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y separately published work icon The Idler : A Play in Four Acts single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Idler : A Play in Four Acts
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon The Idler ( dir. Russell E. Smith ) United States of America (USA) : Reliance Film Company , 1914 6434998 1914 single work film/TV
form y separately published work icon The Idler ( dir. Lloyd B. Carleton ) United States of America (USA) : Box Office Attractions Company , 1914 6435131 1914 single work film/TV

'Madly infatuated with the wife of his friend, 'The Idler,' a young Englishman of wealth and position, is ready to go any length to win her for his own. Through his knowledge of incriminating circumstances involving her husband, he attempts to persuade her to elope with him. At this point the husband intervenes, and a denouement ensues, startling in its dramatic intensity.'

Source:

Advertisement, Sunday Times, 9 April 1916, p.6.

Production Details

  • First produced in New York in November 1890. Also produced at the St James Theatre, London, 26 February 1891 and at the Garrick Theatre, Sydney in late February 1891.

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First known date: 1890
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Works about this Work

Haddon Chambers and the Long Arm of Neglect Roger Neill , 2008 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 52 no. 7-8 2008; (p. 77-85)
The Idler at the Garrick May L. Manning , 1891 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Critic , 1 March vol. 1 no. 6 1891; (p. 146-147)
— Review of The Idler : A Play in Four Acts C. Haddon Chambers , 1890 single work drama
The Idler at the Garrick May L. Manning , 1891 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Critic , 1 March vol. 1 no. 6 1891; (p. 146-147)
— Review of The Idler : A Play in Four Acts C. Haddon Chambers , 1890 single work drama
Haddon Chambers and the Long Arm of Neglect Roger Neill , 2008 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 52 no. 7-8 2008; (p. 77-85)
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