Marie Simon

Marie Simon is a French play in three acts by J. E. Alboize de Pujol, E. Déaddé and Adolphe Choler (1821-1889)

Adapted into English as Lilian Gervais, a drama in three acts, by Morris Barnett (1800–1856)[1] (originally Lilian Rene, or The pearl of Normandy). First performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, on 17 January 1853. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy as vol. 31, no. 464 in the same year.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_03.djvu/266

http://www.xn--thtre-documentation-cvb0m.com/content/choler-adolphe

https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1853.pdf

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press [2]