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Léonie, la fausse adultère, drama in five acts and seven tableaux by Adolphe d’Ennery. Printed. French. Licence sent 24 March 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that biblical references be omitted, that ‘Dieu’ be amended to ‘Ciel’ and th...
Les médecin des enfants, drama in five acts by 'Anicet-Bourgeois and A. Dennery' (i.e., A. A. Bourgeois and E. Philippe.). Printed. French. Licence sent 26 March 1859 for performance at the St James’s. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a section of text be omitted and ‘Ci...
'Wooing one's wife', comedietta in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 18 October 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 778. Bound with two songs, ff. 34-36: 'Mama won't buy me out', by William Broug...
'The lily of Killarney', opera in three acts by John Oxenford and Dion Boucicault (for the music by Sir Julius Benedict). Licence sent 3 February 1862 for performance at Covent Garden on 10 February 1862. Signed William Harrison, the theatre manager. Contains words to songs. Cuts and additi...
Cinderella, or, Harlequin and the magic pumpkin and the great fairy of the little glass slipper, by E. L. L. Blanchard and T. L. Greenwood.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1864 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by J. Miles & Co., 105 Wardour Street (n.d.). Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 1v. Greenwood and Blanchard produced collaborations under the alias 'The Brothers Grinn', although...
La Belle Hélène, by H. Meilhac and L. Halévy; English translation by C. L. Kenney.
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Comic opera in three acts with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 5 May 1868 for performance at the St James's. Printed by Chappell & Co, New Bond Street (n.d.). Dramatis personae with the names of the performers on folio 3. French with parallel English text. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) ask...
Rosamunda, tragedy in five acts, by Vittorio Alfieri. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. ‘Represented at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, by Madame Ristori and an Italian dramatic company, June 1856’: see al...
Edgard et sa bonne, ‘comédie en un acte melée de chant’ by ‘Marc-Michel’ (i.e. M. A. A. Michel and E. M. Labiche. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1852.) French. Licence sent 12 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Advertising on...
Les contes de la Reine de Navarre, la revanche de Pavie, comédie in five acts by A. E. Scribe and A. Legouvé. Printed (1850). French. Licence sent 5 April 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre Français 15 October 1850. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publis...
Le roi des Halles, opéra comique in three acts and four tableaux by ‘MM. A. de Leuven et Brunswick’ (i.e., A. R. de Leuven and L. Lévy, for the music by Adolphe Adam). Printed (Paris; Nouveau répertoire théâtral, 1853). French. Original first performance at Théâtre-Lyrique 11 April 1854. Tit...