Notes—(i) This play was reissued about 1872 or 1873 by Williams and Strahan, 7 Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, in a fifty-page pamphlet measuring 4⅛ × 7⅛ and wrappered in buff paper, printed merely with the word “Dora” in black. The text shows slight variations from that of the first issue.
(ii) The date of the first of the above issues is doubtful. Dora was written in 1863 or 1864, but evidence is wanting to show whether it was then printed, or not until its first production in 1867. It was revived in the early nineties.
[?1867]
THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE: A Drama in Five Acts. By Auguste Maquet and Charles Reade. London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross, 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 80. Yellow paper wrappers, printed in black, with play title only enclosed in decorative frame. This pamphlet is uniform in style with Dora.
Note—This play is based on Le Château Grantier by Maquet. The date of printing is conjectural, being that of its first production. Reade's novel White Lies (see above, p. 161) is a fictional version of the same plot.
[?1869]
KATE PEYTON: Or Jealousy. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7⅛). Pp. 84. Pink paper wrappers, printed with play title only.
Notes—(i) This booklet bears no printer's name, date, or other mark of identification. The text differs slightly from that issued in 1883 and described below.
(ii) The date is purely conjectural. Coleman mentions no play of this title, but speaks of Griffith Gaunt as having been produced in 1868 or 1869. The above item being a dramatic version of Griffith Gaunt, I am inclined to think that this is the play referred to, and have accordingly dated it as having been printed about the time of the first production.