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Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman (play)
''Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' is a 1903 play written by Eugene W. Presbrey and E. W. Hornung, based on two of Hornung's short stories from ''The Amateur Cracksman''. It also draws one of its characters from an 1886 play called ''Jim the Penman'', by Charles Young. It has four acts, and two settings. The story concerns a gentleman jewel thief who steals as much for excitement as necessity, and the efforts of a detective to catch him. The play was first produced by Liebler & Company, staged by Eugene W. Presbrey, with settings by Gates and Morange, and starred Kyrle Bellew. It had a tryout and some limited engagements starting in September 1903, before premiering on Broadway during October 1903. The production ran for 168 performances through March 1904, before prior scheduling commitments forced it to close. The play had a brief Broadway revival in 1910, and was later adapted for silent films of the same title in Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917 film), 1917 and Raffles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrle Bellew
Harold Kyrle Money Bellew (28 March 1850 – 2 November 1911) was an English stage and silent film actor. He notably toured with Cora Brown-Potter in the 1880s and 1890s, and was cast as the leading man in many stage productions alongside her. He was also a signwriter, gold prospector and rancher mainly in Australia. Early life Bellew was born in Prescot, Lancashire, the son of Rev. John Chippendall Montesquieu Bellew and Eva Maria Bellew (née Money). His mother was a widow at the time of his parents' marriage on 27 March 1847. She was the youngest daughter of Vice-Admiral Rowland Money, C.B., R.N., and Mary Ann Tombs. She married her first husband Henry Edmund Michell Palmer, a soldier in the Indian Army, on 8 February 1843. However, Palmer died of " hill fever" in Madras, India on 9 November 1846. His father was born John Chippendall Higgin in Lancashire on 3 August 1823 to Robert Higgin and Anne Maria Higgin (née Bellew). His linage was called into question by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
