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<bibl n="52929.B" fols="14" key="anorganicaffectionano..." xml:id="LCP__52929.B"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘An organic affection’ (‘An organic affection, or, An affection of the
heart’), farce in one act by Mrs. Alfred Philips. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-09" where="Olympic">Licence sent 9 January for
performance at the Royal Olympic 12 January 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by W. Farren. Includes performances of a number of songs, one of
which contains the phrase ‘affection of the heart.’ LCO Day Book Add. 53703
records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 5, no. 75. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>disfigurement.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52929.C" fols="23" key="aduelinthedark" xml:id="LCP__52929.C"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A duel in the dark’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-12" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 12 January for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 January 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day
Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 76. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>food and dining.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52929.O" fols="16" key="matrimonialagentleman" xml:id="LCP__52929.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Matrimonial—A Gentleman, etc. For further particulars apply at—The
Royal Olympic Theatre’, farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-09" where="Olympic">Licence sent 9 February for
performance at the Olympic 12 February 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by W. Farren. Stage directions underlined.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 7, no. 96. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>police</term>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>age and ageing.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52930.F" fols="15" key="amatrimonialprospectu..." xml:id="LCP__52930.F"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A matrimonial prospectus’, farce in one act by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-27" where="Strand">Licence sent 27 February for
performance at the Strand 4 March 1852. </licence>
<pubNote> Published as Matrimonial prospectuses in Lacy‘s, vol. 6, no. 81. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>the press</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52930.G" fols="40" key="no3figtreecourt" xml:id="LCP__52930.G"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘No. 3 Fig Tree Court, Temple, or, Us and our clerks’, farce in one act
by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e., Tom Taylor). </title>
<licence when="1862-02-26" where="Princess">Licence sent 26 February for
performance at the Princess’s 6 March 1852. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 80. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>marriage</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52930.Z" fols="22" key="thecorsicanbrothers" xml:id="LCP__52930.Z"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The Corsican brothers’, drama in three acts. Printed (Lacy’s, vol. 6,
no. 79). </title>
<licence when="1862-03-19" where="Marylebone">Licence sent 19 March 1852 for
performance at the Marylebone. </licence>
<licNote>Scrap of a playbill that lists title and ‘stage manager copy’ bound in
with text. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that exclamations
such as ‘Oh Lord’ and ‘Good Lord’ be omitted. For other versions see Add. 43037
H, 52930 P, 52930 S, 52930 Y, and 52931 G. For burlesqued versions see 52931 I
and 52931 L.</licNote>
<keywords>
<term>twins</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>French</term>
<term>Corsican Brothers</term>
<term>Corsica</term>
<term>festivals and celebrations</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52931.A" fols="97" key="wittikindandhisbrothe..." xml:id="LCP__52931.A"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Wittikind and his brothers, or, The seven swan princes and the fair
Melusine’ (‘The swan princes’), fairy tale in two acts, by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e.
Tom Taylor). </title>
<licence when="1862-03-26" where="Princess">Licence sent 26 March for
performance at the Princess’s 12 April 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Extensive revisions throughout text. Some notes about types of music to
be used.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 85. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>disfigurement</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>working women</term>
<term>prison and prisoners</term>
<term>execution.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52931.G" fols="25" key="thecorsicanbrothers" xml:id="LCP__52931.G"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The Corsican brothers, or, Les frères Corses’, ‘dramatic romance’ in
three acts and five tableaux, adapted ‘from the romance of M. Dumas by MM. E.
Grangé and X. de Montépin’. Printed (Lacy’s Acting Edition, vol. 6, no. 79). </title>
<licence when="1862-04-02" where="Queen">Licence sent 2 April for performance at
the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin, 12 April 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. Text includes
descriptions of costumes. Advertising on front and back covers. For other
versions see Add. 43037 H, 52930 P, 52930 S, 52930 Y, and 52930 Z. For
burlesqued versions see Add. 52931 I and 52931 L.</licNote>
<keywords>
<term>twins</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>French</term>
<term>Corsican Brothers</term>
<term>Corsica</term>
<term>festivals and celebrations</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52931.N" fols="32" key="mephistopheles" xml:id="LCP__52931.N"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Mephistopheles, or, An ambassador from below’, an extravaganza in one
act by R. B. Brough and H. S. Edwards. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-10" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 10 April for performance
at the Adelphi 12 April 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Songs
included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not appear to record this
play.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 361. A burlesque of the same title
by an unnamed author was licensed in 1894 (Add. 53560 D). </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>servants.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52931.S" fols="124" key="achainofevents" xml:id="LCP__52931.S"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A chain of events’, drama in eight acts by ‘Slingsby Lawrence’ (i.e. G.
H. Lewes) and C. J. Matthews. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-11" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 11 April for performance
at the Lyceum 12 April 1852. </licence>
<licNote>The whole of Act II is devoted to scenic effect with no dialogue at
all. Songs included with MS. For another version, see ‘The queen of the market’,
Add. 52931 K.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 21, no. 313. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>French Revolution</term>
<term>political revolution</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>street musicians</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>Christians and Christianity</term>
<term>prisons and prisoners</term>
<term>property.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52931.AA" fols="42" key="thelosthusband" xml:id="LCP__52931.AA"
corresp="N23496">
<title> ‘The lost husband’, drama in two acts, adapted from the French by
Charles Reade. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-23" where="Strand">Licence sent 23 April for performance
at the Strand 26 April 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Title page lists W. R. Copeland as lessee. Small number of revisions,
usually in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 86. There were two other licensed
plays under the same title; a farce performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in
1862 (Add. 53015 T), and an operetta privately performed in London and Brighton
in 1884 and 1885, and licensed for performance at the Opera Comique in 1886
(Add. 53357 C). </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>class</term>
<term>money</term>
<term>emigration</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>female villains</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>aristocracy.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52932.S" fols="16" key="ganem" xml:id="LCP__52932.S" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Ganem, the slave of love’, burlesque in one act by Francis Talfourd. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-29" where="Olympic">Licence sent 29 May for performance
at the Royal Olympic 31 May 1852. </licence>
<licNote>‘H. Farren for W. Farren’ is listed on title page. MS includes
songs.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 88. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>black characters</term>
<term>Muslims and Islam</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>female villains</term>
<term>harems</term>
<term>bigamy</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>fashion.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52932.W" fols="33" key="takingbystorm" xml:id="LCP__52932.W"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Taking by storm’, farce in one act by‘Frank Churchill' [i.e. G. H.
Lewes]. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-01" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 1 June for performance at
the Lyceum 5 June 1852. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 89. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>military</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>the press</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>nautical drama</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>servants.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52933.C" fols="34" key="anovelexpedient" xml:id="LCP__52933.C"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A novel expedient’, farce in one act by B. N. Webster. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-25" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 25 June for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 26 June 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence unsigned, but apparently in the author’s hand, as
is part of the text itself. Performed as ‘Book the third, chapter the first’, at
the Court Theatre, 12 June 1857 (Add. 52967 U).</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 7, no. 97. For a French version, Livre III,
chapitre 1er, by E. Pierron and A, Laferrière, see Add. 52938 N. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>literature and literary references</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52933.L" fols="17" key="sinkorswim" xml:id="LCP__52933.L" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Sink or swim’, a drama in two acts by Thomas Morton, Jr. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-27" where="Olympic">Licence sent 27 July for performance
at the Royal Olympic 2 August 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by manager, W. Farren. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the
stipulation that a few words be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy‘s, vol. 7, no. 98. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>upper class characters</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>philanthropy.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52933.M" fols="114" key="thewritingonthewall" xml:id="LCP__52933.M"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The writing on the wall’, drama in three acts by J. M. Morton and
Thomas Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-29" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 29 July for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 2 August 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive
revisions in various hands (not the work of the Examiner of Plays) appear
throughout text. Various different types of paper used. Large numbers and
prompts such as ‘call’ pencilled in throughout text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 7, no. 99. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>property</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>urban-rural contrast</term>
<term>disabled characters</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>Cornwall</term>
<term>Cornish characters</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52933.X" fols="38" key="anneblake" xml:id="LCP__52933.X" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Anne Blake’, drama in five acts by J. W. Marston. Printed (C. Marshall,
1852). </title>
<licence when="1862-08-23" where="Princess">Licence sent 23 August 1852 for
performance at the Princess’s 28 October 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Text written in two different hands.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy‘s, vol. 49. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Wales</term>
<term>Welsh characters</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>property.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52933.CC" fols="25" key="themasterpassion" xml:id="LCP__52933.CC"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The master passion’, comedy in two acts by Mrs. Alfred Philips. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-31" where="Olympic">Licence sent 31 August for
performance at the Olympic 1 September 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Title page is signed by W. Farren, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703
records the stipulation that duelling scene in first act be omitted and that a
phrase containing the word ‘God’ be substituted. Other revisions not the work of
the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy‘s, vol. 7, no. 105. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>festivals and celebrations</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.D" fols="36" key="wanted1" xml:id="LCP__52935.D" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Wanted. 1,000 spirited young milliners for the gold diggings’, farce in
one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-02" where="Olympic">Licence sent 2 October 1852 for
performance the same day at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>‘Willm Farren, Manager’ appears on title page. Revisions not the work
of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s,, vol. 8, no. 107. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>cross dressing</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>British Empire</term>
<term>gold prospecting.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.F" fols="19" key="boxandcoxmarriedandse..." xml:id="LCP__52935.F"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Box and Cox married and settled’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-07" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 7 October for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 12 October 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day
Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 8, no. 113. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>family ` relationships</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>trains and rail travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.K" fols="69" key="sarahblangisarahthecr..." xml:id="LCP__52935.K"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Sarah Blangi’ (‘Sarah the Creole’), drama in five acts by Morris
Barnett. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-12" where="Olympic">Licence sent 12 October for
performance at the Olympic 18 October 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Title page lists ‘Will Farren, Manager.’ Dramatis personae lists
actors’ names including ‘Farren’. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the
stipulation that the word ‘God’ be substituted. Revisions not the work of the
Examiner of Plays appear throughout the work.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s,, vol. 31, no. 465. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Creole characters</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>illegitimacy.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.L" fols="49" key="themysteriousladyweal..." xml:id="LCP__52935.L"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The mysterious lady’ (‘Wealth makes the man’), altered from ‘The
Fitzapes’, drama in two acts by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-16" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 16 October for
performance at the Lyceum 18 October 1852. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 8, no. 114. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>English characters</term>
<term>Antwerp</term>
<term>Flanders</term>
<term>English Civil War</term>
<term>education</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>Corsican characters</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>impersonation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.M" fols="21" key="ahouseoutofwindows" xml:id="LCP__52935.M"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A house out of windows’, farce in one act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-16" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 16 October for
performance at the Lyceum 18 October 1852. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 8, no. 117. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>age and ageing</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.T" fols="53" key="civilization" xml:id="LCP__52935.T" corresp="N">
<title>‘Civilization', a play in five acts by John H. Wilkins. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-25" where="City">Licence sent 25 October for performance
at the City of London Theatre 10 November 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Signed Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records
the stipulation that the expressions 'Lord' and 'O Lord' be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 137. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>France</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>Native Americans</term>
<term>French imperialism</term>
<term>prisons and prisoners</term>
<term>treason</term>
<term>stagecraft.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.X" fols="41" key="thewomaniadore" xml:id="LCP__52935.X"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The woman I adore’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-09" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 9 October 1852 for
performance the same day at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions
not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text. LCO Day Book Add.
53703 records the stipulation that the word 'Damn' be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 8, no. 112. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and legal profession</term>
<term>Cheltenham</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>dance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52935.Z" fols="47" key="acapitalmatch" xml:id="LCP__52935.Z"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A capital match’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-03" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 3 November for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 4 November 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Names of actors included alongside dramatis personae. Request for
licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Stage
directions pencilled in throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the
stipulation that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 8, no. 116. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>widows and widowers</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>age and ageing.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52936.E" fols="9" key="gotobedtom" xml:id="LCP__52936.E" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Gotobed Tom’, farce in one act by Thomas Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-24" where="Olympic">Licence sent 24 November for
performance at the Olympic 25 November 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed by Will Farren, Manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records
the stipulation that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 8, no. 119. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>widows and widowers</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>property</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>emigration</term>
<term>convicts and transportation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52936.J" fols="42" key="aphenomenoninasmockfr..." xml:id="LCP__52936.J"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A phenomenon in a smock frock’, farce in one act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-10" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 10 December for
performance at the Lyceum 15 December 1852. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy‘s, vol. 9, no. 121. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>murder.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52936.P" fols="44" key="leotheterrible" xml:id="LCP__52936.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Leo the terrible, a fable for the present day’, burlesque. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-18" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 18 December for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 27 December 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Written in
a number of different hands and on a number of different papers. Revisions
throughout the text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 9, no. 126, where it is attributed to J. S.
Coyne and F. Talfourd. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>nautical drama</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>widows and widowers</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>Tartars</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>literature and literary reference.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52936.R" fols="45" key="harlequinstudibras" xml:id="LCP__52936.R"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Harlequin Studibras, or, Dame Durden and the droll days of the Merry
Monarch', pantomime. </title>
<licence when="1852-12-20" where="Drury"> Licence sent 20 December 1852 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.</licence>
<licNote> LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ‘The lines,
'Proclamation—bearbaiting! This act is not Licenced by the Lord Chamberlain’ be
omitted from the text. </licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 9, no. 122, where the play is attributed to
E. L. Blanchard. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>Commedia dell’Arte</term>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>science</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>Uncle Tom's Cabin</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>the supernatural.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52936.Y" fols="46" key="thegoodwomaninthewood" xml:id="LCP__52936.Y"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The good woman in the wood’, Christmas piece in two acts by J. R.
Planché, based on Mlle. de la Force’s fairy tale La bonne femme.. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-23" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 23 December for
performance at the Lyceum 27 December 1852. </licence>
<licNote>Songs sent separately make up first eight pages of the MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 9, no. 125. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>Uncle Tom's Cabin</term>
<term>property</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>the supernatural.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52937.B" fols="92" key="gold" xml:id="LCP__52937.B"
corresp="N10368 N22358">
<title> ‘Gold’, drama in five acts, by Charles Reade. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-05" where="Drury">Licence sent 5 January for performance
at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 10 January 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Plays of the same title were performed in 1851 and 1880.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 152, and in Dick’s Standard Plays,
no. 1053, in 1896. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>England</term>
<term>Australia</term>
<term>gold prospecting</term>
<term>emigration</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>theft</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>moneylenders</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>farmers</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>popular songs</term>
<term>tableau</term>
<term>drugs</term>
<term>robbery</term>
<term>attempted murder.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52937.C" fols="46" key="liliangervaisalteredf..." xml:id="LCP__52937.C"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Lilian Gervais’ (altered from ‘Lilian Rene’ al.‘The pearl of
Normandy'), drama in three acts by Morris Barnett. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-11" where="Olympic">Licence sent 11 January for
performance at the Olympic 17 January 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by W. Farren, manager. Revisions throughout. Signed by Morris
Barnett on back cover.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 464. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>property</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>suicide.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52937.L" fols="69" key="louisxi" xml:id="LCP__52937.L" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Louis XI’, a ‘grand melodramatic play’ in three acts by W. R. Markwell. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-26" where="Drury">Licence sent 26 January for performance
at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 14 February 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by E. J. Smith.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 9, no. 34. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>military</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>treason</term>
<term>murder.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52938.A" fols="28" key="theobstinatefamily" xml:id="LCP__52938.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The obstinate family', farce in one act, adapted from a German original
by S. Phelps the younger. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-17" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 17 February for
performance at Sadlers Wells 19 February 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 10, no. 136. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>servants.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52938.S" fols="37" key="marcospada" xml:id="LCP__52938.S" corresp="N">
<title>‘Marco Spada’, drama in three acts. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-15" where="Princess">Licence sent 15 March for
performance at the Princess’s 28 March 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Written in different hands. For other versions see Add. 52938 Z, 52939
D and 52940 D.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 138. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>castles</term>
<term>Rome</term>
<term>Italian influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>politicians</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>death.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52938.X" fols="17" key="mrbuckstonesascentofm..." xml:id="LCP__52938.X"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Mr Buckstone's ascent of Mount Parnassus’, burlesque prelude in one act
by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-23" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 23 March for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 28 March 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in
MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 141. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>sport.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52938.AA" fols="109" key="astrangehistory" xml:id="LCP__52938.AA"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A strange history’, in nine acts by 'Slingsby Lawrence' (i.e. G. H.
Lewes). </title>
<licence when="1862-03-24" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 24 March for performance
at the Lyceum 28 March 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions on separate sheets of paper attached to some of the
pages.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 139. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>military</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>festivals and celebration.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52938.DD" fols="81" key="theegyptian" xml:id="LCP__52938.DD"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The Egyptian’, play in five acts by John H. Wilkins. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-30" where="City">Licence sent 30 March for performance at
the City of London 4 April 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 174. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Rome</term>
<term>classical civilization</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.A" fols="52" key="elopementsinhighlife" xml:id="LCP__52939.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Elopements in high life’, comedy in five acts by Robert Sullivan. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-01" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 1 April for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 7 April 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. Baldwin
Buckstone.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 143. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Jews and Judaism</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>servants.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.B" fols="51" key="honouramongthieves" xml:id="LCP__52939.B"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Honour among thieves, or, A desperate game’, farce in one act by J. M.
Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-04" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 4 April for performance
at the Adelphi 7 April 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. 'A
marvellous, pleasant love story' as well as actors’ names written in pencil
alongside dramatis personae. Detailed stage directions.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 144, under the title A desperate
game. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>disabled characters</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>stagecraft.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.F" fols="12" key="lovesdisguises" xml:id="LCP__52939.F"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Love's disguises’, domestic drama in two acts by H. H. Paul. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-09" where="Drury">Licence sent 9 April for performance at
the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 13 April 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's (vol. 11, no. 153) under the title The mob cap. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>urban-rural contrast</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>law and legal profession</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>inheritance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.K" fols="38" key="unclecrotchet" xml:id="LCP__52939.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Uncle Crotchet’, a farce in one act by Mrs. Alfred Phillips. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-18" where="Olympic">Licence sent 18 April for performance
at the Olympic 18 April 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by manager, W. Farren.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 145. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>American characters</term>
<term>black characters</term>
<term>slavery and abolition</term>
<term>domestic violence</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>classical civilization.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.L" fols="31" key="ass" xml:id="LCP__52939.L" corresp="N">
<title>‘A.S.S.', a farce in one act by J. M. Maddox. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-19" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 19 April for performance
at the Lyceum 23 April 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 10, no. 148. For another version, under the
title ‘A. H., my daughter’s intended’, see Add. 52935 N. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.P" fols="29" key="afasttrainhighpressur..." xml:id="LCP__52939.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A fast train! High pressure!! Express!!!', farce in one act by John
Medex Maddox. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-25" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 25 April for performance
at the Lyceum 29 April 1853. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that 'Lord' be
substituted with 'Heaven.'</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 149, with the additional subtitle 'A
short trip'. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>American characters</term>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>Muslims and Islam.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.R" fols="106" key="themillerofderwentwat..."
xml:id="LCP__52939.R" corresp="N">
<title> ‘The miller of Derwent Water’, an original drama in three acts by Edward
Fitzball. Imperfect, lacking Act III. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-29" where="Olympic">Licence sent 29 April for performance
at the Olympic 2 May 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by W. Farren. ‘57 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square’ listed on cover
of each act. Actors‘ names listed alongside dramatis personae. Revisions
throughout. Stage directions pencilled in. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the
stipulation that requires that 'God' be substituted with 'Heaven.'</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s. vol. 12, no. 179. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Lake District</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>festival and celebration.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52939.U" fols="52" key="tryingitonanenquiring..." xml:id="LCP__52939.U"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Trying it on‘ ('An enquiring mind' al. 'Who stole the diamonds?'), a
farce by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-30" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 30 April for performance
at the Lyceum 5 May 1853. </licence>
<licNote>For French versions see Add. 52937 T and 52938 J.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 11, no. 151. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>fashion.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52940.B" fols="59" key="thelawyers" xml:id="LCP__52940.B" corresp="N">
<title>‘The lawyers', comedy in three acts by 'Slingsby Lawrence' (i.e., George
Henry Lewes). </title>
<licence when="1862-05-18" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 18 May for performance at
the Lyceum 23 May 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 11, no. 154. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>separation</term>
<term>domestic violence</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52940.D" fols="59" key="marcretti" xml:id="LCP__52940.D" corresp="N">
<title>‘Marcretti, or, The brigand's sacrifice' (altered from ‘Marco Spada’),
romantic drama in three acts by John Kingdom, from the French by E. Scribe. </title>
<licence when="1853-05-31">Licence sent 25 May for performance 31 May 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Title page signed. For other versions see Add. 52938 S, 52938 Z and
52939 D.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 10, no. 138. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>Italian influence</term>
<term>cross-dressing.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52940.R" fols="12" key="rappingsandtablemovin..." xml:id="LCP__52940.R"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Rappings and table movings', farce in one act by Howard M. Paul. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-14" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 14 June for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 16 June 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 11, no. 156. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>ghosts</term>
<term>spiritualism.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52941.B" fols="16" key="chesterfieldthinskin" xml:id="LCP__52941.B"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Chesterfield Thinskin', a farce in one act by J. M. Maddox. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-20" where="Princess">Licence sent 20 June for performance
at the Princess’s 20 July 1853. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'God'
and 'damn' be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 167. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>age and ageing</term>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>bachelors.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52941.F" fols="30" key="thecampatchobham" xml:id="LCP__52941.F"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The camp at Chobham', farce in one act by Mark Lemon. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-23" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 23 June for performance
at the Adelphi 30 June 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, supplementary vol. 3, and Webster’s, vol. 17. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>Chobham.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52941.I" fols="49" key="themerchantofvenicepr..." xml:id="LCP__52941.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The merchant of Venice preserved' ('Shylock, a Jerusalem hearty-joke'),
burlesque in one act. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-01" where="Olympic">Licence sent 1 July for performance
at the Olympic 4 July 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by W. Farren, manager. Revisions throughout. Songs included in
MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 159, and there attributed to F.
