Keene, Laura Actor, Theatrical Manager. Though much of her early life, including her real name and exact date of birth, remains in shadow, Laura Keene is thought to have come from a well-to-do background. She was widely read and spent time in Turner&rsquo;s studio during her childhood. After performing with Madame Vestris&rsquo; company, Keene journeyed to New York in 1852 at the invitation of James W. Wallack. She became the leading lady of his theater and enjoyed great success. In 1853 she undertook the management of the Charles Street Theatre in Baltimore. From there she moved to San Francisco and the Metropolitan Theatre, and then to Australia where she toured with Edwin Booth. By 1855 she had returned to New York and opened Laura Keene&rsquo;s Varieties, becoming the first powerful female manager in New York. During this period, Keene maintained a professional relationship with Edward G. P. Wilkins--his first dramatic effort, <cite>My Wife&rsquo;s Mirror</cite> was performed at Varieties--which ended soon after her performance in The Siam Light Guard. He became more critical of her acting and accused her of preferring to stage foreign dramas because she could use them free of charge (T. Miller 56). Wilkins &quot;launched a campaign to expose what he called &rsquo;filibusters&rsquo;--plagiarized scripts which kept being passed off as originals&quot; (57). In the February 12, 1857 edition of the Saturday Press he chastised Laura Keene for &quot;presenting three such pieces in one month&quot; (57). He concluded by saying, &quot;filibuster as much as you please, ladies and gentlemen; success is nothing but success. But full houses will not buy literary reputation for borrowed plumes&quot; (qtd. in T. Miller 58). In 1856 she moved to Laura Keene&rsquo;s Theatre where she both acted and managed the company, producing clever comedies and inspiring actors like Dion Boucicault and Edward A. Sothern. Their anecdotes about her later led William Winter to write in his reminiscences on nineteenth-century theater that Keene&rsquo;s temper &quot;was tempestuous and violent&quot; (<I>Old Friends</i> 193). Keene&rsquo;s name was immortalized when, during her company&rsquo;s play <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> at Ford&rsquo;s Theatre in Washington, President Lincoln was assassinated. Following the tragedy, she managed to continue working; she undertook management of the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1869 and then journeyed west. Among her many projects at this time were editing a magazine <cite>Fine Arts</cite>, writing plays, lecturing, and acting. She died in 1873 leaving behind two daughters from her first marriage to Englishman John Taylor. She had remarried to American John Lutz later in life (Rourke). References & Biographical Resources\n"; <div class="view view-works-related-to-people view-id-works_related_to_people view-display-id-default"> <div class="view-content"> <ul id="views-bootstrap-works-related-to-people-default"class="views-bootstrap-list-group views-view-list-group"> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56526" about="/node/56526" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56526">A Bohemian. "Sixes and Sevens [Copied by request from the first number of the Saturday Press, [October 23, 1858]]." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, December 30, 1865, 346-347.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59706" about="/node/59706" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59706">A Bohemian. "Sixes and Sevens." <em>Saturday Press</em>, October 23, 1858, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59020" about="/node/59020" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59020">"Appletons&#039; Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume III, Grinnwell-Lockwood." In <em>Appletons&#039; Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume III, Grinnwell-Lockwood</em>, edited by Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton &amp; Co., 1888.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Among Keene's threatrical successes is her production of "The Seven Sisters" which ran for 169 nights beginning on Oct. 26, 1860.</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 500(ill.)]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55606" about="/node/55606" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55606">Brougham, John. <em>Jane Eyre: A Drama in Five Acts. Adapted from Charlotte Brontë&#039;s Novel, by John Brougham</em>. New York: Samuel French, 1856.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Played the role of "Jane Eyre" in theproduction done at Laura Keene's Varieties.</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55817" about="/node/55817" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55817">Brown, T. Allston. <em>A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901</em>. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1903.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Keene was the lessee on Tripler Hall in 1855.She was mistreated by the press for her competitve run of <cite>Prince Charming</cite>.The scenery for this play was destroyed, but she directed anyway.The theater was soon after called "Laura Keene's Varieties."</p> <p>Brown mentions Keene's sudden departure from the stage for her second marriage to John Lutz in California in 1853. </p> <p>Brown claims that Keene lost her hold on the New York public 1863.Keene had no standing policy about what type of plays would be performed at her theater in 1860s. The affairs of the house seemed to be run haphazardly, yet the theater's record was remarkable during her management.Many who won lasting fame played under Keene's management.Laura Keene was determined to manage theaters in the manner of the English stage, running plays for weeks and possibly months.She was successful despite the criticisms of other American playhouse managers. Brown notes that there was a completeness in the detail of the scenery and costumes for her plays as a result of her efforts.</p> <p>Keene acted in her company's performance of <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> the night of Lincoln's assasination. </p> <p>Laura Keene died in Montclair, NJ, Nov. 4, 1873 at the age of 43.Brown includes a reprint of her obituary.</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: i.431-432,477,480,481, ii.143-145]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57465" about="/node/57465" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57465">Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, April 17, 1860, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57568" about="/node/57568" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57568">Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 18, 1860, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57636" about="/node/57636" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57636">Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 21, 1860, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56984" about="/node/56984" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56984">Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, November 17, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57815" about="/node/57815" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57815">Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things No. IV." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, November 12, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57773" about="/node/57773" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57773">Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things No. V." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, November 26, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57719" about="/node/57719" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57719">Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things VIII." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, December 17, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59707" about="/node/59707" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59707">Dodo [O&#039;Brien, Fitz-James]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>Saturday Press</em>, October 23, 1858, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56659" about="/node/56659" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56659">Figaro [Clapp, Henry Jr.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, October 21, 1865, 184-185.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55455" about="/node/55455" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55455">Gayler, Charles. <em>The Love of a Prince: Or, The Court of Prussia. A Drama, in Three Acts. Altered and Adapted from the French</em>. New York: Samuel French, 1857.