‘Retribution, or, The gipsy’s revenge’, drama in seven acts. Licence sent 7 October 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. ‘Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria’, written on the front cover. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line from act th...
‘The widow’s wedding’, comedy in three acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 29 September 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. ‘Mr Leigh Murray’ written in ink next to list of dramatis personae. Some amendments in ink. Keywords: widows, weddings, gipsies, disguise, inheritance, courtsh...
‘Dinorah, the pilgrimage to Ploermel’, romantic opera in three acts; the music by G. Meyerbeer, 'the English version paraphrased from the original French of MM. Barbier & Carré by Henry J. Chorley'. Licence sent 28 September 1859 for performance by the English Opera Company, Covent Garden....
‘The great Russian bear, or, Another retreat from Moscow’, farce in one act by Thomas Morton. Licence sent 28 September 1859 for performance at the St. James's. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Paste-in and additions in ink in a different hand to mai...
‘Irish valour versus English courage’, comic drama in three acts. Licence sent 6 October 1859 . Not listed in Nicoll or LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Last page signed and inside front cover, Edmund Albert Greene, 21 Priory Street, Birkenhead, written in ink. Keywords: Irish settings, castles, aris...
‘Rookwood’, drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 14 October 1859 for performance at the Grecian on 17 October 1859. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the exclamation 'O Lord! O God!' be omitted. Based on the novel ‘Rookwood, a romance’, by W. ...
‘The magic toys’, ballet farce in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 28 September 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed J. Oxenford on front cover. ‘Miss L. Thompson’ pencilled next to list of dramatis personae. Set design inside front cover in ink. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42...
‘A husband to order’, farce in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 11 October 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Some amendments in ink. Adapted from the French play, ‘Un mariage sous l’Empire’. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 632. Keywords: French settings and character names, post...