'Boabdil el Chico, or, The Moor the merrier!', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 29 March 1866 for performance at Astley's. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to F. C. Burnand is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
'Der Freischutz, or, A good cast for a piece', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 2 October 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll notes that the music for the piece was composed by F. Musgrave.
'Laurette's bridal, or, More than meets the eye', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 November 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Rich and Poor, or, The Workman's Dream, by G. H. Parker.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 November 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Printed (1866). The name T. F. Garrett noted on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths and the word 'damnation' be omitted. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
'Out of the frying pan into the fire', by B. Wright.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 5 July 1867 for performance at the City of London. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1.
'He's a lunatic', by H. C. Merivale ("Felix Dale").
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 14 September 1867 for performance at the Queen's. The attribution of the play to H. C. Merivale is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 78).
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 16 October 1867 for performance at the Olympic. The name Benjamin Webster noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. M. Morton is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 79).
'The cricket on the hearth', by H. C. Hazlewood, Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 November 1867 for performance at the Alexandra. Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths to be removed.
'The convict, or, Hunted to death', by C. H. Stephenson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 30 January 1868 for performance at the Pavilion. An alternative title, 'Sampson, or, A fight with fate' appears on folios 1 and 38, crossed through on both occasions. Act four is in a separate hand to acts one, two and three.