Thomas William Robertson was an English dramatist and stage director known for his development of naturalism in British theatre.
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Robertson, 1860s
Friends and associates of Robertson: clockwise from top left, F. C. Burnand, H. J. Byron, W. S. Gilbert and Tom Hood
Edward Sothern in the title role of Robertson's David Garrick, 1864
John Hare in Robertson's Ours, 1866
Marie Wilton as Polly Eccles in Robertson's Caste
Programme for Robertson's last Prince of Wales's play, 1870
Playbill for Society, 1865
Scene from Ours, 1866, showing one of Robertson's realistic stage effects - snow blowing in after the figure entering, leftWriters born in the 1820s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1829 to 1871 · aged 42
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