Deeds of Dreadful Note

Deeds of Dreadful Note is a play in one act by Alfred Dubois (nom de plume of James Stuart Bowes, 1768/69-1863)[1]

Also found as Wilful Murder, or Deeds of Dreadful Note

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Styled a "romantic tale of terror in one act" it was published in Philadelphia by Turner & Fisher, (Turner's dramatic library of acting plays, 1810?] - "Correctly printed from the most approved acting copy."

At head of title: Turner's dramatic library.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

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One commentator suggests that it may have been a parody of the one act “romantic tale of terror” published in 1810 by Alfred Dubois (nom de plume of James Stuart Bowes, 1768/69-1863) called Wilful Murder, or Deeds of Dreadful Note (or simply Deeds of Dreadful Note), though it could of course also have been Buckstone's play - or a parody of it, or of the genre in general, merely taking the title from the two works.

1857: A "screaming farce" called as Crimson Crimes (attributed to William E. Burton) performed in the Harrington Street Theatre , Cape Town, on 23 September by the Sefton Parry Company. I has been suggested that it may have been a parody of this one act "romantic tale of terror" by Dubois. Also performed was Who Speaks First? (Dance) and Monsieur Jacques (Barnett and Barnett).