'Tide and time, or, Mildred's vow', by H. T. Leslie.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 February 1867 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to H. T. Leslie is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was als...
'Ready and willing, a working man's story', by E. Towers.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 may 1867 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the theatre details on folio 1. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Striking the hour, or, Firematch the trooper', by W. H. Pitt.
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Drama in two acts and a prologue. Licence sent 17 May 1867 for performance at the City of London. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to W. H. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded...
'Achora Machree, or, Gems of Ould Ireland', by S. Davis.
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Domestic drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 May 1867 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. A dramatic sketch of the final scene is included on folio 106. The play is not listed in Nicoll. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a judge's speech containing the words 'sentence of death' to...
'Moonlight Jack, or, The king of the road', by W. Travers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 June 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Travers, although with the date cited as 1866.
'Break but not bend, or, Phantom honour', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 September 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. An alternative title, 'The bitter burden' has been crossed through. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dra...
'Captain Gerald, or, False and fair', by J. B. Howe.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 November 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. B. Howe is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
'Agamemnon and Cassandra, or, The Prophet of Loss and Troy', by R. Reece.
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Classical burlesque. Licence sent 11 April 1868 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool. Dramatis personae on folio 2 together with the names of the actors.
'Lady Anne's Well, or, The warning spirit', by W. Travers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 July 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Travers.