Diviser pour regner, comédie-vaudeville in one act by Adrien Decourcelle. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1850). French. Licence sent 25 January 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Songs included in MS. Advertising on front and back co...
‘The gold finders of Australia, or, Greenleaf and Redberry the forest twins’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 10 February 1853 for performance at the Standard the same day. Each act written on different type of paper. Keywords: gold prospecting, nautical drama, seaside setting, crime, poli...
‘The gold fields of Australia, or, Off to the diggings’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 January 1853 for performance at the Bower Saloon 24 January 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. Biddles on back cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn...
‘Lilian Gervais’ (altered from ‘Lilian Rene’ al. 'The pearl of Normandy'), drama in three acts by Morris Barnett. Licence sent 11 January 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 January 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Revisions throughout. Signed by Morris Barnett on back cover. Publishe...
‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 January 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 January 1853. [italics]Signed[/italics] by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and notes that the play lice...
‘Gold’, drama in five acts, by Charles Reade. Licence sent 5 January 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 10 January 1853. Plays of the same title were performed in 1851 and 1880. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 152, and in Dick’s Standard Plays, no. 1053, in 1896. ff. 92...
‘The rising of the tide’, ‘melodrame’ in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 14 January 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 24 January 1853. Keywords: nautical drama, age and ageing, law and legal profession, crime, suicide, family relationships, death, Cornwall, seaside settings, st...
Le bonhomme Jadis, comedy in one act by Henry Murger. Printed (Paris: Levy Frères, 1852). French. Licence sent 25 January 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that passages marked with asterisks should be omitted. K...