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| Identifier | Vol.no | Page count | Word count | Spoken word count | Date | First Performance | Title | Author | Class codes | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L0001 |
1.1 | 24 | 10036 | 8782 | 1848-09-04 | Olympic | Time Tries All! | Courtney, John | #sizeS #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0012 |
1.12 | 47 | 16966 | 15319 | 1847-04-08 | Lyceum | The Crèole; or, Love's Fetters | Brooks, Shirley | #sizeM #act3 nic:M.D. | MELODRAMA |
| L0013 |
1.13 | 25 | 6831 | 5161 | 1850-05-21 | Lyceum | Novelty Fair; or, Hints for 1851 | [Taylor, Tom] [Smith, Albert] | #sizeS #act1 nic:Rev. | SPECTACLE |
| L0016 |
2.1 | 37 | 10057 | 7810 | 1850-06-03 | Adelphi | Esmerelda. | Smith, Albert | #sizeM #act2 nic:Bsq. | BURLESQUE |
| L0039 |
3.9 | 48 | 18747 | 15735 | 1851-01-20 | Surrey | Belphegor, or the Mountebank and his Wife | Courtney, John | #sizeL #act4 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0042R |
3.12 | 30 | 8190 | 7294 | 1759-10-31 | Drury | High life below stairs: A farce. | Townley, James | #sizeM #act2 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0044 |
3.14 | 22 | 6626 | 5818 | 1851-04-28 | Punch's | The Exposition: A Scandinavian Sketch | Brooks, Shirley | #sizeS #act1 nic:Ext. | SPECTACLE |
| L0048 |
4.3 | 14 | 4404 | 3674 | 1851-05-14 | Princess's | Apartments, "Visitors to the Exhibition may be Accommodated", &c. &c. | Brough, William | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0053 |
4.8 | 37 | 7127 | 6462 | 1848-06-07 | Lyceum | Anything for a Change | Brooks, Shirley | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0057R |
4.12 | 68 | 17870 | 16138 | 1816-01-12 | Drury | A new way to pay old debts. | Massinger, Philip | #sizeL #act5 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L0066 |
5.6 | 17 | 5835 | 5049 | 1843-02-11 | Drury | A Thumping Legacy | Morton, John Maddison | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0073 |
5.13 | 18 | 6309 | 5119 | 1847-11-01 | Lyceum | Box and Cox | Morton, John Maddison | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0075 |
5.15 | 20 | 6975 | 5905 | 1852-01-15 | Olympic | An Organic Affection | Phillips, Mrs. Alfred | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0076 |
6.1 | 17 | 6525 | 5512 | 1852-01-31 | Haymarket | A Duel in the Dark | Coyne, Joseph Stirling | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce |
| L0082 |
6.7 | 25 | 9600 | 7503 | 1818-11-09 | Coburg | El Hyder; the Chief of the Ghat Mountains | Barrymore, William | #sizeS #act2 nic:M.D.Spec. | MELODRAMA |
| L0105 |
7.15 | 30 | 10179 | 8633 | 1852-09-01 | Olympic | The Master Passion | Phillips, Mrs. Alfred | #sizeS #act2 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L0106 |
8.1 | 22 | 8627 | 7297 | 1852-09-18 | Princess's | The Prima Donna | Boucicault, Dion | #sizeS #act2 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0113 |
8.8 | 14 | 5115 | 3938 | 1852-10-15 | Haymarket | Box and Cox Married and Settled! | Coyne, Joseph Stirling | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0118 |
8.13 | 19 | 6727 | 5484 | 1850-11-13 | Princess's | Betsy Baker! or, Too Attentive by Half | Morton, John Maddison | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0124 |
9.4 | 26 | 7663 | 7268 | 1834-09-29 | Olympic | The Loan of a Lover | Planché, J.R. | #sizeS #act1 nic:Vaud. | SPECTACLE |
| L0127 |
9.7 | 27 | 10021 | 8609 | 1830-02-09 | Adelphi | The Bold Dragoons | Barnett, Morris | #sizeS #act2 nic:Ba. | BURLETTA |
| L0132 |
9.12 | 61 | 13874 | 12975 | 1794-04-21 | Drury | Macbeth | Shakespeare, William | #sizeL #act5 nic:T. | TRAGEDY |
