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James Robinson Planché

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Born: February 26 1796

Died: 2929 05 18801880

James Robinson Planché [J.R. Planch] was a British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms. Over a period of approximately 60 years he wrote, adapted, or collaborated on 176 plays in a wide range of genres including extravaganza, farce, comedy, burletta, melodrama and opera. Planché was responsible for introducing historically accurate costume into nineteenth century British theatre, and subsequently became an acknowledged expert on historical costume, publishing a number of works on the topic. Planché's interest in historical costume led to other antiquarian research, including heraldry and genealogy.

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James Robinson Planché

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Books from James Robinson Planché

The Beauty and the Beast

The Story of the Beauty and the Beast: The Original Classic French Fairytale

Beauty and the Beast - All Four Versions

The Vampire Or The Bride Of The Isles

Beauty and the Beast: A Fairy Extravaganza, in Two Acts

Four and Twenty Fairy Tales: Selected from Those of Perrault and Other Popular Writers

An Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume

The Card Party; Theater Play: The Fight for Position

Plays by James Robinson Planch�: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, the Golden Fleece, the Camp at the Olympic, the Discreet Princess

The Recollections and Reflections of J. R. Planché 2 Volume Set: A Professional Autobiography (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)

An Old Fairy Tale - The Sleeping Beauty

The Conqueror And His Companions - In Two Volumes - Vol. II.

A Handbook to the Museum of Ornamental art in the Art Treasures Exhibition

Beauty and the Beast

Personal Reminiscences by Chorley, Planché, and Young

A Cyclopedia of Costume, or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, Vol. 1 of 2: And a General Chronological History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe, from the Commencement of the Christian

An Old Fairy Tale: The Sleeping Beauty (Classic Reprint)

A Cyclopedia of Costume, Or, Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent (Volume 1, PT. 2)

A cyclopedia of costume, or, dictionary of dress, including notices of contemporaneous fashions on the continent: a general chronological history of the costumes of the principal countries of Europe,

The Recollections and Reflections of J. R. Planch�: A Professional Autobiography