| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Description | London Assurance, a comedy in five acts, written when Dion Boucicault was 21, was his first play to be produced and his first great success. The play was first performed by Charles Mathews and Madame Vestris's company at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London on March 4th, 1841. The play's first title was Out of Town, but it was renamed London Assurance before the first production.
Material on this play includes programmes, illustrations, reviews, newspaper cuttings, playbills, playtexts and prints. There is material from ten productions, from 1841-1989. |