'Le Démon du Jeu', by Theodore Barrière and H. Crisafulli
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'Le Démon du Jeu', by Theodore Barrière and H. Crisafulli. PLay read 15 January 1874 for a licence to perform at the Holborn Theatre, London. 3 folios.
'Arrah-na-Pogue, or, The Wicklow Wedding', by D. Boucicault.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 26 September 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Partly printed (n.d.). The first two acts consist of cut-out printed texts pasted to the pages of a bound volume embellished with considerable manuscript annotations. Act three is wholly manuscr...
Drama in four acts. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Licence sent 7 December 1865 for performance at the Olympic. An alternative title 'A daughter's trials' has been crossed through on folio 1. MS in two different hands. The attribution to T. Taylor is taken fro...
L'enseignement Mutuel, by T. Barrière and A. Decourcelle.
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Vaudeville in one act. Licence sent 11 July 1867 for performance at St James's. Printed (1865). The date of first performance is noted as 20 January 1851, in Paris, on folio 2, together with a dramatis personae including the original cast members.
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 14 September 1867 for performance at the Queen's. Mostly printed (n.d.). Folios i-iii are manuscript sketches for the opening scenes of acts 1, 2 and 4. The printed play has considerable manuscript annotations throughout.
Pièce in five acts with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 5 May 1868 for performance at the St James's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, La Librairie Nouvelle (1867). A dramatis personae with the original cast included on folio 3v. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for several passages to be omit...
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 December 1868 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. Nicoll lists the play as being performed in Manchester on 4 December 1868 and at the Globe on 23 October 1869, but no mention is made of a performance in Liverpool. The play was also publishe...
Drama in four acts, ten scenes and four tableaux. Licence sent 9 June 1869 for performance at the Queen's. Privately printed, 1869, but with the original printed title The Seasons crossed through and replaced by 'The turn of the tide' on folio 1.