'Cahontas the Delaware's daughter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 April 1860 for performance at the City of London. Not listed in Nicoll. Appears to have only a tenuous connection with the historical character Pocahontas. Keywords: American settings and characters, native Americans, De...
'Bob Cherry rough and ready', farce in two acts by W. Thompson Townsend. Licence sent 15 April 1860 for performance at the Surrey. Amendments made in pencil. Keywords: lawyers, letters, wills, dandies, class contrast, Richmond, drunkenness, cards, gambling. ff. 44.
Ma niece et mon ours, 'folie vaudeville' in three acts by 'MM. Clairville et de Frascati' (i.e., L. F. Nicolaie and Moïse Milhaud.). Printed (Bibliothèque dramatique; théatre moderne, 1859). French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the Palais- R...
'The champion of England, or, Tom and the boy', sketch in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 26 April 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, the theatre proprietor, noted on the text. Based on the famous boxing match between Tom Sayers and the American John Heenan,...
'Dinorah, or, The demon's treasure', drama in four acts, probably by W. Travers. Licence sent 7 April 1860 for performance at the Standard. Described at the beginning of Act 1 as “a new romantic drama adapted from the opera”, and at the beginning of Acts 2, 3 and 4 as “a new romantic drama ad...
'March winds and April showers, or, The old folks at home', drama in three acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 20 April 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield. End of each act signed William Seaman, author. Back cover has postage stamps and address of the sender, 'C. L., 90, N...
Les femmes terribles, comedy in three acts in prose by P. Dumanoir. Printed (Michel Levy Frères, 2ème éd., 1858). French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the Vaudeville, Paris, 20 March 1858. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Not liste...
Almina, opera in three acts by A. Lanzieres, music by Fabio Campana. Printed (Davison's Libretto Books) to be sold at the theatre. Italian, with English translation on facing page. Licence sent 25 April 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Printed by Advertisement for the ...