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Contributions to periodicals
The gentleman’s tiger. Ainsworth’s Mag May 1842.
An evening with Nell Gwynne. Ainsworth’s Mag June 1842.
The lounge in the Oeil du Boeuf. Ainsworth’s Mag July 1842.
The shrift on the raft. Ainsworth’s Mag Aug 1842.
The walls of Famagusta. Ainsworth’s Mag Sep 1842.
The guerillas of Leon. Ainsworth’s Mag Nov 1842.
A fool’s advice: Feste. Ainsworth’s Mag Dec 1842.
State and prospects of the legitimate drama in China: a letter from
the manager of the Imperial Theatre, and Chinese Opera-House,
Pekin, to Charles W. Brooks. Ainsworth’s Mag Jan 1843.
‘What became of the executioner?’ Ainsworth’s Mag Mar 1843.
Cousin Emily. Ainsworth’s Mag 2 pts May–June 1843.
The mysteries of Beechingthorpe: a true history. Ainsworth’s Mag
Sep 1843.
A demon’s mirror. Ainsworth’s Mag Mar 1844.
The country editor: a sketch. Ainsworth’s Mag July 1845.
How Miss Mountmorris got a husband. Ainsworth’s Mag Jan 1846.
How Mrs Malmsey managed her uncle. Ainsworth’s Mag Feb 1846.
A charade solved by a codicil. Ainsworth’s Mag Mar 1846.
Aspen Court, and who lost and who won it: a story of our own time.
Bentley’s Misc 22 pts Jan 1853–Nov 1855.
The House of Commons. Quart Rev June 1854.
The partners. Dublin Univ Mag 6 pts June 1857–Jan 1858.
Brooks contributed regularly to Punch from 1851, becoming editor in 1870. He
also wrote for the Morning Chron and Illus London News. He edited the
Literary Gazette from 1858 to 1859 and Home in 1867. See also Nicoll 4, pp.
271, 574; 5, p. 277; Conolly, English drama, pp. 92–3; Readex Index, p. 36.
Edition
Amusing poetry. 1857, 1874. Ed Shirley Brooks.
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Era Almanack 1868.
Jerrold, B. Shirley Brooks. GM May 1874.
Layard, G. S. A great Punch editor: being the life, letters and diaries
of Shirley Brooks. 1907. [jrs]
Robert Barnabas Brough 1828–60
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The enchanted isle, or ‘raising the wind’ on the most approved principles:
a drama without the smallest claim to legitimacy, consistency,
probability, or anything else but absurdity, in which will be
found much that is unaccountably coincident with
Shakespeare’s Tempest. (Amphitheatre, Liverpool 1848; Adel 20
Nov 1848). [1848]; Webster 14. With W. Brough.
Camaralzaman and Badoura: or the peri who loved the Prince. Ext.
(H 26 Dec 1848). Webster 15. With W. Brough.
The sphinx. Ext. (H 9 Apr 1849). Webster 15. With W. Brough.
The second calendar: extravaganza. (H 26 Dec 1850). Webster 15.
With W. Brough.
A cracker bon-bon for Christmas parties. 1852. Includes 3 short plays
(unacted) and Christmas miscellanies in prose and verse.
The Alain family: a tale. 1853. Tr Brough from the Fr of J. B. A. Karr.
Songs of the governing classes and other lyrics. 1855, 1890.
Béranger’s songs translated into English verse. 1856.
The life of Sir John Falstaff; with a biography of the knight, from
authentic sources. 1858. First pbd in 10 pts 1857–8. Illustr George
Cruikshank.
The siege of Troy: a burlesque. (Lyc 27 Dec 1858). 1858.
Alfred the Great: or the minstrel king. Ext. (Olym 26 Dec 1859). Lacy
43. With W. Brough.
Alf the minstrel, or the Princess Diamonducky and the hazel fairy: a
dragon story for Christmas. 1859.
Miss Brown: a romance; and other tales in prose and verse. 1860.
Rptd from Welcome Guest, a periodical briefly ed Brough.
Which is which? or Miles Cassidy’s contract. 2 vols 1860.
