'Turkish lovers’, an Eastern spectacular romance in three acts by Captain W. H. Armstrong. Licence sent 3 March 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 7 March 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'God' and 'Oh Lord' be omitted. Includes list of s...
La question d'Orient, comédie-vaudeville in one act by Jules Moinaux with music by Victor Parisot. French. Printed (Paris: Colombier, n.d.). Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at Théâtre des Variétés 28 April 1854. Letter introducing pl...
'Little Bo-Peep, or, Harlequin and the girl who lost her sheep', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 22 December 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 26 December 1854. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Revisions throughout. Description of cost...
‘Tafelhausen, or, The legend of a lawyer’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Surrey 24 March 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the words ‘Lord’ and ‘Oh Lord’ be omitted. Two different types of paper used. Songs i...
‘Timely warning, or, Past, present and future’, drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 18 March 1856. Signed Ro. Conquest, proprietor and responsible manager. Keywords: French influence, family relationships, fallen women, aristo...
‘Sarah’s young man’, farce in one act by William E. Suter. Licence sent 19 April 1856 for performance at the Surrey 21 April 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 463. Keywords: servants, debt and its consequences, Ratcatcher’s Daughter, fashion...
‘Winning the widow’, interlude in one act by Lucy Newbery, “being an alteration of Mrs. Charles Kemble’s personation; with the two additional characters of Flora and Peter”. Licence sent 3 May 1856 for performance at the Soho Theatre 28 May 1856. Keywords: military, fashion, disguise, servant...
‘Carlo Brunari, or, The mounted brigands of the Abruzzi’, original equestrian spectacle in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 12 May 1856. Cover signed William Cook, lessee and manager, W. West, stage manager. Keywords: crime, a...
‘The rolling stone’, petite comedy in one act by John Vandenbergh. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 22 August 1856. Keywords: musicians, education, art and artists, science and technology, military. ff. 46. John Vandenbergh, writer of plays: London. Secular Institut...
‘Cloud and sunshine, or, Love’s revenge’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Standard. Cover signed John Douglass, proprietor. Third act written on different paper. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: French influence, flirtation, aristocracy, crime, castl...