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''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'' is a play in four acts by John Courtney (1804-1865)[], based on ''[[La Paillasse]]'' of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier. First produced at the Royal Surrey Theatre, on Monday, January 20, 1851 and published in Lacy's acting edition no 39. | ''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'' is a play in four acts by John Courtney (1804-1865)[], based on ''[[La Paillasse]]'' of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier. First produced at the Royal Surrey Theatre, on Monday, January 20, 1851 and published in Lacy's acting edition no 39. | ||
| − | It is also referred to as ''[[Belphegor the Itinerant]]'' in | + | It is also referred to as ''[[Belphegor the Itinerant]]'' in Courtney's biography[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)]. |
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There are two plays by this name, both dealing with the character called and Belphegor based on La Paillasse of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier.
Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife by Thomas Higgie (1808?-1893) and Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873)
Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife a romantic and domestic drama in three acts by Thomas Higgie (1808?-1893) and Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873), based on La Paillasse of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier. First performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, January 27, 1851 and published in London by T.H. Lacy, 1851. In some sources (e.g. Duncombe's acting edition of the British theatre, no 530) the Higgie and Lacy play performed at the Victoria Theatre is called Belphegor, the Buffoon, or The Robbers of the Revolution, but now ascribed to Higgie alone.
Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife by John Courtney (1804-1865)[1]
Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife is a play in four acts by John Courtney (1804-1865)[], based on La Paillasse of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier. First produced at the Royal Surrey Theatre, on Monday, January 20, 1851 and published in Lacy's acting edition no 39.
It is also referred to as Belphegor the Itinerant in Courtney's biography[2].
