‘The three perils of man: wine, wit and woman’, ‘grand spectacular burlesque’ in one act by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 27 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey 29 March 1852. Title page lists Messrs. Shepherd and Cheswick. Stage directions underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Key...
‘Transferring a license’, a farce in one act by Lewis I. Jenkins and Thomas W. Hughes. Licence sent 12 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, 12 April 1852. Keywords: working class characters, stagecraft, family relationships. ff. 8. Thomas W. Hughes, writer of plays: L...
‘The betting boy’s career, from his home to the hulks’, ‘moral drama’ in two acts. Licence sent 3 August 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 9 August 1852. ‘Taken from the plates’ appears on title page, perhaps written by an E. F. Saville who has signed the title page in pencil...
'The rats of the Seine', drama in five acts. Licence sent 28 October 1852 for performance at the Queen's 1 November 1852. Title page signed by C. F. James. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text. Keywords: Paris, French influence, nautical drama, poverty, mil...
Une rivière dans le dos, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘Monsieur Delacour’ (i.e. A. C. Lartigue) and A. Montjoye. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1852). French. Licence sent 10 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théât...
'Our Nelly’, a domestic drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 March 1853 for performance at the Surrey 28 March 1853. Signed by Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Songs included in MS. One loose sheet with a song is inserted. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitt...
'Genevieve', or, The Reign of Terror', drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 15 June 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 20 June 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout the text. Stage directions added in pencil. Possible analogu...
'The woman of colour', drama in four acts by Captain Williams. Licence sent 22 October 1853 for performance at the Surrey 14 November 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'God' be substituted with 'Heaven'. Keywords: American characters, New York, orphans, slav...
'Jack the giant killer, or, Harlequin and Robin Goodfellow', grand grotesque burlesque comic pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 12 December 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham 12 December 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that phrases such as 'Lord...