Play Details
Title: The Writing on the Wall!
Author: Morton, Thomas and John Maddison
Performed in: Theatre Royal, Haymarket
First Performance: 1852-08-09
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Cast - 18
SIR PHILIP ELTON , EVERHARD ELTON , HARLOWE , FREGUSSON TROTTER ESQ. , RICHARD OLIVER , FARMER HARROWELL , JACKY , BOB SMITHERS , GAMMON , WALKER , SLASHER , JOSEPH , CLODDY , LADY ELTON , MARGARET , CARLOTTA SMITHERINI alias LOTTY SMITHERS , NANCY , MRS SLASHER ,
Places - 19
"Jenkins's Colossal and Unrivalledentertainment , Agapemone , Cornhill, London , Cornwall , County o' Cornwall , Europe , Hippodrome , Hippodrome. , Launceston , Launceston races , Launceston races Launceston races , London , London Hippo , London. , Penmoor , Penzance , Picca , Piccadilly , Theatre Royal, Haymarket ,
Names - 3
Adam , Eve , Saint Vitus ,
Quotes - 20
" Go, my beloved child," , " Dear Uncle Bob, it is now three years since I left my native village at your par- ticular request" , "No Assets" , " quite well." , " Article V—One hour's recreation after meals is necessary to recruit the strength, and assist the digestion of the labourer" , "Where I be's;" , "Smithers, beloved Smithers, here's half of everything I've got in the world!" , " Purely" , " Bob," , " I've got a glorious job on hand—will you make one?" , "Bob," , "if you get hold of money,a lump of money all at once I knows you, Bob, you'll botch the business; you'll get drunk and blab: but Dick's a different man; Dick's a deep'un: he'll find the way to bring the money out, bit by bit, and nobody be surprised." , " I presume you are still alive and kicking ! I, therefore, write to inform you that I am about to return to the bosom of my family" , " I shall be with you almost as soon as my letter------" , "Wher I am's" , "At your particular request—and not having since read any account of your execution, which has rather surprised me" , " Go where glory waits thee! and when you have made your fortune—then, but not till then, remember me!" , " Richard Oliver my Murderer !" , " Yonder door shall one day fall, and, as it falls, a voice proclaim the murderer's name!" , " Where I am." ,
Titles - 9
" For 'tis my delight,"song , " It's my delight on a shiny night," , Newgate calendar , " See the Conquering Hero comes!" , " Speed the Plough." , "song , "Speed the Plough") , A Mela drama in Three Acts , The Writing on the Wall! ,
