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Add MS 52931 G
- Record Id:
- 040-002003785
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003778
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x000231
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52931 G
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘The Corsican brothers, or, Les frères Corses’, ‘dramatic romance’ in three acts and five tableaux, adapted ‘from the romance of M. Dumas by MM. E. Grangé and X. de Montépin’. Printed (Lacy’s acting edition, vol. 6, no. 79). Licence sent 2 April 1852 for performance at the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin, 12 April 1852. Actors’ names listed against dramatis personae. Text includes descriptions of costumes. Advertising on front and back covers. For other versions see Add. 43037 H, 52930 P, 52930 S, 52930 Y, and 52930 Z. For burlesqued versions see Add. 52931 I and 52931 L. Keywords: twins, the supernatural, French influence, French, Corsican Brothers, Corsica, festivals and celebrations, family relationships, adultery, duelling.
ff. 25.
Alexandre Dumas, Père, French writer: Eugène Pierre Basté, called 'Eugene Grangé'; dramatist: Xavier de Montépin, writer of plays: 'The Corsican brothers, or, Les fréres Corses', dramatic romance in three acts and five tableaux , adapted by 'Eugene Grangé' and Xavier de Montépin from the romance by A. Dumas père: circa 1852: Printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003778
040-002003785 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52931 A-BB : Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 – 1866. March - April 1852.
Add MS 52931 G : ‘The Corsican brothers, or, Les frères Corses’, ‘dramatic romance’ in three acts and five tableaux, adapted ‘from… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0003]/036-002003778[0007]/040-002003785
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 2 Apr 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Basté, Eugène Pierre, called 'Eugene Grangé', playwright, songwriter and librettist, 1810-1887
Dumas, Alexandre, called Père, writer, 1802-1870
Perrin, Xavier Henri Aymon, Count of Montépin, called Xavier de Montepin, author and playwright, 1823-1902