Richard Henry (pseudonym)

Richard Henry is a pseudonym credited on collaborative works of authors Richard Butler and Henry Chance Newton.[1]

Works attributed to Richard Henry include Monte Cristo Jr. (1886) and Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim, a parody of the Mary Shelly novel Frankenstein, presented at the Gaiety Theatre, London in 1887.[2][3]

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)

References

1. A Book of Burlesque Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody, by William Davenport Adams, published Henry & Co. London, 1891. p.105
2. A Book of Burlesque Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody, by William Davenport Adams, published Henry & Co. London, 1891. p.196
3. "Chance Newton. Veteran of the Theatre". The Stage. 8 January 1931. p. 14.