Article on unauthorized performances of plays in manuscript
Event Information
Venue(s):
Proprietor / Lessee:
Laura Keene
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
14 July 2017
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
04 Mar 1868Citations
1)
Superior Court Judge Robertson rendered a decision in the case of Laura Keene vs. J. S. Clarke that a manager owning a MSS. play must hang prominent cards around the auditorium and paint on each ticket a notification that admission to the theatre does not include permission to memorize the piece (nor any part of it) acted with the intention of representing the work elsewhere.