february british officer arms period approximately years wrote adapted collaborated plays wide range genres including comedy melodrama opera responsible introducing historically accurate costume nineteenth century british theatre subsequently acknowledged expert historical costume publishing number works topic interest historical costume led antiquarian research including elected fellow society influential foundation promoted undertook ceremonial duties member included proclaiming peace end war investing foreign monarchs early personal life born london parents cousins descendants refugees fled england following moderately prosperous trade learned geneva personally known king george iii pronounced beginning life added added accent restoring french pronunciation editors writing particular work wooden educated home age mother written treatise education sent boarding school words french spoke child french landscape painter curtailed death years later apprentice hope opportunity sell writings period joined amateur theatre company acted wrote plays manuscript early plays king little britain chance seen comic actor recognising potential brought acted performance theatre royal favourable reception launched theatrical career marriage family april married playwright wrote welsh girl shortly opening successful reception continued write stage successful plays olympic driver ransom produced viewing plays thought collaborated excelled playful dialog excelled sentimental melodramatic scenes died long illness couple daughters born born married hall kent achieved success author children books pen beginning trap catch subsequently went editions married children survive infancy taking father terms writing output produced average book year death married husband death left little means supporting family books produce income children moved father life despite large number successful plays particularly wealthy felt pressure needing support grandchildren circumstances improved awarded civil list pension recognition literary services died home age wealth time death greatly enjoyed moving society meeting known regular met introduced living london founding member autobiography contains anecdotes acquaintances theatrical literary circles private life theatrical career early career career playwright began mentioned king little britain play written amateur performance private theatre seen subsequently performed lane play success encouraged play writing time play performed christmas year plays performed number theatre including olympic wells early works generally exception period vampire bride isles produced august adaptation vampire novel play featured innovative vampire trap stage allowed actor disappear appear instantly days queen produced february successful wrote total plays held position stock author house writer short period moving similar position theatre royal garden wrote music scale opera wrote opera final work composer died months completion opera commercial success received favourable critical response time subsequent critics appreciated collaborate opera notable composer originally approved choice topic siege years war responded positively acts received final act expressed doubts subject asked start work completely new eventually stopped letters opera realised historical costume dramatic copyright august issue album published article saying attention paid time period shakespeare plays especially comes costumes year casual conversation led lasting effects british theatre observed manager garden thousand pounds frequently christmas easter spectacle plays shakespeare stage makeshift scenery best new dress principal characters saw possible advantage correct catching taste town agreed control upcoming production king john carry research design costumes production little experience area sought help sir research involved sparked antiquarian interests came occupy increasing time later life despite actors reservations success led number similarly shakespeare productions like designs king john like hamlet merchant venice published evidence hamlet merchant venice produced historically accurate costume designs wrote number plays adaptations staged historically accurate costumes woman merchant wedding partisans chief period costume longer claimed historical accuracy work plays work brought revolution nineteenth century stage practice lasted century left garden went work stephen price lane play period staged december year great success prior publication allowed theatre produce charge received murray manager edinburgh wished stage piece named modest sum privilege murray said pay citing poor financial situation theatre acquired manuscript copy play staged permission prompted begin campaigning copyright extended dramatic works gathered group including prevailed writer introduce bill parliament bill pass reading novelist successful getting select committee set consider dramatic copyright theatrical censorship monopoly patent theatres drama gave evidence select committee following year dramatic copyright act passed production created recent paintings italian chief wife chief watching result battle dying feature success widely copied paintings inspired work number plays golden branch love fortune created costumes based paintings play subtitled dramatic colours included brief period acting manager moved took management provided play produced began professional relationship lasted decades went husband took management garden spent years returning stayed leaving london time undertook roles playwright general advisor superintendent decorative departments example form commonly described classical deals characteristics adventures gods heroes greek latin mythology genre later credited costume comedic effect costumes comic realistic