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‘Valerie Duclos, or, The poisoners of Bordieux’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 September 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 4 October 1852. ‘Samuel Lane, Proprietor’ listed on title page. Keywords: disguise, impersonation, French i...
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‘Ghost hunter, or, The body in the bosheen’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 December 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 December 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: ghosts, murder, supernatural, crime, Ireland.f...
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'Rosalie Mortimer, or, Fate and its victims', drama of real life in one act. Licence sent 6 June 1857 for performance at the Britannia the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, festival and celebration, murde...
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‘Daft Dora, or, The sorrows of Susan the child of the wreck’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 September 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 September 1852. Title page signed ‘Samuel Lane, Proprietor.’ Keywords: nautical drama, orpha...
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'Leading strings', comedy in three acts by A. C. Troughton. Licence sent 8 October 1857 for performance at the Olympic 19 October 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 33, no. 4...
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'Fashion and famine', drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 January 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: widows, spinsters, New York, lodgers and boarding houses, disguise, poverty...
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‘The black gondola’, drama in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 29 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 29 February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: prisons and prisoners, aristocracy, Italian influence, Veni...
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'The gipsy boy, or, The serpent and the dove', drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 October 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 12 October 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: gypsies, murder, festivals and celebration, famil...
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'The life of a weaver, his trials and his struggles, or, The web of destiny', in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 28 November 1859. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other ve...
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'Louisa Meller, the musician's daughter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 November 1853 for performance at the Britannia 21 November 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: divorce, aristocracy, adultery, musicians, murder, poisonin...
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‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp, or, Poor Uncle Tiff’, drama in two acts. Licence listed on cover of play and in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 as sent 26 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia, but a note on the cover of the play states ‘suspen...
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‘Shelah from Cork, or, A spy in the Crimea’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 May 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Crimea, Irish characters, military, family re...
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'Theodore of Ritzberg, or, The dumb boy of Vienna', drama of interest in two acts. Licence sent 17 July 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: aristocracy, Austria, disabled char...
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'The angel at Islington, or, The merrie days of Shakespeare and Queen Bess', romantic and historical drama in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 25 June 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 June 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprie...
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'Louis the XIVth, or, The organ boy of Savoy', drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 May 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 3 April 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the following stipulation: 'Act 2nd, scene last. Louis: "Listen what am...
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‘The daughter of night, or, A poor girl’s fortune’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Britannia 31 July 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Elaborate stage directions. Keywords: industrialization,...
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'The yell of doom', drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 9 April 1857. This play includes a shipwreck, and a scene of a man saved after clinging to a rock. There is also an elaborately described gho...
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'Callandrack Callebando, the giant Zugii, or Doctor Killorcureoh' (altered from 'Harlequin Bright Little Loaf' on title page), pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 December 1852. Songs included in MS....
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'Punch and Judy, or, Harlequin and the dog Toby', pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 26 December 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Songs included in MS. Keywords: fairies and other supernatura...
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'The devil in six, or, A lucifer match', drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 October 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 October 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane. Songs included in MS. Keywords: aristocracy, servants, the supernatural, cros...
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'Diana's chase, or, The runaway goddess and the enchanted daffodil', drama in two acts. Licence sent 23 March 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 23 March 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, sport, the supernatu...
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‘The wheel of life’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 January 1865. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: food and dining, kidnapping, crime.ff. 26.Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre al...
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‘Hyram Balthazar, or, The maniac Jew’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia 3 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Jews and Judaism, law and the legal profession, fashion, pove...
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‘Jessy Vere, or, The return of the wanderer’, farce in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 371. Keywords...
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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 ...
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‘Auld Robin Gray, or, The hand and the heart’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 22 August 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Letter signed by G. Smith bound in with...
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'The spirits of good and evil, or, Il Basco the Maresco', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 October 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Spanish influence, ...
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‘The dead duchesse, or, The muffled belle of Paris’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 April 1856. Signed Samuel Lane. Keywords: aristocracy, murder, theatre, poisoning, Paris, French influ...
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‘The mill of the happy valley, or, Life’s mysteries and woman’s devotion’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: military, dance, working class ...
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'Quadroona, or, The blot upon humanity', romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 July 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52965 AA. Keywords: slavery a...
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‘The eagle and child, or, A mother’s courage’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 10 October 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, travel, peasants, illegiti...
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'The honour of the house, or, Ppride and passion', drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 18 August 1857. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: aristocracy, sport, servants, duelling, fest...
