# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-planche
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:38.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-planche"
name: "James Planché"
slug: "james-planche"
description: "James Robinson Planché was a British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms. Over a period of approximately 60 years he wrote, adapted, or collaborated on 176 plays in a wide range of genres including extravaganza, farce, comedy, burletta, melodrama and opera. Planché was responsible for introducing historically accurate costume into nineteenth century British theatre, and subsequently became an acknowledged expert on historical costume, publishing a number of works on the topic."
tagline: "British dramatist, costume designer, and antiquarian (1796-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Planch%C3%A9_1835.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1796-02-27"
deathDate: "1880-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.07876266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Planché"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump