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Buckstone, J(ohn) B(aldwin)
Buckstone, J[ohn] B[aldwin] (1802–79), playwright and actor. The Englishman performed in America during the 1840–41 and 1841–42 seasons, but with only middling success. However, many of his plays were long in the standard repertory, especially at more popular, less elite playhouses. These included such works as A Kiss in the Dark, The Lottery Ticket, Single Life, and Weak Points. Joseph Ireland has noted, “In America . . . he had contributed to the stage more than one hundred and fifty [plays], scarcely any of which have proved failures, and most of them have had a long career of popularity, and remain among the best approved standard comedies, farces and melo‐dramas of the day.”
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Buckstone, J(ohn) B(aldwin)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Buckstone, J(ohn) B(aldwin)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BuckstoneJohnBaldwin.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Buckstone, J(ohn) B(aldwin)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BuckstoneJohnBaldwin.html |
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Buckstone, John Baldwin
Buckstone, John Baldwin (1802–79), English actor and dramatist, who made his first appearance in the famous melodrama The Dog of Montargis in a barn in Peckham. In 1827 he was seen at the Adelphi in his own play Luke the Labourer. He was for many years manager of the Haymarket Theatre where most of his plays were given; he is said to haunt the building. Among his many melodramas and farces the best known are Married Life (1834), Single Life (1839), The Green Bushes; or, A Hundred Years Ago (1845), and The Flowers of the Forest (1847). He was a popular comedian of great breadth and humour; the mere sound of his voice heard off-stage, a mixture of chuckle and drawl, was enough to set an audience laughing.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Buckstone, John Baldwin." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Buckstone, John Baldwin." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BuckstoneJohnBaldwin.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Buckstone, John Baldwin." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BuckstoneJohnBaldwin.html |
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