'Wild Will, or, The pirates of the Thames', by W. Travers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 September 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The play is not mentioned in Nicoll.
'The snowdrift, or, The cross on the shoe', by A. Coates.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 January 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to Alfred Coates under the title 'The snow drift, or, The cross on the boo...
'Marlborough, or, The three phases of a life', by W. Phillips.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 November 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for one passage with strong scriptural overtones to be omitted in performance.
'Jacl the Giant Killer and the Sleeping Beauty', by H. Levy
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'Jack the Giant Killer and the Sleeping Beauty', by H. Levy. Play approved 21 January 1876 for a licence to perform at the Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh. 17 folios.
‘A duel in the dark’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 12 January 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 January 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be omitted. P...
Mademoiselle de La Seigliere, comedy in four acts, by Jules Sandeau. Printed (1852). French. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Manager: J. Mitchell. Original first performance at the Comédie Française, 4 November 1851. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipul...
‘The blue baron, or, The mine fiend and the lake fay’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 6 April 1852 for performance at the Victoria 12 April 1852. MS includes letter from Eliza Vincent requesting the licence. Only listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 under the title‘The mine fiend and the...
Le collier de perles, comedy in three acts by M. Mazères. Printed (1851). Licence sent 4 May 1852 for performance at St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 4 Février 1851. Dramatis personae lists actors’ names. Publisher’s advertising at f...
Emilia Galotti, tragedy in five acts by G. E. Lessing. Printed (1844). German. Licence sent 21 June 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. A play of the same title by F. Holcroft was performed in 1805. Keywords: aristocracy, family relationships, murder. ff. 50. Gotthold Ephraim Lessin...