| L0142 |
10.7 | 21 | 7995 | 7188 | 1835-11-12 | Stage Struck; or, The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celestina Beverley | Dimond, William | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE | |
| L0144 |
10.9 | 22 | 8959 | 6966 | 1853-04-09 | Adelphi | A Desperate Game | Morton, John Maddison | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce |
| L0157 |
11.7 | 28 | 8714 | 8020 | 1836-02-15 | Olympic | A Handsome Husband | Planché, Mrs. Elizabeth | #sizeS #act1 nic:Ba. | BURLETTA |
| L0159 |
11.9 | 28 | 7071 | 6446 | 1853-07-04 | Olympic | Shylock; or, The Merchant of Venice Preserved | Talfourd, Francis | #sizeS #act0 nic:Bsq. | BURLESQUE |
| L0170 |
12.5 | 23 | 5683 | 5120 | 1853-10-17 | Olympic | The Camp at the Olympic | Planché, J.R. | #sizeS #act0 nic:D.Rev. | SPECTACLE |
| L0179 |
12.14 | 26 | 11372 | 10362 | 1853-05-02 | Olympic | The Miller of Derwent Water | Fitzball, Edward | #sizeS #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0189 |
13.9 | 30 | 8107 | 7278 | 1840-02-25 | Olympic | The Ladies' Club | Lemon, Mark | #sizeM #act2 nic:Ba. | BURLETTA |
| L0191 |
13.11 | 55 | 17413 | 15066 | 1853-10-17 | Olympic | Plot and Passion | [Taylor, Tom] | #sizeL #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0197 |
14.2 | 21 | 6047 | 4648 | 1854-03-16 | Haymarket | Willikind and Hys Dinah | Coyne, Joseph Stirling | #sizeS #act0 nic:Ba. | BURLETTA |
| L0201 |
14.6 | 32 | 9711 | 8850 | 1847-06-12 | Haymarket | The Jacobite | Planché, J.R. | #sizeM #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0206 |
14.11 | 25 | 10066 | 9163 | 1824-09-11 | Haymarket | 'Twould Puzzle a Conjuror! | Poole, John | #sizeS #act2 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0219 |
15.9 | 18 | 7030 | 5707 | 1854-06-26 | Adelphi | Waiting for an Omnibus in the Lowther Arcade on a rainy day | Morton, John Maddison | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0228 |
16.3 | 24 | 9653 | 8175 | 1854-03-28 | Surrey | Ben Bolt | Johnstone, J.B. | #sizeS #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0247 |
17.7 | 19 | 4538 | 3904 | 1854-11-20 | Adelphi | The Railway Belle: A Farce, in One Act. | Mark Lemon | Farce One Act | |
| L0249 |
17.9 | 46 | 13014 | 11918 | 1854-12-06 | Lyceum | Aggravating Sam. | [Buckingham, Leicester] Mathews & Co. | #sizeM #act2 nic:C.D. | COMEDY |
| L0250 |
17.10 | 26 | 7217 | 6691 | 1847-11-08 | Lyceum | A Rough Diamond | Buckstone, John Baldwin | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce |
| L0262 |
18.7 | 60 | 16438 | 12667 | 1830-04-13 | Covent | Cinderella, or the Fairy-Queen and the Glass Slipper | Lacy, Michael Rophino | #sizeL #act3 nic:C.O. | OPERA |
| L0271 |
19.1 | 30 | 8831 | 7783 | 1845-12-27 | Lyceum | The Golden Branch | Planché, J.R. | #sizeS #act2 nic:Ext. | SPECTACLE |
| L0283 |
19.13 | 31 | 7456 | 6757 | 1840-04-20 | Drury | Sleeping Beauty in the Wood | Planché, J.R. | #sizeM #act0 nic:Ext. | SPECTACLE |
| L0287 |
20.2 | 28 | 5534 | 5371 | 1846-04-13 | Haymarket | The Birds of Aristophanes | Planché, J.R. | #sizeS #act1 nic:C. | Comedy |
| L0296 |
20.11 | 34 | 9699 | 8787 | 1846-02-28 | Haymarket | The Irish Post | Planché, J.R. | #sizeM #act2 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0313 |
21.13 | 83 | 30719 | 26228 | 1852-04-12 | Lyceum | Chain Of Events | "Slingsby Lawrence" Mathews, Charles | #sizeS #act8 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0321 |
22.6 | 25 | 6367 | 5805 | 1839-04-01 | Olympic | The Garrick Fever | Planché, J.R. | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0327 |
