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Louis XI : an historical drama in three acts / (adapted from Casimer [sic] Delavigne) by W.R. Markwell ...

Markwell, W. R. S. (William Robert S.), author.; Cowper, John Curtis, 1827-1885.; Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868.; Theatre Royal (Liverpool, England)
1853
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Title
Louis XI : an historical drama in three acts / (adapted from Casimer [sic] Delavigne) by W.R. Markwell ...
Created/published
London : Thomas Hailes Lacy ..., [1853?]
Description
[4], 36, [6] leaves ; 23 cm
Associated name
Markwell, W. R. S. (William Robert S.), author.
Cowper, John Curtis, 1827-1885.
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868.
Theatre Royal (Liverpool, England)
Series statement
Lacy's acting edition
Note
Promptbook; printed text cut out and pasted to blank leaves, marked in ink and pencil; extensive additional dialogue added in ink; checked for Louis XI beginning on leaf 16.
Series
Lacy's acting edition.
Genre/form
Cast lists.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PROMPT L35
Folger-specific note
In ink on leaves 1 and 36: J.C. Cowper; stamped on front cover: J.C. Cowper.

Printed text regarding costumes pasted to recto of leaf [1]; printed text regarding Charles Kean's performance pasted to verso of leaf [1]; printed illustration of Kean as Louis XI on recto of leaf [2].

Manuscript cast list for Sept. 26, 1860, Theatre Royal Liverpool, on verso of leaf [2] with Cowper as Louis XI.

Manuscript note on leaf [4]: "all the strong lines in C. Kean's edition are here substituted by J.C.C.".

Manuscript text, in ink, begins on leaf 6; leaves 7-8, 11-13, 17, 26-27 and 32 are entirely manuscript text.

Timing added in pencil at end of Acts 1-2 and 4 on leaves 14, 23, and 36.

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