TEMPLEMAN LIBRARY

DATE OF PRODUCTION

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THEATRE

PUBLISHED

1836

Napoleon's Old Guard, later revised as The Old Guard

London,
Brentford Collegiate School

1838

A Legend of the Devil's Dyke

Bristol,
Theatre Royal

John Dicks, ca. 1898, London

1839, February 18

Lodgings to Let

Bristol,
Theatre Royal

1839, December 26

Jack Sheppard, an adaptation of H. Ainsworth's novel

Hull,
Theatre Royal

1840, January 30

The Old Guard, actually a revision of Napoleon's Old Guard

Brighton,
Theatre Royal

Dicks' Standard Plays , ca. 1845, London

1841, March 4

London Assurance, edited by Charles Mathews and Madame Vestris

London,
Covent Garden

J. Andrews, 1841, London

1842, February 7

An Irish Heiress; or, West End,

London,
Covent Garden

J. Andrews , 1842, London

1842, April 21

A Lover by Proxy

London,
Haymarket Theatre

Webster's Acting National Drama, No. 102, 1842, London

1842, September 19

Alma Mater; or, A Cure for Coquettes,

London,
Haymarket Theatre

Webster's Acting National Drama, No. 105, 1843, London

1842, September 24

Curiosities of Literature,

London,
Haymarket Theatre

Webster & Co., 1842, London

1842, December 19

The Bastille

London,
Haymarket Theatre (as an "afterpiece")

1843, October 2

Woman

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1843, November 1

Victor and Hortense; or, The False Bride, later revised as Paul Lafarge

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1843

1843, November 15

Laying a Ghost

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1844, February 6

Used Up, a collaborative adaptation (with Charles James Mathews) of L'homme blasé by Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne de Vaux Roussel and Félix Auguste Duvert

London,
Haymarket Theatre

Webster's Acting National Drama, No. 15, 1843, Paris

1844, March 25

Lolah; or, The Wreck Light

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1844, April 22

Love in a Sack

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1844, April 22

Mother and Son

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1844, October 2

The Fox and the Goose; or, The Widow's Husband, an operetta in one act (in collaboration with Benjamin Webster)

London,
Adelphi Theatre

National Acting Drama Office, ca. 1844, London

1844, October 14

Don Caesar de Bazan; or, Love and Honour, other info

London,
Adelphi Theatre

[1844]

1844, November 18

Old Heads and Young Hearts

London,
Haymarket Theatre

Webster's Acting National Drama, No. 130, [1844]

1845, February 6

The Soldier of Fortune; or, The Irish Settler

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1845, June 26

Peg Woffington; or, The State Secret

London,
Adelphi Theatre

Dicks Standard Plays, No. 1064, 1907?, London

1845, August 25

Enquire Within

London,
Lyceum

1846, February 5

The Old School

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1846, May 11

Who Did It? or, What's in the Wind?, collaboration with Charles Kenney; also called Felo de Se and Up the Flue

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1846, May 16

Mr. Peter Piper; or, Found Out at Last

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1846, July 15

The Wonderful Water Cure (operetta)

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1847, February 4

The School for Scheming (also called Love and Money)

London,
Haymarket Theatre

Webster's Acting National Drama, No. 140

1847, May 18

La Salamandrine, a ballet, narrative by Boucicault

London,
Covent Garden

1848, May 2

A Confidence

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1848, November 22

The Knight of Arva

London,
Haymarket Theatre

French's Standard Drama, No. 231, 1868?, New York

1849, November 26

The Willow Copse

London,
Adelphi Theatre

W. V. Spencer, 1855, Boston

1850, January 9

La Garde Nationale, also titled La Garde Mobile

London,
Queen's Theatre

1850, September 12

Giralda; or, The Invisible Husband, later revised as A Dark Night's Work

London,
Olympic Theatre

1851, January 13

Belphegor

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1851, February 17

Sixtus the Fifth; or, The Broken Vow (later called The Pope of Rome; or, Sixtus the Fifth); an adaptation of L'Abbaye de Castro by Prosper Goubaux and Gustave Lemoine

French's Standard Drama, No. 227, 1840, Paris

1851, March 6

Love in a Maze

London,
Princess's Theatre

Hailes Lacy, 1851, London

1851, March 17

Pauline, an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' Pauline; or, Buried Alive

London,
Princess's Theatre

Lacy's Acting Edition, No. 61, 1851

1851, March 29

The Queen of Spades; or, The Gambler's Secret (also called The Dame of Spades)

London,
Drury Lane Theatre

Webster's Acting National Drama, No. 140.

