''Anne Blake'' is an 1852
melodrama
A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on ...
by the British writer
John Westland Marston.
[Tuker p.371] It premiered at the
Princess's Theatre in
London
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on 28 October 1852. The original cast included
Charles Kean as Thorold,
Walter Lacy as Llaniston,
Ellen Kean as Anne Blake. The same year it appeared at the
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of ...
in
New York.
References
Bibliography
* Booth, Michael R. ''Prefaces to English Nineteenth-century Theatre''. Manchester University Press, 1980.
* Taylor, George. ''Players and Performances in the Victorian Theatre''. Manchester University Press, 1993.
* Tucker, Herbert F (ed.) ''A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture''. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
1852 plays
West End plays
British plays
Tragedy plays
Plays set in Wales
Plays by John Westland Marston
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