Frank Harvey (playwright)

Frank Harvey was the nom de plume of John Ainsworth Hilton, born Jean François de Soissons de Latanac[1] (c. April 1842 – 29 March 1903), actor and playwright, who was born and died in Manchester, England.[2] His plays were popular in Australia.

He was the father of Australian screenwriter Frank Harvey (1885–1965) and grandfather of the English screenwriter Frank Harvey (1912–1981)

Selected plays

• The Wages of Sin performed by the W. J. Holloway company at the Academy of Music, Ballarat in January 1884[3]
• Woman against Woman, adapted from the French and first staged in March 1883 at the Theatre Royal, Portsmouth[4]
• A Wife's Victory at the Princess's Theatre, Melbourne in August 1884.[5]
• A Mad Marriage performed by the W. J. Holloway company at the Academy of Music, Ballarat in January 1886.[6]
• The Ring of Iron performed by the W. J. Holloway company at the Academy of Music, Launceston in 1886.[7]
• The World Against Her performed by Alfred Dampier's company at the Victoria Theatre, Newcastle in May 1888. ".. one of the most sympathetic plays ever written"[8]
• Judge Not performed by Alfred Dampier's company at the Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne "... the very essence of dulness and puerility ... difficult to comprehend why a gentleman of Mr. Dampier's experience and ability prefers plays of this class ...[9] Dampier subsequently, and successfully, replaced it with his dramatization of Monte Cristo.[10]
• The Land of the Living performed by Grattan Riggs with the Holloway-Howe company at the Theatre Royal, Hobart in February 1890.[11]
• Fallen Among Thieves performed by the W. J. Holloway company at the Princess Theatre, Bendigo.[12]
• Shall We Forgive Her performed by the W. J. Holloway company at the Maryborough Town Hall.[13]
• A House of Mystery at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney in December 1899.[14]
• The Milestones of Life "... one of the best things Frank Harvey has given the world"[15]
• The World's Mercy Coulter Dramatic Company in Broken Hill, December 1904
• A Musician's Romance at the Theatre Royal, Perth, July 1905
• The Workman's Wife performed by the Dora Mostyn Dramatic Company at Mount Alexander, Victoria in July 1903.[16]

References

1. "Music and Drama". Queensland Figaro. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 10. Queensland, Australia. 21 March 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "General Gossip". The Referee (Sydney). No. 863. New South Wales, Australia. 20 May 1903. p. 10. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
3. ""The Wages of Sin"". The Ballarat Star. Vol. XXIX, no. 22. Victoria, Australia. 26 January 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Amusements". South Australian Register. Vol. XLIX, no. 11, 718. South Australia. 4 June 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "The Stage". Weekly Times. No. 778. Victoria, Australia. 2 August 1884. p. 11. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Academy of Music". The Ballarat Star. Vol. XXXI, no. 9. Victoria, Australia. 12 January 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "Amusements". The Tasmanian. Vol. XV, no. 7. Tasmania, Australia. 13 February 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Victoria Theatre". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Vol. XV, no. 10, 776. New South Wales, Australia. 9 May 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Amusements". The Leader (Melbourne). No. 1774. Victoria, Australia. 11 January 1890. p. 27. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "The Dramatic Year". Table Talk. No. 289. Victoria, Australia. 2 January 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
11. "Amusements". The Tasmanian. Vol. XVII, no. 5. Tasmania, Australia. 1 February 1890. p. 17. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
12. "The Holloway Dramatic Season". Bendigo Advertiser. Vol. XLV, no. 12, 996. Victoria, Australia. 14 January 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
13. "The Holloway Dramatic Company". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. No. 7, 616. Queensland, Australia. 3 April 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
14. "Criterion — "A House of Mystery"". The Referee (Sydney). No. 683. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1899. p. 10. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
15. "Mummer's Mems". Quiz. Vol. XII, no. 618. South Australia. 3 July 1901. p. 15. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
16. ""The Workman's Wife."". Mount Alexander Mail. No. 13770. Victoria, Australia. 25 July 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.