Plays Licensed in 1860
52989 A - W. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1860. A ‘The warrior’s career, or, The emperor’s decree’, drama in two acts by R. Phillips. Licence sent 14 January 1860 for performance at Astley’s Ampitheatre. Keywords: horses, royalty, servants, Russian settings and characters, family relationships, exile, Circassians, soldiers, battle scenes, war, eavesdropping, divorce, class contrast, transport, stagecraft, music, tableaus. ff. 61. B. ‘The Christmas box system’, farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 14 January 1860 for performance at the Strand. Cuts made in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 46, no. 685 as Christmas boxes. Keywords: music, marital relationships, eavesdropping. ff.39. C. ‘My name is Norval’, tragic ballet in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 16 January 1860 for performance at the St. James’s. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Keywords: theatre, drama production, dance, actors, shopkeepers, music, literary references, festivals, tableaus. ff. 24. D. ‘Quicksands and whirlpools’, drama in two acts by Robert Soutar. Licence sent 18 January to be performed at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on 23 January 1860. Cover bears name of H. Nye Chart, lessee and manager. f. 13 written and signed by Robert Soutar. Keywords: aristocracy, family relationships, adultery, elopement, letters, soldiers, Canada, abduction, lighthouses, natural phenomena, murder, Paris, gambling, female actors, impersonation, poison, stagecraft, pictures. ff. 40. E. ‘Has anybody seen Mrs. Brown, or, Brown Jones and Robertson examined and selected’, farce in one act by H. Legge. Licence sent 18 January 1860 to be performed at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on 19 January.
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