Taken from Life

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Event Taken from Life
Venue Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 5 November 1893
Last Date November 1893
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Scene description, Act III: Prison life.View of Corporation Row. A London fog: time, 4pm. The explosion (depicting the blowing up of the walls of Clerkenwell Prison by Socialists). NB This scene is founded on the notorious action of supposed Fenians, in attempting, a few years ago, the release of certain political prisoners from Clerkenwell Prison.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Sensation Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bland Holt Actor Titus Knott
Bland Holt Actor Kate Denby
Henry Pettitt Playwright
Text Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 196385