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'''Samuel French Ltd''' (and Samuel French, Inc in the USA) is a company founded by Samuel French and Thomas Hailes Lacy, who formed a partnership to combine their interests in London and New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00381|title=Samuel French, Inc.: An Inventory of Its Correspondence in the Performing Arts Collection at the Harry Ransom Center|publisher=[[Harry Ransom Center]]|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> It publishes [[Play (theatre)|plays]], represents authors, and sells scripts from its Los Angeles, UK, and online bookstores. The company's London subsidiary, '''Samuel French Ltd.''', publishes stage plays for the UK market and serves as a licensing agent for performance rights, and runs a theatrical bookshop on its premises at Fitzrovia in central London.
'''Samuel French Ltd''' (and Samuel French, Inc in the USA) is a company founded by Samuel French and Thomas Hailes Lacy, who formed a partnership to combine their interests in London and New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00381|title=Samuel French, Inc.: An Inventory of Its Correspondence in the Performing Arts Collection at the Harry Ransom Center|publisher=[[Harry Ransom Center]]|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> It publishes [[Play (theatre)|plays]], represents authors, and sells scripts from its Los Angeles, UK, and online bookstores. The company's London subsidiary, '''Samuel French Ltd.''', publishes stage plays for the UK market and serves as a licensing agent for performance rights, and runs a theatrical bookshop on its premises at Fitzrovia in central London.


The firm has offices in New York City, London, and Hollywood. In December 2018, Concord Music acquired Samuel French to form Concord Theatricals.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8490531/samuel-french-concord-music-theatricals-publisher-licensing-broadway|title=Concord Music Acquires Samuel French, Storied Theatrical Publisher|first=Marc|last=Schneider|date=December 17, 2018|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/theater/concord-music-samuel-french.html|title=Concord Music Acquires Samuel French in Big Push Into Theater Business|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first=Michael|last=Paulson|date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>
The firm has offices in New York City, London, and Hollywood. In December 2018, Concord Music acquired Samuel French to form Concord Theatricals.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8490531/samuel-french-concord-music-theatricals-publisher-licensing-broadway|title=Concord Music Acquires Samuel French, Storied Theatrical Publisher|first=Marc|last=Schneider|date=December 17, 2018|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/theater/concord-music-samuel-french.html|title=Concord Music Acquires Samuel French in Big Push Into Theater Business|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Michael|last=Paulson|date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>


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Revision as of 10:37, 16 June 2026

Samuel French Ltd (and Samuel French, Inc in the USA) is a company founded by Samuel French and Thomas Hailes Lacy, who formed a partnership to combine their interests in London and New York City.[1] It publishes plays, represents authors, and sells scripts from its Los Angeles, UK, and online bookstores. The company's London subsidiary, Samuel French Ltd., publishes stage plays for the UK market and serves as a licensing agent for performance rights, and runs a theatrical bookshop on its premises at Fitzrovia in central London.

The firm has offices in New York City, London, and Hollywood. In December 2018, Concord Music acquired Samuel French to form Concord Theatricals.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Samuel French, Inc.: An Inventory of Its Correspondence in the Performing Arts Collection at the Harry Ransom Center".Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ Schneider, Marc.(December 17, 2018)."Concord Music Acquires Samuel French, Storied Theatrical Publisher".Billboard.
  3. ↑ Paulson, Michael.(December 17, 2018)."Concord Music Acquires Samuel French in Big Push Into Theater Business".

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