A skilful practitioner, comedietta in two acts by W.W. Hartopp. Printed (Nassau Steam Press, 1861.) Licence sent 25 November 1861 for performance at Windsor. ff. 17. W. W. Hartopp, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1860-1861: Printed.
'Aunt's advice', farce in one act by E. A. Sothern. Licence sent 28 November 1861 for performance at the Haymarket. Signed Thoms. T. Pugh, under-prompter. Additions written in ink. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. ff. 34. Edward Askew Sothern, actor-manager: Plays by, submi...
'Jericho Jack the fore-mast man, or, The pirate of the Azores', drama in two acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 22 November 1861 for performance at the Effingham. Signed Morris Abrahams. Sketch on back cover of half-naked standing male figure, piratical in appearance, with moustache, wild...
'Harlequin Valentine and Orson', comic pantomime opening by J. H. Doyne. Licence sent 24 November 1861 for performance at the Queen's, Manchester. Back cover signed J. H. Doyne. ff. 23. J. H. Doyne, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1860-1866.
'Margery Daw, or, The two bumpkins', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 14 December 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 798. ff. 14. John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867.
'Perseus and Andromeda', extravaganza by William Brough. Licence sent 14 December 1861 for performance at the St. James's. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 792 as Perseus and Andromeda, or, The maid and the monster. ff. 52. William Brough, journalist and author; brother of R B Brough: Play...
'Harlequin Hey-diddle-diddle the cat and the fiddle and the cow jumped over the moon, or, Oranges and lemons and the 12 dancing princesses', pantomime by M. Dutnall (with music by B. Isaacson). Licence sent 16 December 1861 for performance at the Surrey. Includes comic scenes. ff. 26. Marti...
'Vicissitudes of a Colleen Bawn', joke song by H. J. Byron, arranged by Frank Musgrave and John Parry. Licence sent 10 December 1861 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. For other versions, see Add. 53003 S, 52995 B, 52995 T, 52996 M, 53002 M, 53005 T, 53007 O, 53009 I, and 53014 ...
'Miss Eily O'Connor', burlesque in one act by H. R. Byron. Licence sent 22 November 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signed E. T. Smith. MS written in two different hands. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 781. For other versions, see Add. 52995 B, 53003 S, 52995 T, 5...
'Rival Othellos', farce in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 29 November 1861 for performance at the Strand on 25 November. Inside front cover signed J. T. Ennis. Described as an extravaganza in both Nicoll and LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Other performances at the Strand cited in Nicoll on ...