James Sheridan Knowles

Standard Name: Knowles, James Sheridan

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Family and Intimate relationships Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Newspapers spread, apparently at publisher John Maxwell 's behest, the story that he and MEB had recently married; this rumour was soon discredited when his wife's family publicly protested.
His wife's brother-in-law, Richard Brinsley Knowles
Friends, Associates Geraldine Jewsbury
Other friends and acquaintances of the Jewburys in Manchester included the journalists Alexander Ireland and Thomas Ballantyne , Francis Espinasse , educational reformer William Ballantyne Hodgson , historian William Hepworth Dixon (whose daughter Ella provided...
Occupation Fanny Kemble
The following year was her peak season as an actress, in which she played the part of Julia in The Hunchback by Sheridan Knowles .
Clinton, Catherine. Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Simon and Schuster, 2000.
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12 May 1784: James Sheridan Knowles, playwright, was born...

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12 May 1784

James Sheridan Knowles , playwright, was born at Cork, Ireland.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1810: James Sheridan Knowles's first play, Leo;...

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1810

James Sheridan Knowles 's first play, Leo; or the Gypsy, was performed in Waterford, Ireland.
Meeks, Leslie Howard. Sheridan Knowles and the Theatre of His Time. Principia Press, 1933.
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13 February 1815: Caius Gracchus, a tragedy by James Sheridan...

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13 February 1815

Caius Gracchus, a tragedy by James Sheridan Knowles , was first performed at the Belfast Theatre.
Meeks, Leslie Howard. Sheridan Knowles and the Theatre of His Time. Principia Press, 1933.
139

By 5 April 1832: James Sheridan Knowles published his most...

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By 5 April 1832

James Sheridan Knowles published his most successful play, The Hunchback.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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24 April 1833: The Wife by James Sheridan Knowles opened...

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24 April 1833

The Wife by James Sheridan Knowles opened on stage in London; it was published this year with a Prologue and Epilogue by Charles Lamb .
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

10 June 1833: The Dramatic Copyright Act was passed....

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10 June 1833

The Dramatic Copyright Act was passed.
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.
(1833): 138
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
chronology
Emeljanow, Victor. Victorian Popular Dramatists. Twayne, 1987.
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By 14 October 1837: James Sheridan Knowles published his play...

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By 14 October 1837

James Sheridan Knowles published his play The Love Chase.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
520 (1837): 771
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

30 November 1862: James Sheridan Knowles, playwright, died...

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30 November 1862

James Sheridan Knowles , playwright, died at Torquay, Devon.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

March 1890: The renowned English actress Mrs Patrick...

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March 1890

The renowned English actress Mrs Patrick Campbell made her first appearance on the London stage in Sheridan Knowles 's The Hunchback.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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