The first of many stage adaptations of Ellen Wood
's sensation novel East Lynne, J. W. Archer
's Marriage Bells; or the Cottage on the Cliff, opened at the Effingham Theatre
.
Palmer, T. A., and Ellen Wood. “Appendix J: Extracts from T. A. Palmers adaptation of East LynneEast Lynne, edited by Andrew Maunder and Andrew Maunder, Broadview, 2000, pp. 741-76.