by E. Towers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 August 1865 for performance at the Effingham. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'All-Hallows' Eve'. The play is not entered in the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703).
'Nelly, or, The companions of the chain', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 31 August 1865 for performance at the Marylebone. 'Property of Mr Arnold Cave, Theatre Royal Marylebone' noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Nellie, or, The companions of the chair'. The play is not recorded in the LCO Day Book...
'The divorce, or, Better than gold', by E. J. Towers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre proprietor, Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
'The casual ward, or, Workhouse life', by J. A. Cave.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 February 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. A note from J. A. Cave, to W. B. Donne, (n.d.), introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as Saturday 10 February 1866 on folio 2. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a considerable number ...
'True at last, or, Two roads of life', by T. H. Reynoldson.
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Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 28 March 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. The alternative title 'The Gitano boy' noted on folio 1, but this appears to have been superseded by the title given above which is listed on folio 1v. A note to W. B. Donne, written on behalf of J....
'Pike O'Callaghan, or, The Irish patriot', by W. Reeve.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 April 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Swansea. MS in two hands. The script contains sketches of how the stage should be set up on folios 16v and 32. Nicoll notes that the play was subsequently performed in Scarborough on 29 September 1868 and at the S...
'The king's advocate, or, Love and hate', by G. F. Warde.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 September 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Cambridge. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'By him who died upon the Rood' to be omitted in performance. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.