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Late Nineteenth-Century Drama
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The beast and the beauty: or no rose without a thorn. (Roy 4 Oct
1869). [1869.]
Dead Man’s Point: or the lighthouse on the Carn Ruth. D. (Adel 4 Feb
1871). Lacy 92.
Poll and Partner Joe: or the pride of Putney and the pressing pirate.
Bsq. (StJ 6 May 1871). 1871.
Arion: or the story of a lyre. Ext. (Str 20 Dec 1871). 1872.
The new history of Sandford and Merton. 1872, [1892], New York
[1900].
Kissi-kissi. Bsq. (Opéra Comique 12 July 1873 as Kissi-kissi: or the pa,
the ma, and the padishah). [1873.] Revised version of King
Kokatoo (Leeds 4 Mar 1872). Music by Offenbach.
La belle Hélène. Ext. (Alhambra 16 Aug 1873). [1873.] Revised version
of Helen (Adel 30 June 1866).
Mokeanna! a treble temptation. 1873.
My time and what I’ve done with it: an autobiography compiled
from the diary, notes, and personal recollections of Cecil Colvin.
[A novel.] 1874 (2 edns), New York [1890], 1976. First pbd in
Macmillan’s Mag, see below.
The doom of St Querec: a[n] Xmas legend. [1875.] With A. W. À
Beckett.
The shadow witness. [1877.] With A. W. À Beckett.
Betsy. C. (Crit 6 Aug 1879). French 128; New York nd. From E. de
Najac and A. Hennequin, Bébé.
The A.D.C. Being personal reminiscences of the University
Amateur Dramatic Club, Cambridge. ‘1880’ [1879].
No rose without a thorn. In Society novelettes vol 1, 1883.
Paw Clawdian: or the Roman awry. Bsq. (Toole’s 14 Feb 1884). 1884.
Mazeppa: or ‘bound’ to win. Bsq. (Gai 12 Mar 1885). 1885.
Faust and loose. Bsq. (Toole’s 4 Feb 1886). [1886.]
The incompleat angler: after Master Izaak Walton. 1887.
Airey Annie: travestie on Mrs Campbell Praed’s play of Arcaine. Bsq.
(Str 4 Apr 1888). [1888.]
Pickwick. MF. (mat Com 7 Feb 1889; Trafalgar Square 13 Dec 1893).
[1889.] Music by E. Solomon.
Sir Dagobert and the dragon: or how to run through the scales. In
Short plays for drawing-room performance, 1890.
Helen. In Short plays for drawing-room performance, 1890.
Quiet at home . . . with illustrations from Punch. 1890.
Rather at sea . . . with illustrations from Punch. 1890.
Captain Thérèse. CO. (PW 25 Aug 1890). [1890.] With G. A. À Beckett.
Music by R. Planquette.
La cigale. CO. (Lyr 9 Oct 1890). [1890.] From H. C. Chivet and A. Duru,
La cigale et le fourmie. Music by E. Audran.
The real adventures of Robinson Crusoe. 1893. Bsq of Defoe.
The chieftain. O. (Sav 12 Dec 1894). 1894 (libretto), 1895 (vocal score)
(2 edns), [1895]. Music by Sir A. Sullivan. A revised version of The
contrabandista (St George’s 18 Dec 1867).
The Z. Z. G.: or zig zag guide round and about the bold and
beautiful Kentish coast. 1897.
Records and reminiscences, personal and general. 2 vols ‘1904’
[1903]; 1905 (4th edn, 1 vol); 1917 (abridged by E. V. Lucas).
Penelope Anne. F. (No performance details). nd; in Additional
adventures of Messrs Box and Cox, comp R. Macphail,
Bridgewater VA 1974. From J. M. Morton’s Box and Cox.
Burnand wrote over 200 plays. See also Nicoll 5, pp. 287–92, 781–2; Readex
Index, pp. 42–4; and, for performance details, casts and reviews, see Wearing,
London stage 1890–9.
