To: The Lucile Project

DRAMATIZATIONS OF LUCILE

There have been at least four attempts to dramatize Lucile for stage performance:

Marie Emblin Carr. Lucile, a Play, adapted from Owen Meredith. 1901. 88p typescript. Available as microfilm of Copyright deposits 1901-1944; reel no. 6.

 

James T. Roberts. Lucile, a Drama, being a dramatization of the Lucile of trhe Earl of Lytton.  1903. Printed text retained in the Library of Congress collection. Marked as received by the Copyright Office January 5, 1903.

 

Marcus Danto. Lucile, a Drama in Four Acts, adapted from Owen Meredith. 1904. 91p typescript. Library of Congress Copyright Office, received April 6, 1904. Available as microfilm of Copyright deposits, 1901-1944; reel no. 109. In this version, the play ends with Lucile's death from a stray bullet on the edge of a skirmish during the Crimean war.

 

Willard Holcomb. Lucille, a Lyric Drama in Four Acts and Scenes, adapted from the famous poem of ‘Owen Meredith” (Lord Lytton). 1906.  61p. First act only.  Printed. Copies in the collections of the Erie County & Buffalo Public Library and Brown University Library.

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