Marston Lynch: a personal biography; with a memoir of the author
by G. A. Sala. 1860. First pbd in Train 1856–7.
Shadow and substance, by C. H. Bennett and R. B. Brough. 1860.
Character sketches by C. H. Bennett and R. B. Brough. [1872.]
Other extravaganzas by the brothers Brough will be found in Lacy 6, 14, 15, 27,
29, 32, 52, 88 and Suppl 2. See also Nicoll 4, p. 271; 5, pp. 277–8.
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Archer, W. In Poets and the poetry of the century, ed A. H. Miles, vol 5
1893.
John Baldwin Buckstone 1802–79
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Luke the labourer: or the lost son. D. (Adel 17 Oct 1826). 1826;
Cumberland Minor 2; Lacy 69; Dicks 830; ed A. E. Morgan 1935 (in
English plays 1660–1820).
The May queen: or Sampson the serjeant. Ba. (Adel 9 Oct 1828). 1834;
Dicks 818.
Ellen Wareham. D. (H 24 Apr 1833). Dicks 837.
Agnes de Vere. D. (Adel 10 Nov 1834). 1836; Lacy 106; Dicks 805;
Boston 1885.
Isabelle: or a woman’s life. D. (Adel 27 Jan 1834). 1835; Dicks 817;
Webster’s Acting Nat Drama 8. Also called Thirty years of a
woman’s life.
Jack Sheppard. D. (Adel 28 Oct 1839). Webster 7.
The green bushes: or a hundred years ago. D. (Adel 27 Jan 1845).
Webster 11; Boston [1857?]; Dicks 827.
The flowers of the forest: a gipsy story. MD. (Adel 11 Mar 1847).
Webster 13; Boston [1857?]; Dicks 1002.
Nine too many. Ba. (Adel 11 Mar 1847). Dicks 1004.
An alarming sacrifice. F. (H 12 July 1849). Boston [1885?]; Dicks 1012.
See also Nicoll 4, pp. 272–5, 574–5; 5, pp. 286–7, 781.
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John Baldwin Buckstone. Once a Week Nov 1872.
Maginn, W. A. In his Gallery of illustrious characters, ed W. Bates
[1873], 1883. The essay on Buckstone was first pbd, with a drawing
by Maclise, in Fraser’s Mag Dec 1836.
Taylor, T. Impressions of Buckstone. Theatre Dec 1879.
Frederick Fox Cooper 1806–79
Charles William Shirley Brooks | Frederick Fox Cooper
Licensing copies of the plays are located in BL.
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The elbow-shakers: or thirty years of a rattler’s life. Bsq. (Adel 3 Dec
1827). Richardson 1; Readex micro.
Black-eyed Sukey: or all in the dumps. Bsq. (Olym 30 Nov 1829).
1830, [1830]; Richardson 3; Cumberland Minor 14; Readex micro.
The spare bed: or the shower bath. (Vic 8 July 1833). Cumberland
Minor 7; Dicks 786; Readex micro.
The deserted village. Ba. (Adel 28 Oct 1833). Duncombe 15; Dicks
727; Readex micro. From Goldsmith.
Hercules, king of clubs! F. (Str 7 July 1836). Cumberland Minor 13;
Lacy 89; Dicks 387; Readex micro.
Ion. Bsq. (Gar 9 Nov 1836). Cumberland Minor 12; Readex micro.
The queen’s visit. Ca. (CL 6 Nov 1837 as The queen’s visit to the city).
Pattie’s penny play 1; Readex micro.
Ivanhoe. D. (Astley’s 27 Mar 1837 as The lists of Ashby). Dicks 385;
Readex micro. From Scott.
Jenny Jones. Oa. (StJ 1 Mar 1838). Pattie’s penny play 1; Readex micro.
Master Humphrey’s clock. D. (Vic 26 May 1840). Duncombe 41; Dicks
724; Readex micro. From Dickens.
Shooting the moon: or the cove of Cork. Ca. (Str 29 Oct 1850). New
BT 548; French 135; Readex micro.
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