"Trilby (play) Trilby is a stage play by Paul M. Potter based on the 1895 novel ""Trilby"" by George du Maurier. The play originated in the United States in March 1895 where the role of Svengali was created by American actor Wilton Lackaye at the Boston Museum. It was a success in England as directed, produced by and starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali, with Dorothea Baird in the title role, opening at the Haymarket Theatre in October 1895. While touring the United States in the Spring of 1895 Tree heard of the success of an adaptation of du"
"a film, and as an opera. His second novel ""Trilby"", was published in 1894. It fitted into the gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the ""fin de siècle"", and the book was hugely popular. The story of the poor artist's model Trilby O'Ferrall, transformed into a diva under the spell of the evil musical genius Svengali, created a sensation. Soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and even the city of Trilby in Florida, were all named for the heroine, and the variety of soft felt hat with an indented crown that was worn in the London stage dramatization of"
"Maurier's 1894 novel ""Trilby"". A hat of this style was worn in the first London production of the play, and promptly came to be called ""a ""Trilby"" hat"". Its shape somewhat resembles the Tyrolean hat. Traditionally it was made from rabbit hair felt, but now is usually made from other materials, such as tweed, straw, heavyweight cotton, wool and wool/nylon blends. The hat reached its zenith of common popularity in the 1960s; the lower head clearance in American automobiles made it impractical to wear a hat with a tall crown while driving. It faded from popularity in the 1970s when"
"to an eponymous ballad by William Makepeace Thackeray. ""Trilby"" inspired Gaston Leroux's novel ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1910) in part. It was also known for introducing the phrase ""in the altogether"" (meaning ""completely unclothed"") and the term ""Svengali"" for a man with dominating powers over a (generally female) protégée, as well as indirectly inspiring the name of the trilby hat, originally worn on stage by a character in the play based on the novel. Trilby has generated much obloquy for its depiction of Svengali, which some find to be antisemitic. Most notably, George Orwell wrote that the novel is"
"called ""The Trifler"". Her first novel ""Mills of God"" was published in 1901. Although it did not reach ""The Bookman"" 's Top 10 bestselling books list for the whole year of 1904, ""Nancy Stair"" was a best-selling book and received well by critics. It was adapted for the stage in 1905 by Paul M. Potter, who was best known for his hit play ""Trilby"", an adaptation of the very popular 1894 novel. It played on Broadway at the Criterion Theatre for a month in 1905, though it was not a success. Lane's last novel, ""Katrine"", was released almost coincident with"
"the second book of the novel ""Alexandria Quartet"" by Lawrence Durrell, Scobie, a gay pirate, tells the protagonist Darley that when he cross-dresses he wears a Dolly Varden hat. One of the most famous uses of the name in theatre was the ""Dolly Varden"" comic opera which opened in 1902 starring Lulu Glaser. Although the main character fit the image of the Dickens character, the play itself was based on ""The Country Wife"" by William Wycherley. Another interesting occurrence of the name is in the eponymous decorative cake, a recipe for which features in the 1980 ""Australian Women's Weekly Children's"
"Trilby (ballet) Trilby is a ballet in 2 acts and 3 scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Yuli Gerber. Libretto by Marius Petipa, based on the 1822 novella ""Trilby, ou Le Lutin d'Argail "" by Charles Nodier, first presented by the Ballet of the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre on January 25/February 6 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1870, in Moscow with Polina Karpakova as Trilby and Ludiia Geiten as Miranda and restaged by Petipa for the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre on January 17–29, 1871 in St. Petersburg with Adèle Grantzow as Trilby and Lev Ivanov"
"John D'Auban. The play was a huge financial success, and from the profits Tree built Her Majesty's Theatre. Fifty years later Max Beerbohm persisted in his evaluation of the play, telling his biographer Samuel Behrman, ""I was right about ""Trilby""."" The play was revived many times, including at the Apollo Theatre in the 1920s. It became so popular that it was travestied, including as ""A Model Trilby; or, A Day or Two After Du Maurier"" (1895) by Charles H. E. Brookfield and William Yardley, with music by Meyer Lutz, at the Opera Comique, produced by the retired Nellie Farren. Tree"
