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'Clarisse, or, The foster sister', drama in two acts translated and adapted by T. W. Robertson, from the French of MM D’Ennery and Clement. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 17 February 1855. Signed by A. Sanger, acting manager. Also performed in English as ‘Er...
The Cagot; or, Heart for heart, play in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Printed (John Mitchell, 1856), where the author’s name is given as ‘Edmund O’Rourke’. Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 6 December 1856. Note on title page: ‘This play was only sent in to be examin...
A subterfuge (Book 3, chapter1), comedy in one act translated and adapted from the French of Eugène Pierron and Adolphe Laferrière. Printed. Licence sent 1 August 1857 for performance at the Olympic. Lacy's edition of Livre 3, chapitre 1er has been sent for licensing under a different title,...
'Leading strings', comedy in three acts by A. C. Troughton. Licence sent 8 October 1857 for performance at the Olympic 19 October 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 33, no. 486. Keywords: family relationships, bankers, ...
‘The Corsican brothers, or, Les frères Corses’, ‘dramatic romance’ in three acts and five tableaux, adapted ‘from the romance of M. Dumas by MM. E. Grangé and X. de Montépin’. Printed (Lacy’s acting edition, vol. 6, no. 79). Licence sent 2 April 1852 for performance at the Queen’s Theatre, Du...
Play by F. Rouger, also called 'Hervé', writer of plays; submitted: 1883 Play by A. Millaud, writer of plays; submitted: 1883 Play by A. Hennequin, writer of plays; submitted: 1883 Play by E. Blum, writer of plays; submitted: 1883
'Oliver Twist,' an ‘entire new version dramatised by Messrs. James Elphinstone and Frederick Neale (from Charles Dickens novel of the same name) expressly for the Pavilion Theatre in three acts [sic]’. Licence sent 1 October 1855 for performance at the Pavilion 17 September 1855. Written in m...
Macbeth, tragedy in four acts. adapted expressly for Madame Ristori, and her Italian dramatic company. Italian translation by Giulio Carcano. Printed (1857). Italian with facing English translation. Publisher's advertising at back. Listed neother in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 nor in Nicoll. Key...
'Les Erreurs du Bel Age', by Xavier Boniface Saintine, Victor Varin and Dumoustier
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'Les Erreurs du Bel Age', 'Les Erreurs du Bel Age', by Xavier Boniface Saintine, Victor Varin and Dumoustier. Licence sent 22 March 1871 for performance at Vaudeville Theatre. 31 folios.