1851, April 24

O'Flannigan and the Fairies

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1852, February 24

The Corsican Brothers; or, The Vendetta: an adaptation of the senior Alexander Dumas's Les Frères Corses;

London
Princess's Theatre

J. K. Chapman, 1852, London. (N.B., Lacy's Acting edition, No. 6, is a straight translation from the French, not Boucicault's play)

1852, June 14

The Vampire: A Phantasm (later revised under the title The Phantom)

London,
Princess's Theatre

French's Standard Drama, No. 165, 1856, New York

1852, September 18

The Prima Donna

London,
Princess's Theatre

Samuel French;
Lacy's Acting Edition, No. 106, 1852, London

1853, January 10

The Sentinel, an operetta with music by Robert Stoepel

London,
Strand Theatre

1853, June 20

Genevieve; or, The Reign of Terror

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1853, September 19

The Young Actress

Montreal,
Theatre Royal

1853, November 23

The Fox-Hunt, or Don Quixote the Second (afterwards simply called The Fox-chase)

New York,
Burton's Theatre

1854, March 1

Andy Blake; or, The Irish Diamond (afterwards called The Dublin Boy or The Irish Boy)

Boston,
Boston Museum

French's Standard Drama, No. 266, 1856, New York

1854, April 19

Faust and Marguerite: A Magical Drama, an adaptation from the French play by Michel Carré (Paris, 1849); the authorship is in question -- the English version may be a translation by Tom Robertson

London,
Princess's Theatre

A) Lacy's acting Edition, No. 213, 1850, London

B) French's Standard Drama, No. 279, 185?, New York

1854, April 24

The Devil's in it

Philadelphia,
Chestnut Street Theatre

1854, August 11

Janet Pride

Buffalo,
Metropolitan Theatre

1854, November 6

The Fairy Star

New York,
Broadway

1854, November 27

Apollo in New York

Philadelphia
Walnut Street Theatre

1854, December 11

Pierre the Foundling

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1855, January 1

Eugenie; or, A Sister's Vow

London,
Drury Lane

1855, January 13

Louis XI, an adaptation of a French play of the same title by (Jean-François) Casimir Delavigne (Paris, 1832)

London,
Princess's Theatre

A) Privately by John K. Chapman, 1855, London

B) In Nicoll and Cloak (eds.), Forbidden Fruit and Other Plays, 1940, Princeton, NJ (Princeton U. P.)

1855, January 23

Agnes Robertson at Home

New Orleans,
Pelican Theatre

1855, June 27

There's Nothing In It

Philadelphia,
Walnut Street Theatre

1) 1855, September 24

2) 1862, March 1

Grimaldi; or, Scenes in the Life of an Actress (also entitled The Life of an Actress and Violet)

1) Cincinnati,
National Theatre

2) London,
Adelphi Theatre

A) French's Standard Drama, No. 159, 1864, New York

B) Dicks Standard Plays, No. 440, 1886, London

1855, October 26

The Cat Changed into a Woman, based on a play by Eugène Scribe

Washington,
National Theatre

1855, November 8

Rachel is Coming

St. Louis,
St. Louis Theatre

1855, December 29

The Chameleon

New Orleans,
Gaiety Theatre

1856, January 19

Azael; or, The Prodigal Son

New Orleans,
Gaiety Theatre

1856, February 10

Una

New Orleans,
Gaiety Theatre

1856, November 27

Blue Belle

New York,
Burton's Theatre

1857, March 9

George Darville

Boston,
Boston Theatre

1857, November 9

Wanted a Widow, With Immediate Posession

New York,
Wallack's Theatre

Samuel French, 1857?, New York

1) 1857, December 8

2) 1864, February 10

3) 1864, August 1

The Poor of New York, produced subsequently under many titles, including The Poor of Liverpool, The Poor of London, The Streets of London, etc.; adaptation of Eugène Nus and Édouard Brisebarre's Les Pauvres de Paris (Paris, 1856)

