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'The husband of an hour', drama in two acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 26 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 462. Keywords: French influence, servants, aristocracy, widows, inheritance, impersonation, duelling. ff. 44...
'The rose of Castille', opera in three acts by A. G. Harris and Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 16 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 29 October 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Spanish influence, aristocracy, treason, peasants, imprisonment, festival and celebration. ff. 46. Ed...
'Too much of a good thing', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 February 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 6 February 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 318. Keywords: eavesdropping, illness, doctors and medicine, disguise, food and dining, travel. ff. 21. George Henry L...
‘The frost of youth, or, Hearts matched against diamonds and the struggles of life’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 September 1856 for performance at City of London 6 October 1856. Three different types of paper and two different hands used for the text. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: ...
William Tell; or, The strike of the Cantons, burlesque pantomime preceded by a prologue entitled The library of time, by Tom Taylor, A. R. Smith, F. Talfourd and W. P. Hale. Printed (1856), with MS additions. Licence sent 24 May 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 2 June 1856. Pseudonyms or o...