‘Third class and first class, or, The career of a widow’s son’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 28 July 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords railways, pedlars, celebrations, sailors, poison, class contrast, madness, sea settings, Japan, boats, disguise, volcanoes, gam...
‘The rifle and how to use it’, farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 16 September 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 623. Keywords: Clapham, volunteers, marital relationships, drink and drunkenness, police, tailors. ff. 31. ...
'So the world goes', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 May 1860 for performance at the Effingham Saloon. Name of Morris Abrahams, the theatre manager, noted on cover. Unusual underlining of stage directions in ink in Act One, Scene four. Act Two copied and signed by W. E. Su...
'The Gitanella, or, The children of the forest' (The Gitanilla; or, The children of the Zincali), drama in three acts by J. Crawford Wilson. Licence sent 29 September 1860 for performance at the Surrey. Published as The Gitanilla; or, The children of the Zincali in Lacy's, vol. 48, no. 713. ...
'The pet of the parterre'' (Pets of the parterre, or, Love in a garden), vaudeville in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 3 November 1860 for performance at the Lyceum. Cited in Nicoll and published in Lacy's, vol. 48, no. 716, as Pets of the parterre, or, Love in a garden. Contains words ...
'A terrible secret', farce in one act by F. S. Coyne. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signed E. J. Smith, lessee. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 782. ff. 29. Joseph Stirling Coyne, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1864: Partly incomplet...
'Red Ruthven', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 5 February 1862 for performance at the Queen's on 8 February 1862. Cover signed C. J. James and final page signed W. E. Suter. 1859 cited as the year of performance in Nicoll. ff. 41. William E. Suter, dramatist: Plays by, submi...
'The white boys, or, Ireland in 1798', drama in two acts by E. Towers. Licence sent 30 January 1862 for performance at the Victoria. Note of application for licence signed 'Isaac Cohen' for Joseph Johnson Towers, the theatre manager. Numerous cuts and amendments in ink. MS written in more t...
'Step by step and the end will come', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 25 March 1862 to be performed at the Queen's on 29 March 1862. Described as an "entirely original Irish drama", signed W. E. Suter. Cover signed C. S. James. ff. 49. William E. Suter, dramatist: Plays by, ...
'A leap for liberty', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 17 April 1862 to be performed at the Queen's on 19 April 1862. Cover signed C. J. James, with each act individually signed by the author. ff. 38. William E. Suter, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1866.