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Maud's Peril
''Maud's Peril'' in an 1867 play by Watts Phillips. It debuted in London at the Adelphi Theatre on 23 October 1867, and at Wallack's Theatre in New York City on 25 November 1867.(25 November 1867)Advertisement ''New York Tribune'' (advertisement for New York debut of play)(23 November 1867)Advertisement ''New York Tribune'' (advertisement that ''The Belle's Stratagem'' would conclude that night and ''Maude's Peril'' would debut on Monday)Maud's Peril: A Drama in Four Acts (Robert M. De Witt, Publisher) ''Illustrated Sporting and Theatrical News'', Nov. 30, 1867, p. 760 The play is based in part on ''Le Forcat'' by |
Watts Phillips
Watts Phillips (16 November 1825 – 2 December 1874) was an English illustrator, novelist and playwright best known for his play ''The Dead Heart'', which served as a model for Charles Dickens' '' A Tale of Two Cities''. In a memoir, his sister Emma recalled that he had “many difficulties” in his life and waged “a gallant struggle against chequered fortune.” She described him as a “bright and buoyant character”, “a really brilliant, energetic man, who had many gifts and accomplishments, with a cheerful, undaunted spirit, which to the last helped him to encounter trials, and a vein of humour which was as much at the service of his friends as it was to that of the public.” Emma also noted that “at times he sank into fits of despondency, from which he suffered much.” A friend wrote of him that, “Few men were quicker of temper, more bitter and sarcastic in anger – and very few were so ready to forget and forgive…he could never sleep after a quarrel…until t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelphi Theatre
The Adelphi Theatre is a West End theatre, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, central London. The present building is the fourth on the site. The theatre has specialised in comedy and musical theatre, and today it is a receiving house for a variety of productions, including many musicals. The theatre was Grade II listed for historical preservation on 1 December 1987. History 19th century It was founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil ("Without Compare"), by merchant John Scott, and his daughter Jane (1770–1839). Jane was a British theatre manager, performer, and playwright. Together, they gathered a theatrical company and by 1809 the theatre was licensed for musical entertainments, pantomime, and burletta. She wrote more than fifty stage pieces in an array of genres: melodramas, pantomimes, farces, comic operettas, historical dramas, and adaptations, as well as translations. Jane Scott retired to Surrey in 1819, marrying John Davies Middleton (1790– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallack's Theatre
Three New York City playhouses named Wallack's Theatre played an important part in the history of American theater, as the successive homes of the stock company managed by actors James W. Wallack and his son, Lester Wallack. During its 35-year lifetime, from 1852 to 1887, that company developed and held a reputation as the best theater company in the country. Each theater operated under other names and managers after (and in one case before) the Wallack company's tenure. All three are demolished. 485 Broadway James W. Wallack and Lester Wallack, father and son, were 19th century actors and theater managers; that is, entrepreneurs whose business was a theatrical stock company, a troupe of actors and support personnel presenting a variety of plays in one theater. Actor-managers, such as the Wallacks, were members of their own company. Often, a manager leased a theater from its owner, and since the building was deemed an important part of the playgoer's experience, typica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Tribune
The ''New-York Tribune'' was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley. It bore the moniker ''New-York Daily Tribune'' from 1842 to 1866 before returning to its original name. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the dominant newspaper first of the American Whig Party, then of the Republican Party. The paper achieved a circulation of approximately 200,000 in the 1850s, making it the largest daily paper in New York City at the time. The ''Tribune''s editorials were widely read, shared, and copied in other city newspapers, helping to shape national opinion. It was one of the first papers in the north to send reporters, correspondents, and illustrators to cover the campaigns of the American Civil War. It continued as an independent daily newspaper until 1924, when it merged with the ''New York Herald''. The resulting '' New York Herald Tribune'' remained in publication until 1966. Among those who served on the paper's editorial board were Bayard Taylor, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Belle's Stratagem
''The Belle's Stratagem'' is a romantic comedy of manners, the most successful work of its playwright, Hannah Cowley. It received its premiere on 22 February 1780,Winter, William. Preface to "Two Old Comedies: The Belle's Stratagem and The Wonder. Reduced and Re-arranged by Augustin Daly." pp. 11-14. Privately printed from the prompt books at Daly's Theatre, 1893. Accessed at https://books.google.com/books?id=e2CKdMWUb9wC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false presented by David Garrick, filling the 2,000-seat Drury Lane theatre.Swale, Jessica. "The Belle of London: Hannah Cowley." Program notes, Southwark Playhouse's 2011 production of "The Belle's Stratagem." The play became a major hit of the season, with Queen Charlotte enjoying it so much that she decreed it be performed for the royal family once a season for several years.Winter Its title comes from George Farquhar's play ''The Beaux' Stratagem''. Synopsis The play's double plotline concerns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Marie-Charles De Bernard Du Grail De La Villette
