“Plays of the Month”. The Theatre: a monthly review of the drama, music and the fine arts, Vol.
23
, May 1894, pp. 284-6, https://www.proquest.com/britishperiodicals/docview/8156537/BFEC9EF065B44705PQ/13?accountid=14474&imgSeq=3. 284
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Standard Name: Forbes-Robertson, Johnston
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Julia Constance Fletcher | JCF's first play, Mrs Lessingham, opened at the Garrick Theatre
in London. Elizabeth Robins
persuaded John Hare
to produce it, and herself played the lead, opposite Johnston Forbes-Robertson
. McVea, Deborah, and Jeremy Treglown. “The Times Literary Supplement and its Contributors”. TLS Centenary Archive. Fitzsimons, Eleanor. “Julia Constance Fletcher”. Beside Every Man, 19 Apr. 2016, https://eafitzsimons.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/julia-constance-fletcher/. |
| Performance of text | Julia Constance Fletcher | JCF's The Light That Failed, a stage adaptation (as George Fleming) of the young Kipling
's novel with the same title, opened at the Lyric Theatre in London, starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson
, Gertrude Elliott
, and Sydney Valentine
. “The Stage Version of The Light That Failed”. The Kipling Journal, Vol. 67 , No. 267, Sept. 1993, pp. 25-32, https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/pdf/KJ267.pdf. 25-6 McVea, Deborah, and Jeremy Treglown. “The Times Literary Supplement and its Contributors”. TLS Centenary Archive. 24 |
| Performance of text | John Oliver Hobbes | In the same year JOH
and Moore
also collaborated on the one-act comedy Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting (titled from Shakespeare
), which was performed in June 1895 (according to her father's memoir) Richards, John Morgan, and John Oliver Hobbes. “Pearl Richards Craigie: Biographical Sketch by her Father”. The Life of John Oliver Hobbes, J. Murray, 1911. 23 |
| Textual Production | Madeleine Lucette Ryley | After having what Forbes-Robertson
called so much success in Manchester the production went to London, where on 27 January 1902 it opened at the Lyric Theatre
. Engle, Sherry D. New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920. Palgrave MacMilan, 2007. 79, 97 |
| Textual Production | Madeleine Lucette Ryley | The play starred Johnston Forbes-Robertson
and Gertrude Elliott
. MLR's husband, J. H. Ryley
, also played a minor role as a parishioner. The production had thirty-two performances. Engle, Sherry D. New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920. Palgrave MacMilan, 2007. 85-7, 97 |
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