22.12 | 9 | 6790 | 5324 | 1855-07-16 | Princess's | How stout you're getting! | Morton, John Maddison | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0359 |
24.14 | 24 | 6431 | 5844 | 1835-11-26 | Olympic | Twice Killed | Oxenford, John | #sizeS #act1 nic:Ba. | Burletta |
| L0378 |
26.3 | 27 | 8910 | 7652 | 1835-02-09 | Surrey | The Jersey Girl; or, Les Rouge Voleurs | Pitt, George Dibdin | #sizeS #act2 nic:M.D. | MELODRAMA |
| L0399 |
27.9 | 11 | 4295 | 3544 | 1855-03-22 | Drury | Locked Out | Paul, Howard | #sizeS #act0 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0406 |
28.1 | 39 | 8092 | 6950 | 1856-09-15 | Lyceum | Perdita, or The Royal Milkmaid | Brough, William | #sizeM #act0 nic:Bsq. | BURLESQUE |
| L0418 |
28.13 | 22 | 6837 | 6400 | 1842-05-16 | Olympic | Bamboozling | Wilks, Thomas Egerton | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0435 |
29.15 | 28 | 10287 | 9562 | 1840-04-01 | Olympic | Gwynneth Vaughan | Lemon, Mark, Esq. | #sizeM #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0466 |
32.1 | 48 | 17250 | 14790 | 1841-05-29 | Haymarket | Marie Ducange | Bernard, Bayle | #sizeM #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0491 |
33.11 | 12 | 3255 | 2863 | n.d. | Two Gay Deceivers, or Black, White and Grey | Robertson, T.W. Lacy, Thomas Hailes | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE | |
| L0494 |
33.14 | 42 | 14140 | 12124 | 1838-05 | Pavilion | Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress | [Almar, George] | #sizeM #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0499 |
34.4 | 16 | 8439 | 6328 | 1857-11-23 | Olympic | What Will They Say at Brompton | Coyne, Joseph Stirling | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0526 |
36.1 | 38 | 10545 | 9054 | 1858-05-20 | Strand | Marriage a Lottery | Dance, Charles | #sizeS #act2 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0567 |
38.12 | 51 | 17994 | 15636 | 1858-11-13 | Queen's | The Woman of the World | "Cavendish, Lady Clara" | #sizeL #act2 nic:D. | Drama |
| L0584 |
39.14 | 50 | 13204 | 12485 | 1714-02-02 | Drury | Jane Shore | Rowe, Nicholas | #sizeL #act5 nic:T. | TRAGEDY |
| L0592 |
40.7 | 22 | 7266 | 5635 | 1859-05-09 | Adelphi | Içi On Parle Français | Williams, Thomas J. | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0599 |
40.14 | 12 | 3655 | 3255 | 1859-06-13 | Adelphi | The Rifle Volunteers; or, Riflemen! Riflemen! Riflemen Form! | Stirling, Edward | #sizeS #act0 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0605 |
41.5 | 21 | 6150 | 5703 | 1859-05-23 | Olympic | Retained for the Defence | Oxenford, John | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce |
| L0610 |
41.10 | 35 | 11780 | 10158 | 1859-07-04 | Strand | A School For Coquettes | Simpson, John Palgrave | #sizeM #act1 nic:Ca. | COMEDIETTA |
| L0611 |
41.11 | 51 | 17300 | 14151 | 1859-04-25 | Grecian | Ruthven: a drama | Harris, A. | #sizeL #act4 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0618 |
42.3 | 48 | 13540 | 12441 | 1859-05-16 | Adelphi | The House or the Home? | Tom Taylor, Esq. | #sizeM #act2 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L0631 |
43.1 | 59 | 14508 | 12857 | 1859-10-18 | Sadler's | The Fool's Revenge | Taylor, Tom | #sizeL #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0652 |
44.7 | 36 | 11082 | 9155 | 1859-04-11 | Lyceum | Beau Brummell, The King of Calais | Jerrold, Blanchard | #sizeM #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0691 |
47.1 | 36 | 10266 | 8661 | 1847-07-05 | Lyceum | Marguerite's Colours | Archer, Thomas | #sizeM #act2 nic:Ca. | COMEDIETTA |
| L0707 |
