'Mazourka, or, The stick, the Pole and the Tartar', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 22 April 1864 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 1v. The play was also published by French.
Married in spite of himself, by W. J. Sorrell and A. Thomson.
Scope & Content:
Operetta. Licence sent 21 September 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed (1865) with manuscript additions. Folio 1 notes 'To be performed for one night only ... for Miss Augusta Thomson's benefit. Thursday Sep 21 1865'. Dramatis personae with manuscript amendments to the ...
'Rip Van Winkle, or, Some nambulistic knickerbockers', by J. Strachan Jnr and H. Davis.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'novel, sensational, emotional, farcical, musical, melo-dramatical and substantial burlesque', on folio 3. Licence sent 13 March 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. A letter from Henry Davis to W. B. Donne, dated 10 March 1866, introduces the play and men...
'Britomarte the man hater, or, Will he win her', by Mrs H. Young
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 28 June 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
The Lady of the Lake, plaid in a new Tartan, by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an ephemeral burlesque founded on Sir Walter Scott's immortal poem' on folio 2. Licence sent 8 September 1866 for performance at the Royalty. Printed - Lacy's Acting Edition (n.d.). (vol 71). List of characters with the names of the actors taking the roles given on folios 2v-3. Nic...
'Eyes in the dark, or, The grave on the sands', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 17 November 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
'Guy Faux, or, An ugly mug and a couple of spoons', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 1v. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) and Nicoll both amend the spelling to 'Guy Fawkes'.
Hit and "Miss", or, All my eye and Betty Martyn, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
An operatic absurdity. Licence sent 16 April 1868 for performance at the Olympic. Printed by John Bennett, Cheapside (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folio 3, together with the names of the actors - the playwright R. Soutar among them.