Samuel French

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Textual Production Jennifer Johnston
JJ 's playThe Nightingale and not the Lark (titled with a quotation from Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet) was published at London by Samuel French .
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Textual Production Molly Keane
An acting edition was published by Samuel French and another edition by Collins , both in 1951. It appeared the following year from Collins , adapted to novel form.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Weekes, Ann Owens. Unveiling Treasures. Attic Press.
166
Welch, Robert, and Bruce Stewart, editors. The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Clarendon.
285
Textual Production Molly Keane
An acting edition was published by Samuel French that year.
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Its failure was ascribed to coincidence in timing with John Osborne 's highly successful kitchen-sink play Look Back in Anger. That had in fact...
Textual Production Lesley Storm
Samuel French published the play the following year.
Textual Production George Paston
Samuel French published GP 's Stars: A Comedy, a one-act play in which a husband-and-wife acting duo battle over their reviews.
Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press.
875
Textual Production George Paston
Annie Horniman gave this play two successful revivals in Manchester: at the Midland Hotel Theatre in October 1907, and at the Gaiety Theatre in 1908, where its proceeds guaranteed the season's financial success.
Kaplan, Joel H., and Sheila Stowell. Theatre and Fashion: Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes. Cambridge University Press.
164
Textual Production Fay Weldon
FW 's Flood Warning: A Play (for two men and three women) was published by Samuel French .
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Textual Production George Paston
The production was a success, running for 167 performances. The play was published the same year by Samuel French .
Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press.
875
Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1910-1919. Scarecrow Press.
10.86
Textual Production Fay Weldon
This play was published in October 1980 by Samuel French .
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons.
1982
Weldon, Fay. Action Replay. Samuel French.
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Textual Production George Paston
It was revived at the same theatre on 20 March 1909, when it ran for eighty-three performances, and was published that year by Samuel French .
Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press.
875
Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1900-1909. Scarecrow Press.
9.73
Textual Production George Paston
This popular play saw two West End revivals the following year. First it had thirty-nine performances at His Majesty's Theatre alongside Bernard Shaw 's The Admirable Bashville, and this was followed by ninety-eight performances...
Textual Production Elizabeth Baker
Sidgwick and Jackson published Miss Tassey in 1913. Cupid in Clapham did not appear in print until several years later, in French 's series One-Act Plays for Stage and Study, 1927.
Textual Production George Paston
The production transferred to Wyndham's in February to complete its run of 135 performances. It was published the same year by Samuel French .
Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press.
875
Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1910-1919. Scarecrow Press.
10.7
Textual Production Elizabeth Baker
It was published by French in 1921.
Textual Production George Paston
The play was performed alongside Cicely Hamilton 's Pageant of Great Women as part of a fundraising event organised by Inez Bensusan on behalf of the Actresses' Franchise League and the Women Writers' Suffrage League

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Texts

Storm, Lesley. Black Chiffon. Samuel French, 1951.
Storm, Lesley. Look, No Hands!. Samuel French, 1972.
Storm, Lesley. The Day’s Mischief. Samuel French, 1952.
Storm, Lesley. The Long Echo. Samuel French, 1957.
Storm, Lesley. The Paper Hat. Samuel French, 1966.
Storm, Lesley. Tony Draws a Horse. Samuel French, 1939.
Weldon, Fay. Action Replay. Samuel French, 1980.
Weldon, Fay. I Love My Love. Samuel French, 1984.
White, Antonia. Three in a Room. Samuel French, 1947.