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...
Rigoletto, lyric drama in three acts; the libretto by F. Piave (for the music by Verdi) based on Le roi s’amuse by Victor Hugo and originally called ‘Le maledizione’. Printed. Italian with English translation by Manfredo Maggioni. Licence sent 7 May 1853 for performance at the Royal Italian ...
L’inventeur de la poudre, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Labiche, LeFranc et Nyon’ (i.e., E. M. Labiche, P. C .J. A. Lefranc, and E. Nyon). Printed. French. Licence sent 15 June 1854 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 17 Jun...
'Robinson Crusoe', by W. S. Gilbert, H. J. Byron, T. Hood, H. S. Leigh and A Sketchley
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Burlesque. Licence sent 29 June 1867 for performance at the Haymarket. Nicoll attributes the play to W. S. Gilbert, H. J. Byron, T. Hood, H. S. Leigh and A. Sketchley, although the names of the dramatists are not recorded on the script.
'Dalrymple v. Tubbs', farce in one act. Licence sent 28 March 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 3 April 1854. Signed by stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths, 'which occur very frequently in the MS' be omitted. Keywords: law and the ...
Il trovatore, lyric drama in four acts edited and translated by Manfredo Maggioni [for the music by Verdi]. Printed. Italian with English translation. Licence sent 10 May 1855 for performance at Covent Garden Opera. Publisher's list on back cover. This is a version of the original libretto ...
'The husband of an hour', drama in two acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 26 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 462. Keywords: French influence, servants, aristocracy, widows, inheritance, impersonation, duelling. ff. 44...
'The rose of Castille', opera in three acts by A. G. Harris and Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 16 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 29 October 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Spanish influence, aristocracy, treason, peasants, imprisonment, festival and celebration. ff. 46. Ed...