"recently, editions of the novel have been released by Dover in 1978, by Oxford University Press in 1990, and by the Trollope Society in 1996. Trollope received a total of £2500 for the novel: the same amount that he had received for ""The Vicar of Bullhampton"" the previous year, and that he received for ""The Eustace Diamonds"" two years later. Charles Reade adapted the plot of ""Ralph the Heir"" for the stage under the name ""Shilly-Shally"". The play ran for a month in 1872 at the Gaiety Theatre in London, with Trollope and Reade listed as the authors. Trollope, who"
"The stage adaptation diverges considerably from the book and seems influenced by Truffaut's movie. For example, fire chief Beatty's character is fleshed out and is the wordiest role in the play. As in the movie, Clarisse does not simply disappear but in the finale meets up with Montag as a book character (she as Robert Louis Stevenson, he as Edgar Allan Poe). The UK premiere of Bradbury's stage adaptation was not until 2003 in Nottingham, while it took until 2006 before the Godlight Theatre Company produced and performed its New York City premiere at 59E59 Theaters. After the completion of"
"as Count Leopold. The famous variation for the male dancer in the ""Le Corsaire"" pas de deux is from Gerber's score for ""Trilby""; a painting of dancers from the ballet in costume (as fledglings emerging from the shell) by Viktor Hartmann was one of the paintings which inspired ""Pictures at an Exhibition"" by Mussorgsky. Trilby (ballet) Trilby is a ballet in 2 acts and 3 scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Yuli Gerber. Libretto by Marius Petipa, based on the 1822 novella ""Trilby, ou Le Lutin d'Argail "" by Charles Nodier, first presented by the Ballet of"
"Virginia Harned Virginia Harned (May 29, 1868 – April 29, 1946), born Virginia Hicks, was a noted American stage actress at the turn of the 20th century. She is mainly remembered for playing the title character in the 1895 Broadway premiere of the play ""Trilby"" based on George Du Maurier's novel of the same name. The play had previously premiered in England with an English actress. Her second husband was E. H. Sothern, who later married Julia Marlowe, and her third husband was actor William Courtenay, who appeared on stage with her several times and who left her a widow"
"Svengali (musical) Svengali is a musical with a book and lyrics by Gregory Boyd and music by Frank Wildhorn. It is based on the 1894 novel ""Trilby"" by George du Maurier. The title character in this Gothic tale is a vocal coach who uses hypnotism to transform the tone-deaf Trilby into an acclaimed singer and steals her away from Little Billie, a sculptor for whom she has posed. At first the girl can remember nothing about her past, but as her memory slowly returns, she attempts to break free from her possessive mentor. The musical has been staged twice, both"
"in 1933. Virginia Harned Virginia Harned (May 29, 1868 – April 29, 1946), born Virginia Hicks, was a noted American stage actress at the turn of the 20th century. She is mainly remembered for playing the title character in the 1895 Broadway premiere of the play ""Trilby"" based on George Du Maurier's novel of the same name. The play had previously premiered in England with an English actress. Her second husband was E. H. Sothern, who later married Julia Marlowe, and her third husband was actor William Courtenay, who appeared on stage with her several times and who left her"
"play by John Buckstone in October 1839 at the Adelphi Theatre starring Mary Anne Keeley. It has been described as the ""exemplary climax"" of ""the pictorial novel dramatized pictorially"". (It seems likely that Cruikshank's illustrations were deliberately created in a form that would be easy to repeat as tableaux on stage.) The novel was also adapted as popular burlesque ""Little Jack Sheppard"" in 1885. For an overview of the literary response, see Ellis 1933. The story generated a form of cultural mania, embellished by pamphlets, prints, cartoons, plays, and souvenirs, not repeated until George du Maurier's ""Trilby"" in 1895. It"
"by Adrian Ross), which Fred Leslie had begun to write as a star vehicle for comedian Arthur Roberts but died before finishing, and Tanner also directed the production. Tanner also directed the original Gaiety Theatre production of ""The Shop Girl"" (1894) and ""An Artist's Model"" (1895) and ""A Modern Trilby"" (1895, starring Nellie Farren), both at Daly's Theatre. After that, Tanner focused on writing some of the most popular shows of the period for Edwardes, with music mostly by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton and often lyrics by Adrian Ross and one or the other of the Greenbank brothers, including"
