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...
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...