List of plays granted a licence in January and early February 1870, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays.
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 February 1870 for performance at the Bower. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Operetta in two acts. Licence sent 18 February 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Greenwich. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Tragic-comedy in two acts. Licence sent 17 January 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Printed by McGowan and Danks, Steam Printers, Great Windmill Street. (1870). The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marshall.
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 February 1870 for performance at the East London. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Opera in three acts. Licence sent 17 Januray 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Printed (n.d.). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references such as 'a pretty way to spend one's bridal nights', and comments which suggest assignations of a romantic nature to be omitted. The name of the dramat...
Romantic drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 February 1870 for performance at the Globe. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. T. Craven, noting further that the title was altered to 'The curse of kin' on 4 May 1885. LCO Day Book (Add MS 537...
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 6 January 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.). Diagrams of the stage layouts are presented at the opening of each act. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. W. Robertson.
Farce in one act. Licence sent 6 January 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. B. Brough under the title 'Open to correction'.