1) New York,
Wallack's Theatre

2) Liverpool,
Royal Amphitheatre

3) London,
Princess's Theatre

A) French's Standard Drama, No. 189, 1857, New York

B) Dicks Standard Plays, No. 381, 1883, London

1) 1858, February 22

2) 1862

Jessie Brown; or, The Relief of Lucknow; the play tells the story of an incident during the Indian Mutiny of 1857/8.

1) New York,
Wallack's Theatre

2) London,
Astley's Theatre

A) Samuel French, 1858, New York

B) Lacy's Acting Edition, Vol. V, No. 10, 1858, London

1858, May 25

Brigham Young; or, The Revolt of the Harem

New York,
Wallack's Theatre

1858, October 4

Pauvrette, also called The Snow Flower and The Maid of the Alps

New York,
Niblo's Garden

Samuel French, ca. 1858, New York

1859, September 14

Dot, an adaptation of Dickens's The Cricket on the Hearth (December 1845)

New York,
Winter Garden

A) In Nicoll and Cloak (eds.), Forbidden Fruit and Other Plays, 1940, Princeton, N. J. (Princeton U. P.)

B) Holographic MS. available in the Lord Chamberlain's Collection of the British Library

1859, October 19

Chamooni the Third, an adaptation of Eugene Scribe's L'Ours et le Pacha

New York,
Winter Garden

1859, November 1

Smike; or, Scenes from Nicholas Nickleby

New York,
Winter Garden

1) 1859, December 6

2) 1861, November 18

The Octoroon; or, Life in Louisiana

1) New York,
Winter Garden Theatre

2) London,
Adelphi Theatre

A) French's Acting Edition, No. 962, 1859, London Samuel French

B) Lacy's Acting Acting Edition, No. 963, 1861, London T. H. Lacy

1860, January 9

Jeanie Deans; or, The Heart of Midlothian, adaptation of Scott's novel, also called The Trial of Effie Deans

London,
Westminster Theatre

1860, March 12

Vanity Fair; or, Proud of their Vices: adaptation of a French play, not Thackeray's novel

New York,
Laura Keene's Varieties

1) 1860, March 29

2) 1860, September 10

The Colleen Bawn [The Fair-Haired Girl]; or, The Brides of Garryowen, based on Gerald Griffin's novel The Collegians (London Saunders and Otley, 1829)

1) New York,
Laura Keene's Varieties

2) London,
Adelphi Theatre

A) French's Standard Drama, No. 366, 1860?, London

B) Lacy's Acting Edition, No. 932, 1860?, London

1862, February 10

The Lily of Killarney, operatic version of The Colleen Bawn with a libretto by John Oxenford and Dion Boucicault, and music by Sir Julius Benedict

London,
Covent Garden

Boosey & Co., 187?, London and New York

1862, December 26

Lady Bird; or, Harlequin Lord Dundreary, a pantomime

London,
Astley's Theatre

1863, December 7

How She Loves Him

Liverpool,
Prince of Wales's Theatre

Chapman & Hall, 1868, London

1864, October 24

Omoo; or, The Sea of Ice

Liverpool,
Royal Amphitheatre

1) 1864, November 7

2) 1865, March 22

Arrah-na-Pogue [Arrah of the Kiss]; or, The Wicklow Wedding

1) Dublin,
Theatre Royal

2) London,
Princess's Theatre

Sergel's Acting Drama, No. 365, 1865, Chicago (Dramatic Publishing)

1865, September 4

Rip Van Winkle; or, The Sleep of Twenty Years, an adaptation of Washington Irving's short story by Joseph Jefferson in collaboration with Boucicault

London
Adelphi Theatre

A) French's Acting Edition, No. 174, 1866, New York

B) S. N. Morang & Co., with an introduction by Joseph Jefferson, Toronto, Ontario.