Contributions to periodicals
My time: what I’ve done with it. 13 pts. Macmillan’s Mag Apr
1873–Apr 1874.
Authors and managers. Theatre Feb 1879.
Something about a little theatre out of Tottenham Court Road. Era
Almanack 1879.
A school for dramatic art. Nineteenth Cent May 1882.
An autobiography. Theatre Feb 1883.
Behind the scenes. Fortnightly Rev Jan 1885.
Councils and comedians. Fortnightly Rev Sep 1885.
History in Punch. 3 pts. Fortnightly Rev July 1886–Apr 1887. With A.
W. À Beckett.
Burnand was a regular contributor to early issues of Fun and Punch; and
was editor of the latter from 1880 to 1906. He also edited The Catholic
Who’s who & year-book, 1908 etc.
Introductions, prefaces etc
Poems of Thomas Hood. 1907.
Poems from Punch. 1908.
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‘Q’ [T. Purnell]. Dramatists of the present day. 1871.
Adams, W. D. A book of burlesque. Sketches of English stage travestie
and parody. 1891.
The Times 23 Apr 1917. Obituary.
Two Victorian humorists: Burnand and the mask of Gilbert. TLS 21
Nov 1936. [jrs]
Henry James Byron 1834–84
Collections
Davis, J. (ed). Plays by H. J. Byron with an essay by the editor.
Cambridge 1984. Contains The babes in the wood, The
Lancashire lass, Our boys, The Gaiety Gulliver.
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Fra Diavolo. Bsq. (Str 5 Apr 1858). Lacy 522.
The babes in the wood. Bsq. (Adel 18 July 1859). Lacy 612. See Davis,
Collections, above.
Robinson Crusoe. P. (P’cess 26 Dec 1860). Lacy 727. Anthologised in
Booth 5.
George de Barnwell. Bsq. (Adel 26 Dec 1862). Lacy 57.
War to the knife. C. (PW 10 June 1865). Lacy 67.
Paid in full: a novel. 3 vols 1865. First pbd in Temple Bar.
A hundred thousand pounds. C. (PW 5 May 1866). Lacy 1154.
The Lancashire lass. D. (Liverpool 28 Oct 1867). French 1721. See
Davis, Collections, above.
Blow for blow. D. (TR Holborn 5 Sep 1868). French 1501.
Cyril’s success. C. (Glo 28 Nov 1868). Lacy 1321.
Partners for life. C. (Glo 7 Oct 1871). Lacy/French 1620.
Old soldiers. C. (Str 25 Jan 1873). Lacy/French 1691.
Our boys. C. (Vaud 16 Jan 1875). Lib of Eng Lit 2 1885; Lacy/French
1728. See Davis, Collections, above.
The Gaiety Gulliver. P. (Gai 26 Dec 1879). 1879–80; [1880?]. See Davis,
Collections, above.
For other dramatic works, see Davis pp. 216–20; Nicoll 5, pp. 295–9, 782.
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Wrey, P. Byron. London Soc Aug 1874.
Archer, W. In his Dramatists of to-day, 1882.
Era 19 Apr 1884. Obituary. [pt]
‘R. C. Carton’,Richard Claude Critchett 1856–1928
Some typescripts of unpbd plays are available in the Lord Chamberlain’s
Collection, BL, and in the NYPL Readex Collection of English and American
drama of the 19th century. A short bibliography is listed in The Player’s
Library: the catalogue of the library of the British Drama League, 1950.
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Sunlight and shadow. C. (Aven 1 Nov 1890). French 1900.
Liberty Hall. C. (StJ 3 Dec 1892). [priv ptd 1892]; French 1900.
Dinner for two. C. (Brighton 9 Mar 1893). French [1903]. Lacy 151.
Lady Huntsworth’s experiment. C. (Crit 26 Apr 1900). French 1904.
review: Beerbohm, M. More theatres, 1969.