'The gipsy girl of Granada', romantic drama in four acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 15 October 1861 for performance at the Standard. ff. 33. William Travers, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867.
'Medea', tragedy in three acts by Matilda Heron. Licence sent 28 October 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Cover signed Miss Avonia Jones, Melbourne, Australia. Bound in two parts, see note on cover: "N.B. This is a sketch manuscript which the accompanying part fills up...
'Mary Barton', drama in three acts by Thompson Townsend. Licence sent 31 October 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. E. Conquest, manager. Nicoll cites an alternative title, 'Mary Barton, or, The weaver's distress'. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, a tale of ...
'Doing for the best', domestic drama in two acts by M. R. Lacy. Licence sent 12 November 1861 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 812. ff. 34. Michael Rophino Lacy, musician: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1862.
'The Puritan's daughter', opera in three acts by J. V. Bridgeman (for the music by M. W. Balfe). Licence sent 23 November 1861 for performance at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden on 27 November 1861 (although Loewenberg records the first performance as 30 November. Cover signed William ...
'The poor nobleman', domestic drama in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 25 November 1861 for performance at the St James's. Adapted from Le gentilhomme pauvre, by P. F. Pinel and É. Lafargue. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 787. For another version, see Add. 53005 F. ff. 36. Ch...
'Harlequin Hey-diddle-diddle the cat and the fiddle, or, The clock and the spoon and the nice old cow that jumped over the moon', pantomime by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 21 December 1861 for performance at the Effingham. Includes comic scenes. Numerous cuts and amendments in pencil. Letter a...
'Slowtop's engagement', comedietta in one act by C. S. Cheltnam. Licence sent 9 January 1862 for performance at the Olympic. Adapted from a French original. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 793. ff. 9. Charles Smith Cheltnam, translator and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1861...
'Kathleen Mavourneen, or, St. Patrick's eve', drama in three acts by William Travers. Licence sent 7 February 1862 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 33. William Travers, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867.
'Adam Bede, the hall, the workshop and the farm', drama in three acts by J. E. Carpenter. Licence sent 18 February 1862 for performance at the Surrey. Based on the novel by George Eliot, first published by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1859. ff. 29. Joseph Edwards Carp...