Richard Henry (pseudonym)
Encyclopedia
Richard Henry is a pseudonym credited on collaborative works of authors Richard Butler
and Henry Chance Newton
.
Works attributed to Richard Henry include Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim
, a parody of the Mary Shelly novel Frankenstein
, presented at the Gaiety Theatre, London
, in 1887.
Richard Butler (author)
Richard William Butler was a British dramatist and editor of The Referee magazine in the late Victorian period.He shared a joint pen name, Richard Henry, with Henry Chance Newton...
and Henry Chance Newton
Henry Chance Newton
Henry Chance Newton was a British author and theatre critic for The Referee magazine.Newton, in conjunction with Richard Butler, wrote libretti for musical comedy under the joint collaborative name of Richard Henry...
.
Works attributed to Richard Henry include Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim
Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim
Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim is a musical burlesque written by Richard Henry . The music was composed by Meyer Lutz...
, a parody of the Mary Shelly novel Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
, presented at the Gaiety Theatre, London
Gaiety Theatre, London
The Gaiety Theatre, London was a West End theatre in London, located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand. The theatre was established as the Strand Musick Hall , in 1864 on the former site of the Lyceum Theatre. It was rebuilt several times, but closed from the beginning of World War II...
, in 1887.
Selected works
- Monte Cristo, Jr - (burlesque melodrama 1886)
- Jubilation - (musical mixture 1887)
- Frankenstein, or The Vampire's VictimFrankenstein, or The Vampire's VictimFrankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim is a musical burlesque written by Richard Henry . The music was composed by Meyer Lutz...
- (burlesque 1887) - Opposition - (a debate in one sitting 1892)