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'The Viscount of Letorieres', comedy in three acts translated from the French of ‘MM. Bayard et Dumanoir’ [i.e. J. F. A. Bayard and P.- F. Pinel] by Hermann Vezin. Licence sent 17 December 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Kidderminster 17 December 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 record...
Qui se ressemble se gêne, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Marc-Michel, Fontaine et Peupin’ (i.e. M. A. A. Michel, Emile Fontaine and A. Peupin.). Printed (Magasin théâtral, 2e serie, n.d.). French. Original first performance at the Théâtre de la Gaité. Licence sent 18 March 1854 for p...
'Jack Sheppard', drama in three acts adapted by William Searle. Licence sent 15 August 1855 for performance at the City of London 16 August 1855. For another version see Add. 52954 DD. Several plays under this title were licensed throughout the century. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown ...
L'impresario, opera bouffe by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy (for the music by Mozart). Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 20 Mai 1856. Title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Does not a...
'Le violoneux', opera in one act (libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Emile Chevalet for the music by J. Offenbach.) French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover and title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influence, musicians, Christians and Christianit...
La traviata, libretto in three acts by F. M. Piave for the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Printed (no date). Italian. Licence sent 19 May 1856 for performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Some of the actors’ names pencilled in alongside the dramatis personae. See also an earlier English version of t...
'The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, German influence, rustics, spo...
Croquefer, ou, Le dernier des Paladins, opérette-bouffe in one act by MM. Jaime et Tréfeu (i.e. P. J. Rousseau and E. V. Tréfeu de Tréval, for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed. French. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des...
'A very serious affair', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 October 1857. Written in the hand of the copyist employed by Benjamin Webster and J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted....
Le courrier de Lyon, drama in five acts and eight tableaux by MM. Moreau, Siraudin et Delacour' (i.e. L. I. E. Lemoine-Moreau, Paul Siraudin, and A. C. Lartigue.) Printed. French. Licence sent 26 March 1859 for performance at the St James’s. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation t...