Louis XI


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Louis XI.


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Bill of the play. Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., David Belasco and Sam S. and Lee Shubert, proprietors and managers, direction of Sam S. and Lee Shubert (Inc.), L. Stoddard Taylor, manager. William B. Brady presents Robert B. Mantell in Shakespearean and classic plays. "Louis XI" an historical drama, adapted from Casimer Delavigne by H.R. Maxwell, Esq. [i.e. W.R.S. Markwell].










Scott Dramatized


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Today little is known about the important theatrical process of popularising a literary product. The works of Sir Walter Scott, like Charles Dickens, form a very large body of staged novels. Some 5000 dramatic performances - plays, operas, films, radio and television dramas - derived from the novels and narrative poems of Sir Walter Scott are listed here. Dramatizations are arranged chronologically and each entry gives title of drama, author, date of production/broadcast, publication/manuscript details and comment.




Louis XI


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Excerpt from Louis XI: An Historical Drama, in Three Acts; Adapted From Casimir Delavigne Coit. (sneering) Oh, no! But I'd rather see than believe it. Marie. How simple is his mien! He wears no mitre, gemmed with pearls - before him there is borne no haughty crozier - but sim ply leaning on a staff, clad in the coarsest robe, he is crowned by the blessings of the poor, and followed by the prayers of a million simple, but loving, souls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Louis XI


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