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Listed among the original cast in the role of "Prince Charles Frederick (his son)."</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60712" about="/node/60712" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60712">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 10." <em>Diaries, Vol. 10</em>(1858).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60713" about="/node/60713" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60713">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 11." <em>Diaries, Vol. 11</em>(1859).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60714" about="/node/60714" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60714">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 12." <em>Diaries, Vol. 12</em>(1860).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60715" about="/node/60715" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60715">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 13." <em>Diaries, Vol. 13</em>(1860).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60724" about="/node/60724" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60724">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 14." <em>Diaries, Vol. 14</em>(1860).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60725" about="/node/60725" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60725">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 17." <em>Diaries, Vol. 17</em>(1861).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60711" about="/node/60711" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60711">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 18." <em>Diaries, Vol. 18</em>(1861).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60727" about="/node/60727" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60727">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 22." <em>Diaries, Vol. 22</em>(1863).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60721" about="/node/60721" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60721">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 5." <em>Diaries, Vol. 5</em>(1852).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60728" about="/node/60728" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60728">Gunn, Thomas Butler. "Diaries, Vol. 8." <em>Diaries, Vol. 8</em>(1856).</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56945" about="/node/56945" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56945">H. N. "Edwin Booth." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, December 11, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59827" about="/node/59827" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59827">Kellogg, Clara Louise. <em>Memoirs of an American Prima Donna</em>. New York : G. P. Putnam&#039;s Sons, 1913.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 15]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60173" about="/node/60173" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60173">Lause, Mark A. <em>The Antebellum Crisis and America&#039;s First Bohemians</em>. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2009.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55929" about="/node/55929" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55929">Miller, Tice L. <em>Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century</em>. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Edward G. P. Wilkins' first dramatic effort, <cite>My Wife's Mirror</cite> was performed at Laura Keene's Varieties in 1856.Keene played the part of Mrs. Racket in the production, which ran for two weeks straight (52-53).Wilkins' second work, <cite>Young New York</cite> opened in 1856 at Keene's new theater, where she once again played the female lead (53).On February 21, 1857, Keene gave a benefit for Wilkins by reprising her earlier roles in his works.She also starred in his next work, <cite>The Siam Light Guard</cite> (55).</p> <p>Mentions Keenes professional relationship with Edward Wilkins, and describes why they parted ways (56-58).</p> <p>Wilkins described Keene's portrayal of Camille as "a nicely built, beautifully fitted up yacht, gliding among pleasant scenes, giving you glimpses of Etruscan vales and Claude Lorraine landscapes, throwing vivid color over all around" (62).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 30, 47, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61-62]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59509" about="/node/59509" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59509">O&#039;Brien, Fitz-James. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 18, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59590" about="/node/59590" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59590">O&#039;Brien, Fitz-James. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>Saturday Press</em>, December 14, 1858, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59634" about="/node/59634" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59634">O&#039;Brien, Fitz-James. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>Saturday Press</em>, November 20, 1858, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56556" about="/node/56556" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56556">Odell, George C.D. <em>Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VIII (1865-1870)</em>. New York:Columbia University Press, 1936.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Keene attempted to prevent a production of <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> in the 1865-66 season.She created a lot of newspaper controversy between herself and J.S. Clarke, who was producing and acting in the show for his New York debut.Keene mades insinuations about Clarke as brother-in-law of John Wilkes Booth (which he was), but the court sided with Clarke (18).</p> <p>Odell makes mention of the members of Keene's company in their later careers.Odell also states that the melodrama <cite>Hunted Down</cite> is "associated chiefly with our recollections of the last days of Laura Keene" (664).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 18,140,141,664]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55847" about="/node/55847" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55847">Odell, George Clinton. <em>Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857)</em>. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Appeared in plays at Wallack's where she spent a year or more as the company's lead actress and helped to raise its standards (Odell reprints reviews on p.215).</p> <p>Odell claims that Keene was "badly adivised" to leave Wallacks in 1854 to take charge of a Baltimore theater.She did not inform the manager of Wallacks that she wasleaving before a show.Keene's biographer John Creahan calls this "a self-regarded ill-advised move." After Baltimore, Keene traveled to California and Australia and then took a long absence from a stage.</p> <p>Odell reports that there was ill-feeling between Keene and Burton because of the lack of written contracts with actors.This falling-out is described as having "ugly results in the spring," and would later lure key actors away from Burton's for Laura Keene's Varieties. </p> <p>Odell discusses Laura Keene's Varieties in the Metropolitan Theater (Broadway opposite Bond St.) and her problems with the vandalization/destruction of scenery on opening night. Keene had a contribution of $2000 thrown onstage in a basket of flowers after a benefit of her on June 21st1855 or 1856. </p> <p>Keene won over the public although she had opposition from other managers in town.She lost her first theater on a "technical quibble": when she leased the thater she took it for 1 year at $400/week with the privilege of a renewal for 4 years from Sept. 1856 if she gave notice on the first of May.Keene did not give notice on that day because she still owed rent. She gave the money to the owners late and was supposed to have had the lease secured, but Burton bought the building and took a lease on the theater himself, causing her to end her season June 21, 1856.</p> <p>Keene made plans for a new theater, built by John Trimble and located at 622 and 624 Broadway.Laura Keene's Theatre opened Nov. 18, 1856.Odell reprints the description of new theater from the <cite>Herald</cite>.Keene's new theater was not immediately successful. </p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 209,214 (ill.), 215, 218,271,272,290,298,295, 435, 444 (ill), 445,450- 451,452, 455-456, 519, 534,540-542 (ill), 585]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55935" about="/node/55935" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55935">Odell, George Clinton. <em>Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VII (1857-1865)</em>. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>The early management notes for Wallack's 1857-58 season prohibits her company from performing at that theater (19).Odell describes Keene's management as "one of the bright chapters in the history of our drama." Her production of <cite>The Sea of Ice</cite> is thought to be the turning point in her fortune.</p> <p>Keeene read at a "panorama" for Charles Gaylor in 1858.</p> <p>She had a "lucky hit" with <cite>Our American Cousin</cite>, which would become a tradmark show for the company and her lead actors. This show set new standards for New York theater and theatrical success. Odell claims Keene liked to put on "spectacular extravaganza" and did it very well.Keene served injunctions against Chanfrau for impinging on her property with a performance of <cite>Our American Cousin</cite>. </p> <p>In the 1860-1861 season, Laura Keene's theater is the only one on Broadway relying on its own company for actors.At the beginning of the war it was the the only regular theater open by the summer of 1861; during this time the music halls did well. </p> <p>The 1862-1863 season marked the beginning of the end of Keene's New York success.Keene seems to have distanced herself from New York after losing her theater.</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 19,30,33-34,35,39,97,117,126-127, 140, 145,210,213,217-219,224(ill),231,263,309-313,385,395,469-471, 473-474,515,532,533,579,617,619,636,656,703]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57571" about="/node/57571" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57571">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton (Faits Divers)." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 18, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59196" about="/node/59196" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59196">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, April 12, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57452" about="/node/57452" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57452">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, April 14, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59147" about="/node/59147" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59147">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, April 16, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59169" about="/node/59169" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59169">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, April 19, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56080" about="/node/56080" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56080">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, April 21, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Personne notes that Keene became ill fifteen minutes before her performance in <cite>L.G. Spanker</cite> at the Benefit and had to be replaced by Mrs. Hoey (3).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 3]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59122" about="/node/59122" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59122">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, April 23, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57443" about="/node/57443" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57443">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, April 28, 1860, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59074" about="/node/59074" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59074">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, April 30, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57737" about="/node/57737" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57737">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, December 10, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57759" about="/node/57759" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57759">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, December 13, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57696" about="/node/57696" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57696">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, December 31, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57590" about="/node/57590" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57590">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 11, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59407" about="/node/59407" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59407">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 12, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57606" about="/node/57606" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57606">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, February 14, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59432" about="/node/59432" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59432">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 15, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57557" about="/node/57557" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57557">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 25, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59361" about="/node/59361" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59361">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 26, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57677" about="/node/57677" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57677">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 17, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57623" about="/node/57623" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57623">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 28, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58722" about="/node/58722" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58722">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, July 12, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58903" about="/node/58903" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58903">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, June 11, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58920" about="/node/58920" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58920">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, June 14, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58859" about="/node/58859" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58859">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, June 18, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57523" about="/node/57523" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57523">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, March 10, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56100" about="/node/56100" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56100">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, March 12, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>The column notes that theater critics in New York are happy that there is more than Keene's <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> to talk about.Personne discusses the 124th night of <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> and Keene's ligitious nature, remarking that she "has had only four lawsuits since last week" (2).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 2]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59338" about="/node/59338" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59338">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, March 15, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57510" about="/node/57510" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57510">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, March 17, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59305" about="/node/59305" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59305">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, March 19, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57415" about="/node/57415" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57415">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, May 12, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59007" about="/node/59007" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59007">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, May 14, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57426" about="/node/57426" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57426">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, May 15, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59048" about="/node/59048" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59048">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, May 17, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58992" about="/node/58992" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58992">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, May 21, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58974" about="/node/58974" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58974">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, May 28, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57814" about="/node/57814" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57814">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, November 12, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57836" about="/node/57836" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57836">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, November 15, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57799" about="/node/57799" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57799">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, November 19, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57778" about="/node/57778" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57778">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, November 26, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58294" about="/node/58294" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58294">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, October 11, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58241" about="/node/58241" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58241">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, October 15, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58217" about="/node/58217" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58217">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, October 22, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57857" about="/node/57857" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57857">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, October 29, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58362" about="/node/58362" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58362">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, September 10, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58389" about="/node/58389" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58389">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, September 13, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58343" about="/node/58343" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58343">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, September 17, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58316" about="/node/58316" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58316">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, September 24, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57637" about="/node/57637" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57637">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton (The Circus from the Coulisses)." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 21, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57656" about="/node/57656" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57656">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton: Up with the Tartan!." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 14, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56017" about="/node/56017" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56017">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "The Tug of War." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, August 27, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59383" about="/node/59383" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59383">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.] and Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 19, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57211" about="/node/57211" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57211">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, August 11, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57229" about="/node/57229" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57229">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, August 14, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56944" about="/node/56944" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56944">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, December 11, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57264" about="/node/57264" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57264">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, July 21, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56760" about="/node/56760" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56760">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, June 30, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57481" about="/node/57481" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57481">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, March 31, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56988" about="/node/56988" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56988">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, November 17, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57082" about="/node/57082" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57082">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, October 13, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57100" about="/node/57100" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57100">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, October 16, 1860, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57069" about="/node/57069" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57069">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, October 20, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57143" about="/node/57143" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57143">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, September 15, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55995" about="/node/55995" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55995">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, September 18, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Quelqu'un reprints the text of one of her "cards" (3). He also says that "if there is one person connected with the New York stage who stands higher in my estimation than another, whether as an actor or as a manager, it is Laura Keene, who by her enterprise, her liberality, her professional talent, and her rare attention to details, is entitled . . . to your highest commendation" (3).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 3]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59717" about="/node/59717" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59717">Rourke, Constance M. <em>Dictionary of American Biography</em>. Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in &lt;cite&gt;Biography Resource Center&lt;/cite&gt;. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2006. http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC, 1928.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57212" about="/node/57212" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57212">"The A. D. F. Association [from the New York &#039;Evening Post&#039;]." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, August 11, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56064" about="/node/56064" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56064">Whitman, Walt. "Acting...The Keans." <em>The Brooklyn Daily Eagle</em>, September 11, 1846, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55290" about="/node/55290" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55290">Winter, William. <em>Old Friends; Being Literary Recollections of Other Days</em>. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>In 1856, Laura Keene produced and acted in Wilkins's "Young New York."George Jordan, Charles Wheatleigh, and Tom Johnston, "three of the most expert comedians that have adorned the theatre in our time" were also members of the cast (87-88).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 87-88]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55287" about="/node/55287" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55287">Winter, William. <em>Other Days; Being Chronicles and Memories of the Stage</em>. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60710" about="/node/60710" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60710">Winter, William. <em>Vagrant Memories: Being Further Recollections of Other Days</em>. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div>