Talfourd. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>Italy</term>
<term>Jews and Judaism</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52941.L" fols="89" key="thetimes" xml:id="LCP__52941.L" corresp="N">
<title>‘The Times', drama in three acts by 'John Daly' (i.e. John Daly
Besemeres). </title>
<licence when="1862-07-12" where="Olympic">Licence sent 12 July for performance
at the Olympic 18 July 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by W. Farren. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation
that the words 'Lord' and 'God' be substituted with 'Heaven'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 11, no. 158. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>age and ageing</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52941.P" fols="18" key="goingtochobham" xml:id="LCP__52941.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Going to Chobham, or, The petticoat captains', farce in one act by C. H.
Hazlewood. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-29" where="City">Licence sent 29 July for performance at
the City of London 30 July 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by Austin Lee.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 11, no. 161. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>feminism</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>cross dressing</term>
<term>gypsies</term>
<term>Chobham.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52941.V" fols="35" key="thefountainofbeauty" xml:id="LCP__52941.V"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The fountain of beauty, or, The king, the princess and the genie', a
fancy extravaganza in two acts by J. M. Kingdom. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-26" where="Drury">Licence sent 26 August for performance
at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 5 September 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by C. F. Smith. Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 168. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>imperialism</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>festivals and celebration.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52942.I" fols="71" key="plotandpassionmineand..." xml:id="LCP__52942.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Plot and passion' ('Mine and countermine'), drama in three acts by 'John
Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor) and John Lang. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-15" where="Olympic">Licence sent 15 September for
performance at the Olympic 17 October 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 13, no. 191. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French imperialism</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>politicians</term>
<term>Prague</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>flirtation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52942.M" fols="15" key="thecampattheolympic" xml:id="LCP__52942.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The camp at the Olympic', burletta in one act by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-03" where="Olympic">Licence sent 3 October for
performance at the Olympic 17 October 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 170. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>harlequinade</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>Chobham.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52942.S" fols="29" key="hotelcharges" xml:id="LCP__52942.S" corresp="N">
<title>‘Hotel charges, or, How to cook a biffin', farcical sketch in one act by
Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-06" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 6 October for
performance at the Adelphi 10 October 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions
throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 12, no. 169. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>the press</term>
<term>pubs and inns</term>
<term>seaside settings</term>
<term>Brighton</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>servants</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.A" fols="53" key="thelancers" xml:id="LCP__52943.A" corresp="N">
<title>‘The Lancers, or, The gentleman's son', drama in three acts by Capt.
Leicester Vernon. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-11" where="Princess">Licence sent 11 October for
performance at the Princess’s 1 November 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Almost certainly
based on Un fils de famille, by J. F. A. Bayard and C. H. E. E. Desnoyers de
Biéville.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 13, no. 187. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>military</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>festivals and celebration.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.G" fols="18" key="aprettypieceofbusines..." xml:id="LCP__52943.G"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A pretty piece of business', farce in one act by Thomas Morton the
younger. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-27" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 27 October for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 1 November 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 176. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>nautical drama</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.K" fols="32" key="familysecrets" xml:id="LCP__52943.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Family secrets, or, How to make home happy', farce in one act by W.
Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-03" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 3 November for
performance at the Lyceum 7 November 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 13, no. 182. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>adultery.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.N" fols="21" key="apetofthepublic" xml:id="LCP__52943.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A pet of the public', farce in one act by Edward Stirling. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-03" where="Strand">Licence sent 3 November for
performance at the Strand 7 November 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. Songs
included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 180. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>cross dressing</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>English characters</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>military.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.T" fols="97" key="thehopeofthefamilybor..." xml:id="LCP__52943.T"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The hope of the family' ('Borrowed plumes'), comedy in three acts by J.
S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-14" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 14 November for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 19 November 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout. Different types of paper with additional text
inserted throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 13, no. 183. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>illegitimacy</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>British Empire</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.V" fols="49" key="whitebaitatgreenwich" xml:id="LCP__52943.V"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Whitebait at Greenwich', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-14" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 14 November for
performance at the Adelphi 14 November 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Actors' names included in dramatis personae. Request for licence
written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 175. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>food and dining.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.X" fols="17" key="anicefirm" xml:id="LCP__52943.X" corresp="N">
<title>‘A nice firm', farce in one act by 'John Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor). </title>
<licence when="1862-11-16" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 16 November for
performance at the Lyceum 19 November 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 13, no. 185. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>the press.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52943.Z" fols="20" key="thesailoroffrance" xml:id="LCP__52943.Z"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The sailor of France, or, The republicans of Brest', drama in two acts
by J. B. Johnstone, possibly in collaboration with J. Courtney. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-22" where="Surrey">Licence sent 22 November for
performance at the Surrey 28 November 1853. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 244. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>age and ageing</term>
<term>French Revolution</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>nautical drama</term>
<term>French imperialism</term>
<term>execution</term>
<term>treason</term>
<term>politicians.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52944.A" fols="135" key="thethirstofgold" xml:id="LCP__52944.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The thirst of gold, or, The lost ship and the wild flower of Mexico',
drama in five tableaux, adapted from the French of d’Ennery and Dugué by B. N.
Webster. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-25" where="Soho">Licence sent 25 November for performance
at the Soho Theatre 5 December 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Title page signed with Paris address. Songs and diagrams included in
MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records that the title was changed in 1874 to ‘The
prayer in the storm’ or ‘The thirst, etc.’.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 13, no. 195 , and said to have been
performed at the Adelphi under the title The sea of ice, or, The prayer of the
wrecked and the gold-seeker of Mexico. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>gold prospecting</term>
<term>nautical interest</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>French characters</term>
<term>Mexican characters</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>Arctic</term>
<term>Mexico.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52944.B" fols="80" key="abachelorofarts" xml:id="LCP__52944.B"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A bachelor of arts', drama in two acts by Pelham Hardwicke. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-24" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 24 November for
performance at the Lyceum 29 November 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Actors' names appear alongside dramatis personae.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 177. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>education</term>
<term>age and ageing</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>festivals and celebration.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52944.O" fols="47" key="onceuponatimetherewer..." xml:id="LCP__52944.O"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Once upon a time there were two kings', burlesque in two acts, founded
on the story by the Countess d’Aulnoy La princesse Capillon, by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 22 December for
performance at the Lyceum 26 December 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Songs are printed and included at back.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 13, no. 186. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>widowers</term>
<term>kidnapping</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>execution.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52945.B" fols="54" key="eustache" xml:id="LCP__52945.B" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Eustache‘, drama in three acts by John Courtney. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-09" where="Surrey">Licence sent 9 January 1854 for
performance at the Surrey. </licence>
<licNote>Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 224, as Eustache Baudin. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>abandonment</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>execution</term>
<term>murder.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52945.O" fols="24" key="ranelagh" xml:id="LCP__52945.O" corresp="N">
<title>‘Ranelagh', comic drama in two acts by J. P. Simpson and Cecil Wray. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-04" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 4 February for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 9 February 1853. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 13, no. 192. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>adultery.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52945.Q" fols="14" key="agoodrunforit" xml:id="LCP__52945.Q"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A good run for it', farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-11" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 11 February for
performance at Sadlers Wells 13 February 1854. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be
omitted as well as one other phrase.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 14, no. 198. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>London</term>
<term>Hampstead</term>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>black characters</term>
<term>police.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52945.DD" fols="24" key="awaywithmelancholy" xml:id="LCP__52945.DD"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Away with melancholy', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-01" where="Princess">Licence sent 1 March for performance
at the Princess’ 13 March 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in
MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 14, no. 196. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>Bath</term>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52946.D" fols="27" key="numberone" xml:id="LCP__52946.D" corresp="N">
<title>‘Number one, round the corner', farce in one act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-07" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 7 March for performance
at the Lyceum 9 March 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by G. Hastings, copyist, 2 Grafton L. East, Fitzroy Square. LCO
Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that 'Oh Lord!' be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 14, no. 199. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>police.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52946.I" fols="22" key="themarriedunmarried" xml:id="LCP__52946.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The married unmarried', drama in two acts by Morris Barnett. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-13" where="Princess">Licence sent 13 March for
performance at the Princess’ 25 March 1854. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 14, no. 202. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Spanish influence</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>French imperialism</term>
<term>marital separation</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>flirtation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52946.P" fols="28" key="benbolt" xml:id="LCP__52946.P" corresp="N">
<title>‘Ben Bolt', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-23" where="Surrey">Licence sent 23 March for performance
at the Surrey Theatre 28 March 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by stage manager. Signed by
Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick, lessees. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the
stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Elaborate stage directions. Songs
included in MS. For another version see Add. 52947 A.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 228. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>gypsies</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>countryside</term>
<term>industrialization</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>nautical interest.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52946.V" fols="20" key="themoustachemovement" xml:id="LCP__52946.V"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The moustache movement', farce in one act by R. B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-28" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 28 March for performance
at the Adelphi 30 March 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Last few
pages on different paper and in a different hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 14, no. 205. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>crime police</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52946.EE" fols="17" key="mrbuckstonesvoyagerou..."
xml:id="LCP__52946.EE" corresp="N">
<title>‘Mr Buckstone's voyage round the globe (in Leicester Square)', an
extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-10" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 10 April for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 17 April 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Jos. Hastings for J. B.
Buckstone.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 211. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>dance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52947.C" fols="86" key="theoverlandjourneytoc..." xml:id="LCP__52947.C"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The overland journey to Constantinople as undertaken by Lord Bateman
with interesting particulars of the fair Sophia', burlesque in two acts, by R.
B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-21" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 21 April for performance
at the Adelphi 17 April 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions
throughout. Diagrams and songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 212. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>Muslims and Islam</term>
<term>French characters</term>
<term>French imperialism</term>
<term>British empire</term>
<term>Russian empire</term>
<term>Russian characters</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>Crimea.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52947.F" fols="56" key="headsortails" xml:id="LCP__52947.F" corresp="N">
<title>‘Heads or tails', comedietta in one act, by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-28" where="Olympic">Licence sent 28 April 1854 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 221. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>bachelors.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52947.J" fols="113" key="themarbleheart" xml:id="LCP__52947.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The marble heart, or, The sculptor's dream', drama in five acts by
Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-15" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 15 May for performance
at the Adelphi 18 May 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day
Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the phrase 'Eve before the apple
season' be omitted. For a French version under the title Filles de marbre see
Add. 52946 R.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 214. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>Classical civilization</term>
<term>Greek characters</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>Spain</term>
<term>Spanish characters</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>gambling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52947.X" fols="36" key="fromvillagetocourt" xml:id="LCP__52947.X"
corresp="N">
<title>‘From village to court', a petit comedy in two acts by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-03" where="Princess">Licence sent 3 June for performance
at the Princess’s 5 June 1854. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 214. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>German influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>nursing</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52948.A" fols="40" key="thecourieroflyonsthel..." xml:id="LCP__52948.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The courier of Lyons' ('The Lyons mail' al. 'The courier of Lyons, or,
The attack upon the mail'), romantic drama in three acts by Charles Reade,
translated and adapted from the play by L. I. E. Lemoine-Moreau, E. de Girardin,
and A. C. Lartigue. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-15" where="Princess">Licence sent 15 June for performance
at the Princess’s, 26 June 1854. </licence>
<licNote>'Mr Kean consented to certain omissions from the MS as suggested by the
Examiner of Plays' written on title page in a hand that appears to be that of W.
B. Donne. Passages are marked in pencil. For other versions see Add. 52948 P,
52948 S and 52951 T.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 220, as The courier of Lyons, or,
The attack upon the mail. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>dandies</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>prisons and prisoners</term>
<term>execution.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52948.G" fols="40" key="thelowtherarcade" xml:id="LCP__52948.G"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The Lowther Arcade, or, Waiting for an omnibus on a rainy day', farce in
one act by C. W. S. Brooks. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-24" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 24 June for performance
at the Adelphi 28 June 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions
throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 219, where it is attributed to J. M.
Morton. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52948.H" fols="20" key="aslikeastwopeas" xml:id="LCP__52948.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘As like as two peas', farce in one act by Hubert Lille. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-24" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 24 June for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 June 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Signed 'with Mr. Buckstone's compliments'. LCO Day Book Add. 53073
records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 225. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>marital separation</term>
<term>military.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52948.T" fols="123" key="theoldchateau" xml:id="LCP__52948.T"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The old chateau, or, A night of peril', drama in three acts by J. S.
Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-21" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 21 July for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 24 July 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. 'Examiner abroad for
7 days' noted on title page. Revisions throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 223. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>inheritance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52948.AA" fols="24" key="livingtoofast" xml:id="LCP__52948.AA"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Living too fast, or, A twelvemonth's honeymoon', farce in one act by
Adolphus C. Troughton. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-31" where="Princess">Licence sent 31 July for performance
at the Princess’ 9 October 1854. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 234. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>property</term>
<term>politicians</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>suicide.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52949.N" fols="38" key="myfriendthemajor" xml:id="LCP__52949.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘My friend the major', farce in one act by Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-18" where="St.James">Licence sent 18 September for
performance at the St.James’s 25 September 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by Laura Seymour. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the
stipulation that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 231. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52949.Q" fols="115" key="theavalanche" xml:id="LCP__52949.Q"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The avalanche, or, The trials of the heart', drama in four acts by A. G.
Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-29" where="Surrey">Licence sent 29 September for
performance at the Surrey 3 March 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Additional stage directions added in pencil, and there are revisions
where parts of the page have been entirely removed.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 237. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>mountain settings</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>street musicians</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>bigamy.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52949.T" fols="40" key="ablightedbeing" xml:id="LCP__52949.T"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A blighted being', farce in one act by 'John Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor). </title>
<licence when="1862-10-07" where="Olympic">Licence sent 7 October for
performance at the Olympic 16 October 1854. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths as well
as the words 'Lord' and 'God' be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 233. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>seaside settings</term>
<term>pubs and inns</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>nautical interest</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>the press</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>suicide</term>
<term>bachelors.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52950.G" fols="25" key="bonafidetravellers" xml:id="LCP__52950.G"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Bona fide travellers, a romance of the new Beer Bill', dramatic sketch
in one act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-27" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 27 October for
performance at the Adelphi 30 October 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 239. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>pubs and inns</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>gold prospecting</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>police.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52950.L" fols="37" key="themiserofshoreditch" xml:id="LCP__52950.L"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The miser of Shoreditch', drama in two acts by T. P. Prest. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-31" where="Standard">Licence sent 31 October for
performance at the Standard 2 November 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by John Douglass.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 18, no. 367. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Early Modern Settings</term>
<term>pubs and inns</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>gypsies</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>London.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52950.R" fols="34" key="theslowmanthequietman" xml:id="LCP__52950.R"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The slow man' ('The quiet man'), farce in one act by Mark Lemon. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-14" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 14 November for
performance at the Adelphi 16 November 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Some
revisions.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 24, no. 347. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>animals.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52950.V" fols="47" key="therailwaybelle" xml:id="LCP__52950.V"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The railway belle', farce in one act by Mark Lemon. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-16" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 16 November for
performance at the Adelphi 20 November 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 247. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>food and dining.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52950.X" fols="35" key="thebalanceofcomfort" xml:id="LCP__52950.X"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The balance of comfort', farce in one act by W. B. Bernard. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-17" where="21">Licence sent 17 November for performance
at 21 November 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Actors'
names listed alonside dramatis personae.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 241; see also another play under the
same title with the alternative title ‘To marry or not to marry’, attributed to
R. J. Raymond, published in Duncombe’s, vol. 31, no. 248. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>marital separation</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>disguise.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52950.Y" fols="25" key="acomicalcountess" xml:id="LCP__52950.Y"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A comical countess', farce in one act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-24" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 24 November for
performance at the Lyceum 27 November 1854. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 52, no. 769. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>Regency drama</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>military.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52951.A" fols="31" key="thewifesjournalmywife..." xml:id="LCP__52951.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The wife's journal' ('My wife's diary'), comedietta in one act by T. W.
Robertson. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-06" where="Olympic">Licence sent 6 December for
performance at the Olympic 18 December 1854. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's as My wife's diary, vol. 18, no 257. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>trains and rail travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52951.B" fols="33" key="abouhassan" xml:id="LCP__52951.B"
corresp="N20257">
<title>‘Abou Hassan, or, The hunt after happiness', semi-original fairy tale in
rhyme in one act by Francis Talfourd. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-08" where="St.James">Licence sent 8 December for
performance at the St.James’s 26 December 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by Laura Seymour. Signed by J. G. Saunders, copyist, 41 Church
Road, Commercial Rd East, 1854.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 17, no. 248. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Muslims and Islam</term>
<term>Baghdad</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>the supernatural.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52951.D" fols="21" key="twoheadsarebetterthan..." xml:id="LCP__52951.D"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Two heads are better than one' ('The false head; or, The haunted
house'), farce in one act by F. Lennox Horne. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-11" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 11 December for
performance at the Lyceum 13 December 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Corrections pasted in.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol 27, no 396. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>ghosts</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>music.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52951.E" fols="18" key="harlequinandbluebeard..." xml:id="LCP__52951.E"
corresp="N0">
<title>‘Harlequin and Bluebeard the Grand Bashaw, or The good fairy triumphant
over the genius of discord', pantomime. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-11" where="Surrey">Licence sent 11 December 1854 for
performance at the Surrey. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 contains extensive entry that requires some of
the comic business to be omitted. Not listed in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 17, no. 243, with ‘great’ and ‘demon’
substituted for ‘grand’ and ‘genius’ in the title, and there said to have been
produced at the Princess’s Theatre on 26 December 1854. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>education</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>Muslims and Islam</term>
<term>fairies and other the supernatural creatures</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>land and farming.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52951.L" fols="50" key="theyellowdwarftheyell..." xml:id="LCP__52951.L"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The yellow dwarf' ('The yellow dwarf, and the king of the gold mines'),
an extravaganza in one act. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Olympic">Licence sent 21 December for
performance at the Olympic 26 December 1854. </licence>
<licNote>Songs included in MS in a different hand and ink as though added in
later. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the following
couplet be omitted: 'And so your suit it's idle to be urging / I'll go down to
my grave a Blessed Virgin'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 17, no. 245, where it is attributed to J. R.
Planché. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>Muslims and Islam</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>murder.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52952.C" fols="51" key="titfortat" xml:id="LCP__52952.C"
corresp="N25560">
<title>‘Tit for tat', comedietta in two acts by F. Talfourd and A. S. Wigan. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-10" where="Olympic">Licence sent 10 January for
performance at the Olympic 22 January 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 252. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52952.K" fols="21" key="toomuchofagoodthing" xml:id="LCP__52952.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Too much of a good thing', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-02" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 2 February for
performance at the Lyceum 6 February 1855. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 318. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52952.U" fols="32" key="clarisse" xml:id="LCP__52952.U" corresp="N">
<title>‘Clarisse, or, The foster sister', drama in two acts translated and
adapted by T. W. Robertson, from the French of MM D’Ennery and Clement. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-14" where="St.James">Licence sent 14 February for
performance at the St.James’s 17 February 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by A. Sanger, acting manager. Also performed in English as
‘Ernestine’, at the Princess’s Theatre, and as ‘Noémie’ and ‘The foster sister’,
at the Grecian Saloon.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 23, no. 343. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>legitimacy</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52952.Y" fols="45" key="takethatgirlaway" xml:id="LCP__52952.Y"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Take that girl away!', farce in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-02" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 2 March for performance
at the Lyceum 3 March 1855. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 18, no. 261. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>imprisonment.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52953.A" fols="99" key="thesecretagent" xml:id="LCP__52953.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The secret agent', comedy in two acts by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-02" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 2 March for
performance at the Haymarket 5 March 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Revisions
throughout. Some revisions pasted in. Several different types of paper
used.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 18, no. 259. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>German influence</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>disguise.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52953.D" fols="13" key="agameofromps" xml:id="LCP__52953.D" corresp="N">
<title>‘A game of romps', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-03" where="Princess">Licence sent 3 March for performance
at the Princess’s 12 March 1855. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 18. no. 260. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>education</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52953.F" fols="25" key="bettymartintheclockma..." xml:id="LCP__52953.F"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Betty Martin' ('The clockmaker's hat'), farce in one act by T. W.
Robertson, based on ‘Le chapeau d’un horologer’ by Mme. Emile de Girardin. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-05" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 5 March for performance
at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Later
performed at the St.James’s 3 July 1865.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 18, no. 266. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>science and technology.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52953.K" fols="26" key="acosycouple" xml:id="LCP__52953.K" corresp="N">
<title>‘A cosy couple', drama in one act, by ‘Slingsby Lawrence’ (i.e. G. H.
Lewes). </title>
<licence when="1862-03-14" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 14 March for performance
at the Lyceum 14 March 1855. </licence>
<licNote>This script not listed in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 24, no. 355. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52953.P" fols="51" key="themuleteeroftoledo" xml:id="LCP__52953.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The muleteer of Toledo', drama in two acts by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-29" where="Princess">Licence sent 29 March for
performance at the Princess’s 9 April 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Written on several different types of paper. Stage directions and
speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. For another version, see
Add. 52959 P.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 18, no. 264. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Spanish influence</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>impersonation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52953.S" fols="27" key="thenewhaymarketspring..." xml:id="LCP__52953.S"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The new (Hay-) market spring meeting', extravaganza in one act by J. R.
Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-31" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 31 March for
performance at the Haymarket 9 April 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs
included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 317. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>Turkish characters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52954.C" fols="20" key="stillwaters" xml:id="LCP__52954.C" corresp="N">
<title>‘Still waters', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' [i.e., Tom Taylor]. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-25" where="Olympic">Licence sent 25 April for performance
at the Olympic 14 May 1855. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 319, under the title ‘Still waters
run deep’. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>businessmen</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52954.Q" fols="34" key="onlyahalfpenny" xml:id="LCP__52954.Q"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Only a halfpenny', farce in one act by John Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-31" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 31 May for performance
at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 31 May 1855. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 329. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>festivals and celebration</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>poverty.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52954.U" fols="39" key="helpinghands" xml:id="LCP__52954.U" corresp="N">
<title>‘Helping hands', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-09" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 9 June for performance
at the Adelphi 20 June 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 325. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>poverty.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52954.Z" fols="42" key="buckstonesadventurewi..." xml:id="LCP__52954.Z"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Buckstone's adventure with a Polish princess', original farce in one act
by 'Slingsby Lawrence, Esq.' [i.e. G. H. Lewes]. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-29" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 29 June 1855 for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 4 July 1855. </licence>
<licNote>'G. H. Lewes, 7 Clarence Row, East Sheen, Surrey' appears on title
page. Some revisions.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 322. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>Polish characters</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>Russian imperialism</term>
<term>English characters</term>
<term>politicians</term>
<term>poisoning.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52954.BB" fols="21" key="howstoutyouregetting" xml:id="LCP__52954.BB"
corresp="N">
<title>‘How stout you're getting', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-03" where="Princess">Licence sent 3 July for performance
at the Princess’s 16 July 1855. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 327. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>transport</term>
<term>travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52955.K" fols="17" key="faustandmarguaritesic" xml:id="LCP__52955.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Faust and Marguarite' [sic], a musical burletta in one act by James
Tully and John Halford. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-16" where="Drury">Licence sent 16 August for performance
at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 16 August 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by James H. Tully and Joseph Stammers.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 73, where it is attributed to Halford alone,
and is said to have been produced on 8 June 1854. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>education</term>
<term>German influence</term>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>Faust.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52955.N" fols="19" key="howsyouruncle" xml:id="LCP__52955.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘How's your uncle, or, The ladies of the court', farce in one act by T.
E. Wilks. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-25" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 25 August for
performance at the Adelphi 27 August 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by B. Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 41, no. 607. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>nautical interest</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>inheritance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52955.P" fols="74" key="themanofmanyfriends" xml:id="LCP__52955.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The man of many friends', comedy in three acts by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-31" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 31 August for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 1 September 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs
included in MS. Revisions throughout. Written by several different hands and on
several different papers.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 23, no. 340. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>suburbs</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52956.I" fols="34" key="thelittletreasure" xml:id="LCP__52956.I"
corresp="N10107">
<title>‘The little treasure', comedy in two acts by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-08" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 8 October for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 11 October 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book
Add. 53703 records the stipulation that several lines be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 23, no. 345. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>marital separation</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>travel.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52956.M" fols="32" key="catchingamermaid" xml:id="LCP__52956.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Catching a mermaid', an ‘amphibious piece of extravagance’ by J. S.
Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-15" where="Olympic">Licence sent 15 October for
performance at the Royal Olympic 20 October 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 24, no. 353. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>festival and celebration</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52956.S" fols="82" key="thebeginningandtheend" xml:id="LCP__52956.S"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The beginning and the end', drama in four acts by 'Miss Maria Lacy'
[i.e. Mrs. G. W. Lovell]. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-30" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 30 October for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 27 October 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Cumberland’s, vol. 47, no 393, and according to Nicoll,
also in Lacy's, but this reference has not been verified. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>eighteenth-century settings</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>businessmen</term>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>death.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52957.C" fols="48" key="£5reward" xml:id="LCP__52957.C" corresp="N">
<title>‘£5 Reward!', farce in one act by John Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-28" where="Olympic">Licence sent 28 November for
performance at the Olympic 3 December 1855. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 24, no. 358. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>transport</term>
<term>Crimea</term>
<term>doctors and medicine.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52957.G" fols="21" key="blowinthedark" xml:id="LCP__52957.G"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Blow in the dark,' farce in one act by W. Thompson Townsend. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-08" where="Surrey">Licence sent 8 December for
performance at the Surrey 3 December 1855. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 106. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>hotels</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>servants.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52957.W" fols="27" key="thegreatguntrick" xml:id="LCP__52957.W"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The great gun trick, or, Half an hour with the original Lyceum wizard',
farce in one act by Christian Le Ross. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Drury">Licence sent 22 December for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 31 December 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Signed ‘E.T. Smith, T. R. D. Lane’ on back cover.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 366. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>spiritualism</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>philanthropy</term>
<term>doctors and medicine.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52957.X" fols="55" key="thediscreetprincess" xml:id="LCP__52957.X"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The discreet princess, or, The three glass distaffs', extravaganza in
one act by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Olympic">Licence sent 22 December for
performance at the Olympic 26 December 1855. </licence>
<licNote>Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 24, no. 357. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>Muslims and Islam</term>
<term>Ratcatcher's Daughter</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>festival and celebration</term>
<term>murder.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52958.B" fols="28" key="jessyvere" xml:id="LCP__52958.B" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Jessy Vere, or, The return of the wanderer’, farce in one act by C. H.
Hazlewood. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-05" where="Britannia">Licence sent 5 January for
performance at the Britannia Saloon February 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 371. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Christians and Christianity</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>London.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52958.L" fols="19" key="thevictorvanquished" xml:id="LCP__52958.L"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The victor vanquished’, comedy in one act by Charles Dance. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-21" where="Princess">Licence sent 21 January for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<licNote>Also performed in 1845.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s vol. 26, no. 376. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>Tartars</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>treason.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52958.P" fols="32" key="themarriedflirt" xml:id="LCP__52958.P"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The married flirt, or, A conjugal lesson’ (‘Stay at home’), comedy in
two acts by Henry Danvers. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-31" where="Olympic">Licence sent 31 January for
performance at the Olympic 3 July 1856. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted. For another version, see Add. 52960 A.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s (as A conjugal lesson), vol. 27, no. 392. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>the press</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>food and dining.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52958.S" fols="30" key="thatblessedbaby" xml:id="LCP__52958.S"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘That blessed baby’, farce in one act by F. Moore. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-09" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 9 February for
performance at the Adelphi 11 February 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. According to
Nicoll,</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, but the reference has not been verified. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>orphans.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52958.Z" fols="23" key="aprinceforanhour" xml:id="LCP__52958.Z"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A prince for an hour’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-08" where="Princess">Licence sent 8 March for performance
at the Princess’s 24 March 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 373. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italy</term>
<term>Italian influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>French imperialism</term>
<term>political revolution.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52958.AA" fols="55" key="theevilgenius" xml:id="LCP__52958.AA"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The evil genius’, comedy in three acts by W. B. Bernard. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-08" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 8 March for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 8 March 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed J. B. Buckstone.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 26, no. 382. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>British Empire</term>
<term>imperialism</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52958.DD" fols="28" key="tafelhausen" xml:id="LCP__52958.DD"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Tafelhausen, or, The legend of a lawyer’, drama in two acts by J. B.
Johnstone. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-18" where="Surrey">Licence sent 18 March for performance
at the Surrey 24 March 1856. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the words ‘Lord’
and ‘Oh Lord’ be omitted. Two different types of paper used. Songs included in
MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 403. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>Early Modern settings</term>
<term>disguise.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52959.D" fols="28" key="retribution" xml:id="LCP__52959.D" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Retribution’, domestic drama in four acts by Tom Taylor, based on Le
loi de talion by Charles de Bernard. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-26" where="Olympic">Licence sent 26 March for performance
at the Olympic 12 May 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 391. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>education</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>marital separation</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>adultery.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52959.F" fols="55" key="afascinatingindividua..." xml:id="LCP__52959.F"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A fascinating individual, or, Too agreeable by half’, farce in one act
by Henry Danvers. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-16" where="Olympic">Licence sent 16 April for performance
at the Olympic 9 June 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Letter signed by ‘Mr. J. Linden for Mr. A. Wigan’ bound into
MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 394. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>industrialisation</term>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>pubs and inns</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>widows.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52959.G" fols="56" key="sarahsyoungman" xml:id="LCP__52959.G"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Sarah’s young man’, farce in one act by William E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-19" where="Surrey">Licence sent 19 April for performance
at the Surrey 21 April 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 463. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>Ratcatcher’s Daughter</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52959.W" fols="14" key="therightsofwoman" xml:id="LCP__52959.W"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The rights of woman’, farce in one act, by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-23" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 23 May for performance
at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 24 May 1856. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 26, no. 385, under the title The rights and
wrongs of woman. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>police.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52960.A" fols="43" key="aconjugallesson" xml:id="LCP__52960.A"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A conjugal lesson’, farce in one act by Henry Danvers. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-11" where="Olympic">Licence sent 11 June 1856 for
performance at the Olympic 3 July 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Letter requesting licence signed by W. J. Emden bound in with
MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 392. For another version, see Add.
52958 P. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>poisoning.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52960.E" fols="18" key="musichathcharms" xml:id="LCP__52960.E"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Music hath charms’, farce in one act by David Fisher. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-27" where="Princess">Licence sent 27 June for performance
at the Princess 7 July 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Speaking cues and stage directions are underlined in red.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 63. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>dance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52960.K" fols="48" key="medea" xml:id="LCP__52960.K" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Medea, or, The best of mothers with a brute of a husband’, burlesque in
one act by R. B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-12" where="Olympic">Licence sent 12 July for performance
at the Olympic 14 July 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions in different coloured inks throughout the text. Signed Rob.
B. Brough, 4 South Lambeth Place, Vauxhall on back cover. Songs included in MS.
LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that two lines referring to Sir
Charles Eastlake to be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 393. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>classical civilization</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>children.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52960.O" fols="24" key="secondlove" xml:id="LCP__52960.O" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Second love’, original comic drama in three acts by G. W. Simms and J.
Bradshaw. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-22" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 22 July for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 23 July 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed by J. B. Buckstone. Written in Buckstone and
Webster’s copyist’s hand. Signed G. W. Simms and J. Bradshaw on back cover.
Songs included in MS. Incorrectly bound together with Add. 52960 P. Attributed
in Nicoll to J. P. Simpson.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 409. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>stagecraft.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52961.D" fols="73" key="thehalfcaste" xml:id="LCP__52961.D" corresp="N">
<title> ‘The half caste’, drama in four acts by T. W. Robertson. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-30" where="Surrey">Licence sent 30 August 1856 for
performance at the Surrey 8 September 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Suter. Revisions throughout. Elaborate stage
directions.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, no. 441, as The half caste, or, The
poisoned pearl. See also Add. 52961 R, another version with the title ‘The taint
in the blood, or, The poisoned pearl’. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Switzerland</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52961.K" fols="56" key="perditta" xml:id="LCP__52961.K" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Perditta, the royal milkmaid, or, The winter’s tale’, burlesque in one
act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-12" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 12 September 1856 for
performance at the Lyceum 15 September 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Charles Dillon, actual and responsible manager. Songs
included in MS and written in a different hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 406. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>politicians</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>land and farming.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52961.S" fols="16" key="illwritetothetimes" xml:id="LCP__52961.S"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘I’ll write to the Times’, farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-16" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 16 October 1856 for
performance at Sadlers Wells 16 October 1856. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 411. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>the press</term>
<term>adultery.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52962.L" fols="53" key="dred" xml:id="LCP__52962.L" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Dred, or, The great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by William E.
Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-01" where="Queen">Licence sent 1 November for performance
at the Queen’s October 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed C. J. James. See also Add. 52961 N, 52961 P, 52962 G,
52962 H, and 52962 U.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>black characters</term>
<term>slavery and abolitionism</term>
<term>America</term>
<term>American South</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>Uncle Tom’s Cabin.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52962.M" fols="75" key="abordermarriage" xml:id="LCP__52962.M"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A border marriage’, comic drama in one act by W. J. Sorrell. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-03" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 3 November 1856 for
performance at the Adelphi 3 November 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Actors’ names included
alongside dramatis personae. ‘J.M. Langford and W. J. Jonell, 43 Denbigh Street,
Belgrave Road’. Revisions throughout text. Different types of paper used, and
some sheets are stamped, ‘Commercial Travellers Magazine’. Diagrams
included.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 65. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Scotland</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>English Civil War</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>dandies</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>Christians and Christianity</term>
<term>imprisonment.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52962.O" fols="60" key="afamilyfailing" xml:id="LCP__52962.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A family failing’, farce in one act by J. Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-03" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 3 November for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 17 November 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed by J.B. Buckstone. Title page signed John
Oxenford with address.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 424. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>law and the legal profession</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>elopement.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52962.Q" fols="30" key="doingthehansom" xml:id="LCP__52962.Q"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Doing the hansom’, farce in one act by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-12" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 12 November for
performance at the Lyceum 3 November 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed Charles Dillon.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 412. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>musicians.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52963.F" fols="7" key="harlequinaladdin" xml:id="LCP__52963.F"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Harlequin Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp’, pantomime. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-09" where="Princess">Licence sent 9 December for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions and speaking cues are underlined in red or black.
Attributed in Nicoll to J. M. Morton under the title ‘Aladdin and the wonderful
lamp’ with a performance date of 25 December.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s under the title Aladdin and the wonderful lamp,
vol. 29, no. 422. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>harlequinade</term>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>supernatural</term>
<term>animals.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52963.X" fols="60" key="conradandmedora" xml:id="LCP__52963.X"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Conrad and Medora, or, Harlequin Little Fairy at bottom of the sea’,
pantomime by William Brough, based on the ballet ‘Le corsaire’. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 22 December for
performance at the Lyceum 26 December 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 423, with the alternative title
Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the bottom of the sea. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>dance</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>nautical interest</term>
<term>land and farming</term>
<term>entertainment</term>
<term>black characters</term>
<term>slavery and abolitionism</term>
<term>Mont Blanc.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52963.AA" fols="28" key="youngandhandsome" xml:id="LCP__52963.AA"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Young and handsome’, a fairy extravaganza by J. R. Planché, from the
fairy tale ‘Jeune et belle’, by Madame Murat. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Olympic">Licence sent 22 December for
performance at the Olympic 26 December 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 421. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>festival and celebration</term>
<term>castles.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52963.CC" fols="35" key="crinoline" xml:id="LCP__52963.CC" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Crinoline’, farce in one act by R. B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-24" where="Olympic">Licence sent 24 December for
performance at the Olympic 18 December 1856. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Robert B. Brough. Revisions throughout text. Speaking cues
and stage directions underlined in contrasting ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 425. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>military.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.B" fols="7" key="anightatnottinghill" xml:id="LCP__52964.B"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A night at Notting Hill', farcical sketch in one act by N. H. Harrington
and E. Yates. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-17" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 17 January for
performance at the Adelphi 5 January 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. Songs included in
MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 428. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Notting Hill</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>Crimea</term>
<term>military.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.E" fols="26" key="ruthoakley" xml:id="LCP__52964.E" corresp="N">
<title>‘Ruth Oakley', drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-17" where="Marylebone">Licence sent 17 January for
performance at the Marylebone 15 January 1857. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 431. Attributed in Nicoll jointly to
Harris and T. J. Williams. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>pubs and inns.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.M" fols="28" key="asplendidinvestment" xml:id="LCP__52964.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A splendid investment', an original farce in one act by W. B. Bernard. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-08" where="Olympic">Licence sent 8 April for performance
at the Olympic 11 February 1857. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol.30, no. 439. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>seaside settings</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>businessmen</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>speculation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.N" fols="95" key="doublefacedpeople" xml:id="LCP__52964.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Double faced people', comedy in three acts by John Courtney. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-07" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 7 April for
performance at the Haymarket 7 February 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Intended performance date given as 7 February 1857. LCO Day Book Add.
53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted as well as the name of
Lord Palmerston. Some revisions to text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 451. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>businessmen</term>
<term>speculation</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.S" fols="57" key="alifesransom" xml:id="LCP__52964.S" corresp="N">
<title>‘A life's ransom', drama in five acts. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-01" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 1 March for performance
at the Lyceum 16 February 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed by the lessee, Charles Dillon. Revisions to text added on
different types of paper.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 54, no. 804, where it is attributed to
Westland Marston. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>castles</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>Restoration England</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>treason.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.T" fols="41" key="awickedwife" xml:id="LCP__52964.T" corresp="N">
<title>‘A wicked wife', comedy in one act by John Courtney. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-01" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 1 March for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 16 February 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Some revisions to text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 445. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>Revolutionary France</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>revolution</term>
<term>treason.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.U" fols="18" key="themarblebride" xml:id="LCP__52964.U"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts
by C. H. Hazlewood. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-01" where="Britannia">Licence sent 1 March 1857 for
performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>German influence</term>
<term>rustics</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>supernatural.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.V" fols="57" key="asheepinwolfsclothing" xml:id="LCP__52964.V"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A sheep in wolf's clothing', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-01" where="Olympic">Licence sent 1 March for performance
at the Olympic 19 February 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout the text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 549. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>the press</term>
<term>execution</term>
<term>treason</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>Restoration England</term>
<term>Somerset</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>children.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.Z" fols="17" key="myfriendfromleatherhe..." xml:id="LCP__52964.Z"
corresp="N">
<title>‘My friend from Leatherhead', farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E.
Yates. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-08" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 8 April for performance
at the Lyceum 23 February 1857. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 437. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Pop Goes the Weasel</term>
<term>speculation</term>
<term>entertainment</term>
<term>working class characters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52964.AA" fols="115" key="thevictimsoffraudfrau..."
xml:id="LCP__52964.AA" corresp="N">
<title>‘The victims of fraud' ('Fraud and its victims'), drama in a prologue and
four acts by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-02" where="Surrey">Licence sent 2 April for performance
at the Surrey 2 March 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Intended performance date listed on cover is 2 March 1857. 'J. Stirling
Coyne, 2 Wilmington Square' written on cover. Revisions throughout the
text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's as Fraud and its victims, vol. 29, no. 433. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>bankers</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>crime</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>philanthropy</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52965.E" fols="63" key="angelordevil" xml:id="LCP__52965.E" corresp="N">
<title>‘Angel or devil', drama in one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-07" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 7 April for performance
at the Lyceum 2 March 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Intended date of performance is listed on cover as 2 March
1857.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 434. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>Revolutionary France</term>
<term>revolution</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>divorce</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>imprisonment.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52965.J" fols="114" key="alifestrial" xml:id="LCP__52965.J" corresp="N">
<title>‘A life's trial', drama in four acts by W. B. Bernard. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-08" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 8 April for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 19 March 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Intended performance date listed on cover is 19 March 1857. Revisions
throughout the text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 436. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>speculation</term>
<term>Tenby</term>
<term>Wales</term>
<term>businessmen</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>seaside settings</term>
<term>the press</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52965.S" fols="60" key="atalanta" xml:id="LCP__52965.S" corresp="N">
<title>‘Atalanta, or, The three golden apples', burletta in one act by Francis
Talfourd. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-09" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 9 April for
performance at the Haymarket 13 April 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Space left for songs to be inserted later.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 448. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>classical civilization</term>
<term>education</term>
<term>festival and celebration</term>
<term>dance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52965.V" fols="15" key="anenglishmanshouseish..." xml:id="LCP__52965.V"
corresp="N">
<title>‘An Englishman's house is his castle', farce in once act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-11" where="Princess">Licence sent 11 April for
performance at the Princess’s, 11 May 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 456. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>science and technology.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52965.BB" fols="21" key="fearfultragedyinthese..."
xml:id="LCP__52965.BB" corresp="N">
<title>‘Fearful tragedy in the Seven Dials', farce in one act by Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-30" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 30 April for performance
at the Adelphi 4 May 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. See Add. 52966
Z.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 452. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>the press</term>
<term>crime.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52966.K" fols="18" key="mysondiana" xml:id="LCP__52966.K" corresp="N">
<title>‘My son Diana', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-22" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 22 May for performance
at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 25 May 1857. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 461. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>sport.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52966.M" fols="44" key="thehusbandofanhour" xml:id="LCP__52966.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The husband of an hour', drama in two acts by Edmund Falconer. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-26" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 26 May for performance
at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 May 1857. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 462. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52967.G" fols="78" key="masaniello" xml:id="LCP__52967.G" corresp="N">
<title>‘Masaniello', an extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-27" where="Olympic">Licence sent 27 June for performance
at the Olympic 2 July 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Many revisions in different hands and on different types of paper.
Illustration of revolutionaries’ banners included on p. 65. LCO Day Book Add.
53073 records the stipulation that a phrase mentioning the Prince of Wales be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 32, no. 474. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian influence</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>festival and celebration</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>Naples</term>
<term>nautical interest</term>
<term>revolution</term>
<term>murder.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52967.K" fols="59" key="victims" xml:id="LCP__52967.K" corresp="N">
<title>‘Victims', original comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-05" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 5 July for performance
at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 8 July 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Each act appears to have been posted separately. Actors’ names included
alongside dramatis personae.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 32, no. 475. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>the press</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>debt and its consequences.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.A" fols="50" key="whatwilltheysayatbrom..." xml:id="LCP__52968.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘What will they say at Brompton?', farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-31" where="Olympic">Licence sent 31 August for
performance at the Olympic 23 November 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Stirling Coyne but crossed out. Actors' names listed
alongside dramatis personae. Revisions throughout text. LCO Day Book Add. 53073
records the stipulation that a large number of political allusions be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>suburbs</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>nautical interest</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>Italy</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>Naples</term>
<term>crime.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.J" fols="98" key="anunequalmatch" xml:id="LCP__52968.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘An unequal match', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-25" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 25 September for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 3 October 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions or prompter’s notes throughout text in different hands and
different coloured inks.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 118. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>urban rural contrast</term>
<term>Yorkshire</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>Germany</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>education.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.L" fols="14" key="upintheworld" xml:id="LCP__52968.L" corresp="N">
<title>‘Up in the world', farce in one act by J. Worthington. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-01" where="Surrey">Licence sent 1 October for performance
at the Surrey the same day. </licence>
<licNote>Last page signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add. 53073
records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 109. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>doctors and medicine.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.M" fols="37" key="averyseriousaffair" xml:id="LCP__52968.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A very serious affair', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-02" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 2 October for performance
at the Lyceum 5 October 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Written in the hand of the copyist employed by Benjamin Webster and J.
