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Jocrisse the juggler. Also Magloire the prestigitator. [?]. (Adel 1 Apr
1861). French nd. Adapted from the play by Dennery and Bresil.
David Garrick. C. (PW Birmingham Apr 1864; H 30 Apr 1864).
French 117. Adapted from the play Sullivan by ‘M. Mélesville’
(Anne H. J. Duveyrier).
Society. C. (PW Liverpool 1865; PW 11 Nov 1865). Lacy 71.
Robinson Crusoe. B. (Unacted?). [1865?]; Lacy nd. After A. E. Scribe,
Un verre d’eau.
David Garrick: a love story. 1865. A novel.
The ring. In A bunch of keys, ed T. Hood, 1865.
Ours. C. (PW Liverpool 23 Aug 1866; PW 16 Sep 1866). French 384.
The poor-rate. In Rates and taxes, ed T. Hood, 1866.
Caste. C. (PW 6 Apr 1867). De Witt; French 131; Boston 1918; ed M.
Slater 1951; Rowell.
The sea of ice; or, The prayer of the wrecked and the gold-seeker of
Mexico. Also The thirst of gold; or, The lost ship and the wild
flowers of Mexico. Also The struggle for gold. Also The struggle
for gold and the orphan of the frozen sea. M. (Colosseum (?)
Glasgow nd). Lacy nd; French nd.
Play. C. (PW 15 Feb 1868). French 132.
Home. C. (H 14 Jan 1869). New York [1879]; French 131; De Witt.
Based on G. V. E Augier, L’aventurière.
School. C. (PW 16 Jan 1869). De Witt; French 133; Philadelphia 1903.
Based on the theme of the play Aschenbrodel by Roderick
Benedix.
My Lady Clara. Also Dreams. D. (Alexandra, Liverpool 22 Feb 1869;
Gai 27 Mar 1869, as Dreams). New York [1875]; French 131 (as
Dreams).
A breach of promise. C. (Glo 10 Apr 1869). French 128, De Witt 179.
Progress. C. (Glo 18 Sep 1869). French 133. Based on V. Sardou, Les
Ganches.
The nightingale. D. (Adel 15 Jan 1870). French 132.
M. P. C. (PW 23 Apr 1870). French 131.
Birth. [D] (TR Bristol 5 Oct 1870). French nd.
War. D. (StJ 16 Jan 1871). French 133; French’s standard drama 407.
Birds of prey; or, A duel in the dark. (Not performed?). Lacy 93.
Not at all jealous. F. (Court 29 May 1871). Lacy 91.
A row in the house. F. (Toole’s 30 Aug 1883). French 128.
Dazzled not blinded. nd. A novel.
Stephen Caldrick. nd. A novel.
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The comedies of Robertson. Broadway 6 1870.
Friswell, J. H. In his Modern men of letters, 1870.
Robertson and the modern theatre. Temple Bar 44, June 1875.
Jones, W. W. Robertson as dramatist. Theatre 1 1879.
Pemberton, T. E. The life and writings of Robertson. 1893.
Hawkins, F. Acad 3 June 1893. Review of preceeding.
Shaw, G. B. Robertson’s Caste. Sat Rev June 1897.
Beerbohm, Max. ‘More in sorrow –’ Sat Rev 85, 14 Jan 1899. Rptd in
Around theatres, 1953.
Montefiore, E. Robertsoniana. 1910.
Grein, K. Robertson 1829–71; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des
neueren englischen Dramas. Marburg 1911.
Armstrong, C. F. Shakespeare to Shaw: studies in the life’s work of
six dramatists of the English stage. 1913.
Watson, E. B. Sheridan to Robertson: a study of the nineteenthcentury
London stage. Cambridge MA 1926.
Harrison, D. Tom Robertson: a century of criticism. Contemporary
Rev Apr 1929.
Rahill, F. A mid-Victorian regisseur. Theatre Arts Nov 1929.
Bulloch, J. M. Dame Madge Kendal’s Robertson Ancestors. N & Q
3–17 Dec 1932.
Reynolds, E. Early Victorian drama (1830–1870). Cambridge 1936.
