J'ai compromis ma femme, comedy in one act by 'MM. Labiche et Delacour' (i.e. E. Labiche and A. C. Lartigue.) Printed (Michel Lévy Frères, 1861). French. Licence sent 11 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Gymnase, Paris, 13 February 1861. Publisher’s advert...
Un frère terrible, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in one act, by C.- D. Dupeuty and ‘Paul Vermond’ (i.e. Eugène Vermond). Printed (1850). French. Licence sent 31 May 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher’s advertising on back cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 record...
'The chevalier de St George!', a drama in two acts adapted by C. A. Somerset from the French of ‘Monsieur Mélesville’ (i.e. Baron A. H. J. Duveyrier) and Roger de Beauvoix. Licence sent 16 August 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 22 August 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues und...
'Harlequin King Ugly Mug, and my Lady Lee of old London Bridge', pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 26 December 1853. Signed by J. William Wallack. Songs included in MS. Keywords: supernatural, fairies and other supernatural creatures, family relations...
A. César Birotteau, ‘drame-vaudeville’ in three acts by ‘MM. Lagrangé et Cormon’ (i.e. H. F. Cardailhac and P. E. Piestre). Printed. French. Licence sent9 January 1854 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at Théâtre du Panthéon 4 April 1838.Signed by Armand Villot...
'Fashion and famine', drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 January 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: widows, spinsters, New York, lodgers and boarding houses, disguise, poverty, debt and its consequences, gambling, Maine, ...
Love's martyrdom, play in five acts by John Saunders. Printed (1854). Licence sent 4 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 6 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. There are handwritten revisions throughout, as well as those added on separat...
'George D'arville', drama in five parts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 2 June 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 3 June 1857. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: orphans, family relationships, crime, festival and celebration, illness. ff. 21. Dionysius Lardner Boucicault...
'Dragonette', opérette in one act. (Libretto by Eugène Mestépès and L.– A. Jaime, for the music by J. Offenbach.) French. Licence sent 20 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influence, military, orphans, musicians, age and ageing. ff...
'Dido', burlesque by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 6 January 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Contains words for songs and detailed stage directions. Published in Lacy's, vol. 44, no. 655. Keywords: Roman mythology, classical civilization, literary references, cross-dressing, Carthage...