Richard Henry (pseudonym)

Richard Henry is a pseudonym credited on collaborative works of authors Richard Butler and Henry Chance Newton.A Book of Burlesque Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody, by William Davenport Adams, published Henry & Co. London, 1891. p.105

Works attributed to Richard Henry include two Victorian burlesques, Monte Cristo Jr. (a parody of The Count of Monte Cristo, 1886) and Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim (a parody of the Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein, 1887), both presented at the Gaiety Theatre, London.A Book of Burlesque Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody, by William Davenport Adams, published Henry & Co. London, 1891. p.196

Selected works Monte Cristo Jr. – (burlesque melodrama, 1886) Jubilation – (musical mixture, 1887) Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim – (burlesque, 1887) Opposition – (a debate in one sitting, 1892)

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