"In Hugh Walpole's ""Fortitude"", the protagonist Peter references ""Peregrine Pickle"" as a text that inspires him to document his own memoirs. ""The Expedition of Humphry Clinker"" was adapted for radio in three one-hour episodes in August 2008. It was dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus and starred Stuart McLoughlin as Clinker and Nigel Anthony as Mathew Bramble. Tobias Smollett Tobias George Smollett (19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as ""The Adventures of Roderick Random"" (1748) and ""The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle"" (1751), and ""The Expedition of"
"mostly retired from the stage. In 1895, Farren had a partial recovery and managed her own company at the Opera Comique but had little success. One piece by this company that was well reviewed was ""A Model Trilby; or, A Day or Two After Du Maurier"", by Charles H. E. Brookfield and William Yardley, with music by Meyer Lutz. The piece was a burlesque of the Haymarket Theatre's hit adaptation of George Du Maurier's popular novel, ""Trilby"". However, Farren lost her savings on the venture. George Edwardes organised a gala benefit for Farren at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on"
"Lackaye originated the role of Svengali and Virginia Harned played the title role. The play was revived many times, including at the Apollo Theatre in the 1920s. The play was so popular that it was travestied, including as ""A Model Trilby; or, A Day or Two After Du Maurier"" by Charles H. E. Brookfield and William Yardley, with music by Meyer Lutz, at the Opera Comique, produced by the retired Nellie Farren. The novel has also been adapted to film numerous times: A musical adaptation by Frank Wildhorn, entitled ""Svengali"", was staged twice in 1991. The Trilby story was parodied"
"Trilby', written by Cart Howard following the success of the stage play ""Trilby"", and which Freeman sang dressed in female attire. During the early 1890s Freeman was living in London, and when the Grand Order of Water Rats was formed in 1890 by Joe Elvin and Jack Lotto, music hall star Dan Leno was to have been the first King Rat of the order, but he preferred not to be King for the first year, and the office went instead to Freeman. In 1896 he appeared on the bill at 'The Paragon Theatre of Varieties' on the Mile End Road"
"and the other composed by Hugo Wolf called ""Der Corregidor"". The Three-Cornered Hat (novel) The Three-Cornered Hat () is a novel written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón in 1874. It was adapted into the ballet ""The Three-Cornered Hat"", by Manuel de Falla. The novel has a theatrical format and it has been compared with ""Don Quijote"", by Cervantes. The piece should be classified as a short story and it contains popular tradition with a linear plot line. ""The Three-Cornered Hat"" has been adapted into a musical comedy by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz called ""Revenge with Music"" (1934), and an"
"play and on his return to London mounted his own production, firstly at the Theatre Royal in Manchester on 7 September 1895 and finally on 30 October 1895 at the Haymarket Theatre in London. The two Manchester performances secured British copyright for Potter’s adaptation. Tree’s company then toured, performing ""Trilby"" at the Grand Theatre, Leeds 11–14 September; at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow 16 and 20 September; at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh 23–27 September; at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool 30 September-5 October; at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin 7–12 October; at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle 14–19"
"his childhood friend and fellow enthusiast in literature, Charles Weiss. A collection of Nodier's dream writings (""De Quelques Phénomènes Du Sommeil"") was published by Le Castor Astral in 1996. Nodier's 1822 novella ""Trilby, ou le lutin d'Argail"", provided the inspiration for the ballet ""La Sylphide"", 1832, to a scenario devised by Adolphe Nourrit. In 1870, the novella was adapted for another ballet titled ""Trilby"" by the great choreographer Marius Petipa, balletmaster of the Tsar's Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia. The libretto of John Barnett's 1834 opera ""The Mountain Sylph"" is also adapted from ""Trilby"", via the ballet ""La Sylphide""."
