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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<listBibl xmlns="https://lb42.github.io">
<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>