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'Jeanne Qui Pleure et Jeanne Qui Rit', by Dumanoir and de Keraniou
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'Jeanne Qui Pleure et Jeanne Qui Rit', by Dumanoir and de Keraniou. Play read 5 April 1873 for a licence to perform at the Princess's Theatre, London. 4 folios.
'L'Été de la Saint-Martin', by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy
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'L'Été de la Saint-Martin', by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy. Play read 27 September 1873 for a licence to perform at the Holborn Theatre, London. 50 folios.
'Velvet and Rags', by Paul Meritt and George Augustus Conquest
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'Velvet and Rags', by Paul Meritt and George Augustus Conquest. Play read 28 March 1874 for a licence to perform at Grecian Theatre, London. 47 folios.
'The mystery of the abbey, or, The murder vision and the will and the way’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 May 1853 for performance at the Victoria 16 May 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. For other versions see Add. 52939 O, 52939 Q, 52939 AA, 52939 CC, 529...
'A.S.S.', a farce in one act by J. M. Maddox. Licence sent 19 April 1853 for performance at the Lyceum 23 April 1853. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 10, no. 148. For another version, under the title ‘A. H., my daughter’s intended’, see Add. 52935 N. Keywords: art and artists, family relationships...
'In for a dig, or, Life at the diggings’, comic drama in one act by ‘Hugo Vamp’ (i.e., J. R. O'Neill). Licence sent 20 April 1853 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 25 April 1853. Title page signed by Lessee and Manager Mr William Cooke. Revisions and diagrams and elaborate stage...
'The camp at the Olympic', burletta in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 3 October 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 October 1853. Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 170. Keywords: harlequinade, literature and literary reference, theatre, stagecraft, Chobham. ff. 15. James Robinso...