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La Belle Hélène, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy; English translation by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in three acts with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 5 May 1868 for performance at the St James's. Printed by Chappell & Co, New Bond Street (n.d.). Dramatis personae with the names of the performers on folio 3. French with parallel English text. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) ask...
Rosamunda, tragedy in five acts, by Vittorio Alfieri. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. ‘Represented at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, by Madame Ristori and an Italian dramatic company, June 1856’: see al...
Edgard et sa bonne, ‘comédie en un acte melée de chant’ by ‘Marc-Michel’ (i.e. M. A. A. Michel and E. M. Labiche. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1852.) French. Licence sent 12 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Advertising on...
Les contes de la Reine de Navarre, la revanche de Pavie, comédie in five acts by A. E. Scribe and A. Legouvé. Printed (1850). French. Licence sent 5 April 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre Français 15 October 1850. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publis...
Le roi des Halles, opéra comique in three acts and four tableaux by ‘MM. A. de Leuven et Brunswick’ (i.e., A. R. de Leuven and L. Lévy, for the music by Adolphe Adam). Printed (Paris; Nouveau répertoire théâtral, 1853). French. Original first performance at Théâtre-Lyrique 11 April 1854. Tit...
La partie de piquet, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. N. Fournier and Meyer’ (i.e. L.- P. N. Fournier and H. H. Meyer). Printed. French. Licence sent 26 April 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 5 February 1854. LCO Day Book Ad...
Deux dames au violon, ‘pochade’ in one act by ‘MM. Dupeuty et Cormon’ (i.e. C. D. Dupeuty and P. E. Piestre). Printed. French. Licence sent 15 June 1854 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Variétés 11 May 1841. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records ...
Un mari qui prend du ventre, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Labiche et Marc-Michel’ (i.e., E. Labiche and M. A. A. Michel). Printed (Paris; Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1854). French. Licence sent 6 November 1854 for performance at the Soho 9 November 1854. Original firs...
Sous un bec de gaz, scenes de la vie nocturne en une nuit, vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Ch. Cabot, A. de Jallais et Lelarge’ (i.e. Charles Cabot, Amédée de Jallais, and Léon Lalarge). Printed (1854). French. Licence sent 6 November 1854 for performance at the Soho the same day. Original fi...
‘Our wife! or, The rose of Amiens’, drama in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 14 August 1856 for performance at the Princess’s 18 November 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: French influence, dance, fashion, aristocracy. ff. 34. Charles A. Somerset, dramatist: Birmingham; City of....