''The Three Strangers'' is an 1825 stage
melodrama
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...
by the British writer
Harriet Lee. It was based on one of her own works, ''Kruitzner'', co-written as part of ''The Canterbury Tales'' with her sister
Sophia
Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to:
*Sophia (wisdom)
*Sophia (Gnosticism)
*Sophia (given name)
Places
*Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu
*Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana
*Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorpor ...
.
It premiered at the
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 10 December 1825. The cast included
James Prescott Warde
James Prescott Warde (1792–1840) was an English actor. He came up as a provincial tragic actor, in the Garrick mould. The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' says he was "full of promise at the time of his first appearance in London", in 1818, ...
as Kruitzner,
Daniel Egerton as Baron Stralenheim,
Charles Kemble
Charles Kemble (25 November 1775 – 12 November 1854) was a Welsh-born English actor of a prominent theatre family.
Life
Charles Kemble was one of 13 siblings and the youngest son of English Roman Catholic theatre manager/actor Roger Kemble, ...
as Conrad, John Cooper (actor), John Cooper as the Hungarian, George Bartley (comedian), George Bartley as Idenstein, William Blanchard (comedian), William Blanchard as the Intendant, William Claremont as Weilberg, William Chapman (actor), William Chapman as Herman, Louisa Chatterley as Josephine and Julia Glover as Mrs Weilberg. A relative disappointment, the play was performed four times and Lee retired after this.
[Franceschina p.68-69]
References
Bibliography
* Burwick, Frederick Goslee, Nancy Moore & Hoeveler Diane Long. ''The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
* Franceschina, John C. ''Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843''. Routledge, 2014.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850''. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
1825 plays
West End plays
British plays
Plays based on novels
Plays set in Germany
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