Henry Chance Newton (13 March 1854 – 2 January 1931) was a British author and theatre critic for '' The Referee'' magazine. Newton had written about the stage since 1875 when he joined the staff of ''Hood's Comic Annual.'' He wrote using the pseudonym Gawain, the London correspondent, for the

New York Dramatic Mirror The ''New York Dramatic Mirror'' (1879–1922) was a prominent theatrical trade newspaper. History The paper was founded in January 1879 by Ernest Harvier as the ''New York Mirror''. In stating its purpose to cover the theater, it proclaimed t ...

, and as Carados for ''The Referee.'' Newton, in conjunction with Richard Butler, wrote libretti for musical comedy under the joint collaborative name of Richard Henry. Works attributed to Richard Henry include ''

Monte Cristo Jr. ''Monte Cristo Jr.'' was a Victorian burlesque with a libretto written by Richard Henry, a pseudonym for the writers Richard Butler and Henry Chance Newton. The score was composed by Meyer Lutz, Ivan Caryll, Hamilton Clarke, Tito Mattei, G. ...

'' (burlesque melodrama 1886); ''Jubilation'' (musical mixture 1887); '' Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim'', a parody of the

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novel ''

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'', presented at the

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, in 1887; and ''Opposition'' (a debate in one sitting 1892).

Publications

*Henry Chance Newton, ''History of "Ye George and Vulture Tavern"'' (1909) *Henry Chance Newton, ''The Old Vic. and Its Associations: Being My Own Extraordinary Experiences of "Queen Wictoria's Own Theayter"'' (1923) *Henry Chance Newton, ''Idols of the "Halls": being my Music Hall Memories''

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Plays by Henry Chance Newton on Great War Theatre
1854 births 1931 deaths 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights 19th-century British dramatists and playwrights {{UK-writer-stub