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The late Mr. F. A. Marshall, 1890. Creator: Unknown.
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The late Mr. F. A. Marshall, 1890. 'Mr. Francis Albert Marshall, author of several comedies and other pieces for the London stage, and a critical student of dramatic literature, has died in the fiftieth year of his age...he was educated at Harrow and Oxford, and was for some years a clerk in the Audit Office, Somerset House. Of his theatrical pieces the best known are "False Shame," produced at the Globe in November 1872. and "Brighton," a four-act comedy founded on Bronson Howard's "Saratoga" ; also "Mad as a Hatter," a farce; "Corrupt Practices," a two-act drama ; "Q. E. D.," a comedietta; "Biorn," a romantic opera; "Lola," a comic opera, the music by Signor Antonio Orsini of Naples; Family Honour," a comedy; and, in conjunction with Mr. W. H. Wills, "Cora." Mr. Marshall was also the author of a drama in four acts for Mr. Henry Irving, founded on the story of Robert Emmet, not yet produced. In 1875 he published "A Study of Hamlet," and, during the last year or two, was engaged, in conjunction with Mr. Henry Irving, in preparing the "Irving" edition of Shakspeare. Mr. Marshall was the husband of Miss Ada Cavendish, the popular actress. The Portrait is from a photograph by Messrs. Lambert, Weston, and Son, of Folkestone'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.
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HRM25A51_134
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4,7Mo (510,9Ko) / 38,9cm x 53,0cm / 1104 x 1501 (72dpi)