Abstract
In the summer of 1854, when at the Princess’s Theatre Charles Kean was achieving triumph as Mephistopheles in Faust and Marguerite; a burlesque play with the same title was produced at the Strand Theatre. The burlesque, “A Grand Operatic Extravaganza”, was a great success, it was published in Lacy’s Acting Edition of Victorian plays (volume 73) and its authors, James H. Tully and John Halford, acquired a small place in the variegated history of Nineteenth century drama.
However, the real name of Halford was not John, but Joseph, as will be demonstrated below. A sad irony, for a burlesque playwright, to have gone down in history with an erroneous name.
Lingua originale | English |
---|---|
pagine (da-a) | 555-558 |
Numero di pagine | 4 |
Rivista | Notes and Queries |
Volume | 61 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2014 |
Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |
Keywords
- Drama
- Eighteenth century
- Faust
- King Lear
- burlesque
- manuscript