Falconer, Edmund, theatre-manager and playwright

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creatorOf ‘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. Licence sent 2 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Publi... British Library
creatorOf The Cagot; or, Heart for heart, play in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Printed (John Mitchell, 1856), where the author’s name is given as ‘Edmund O’Rourke’. Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 6 December 1856. Note on title ... British Library
creatorOf 'Next of kin', comedietta in two acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 4 April 1860 for performance at the Lyceum 9 April 1860. Contains calls, scene changes and cuts in ink, stage directions in pencil. A previous version of the play was produced at ... British Library
creatorOf 'The fetch, or, The onconvaneance (sic) of a single life' ('The fetches'), farce in one act by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 28 August 1861 for performance at the Lyceum on 28 August. Signed Edmund Falconer, lessee. Entitled 'The fetches', in Nic... British Library
creatorOf 'The husband of an hour', drama in two acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 26 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 462. Keywords: French influence, servants, aristocracy, widows,... British Library
creatorOf ‘Victorine’, opera in three acts by Edmund Falconer, music by A. Mellon. Licence sent 14 December 1859 for performance at Covent Garden on 19 December 1859. Extensive cuts noted in ink. Contains words to songs. Keywords: lodgers and boarding hou... British Library
creatorOf 'The family secret', comedy in three acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 7 May 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 700. Keywords: Italian settings, inheritance, orphans, engagement, castles, arist... British Library
creatorOf ‘The heart of old Ireland and the Lepreghaun or, The gold goblin’, drama in two acts by C. Litchfield. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the City of London. Keywords: Irish setting, Irish characters, aristocracy, legend, peasants, dan... British Library
creatorOf 'Peep o' day, or, Savourneen Deelish', drama in four acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 7 November 1861 for performance at the Lyceum 11 November 1861. Nicoll cites an untraced Lacy’s edition. It was privately printed by an unknown London publ... British Library
creatorOf 'A play of disasters, or, Next of kin' ('Next of kin'), farce in one act by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 28 February 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Text bears name of E. H. Keating. Postage stamps affixed to back cover. ... British Library
creatorOf 'Bonnie Dundee, or, The gathering of the clans', drama in three acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 20 February 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. MS written in more than one hand. Prologue loosely inserted.ff. 68.Edmund Falcone... British Library
creatorOf 'Goosey Goosey Gander, or, Froggy would a-wooing go and the fairy of the golden lilies', pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 24 December 1860 for performance at the Eastern Opera House, Pavilion Theatre. Unusual theatre venue also recorded ... British Library
creatorOf 'Extremes, or, Men of the day', comedy in three acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 25 August 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 26 August 1858. Speaking cues and stage directions are underlined in red. Published in Lacy's, vol. 42, no.616. Ke... British Library
creatorOf 'Too much for good nature', comedietta or farce in one act by Edward Falconer. Licence sent 8 September 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 11 September 1858. Published in Lacy's, vol. 42, no. 626. Keywords: phrenology, mesmerism, family relation... British Library
creatorOf 'Nature's above art, a romance of the nursery', comedy in three acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 9 September 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. ff. 98.Edmund Falconer, theatre-manager and playwright: Plays by, submitted: 18... British Library
creatorOf 'Does he love me?', comedy in three acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 19 June 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Signed Thos. Pugh (?). MS copied in more than one hand, numbered cues and amendments added in pencil. Published i... British Library
creatorOf 'Woman, or, Love against the world', comedy in four acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 15 August 1861 for performance at the Lyceum. Signed Edmund Falconer, lessee. MS written in more than one hand. Cuts and amendments in ink. Keywords: orph... British Library
creatorOf ‘Husbands beware’, farce in one act by E. Falconer. Licence sent 30 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Lyceum. Copied by G. Hastings. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths, and the line ‘your last letter maki... British Library
creatorOf ‘The leprachaun, or, Bad luck’s good luck with good looking-after’ (sic), drama in two acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Lyceum on 28 February 1859. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The Leprechaun, or, Bad luck’s good l... British Library
creatorOf ‘Francesca, or, A dream of Venice’, tragedy in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 28 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Lyceum. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a section of text be omitted and ‘Heaven’ be ... British Library
creatorOf 'It must be true, 'twas in the paper', comedietta in one act by E. Falconer. Licence sent 18 October 1862 for performance at the Lyceum. ff. 16.Edmund Falconer, theatre-manager and playwright: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1866: Partly incomplete. British Library
creatorOf 'Ruy Blas', drama in three acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 11 October 1860 for performance at the Princess's. Sketch in ink of period costume design on f. 2. Signed A. Harris, lessee. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 refers to the correspondence he... British Library
creatorOf 'The rose of Castille', opera in three acts by A. G. Harris and Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 16 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 29 October 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Spanish influence, aristocracy, treason, peasants, impris... British Library
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