John Courtney | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:John_Courtney_as_Thames_Darrell_1840.jpg) John Courtney as Thames Darrell 1840 | |
| Born | John Fuller 29 August 1804[1] St James's, Westminster, London, England |
| Died | 17 February 1865 (aged 60)[1] Camberwell, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, actor, comedian |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Ann Norman |
| Children | John Fuller Courtney Albert Fuller Courtney Rose Helena Courtney Louise Marian Courtney Emily Courtney Clara Courtney Alice Courtney |
John Courtney (1804–1865) was a Victorian playwright, dramatic actor, and comedian. Courtney was the stage name of John Fuller.[1][2] He wrote over 60 plays,[1] including the popular dramas Time Tries All first performed in 1848,[3] which attained great success around the UK and also in the US from the 1850s to at least the 1880s, and Eustice Baudin (1854),[4] which attained even greater success in the USA through to at least the 1890s. He wrote the first theatrical adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1848) which was rediscovered in 2009.[5] One of his early acting performances was in 1829 as Colonel Freelove in The Day after the Wedding or A Wife's First Lesson adapted by Maria Theresa Kemble from the original French comedy.
- ^ a b c d Jane Eyre on Stage, 1848-1898 (2007) Patsy Stoneman, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p20 ISBN 9780754603481
- ^ The Letters of Charlotte Brontë: 1848-1851 (1995) Margaret Smith, Oxford University Press, p95 ISBN 9780198185987
- ^ Ltd, Samuel French (1922). French's Acting Edition of Plays, Dramas, Extravaganzas, Farces ... S. French.
- ^ Pettingell Collection Marcus Elmore Collection of play texts Accession No.- 0591454
- ^ The Oxford Companion to the Brontës (2011) Christine Alexander and Margaret Smith, Oxford University Press, "Theatre adaptations and biographies". Online edition.