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La traviata, libretto in three acts by F. M. Piave for the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Printed (no date). Italian. Licence sent 19 May 1856 for performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Some of the actors’ names pencilled in alongside the dramatis personae. See also an earlier English version of t...
'The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, German influence, rustics, spo...
Croquefer, ou, Le dernier des Paladins, opérette-bouffe in one act by MM. Jaime et Tréfeu (i.e. P. J. Rousseau and E. V. Tréfeu de Tréval, for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed. French. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des...
'A very serious affair', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 October 1857. Written in the hand of the copyist employed by Benjamin Webster and J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted....
Le courrier de Lyon, drama in five acts and eight tableaux by MM. Moreau, Siraudin et Delacour' (i.e. L. I. E. Lemoine-Moreau, Paul Siraudin, and A. C. Lartigue.) Printed. French. Licence sent 26 March 1859 for performance at the St James’s. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation t...
Benvenuto Cellini, lyric play in three acts (for the music by Hector Berlioz). Printed (Brettell, n.d.). Libretto (by L. de Wailly and A. Barbier) in Italian with English translation. Licence sent 25 June 1853 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Passages to be omitted...
Attendre et courir, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Vanderburch, Léonce et Petit’ (i.e. L. E. Vanderburch, C. H. L. Laurençot, and — Petit. Printed (Paris; Répertoire dramatique des auteurs contemporains, no. 57; 1840). French. Licence sent 27 March 1854 for performance at the Soho Th...
La fille du régiment, opéra comique in two acts, dialogue by ‘MM. de Saint-Georges et Bayard’ (i.e., J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges and J. F. A. Bayard, for the music by G. Donizetti). Printed (1853). French. Licence sent 7 June 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first perform...
Esmerelda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, a “grand melodramatic opera” in four acts: libretto by Charles Jeffreys based on the original Italian libretto by D. Bolognese for the music of the opera Ermelinda, by Vincenzo Battista. Printed (1856). This version and the original founded on the nov...
Monsieur Chapolard, ou, Le Lovelace dans un grand embarras, comedy-vaudeville in one act by 'MM. Duvert, Lauzanne et Paulin' (i.e., F. A. Duvert, A. T. de Lauzanne de Vauxroussel, and Paul Dupont). Printed. French. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Publisher’s a...