The second of four early dramatic adaptations of Aurora Floyd, this one by Benjamin Webster
, opened. Weak copyright law meant MEB
received nothing for the many pirated versions of her books that were...
Textual Production
Catherine Gore
This play was written in a bid to win a prize of £500 in a contest, sponsored by Benjamin Webster
of the Haymarket
, for the best modern comedy illustrative of British manners.
qtd. in
Donkin, Ellen. “Mrs. Gore gives tit for tat”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 54-74.
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Timeline
1 December 1929: The British Actors' Equity Association, the...