B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 33, no. 490. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>businessmen</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.P" fols="26" key="leadingstrings" xml:id="LCP__52968.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Leading strings', comedy in three acts by A. C. Troughton. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-08" where="Olympic">Licence sent 8 October for
performance at the Olympic 19 October 1857. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 33, no. 486. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>bankers</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>festival and celebration.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52969.I" fols="48" key="takecareofdowb" xml:id="LCP__52969.I"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Take care of Dowb—’, a farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-02" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 2 November for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 23 November 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout the text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34, no. 498. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>abandonment</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>bachelors.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52970.H" fols="121" key="thedogeofduralto" xml:id="LCP__52970.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The doge of Duralto, or, The enchanted eyes', Christmas extravaganza by
R. B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Olympic">Licence sent 21 December for
performance at the Olympic 26 December 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Many revisions and stage cues added in different hands, sometimes in
pencil. Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 88. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian characters</term>
<term>French characters</term>
<term>German characters</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>Pop Goes the Weasel</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>prisons and prisoners</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>America.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52970.K" fols="55" key="harlequinnovelty" xml:id="LCP__52970.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Harlequin novelty, and the princess who lost her heart', pantomime by L.
S. Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Strand">Licence sent 21 December for
performance at the Strand 24 December 1857. </licence>
<licNote>‘Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn’ written on cover. Comic scenes
written on different paper to rest of text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34, no. 504. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>festival and celebration</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>American characters</term>
<term>black characters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52970.Q" fols="20" key="pierette" xml:id="LCP__52970.Q" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Pierette, or, The rivals’, comic opera in one act by Edward Fitzball. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-29" where="Hull">Licence sent 29 December 1857 for
performance at the Theatre Royal Hull 6 March 1858. </licence>
<licNote>Includes letter signed by the Examiner W. B. Donne stating that ‘the
Opera “Pierette” (intended for representation at Hull) belongs to Mr. Montgomery
of the Lyceum Theatre London to whom he requests any communication about it will
be sent.’ Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 36, no. 537. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>entertainment</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>food and dining.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.A" fols="50" key="whatwilltheysayatbrom..." xml:id="LCP__52968.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘What will they say at Brompton?', farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-31" where="Olympic">Licence sent 31 August for
performance at the Olympic 23 November 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Stirling Coyne but crossed out. Actors' names listed
alongside dramatis personae. Revisions throughout text. LCO Day Book Add. 53073
records the stipulation that a large number of political allusions be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>suburbs</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>nautical interest</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>Italy</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>Naples</term>
<term>crime.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.J" fols="98" key="anunequalmatch" xml:id="LCP__52968.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘An unequal match', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-25" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 25 September for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 3 October 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions or prompter’s notes throughout text in different hands and
different coloured inks.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 118. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>drinking and drunkenness</term>
<term>urban rural contrast</term>
<term>Yorkshire</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>working class characters</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>Germany</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>education.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.L" fols="14" key="upintheworld" xml:id="LCP__52968.L" corresp="N">
<title>‘Up in the world', farce in one act by J. Worthington. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-01" where="Surrey">Licence sent 1 October for performance
at the Surrey the same day. </licence>
<licNote>Last page signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add. 53073
records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 109. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>sport</term>
<term>food and dining</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>doctors and medicine.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.M" fols="37" key="averyseriousaffair" xml:id="LCP__52968.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A very serious affair', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-02" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 2 October for performance
at the Lyceum 5 October 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Written in the hand of the copyist employed by Benjamin Webster and J.
B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 33. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>businessmen</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52968.P" fols="26" key="leadingstrings" xml:id="LCP__52968.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Leading strings', comedy in three acts by A. C. Troughton. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-08" where="Olympic">Licence sent 8 October for
performance at the Olympic 19 October 1857. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 33. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>bankers</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>festival and celebration.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52969.I" fols="48" key="takecareofdowb" xml:id="LCP__52969.I"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Take care of Dowb—’, a farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-02" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 2 November for
performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 23 November 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Revisions throughout the text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>abandonment</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>bachelors.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52970.H" fols="121" key="thedogeofduralto" xml:id="LCP__52970.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The doge of Duralto, or, Tthe enchanted eyes', Christmas extravaganza by
R. B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Olympic">Licence sent 21 December for
performance at the Olympic 26 December 1857. </licence>
<licNote>Many revisions and stage cues added in different hands, sometimes in
pencil. Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 88. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian characters</term>
<term>French characters</term>
<term>German characters</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>Pop Goes the Weasel</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>prisons and prisoners</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>the supernatural</term>
<term>America.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52970.K" fols="55" key="harlequinnovelty" xml:id="LCP__52970.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Harlequin novelty, and the princess who lost her heard', pantomime by L.
S. Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Strand">Licence sent 21 December for
performance at the Strand 24 December 1857. </licence>
<licNote>‘Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn’ written on cover. Comic scenes
written on different paper to rest of text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>festival and celebration</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>fairies and other supernatural creatures</term>
<term>doctors and medicine</term>
<term>American characters</term>
<term>black characters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52970.Q" fols="20" key="pierette" xml:id="LCP__52970.Q" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Pierette, or, The rivals’, comic opera in one act by Edward Fitzball. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-29" where="Hull">Licence sent 29 December 1857 for
performance at the Theatre Royal Hull 6 March 1858. </licence>
<licNote>Includes letter signed by the Examiner W. B. Donne stating that ‘the
Opera “Pierette” (intended for representation at Hull) belongs to Mr. Montgomery
of the Lyceum Theatre London to whom he requests any communication about it will
be sent.’ Songs included in MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 36. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>entertainment</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>food and dining.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52975.Q" fols="16" key="atwicetoldtale" xml:id="LCP__52975.Q"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A twice told tale’, original comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler.
(Described as a farce in Lacy’s.) </title>
<licence when="1862-09-23" where="Olympic">Licence sent 23 September 1858 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Also published in Lacy’s, vol.37, no. 553.</licNote>
<keywords>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>(marriage)?.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52975.S" fols="12" key="nothingtonurse" xml:id="LCP__52975.S"
corresp="N">
<title> Nothing to nurse, original farce in one act by Charles M. Walcot.
Printed. Lacy’s edition, vol.33, no.485. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-15" where="Strand">Licence sent 15 September 1858 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Letter written on title page and signed by C. Swanborough suggests the
theatre may have been accused of performing the play without a licence. Original
first performance at Laura Keene’s Theatre, New York, September 1857.</licNote>
<keywords>
<term>Lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>marriage?</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>black characters</term>
<term>New York.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52976.B" fols="45" key="myauntshusband" xml:id="LCP__52976.B"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘My aunt’s husband’, original farce in one act by Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-27" where="Strand">Licence sent 27 September 1858 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Also</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, Vol. 37, no. 554. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52979.J" fols="15" key="ivewrittentobrownealt..." xml:id="LCP__52979.J"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘I’ve written to Browne’ (altered from‘A needless stratagem'), farce in
one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-29" where="Olympic">Licence sent 29 January 1859 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Letter from M. E. Conway to the Examiner regarding the title change
bound in with front cover. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 lists it as a
comedietta.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 595. Texts vary slightly between MS
and printed version. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>widows</term>
<term>countryside</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>poetry</term>
<term>actors</term>
<term>playwrights</term>
<term>sisters</term>
<term>robbery</term>
<term>magistrates</term>
<term>engagements.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52980.F" fols="31" key="theyoungmother" xml:id="LCP__52980.F"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The young mother’, drama in one act by Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-25" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 25 February for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 28 February 1859. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 574. The Lacy’s version contains
variations from the MS text and more detailed stage directions. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lodging houses</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>working men and women</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>brothers</term>
<term>sisters</term>
<term>politics</term>
<term>industrialization</term>
<term>trials</term>
<term>magistrates</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>forgery</term>
<term>Australia</term>
<term>emigration</term>
<term>tableaus</term>
<term>music.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52980.G" fols="20" key="ifthecapfits" xml:id="LCP__52980.G" corresp="N">
<title> ‘If the cap fits’, farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-28" where="Princess">Licence sent 28 February 1859 for
performance at the Princess‘s. </licence>
<licNote>Nicoll cites the date 13 June 1859.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 606. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>military</term>
<term>Windsor</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>needlewomen</term>
<term>doctors</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>engagement</term>
<term>China.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52980.O" fols="82" key="theworldandthestage" xml:id="LCP__52980.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The world and the stage’, comedy in three acts by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-11" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 11 March to be
performed 12 March 1859 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words ‘Oh
Lord’ and all other oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, no. 1444. Lacy’s edition contains more
detailed stage directions. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>class contrast</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>female actors</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>playwrights</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>sisters</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>Nice</term>
<term>rural setting</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>adultery.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52981.I" fols="45" key="vandykebrown" xml:id="LCP__52981.I" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Vandyke Brown’, farce in one act by A. C. Troughton. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-23" where="Strand">Licence sent 23 March 1859 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Copied by G. Hastings. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation
that a section of text be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 583. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>photography</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>babies</term>
<term>French names</term>
<term>Crimea</term>
<term>trains and rail travel</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>bigamy</term>
<term>letting rooms</term>
<term>neighbours</term>
<term>inheritance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52981.N" fols="91" key="everybodysfriendthewi..." xml:id="LCP__52981.N"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Everybody’s friend’ (‘The widow hunt'), comedy in five acts by J. S.
Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-31" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 31 March for
performance at the Haymarket on 2 April 1859. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted. MS contains extensive cuts in ink and pasted-in amendments.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 586. Later performed at the
St.James’s, October 1867 as ‘The widow hunt’ (see Nicoll), and subsequently
published in De Witt’s Acting Plays, no. 12. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>philanthropy</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>poetry</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>aristocrats</term>
<term>fraud</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>Africa</term>
<term>balls</term>
<term>tenants</term>
<term>feminism.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52981.O" fols="49" key="ninepointsofthelaw" xml:id="LCP__52981.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Nine points of the law’, comedietta in one act by T. Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-05" where="Olympic">Licence sent 5 April 1859 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Contains numerous cuts and amendments made both in ink and
pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 600. Based on the novel Clover
Cottage, or, I can’t get in, by M. W. Savage, 1856. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>adaptations of novels</term>
<term>law and legal profession</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>wills</term>
<term>eviction</term>
<term>tenants</term>
<term>speculation</term>
<term>Mexico</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52981.R" fols="55" key="beaubrummelbeaubrumme..." xml:id="LCP__52981.R"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Beau Brummel’ (‘Beau Brummel, the King of Calais'), drama in two acts
by M. W. B. Jerrold. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-11" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 11 April for performance
at the Lyceum on 10 April 1859. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 652 as Beau Brummel, the King of
Calais. Various textual differences between Lacy’s and MS versions. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French settings</term>
<term>Calais</term>
<term>Caen</term>
<term>dandies</term>
<term>fashion</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>press</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>madness</term>
<term>asylums</term>
<term>nuns.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.C" fols="32" key="electrainanewelectric..." xml:id="LCP__52982.C"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Electra in a new electric light’, classical extravaganza in one act by
F. Talfourd. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-19" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 19 April 1859 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 585. Lacy’s contains more detailed
stage directions and titles of popular songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Greek mythology</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>war</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>daughters</term>
<term>mothers</term>
<term>popular song.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.E" fols="57" key="ruthven" xml:id="LCP__52982.E" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Ruthven’, drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-23" where="Grecian">Licence sent 23 April 1859 for
performance at the Grecian Saloon. </licence>
<licNote>Contains words to song.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 611. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>travel. inns</term>
<term>Spanish settings</term>
<term>superstition</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>legends</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>convents</term>
<term>vampires</term>
<term>ghouls</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>madness</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>Italian settings</term>
<term>Naples</term>
<term>slaves</term>
<term>identity</term>
<term>sea settings</term>
<term>shipwrecks</term>
<term>christianity</term>
<term>abduction</term>
<term>French character names</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>tableaus.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.L" fols="44" key="whichofthetwo" xml:id="LCP__52982.L"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Which of the two!’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-23" where="Strand">Licence sent 23 April 1859 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Signed by the copyists E. and J. Hastings.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 589. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Russian settings and characters</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>twins</term>
<term>inns</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>war.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.P" fols="24" key="icionparlefrancais" xml:id="LCP__52982.P"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Ici on parle Francais’, farce in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-09" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 9 May 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no.592. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>France</term>
<term>French character names</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>lodging houses</term>
<term>speculation</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>seaside settings</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>literary references</term>
<term>rail travel</term>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>engagement.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.S" fols="49" key="retainedforthedefence" xml:id="LCP__52982.S"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Retained for the defence’, farce in one act by J. Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-13" where="Olympic">Licence sent 13 May 1859 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts and amendments made in pencil. List of actors’ names next to the
dramatis personae.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 605. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>court</term>
<term>literary references</term>
<term>working men</term>
<term>dancing</term>
<term>games</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>divorce</term>
<term>Stock Exchange.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.T" fols="55" key="thememberswife" xml:id="LCP__52982.T"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The member‘s wife, or, The house versus the home’, comedy in two acts
by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-13" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 13 May 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to ‘omit all oaths and
the name of Mr Brotherton’.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 618, as The house or the home;
adapted from Peril dans la demeure, by Octave Feuillet. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>parliament</term>
<term>politicians</term>
<term>politics</term>
<term>clerks</term>
<term>upper-class characters</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>Lisbon</term>
<term>feminism</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.W" fols="64" key="afelonsbond" xml:id="LCP__52982.W" corresp="N">
<title> ‘A felon’s bond’, drama in three acts by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-26" where="Grecian">Licence sent 26 May 1859 for
performance at the Grecian Saloon. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 85, no.1266. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian character names</term>
<term>convicts</term>
<term>sailors</term>
<term>ships</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>doctors</term>
<term>Malta</term>
<term>Portsmouth</term>
<term>Northumberland</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>debt</term>
<term>Dutch character names</term>
<term>actors</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>forgery</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>tableaus.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52982.X" fols="29" key="caughtbytheears" xml:id="LCP__52982.X"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Caught by the ears’, farcical extravaganza in one act by C. Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-28" where="Strand">Licence sent 28 May 1859 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Copied by G. Hastings.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no.604. Lacy’s edition includes musical
excerpts for piano and voices. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>music</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>tailors</term>
<term>Birmingham</term>
<term>abduction</term>
<term>Italian influence</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52983.B" fols="59" key="payableondemand" xml:id="LCP__52983.B"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Payable on demand’, domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-06" where="Olympic">Licence sent 6 June 1859 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that biblical
references be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 614. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Frankfurt</term>
<term>Clapham</term>
<term>post-revolutionary France</term>
<term>war</term>
<term>Jews</term>
<term>Christians</term>
<term>mixed-race marriage</term>
<term>artisans</term>
<term>moneylenders</term>
<term>Stock Exchange</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>exile</term>
<term>execution</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>celebrations</term>
<term>music.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52983.D" fols="23" key="givememywife" xml:id="LCP__52983.D" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Give me my wife’, farce in one act by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-09" where="Grecian">Licence sent 9 June 1859 for
performance at the Grecian Saloon. </licence>
<licNote>Signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation
that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 75, no. 1115. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>science and technology</term>
<term>salesmen</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52983.F" fols="12" key="theriflevolunteersthe..." xml:id="LCP__52983.F"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The rifle volunteers’ (‘The rifle volunteers, or, Riflemen! Riflemen!
Riflemen! Form!'), an 'apropos sketch' in one act by Edward Stirling. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-13" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 13 June 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Listed in Nicoll, with the alternative title, as a farce. Not listed in
LCO Day Book Add. 52703.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 599. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>military</term>
<term>volunteers</term>
<term>electric telegraph</term>
<term>clerks</term>
<term>war</term>
<term>patriotism</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>feminism</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>music.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52983.M" fols="87" key="themaskedmother" xml:id="LCP__52983.M"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The masked mother, or, The hidden hand’ (‘Capitola, or, ‘The masked
mother and the hidden hand’), drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-01" where="Surrey">Licence sent 1 July to be performed on
4 July 1859 at the Surrey. </licence>
<licNote>Letter from the Licensor stating that ‘a copyist for this play will be
sent to the L.C. office on Monday next.‘ Cuts made to text in ink. Cut-outs from
a printed periodical version pasted in and edited. Signed by the copyist,
Adelaide Calvert. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths
be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 70, no. 1047. Considerable variation between
the MS and Lacy’s versions. Based on the novel The hidden hand, or, Capitola the
madcap, by E. D. E. N. Southworth, (New York, 1859). </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>literary adaptations</term>
<term>shipwrecks</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>kidnapping</term>
<term>Dublin</term>
<term>appearance</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>paperboys and girls</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>wards</term>
<term>counterfeiting</term>
<term>smugglers</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>attempted murder</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>abduction</term>
<term>pictures.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52983.N" fols="36" key="aschoolforcoquettes" xml:id="LCP__52983.N"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A school for coquettes’, comedietta in two acts by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-04" where="Strand">Licence sent 4 July to be performed on
9 July 1859 at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 610. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>artists</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>urban/rural contrast</term>
<term>marital separation</term>
<term>education</term>
<term>government officials</term>
<term>masquerades</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>secret marriage</term>
<term/>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52983.S" fols="52" key="theladyoflyons" xml:id="LCP__52983.S"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The lady of Lyons’,‘the very latest extravaganza by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-09" where="Strand">Licence sent 9 July 1859 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Signed E. and J. Hastings, copyists. For another version, see Add.
52971 K.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s , supplementary volume, no volume or index
reference. A later, revised version of the Lacy’s edition is cited in Add. 52971
K. For the original The lady of Lyons, or, Love and pride! by Lord Lytton, which
was licensed in 1838, see Add. 42945 (11). </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>Italy</term>
<term>shopkeepers</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>inns</term>
<term>gardeners</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>debt</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>orchestra</term>
<term>feminism</term>
<term>pictures.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52983.T" fols="33" key="cartouche" xml:id="LCP__52983.T" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Cartouche, or, The six escapes of a robber’, drama in three acts by W.
Travers. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-11" where="City">Licence sent 11 July 1859 for
performance at the City of London Theatre. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 76, no. 1031. Considerable variation between
the MS and Lacy’s versions. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French settings</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>flower girls</term>
<term>robbery</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>narcotics</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>disguise.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52984.B" fols="58" key="anoldoffender" xml:id="LCP__52984.B"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘An old offender’, comic drama in two acts by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-22" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 22 July 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 615. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>Early Modern settings</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>wards</term>
<term>robbers</term>
<term>magistrates</term>
<term>legends</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>disguise.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52984.H" fols="27" key="prisonandpalace" xml:id="LCP__52984.H"
corresp="N">
<title> Prison and palace, comic drama in two acts by J. Palgrave Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-05" where="Canterbury">Licence sent 5 August 1859 for
performance at the Canterbury. </licence>
<pubNote> Printed for private circulation in an edition of Lacy’s. Back cover
signed Hon. S.(?) Ponsonby. First performed at Thurloe Place West, Brompton,
February, 1853. Russian settings, military, prison, prisoners, flirtation,
police, royalty, Petersburg, dance, politics, engagements. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52984.M" fols="19" key="thegoosewiththegolden..." xml:id="LCP__52984.M"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The goose with the golden eggs’, farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H.
S. Edwards. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-31" where="Strand">Licence sent 31 August 1859 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 654. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>clerks</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>women reading</term>
<term>food and eating</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>betting.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52984.O" fols="31" key="therifleandhowtouseit" xml:id="LCP__52984.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The rifle and how to use it’, farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-16" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 16 September 1859 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 623. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Clapham</term>
<term>volunteers</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>drink and drunkenness</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>tailors.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52984.P" fols="36" key="loveandfortune" xml:id="LCP__52984.P"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Love and fortune’, dramatic tableau in one act by J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-20" where="Princess">Licence sent 20 September 1859 for
performance at the Princess’s on 24 September 1859. </licence>
<licNote>Inside cover signed Augustus Harris. Contains words for songs and some
pencilled-in stage directions.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 622. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French influence</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>art</term>
<term>Commedia dell’arte</term>
<term>literary reference</term>
<term>tableaus</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>magic</term>
<term>Moors</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>disguise.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52984.V" fols="19" key="loveandhunger" xml:id="LCP__52984.V"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Love and hunger’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-26" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 26 September 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 624. Differences between Lacy’s text
and MS text. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>inns</term>
<term>Reading</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>travel</term>
<term>food and eating</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>wills</term>
<term>inheritance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52985.B" fols="26" key="virginius" xml:id="LCP__52985.B" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Virginius, or, The trials of a fond father’, burlesque in one act by L.
S. Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-28" where="St.James">Licence sent 28 September for
performance at the St.James’s on 1 October 1859. </licence>
<licNote>Copied in more than one hand. Contains words for songs.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 627. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>classical civilization</term>
<term>Rome</term>
<term>fathers</term>
<term>daughters</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>government</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>photography</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>music.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52985.C" fols="24" key="themagictoys" xml:id="LCP__52985.C" corresp="N">
<title> ‘The magic toys’, ballet farce in one act by J. Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-28" where="St.James">Licence sent 28 September 1859 for
performance at the St.James’s. </licence>
<licNote>Signed J. Oxenford on front cover. ‘Miss L. Thompson’ pencilled next to
list of dramatis personae. Set design inside front cover in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 629. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>dance</term>
<term>magicians</term>
<term>legends</term>
<term>sailors</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term/>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52985.I" fols="30" key="ahusbandtoorder" xml:id="LCP__52985.I"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A husband to order’, farce in two acts by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-11" where="Olympic">Licence sent 11 October 1859 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Some amendments in ink. Adapted from the French play, ‘Un mariage sous
l’Empire’.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 632. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French settings and character names</term>
<term>post-revolutionary France</term>
<term>nobility</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>war</term>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>farmers</term>
<term>wards</term>
<term>family relations</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>wills.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52985.J" fols="94" key="thefoolsrevenge" xml:id="LCP__52985.J"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The fool’s revenge’, tragedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-12" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 12 October 1859 for
performance at Sadlers Wells on 18 October 1859. </licence>
<licNote>Prompt copy written in more than one hand, containing various
additional stage directions in ink and pencil. Influenced by Le roi s’amuse by
Victor Hugo, published in 1832, and Verdi’s Rigoletto, 1851: see Tom Taylor’s
introduction to the Lacy’s edition.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 631. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records
the stipulation that‘Heaven' be substituted for 'God'. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian settings</term>
<term>opera</term>
<term>Early Modern settings</term>
<term>nobility</term>
<term>appearance</term>
<term>assassination</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>abduction</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>fathers</term>
<term>daughters</term>
<term>poison.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52986.A" fols="52" key="theheadofthefamilycom..." xml:id="LCP__52986.A"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The head of the family’ comedietta in one act by W. S. Emden. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-20" where="Olympic">Licence sent 20 October 1859 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from ‘Le moulin a paroles’.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 650. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>farmers</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>courtship.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52986.G" fols="73" key="romeoandjulietorthecu..." xml:id="LCP__52986.G"
corresp="N">

<title type="noLicence"> ‘Romeo and Juliet, or, The cup of cold pison’ (sic),
extravaganza in one act by Andrew Halliday.</title><licence>No details of licence.</licence><licNote> LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the
stipulation that a substantial amount of text be omitted. </licNote>
<pubNote>Published in Lacy’s,
vol. 43, no. 633. </pubNote>
<keywords><term> literary references, poison, popular song, Italian
characters and settings, Verona, doctors, photography, dreams, ballet,
masquerade, nurses, animals, monks, operatic references, murder, politics,
games, family relationships, narcotics, dance, ghosts. </term></keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52986.H" fols="39" key="themasterpassion" xml:id="LCP__52986.H"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The master passion, or, The outlaws of the Adriatic’ (‘Outlaws of the
Adriatic, or, The female spy and the chief of the ten’), drama in three acts,
(possibly) by Edmund Falconer. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-02" where="Princess">Licence sent 2 November 1859 for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 673. Adapted from the French play by
Victor Sejour. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian settings and character names</term>
<term>Uscoques</term>
<term>Venice</term>
<term>Early Modern settings</term>
<term>government</term>
<term>spies</term>
<term>execution</term>
<term>pirates</term>
<term>bandits</term>
<term>sea settings</term>
<term>gipsies</term>
<term>prisoners</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>fathers and daughters</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>music dance</term>
<term>ballet.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52986.I" fols="19" key="dinorahunderdifficult..." xml:id="LCP__52986.I"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Dinorah under difficulties’, farcical sketch in one act by William
Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-03" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 3 November 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 81, no. 1226, in a considerably expanded
text. For other versions of the story, see Add. 52984 F, 52985 A, and 52992 C. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>theatre managers</term>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>conductors</term>
<term>singers</term>
<term>Italian character names</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>dance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52986.L" fols="38" key="thedeadheart" xml:id="LCP__52986.L" corresp="N">
<title> ‘The dead heart’, drama in three acts and a prologue by Watts Phillips. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-07" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 7 November 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 82, no. 1240. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French revolution</term>
<term>sculptors</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>clergy</term>
<term>execution</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>spies</term>
<term>tableaus.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52986.O" fols="32" key="nurseychickweed" xml:id="LCP__52986.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Nursey Chickweed’, farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-12" where="Princess">Licence sent 12 November 1859 for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 637. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>millers</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>rustics</term>
<term>nurses</term>
<term>food</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>appearance</term>
<term>education</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>clerks</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>gardeners.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52987.C" fols="59" key="parisandpleasureor" xml:id="LCP__52987.C"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Paris and pleasure! or, Home and happiness’,‘drama fantastique' in four
acts by C. Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-17" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 17 November for
performance at the Lyceum on 28 November 1859. </licence>
<licNote>Signed Celeste Elliott, sole lessee. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records
the stipulation that the theatre licensee should 'superintend the production of
the first act'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 725. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>censorship</term>
<term>French settings and characters</term>
<term>debt</term>
<term>female actors</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>masquerades</term>
<term>dancers</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>Brittany</term>
<term>inns</term>
<term>legends</term>
<term>dreams</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>engagement</term>
<term>nobility</term>
<term>speculation</term>
<term>abandoned women</term>
<term>rail travel</term>
<term>money lenders</term>
<term>Jews</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>landowners</term>
<term>devils</term>
<term>tableaux.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52987.G" fols="82" key="gossip" xml:id="LCP__52987.G" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Gossip’, comedy in two acts by A. G. Harris and T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-23" where="Princess">Licence sent 23 November 1859 for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<licNote>Signed A. Harris.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 76, no. 1033. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>West Indians</term>
<term>British Empire</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>gossip</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52987.H" fols="32" key="shamefulbehaviour" xml:id="LCP__52987.H"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Shameful behaviour’, comedietta in two acts by A. C. Troughton. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-23" where="Strand">Licence sent 23 November 1859 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Contains words for a song.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 639. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French character names</term>
<term>hotels</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>flirting</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>nationality</term>
<term>waiters</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>engagements.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52988.I" fols="22" key="alfredthegreatalfredt..." xml:id="LCP__52988.I"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Alfred the Great’ (‘Alfred the Great, or, The minstrel king’),
extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-20" where="Olympic">Licence sent 20 December 1859 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Various cuts in ink. Contains words for song.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 644. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Norse mythology</term>
<term>Denmark</term>
<term>Wessex</term>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>invasion</term>
<term>patriotism</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>dance.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52988.K" fols="57" key="tellandthestrikeofthe..." xml:id="LCP__52988.K"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Tell and the strike of the Cantons, or, The pair, the meddlar and the
apple’, extravaganza by Francis Talfourd. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Strand">Licence sent 21 December 1859 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 642. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>military</term>
<term>Swiss legends</term>
<term>Switzerland</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>Amazons</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>archery</term>
<term>mountain settings</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>popular song.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52988.O" fols="18" key="thenymphofthelurleybe..." xml:id="LCP__52988.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The nymph of the Lurleyberg, or, The knight and the naiads’ (altered
from ‘Lurline’), extravaganza in one act by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 22 December 1859 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>For other versions of the story, see Add. 52990 C, 52990 M, and 53011
K.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 643. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>German legends</term>
<term>water scenes</term>
<term>nymphs</term>
<term>Rhine</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>nobility</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>Amazons</term>
<term>volunteers</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>operatic references.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52988.R" fols="33" key="jackthegiantkiller" xml:id="LCP__52988.R"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Jack the giant killer, or, Harlequin King Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table’, pantomime by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-23" where="Princess">Licence sent 23 December 1859 for
performance at the Princess’s . </licence>
<licNote>Comic scenes bound within MS.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 645. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairy-tales</term>
<term>mothers</term>
<term>sons</term>
<term>myths</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>knights</term>
<term>giants</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>age</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>taverns</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>cooks</term>
<term>eating.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52988.S" fols="15" key="kingthrushbeard" xml:id="LCP__52988.S"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘King Thrushbeard, or, Pet and passion’ (sic) (‘King Thrushbeard, or,
The little pet and the great passion'), burlesque by Francis Talfourd. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-23" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 23 December 1859 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<licNote>Listed in Nicoll and Lacy’s under the longer alternative
title.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 647. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>nationality</term>
<term>fairies</term>
<term>literary reference</term>
<term>vagrants</term>
<term>Spanish influence</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>transformations</term>
<term>Harlequinade.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52988.V" fols="19" key="thehouseholdfairy" xml:id="LCP__52988.V"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The household fairy’, domestic sketch in one act by Francis Talfourd. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-23" where="St.James">Licence sent 23 December 1859 for
performance at the St.James’s. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions written in red ink and underlined in black. Back page
signed Francis Talfourd Esquire.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 648. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>suicide</term>
<term>aunts</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>artists</term>
<term>rail travel</term>
<term>class contrast</term>
<term>engagements.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52989.B" fols="39" key="thechristmasboxsystem" xml:id="LCP__52989.B"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The Christmas box system’, farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S.
Edwards. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-14" where="Strand">Licence sent 14 January 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts made in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 685 as Christmas boxes. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>music</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>eavesdropping.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52989.G" fols="24" key="ataleoftwocities" xml:id="LCP__52989.G"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A tale of two cities’, drama with prologue and two acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-20" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 20 January 1860 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word‘Heaven'
be substituted for 'God'. Based on the serialisation published in All the year
round, April – November 1859, by Charles Dickens.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 661. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>adaptations of novels</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>aristocrats</term>
<term>doctors</term>
<term>barristers</term>
<term>spies</term>
<term>French Revolution</term>
<term>Terror</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>narcotics</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>public houses</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>cobblers</term>
<term>clerks</term>
<term>body-snatching</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>trials</term>
<term>execution</term>
<term>emigration</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>insanity</term>
<term>tableaus.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52989.L" fols="32" key="adayatboulogne" xml:id="LCP__52989.L"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A day at Boulogne, or, Run to earth’, farce in one act by Marshall
Hall. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-04" where="Brighton">Licence sent 4 February 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. </licence>
<licNote>Title pasted over the original title.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Run to earth, or, A day at Boulogne in Lacy’s,
supplementary vol. 2. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French settings and characters</term>
<term>English characters</term>
<term>urban/rural contrast</term>
<term>hotels</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>actors</term>
<term>theatre managers</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>courtship.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52989.N" fols="40" key="dido" xml:id="LCP__52989.N" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Dido’, burlesque by F. C. Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-06" where="St.James">Licence sent 6 January 1860 for
performance at the St.James’s. </licence>
<licNote>Contains words for songs and detailed stage directions.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 655. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Roman mythology</term>
<term>classical civilization</term>
<term>literary references</term>
<term>crossdressing</term>
<term>Carthage</term>
<term>Africa</term>
<term>sea settings</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>stagecraft.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52989.O" fols="79" key="theforestkeeper" xml:id="LCP__52989.O"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The forest keeper’, drama in two acts by Henry Holl. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-07" where="Drury">Licence sent 7 February 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Cover signed E. J. Smith.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 658. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>forest setting</term>
<term>postrevolutionary France</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>Napoleon</term>
<term>tailors</term>
<term>gamekeepers</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>sleepwalking</term>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>concealed identity.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52989.Q" fols="51" key="sisterlyservice" xml:id="LCP__52989.Q"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Sisterly service’, comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-08" where="Strand">Licence sent 8 February 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Text bears inscription‘H. Chater, scripsit'. MS written in more than
one hand. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be
omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 657. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French settings and character names</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>sisters</term>
<term>brothers</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>impersonation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52989.T" fols="39" key="firstaffections" xml:id="LCP__52989.T"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘First affections’, comedietta in one act by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-09" where="St.James">Licence sent 9 February 1860 for
performance at the St.James’s. </licence>
<licNote>Extensive cuts and amendments made in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 768. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>music</term>
<term>artisans</term>
<term>deaf characters</term>
<term>dumb characters</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>barristers</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>sisters</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>weddings.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52990.D" fols="47" key="hollybushhall" xml:id="LCP__52990.D"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Holly Bush Hall’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-23" where="Queen">Licence sent 23 February for
performance at the Queen’s on 25 February 1860. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed C. J. James. MS bears name of W. E. Suter. Cited in Nicoll
as ‘Holly Bush Hall, or, The track in the snow’. For other versions, see Add.
52989 M and 52989 S.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 656. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>literary adaptations</term>
<term>Sussex</term>
<term>gipsies</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>ghosts</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>police</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>dreams</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>theft</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>pictures.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52990.F" fols="34" key="aplayofdisasters" xml:id="LCP__52990.F"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A play of disasters, or, Next of kin’, farce in one act by Edmund
Falconer. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-28" where="Birmingham">Licence sent 28 February 1860 for
performance at Theatre Royal, Birmingham. </licence>
<licNote>Text bears name of E. H. Keating. Postage stamps affixed to back
cover.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 679 under the title Next of kin.
Later produced at the Lyceum 9 April 1860, for which version see Add. 52991 T. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>washerwomen</term>
<term>Indian characters</term>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>adoptive parents</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>chancery</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>class contrast.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52990.H" fols="81" key="unclezachary" xml:id="LCP__52990.H" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Uncle Zachary’, in two acts by John Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-29" where="Olympic">Licence sent 29 February 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 667. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>science</term>
<term>education</term>
<term>class</term>
<term>government officials</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>farms</term>
<term>drunkenness</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>tableaus.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52990.M" fols="34" key="crueltobekind" xml:id="LCP__52990.M"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Cruel to be kind’, farce in one act by T. J. Williams and A. G. Harris. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-05" where="Princess">Licence sent 5 March 1860 for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Inside cover bears name of A.
Harris.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 683. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>suburbs</term>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>spinsters</term>
<term>ageing</term>
<term>landlords</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>eviction</term>
<term>dancing.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52990.O" fols="54" key="christmaseve" xml:id="LCP__52990.O" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Christmas Eve, or, A duel in the snow’ (altered from‘The wife’s
prediction'), domestic drama in three acts by Edward Fitzball. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-09" where="Drury">Licence sent 9 March 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>Text bears name of E. T. Smith. Nicoll cites a further production under
the title ‘A duel in the snow’, at Sadlers Wells on 4 June 1862.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 666. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>festivals</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>Switzerland</term>
<term>Paris</term>
<term>masquerades</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>fortunetelling</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>military</term>
<term>debt</term>
<term>age and ageing</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>shooting</term>
<term>boating</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>ghosts</term>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>fairy-tales</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>fallen women</term>
<term>robbers</term>
<term>poverty</term>
<term>opera</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>natural phenomena</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>tableaus</term>
<term>pictures.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52991.C" fols="22" key="bb" xml:id="LCP__52991.C" corresp="N">
<title> ‘B. B., or, The Benicia Boy’, farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M.
Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-19" where="Olympic">Licence sent 19 March 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>The script is based on the famous boxing match between Tom Sayers and
the American John Heenan, known as‘the Benicia Boy' which took place on 17 April
1860. For other version, see Add. 52992 L, 52993 B and 52993 D.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 668. Keywords inns, Northumberland,
press, boxing, waiters, servants, landladies, rail travel, mistaken identity,
dining, engagement. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52991.E" fols="48" key="117arundelstreet" xml:id="LCP__52991.E"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘117 Arundel Street, Strand’ (altered from‘Batchelors lodgings' (sic)
and 'Honi soit qui mal y pense'), comedietta in one act by H. R. Addison. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-20" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 20 March 1860 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<licNote>Numerous cuts and amendments made in ink. The original title
'Batchelors lodging' has the description 'a domestic sketch borrowed from our
neighbours’, crossed out in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 48, no. 708. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>rail travel</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>boarding houses</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>Brighton</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>theatres</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>courtship</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52991.P" fols="52" key="lucretiaborgia" xml:id="LCP__52991.P"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘Lucretia Borgia, at home and all abroad’, burlesque in one act by L. S.
Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-03" where="St.James">Licence sent 3 April 1860 for
performance at the St.James’s. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions underlined in red ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 672 as Lucrezia Borgia! At home and
all abroad. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian settings and characters</term>
<term>Early Modern settings</term>
<term>Venice</term>
<term>Ferrara</term>
<term>masquerades</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>female villains</term>
<term>spies</term>
<term>speculation</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>feminism</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>law</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>drink</term>
<term/>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52991.T" fols="42" key="nextofkin" xml:id="LCP__52991.T" corresp="N">
<title> ‘Next of kin’, comedietta in two acts by E. Falconer. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-04" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 4 April for performance
at the Lyceum 9 April 1860. </licence>
<licNote>Contains calls, scene changes and cuts in ink, stage directions in
pencil. A previous version of the play was produced at Birmingham, for which see
Add. 52990 F.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 679. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>washerwomen</term>
<term>Indian characters</term>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>adoptive parents</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>chancery</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>class contrast.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52991.U" fols="80" key="thepilgrimoflove" xml:id="LCP__52991.U"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The pilgrim of love’, extravaganza (‘an oriental fairy tale in rhyme')
in one act by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-05" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 5 April 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>MS signed by the author, f. 78. Additions, cuts, cues and stage
directions in pencil and ink. Extra page added for Finale. Actors’ names written
in pencil next to the dramatis personae. Contains words for songs. Based on
Washington Irving’s novel Tales of the Alhambra (originally published
1832).</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 671, as The pilgrim of love, a fairy
romance in one act. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>literary adaptations</term>
<term>Spanish settings</term>
<term>Granada</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>doctors</term>
<term>magic</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>Moors</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>fairies</term>
<term>animals</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>peasants</term>
<term>German characters</term>
<term>French characters</term>
<term>Italian characters</term>
<term>American characters</term>
<term>weddings.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52992.A" fols="52" key="themillerandhismen" xml:id="LCP__52992.A"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘The miller and his men’, extravaganza in one act by F. Talfourd and H.
J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-05" where="Strand">Licence sent 5 April 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions and cues underlined in red ink. Contains words to
songs.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 670, where it is described as‘a
burlesque mealy-drama in one act (and in verse)'. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>millers</term>
<term>forest scenes</term>
<term>bandits</term>
<term>robbers</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>explosions</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>pictures.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52992.B" fols="33" key="achangeofsystem" xml:id="LCP__52992.B"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A change of system’, petite comedy in one act by Howard Paul. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-05" where="St.James">Licence sent 5 April 1860 for
performance at the St.James’s. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 669. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>tenants</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>widowers</term>
<term>Chancery</term>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>literary references</term>
<term>Italy</term>
<term>illness</term>
<term>marital relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52992.D" fols="27" key="thesylphide" xml:id="LCP__52992.D" corresp="N">
<title> ‘The sylphide’, extravaganza in one act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-09" where="Princess">Licence sent 9 April 1860 for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<licNote>Contains words for songs.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 76, no. 1040, and in supplementary vol. no.
2. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>legends</term>
<term>Scottish characters and settings</term>
<term>sylphs</term>
<term>witches</term>
<term>imps</term>
<term>visions</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>operatic references</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>magic</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>tableaus.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52992.H" fols="43" key="araceforawidow" xml:id="LCP__52992.H"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A race for a widow’, comedietta in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-18" where="Strand">Licence sent 18 April 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions underlined in red ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 680. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>clerks</term>
<term>inns</term>
<term>transport</term>
<term>rail travel</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>Wales</term>
<term>London</term>
<term>cockneys</term>
<term>gipsies</term>
<term>fortune-telling</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>balls</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>secret marriage.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52992.I" fols="41" key="afriendinneed" xml:id="LCP__52992.I"
corresp="N">
<title> ‘A friend in need’, comedy in two acts by Sydney J. G. French and
William Sorrell. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-20" where="St.James">Licence sent 20 April 1860 for
performance at the St.James’s. </licence>
<licNote>Inside cover bears the name of a‘Miss Wyndham' written in
ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 682. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>London</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>secret marriages</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>cards</term>
<term>north of England/south of England contrasts</term>
<term>Yorkshire characters</term>
<term>wards</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>balls</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>courtship.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.C" fols="16" key="dearestmamma" xml:id="LCP__52993.C" corresp="N">
<title>‘Dearest Mamma, or, My mother-in-law', comedietta in one act by 'Walter
Gordon' (i.e., William Aylmer Gowing). </title>
<licence when="1862-05-02" where="Olympic">Licence sent 2 May 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Contains cuts in ink. Adapted from the French play, 'La belle-mére et
le gendre" by J. I. Samson, 1826.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 689. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>painting</term>
<term>celebrations</term>
<term>gossip</term>
<term>adultery.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.F" fols="66" key="thefamilysecret" xml:id="LCP__52993.F"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The family secret', comedy in three acts by E. Falconer. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-07" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 7 May 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 700. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Italian settings</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>engagement</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>literary references</term>
<term>class</term>
<term>boats</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>French characters</term>
<term>age</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>lawyers</term>
<term>weddings.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.K" fols="25" key="trombalcazar" xml:id="LCP__52993.K"
corresp="N0">
<title>‘Tromb-al-ca-zar, or, Les criminels dramatiques', operetta in one act by
C. Dupeuty and E. Bourget (for the music by J. Offenbach). </title>
<licence when="1862-05-16" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 16 May 1860 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<licNote>French. First performed at the Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, 3 April 1856.
