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Le Fils de la Belle au Bois Dormant, by P. Siraudin, A. Choler and Monsieur Lambert-Thiboust and La Veuve au Camélia', by P. Siraudin, Monsieur Lambert-Thiboust and Monsieur Delacour.
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Enchantment in three acts. Licence sent 4 July 1867 for performance at St James's. Printed (n.d.). A half-page illustration is included on folio 1. A separate production: La veuve au Camélia, is included between folios 13v-16. Printed (n.d.). Comedy in one act. Licence sent 4 July 1867 for perfo...
‘Doing the hansom’, farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Charles Dillon. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 412. Keywords: doctors and medicine, travel, impersonation, musicians. ff. 30. Lo...
'My son Diana', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 22 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 25 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 461. Keywords: servants, military, working class characters, sport. ff. 18. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Theat...
Les crochets du Père Martin, drama in three acts by 'MM. Cormon et Grangé' (i.e., P. E. Piestre and E. Basté). Printed. French. Licence sent 25 April 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. First performed at the.Gaité, Paris, 3 August, 1858. Illustration on front of play. Not listed in ...
'Cruel to be kind', farce in one act by T. J. Williams and A. G. Harris. Licence sent 5 March 1860 for performance at the Princess's. MS written in more than one hand. Inside cover bears name of A. Harris. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 683. Keywords: suburbs, lawyers, spinsters, ageing...
‘The Corsican brothers’, ‘legendary drama in three acts dramatised from A. Dumas’s romance Les Frères Corses by E. Grangé and Xavier de Montépin. Translated and adapted to the English stage by Charles Webb. Printed from the acting copy with remarks [ … ] by D – G-.’ Printed (Cumberland’s Brit...
‘The gipsy’s vengeance’, opera in four acts. English version by Charles Jeffreys of Verdi’s grand opera, ‘Il trovatore’, under the direction of Mr. J. H. Tully. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Songs included in MS. This version may well antedate t...
Pietro il Grande’, lyric play in three acts: translated by Manfredo Maggioni from the original English libretto by Desmond Ryan (for the music by L. G. Jullien). Printed (1852). Italian, with English translation. Licence sent 13 August 1852 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent ...
'Ruth Oakley', drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 15 January 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 431. Attributed in Nicoll jointly to Harris and T. J. Williams. Keywords: working class characters, trains and rail travel, i...
Fra Diovolo, comic opera in three acts (the music by Auber), the libretto edited and translated by Manfredo Maggioni. Printed. Italian with facing English translation. Licence sent 12 July 1857 for performance at the Lyceum. Previously performed at the Royal Italian Opera. Publisher's list...