Edward Fitzball
Edward Fitzball (20 March 179327 October 1873) was a popular English playwright, who specialised in melodrama. His real surname was Ball, and he was born at Burwell, Cambridgeshire.Fitzball was educated in Newmarket, was apprenticed to a Norwich printer in 1809. He produced some dramatic pieces at the local theatre, and eventually the marked success of his ''Innkeeper of Abbeville, or The Ostler and the Robber'' (1820), together with the friendly acceptance of one of his pieces at the Surrey Theatre by Thomas John Dibdin, induced him to settle in London.
During the next twenty-five years, he produced a great number of plays, most of which were successful. He had a special talent for nautical drama. His ''Floating Beacon'' (Surrey Theatre, 19 April 1824) ran for 140 nights, and his ''Pilot'' (Adelphi, 1825) for 200 nights. He also produced a seminal play on ''The Flying Dutchman'' and wrote the libretto for Edward Loder's ''Raymond and Agnes''. His greatest triumph in melodrama was perhaps ''Jonathan Bradford, or Murder at the Roadside Inn'' (Surrey Theatre, 12 June 1833). He was at one time stock dramatist and reader of plays at Covent Garden, and afterwards at Drury Lane. He had a considerable reputation as a songwriter and as a librettist in opera. He wrote the librettos for William Vincent Wallace's operas ''Maritana'' and ''Lurline''.
The last years of his life were spent in retirement at Chatham, where he died at the age of 80. Provided by Wikipedia
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The negro of Wapping, or, The boat builder's hovel! a melo drama in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The barber of Bagdad a farce in one act / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The barber, or, The mill of Bagdad a burletta in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The miller of Derwent Water a drama in three acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Paul Clifford a musical drama in three acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The red rover, or, the mutiny of the dolphin in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The tread mill, or, Tom and Jerry at Brixton a serio, comic, operatic, mill dramatic, farcical, moral burletta in two acts. by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The queen of the Thames an operetta in one act / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The pilot, or, A storm at sea a nautical burletta / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Omala, or, Settlers in America a melo-drama in three acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The traveler's room a melo drama in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Quasimodo a drama in three acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The pilot a nautical burletta in three acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Quasimodo a drama in three acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The three hunchbacks, or, The sabre grinders of Damascus a comic burletta in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Peter the Great an historical melodrama in three acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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The note-forger! an original drama in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Mary Glastonbury, or, The dream girl of the devil-holl a romantic drama in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Margaret's ghost, or, The libertine's ship an original romance in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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Zazezizozu!, or, Dominoes! Chess!! And cards!!! a musical extravaganza in two acts / by Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873
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