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The black domino, comic opera in three acts by Henry F. Chorley (for the music by D. Auber). Printed (Nassau Steam Press, for the theatre; n.d.). Licence sent 19 February 1861 for performance at Covent Garden. Based on Le domino noir, the libretto by A. E. Scribe, first produced at the Opéra...
'The spirit of death, or, Twelve o'clock and the midnight angel', drama in six acts by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 24 May 1861 for performance at the Standard. Cuts and amendments written in ink, stage directions added on loose leaves of paper. For other versions, see Add.53004 I, 53004 F, ...
'My Lord and my Lady, or, "It might have been worse" ', comedy in five acts by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 8 July 1861 for performance at the Haymarket. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts in ink and red pencil, stage cues in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 766. f...
'All in the dark', farce in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 20 November 1861 for performance at the New Royalty. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records place of performance as the Soho . Previously performed as 'All in the dark, or, The banks of the Elbe', 1822. Adapted from the French of V...
‘Oh Gemini, or, The brothers of course’, burlesque in one act by G. Abbott à Beckett and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 12 April 1852. Signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a speech criticizing ...
‘A chain of events’, drama in eight acts by ‘Slingsby Lawrence’ (i.e. G. H. Lewes) and C. J. Matthews. Licence sent 11 April 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 12 April 1852. The whole of Act II is devoted to scenic effect with no dialogue at all. Songs included with MS. For another version...
Un service à Blanchard, vaudeville in one act by ‘E. Moreau’ and ‘A. Delacour’. Printed (1852). Licence sent 4 May 1852 for performance at St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 6 April 1852. Dramatis personae lists actors’ names. Publishe...
Kabale und Liebe, tragedy in five acts by F. Schiller. Printed (1847). German. Licence sent 6 June 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Omissions marked throughout text. Noted on cover to be ‘corrected from acting copy and by Examiner of plays.’ No entry for this play in LCO Day Book ...
‘The master passion’, comedy in two acts by Mrs. Alfred Philips. Licence sent 31 August 1852 for performance at the Olympic 1 September 1852. Title page is signed by W. Farren, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that duelling scene in first act be omitted and that a phr...
‘Mrs. Johnson’, farce in one act by ‘Hugo Vamp’ (i.e. J. R. O’Neill). Licence sent 19 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 26 July 1852. Title page signed by Wm. Sheridan Smith, manager, and the author. ‘Hugo Vamp’ also appears but is slightly obscured. Includes diagra...