Broken Hearts

For other uses, see Broken Hearts (disambiguation).

Broken Hearts is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts styled "An entirely original fairy play". It opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 9 December 1875, running for three months, and toured the provinces in 1876.[1] It was revived at the Savoy Theatre in 1882 (with Gilbert playing Florian, alongside Hermann Vezin as Mousta, after an accident incapacitated the actor who was originally to have played Florian).[2] Julia Gwynne played Melthusine.[3] It was revived again in 1883, and yet again in 1888 starring Marion Terry in February and Julia Neilson in May, and also at Crystal Palace that year.[4] There was also a New York City production at the Madison Square Theatre.[1]

  1. ^ a b A Dictionary of the Drama entry on Broken Hearts
  2. ^ Stedman, Jane W. "General Utility: Victorian Author-Actors from Knowles to Pinero", Educational Theatre Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, October 1972, pp. 289–301, The Johns Hopkins University Press
  3. ^ Stedman, p. 191
  4. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Volume 7; pg. 261 (Macmillan, London: 1980)