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Add MS 53012 A
- Record Id:
- 040-002005875
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002005874
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000770.0x000292
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53012 A
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'The life of an actress', drama in five acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 22 February 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. Cues and stage directions for Act Three underlined in red ink. First performed at the National Theatre, Cincinatti on 24 September 1855 as 'Grimaldi; or, Scenes in the life of an actress', and subsequently at the National, Philadelphia on 2 May 1856 as 'Violet, or, Scenes in the life of an actress'. Adapted from the French drama 'Adrienne Lecouvreur', by E. Scribe and M. Legouvé, first performed 1849. The much more famous opera with music by Cilea was not performed until 1902. The present text published in French's Standard Drama, no. 159 (New York, 1864).
ff. 84.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002005874
040-002005875 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 53012 A-BB : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. February – March 1862 .
Add MS 53012 A : 'The life of an actress', drama in five acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 22 February 1862 for performance at the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0084]/036-002005874[0001]/040-002005875
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- 22 Feb 1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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