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‘The forger and his victim’, drama in two acts by C. Pitt. Licence sent 12 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 12 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: London, land and farming, fashion, murder, crime,...
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'The scales of justice, or, Merit and interest', drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52967 BB. Keywords: working ...
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'Eliza Fenning, the victim of circumstances', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 September 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 September 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that 'ther...
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‘Hushaby baby on the tree top, or, The comet of 1856 without his tail’, pantomime. Licence sent 13 December 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 December 1856. Comic scenes appear before the speaking parts, the reverse of the usual orde...
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‘The Christian slave, or, The life and death of Uncle Tom’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, American ...
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'Jenny Foster, the sailor's child, or, The winter robin', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 19 October 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon, October 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Also published in Lacy...
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'A sister's wrongs, or, The dark hour before dawn', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 September 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 September 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: crime, police, eighteenth-century settings...
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‘Tales of the Hollow Tree Inn’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 January 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. See also Add. 52958 D and 52958 O. Keywords: Austria, literature and literar...
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‘Juanita the devoted, or, The midnight journey’, comedy in two acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia 18 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Spain, flirtation, aristocracy, treason.ff. 26.H...
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Indexff. 2.William Rogers, writer of plays: Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre alias Britannia Saloon: 'The gipsy and the showman' by William Rogers, script licensed for the Britannia Saloon: 1855.
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'The soldier's wife', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 May 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 June 1853. Possible analogue by F. F. Cooper performed in 1854. Keywords: military, working class characters, crime, domestic violence, mu...
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‘Man, or, The seven steps to ruin’, in two acts. Licence sent 13 December 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 15 December 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: working class charact...
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'Love's trial, or, The game of hearts', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 4 December 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 3 December 1857. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Includes comic scenes. Nicoll list...
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'Prisoner of ham, or, The sealed packet', drama in one act. Licence sent 19 October 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 19 October 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: French influence, aristocracy, prisons and prisoners, m...
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'The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. Keywords: fairies and other supernat...
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‘Monti the poisoner’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 May 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: gypsies, the supernatural, fairies and other supernatural creatures,...
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'Crime and remorse, or, Shadow of the dead' ('The crime and the vision'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 May 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 25 May 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: illness, crime, murder, family...
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'Ding dong Will, or, The Ashbrooke blacksmith', village tale in one act, founded on a story in the Christmas number of Household Words. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. N...
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'Diogenes, in search of a contented man', drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt, and, ‘The old shadow, or, The spirit of conscience’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Both licences sent 9 October 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. ...
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'Seige of Sebastopol, or, The horrors of war', drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 February 1855 for performance at the Britannia 2 February 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: French imperialism, British Empire, Crimea, military, fo...
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'Wrath's whirlwind, or, The neglected child, the vicious youth and the degraded man', in two acts. Licence requested for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 October 1853 but refused because the piece might 'lower the morals and excite the passion...
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‘Oscar the Dane, or, The mysterious man of Australia’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 August 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 11 August 1852. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Extensive underlined stage directions. Keywords: Aust...
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'Molly Sullivan, or, Poverty and splender' [sic], drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 13 December 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 December 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stip...
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'A steel hand, and his nine thieves, or, The fairy pool of the giant mountain', original legendary drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 May 1857 for performance at the Britannia 11 May 1857. Keywords: mountain settings, castles, aristocracy, Early Mo...
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'Sing a song of sixpence, or, The star of the west and the 24 blackbirds bake'd in a pie', pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Comic scenes included....
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'The three brothers of Normandy, or, The compact of life and death', drama in three acts. Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Auste...
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'The days of Hogarth, or, Marriage a la mode, and the mysteries of old London', drama in two acts “founded on the celebrated pictures of the Marriage a la mode”. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cove...
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'Mother Shipton's prophecy: seven women to one man, or, Don Giovanni and the steam king', pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 17 December 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Songs included in MS. ...
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‘Blind man’s bluff, or, The man who would see and couldn’t’, comedy in one act. Licence sent 27 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Listed neither in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 nor Nicoll....
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‘The storm visitor, or, The avenging gift’, drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 June 1856. Keywords: natural phenomena, death, land and farming, debt and its consequences, dance, cr...
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'La traviata, or The lost one', opera in five acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52966 R, 52968 B, and 52968 ...
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'A frightful murder in Hoxton', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 13 June 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 15 June 1857. Keywords: drinking and drunkenness, murder, the press, food and dining, crime.ff. 17.George Augustus Con...
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