Pierre-Marie-Charles de Bernard du Grail de la Villette (24 February 1804 – 6 March 1850), better known simply as Charles de Bernard, was a French writer. Biography He was born in Besançon, member of a very ancient family of the Vivarais, was educated at the college of his native city, and studied for the law in Dijon and at Paris. He was awarded a prize by the Académie des Jeux Floraux for his ''Une fête de Neron'' in 1829. This first success in literature did not prevent him aspiring to the Magistrature, when the July Revolution broke out and induced him to enter politics. He became one of the founders of the ''Gazette de Franche-Comté'' and an article in the pages of that journal about La peau de chagrin earned him the thanks and the friendship of Honoré de Balzac. The latter induced him to take up his domicile in Paris and introduced him to the art of novel-writing. Writing Bernard had published a volume of odes: 'Plus Deuil que Joie' (1838), which was not much noticed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Copyright Act Of 1891
The International Copyright Act of 1891 (, March 3, 1891) is the first U.S. congressional act that extended limited protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations. Formally known as the "International Copyright Act of 1891", but more commonly referred to as the "Chace Act" after Sen. Jonathan Chace of Rhode Island. The International Copyright Act of 1891 was created because many people shunned the idea of literary piracy. It was the first U.S. congressional act that offered copyright protection in the United States to citizens of countries other than the United States. The act extended limited protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations. It was also important for American creators since they were more likely to have international copyright protection in countries that were offered the same protection by the United States. The Act empowered the President to extend copyright to works of foreign nationals. The act was passed on March 3, 1891, by the 51s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Billington (actor)
John Billington (31 August 1828 – 8 September 1904) was an English actor, for many years a member of the company of the Adelphi Theatre in London. Life Adelphi Theatre Through his appearances outside London, Billington acquired the reputation of being a painstaking and efficient actor. He first appeared in London in April 1857, at the Adelphi Theatre in the play ''Like and Unlike''. He remained a member of the theatre company, under the management of Benjamin Webster, until 1868."Billington, John". Charles E Pascoe, editor. ''The Dramatic List: a record of the performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage''. 1880. During this time he appeared in most of the original performances of notable plays. Such roles included Walter in ''The Poor Strollers'' by Watts Phillips in January 1858; Frederick Wardour in Tom Taylor's ''The House or the Home'' in May 1859; Hardress Cregan in ''The Colleen Bawn'' by Dion Boucicault in September 1860; George Peyton in Boucicault' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Herbert
Louisa Ruth Herbert (1831 – 1921) was a well-known Victorian-era English stage actress and model for the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Actress She was the daughter of a West Country brass founder. She was also known as Mrs. Crabbe, having married Edward Crabb, a share and stock dealer, which gave her a certain measure of respectability generally lacking in actresses in the Victorian era. By the mid-1850s, she was no longer living with her husband. She embellished the surname Crabb with a final "e" but used her maiden name as a stage name. She had performed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1855 before she made her London stage debut on 15 October 1855 at the lower-class Royal Strand Theatre. She also acted at the Olympic Theatre before moving on to St. James's Theatre, London. Her early roles were in comedy and burlesque productions and she drew eyes with her beauty. She drew favorable reviews with her performance as the lead in Tom Taylor's ''Retribution'' at the Olympic. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeline Billington
Adeline Billington (3 January 1826 – 23 January 1917), was an English actress and teacher. Biography Adeline Mortimer was born 3 January 1826, in England. She married John Billington, a fellow actor. Billington made her London debut in ''Cupid and Psyche'' at the Adelphi Theatre. She worked in that theatre for 16 years. She often worked with her husband. Billington was popular with Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ... for several of her performances in the theatrical performances of his works. Billington was friends with Vaughan Williams as well. Billington also worked as an acting teacher, knowns as "Mother of the stage". She died in London on 23 January 1917. Sources 1826 births 1917 deaths 19th-century English actresses {{England-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browne's Chop House
Browne's Chop House was a New York City restaurant that was popular with the theatrical crowd. It closed in 1925.Grimes, William (2009)''Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York'' p. 74. History Founding The establishment was founded by the actor George F. Browne as early as 1857 and at least by 1861 was an eating place for actors, known as the Green Room.(1 June 1885)"George F. Browne Dead; The Old Actor and Chop House Keeper Gone After a Long Illness" ''New York Times''. It was originally located on Fourteenth Street near Wallack's Theatre, where Browne was a member of the company. It later moved to 33–35 West Twenty-Eighth Street and then to 31 West Twenty-Seventh Street.''Appleton's Dictionary of New York'' (1890). p. 48. Browne's was located on 27th Street in 1890.Mower, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Eytinge
Rose Eytinge (November 21, 1835 – December 20, 1911) was a Jewish American actress and author. She is thought to be the first American actor to earn a three figure salary. Biography Eytinge was born November 21, 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began on the amateur stage at 17 and soon was invited to join a professional touring company. Her professional debut was on stage at the Olympic Theatre. She performed with Edwin Booth in "The Fool's Revenge". With Booth and others, she toured Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.. President Abraham Lincoln attended her performances and she was invited to the White House. In 1855, she married the newspaperman and author David M. Barnes (1820-1900), but was divorced in 1862. They had one daughter, Rose Courtney, an actress who married actor John T. Raymond. Her niece, Pearl Eytinge, was also an actress. In 1869, she married Colonel George H. Butler, U. S. Consul General to Egypt. They lived abroad f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