48.2 | 27 | 8118 | 6740 | 1859-02-01 | Lyceum | A Hard Struggle | Marston, Westland | #sizeS #act1 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0727 |
49.7 | 28 | 6357 | 3690 | 1860-12-26 | Princess's | Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday and The King of the Caribbee Islands! | Byron, Henry James | #sizeS #act0 nic:P. | PANTO |
| L0737 |
50.2 | 60 | 18292 | 16321 | 1860-10-29 | St.James's | Up at the Hills | Taylor, Tom | #sizeL #act2 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L0743 |
50.8 | 24 | 7270 | 5981 | 1861-02-14 | Strand | The Cantab | Robertson, T.W. | #sizeS #act0 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0783 |
53.3 | 27 | 7539 | 6892 | 1861-11-05 | Drury | Medea | Heron, Matilda | #sizeM #act3 nic:T. | Tragedy |
| L0796 |
54.1 | 21 | 4830 | 4217 | 1855-11-08 | Cambridge | Villikins and His Dinah | Burnand, Francis C. | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce |
| L0819 |
55.9 | 15 | 5266 | 4444 | 1862-07-05 | Lyceum | The Colleen Bawn Settled At Last. | Brough, William Halliday, Andrew | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L0843 |
57.3 | 34 | 7237 | 6533 | 1862-12-26 | Haymarket | Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; or, The Happy Valley | Brough, William | #sizeM #act0 nic:Bsq. | BURLESQUE |
| L0845 |
57.5 | 18 | 5956 | 5144 | 1862-12-26 | St.James's | Carte de Visite | Williams, Montagu Burnand, Francis C. | #sizeS #act1 nic:Ca. | COMEDIETTA |
| L0848 |
57.8 | 41 | 11626 | 9509 | 1856-10 | Queen's | Dred; A Tale of the Dismal Swamp | Suter, William E. | #sizeM #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0849 |
57.9 | 38 | 14065 | 11915 | 1863-02-21 | Queen's | Lady Audley's Secret | Suter, William E. | #sizeS #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0860 |
58.5 | 47 | 9087 | 6437 | 1863-04-06 | Olympic | Acis and Galatæa; or, The Nimble Nymph, and the Terrible Troglodyte! | Burnand, F.C. | #sizeM #act0 nic:Ext. | SPECTACLE |
| L0881 |
59.11 | 34 | 12709 | 9219 | 1862-06-21 | St.James's | His Last Victory | Phillips, Watts | #sizeM #act2 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0911 |
61.11 | 29 | 6737 | 6018 | 1863-12-26 | St.James's | 1863; or, The Sensations of the Past Season. With A Shameful Revelation of Lady Somebody's Secret | Byron, Henry James | #sizeM #act1 nic:Ext. | SPECTACLE |
| L0932 |
63.2 | 52 | 17852 | 15581 | 1860-09-10 | Adelphi | The Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen | Boucicault, Dion | #sizeL #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0945 |
63.15 | 40 | 10930 | 8107 | 1864-10-06 | St.James's | Woodcock's Little Game | Morton, John Maddison | #sizeM #act2 nic:C.F. | Comedy |
| L0963 |
65.3 | 43 | 13790 | 12141 | 1859-12-06 | Winter | The Octoroon; or, Life in Louisiana | Boucicault, Dion | #sizeM #act4 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L0979 |
66.4 | 17 | 4929 | 4032 | n.d. | "Wanted, A Young Lady" | Suter, William E. | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce | |
| L0993 |
67.3 | 31 | 10527 | 8779 | 1865-06-10 | Prince | War to the Knife | Byron, Henry James | #sizeM #act3 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L1025 |
69.5 | 23 | 8291 | 7260 | 1832-07-18 | Strand | A Day in Paris: A Farce, in One Act | Charles Selby | #sizeS #act1 nic:O.F. | OPERA |
| L1036 |
70.1 | 47 | 15417 | 12481 | 1866-04-16 | Birmingham | THE CHILD STEALER. | Suter, W. E. | #sizeM #act4 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L1058 |
71.8 | 46 | 16231 | 12864 | 1835-09 | Surrey | My Poll and My Partner Joe | Haines, John Thomas | #sizeM #act3 nic:M.D. | MELODRAMA |
| L1060 |