historical dress actions actors example opens gods classical greek dress playing classical popular writers copying feeling need different turned translation french fairy tale written years earlier play success fairy based fairy tales madame fascination work led press refer madame french devoted knight similar coined term defining treatment subject friends published works volume set entitled fairy tales originally children stories sophisticated works intended adult audience scholarly approach exhibited area translated volumes fairy tales time given integrity biographical historical notes borrowing french introduced revue review british theatre commentary recent events particularly events theatre revue success hit like produced wrote seven years peak years retirement legacy semi retired theatre went live kent younger daughter returned london years later appointment continued write occasionally theatre produced pieces critics writing end nineteenth century praised sentiments raised theatrical dignity fine art wrote verses sung stage read pleasure study certain masters lyrical writing confirm opinion songs lyrics tone taste perfect true approved strongly influenced gilbert works dramatic reputation fading death continued twentieth century remembered influence contributions british theatre long career antiquarian career research determine historically accurate costume production king john led developing strong interest subject published major work history earliest period close 18th century described result years devotion study leisure hour left professional engagements prior published costume designs king john shakespeare plays biographical critical explanatory notices travelling twice continent wrote journeys lays legends rhine scholarship recognised appointment fellow society london regular society meetings contributed society journal dissatisfied society management complaining fallen meetings want interest communications reluctance council listen suggestions improvement involved foundation later vice president years secretary resigned membership year moved kent live younger daughter history british costume contributed number works costume wrote article history stage costume book table talk edited provided chapters costume furniture introduction costume plays edited complete view dresses habits people england contributed remarks sketches dramas life architect completed ambitious work costume history costume dictionary dress volumes totalling pages expertise historical dress interest fellow reign queen_victoria held number attendees wear costume specified era advice demand periods leading balls invited guests costumes antiquarian interests included armour published catalogue collection ancient arms armour property notice invited arrange collection armour belonging friend sir manchester task repeated concerned state armour tower london wrote reports subject year invited collection chronological order things campaigning works topics royal connections chronicle coronation queens england prompted coronation queen_victoria companions written personal life inspired works published corner kent account parish ash sandwich result years work originally intended short parish son law published autobiography volume work entitled somerset herald professional biography containing anecdotes life theatre addition produced papers articles wide range topics obituary mentions passing topics following naval uniforms great_britain early weapons horn shaped thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth centuries stanley crest ancient medieval monuments helmets family lords relics charles somerset west portraits earl norfolk family monuments monuments gloucester windows career antiquarian studies led interest published papers topics publishing arms founded facts indicated subtitle concerned facts opposed theories earlier writers view eminent herald sir rewrote early history years later vacancy occurred office responsible english affairs offered accepted position junior officers arms years previously indicated interest officer arms vacancy arise duke norfolk responsible acquaintance arms principal officer arms college moved london years end focused duties new office scholarly pursuits new office carried ceremonial duties occasions diplomatic missions invest foreign monarchs king portugal successor king emperor austria king italy participated state ceremonial england officers arms proclaimed peace following conclusion war supposed place according precedent stage management event left desired things gates officers arms demand entry left open promoted office year engaged editing clarke introduction duties came hitherto neglected manuscript collections known roll draw attention left legacy wife future arms sir daughter coat arms granted arms years appointment arms tower proper charged crest rampant holding silver charged arms motto charged white circles red cross badge office coat arms crest writing paper promoted surrounded crest writing paper collar entitled collar appointment herald inclusion considered somewhat unusual works costumes shakespeare king john biographical critical explanatory notices parts husband legend lays legends rhine descent danube vienna catalogue collection ancient arms armour property notice history earliest period close 18th century records chronicle coronation queens england arms founded facts king fairy tale german translated translated 2nd edit selected popular writers corner kent account parish ash sandwich introduction edited pieces private performance christmas holidays somerset herald professional biography volumes william ring romance rhyme companions dictionary dress suggestions establishing somerset herald songs poems
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