'The woman in white', drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 August 1861 for performance at Sadlers Wells. "Newly adapted from portions of Wilkie Collins' work", on cover of Act Two. Final page signed Miss Caroline Lucrezia Hill, Royal Sadlers Wells Theatre, 14 August 1862. Based on Wilkie Coll...
'Carlo Ferrari, the Italian boy' ('Carlo Foscari, the Italian boy'), drama in two acts by F. Marchant. Licence sent 14 September 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted on the script. Entitled 'Carlo Foscari, the Italian boy' in Nicoll. Possibly based o...
'Piquillo Alliago, or, The adventurer', drama in three acts by Charles Webb. Licence sent 3 September 1861 for performance at the Grecian on 5 September 1861. Signed B. Conquest, manager. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Rough pencil sketch of scene on endpaper of Act II. Ent...
'The midnight spectre!!!, or, The fatal secret!', 'a Richardsonian' melo-drama in one act by Nelson Lee the younger. Licence sent 3 September 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. "For Bill. Upon this occasion only will be performed a mysterious Richardsonian drama of intense thrilling intere...
'Scattered leaves', drama in two acts by Alfred Rayner. Licence sent 9 September 1861 for performance at the Grecian. MS written in more than one hand. Cover signed Alfred Rayner, 18 Clifton Street, North, Finsbury. Front cover also signed R. H. Lingham. Nicoll attributes authorship to R. ...
'In to win, or, The jockey's stratagem' ('How to win'), farce in one act by J. T. Tindale. Licence sent 8 August 1861 for performance at the Queen's on 14 August 1861. Entitled 'How to win', on the front cover, signed C. J. James. MS written in more than one hand. Hand of J. T. Tindale for ...
'The rescue of the orphans, or, The father's grave', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 9 September 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted on the script. Keywords: wills, class conflict, eviction, industrialisation, London, murder, arson...
'The idiot of the mountain', drama in three acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 2 September 1861 for performance at the Surrey on 7 September 1861. Cues underlined in red ink. Adapted from the French of MM. Eugène Grangé and 'Lambert Thiboust' (i.e. P. A. A. Thiboust). Contains words for song...