‘My lover the captain’, farce in one act by J. Edward Thompson. Licence sent 5 March 1852 for performance at the Strand 8 March 1852. Keywords: suburbs, doctors and medicine, science and technology, servants, military, nautical drama, Egypt, disguise, children, cross-dressing, poverty ff. 14. ...
‘Taking by storm’, farce in one act by 'Frank Churchill' (i.e. G. H. Lewes). Licence sent 1 June 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 5 June 1852. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 89. Keywords: military, literature and literary reference, the press, theatre, spinsters, nautical drama, art and ...
‘A novel expedient’, farce in one act by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 25 June 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 26 June 1852. Request for licence unsigned, but apparently in the author’s hand, as is part of the text itself. Performed as ‘Book the third, chapter the first’, ...
‘Our new lady’s maid’, comedietta in one act by H. C. Coape. Licence sent 8 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 July 1852. Signed by manager, Benjamin Webster. Signature on title page is crossed out. Actors’ initials appear next to dramatis personae. Revisions thro...
‘Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, The fugitive slave!’ drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 September 1852 for performance at the Victoria 20 September 1852. Title page signed by Eliza Vincent. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Other versions include those written in 1852 by J. C...
‘The marriage day, or, The life chase’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 September 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 September 1852. Title page signed Mssrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Also performed as ‘The life chase’ at the Surrey 15 November 1852. Keywords: seaside settings, police, w...
'Don Quixote de la Mancha and the sleep of an hundred years, or, Harlequin, the omened bird and the fairy of the golden waters', pantomime by Edward Farmer. Licence sent 15 November 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Extensive stage directions regarding lighting. Keywords...
Il ne faut jurer de rien, comédie in three acts by Alfred de Musset. Printed (Paris: Charpentier, 1849). French. Licence sent 22 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre Français 22 June 1848. Signed by J. Mitchell. Keywords: French influ...