''The Three Strangers'' is an 1825 stage
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
Harriet Lee. It was based on one of her own works, ''Kruitzner'', co-written as part of ''The Canterbury Tales'' with her sister
Sophia.
It premiered at the
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orch ...
on 10 December 1825. The cast included
James Prescott Warde as Kruitzner,
Daniel Egerton as Baron Stralenheim,
Charles Kemble
Charles Kemble (25 November 1775 – 12 November 1854) was a British actor from the prominent Kemble family.
Life
Charles Kemble was one of 13 siblings and the youngest son of English Roman Catholic theatre manager/actor Roger Kemble, and Ir ...
as Conrad,
John Cooper as the Hungarian,
George Bartley as Idenstein,
William Blanchard as the Intendant,
William Claremont
William Claremont (died 1832) was a British stage actor who spent many years in the companies of the leading London theatres at Covent Garden, Haymarket and Drury Lane. He was born William Cleaver in London as the son of a shop assistant and a d ...
as Weilberg,
William Chapman as Herman,
Louisa Chatterley
Louisa Chatterley or Louisa Place born Louisa Simeon (1797 – 4 November 1866) was a British actress. She was involved in an embezzlement case, and later married a noted social reformer with fifteen children.
Life
Louisa Simeon was born in Piccad ...
as Josephine and
Julia Glover
Julia Betterton Glover (8 January 1779 – 16 July 1850) was an Irish-born stage actress well known for her comic roles in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Biography
Glover was born Julia Butterton in 1779
or 1781 in Newry, Ireland. ...
as Mrs Weilberg. A relative disappointment, the play was performed four times and Lee retired after this.
[Franceschina p.68-69]
References
Bibliography
* Burwick, Frederick Goslee, Nancy Moore & Hoeveler Diane Long. ''The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
* Franceschina, John C. ''Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843''. Routledge, 2014.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850''. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
1825 plays
West End plays
British plays
Plays based on novels
Plays set in Germany
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