1866, April 30

The Parish Clerk

Manchester,
Princess's Theatre

1866, July 30

The Two Lives of Mary Leigh, later retitled Hunted Down

Manchester,
Princess's Theatre

1866, September 15

The Long Strike, synthesis of two stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life and Lizzie Leigh: A Domestic Tale; also performed under the title The Strike

London,
Lyceum Theatre

French's Standard Drama, No. 360, 1866, New York

1866, October 6

The Flying Scud; or, A Four-Legged Fortune

London,
Holborn Theatre

In Nicoll and Cloak (eds.), Forbidden Fruit and Other Plays, 1940, Princeton, NJ (Princeton U. P.)

1867, April 29

A Wild Goose Chase, also known as Wild Goose, a revision of Lester Wallack's play Rosedale; or, The Rifle Ball

London,
Haymarket Theatre

1868, May 28

Foul Play, dramatisation of a novel written by Boucicault with Charles Reade, which Reade himself also adapted for the stage under the title The Scuttled Ship

London,
Holborn Theatre

De Witt?, 187?, New York?

1868, August 12

After Dark: A Tale of London Life, authorised adaptation of the French play Les Bohémiens de Paris by Eugène Grangé and Adolphe d'Ennery

London,
Princess's Theatre

A) De Witt's , 1868, New York

B) French's Standard Drama, No. 360

1869, May 1

Seraphine; or, A Devotee

London,
Queens Theatre

1869?, London

1869, May 10

Presumptive Evidence, also performed under the title Mercy Dodd, one of a number of English versions of Le Courrier de Lyon

London,
Princess's Theatre

In Nicoll and Cloak (eds.), Forbidden Fruit and Other Plays, 1940, Princeton, NJ (Princeton U. P.)

1869, August 5

Formosa, "The Most Beautiful"; or, The Railroad to Ruin

London,
Drury Lane Theatre.

Sergel's Acting Drama and the Dramatic Publishing edition, 1869, Chicago

1869, October 2

Lost at Sea; a London Story, written with Henry J. Byron

London,
Adelphi Theatre

In Michael Kilgarrif (ed.), The Golden Age of Melodrama, 1974, London

1870, March 7

Paul Lafarge, a revision of Victor and Hortense (1843)

London,
Princess's Theatre

1870, September 2

The Rapparee; or, The Treaty of Limerick

London,
Princess's Theatre

De Witt's Acting Plays, 1882, New York

1870, December 5

Jezebel; or, The Dead Reckoning

London,
Holborn Theatre

De Witt's Acting Plays, 1870, New York

1870, December 24

A Christmas Story, possibly Dot (1859) under a different title

London,
Gaiety Theatre

1870

A Dark Night's Work

London,
Princess's Theatre

1871, December 5

Elfie; or, The Cherry Tree Inn

Glasgow,
Theatre Royal

1871?, New York?

1871, September 7

Night and Morning, also titled Kerry

Manchester,
Prince's Theatre

A) Sergel's Acting Drama, No. 370, 1871, New York

B) Dramatic Publishing, 1871, Chicago

1872, August 29

Babil and Bijou; or, The Lost Regalia: "A Grand Fairy Spectacular Opera" written in conjunction with J. R. Planché

London,
Covent Garden

A) Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1872, London

B) J. Miles, 1882, London

1) 1873, March 17

2) 1880, October

Daddy O'Dowd; or, The Turn About is Fair Play revised as The O'Dowd; or, Life in Galway revised again as Suil-a-Mor; or, Life in Galway

1) New York City,
Booth's Theatre

2) London,
Adelphi Theatre

Samuel French, 1909, London

1873, June 3

Mora; or, The Golden Fetters

New York,
Wallack's Theatre

1) 1873, July 1

2) 1881, November 7

Mimi!, an adaptation of La Vie de Bohème by Barrière and Murger

1) New York,
Wallack's Theatre

2) London,
Royal Court Theatre

1) 1873, December 6

2) 1874, June

Led Astray

1) New York,
Union Square

2) London,
Gaiety Theatre

A) Samuel French, 1873, New York

B) French's Acting Edition of Plays, 1874, New York

1873, December 22

A Man of Honour

New York,
Wallack's Theatre

[1873]

