Octoroon
stage manager and actor – (1802-1899) was born 3 December 1802 in Bristol. He went on to become a famous...
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On July 18, 1860, the Boucicaults returned to England and on 18 November 1861, almost two years after its New...
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When he returned to England in 1860, Dion Boucicault initially teamed up with the management at the New Adelphi Royal...
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When he returned to England in 1860, Dion Boucicault initially teamed up with the management at the New Adelphi Royal...
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The Britannia was built by theatre architects Finch Hill & Edward Lewis Paraire and opened on Monday the 8th of...
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The Britannia was built by theatre architects Finch Hill & Edward Lewis Paraire and opened on Monday the 8th of...
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Almost as soon as "The Octoroon" opened in New York, both Boucicault and Robertson claimed that Robertson had received death...
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The Britannia Promptbooks mention several performances of The Octoroon (in addition to bearing the inscription from F. Wilton “hys Boke...
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The Octoroon promptbook belonging to Frederick Wilton is held at the Univeity of Kent’s Templeman library. Wilton's promptbook is playfully...
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One of the important resources for this Octoroon project is the “Scudder” part of the Octoroon promptbook at the University...
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Frederick Wilton's Octoroon promptbook, from the Britannia Theatre, held at the University of Kent Templeman Library, is constructed from a...
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The Octoroon was actually performed on the colonial stages of Australia a full ten months before it was staged in...
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The Melbourne Argus reviewed the opening night of The Octoroon in Australia, featuring Madame Marie Duret, with a brief retelling...
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Opened 27 December 1858, Benjamin Webster manager from 1858-1872. The theatre was replaced in 1901 for the Third Adelphi Theatre.
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Opened 27 December 1858, Benjamin Webster manager from 1858-1872. The theatre was replaced in 1901 for the Third Adelphi Theatre.
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In this interview ("A Splendid Record: Mrs Dion Boucicault," The Sketch, May 16, 1894, 146), Robertson recounted that it...
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