2-798-571 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Scene from "Graciosa and Perciney", at the Haymarket Theatre, 1844. London stage production. 'Mr. [James Robinson] Planché, the originator of the elegant school of burlesque - has again drawn from the graceful stories of the Countess d'Anois, and produced a new dramatic nursery tale, entitled "Graciosa and Percinet"...'The dialogue is smart, and abounds with happy turns and allusions, and the mise-en-scene is unexceptionable - but still excellent and complete in its way. Several favourite arias, among them: "When other lips", ' from the "Bohemian Girl," were introduced, and those sung by Miss Horton drew forth repeated applause. The whole piece passed off most successfully, the curtain having fallen amidst enthusiastic plaudits'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.