A Struggle for Life

No record of performance; copyrighted by Boucicault in 1873

1874, January 19

Boucicault in California

San Francisco,
San Francisco Theatre

1874, August 10

Belle Lamar: an episode in the late American conflict, later revised as Fin MacCool of Skibbereen and Fin Maccoul

New York,
Booth's Theatre

In Garrett H. Leverton (ed.), Plays for College Theatre, 1932, New York

1) 1874, November 14

2) 1875, September 4

The Shaughraun

1) New York,
Wallack's Theatre

2) London,
Drury Lane Theatre

French's Acting Edition of Plays, No. 1834, 1875, New York

[1874]

Drink

No record of performance; copyrighted by Boucicault in 1874

[1874]

Free Cuba

No record of performance; copyrighted by Boucicault and J. J. O'Kelly in 1874

1) 1876, October 3

2) 1880, July

Forbidden Fruit

1) New York,
Wallack's Theatre

2) London,
Adelphi Theatre

A) Metropolitan Printing Company, 1876, New York

B) In Nicoll and Cloak (eds.), Forbidden Fruit and Other Plays, 1940, Princeton, NJ (Princeton U. P.)

1) 1877, October 1

2) 1880, August 2

Marriage, also titled The Bridal Tour

1) New York,
Wallack's Theatre

2) London,
Haymarket Theatre

1878, January 28

The Dead Secret, an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel

New York,
5th Avenue Theatre

1878, September 10

Clarissa Harlowe; or, The History of a Young Lady, an adaptation of Richardson's Clarissa

New York,
Wallack's Theatre

1879, February 24

Spell-Bound

New York,
Wallack's Theatre

1) 1879, August 27

2) 1879, September 4

Rescued; or, A Girl's Romance

1) London,
King's Cross Theatre (English copyright performance)

2) New York,
Booth's Theatre

1) 1879, October 1

2) 1879, October 4

Contempt of Court

1) London,
Marylebone Theatre (English copyright performance)

2) New York,
Wallack's Theatre

1880, August 19

Therese; or, The Maid of Croissey, adapted from a French play titled Catherine; ou, la Croix d'Or

London,
Adelphi Theatre

1) 1883, January 29

2) 1883, February 5

The Amadan

1) Richmond,
Theatre Royal (English copyright performance)

2) Springfield, Mass.,
Wallack's Theatre

18??, London

1883, March 21

Vice Versa

Springfield, Mass.,
Wallack's Theatre

1) 1884, November 4

2) 1884, November 5

Robert Emmet

1) Greenwich,
Prince of Wales's Theatre (English copyright performance)

2) Chicago,
McVicker's Theatre

A) French's Standard Acting Drama, No. 295, ?, New York

B) In Andrew Parkin (ed.), Selected Plays of Dion Boucicault, 1987, Gerrards Cross

1) 1885, May 13

2) 1885, May 18

The Jilt

1) London,
Elephant and Castle Theatre (English copyright performance)

2) San Francisco

French's Acting Edition, No. 2266, 1904, London and New York

1886, March 30

The Spae Wife, later revised as Cuishla-ma-Chree

London,
Elephant and Castle Theatre

1887, September 12

Phryne; or, The Romace of a Young Wife, other info

San Francisco,
Baldwin Theatre

[1888 (circa)]

Ourselves

No record of performance

1) 1890, August 1

2) 1890, August 14

A Tale of a Coat, also titled Jimmy Watt

1) London,
Elephant and Castle Theatre (English copyright performance)

2) New York,
Daly's Theatre

1890, August 25

Lend me Your Wife

Boston,
Boston Museum Theatre

[1890]

The Luck of Roaring Camp, adaptation of Bret Harte's story, unfinished at Boucicault's death