'Canonbury Tower' ('Canonbury House'), drama in three acts. Imperfect. Licence sent 5 September 1857 for performance at the Victoria 5 September 1857. Request for licence signed by J. Towers. The present text consists of act one alone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that t...
Crispino e la comare, ‘libretto fantastico-giocoso’ in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a few phrases be omitted. First performed Cremona, 1855. Key...
Distinguished connections, farce in one act, “by the author of 'The manoeuverer'.” Printed (1855). Licence sent 9 September 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Brighton. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: French ...
'The family friend', play in three acts. Licence sent 9 September 1857 for performance at the Surrey. 'Licence copy' written on cover. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Mr Smith, 1 Charles Street, Fitzroy Sq. Listed neither in LCO Day Book Add. 53073 nor Nicoll. Keywords: aristo...
'The sacrifice, or, Love unto death', drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 October 1857 for performance at the Surrey the same day. 'Indian piece' written on cover of act three. Signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick on last page. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths b...
'Halfpenny child, or, The archives of the poor' ('The token, or, Lenza, the child of the wanderer'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 September 1857 for performance at the Victoria ‘Monday next’. Request for licence signed by J. Towers. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 includes a letter requesting ...
'Quadroon, the slave bride, or, The tree cavern', drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 October 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence written by Isaac Cohen (copyist) for J. J. Towers. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that an attempted rape scene ...
'Catherine Howard' ('Ambition, or, The throne and the tomb'), drama in four acts. Licence sent 18 September 1857 for performance at the Surrey. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a number of words such as 'Lord' and all oaths be ...