71.10 | 60 | 16633 | 12422 | 1865-05-08 | Prince | Society | Robertson, T.W. | #sizeL #act3 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L1070 |
72.5 | 27 | 7820 | 6722 | 1822-11-16 | Covent | THE TWO GALLEY SLAVES: A Melo-Drama, IN TWO ACTS. | Payne, John Howard | Melo-Drama Two-Acts | |
| L1093 |
73.13 | 13 | 3498 | 3165 | n.d. | Incompatibility of Temper: A Farce in One Act | William E. Suter | #sizeS #act1 nic:F | FARCE | |
| L1124 |
75.14 | 24 | 8329 | 5968 | 1826-07-03 | Coburg | Frankenstein; or, The Man and the Monster | Milner, H. M. | #sizeS #act2 nic:M.D. | MELODRAMA |
| L1183 |
79.12 | 21 | 6063 | 5688 | 1792-04-21 | Covent | The Irishman in London : TEI edition | Macready, William | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L1246 |
84.1 | 63 | 23416 | 15075 | 1869-02-22 | Queen's | Not Guilty | Phillips, Watts | #sizeL #act4 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L1263 |
85.3 | 41 | 15505 | 14651 | 1869-07-19 | Gaiety | An Old Score | Gilbert, W.S. | #sizeM #act3 nic:C.D. | COMEDY |
| L1285 |
86.10 | 44 | 14435 | 13078 | 1828-10-06 | Coburg | Ambrose Gwinett; A Sea-Side Story | Jerrold, Douglas | #sizeM #act3 nic:M.D. | MELODRAMA |
| L1288 |
86.13 | 55 | 19157 | 16602 | 1869-08-23 | Belfast | The Shadow Of A Crime. | Cheltnam, Charles Smith | #sizeL #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L1300 |
87.10 | 50 | 15621 | 14169 | 1869-10-07 | Grecian | Lizzie Lyle; or, The Flower Makers of Finsbury | Hazlewood, Colin H. | #sizeM #act3 nic:D. | Drama |
| L1315 |
88.10 | 44 | 9589 | 7587 | 1869-05-17 | Globe | The Corsican "Bothers"or, The Troublesome Twins | Byron, Henry James | #sizeM #act0 nic:Bsq. | BURLESQUE |
| L1326 |
89.6 | 23 | 5393 | 5083 | 1837 | Unknown | The Death of Marlowe | Horne, R.H. | #sizeS #act1 nic:T. | TRAGEDY |
| L1330 |
89.10 | 19 | 5896 | 5075 | 1870-04-04 | Charing | Captain Smith | Berrie, Ernie | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L1360 |
91.10 | 15 | 5158 | 4345 | 1871-02-27 | Strand | In Three Volumes | Bilkins, Taylor | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce |
| L1379 |
92.14 | 55 | 19465 | 14957 | 1868-04-13 | St.James's | The Woman in Red | Coyne, Joseph Stirling | #sizeL #act3 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L1388 |
93.8 | 18 | 5495 | 4488 | n.d. | After the Party | [Anon.] | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | Farce | |
| L1412 |
95.2 | 16 | 5662 | 4465 | 1871-12-26 | Olympic | Never Reckon Your Chickens | Reeve, Wybert | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L1434 |
96.9 | 51 | 14661 | 10867 | 1831-04-04 | Amphitheatre | Mazeppa; or , The Wild Horse of Tartary | Milner, H.M. | #sizeL #act3 nic:R.D. | DRAMA |
| L1447 |
97.7 | 30 | 10702 | 7505 | 1871-11-25 | Lyceum | The Bells | Lewis, Leopold | #sizeM #act3 nic:D. | DRAMA |
| L1460 |
98.5 | 45 | 16170 | 15063 | 1872-10-28 | Court | On Guard | Gilbert, W.S. | #sizeM #act3 nic:C. | COMEDY |
| L1468 |
98.13 | 31 | 7387 | 6854 | 1825-11-25 | Covent | The Scape-goat | Poole, John | #sizeS #act1 nic:F. | FARCE |
| L1470 |
98.15 | 36 | 12023 | 9134 | 1824-04-19 | Astley's | The Battle of Waterloo | Amherst, J.H. | #sizeM #act3 nic:Spec. | SPECTACLE |
| L1478 |
99.8 | 23 | 6966 | 5958 | 1873-09-01 | Charing | The Last of the Legends | A'Beckett, Gilbert Arthur | #sizeS #act0 nic:Bsq. | BURLESQUE |
| L1499 |
100.14 | 17 | 5533 | 4124 | 1873-12-26 | Lyceum | A Husband in Clover | Merivale, H.C. | #sizeS #act1 nic:Ca. | COMEDIETTA |
| L1500 |
100.15 | 14 | 4344 | 3766 | 1874-02-04 | Court | Your vote and interest: an electioneering squib | Alfred Maltby | #sizeS #act0 nic:F. | FARCE |