'Up at the hills', comedy in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 22 October 1860 for performance at St James's. Described as "An original comedy of Indian life". Contains numerous cuts and additions in ink and pencil. Small sketch of a bird at the end of Act 1. Actors' names listed next t...
'Old Trusty', comic drama in one act by 'Walter Gordon' (i.e. William Aylmer Gowing). Licence sent 22 January 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 741. ff. 42. William Aylmer Gowing, called 'Walter Gordon', writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1857-1867.
Alfred, patriotic drama in five acts by Martin F. Tupper. Printed (privately published, 1858). Licence sent 12 July 1861 for performance at the Queen's, Manchester. ff. 27. Martin Farquhar Tupper, author: Plays by, submitted: 1861: Printed. Adrien Decourcelle, dramatist: Plays by, submitte...
Mr and Mrs Charles Mathews "At home", entertainment in two parts with printed programme attached. Licence sent 25 November 1861 for performance at Her Majesty's Concert Room. Programme printed by the Nassau Steam Press. Not listed in Nicoll. Described in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 as a "melang...
The Irish boy (altered from 'Andy Blake'), drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Printed (French's Minor Drama, no. 110). Licence sent 7 February 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover signed B. Webster. Handwritten paste-in of the title 'The Irish boy', obscuring the original printed t...
'Jessie Brown, or, The siege of Lucknow'('Jessie Brown, or, The relief of Lucknow'), drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 11 September 1862 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. MS written in more than one hand. First performed as 'Jessie Brown, or, The relief of L...
'Jeanie Deans, or, The heart of Midlothian' ('The trial of Effie Deans'), drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 23 January 1863 . No details of theatre given on script, but Nicoll records first British performance at Astley's, 26 January 1863. Letter signed [illegible] and E. S...
Harlequin Blue Beard, the Great Bashaw and his Seven Headless Wives, or, Harlequin Selim and his Lovely Fatima, by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1865 for performance at the Pavilion. The script is in three parts. Folios 1-16 printed by E. J. Bath, Whitechapel. (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folios 14 and 14v. Folios 17-23 manuscript comic scenes. Folios 24-30, printed proofs of the play.
'Prince Pippo and the Fair Mayde of Islington, or, Harlequin, the fairy magpie and the 12 magic spoons', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Alexandra. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Un Soir qu'il Neigeait (one Snowy Night); Les Prés Saint Gervais (The Meadows of saint Gervais); 'Les Forfaits de Pipermans (Piperman's Predicaments), translated by J. R. Ware.
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English translations of three plays (respectively a comedy in one act, a farce-comedy in two acts and a farce in one act). 'Licence for French versions of the plays sent October 27', noted on folio 1 in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays. Licence issued for performance at the Opera Comiq...