Not listed in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Tromb-Al-Ca-Zar; or The adventures of an orphan troupe by
C. H. Stephenson in Lacy’s, vol. 71, no. 1053. Contains words for songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>French settings</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>actors</term>
<term>drama production</term>
<term>acting</term>
<term>female actors</term>
<term>performance</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>spies</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>flirtation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.L" fols="10" key="thricemarriedapersona..." xml:id="LCP__52993.L"
corresp="N">
<title> Thrice married (A personation piece), farce in one act by H. M. Paul. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-16" where="Princess">Licence sent 16 May 1860 for
performance at the Princess‘s. </licence>
<licNote>Printed, possibly the Lacy’s edition.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 665, as A personation piece. This is
an English version of the play La femme aux oeufs d’or, by MM. Dumanoir and
Clairville (i.e. P. F. Pinel and L. F. Nicolaie), for which see Add. 52992 Z. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>dance</term>
<term>singers</term>
<term>Spanish characters</term>
<term>French characters</term>
<term>drinking</term>
<term>artists</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>uncles</term>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>seamstresses</term>
<term>bigamy</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>engagement.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.N" fols="50" key="fitzsmytheoffitzsmyth..." xml:id="LCP__52993.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Fitz-Smythe of Fitz-Smythe Hall' (altered from 'Jollyboy of Jollyboy
Hall'), farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-25" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 25 May 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>Signed J. M. Morton (with address). Original title is crossed out in
ink on opening page and throughout play; cuts made in ink, numbered cues in
pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 688. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>farmers</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>class</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>artists</term>
<term>cricket</term>
<term>engagements.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.Q" fols="70" key="appearances" xml:id="LCP__52993.Q" corresp="N">
<title>‘Appearances', comedy in two acts by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-25" where="Strand">Licence sent 25 May 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 692. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>artists</term>
<term>painting</term>
<term>shopkeepers</term>
<term>lodgers</term>
<term>class</term>
<term>babies</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>adoptive parents</term>
<term>letters.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.W" fols="24" key="furnishedapartment" xml:id="LCP__52993.W"
corresp="N0">
<title> Furnished apartment, vaudeville in one act by‘MM. Cormon et Grangé'
(i.e., P. E. Piestre and Eugène Basté). Printed. French. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-12" where="St.James">Licence sent 12 June 1860 for
performance at the St James’s. </licence>
<licNote>First performed at the Variétés, Paris, 7 June 1855. Printed by Michel
Lèvy Frères in Bibliotheque Dramatique Series. Publisher’s advertisement on
front and back covers. Not listed in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published under the title The French exhibition; or, Noodles in Paris
by Frederick Hay in Lacy’s, vol. 75, no. 1117. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Exhibitions</term>
<term>French settings</term>
<term>plays</term>
<term>theatre</term>
<term>letting rooms</term>
<term>lodgers</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>engagement</term>
<term>debt</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>duelling.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52993.AA" fols="87" key="doesheloveme" xml:id="LCP__52993.AA"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Does he love me?', comedy in three acts by E. Falconer. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-19" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 19 June 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>Signed Thos. Pugh (?). MS copied in more than one hand, numbered cues
and amendments in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 100, no. 1486. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>aristocracy</term>
<term>class</term>
<term>housekeepers</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>clerks</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>forgery</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>family relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52994.D" fols="18" key="duchessornothing" xml:id="LCP__52994.D"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Duchess or nothing', comedietta in one act by 'Walter Gordon' (i.e.,
William Aylmer Gowing). </title>
<licence when="1862-06-30" where="Olympic">Licence sent 30 June 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from the French play, 'The Marquise de Carabas'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 696. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>early modern setting</term>
<term>France</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>nobility</term>
<term>class contrasts</term>
<term>impersonation</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>marital relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52994.I" fols="57" key="hisexcellency" xml:id="LCP__52994.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘His Excellency', farce in one act by C. J. Mathews. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-07" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 7 July 1860 for
performance at the Theatre Royal. </licence>
<licNote>Inside cover signed Thos. Pugh, under prompter.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 747. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>orphans</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>forgery</term>
<term>Naples</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>courtship.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52994.L" fols="12" key="bowldout" xml:id="LCP__52994.L" corresp="N">
<title>‘Bowl'd out', farce in one act by 'Henry Thornton Craven' (i.e., Henry
Thornton). </title>
<licence when="1862-07-10" where="Princess">Licence sent 10 July 1860 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in two different hands.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 694 as Bowl'd out, or, A bit of
Brummagem. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Birmingham</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>false identity</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>painters</term>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>popular songs</term>
<term>poetry</term>
<term>poets</term>
<term>women reading</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>kidnap</term>
<term>journalism.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52994.R" fols="62" key="observationandflirtat..." xml:id="LCP__52994.R"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Observation and flirtation', comedietta in one act by Horace Wigan. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-25" where="Strand">Licence sent 25 July 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 698. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>hotels</term>
<term>doctors</term>
<term>balls</term>
<term>ageing</term>
<term>appearance</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>Yorkshire</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>literary references</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>spas</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>engagements.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52994.Z" fols="30" key="afairexchangealteredf..." xml:id="LCP__52994.Z"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A fair exchange' (altered from 'Exchange is no robbery'), farce in one
scene by Montagu Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-21" where="Olympic">Licence sent 21 August 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions in red ink, numbered cues in pencil, cuts in
ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 703. Contains words for songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Shakespeare</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>concealed identity.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52995.D" fols="44" key="theveteranandhisson" xml:id="LCP__52995.D"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The veteran and his son, or, France and Algeria' (altered from 'The
daughter of the desert, or, The veteran and his son'), drama in three acts. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-04" where="Surrey">Licence sent 4 September 1860 for
performance at the Surrey. </licence>
<licNote>Acting copy, partly printed, with numerous MS additions in the shape of
cuts in ink and pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Printed part taken from The veteran of 102 years, or five generations,
by H. M. Milner’s, in Lacy’s, vol. 36, no. 534. The middle section of the script
is also in MS. 'From Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick' (theatre managers) on front
cover. Back page signed R. Shepherd. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the
stipulation that all oaths must be omitted. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>France</term>
<term>portrait</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>Algiers</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>Muslims and Islam</term>
<term>shipwrecks</term>
<term>abduction</term>
<term>popular songs</term>
<term>tableau</term>
<term>imprisonment</term>
<term>concealed identity</term>
<term>dance</term>
<term>patriotism</term>
<term>Christians and Christianity</term>
<term>spies</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>explosions</term>
<term>battle scenes.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52995.F" fols="44" key="thepetlamb" xml:id="LCP__52995.F" corresp="N">
<title>‘The pet lamb', comedietta in one act by Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-04" where="Strand">Licence sent 4 September 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand, signed by the copyists, E and J
Hastings, 9 University Street, Tottenham Court Road. Not listed in LCO Day Book
Add. 52703.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 702. Contains words for songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>early modern setting</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>Naples</term>
<term>portraits</term>
<term>monks</term>
<term>songs</term>
<term>elopement</term>
<term>wedding</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>imprisonment</term>
<term>engagement</term>
<term>tableau.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52995.I" fols="38" key="hithimhehasnofriends" xml:id="LCP__52995.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Hit him he has no friends', farce in one act by E. Yates and N. H.
Harrington. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-15" where="Strand">Licence sent 15 September 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Cues underlined in red ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the
stipulation that all oaths be omitted.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 47, no. 704. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>pubs and inns</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>gossip</term>
<term>Canterbury</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>magistrates</term>
<term>boxing</term>
<term>engagement.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52995.K" fols="17" key="adecidedfix" xml:id="LCP__52995.K" corresp="N">
<title>‘A decided fix', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-17" where="Olympic">Licence sent 17 September 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 48, no. 714 as A regular fix! </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>servants</term>
<term>adoptive parents</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>bailiffs</term>
<term>flirtation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52995.O" fols="37" key="thegitanella" xml:id="LCP__52995.O" corresp="N">
<title>‘The Gitanella, or, The children of the forest', drama in three acts by
J. Crawford Wilson. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-29" where="Surrey">Licence sent 29 September 1860 for
performance at the Surrey. </licence>
<pubNote> Published as The Gitanilla; or, The children of the Zincali in Lacy’s,
vol. 48, no. 713. Contains words for songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Spain</term>
<term>Wales</term>
<term>gypsies</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>storms</term>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>secret marriage</term>
<term>death</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>illness and insanity</term>
<term>prison and prisoners</term>
<term>tableau.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52995.P" fols="46" key="robinhood" xml:id="LCP__52995.P"
corresp="N10131">
<title>‘Robin Hood, or, The merry outlaws of Sherwood', equestrian spectacle in
three acts by Edward Fitzball. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-29" where="Astley">Licence sent 29 September for
performance at Astley's Amphitheatre on 8 October 1860. </licence>
<licNote>Cover identifies Mr. Batty, proprietor and manager, and Mr. West, stage
manager.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 48, no. 718. For another version, see Add.
52995 Q. Contains words for songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>London. Nottingham</term>
<term>horses in plays</term>
<term>prisons and imprisonment</term>
<term>wills</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>forgery</term>
<term>tableau</term>
<term>forest setting</term>
<term>cross-dressing</term>
<term>archery</term>
<term>treason</term>
<term>songs</term>
<term>popular songs</term>
<term>robbery</term>
<term>weddings</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>castles</term>
<term>executions</term>
<term>patriotism.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52996.A" fols="14" key="johnwapps" xml:id="LCP__52996.A" corresp="N">
<title>‘John Wapps, or, From information I received', farce in one act by W. E.
Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-13" where="Surrey">Licence sent 13 October 1860 for
performance at the Surrey. </licence>
<licNote>Front cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add.
52703 records the stipulation to omit a line of text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 724 as John Wopps, or, From
information I received. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Police</term>
<term>butchers</term>
<term>gold prospecting</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>adultery</term>
<term>eavesdropping</term>
<term>food and eating</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>brothers.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52996.H" fols="73" key="upatthehills" xml:id="LCP__52996.H" corresp="N">
<title>‘Up at the hills', comedy in two acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-22" where="St.James">Licence sent 22 October 1860 for
performance at St James's. </licence>
<licNote>Described as "An original comedy of Indian life". Contains numerous
cuts and additions in ink and pencil. Small sketch of a bird at the end of Act
1. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 737. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>India</term>
<term>Calcutta</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>narcotics</term>
<term>theft</term>
<term>burglary</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>cards</term>
<term>horses</term>
<term>Scottish</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>doctors</term>
<term>blackmail</term>
<term>conmen.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52996.L" fols="61" key="postboy" xml:id="LCP__52996.L" corresp="N">
<title>‘Post boy', petite drama in two acts by H. T. Craven (i.e. Henry
Thornton). </title>
<licence when="1862-10-27" where="Strand">Licence sent 27 October 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Decorative calligraphy on title page in black and red ink with small
illustration in black ink of the post boy, signed H. Chater Scripsit (see also
Add. 52990 N).</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 48, no. 720. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>London</term>
<term>Norwood</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>French</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>secret marriage</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>nursery rhymes</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>actress</term>
<term>singers</term>
<term>engagement</term>
<term>abandoned women</term>
<term>children.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52997.F" fols="18" key="homeforaholiday" xml:id="LCP__52997.F"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Home for a holiday', comedietta in one act by Walter Gordon (i.e.
William Aylmer Gowing). MS indicates ‘from the French’, source untraced. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-05" where="Olympic">Licence sent 5 November 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 722. Contains words for songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>Early Modern settings</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>duelling</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>popular songs</term>
<term>music.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52997.H" fols="38" key="unetassedethé" xml:id="LCP__52997.H"
corresp="N0">
<title> Une tasse de thé, comedy in one act by Ch. Nuitter and J. Derley.
Printed. French. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-06" where="Vaudeville">Licence sent 6 November 1860. </licence>
<licNote>First performed at the Vaudeville, Paris, 28 September 1860.
Publisher’s catalogue attached (Michel Lévy, Paris, August 1860). Publisher’s
advertisement on back cover. Not listed in Nicoll or LCO Day Book Add.
52703.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as A cup of tea in Lacy’s, vol. 83, no. 1239. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52997.I" fols="31" key="thegaribaldiexcursion..." xml:id="LCP__52997.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The Garibaldi excursionists', sketch in one act by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-08" where="Princess">Licence sent 8 November 1860 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>MS. written in more than one hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 48, no. 719. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>authors</term>
<term>journalism</term>
<term>poetry</term>
<term>gardens</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>theatre manager</term>
<term>cross-dressing.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52997.K" fols="197" key="thebabesinthewood" xml:id="LCP__52997.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The babes in the wood', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-09" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 9 November 1860 for
performance at the Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts, cues and stage directions in red ink and pencil, list of
properties on inside front cover. MS. written in more than one hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 736. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>marital relationships</term>
<term>gossip</term>
<term>lodgers and boarding houses</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>debt and its consequences</term>
<term>pawning</term>
<term>civil service</term>
<term>tableau</term>
<term>artists</term>
<term>musicians</term>
<term>press</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>assault</term>
<term>bailiffs</term>
<term>bankruptcy</term>
<term>poetry</term>
<term>sketching</term>
<term>marital separation.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52997.M" fols="14" key="dididreamit" xml:id="LCP__52997.M" corresp="N">
<title>‘Did I dream it?', (alternative title from ‘Charming dreams’), farce in
one act by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-09" where="Strand">Licence sent 9 November 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 under original title, 'Charming
dreams'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 739. Contains words to songs. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>songs</term>
<term>servants</term>
<term>French</term>
<term>dreams</term>
<term>illness and insanity</term>
<term>gossip</term>
<term>courtship.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52998.L" fols="14" key="eclipsingtheson" xml:id="LCP__52998.L"
corresp="N">
<title> Eclipsing the son, farce in one act by W. W. Hartopp. Printed. Lacy‘s
edition. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-03" where="Brighton">Licence sent 3 December 1860 for
performance at Brighton. </licence>
<licNote>Emendations and cuts in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 797. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>letters</term>
<term>bachelors</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>literature and literary reference</term>
<term>mistaken identity</term>
<term>doctors</term>
<term>inheritance</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>blackmail.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52998.P" fols="41" key="anuglycustomer" xml:id="LCP__52998.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘An ugly customer', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-07" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 7 December 1860 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 726. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>dandies</term>
<term>art and artists</term>
<term>paintings</term>
<term>soldiers</term>
<term>engagements</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>tableaus.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.A" fols="88" key="thestaffofdiamonds" xml:id="LCP__52999.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The staff of diamonds', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-17" where="Surrey">Licence sent 17 December 1860 for
performance at the Surrey. </licence>
<licNote>Signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Described as "Founded on facts"
on front cover. Act two signed C. H. Hazlewood, 7, William St., Blackfriars
Road.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 104. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>mining</term>
<term>Brazil</term>
<term>slaves</term>
<term>black characters</term>
<term>mixed-race characters</term>
<term>Spanish characters</term>
<term>English characters</term>
<term>abolitionism</term>
<term>sailors</term>
<term>children</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>gambling</term>
<term>pictures.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.E" fols="76" key="endymion" xml:id="LCP__52999.E" corresp="N">
<title>‘Endymion, or, The naughty boy who cried for the moon', comical
extravaganza in one act by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-19" where="St.James">Licence sent 19 December 1860 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Cuts in pencil and ink. Actors’ names
listed next to dramatis personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as "a classical, mythological extravaganza" in Lacy’s, vol.
49, no. 732. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.I" fols="53" key="cinderellaandthelittl..." xml:id="LCP__52999.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Cinderella and the little glass slipper', Christmas fairy burlesque
extravaganza by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-19" where="Strand">Licence sent 19 December 1860 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 728, as Cinderella, or, The lover,
the lackey, and the little glass slipper. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>fairies</term>
<term>forest settings</term>
<term>royalty</term>
<term>sisters</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>tutoring</term>
<term>popular song</term>
<term>balls</term>
<term>engagement.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.L" fols="49" key="timourthetartar" xml:id="LCP__52999.L"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Timour the Tartar', extravaganza in one act by John Oxenford and C. W.
S. Brooks. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-19" where="Olympic">Licence sent 19 December 1860 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts and amendments in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 733. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.R" fols="55" key="peterwilkins" xml:id="LCP__52999.R" corresp="N">
<title>‘Peter Wilkins', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-24" where="Drury">Licence sent 24 December 1860 for
performance at Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>Includes comic scenes. Signed J. H. Craven, prompter and copyist and E.
T. Smith, lessee. Based on the novel, The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins,
a Cornishman, by Robert Paltock, first published London, 1751.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Peter Wilkins, or, Harlequin and the flying women of the
Loadstone Rock, by E. L. Blanchard., The MusicPublishing Company, London. See
also Add. 52970 D. Earlier variant Peter Wilkins; or, The flying islanders
published by Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 374. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>mining</term>
<term>nobility</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>goblins</term>
<term>magic</term>
<term>elves</term>
<term>ballet</term>
<term>Cornwall. Indian Ocean</term>
<term>sailors</term>
<term>ships as settings</term>
<term>shipwrecks</term>
<term>music</term>
<term>stagecraft</term>
<term>transformations</term>
<term>Harlequinade.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.V" fols="21" key="chrystabelle" xml:id="LCP__52999.V" corresp="N">
<title>‘Chrystabelle, or, The rose without a thorn', extravaganza by Edmund
Falconer. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-24" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 24 December 1860 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 734. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.W" fols="20" key="bluebeardfromanewpoin..." xml:id="LCP__52999.W"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Blue Beard from a new point of hue', burlesque by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-26" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 26 December 1860 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 729. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="52999.X" fols="51" key="robinsoncrusoe" xml:id="LCP__52999.X"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Robinson Crusoe, or, Harlequin Friday and the King of the Carribbee
Islands', pantomime by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-26" where="Princess">Licence sent 26 December 1860 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>Last page signed Henry J. Byron. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis
personæ. Includes comic scenes.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 49, no. 727. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53000.H" fols="42" key="oldtrusty" xml:id="LCP__53000.H" corresp="N">
<title>‘Old Trusty', comic drama in one act by Walter Gordon (i.e. William
Aylmer Gowing). </title>
<licence when="1862-01-22" where="Olympic">Licence sent 22 January 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 741. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53000.M" fols="75" key="maccarthymore" xml:id="LCP__53000.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Mac Carthy More, or, Possession, nine points of the law', comic drama in
two acts by Sam Lover. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-04" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 4 February 1861 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 753. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53000.N" fols="45" key="houseonthebridgeofnot..." xml:id="LCP__53000.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘House on the bridge of Notre Dame', drama in three acts by M. R. Lacy. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-07" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 7 February 1861 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from the French of T. Barrière and H de Kock. This MS copy
appears to have been used as an exhibit in a court case concerning the play, the
following statement being written on the front cover, "In Chancery. Elliott v.
Cave. This is the exhibit marked 1 referred to in the Affidavit of Rophino Lacy
sworn in this Cause the day of April 1861 Before me". See also Add 53002 J, Add.
53002 Q and Add. 53003 N, for other versions.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 744. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53000.O" fols="17" key="thecantab" xml:id="LCP__53000.O" corresp="N">
<title>‘The Cantab', farce in one act by T. W. Robertson. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-07" where="Strand">Licence sent 7 February 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 743. Also published in an earlier
edition of plays by Robertson, An evenings entertainment. Consisting of an
original comedy, burlesque, and farce, in Lacy's Home Plays series, London, July
1860. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53001.A" fols="18" key="thechimneycorner" xml:id="LCP__53001.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The chimney corner', serio-comic drama in two acts by H. T. Craven. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-16" where="Olympic">Licence sent 16 February 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 742. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53002.E" fols="92" key="onlyascrapofpaper" xml:id="LCP__53002.E"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Only a scrap of paper', comedy in three acts by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-19" where="St.James">Licence sent 19 March 1861 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Signed J. Palgrave Simpson. Numerous cuts and amendments in ink.
Originally titled, 'In black and white'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 756 as A scrap of paper. Adapted
from the French comedy by V. Sardou, Pattes de mouches, 1860. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53002.J" fols="23" key="houseonthebridgeofnot..." xml:id="LCP__53002.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘House on the bridge of Notre Dame', drama in two acts by C. H.
Hazlewood. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-23" where="Marylebone">Licence sent 23 March 1861 for
performance at the Marylebone. </licence>
<licNote>Signed J. H. Cave. Adapted from the French. See Add. 53000 N, Add.
53002 Q and Add. 52003 N.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 744. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53002.K" fols="50" key="thesyrenofparis" xml:id="LCP__53002.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The syren of Paris', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-01" where="Queen">Licence sent 1 April 1861 for
performance at the Queen's. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed C. J. James, final page signed W. E. Suter. Adapted from
the French of E. Grangé and X. de Montepin.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 771. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53002.N" fols="35" key="thelittlerebel" xml:id="LCP__53002.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The little rebel', farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-27" where="Olympic">Licence sent 27 March 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Numerous cuts and additions in ink, paste-ins and cues in pencil.
Contains words for songs. Listed under 'The rebel (little)' in LCO Day Book Add.
52703.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 746. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.A" fols="54" key="magloiretheprestigiat..." xml:id="LCP__53003.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Magloire the prestigiater', drama in a prologue and three acts by T. W.
Robertson. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-30" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 30 March 1861 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Signed B. Webster. Adapted from the French play L’Escamoteur, by
D'Ennery and Jules Bresil, 1860.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Jocrisse the juggler in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 757. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.F" fols="40" key="thepachaofparadisepla..." xml:id="LCP__53003.F"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The Pacha of Paradise Place, Pimlico!, or, Turkish life in London',
farcical extravaganza in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-06" where="St.James">Licence sent 6 April 1861 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts and amendments in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 755. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.I" fols="11" key="thecensus" xml:id="LCP__53003.I" corresp="N">
<title>‘The census', apropos sketch in one act by William Brough and A.
Halliday. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-12" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 12 April 1861 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Signed B. Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 748. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.K" fols="84" key="blacksheep" xml:id="LCP__53003.K" corresp="N">
<title>‘Black sheep', comedy in three acts by J. Stirling Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-18" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 18 April 1861 to be
performed on 22 April at the Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cues and stage positions
marked in pencil, amendments in red pencil, cuts in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 751. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.P" fols="23" key="theoldstory" xml:id="LCP__53003.P" corresp="N">
<title>‘The old story', comic drama in two acts by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-25" where="Strand">Licence sent 25 April 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 758. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.Q" fols="22" key="theturkishbath" xml:id="LCP__53003.Q"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The Turkish bath', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-26" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 26 April 1861 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts and amendments in ink and pencil. Actors’ names listed next to
dramatis personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 754. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.R" fols="49" key="thetigerslayerofthesa..." xml:id="LCP__53003.R"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The tiger slayer of the Savannah', drama in two acts by W.E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-27" where="Effingham">Licence sent 27 April 1861 for
performance at the Effingham. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. End of Acts I and II
signed W. E. Suter. MS addressed to Fred Abrahams, Effingham Saloon. Penny red
stamp on the back cover of each act. See also Add. 53001 I and Add. 53002
I.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no.752 as The pirate of the savannah,
or, The tiger hunter of the prairie. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53003.V" fols="54" key="handsomejack" xml:id="LCP__53003.V" corresp="N">
<title>‘Handsome Jack', drama in three acts by J. B. Howe. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-04" where="Pavilion">Licence sent 4 May 1861 to be
performed at the Pavilion on 6 May. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in French's Acting Edition (Late Lacy’s), vol. 114, New
York. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53004.Q" fols="18" key="onandoff" xml:id="LCP__53004.Q" corresp="N">
<title>‘On and off!', farce in one act by Thomas James Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-31" where="Strand">Licence sent 31 May 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 762. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53005.I" fols="13" key="peaceandquiet" xml:id="LCP__53005.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Peace and quiet', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-26" where="Strand">Licence sent 26 June 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 764. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53005.L" fols="20" key="morepreciousthangold" xml:id="LCP__53005.L"
corresp="N">
<title>‘More precious than gold', comedy in two acts by Charles Smith Cheltnam. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-05" where="Strand">Licence sent 5 July 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 763. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53005.M" fols="105" key="mylordandmylady" xml:id="LCP__53005.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘My Lord and my Lady, or, "It might have worse"', comedy in five acts by
J. R. Planché. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-08" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 8 July 1861 for
performance at the Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts in ink and red
pencil, stage cues in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 766. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53005.Q" fols="27" key="theprettyhorsebreaker" xml:id="LCP__53005.Q"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The pretty horsebreaker', farce in one act by William Brough and A.
