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Man Fred. B. (Str 26 Dec 1834; Vic 1835). Cumberland 9.
Love is blind; or manners make the man. D. (StJ 5 Jan 1835).
Duncombe 25.
Unfortunate Miss Bailey. Ba. (Str 2 Feb 1835). Cumberland 11.
The roof scrambler. Bsq. (Vic 15 June 1835). Cumberland 10, 32.
The man with the carpet bag. F. (Str 19 Jan 1835; Vic 20 Sep 1835; StJ
1836). Cumberland 13; Leipzig 1845; Mo Eng Com Th 3; Lacy 1018;
French 1018; French’s minor drama 319; Dicks 959; Cumberland
acting plays 47; Music Publishing Co nd.
A clear case. F. (StJ 14 Dec 1835). Cumberland 44.
The mendicant. B. (StJ 2 Feb 1836). Cumberland 37.
The tradesman’s ball. F. (StJ 29 Sep 1836). Duncombe 23. Dicks 1040;
in Alphons J. Middel, Sammlung englischer komödien und
schauspiele; original areiten aus der feder erster englischer
autoren 1923.
The postilion. Ba. (StJ 13 Mar 1837). Cumberland 43. Adapted from
Le postillon de Lonjumeau by Adolphe de Leuven and Léon
Lhérie.
Jack Brag; or a chandler’s chances. F. (StJ 23 May 1837). Leipzig;
Hartung; Mod Eng Com Th ser 3, vol 8; Cumberland 37; Dicks
534. Adapted from Theodore Hook’s novel.
The assignation; or, what will my wife say? C. (StJ 29 Sep 1837).
Duncombe 34; Dicks 452; French 1800; Lacy.
King John (with the benefit of the act). B. (StJ 16 Oct 1837).
Duncombe 34; Cumberland.
Wanted, a brigand; or a visit from Fra Diavolo. Ba. (StJ 6 Dec 1837).
Duncombe 35; Dicks 613.
Pascal Bruno, the brigand chief. B. (StJ 26 Dec 1837). Duncombe 35;
New York and Philadelphia 1838; Dicks 559. Adapted from
Alexander Dumas’s novel.
The black domino [alternative title: The queen’s ball; or the black
domino]. B. (StJ 29 Jan 1838). Duncombe 29, 35; Dicks 443.
English version of Le domino noir by A. E. Scribe.
The ambassadress. CO. (StJ 5 Mar 1838). Duncombe 32. A version of
L’ambassadrice by A. E. Scribe.
The artist’s wife. C. (H 28 July 1838). Webster 5; Dicks 442; French.
Oliver Twiss, the workhouse boy. Imitation. (By ‘Poz’). 1838.
Posthumous papers of the Wonderful Discovery Club, formerly of
Camden Town, established by Peter Patron. Imitation. (By ‘Poz’).
[1838.]
The yellow dwarf; or the king of the gold mines. Bsq. (P’cess 26 Dec
1842). Barth; Lacy 17; French.
The liberal candidate. F. (P’cess 16 Jan 1843). Barth 7.
The three graces. Bsq. (P’cess 17 Apr 1843). Barth 3.
The magic mirror; or the hall of statues [alternative title: The magic
mirror; or, the ninth statue]. B. (P’cess 26 Dec 1843). W. S. Johnson
1843.
Open sesame; or a night with the forty thieves [alternative title: The
thorough bred Arabian]. Ext. (Lyc 8 Apr 1844). W. S. Johnson 1844.
In collaboration with Mark Lemon.
The wonderful lamp in a new light. Bsq. (P’cess 4 July 1844). W. S.
Johnson [18??]. Adapted from Aladdin.
Don Caesar de Bazan. (P’cess 8 Oct 1844). New York and Baltimore
1846; Lacy 12; New York 1878; Dicks 800. Translated and adapted
from the Fr play by Dumanoir and Dennery; in collaboration
with Mark Lemon.
The knight and the sprite! or the cold water cure. (Str 11 Nov 1844).
Barth. In collaboration with Mark Lemon.
The chimes: a goblin story of some bells that rang an old year out
and a new year in [alternative title: The chimes; or a goblin tale].
D. (Adel 19 Dec 1844). Webster 11; Dicks 819. Adapted from
Dickens’s Christmas book; in collaboration with Mark Lemon.
Joe Miller and his men. Ext. (P’cess 24 Dec 1844). Barth.