Miestinger, G. Die Dramentechnik des Thomas William Robertson.
Vienna 1939.
George Dibdin Pitt | Charles Selby
Savin, M. Robertson: his plays and stagecraft. Providence RI 1950.
Lorenzen, R. L. The dramaturgy of Thomas William Robertson. A
study of six plays produced at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre
1865–70. Columbus OH 1965.
Meier, E. Realism and reality. Berne 1967.
Taylor, J. R. The rise and fall of the well-made play. 1967.
Booth, M. Introduction to English plays of the nineteenth century
vol 3. Oxford 1973.
Willems, S. L. The emergence of the modern British director.
Thomas William Robertson. Madison WI 1976.
Rouyer, P. T. W. Robertson (1829–1871) et le Prince of Wales’s
Theatre. Paris 1977.
Barret, J. D. The plays of Tom Robertson. Colchester 1978.
Jenkins, A. The making of Victorian drama. Cambridge 1991. [by]
George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell 1800–52
Where shall I dine? F. (Olym 12 Feb 1819). [1819]; Dicks 973.
Freaks and follies: or a match for the old one. F. (Adel 5 Nov 1827).
Dicks 988.
Teddy the tiler. F. (CG 8 Feb 1830). Cumberland 25; Dicks 784. From
Pierre le couvreur.
Was I to blame? Ba. (Adel 13 Dec 1830). Lacy 32.
I’ll be your second. F. (Olym 10 Oct 1831). Lacy 3.
The first rudiments of harmony. 1831.
A letter to the musicians of Great Britain, containing a prospectus of
proposed plans for the better encouragement of native musical
talent, and for the erection and management of a grand national
opera in London. 1833.
A catechism of music. [1840?] (21st edn).
A catechism on harmony. [1841?]
My wife’s out. F. (CG 2 Oct 1843). Lacy 45; Dicks 699.
The picnic: or husbands, wives and lovers. F. (Adel 4 Dec 1843). Dicks
561.
Memoirs of an umbrella. [1845.] A novel.
Woman’s love: a romance of smiles and tears. [1846.]
The seven maids of Munich: or the ghost’s tower. MD. (P’cess 19 Dec
1846). 1846 (songs, duets, choruses only).
Old London Bridge: a romance of the sixteenth century. [1848–9.]
The devil’s ring, or fire, water, earth and air: a grand musical fairy
romance in three acts and four elements. [1850.] In verse.
For other dramatic works, see Nicoll 4, pp. 395, 608.
Charles Selby 1801–63
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Licensing copies of some plays are located in BL. All plays listed below are also
issued in one or more Readex micro edns.
One fault. Ba. (CL 11 July 1831). [1831?]; Dicks 551. From Scribe, Une
faute.
A day in Paris. F. (Str 18 July 1832). Duncombe 16; Lacy no 1025; Dicks
425; Philadelphia nd.
Captain Stevens. (CL 31 Dec 1832). F. Duncombe 11; Dicks 957.
Frank Fox Phipps, Esq. F. (Vic 18 Feb 1834). Duncombe 14; Lacy no
1492; Dicks 959.
The heiress of Bruges. D. (Vic 4 Aug 1834). Duncombe 15; Dicks 674.
The unfinished gentleman. Ba. (Adel 1 Dec 1834). Duncombe 15; Lacy
no 502; Dicks 417; Philadelphia and New York nd.
The married rake. F. (Queen’s 9 Feb 1835). [1835]; Duncombe 16; Lacy
71; Philadelphia [1840?]; Dicks 676; French NY no 71.
Robert Macaire or les [sic] auberge des Adrets! MD. (Vic 3 Dec 1834?).
Duncombe no 123; Duncombe 16 (as The two murderers: or the
auberge des Adrets! City 1835); Lacy 30; Dicks 325. Also as Robert
Macaire: or the two murderers, (Adel 2 Mar 1835?), Brit and Amer
Theatre 8, Stuttgart 1842, [1890]. From Benjamin, Saint-Amand
and Ployanthe, L’auberge des Adrets.
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