Halliday. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-13" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 13 July 1861 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Signed B. Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 765. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53006.L" fols="20" key="aluckyescape" xml:id="LCP__53006.L" corresp="N">
<title>‘A lucky escape', comic drama in one act by Charles Smith Cheltnam. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-06" where="Strand">Licence sent 6 September 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from the French.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 772. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>France</term>
<term>Early Modern Settings</term>
<term>French adaptations</term>
<term>flirtation</term>
<term>disguise</term>
<term>widows</term>
<term>courtship</term>
<term>marital relationships.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53007.G" fols="30" key="esmerelda" xml:id="LCP__53007.G" corresp="N">
<title>‘Esmerelda, or, The gipsy and the gentle goat', (altered from 'Esmerelda,
or, The gypsy, the guardsman and the goat'), burlesque in one act by Henry J.
Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-25" where="Strand">Licence sent 25 September 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 779, as Esmerelda, or, The
"sensation" goat, also in Nicoll. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53007.H" fols="25" key="shortandsweet" xml:id="LCP__53007.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Short and sweet', farce in one act by Adolphous Troughton. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-25" where="Strand">Licence sent 25 September 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 776. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53007.I" fols="30" key="playingwithfire" xml:id="LCP__53007.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Playing with fire', comedy in five acts by John Brougham. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-26" where="Princess">Licence sent 26 September 1861 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Nicoll cites an earlier performance
at Manchester on 3 June 1861.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 66, no. 976. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53007.K" fols="38" key="alegalimpediment" xml:id="LCP__53007.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A legal impediment', drama in one act by John Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-27" where="Olympic">Licence sent 27 September 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Signed John Oxenford.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 784. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53007.M" fols="58" key="paulpry" xml:id="LCP__53007.M" corresp="N">
<title>‘Paul Pry, married and settled', farce in one act by C. J. Mathews. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-02" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 2 October 1861 to be
performed at the Haymarket on 3 October. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Thoms. T. Pugh, underprompter. MS written in more than one
hand with loose-leaf insert and amendments in pencil. LCO Day Book Add. 52703
records the stipulation to make various alterations to the text.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 68, no. 1008. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53007.V" fols="29" key="thataffairatfinchley" xml:id="LCP__53007.V"
corresp="N">
<title>‘That affair at Finchley', farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-12" where="Strand">Licence sent 12 October 1861 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Entitled, 'The particulars of that affair at Finchley', in
Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 775. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53008.C" fols="36" key="wooingoneswife" xml:id="LCP__53008.C"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Wooing one's wife', comedietta in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-18" where="Olympic">Licence sent 18 October 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 778. Bound with two songs, ff.
34-36: 'Mama won't buy me out', by William Brough, composed by T. German Reed,
licence sent 20 October, and another, untitled, by Charles Mackay, composed by
T. German Reed, dated 16 October. Both songs for performance at the Gallery of
Illustration to be sung by Mrs. German Reed. Neither song listed in Nicoll. See
Add. 53012 X, Add. 52999 S, Add. 53003 B and Add. 53012 W. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53008.G" fols="48" key="medea" xml:id="LCP__53008.G" corresp="N">
<title>‘Medea', tragedy in three acts by Matilda Heron. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-28" where="Drury">Licence sent 28 October 1861 for
performance at Drury lane. </licence>
<licNote>Cover signed Miss Avonia Jones, Melbourne, Australia. Bound in two
parts, see note on cover: "N.B. This is a sketch manuscript which the
accompanying part fills up". Translated from the French of E. Legouvé.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 783. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53008.H" fols="29" key="aterriblesecret" xml:id="LCP__53008.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A terrible secret', farce in one act by F. Stirling Coyne. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-26" where="Drury">Licence sent 26 October 1861 for
performance at Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>Signed E. J. Smith, lessee.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 782. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53008.I" fols="62" key="theoctoroon" xml:id="LCP__53008.I" corresp="N">
<title>‘The Octoroon', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-28" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 28 October 1861 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>First performed at the Winter Garden, New York on 6 December
1859.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 65, no. 963. </pubNote>
<keywords>
<term>slaves</term>
<term>judges</term>
<term>America</term>
<term>family relationships</term>
<term>mixed-race characters</term>
<term>letters</term>
<term>murder</term>
<term>photography</term>
<term>Native Americans</term>
<term>slave auctions</term>
<term>trials</term>
<term>prison</term>
<term>arson</term>
<term>ships</term>
<term>poison</term>
<term>suicide.</term>
</keywords>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53008.Q" fols="34" key="doingforthebest" xml:id="LCP__53008.Q"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Doing for the best', domestic drama in two acts by M. R. Lacy. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-12" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 12 November 1861 for
performance at Sadlers Wells. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 812. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53009.C" fols="78" key="courtcards" xml:id="LCP__53009.C" corresp="N">
<title>‘Court Cards', comedietta in two acts by J. P. Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-19" where="Olympic">Licence sent 19 November 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Covers to Acts I and II signed J. Palgrave Simpson, 9 Alfred Place
West, Thurloe Square. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts in
ink, stage manager's cues in pencil. Adapted from the French play entitled, ‘La
Fileuse’ by J. Barbier and M. Carré.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 785. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53009.I" fols="50" key="misseilyoconnor" xml:id="LCP__53009.I"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Miss Eily O'Connor', burlesque in one act by H. R. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-22" where="Drury">Licence sent 22 November 1861 for
performance at Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>Signed E. T. Smith. MS. in two different hands.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 781. See also Add. 52995 B, Add.
53003 S, Add. 52995 T, Add. 52996 M, Add. 53002 M, Add. 53005 T, Add. 53007 O,
Add. 53009 Q and Add. 53014 Z. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53009.J" fols="36" key="thepoornobleman" xml:id="LCP__53009.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The poor nobleman', domestic drama in two acts by Charles Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-25" where="St.James">Licence sent 25 November 1861 for
performance at the St James's. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from the French of P. F. Pinel Dumanoir and É. Lafargue from Le
Gentilhomme Pauvre.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 787. See Add. 53005 F. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53009.R" fols="35" key="deerfoot" xml:id="LCP__53009.R" corresp="N">
<title>‘Deerfoot', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-13" where="Olympic">Licence sent 13 December 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 789. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53009.T" fols="52" key="perseusandandromeda" xml:id="LCP__53009.T"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Perseus and Andromeda', extravaganza by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-14" where="St.James">Licence sent 14 December 1861 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 792 as Perseus and Andromeda, or,
The maid and the monster. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53009.U" fols="14" key="margerydaw" xml:id="LCP__53009.U" corresp="N">
<title>‘Margery Daw, or, The two bumpkins', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-14" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 14 December 1861 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Signed B. Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 798. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53010.D" fols="64" key="thekingofthemerrows" xml:id="LCP__53010.D"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The king of the merrows, or, The prince and the piper Dan', (altered
from 'Dan the piper, or, The prince who loved a mermaid', and 'The magic piper,
or, The tale of a mermaid'), fairy extravaganza by F. C. Burnand from an
original plot constructed by J. Palgrave Simpson. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-18" where="Olympic">Licence sent 18 December 1861 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Contains cuts and
amendments in ink and pencil and a paste-in. Incomplete sketch in ink of
classical figure standing. Contains words to songs.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 790. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53010.J" fols="26" key="littleredridinghood" xml:id="LCP__53010.J"
corresp="N23443">
<title>‘Little Red Riding Hood, or, The rose, the shamrock and the thistle',
extravaganza by Leicester Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 21 December 1861 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 791. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53010.P" fols="22" key="anicequietday" xml:id="LCP__53010.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A nice quiet day', farce in one act by T. H. Hipkins and Gaston Murray. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-24" where="New">Licence sent 24 December 1861 for
performance at the New Royalty Soho. </licence>
<licNote>Proprietor M. Goulard.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 808. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53011.A" fols="9" key="slowtopsengagement" xml:id="LCP__53011.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Slowtop's engagement', comedietta in one act by C. S. Cheltnam. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-09" where="Olympic">Licence sent 9 January 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from a French original.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 793. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53011.B" fols="14" key="johnsmith" xml:id="LCP__53011.B"
corresp="N13371">
<title>‘John Smith', farce in one act by William Hancock. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-09" where="Strand">Licence sent 9 January 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 794. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53011.D" fols="32" key="oldphilsbirthday" xml:id="LCP__53011.D"
corresp="N20079">
<title>‘Old Phil's birthday', (altered from 'The false key'), serio-comic drama
in two acts by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-17" where="Strand">Licence sent 17 January 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 799. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53011.P" fols="24" key="orangeblossoms" xml:id="LCP__53011.P"
corresp="N20080">
<title>‘Orange blossoms', comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-15" where="Strand">Licence sent 15 February 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 802. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53011.S" fols="9" key="afairysfather" xml:id="LCP__53011.S"
corresp="N10737">
<title>‘A fairy's father', drama in one act by Charles' Cheltnam. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-18" where="Olympic">Licence sent 18 February 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 801. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53011.V" fols="122" key="friendsorfoes" xml:id="LCP__53011.V"
corresp="N19769">
<title>‘Friends or foes', comedy in four acts by Horace Wigan. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-19" where="St.James">Licence sent 19 February 1862 for
performance at the St James's. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from the French, ‘Nos intimes’, by Victor Sardou.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 805. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53011.X" fols="18" key="caughtinaline" xml:id="LCP__53011.X"
corresp="N09514">
<title>‘Caught in a line, or, The unrivalled Blondin', "pièce de circonstance"
in one scene by Charles Bolton. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-21" where="Strand">Licence sent 21 February 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Entitled, 'Caught in a trap, or, The unrivalled Blondin', comedietta,
in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. See also Add. 53005 D.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 807. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53012.D" fols="55" key="thewifesportrait" xml:id="LCP__53012.D"
corresp="N15526">
<title>‘The wife's portrait, or, A household picture under two lights', drama in
two acts by J. W. Marston. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-06" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 6 March 1862 for
performance at the Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts and stage positions indicated in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 806. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53012.J" fols="21" key="catchaweazelsic" xml:id="LCP__53012.J"
corresp="N16037">
<title>‘Catch a weazel' (sic), comedietta in one act by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-14" where="Strand">Licence sent 14 March 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 809. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53012.L" fols="60" key="fashionableintelligen..." xml:id="LCP__53012.L"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Fashionable intelligence', comedy in three acts by John Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-14" where="Olympic">Licence sent 14 March 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts in ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records that, "the title of this
comedy was subsequently changed to that of 'The world of fashion' ". From the
French, 'Les doigts de fée', by M. Scribe and E. W. Legouvé.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 811. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53012.S" fols="16" key="undertherose" xml:id="LCP__53012.S"
corresp="N17504">
<title>‘Under the rose', farce in one act by George Roberts. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-18" where="St.James">Licence sent 18 March 1862 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts and stage manager's cues in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 853. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53013.D" fols="50" key="alicewingold" xml:id="LCP__53013.D"
corresp="N14621">
<title>‘Alice Wingold, or, The pearl of London city', drama in two acts by M. R.
Lacy. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-11" where="Astley">Licence sent 11 April 1862 for
performance at Astley's. </licence>
<licNote>Entitled, 'Alice Wingfield, or, The pearl of London city', in LCO Day
Book Add. 52703. The LCO Day Book also records the stipulation that a line from
the text be omitted.</licNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53013.H" fols="23" key="keepyourtemper" xml:id="LCP__53013.H"
corresp="N20083">
<title>‘Keep your temper', farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-15" where="Strand">Licence sent 15 April 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 827. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53013.I" fols="45" key="fairrosamond" xml:id="LCP__53013.I"
corresp="N10130">
<title>‘Fair Rosamond, or, The maze, the maid and the monarch', extravaganza in
one act by F. C. Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-15" where="Olympic">Licence sent 15 April 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies F. C. Burnand. Numbered cues and stage entries in pencil.
Cuts and additions in ink. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis
personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 813. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53013.J" fols="13" key="icouldnthelpit" xml:id="LCP__53013.J"
corresp="N16459">
<title>‘I couldn't help it', farce in one act by John Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-15" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 15 April 1862 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 816. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53013.U" fols="58" key="princeamabel" xml:id="LCP__53013.U" corresp="N">
<title>‘Prince Amabel, or, The fairy roses', extravaganza by William Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-25" where="St.James">Licence sent 25 April 1862 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Contains words for songs.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 815. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53013.Y" fols="20" key="allsfairinloveandwar" xml:id="LCP__53013.Y"
corresp="N">
<title> All‘s fair in love and war, comedietta in two acts by Captain Horton
Rhys. Printed. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-28" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 28 April 1862 for
performance at Sadlers Wells. </licence>
<licNote>'Epilogue' spoken at the Lyceum Theatre on the occasion of the Felix
Testimonial Benefit, by Captain Horton Rhys, 24 May, 1858, bound in at back of
play. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the inclusion of songs.</licNote>
<pubNote> Printed by T. H. Lacy for author, not in Lacy’s. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53014.A" fols="26" key="fortywinks" xml:id="LCP__53014.A"
corresp="N17505">
<title>‘Forty winks', comedietta in one act by George Roberts. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-12" where="St.James">Licence sent 12 May 1862 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from a French original.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 854. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53014.P" fols="19" key="ashillingdayatthegrea..." xml:id="LCP__53014.P"
corresp="N09864">
<title>‘A shilling day at the Great Exhibition, "1862", or, All the fun of the
world's fair', apropos extravaganza by William Brough and Andrew Halliday. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-07" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 7 June 1862 for
performance at Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>See also Add. 53015 H.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 817. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53014.Q" fols="56" key="hislastvictory" xml:id="LCP__53014.Q"
corresp="N16853">
<title>‘His last victory', comedy in two acts by Watts Phillips. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-09" where="St.James">Licence sent 9 June 1862 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Diagram of stage positions on final page. Listed in LCO Day Book Add.
52703 as 'The last victory'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 881. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53014.R" fols="41" key="theringandthekeeper" xml:id="LCP__53014.R"
corresp="N20082">
<title>‘The ring and the keeper', operetta in one act by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-12" where="New">Licence sent 12 June 1862 for performance
at the New Royalty. </licence>
<licNote>"The property Elliot Galer, St John's Villa, Junction Road, N." on
front cover, see Add. 53014 B. "Original, W. H. Montgomery, composer, 7 Upper
St.Islington on title page. Bound with two apparently unrelated printed
illustrations, one of a shepherd's dog and the other of a fishing boat, both
copyright dated July 1855.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 71, no. 1063. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53014.U" fols="12" key="titfortat" xml:id="LCP__53014.U"
corresp="N25560">
<title> Tit for tat, farce in one act by Captain Horton Rhys. Printed. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-25" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 25 June 1862 for
performance at Sadlers Wells. </licence>
<pubNote> Printed by T. H. Lacy for author, not in Lacy’s List. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53014.Y" fols="16" key="thesilentsystem" xml:id="LCP__53014.Y"
corresp="N19869">
<title>‘The silent system', farce in one act by J. T. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-02" where="Strand">Licence sent 2 July 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 828. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53014.Z" fols="13" key="thecolleenbawnsettled..." xml:id="LCP__53014.Z"
corresp="N09865">
<title>‘The colleen bawn settled at last', farce in one act by W. Brough and A.
Halliday. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-01" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 1 July 1862 for to be
performed at the Lyceum on 5 July. </licence>
<licNote>Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 819. See also Add. 53003 S, Add.
52995 B, Add. 52995 T, Add. 52996 M, Add. 53002 M, Add. 53005 T, Add. 53007 O,
Add, 53009 I and Add. 53009 Q. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53015.D" fols="21" key="marriageatanyprice" xml:id="LCP__53015.D"
corresp="N20084">
<title>‘Marriage at any price', comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-24" where="Strand">Licence sent 24 July 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 823. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53015.E" fols="26" key="bristoldiamonds" xml:id="LCP__53015.E"
corresp="N16460">
<title>‘Bristol diamonds', farce in one act by John Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-24" where="St.James">Licence sent 24 July 1862 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 829. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53015.H" fols="37" key="areturntickettotheint..." xml:id="LCP__53015.H"
corresp="N18439">
<title>‘A return ticket to the International Exhibition', farce in one act by
George Spencer and W. James. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-02" where="St.James">Licence sent 2 August 1862 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>See also Add 53014 P.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 99, no. 1474. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53015.X" fols="70" key="shewouldandhewouldntc..." xml:id="LCP__53015.X"
corresp="N16038">
<title>‘She would and he wouldn't' comedy in two acts by J. M. Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-03" where="St.James">Licence sent 3 September 1862 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Note in pencil, "Title not yet fixed", on front cover. Identifies J. M.
Morton, Laburnum Cottage, Chertsey.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 832. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53016.A" fols="16" key="samsarrival" xml:id="LCP__53016.A"
corresp="N16461">
<title>‘Sam's arrival', farce in one act by J. Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-03" where="Strand">Licence sent 3 September 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 830. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53016.B" fols="16" key="realandideal" xml:id="LCP__53016.B"
corresp="N19770">
<title>‘Real and ideal', comedy in one act by Horace Wigan. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-03" where="Olympic">Licence sent 3 September 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 835. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53016.F" fols="34" key="mysonsadaughter" xml:id="LCP__53016.F"
corresp="N16609">
<title>‘My son's a daughter', comedietta in in two acts by J. Parselle. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-11" where="Strand">Licence sent 11 September 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the word,
"Damn".</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 839. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53016.BB" fols="78" key="camillashusband" xml:id="LCP__53016.BB"
corresp="N16854">
<title>‘Camilla's husband, or, Married in haste', drama in three acts by Watts
Phillips. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-21" where="Olympic">Licence sent 21 October 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Stage manager's cues in pencil, numerous cuts in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 884. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53017.B" fols="12" key="asouthernerjustarrive..." xml:id="LCP__53017.B"
corresp="N19771">
<title>‘A southerner – just arrived', farce in one act by Horace Wigan. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-29" where="Olympic">Licence sent 29 October 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Contains words to song.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 838. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53017.C" fols="23" key="jacksdelight" xml:id="LCP__53017.C"
corresp="N19870">
<title>‘Jack's delight', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-30" where="Strand">Licence sent 30 October 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 836. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53017.O" fols="14" key="mywifesrelations" xml:id="LCP__53017.O"
corresp="N12850">
<title>‘My wife's relations', comedietta in one act by Walter Gordon (i.e.
William Aylmer Gordon). </title>
<licence when="1862-11-26" where="Olympic">Licence sent 26 November 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 56, no. 840. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53017.P" fols="20" key="aticketofleave" xml:id="LCP__53017.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A ticket of leave', farce in one act by Watts Phillips. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-28" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 28 November 1862 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Mr B. Webster. Two penny reds on back cover.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 876. See Add. 53022 AA, Add. 53024 A
and Add. 53023 O. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53018.A" fols="16" key="lawversuslove" xml:id="LCP__53018.A"
corresp="N15038">
<title>‘Law versus love', comedietta in one act by G. Linley. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-08" where="Princess">Licence sent 8 December 1862 for
performance at the Princess’s. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than on hand. Nicoll lists first performance as 6
December 1862.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 855. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53018.P" fols="52" key="cartedevisite" xml:id="LCP__53018.P"
corresp="N19847">
<title>‘Carte de visite', comedietta in one act by M. Williams and F. C.
Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22">Licence sent 22 December 1862, no theatre indicated. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies C. Dumerie, copyist, 22 Mornington Place, Hampstead Rd.
Amendments and cues in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 845. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53018.R" fols="59" key="georgedebarnwell" xml:id="LCP__53018.R"
corresp="N10370">
<title>‘George de Barnwell, or, Harlequin folly in the realms of fancy',
burlesque pantomime by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 22 December 1862 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Indicates Mr B. Webster, manager. MS written in more than one hand.
Numerous cuts, paste-ins and amendments in ink. Cues in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 842. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53018.S" fols="55" key="rasselas" xml:id="LCP__53018.S"
corresp="N09866">
<title>‘Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia', burlesque by W. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 22 December 1862 for
performance at the Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Numerous cues in pencil. Appears
unfinished. Scene six appended.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 843. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53018.T" fols="45" key="robinhood" xml:id="LCP__53018.T"
corresp="N10131">
<title>‘Robin Hood, or, the foresters fête', extravaganza in one act by F. C.
Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-19" where="Olympic">Licence sent 19 December 1862 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Initial and final scenes re-foliated in red pencil. Paste-ins and
additions in ink. MS written in more than one hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 841. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53018.X" fols="18" key="ivanhoe" xml:id="LCP__53018.X" corresp="N10371">
<title>‘Ivanhoe', burlesque by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-23" where="Strand">Licence sent 23 December 1862 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Listed as ‘Ivanhoe in accordance with the spirit of the Times’ in
Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 878. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53018.AA" fols="109" key="thedukesmotto" xml:id="LCP__53018.AA"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The Duke’s Motto', prologue and drama in three acts by J. Brougham. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-31" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 31 December 1862 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<licNote>Also indicates licensed by Lord Chamberlain 3 January 1863. MS in more
than one hand. Paste-ins, cues and additions in pencil. Dramatis personæ in
pencil on ff. 2, v. Indicates name and address of C. Fechter on ff. 84, v.
Listed in Nicoll as 'The Duke’s Daughter; or, the Hunchback of Paris' and later
as 'The Duke’s Crest'.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published without attribution in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 852. See Add.
53022 A, Add. 53024 C and Add. 53024 B. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53019.C" fols="25" key="thedarkcloud" xml:id="LCP__53019.C" corresp="N">
<title>‘The dark cloud', drama in two acts by G. Rose. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-02" where="St">Licence sent 2 January 1863, no details of
theatre. </licence>
<licNote>Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Attributed to Arthur Sketchley
(i.e. George Rose) in Nicoll for performance at St.James's.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 57, no. 846. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53019.K" fols="24" key="firstfloor" xml:id="LCP__53019.K" corresp="N">
<title>‘First floor, second floor and attics; or, Up and down', farce in one act
by John Maddison Morton. </title>
<licence when="1862-01-23" where="Princess">Licence sent 23 January 1863 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>Unattributed in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Drawing Rooms, Second Floors and Attics in Lacy's, vol.
62, no. 924. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53019.P" fols="73" key="themerrywidow" xml:id="LCP__53019.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The merry widow', comedy in two acts by Leicester S. Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-04" where="St.James">Licence sent 4 February 1863 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Leicester Buckingham on cover of each act. Amendments and
cuts in pencil. LCO Daybook Add. 52703 records date of licence as 5 February
1863.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 862. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53019.R" fols="16" key="afaintheartwhichdidwi..." xml:id="LCP__53019.R"
corresp="N">
<title>‘A faint heart which did win a fair lady', farce in one act by J. P.
Wooler. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-05" where="Strand">Licence sent 5 February 1863 for
performance at Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 57, no. 847. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53019.T" fols="12" key="avalentine" xml:id="LCP__53019.T" corresp="N">
<title>‘A valentine, a compliment of the season', in one act by W. Brough and A.
Halliday, (i.e. A. H. Duff). </title>
<licence when="1862-02-09" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 9 February 1863 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Mr B. Webster. Nicoll attributes to W. Brough and A.
Halliday.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as A Valentine ! in Lacy's, vol. 57, no. 844. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53020.G" fols="18" key="mypreserver" xml:id="LCP__53020.G" corresp="N">
<title>‘My preserver', farce in one act by H. Thornton. </title>
<licence when="1862-02-27" where="Strand">Licence sent 27 February 1863 for
performance at Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Attributed to H. T. Craven (i.e. H. Thornton) in Nicoll. Partial wax
seal on back cover.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 57, no. 851. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53020.H" fols="39" key="ladyaudleyssecret" xml:id="LCP__53020.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Lady Audley's Secret', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter.</title>
<licence when="1863-02-17" where="Queens"> No details of Licence date for
performance at Queen’s. </licence>
<licNote>Adapted from the novel Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon,
London 1862. Note signed C. J. James indicating intended first performance 21
February 1863. Signed W. E. Suter at the end of each act. Act number on cover
amended from three to two in ink. Autograph script. LCO Day Book Add. 52703
records date of licence as 17 February 1863.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 57, no. 849. See Add. 53020 I, Add. 53022 W
and Add. 53028 S. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53021.B" fols="27" key="tamingthetruant" xml:id="LCP__53021.B"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Taming the truant', comedy in three acts by Horace Wigan. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-16" where="Olympic">Licence sent 16 March 1863 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Cast list on title page. Nicoll lists
play as an adaptation of Victorien Sardou's 'Le Papillon' (sic), Sardou's 'La
Papillionne', first performed at the Theatre-français, 11 April 1862.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 863. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53021.J" fols="38" key="aurorafloydor" xml:id="LCP__53021.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Aurora Floyd; or, The deed in the wood', drama in two acts by W. E.
Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-29" where="Queen">Licence sent 29 March 1863 for
performance at the Queen’s. </licence>
<licNote>LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 30 March 1863.
Autograph copy. Signed C. J. James. Stage positions indicated at end of
play.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 856. See Add. 53020 O, Add. 53021 A,
Add. 53022 G and Add. 53022 H. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53021.M" fols="22" key="thethirtyninethieves" xml:id="LCP__53021.M"
corresp="N">
<title type="noLicence">‘The thirty-nine thieves', burlesque. </title>
<licence>No details of
licence for performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote> LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of
licence as 31 March 1863.</licNote>
<pubNote>Unattributed in Nicoll. Attributed to Henry J. Byron
and published as Ali Baba; or, The Thirty-Nine Thieves. In Accordance with the
Author's Habit of Taking One off! in Lacy's, vol. 59, no. 882.</pubNote>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53021.N" fols="14" key="thetrialoftompkins" xml:id="LCP__53021.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The trial of Tompkins', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-31" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 31 March 1863 for
performance at Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Mr B. Webster, manager. Listed as 'The Trials of Tompkins'
in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as The Trials of Tompkins ! in Lacy's, vol., 58, no. 859. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53021.O" fols="56" key="acisandgalatea" xml:id="LCP__53021.O"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Acis and Galatea', extravaganza in one act by F. C. Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-03-31" where="Olympic">Licence sent 31 March 1863 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>Names of actors listed in pencil next to dramatis personæ. Cues in
pencil throughout. Cuts in ink. MS written in more than one hand. Listed as
'Acis and Galatea; or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte' in
Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 860. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53021.P" fols="43" key="mrbuckstoneathomeor" xml:id="LCP__53021.P"
corresp="N">
<title type="noLicence">‘Mr. Buckstone at home; or, the manager and his
friends', extravaganza by J. S. Coyne. </title>
<licence>No details of licence sent for performance at the Haymarket.</licence>
<licNote> MS written in more than one hand. Ammendments and paste-ins made in
blue ink. Cues and stage directions in pencil. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records
date of licence as 4 April 1863. </licNote>
<pubNote>Published as Buckstone at home; or, The manager and his Friends in
Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 857. </pubNote>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53022.B" fols="39" key="beautifulhaidée" xml:id="LCP__53022.B"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Beautiful Haidée', burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-04-04" where="Princess">Licence sent 4 April 1863 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>Stage cues in pencil and ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's. vol. 58, no. 858 as Beautiful Haidée; or, The Sea
Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. "Founded on the poem of Don Juan, the ballad of
Lord Bateman, and the legend of Lurline". </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53022.L" fols="13" key="thelittlesentinel" xml:id="LCP__53022.L"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The little sentinel!', comedietta in one act by Thomas J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-02" where="St.James">Licence sent 2 May 1863 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 865. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53022.W" fols="53" key="ladyaudleyssecret" xml:id="LCP__53022.W"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Lady Audley’s Secret', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. </title>
<licence when="1863-05-21">Licence sent 21 May 1863, no details of theatre. </licence>
<licNote>Stamped "Frederick Frampton and Fenton" on title page. Penny red on
front cover. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records place of performance as the
Victoria.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published by Lacy's, but not in Lacy's List. Appears in Supplementary
Vol. II of collection lodged at the British Library. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53022.AA" fols="87" key="theticketofleave" xml:id="LCP__53022.AA"
corresp="N">

<title type="noLicence">‘The ticket of leave', drama in three acts and a
prologue by Tom Taylor.</title> <licence>No date of licence sent for May 1863 performance at the
Olympic.</licence><licNote> MS in more than one hand. Corrections in ink. Cues in pencil and
several actors’ names written opposite script. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records
date of licence as 27 May 1863. Listed in Nicoll as 'The Ticket-of-Leave Man'.</licNote>
<pubNote>Published in Lacy's, vol. 59, no. 871 as The Ticket-of Leave Man. A drama in
four acts. Founded on a French dramatic tale Le Retour de Melun, included in Les
Drames de la Vie by MM. Brisbarre and Nuz, Paris, 1860. See Add. 53017 P, Add.
53024 A and Add. 53023 O. </pubNote>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53022.CC" fols="37" key="illtreatediltrovatore" xml:id="LCP__53022.CC"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Ill-treated Il Trovatore', burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-27" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 27 May 1863 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Mr B. Webster.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Ill-treated Il Trovatore; or, The Mother, The Maiden, and
The Musicianer in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 866. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53023.C" fols="27" key="courtandcamp" xml:id="LCP__53023.C" corresp="N">
<title>‘Court and camp', drama in three acts by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-05-28" where="Princess">Licence sent 28 May 1863 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Translated from the original by M.
Paul Meurice, first performed at the Ambigu-Comique 1858. Listed in Nicoll under
title 'Fan-Fan, the Tulip; or, Soldier’s Fortune'. Title of 'Court and Camp' for
the performance at the Princess's, at the Britannia as 'Days of Louis XV' and
under the title of 'The King’s Butterfly' at the Lyceum. See Add. 53026
D.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Fan-Fan, the Tulip; or, Soldier’s Fortune in Lacy's, vol.
65, no. 974. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53023.F" fols="17" key="cousintom" xml:id="LCP__53023.F" corresp="N">
<title>‘Cousin Tom', comedietta in one act by G. Roberts. </title>
<licence when="1862-06-06" where="Princess">Licence sent 6 June 1863 for
performance at the Princess's. </licence>
<licNote>Attributed to George Roberts in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 870. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53023.G" fols="37" key="firstloveor" xml:id="LCP__53023.G" corresp="N">

<title type="noLicence">‘First Love; or, The widowed bride', drama in three acts
by W. E. Suter. <licence>No details of licence for performance at the Grecian.</licence> <licNote>Autograph
copy. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 11 June 1863.</licNote> <pubNote>Published
in Lacy's, vol. 69, no. 1033. </pubNote></title>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53023.I" fols="34" key="easyshaving" xml:id="LCP__53023.I" corresp="N">
<title>‘Easy shaving!', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1863-06-12">Licence sent 12 June 1863, no details of place of
performance. </licence>
<licNote>Prompt copy. Cues and cuts in pencil and ink. Actor’s names in pencil
next to dramatis personæ. MS written in more than one hand. Identifies M.
Montague Williams on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records title without
exclamation mark.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 891. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53024.B" fols="41" key="themotto" xml:id="LCP__53024.B" corresp="N">
<title>‘The motto: I’m all there', burlesque by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-07-14" where="Strand">Licence sent 14 July 1863 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 59, no. 875. See Add. 53024 C, Add. 53018 AA
and Add. 53022A. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53024.G" fols="23" key="turnhimout" xml:id="LCP__53024.G" corresp="N">
<title>‘Turn him out', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-07" where="Strand">Licence sent 7 August 1863 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published by Lacy's, vol. 59, no. 883. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53024.I" fols="17" key="simplyanadvertisment" xml:id="LCP__53024.I"
corresp="N">
<title> Simply an advertisment, farce in one act. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-08" where="Assembly">Licence sent 8 August 1863 for
performance at the Assembly Rooms, Herne Bay. </licence>
<pubNote> Printed by Lacy but does not appear in Lacy‘s List of Acting Editions.
Identifies William Watson, manager. Acting copy, amended in pencil and ink.
Unattributed in Nicoll. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53024.P" fols="47" key="thepiratesofputney" xml:id="LCP__53024.P"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The pirates of Putney', nautical extravaganza in one act by Charles
Selby. </title>
<licence when="1862-08-22" where="Royalty">Licence sent 22 August 1863 for
performance at the Royalty. </licence>
<licNote>Paste-ins. Stage cues in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 892. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53025.A" fols="24" key="thehighwaymansholiday" xml:id="LCP__53025.A"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The highwayman’s holiday', farce in one act by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-07" where="Queen">Licence sent 7 September 1863 for
performance at the Queen's. </licence>
<licNote>Signed C. J. James, lessee and manager. Autograph copy. LCO Day Book
Add. 52703 records date of licence as 6 September 1863.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 893. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53025.I" fols="62" key="ixionor" xml:id="LCP__53025.I" corresp="N">
<title>‘Ixion; or, The man at the wheel', extravaganza by F. C. Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-15" where="New">Licence sent 15 September 1863 for
performance at the New Royalty. </licence>
<licNote>Stage directions and characters underlined in red ink. LCO Day Book
Add. 52703 records date of licence as 14 September 1863.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 889. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53025.K" fols="66" key="thedealboatman" xml:id="LCP__53025.K"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The deal boatman', drama in two acts by F. C. Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-21" where="Drury">Licence sent 21 September 1863 for
performance at Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>Corrections and cues added in ink. Not listed in the LCO Day Book Add.
52703. Nicoll incorrectly lists this title as 'The Boatman of Deal' in the Lord
Chamberlain's collection.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as The Deal Boatman, a serio-comic drama in Lacy's, vol. 60,
no. 889. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53025.M" fols="18" key="wheresyourwife" xml:id="LCP__53025.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Where’s your wife?', comedietta in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-24" where="Strand">Licence sent 24 September 1863 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 896. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53025.R" fols="76" key="leah" xml:id="LCP__53025.R" corresp="N11389">
<title>‘Leah', drama in five acts by A. Daly. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-28" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 28 September 1863 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Mr B. Webster. Original genre of tragedy crossed out in ink
on front cover. Listed as 'Leah the Forsaken' in Nicoll. First performed at the
Howard Athenæum, Boston, 8 December 1862.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Leah, the Forsaken in Lacy's, vol. 97, no. 1454. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53026.D" fols="34" key="thedaysoflouisthefift..." xml:id="LCP__53026.D"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The days of Louis the fifteenth; or, Fanfan the tulip and the camp at
Caen, the mill at Laufield, and the Royal Gardens', drama in two acts by W. E.
Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-09-30" where="Britannia">Licence sent 30 September 1863 for
performance at the Britannia. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Samuel Lane, proprietor. 'and the mill at Laufield, and the
royal gardens' added in ink to the original title on front cover of each act.
Minor corrections in ink in different hand. Unlisted in Nicoll. Relicensed
version of Add. 53023 C.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Fan-Fan, the Tulip; or, Soldier's Fortune in Lacy's, vol.
65, no. 974. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53026.E" fols="53" key="miriamscrime" xml:id="LCP__53026.E" corresp="N">
<title>‘Miriam's crime', domestic drama in three acts by H. T. Craven (i.e.
Henry Thornton). </title>
<licence when="1862-10-05" where="Strand">Licence sent 5 October 1863 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 894. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53026.U" fols="50" key="beautyorthebeast" xml:id="LCP__53026.U"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Beauty or the beast?', farce in one act by J. Oxenford. </title>
<licence when="1862-10-31" where="Drury">Licence sent 31 October 1863 for
performance at Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>Actor's names in ink next to dramatis personæ on title page. Cuts and
notes in ink. Cues in pencil.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 898. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.A" fols="123" key="puregold" xml:id="LCP__53027.A" corresp="N">
<title>‘Pure gold', drama in four acts by J. W. Marston. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-04" where="Sadlers">Licence sent 4 November 1863 for
performance at Sadler's Wells. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Corrections and additions in ink in
second hand. Identifies Rob. Edgar, lessee and manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703
records date of licence as 5 November 1863.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 902. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.B" fols="95" key="blanchedenevers" xml:id="LCP__53027.B"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Blanche de Nevers', opera in four acts. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-05" where="Covent">Licence sent 5 November 1863 for
performance at Covent Garden. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies W. Harrison, manager. "Opera in three acts" on title page.
MS written in more than one hand. Numerous cuts and additional notes in second
hand. Paste-ins, music cues and songs numbered. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records
date of licence as 31 October 1863. Attributed as 'Blanche of Nevers; or, I am
here' to W. S. Hyde, performed in Manchester on 6 April 1863 in
Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 57, no. 852. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.D" fols="33" key="littledaisy" xml:id="LCP__53027.D" corresp="N">
<title>‘Little Daisy', comedietta in one act by T. J. Williams. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-07" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 7 November 1863 for
performance at the Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>MS in more than one hand. Stage directions and speakers underlined in
red ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 900. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.E" fols="25" key="myheartsinthehighland..." xml:id="LCP__53027.E"
corresp="N">
<title>‘My heart's in the highlands', (altered from 'My hearts in the
highlands'), farce in one act by W. Brough and Andrew Halliday. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-09" where="Drury">Licence sent 9 November 1863 for
performance at Drury Lane. </licence>
<licNote>Actor's names in ink next to dramatis personæ on title page. Minor
corrections in ink.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 60, no. 899. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.H" fols="18" key="thewaiterattheeagle" xml:id="LCP__53027.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The waiter at the Eagle', farce in one act by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-12" where="Grecian">Licence sent 12 November 1863 for
performance at the Grecian. </licence>
<licNote>Signed W. E. Suter on back cover. Signed B. Conquest, actual and
responsible manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the
lines " Gracious! My fathers wife dreadful woman that ought to have been my
mother! Horrible! And I was about to commit a dreadful tragedy was about to make
[illegible] father oh awful!" Nicoll cites this as an alternative title to 'The
Waiter at Cremorne' of 1855, which does not appear to be in the LCP's collection
and is not listed in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Our New Man in Lacy's, vol. 65, no. 967. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.J" fols="83" key="silkenfetters" xml:id="LCP__53027.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Silken fetters', comedy in three acts by L. S. Buckingham. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-14" where="Haymarket">Licence sent 14 November 1863 for
performance at the Haymarket. </licence>
<licNote>MS in more than one hand. Speakers and stage directions underlined in
red ink in first act.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, 905. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.M" fols="26" key="patientpenelopeor" xml:id="LCP__53027.M"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Patient Penelope; or, The return of Ulysses', burlesque by F. C.
Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-11-23" where="Strand">Licence sent 23 November 1863 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>Actor's names in ink next to dramatis personæ on title page. Attributed
to F. C. Burnand and M. Williams in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 903. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53027.S" fols="32" key="madasahatter" xml:id="LCP__53027.S" corresp="N">
<title>‘Mad as a hatter', farce in one act by F. Marshall. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-03" where="Royalty">Licence sent 3 December 1863 for
performance at the Royalty. </licence>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 906. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.B" fols="22" key="stolen£20reward" xml:id="LCP__53028.B"
corresp="N0">
<title>‘Stolen - £20 reward', farce in one act by W. Hancock. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-11" where="Royalty">Licence sent 11 December 1863 for
performance at the Royalty. </licence>
<licNote>Lists W. Hancock as author of 'John Smith' on front cover. Not listed
in Nicoll.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 913. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.H" fols="40" key="thelostchildor" xml:id="LCP__53028.H"
corresp="N">
<title>‘The lost child! ; or, A father in search of his child', (altered from 'A
Father in Search of His Child'), farce in one act by W. E. Suter. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-19" where="Lyceum">Licence sent 19 December 1863 for
performance at the Lyceum. </licence>
<licNote>Cuts in ink. Numerous cues and notes on stage positions in pencil.
Final page and title in different hand. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 does not records
number of acts.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as The Lost Child in Lacy's, vol. 62, no. 921. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.J" fols="40" key="orpheusandeurydice" xml:id="LCP__53028.J"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Orpheus and Eurydice', extravaganza by Henry J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-21" where="Strand">Licence sent 21 December 1863 for
performance at the Strand. </licence>
<licNote>"Classical burlesque extravaganza" on front cover. LCO Day Book Add.
52703 records the date of licence as 19 December 1863.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published as Orpheus and Eurydice; or, The Young Gentleman Who Charmed
the Rocks in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 908. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.N" fols="38" key="ladybellebelleor" xml:id="LCP__53028.N"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Lady Belle Belle; or, Fortunio and his seven magic servants', pantomime
by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-22" where="Adelphi">Licence sent 22 December 1863 for
performance at the Adelphi. </licence>
<licNote>Identifies Mr B. Webster. "Comic fairy tale" on title page.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 911. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.P" fols="55" key="kingarthuror" xml:id="LCP__53028.P" corresp="N">
<title>‘King Arthur; or, The days and knights of the round table', pantomime by
W. Brough. </title>
<licence when="1863-12-22">Licence sent 22 December 1863, no details of theatre. </licence>
<licNote>MS in more than one hand. Actor's names in ink next to the dramatis
personæ on title page. Promptcopy. Cues in pencil. LCO Day Book Add. 52703
records place of performance as the Haymarket.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 901. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.S" fols="53" key="1863or" xml:id="LCP__53028.S" corresp="N">
<title>‘1863; or, The sensations of the past season with a comical revelation of
Lady Somebody's Secret', pantomime by H. J. Byron. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-24" where="St.James">Licence sent 24 December 1863 for
performance at the St.James's. </licence>
<licNote>Pages inserted. Corrections in ink. Adephi theatre crossed out in ink
on front cover.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 912. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.X" fols="42" key="madameberliotsballor" xml:id="LCP__53028.X"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Madame Berliot's ball; or, The chalet in the valley', comedietta in one
act by F. C. Burnand. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-24" where="Royalty">Licence sent 24 December 1863 for
performance at the Royalty. </licence>
<licNote>Actor's names in ink next to dramatis personæ on title page.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 907. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
<bibl n="53028.AA" fols="85" key="senseandsensationor" xml:id="LCP__53028.AA"
corresp="N">
<title>‘Sense and sensation; or, The seven sisters of Thule', a Christmas
morality by Tom Taylor. </title>
<licence when="1862-12-30" where="Olympic">Licence sent 30 December 1863 for
performance at the Olympic. </licence>
<licNote>MS written in more than one hand. Promptcopy. Cues and notes in pencil.
Cuts and corrections in ink. Notes on front cover crossed out in ink. LCO Day
Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 29 December 1863. Nicoll cites
performance for 16 May 1864.</licNote>
<pubNote> Published in Lacy's, vol. 63, no. 931. </pubNote>
<keywords/>
</bibl>
</listBibl>