The comic Blackstone. Humour. 1844 (illustr George Cruikshank).
Widely rptd throughout the nineteenth century.
Scenes from the rejected comedies by some of the competitors for
Benjamin Thompson | Gilbert Abbott À Beckett
the prize of £500 offered by Mr B. Webster, lessee of the
Haymarket Theatre, for the best original comedy illustrative of
English manners. 1844. Also ptd as pt 3 of Quizziology, 1846.
Hop o’ My Thumb. 1844. (illustr John Leech). Children’s book.
St George and the dragon. Bsq. (Adel 24 Mar 1845). Webster 11. In
collaboration with Mark Lemon.
Timour; or the cream of Tartar [alternatived title: Timour, the
cream of all the Tartars]. Ext. (P’cess 24 Mar 1845). W. S. Johnson
1845.Altered from Timour the Tartar by Matthew Lewis.
Heathen mythology (as ‘Punch’). Humour. Philadelphia 1845.
The small debts act [An Act for the better securing the payment of
small debts, 9 Aug 1845], with annotations and explanations
critical and analytical. 1845. Pam.
Peter Wilkins; or the loadstone rock and the flying Indians. Ext.
(Adel 9 Apr 1846). Webster 14; French 148. In collaboration with
Mark Lemon.
The quizziology of the British drama, comprising I Stage passions;
II Stage characters; III Stage plays. 1846. Essay.
The comic history of England. Humour. 1847–8 (illustr John Leech).
Widely rptd into the twentieth century.
The castle of Otronto. Ext. (H 24 Apr 1848). Webster 150.
The comic history of Rome. Humour. 1848 (illustr John Leech).
Widely rptd throughout the nineteenth century.
The debts and funds of England. (By ‘Poz’). 1850. Pam.
O Gemini! or the brothers of Co(u)rse. B. (H 12 Apr 1852). Webster 17.
In collaboration with Mark Lemon.
Angelo; or the actress of Padua. D. (1852). French 177. Altered and
translated from Victor Hugo.
Sardanapalus; or the ‘fast’ king of Assyria. Bsq. (Adel 20 July 1853).
Webster 17. In collaboration with Mark Lemon.
The fiddle faddle fashion book. Humour. nd. Illustr John Leech.
Contributions to periodicals
À Beckett was a founding contributor to Punch and a leader writer for The
Times, Morning Chron, Morning Advertiser, Morning Herald,
Globe, Sun, Standard, and Daily News. As ‘The Perambulating
Philosopher’ he contributed to Illus London News. According to Bunn,
below, he also founded some 11 further short-lived periodicals.
The Censor. An entirely original work devoted to literature, poetry
and the drama. (By Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, assisted by his
brothers Thomas Turner and William À Beckett). Nos 1–16, 6 Sep
1828–4 Apr 1829. Bi-weekly.
Figaro in London. 8 vols. 1832–9. Weekly. [No 1 dated 10 Dec 1831.]
The Comic Almanack. An ephemeris in jest and earnest, containing
merry tales, humorous poetry, quips and oddities. Edited by
[William Makepeace] Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert [Abbott] À
Beckett, and the brothers Mayhew. Illustr George Cruikshank. 1st
ser 1835–43. 2nd ser 1844–53.
Dramatic Spectator. Ed by Poz, Quiz and Co. 1837.
The Almanack of the Month. A review of everything and everybody.
2 vols 1846.
George Cruikshank’s Table Book. 1856, 1869.
Unpublished works
The frolics of the fairies; or Puck in a pucker. Spec. (Fitzroy 31 Mar
1834). Nicoll.
Wagustavus; or the barn ball. Bsq. (Fitzroy 19 May 1834). Nicoll.
Caught courting; or, Juno, by Jove! Ba. (Vic 2 Aug 1834). Nicoll.
The twelve months. Ba. (Str 18 Dec 1834). Nicoll.
St Mark’s Eve. Ba. (Olym 19 Dec 1834).
The echoes of Westminster Bridge (Vic 6 July 1835). Attributed to À
Beckett by his widow in her petition to the Royal Literary Fund, 5
December 1859.
Agnes Sorel. O. (StJ 14 Dec 1835).
A French company. F. (StJ 14 Dec 1835).
Browne’s horse. (StJ 18 Jan 1836). Altered from Tin donkey.
The Parish Revolution. Bsq. (StJ 26 Dec 1836).
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