- (1855 - 1902) The following works were adapted to the Broadway stage:
- (1855) Stage Play: Adrienne Lecouveur. Written by 'Eugene Scribe' [earliest Broadway credit] and Ernest Legouve [earliest Broadway credit]. Venue Name unknown: 6 Sep 1855- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown. Note: This work has been produced on film and TV numerous times. While most have been French productions, notably Adrienne Lecouvreur (1913), starring Sarah Bernhardt, other European productions include the Italian Adriana Lecouvreur (1919) produced by Tespi Film, Dream of Love (1928) (a late silent produced by MGM as a Joan Crawford vehicle, directed by Fred Niblo). An unusual Franco-German version was produced as Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938) by UFA Studios, Berlin in association with L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE), starring Yvonne Printemps. There have been at least 6 European TV adaptations produced since 1976, most in the form of taped live staged operas.
- (1869) Stage Play: Checkmate. Based on "Bataille de Dames" by 'Eugene Scribe' and Ernest Legouve. Written by Andrew Halliday.Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre: 1 Dec 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: George Clarke, Fannie Davenport, Agnes Ethel, James Lewis (as "Augustus Jinks"). Note: Filmed as Devil-May-Care (1929), one of the earliest talkies made by MGM, starring Ramon Novarro and produced in two strip Technicolor (ballet sequence only) and directed by Sidney Franklin.
- (1877) Stage Play: Adrienne Lecouveur (Revival). Written by 'Eugene Scribe' and Ernest Legouve. Note: This work has been produced on film and TV numerous times. While most have been French productions, notably Adrienne Lecouvreur (1913), starring Sarah Bernhardt, other European productions include the Italian Adriana Lecouvreur (1919) produced by Tespi Film, Dream of Love (1928) (a late silent produced by MGM as a Joan Crawford vehicle, directed by Fred Niblo). An unusual Franco-German version was produced as Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938) by UFA Studios, Berlin in association with L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE), starring Yvonne Printemps. There have been at least 6 European TV adaptations produced since 1976, most in the form of taped live staged operas.
- (1880) Stage Play: Adrienne Lecouveur (Revival). Written by 'Eugene Scribe' [final Broadway credit during lifetime] and Ernest Legouve. Booth's Theatre: 8 Nov 1880- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Sarah Bernhardt. Note: This work has been produced on film and TV numerous times. While most have been French productions, notably Adrienne Lecouvreur (1913), starring Sarah Bernhardt, other European productions include the Italian Adriana Lecouvreur (1919) produced by Tespi Film, Dream of Love (1928) (a late silent produced by MGM as a Joan Crawford vehicle, directed by Fred Niblo). An unusual Franco-German version was produced as Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938) by UFA Studios, Berlin in association with L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE), starring Yvonne Printemps. There have been at least 6 European TV adaptations produced since 1976, most in the form of taped live staged operas.
- (1900) Stage Play: The Ladies' Battle. Written by 'Eugene Scribe' [posthumous credit] and Ernest Legouve. Translated by George B. Coale. Fifth Avenue Theatre: 26 Feb 1900- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Guelma L. Baker, Irving Brooks, Hattie Buskirk, Leota Buskirk, George Curtis, Kate Dalglish, Mark Fenton, Mary Hall, Wadsworth Harris, John E. Kellerd, Cecilia Loftus [credited as Cissie Loftus], John T. Malone, Richard Miloy, Helena Modjeska, Lynn Pratt, Cassius Quinby, Hannah E. Sargent, George S. Spencer. Produced by Helena Modjeska Repertory. Note: Filmed as Devil-May-Care (1929), one of the earliest talkies made by MGM, starring Ramon Novarro and produced in two strip Technicolor (ballet sequence only) and directed by Sidney Franklin.
- (1908) Stage Play: Adrienne Lecouveur (Revival). Written by 'Eugene Scribe' and Ernest Legouve [Posthumous credit]. Adapted by Olga Nethersole. Adapted by Olga Nethersole. Daly's Theatre: 8 Feb 1908- Circa 1 Mar 1908 (unknown performances/played in repertory with The Awakening, The Enigma, I Pagliacci, Carmen, Sapho, Magda, Camille, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray). Cast: Olga Nethersole, E.C. Ashley, Lionel Belmore, Robert Bolder, Adeline Bourne, Langhorn Burton [credited as Langhorne Burton], Emiline Carder, Jack Claire, Lizzie Hudson Collier, Edythe Elliott [credited as Edithe Elliotte], Madge Field, Alexander F. Frank, Lawrence Grant, Laura Hansen, A.T. Hendon, George Ingleton, Frank Mills, Slaine Mills, B.A. Monks, Ralph Morris, Stephen Packham, Molly Pearson, Frank Pulford, Constance Raymond, Mary Relph, Gerald Smith, Jack Standing, Charles A. Stevenson, Katherine Stewart, Master Robert Emmett Tansey. Produced by Louis Nethersole. Note: This work has been produced on film and TV numerous times. While most have been French productions, notably Adrienne Lecouvreur (1913), starring Sarah Bernhardt, other European productions include the Italian Adriana Lecouvreur (1919) produced by Tespi Film, Dream of Love (1928) (a late silent produced by MGM as a Joan Crawford vehicle, directed by Fred Niblo). An unusual Franco-German version was produced as Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938) by UFA Studios, Berlin in association with L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE), starring Yvonne Printemps. There have been at least 6 European TV adaptations produced since 1976, most in the form of taped live staged operas.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content