"Taylor, Stewart Rome and Violet Hopson. The play was adapted a second time in 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as ""The Actress"", directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Shearer. There was also a 1938 adaptation directed by Tyrone Guthrie Trelawny of the 'Wells' Trelawny of the 'Wells' is an 1898 comic play by Arthur Wing Pinero. It tells the story of a theatre star who attempts to give up the stage for love, but is unable to fit into conventional society. ""Trelawny of the 'Wells""' tells the story of Rose Trelawny, a popular star of melodrama plays at the Barridge Wells"
"burlesque entitled ""A Trilby Triflet"" was introduced as part of ""Gentleman Joe"" a week after ""Looking for Trilby"" opened at the Haymarket Theatre. ""The Times"" newspaper praised Roberts for his imitation of Herbert Beerbohm Tree. The cast of ""Gentleman Joe"" also included Kitty Loftus as Emma and W. H. Denny as Pilkington Jones. A second company also presented the show in the British provinces beginning in 1895. There was soon a Newark, New Jersey production in late 1895 at Miner's Theatre and then the production transferred to the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City in January 1896. An American"
"Trelawny of the 'Wells' Trelawny of the 'Wells' is an 1898 comic play by Arthur Wing Pinero. It tells the story of a theatre star who attempts to give up the stage for love, but is unable to fit into conventional society. ""Trelawny of the 'Wells""' tells the story of Rose Trelawny, a popular star of melodrama plays at the Barridge Wells Theatre (a thinly disguised Sadler's Wells Theatre). Rose gives up the stage when she decides to marry her sweetheart, Arthur Gower, in order to please his conservative family. She finds life with Arthur's grandfather and great-aunt, Sir William"
"opposite John Barrymore. Marsh was chosen by Barrymore, himself, for the role of Trilby. Barrymore, who had selected her partly because she resembled his wife, coached her performance throughout the picture's filming. ""Svengali"" was based on the 1894 novel ""Trilby"" written by George du Maurier. A popular play, likewise entitled ""Trilby"", followed in 1895. In the film version, Marsh plays the artist's model Trilby, who is transformed into a great opera star by the sinister hypnotist, Svengali. The word ""Svengali'"" has entered the English language, defining a person who, with sometimes evil intent, tries to persuade another to do what"
"October; and at the Theatre Royal in Birmingham 21–26 October. The London premiere on 30 October 1895 was the company’s first presentation at the Haymarket since returning from their American tour. Potter's original script was revised for Tree, who himself played Svengali, giving even more significance to the role of Svengali in the play than in the novel. For the lead role of Trilby O'Ferrall he chose the 20-year-old Dorothea Baird, who had made her London debut in 1894 as Hippolyta in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". Tree directed the production. The musical director was Raymond Rôze, and the choreographer was"
"title was taken from a passage in Thomas Babbington Macaulay's poem ""Ivry"", which its author adopted as a motto: ""Press where ye see my white plume shine amidst the ranks of war, ""And be your oriflamme today, the helmet of Navarre."" The book went on to become No. 3 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for the entire year of 1901 as determined by ""The New York Times"". The year of its release, she teamed up with playwright Lawrence Marston to adapt her story to the Broadway stage in a production by Charles Frohman. A 1901"
"was George du Maurier's ""Trilby"", later in 1895. This ran for over 260 performances and made such profits that Tree was able to build Her Majesty's Theatre and establish RADA. In 1896 Cyril Maude and Frederick Harrison became lessees, opening with ""Under the Red Robe"", an adaptation of Stanley Wyman's novel. In 1897 ""The Little Minister"" by J. M. Barrie ran for 320 performances. In 1904, the auditorium was redesigned in Louis XVI style by C. Stanley Peach. The following year, Maude acquired the Playhouse Theatre by Charing Cross Station, leaving Harrison in sole control. In 1909, Herbert Trench produced"
"filmed the play in 1914, which was released as ""Trilby""; he was the only member of the original cast to appear. The 1915 American film ""Trilby"" starred Wilton Lackaye and Clara Kimball Young. An adaptation of the novel was broadcast as a BBC ""Play of the Month"" in the UK on 25 January 1976. The action is set in Paris during the 1850s. Act I Three British art students share a studio in Paris. 'Taffy' Wynne and Sandy McAlister are attracted by the young Irish model Trilby O'Ferrall, but 'Little Billee' Bagot wants to marry her, even though he is"
"of styles and structures first used in ""Red Shift"" (1973) and ""Strandloper"" (1996). Thursbitch Thursbitch is a novel by English writer Alan Garner, named after the valley in the Pennines of England where the action occurs (also listed in the 1841 OS map as ""Thursbatch""). It was published in 2003. Set both in the 18th century and the present day, the novel centres on the mystery of an inscription on an extant engraved wayside stone tablet about a death from exposure. The book features shamanic use of the fly agaric mushroom and a piece of Derbyshire Blue John as plot"
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887 play) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a four-act play written by Thomas Russell Sullivan in collaboration with the actor Richard Mansfield. It is an adaptation of ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", an 1886 novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story focuses on the respected London doctor Henry Jekyll and his involvement with Edward Hyde, a loathsome criminal. After Hyde murders the father of Jekyll's fiancée, Jekyll's friends discover that he and Jekyll are the same person; Jekyll has developed a potion that allows him to transform himself"