The Lady of Lyons

Title

The Lady of Lyons

Description

Lillie Langtry, nicknamed "The Jersey Lily," was a British-American socialite, actress and producer.

The author of this play, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, was a British politician and writer. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed," "pursuit of the almighty dollar," and "the pen is mightier than the sword."  The opening line of his novel Paul Clifford (1830) is that now classic phrase, "It was a dark and stormy night".

Date

1887-05-17

Source

Buffalo Theater and Music Program Collection

Publisher

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)

Rights

Digital image copyright 2019 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.

Relation

Digital Collections of the B&ECPL

Type

Text

Format

image/jpeg

Language

Citation

Buffalo Academy of Music, “The Lady of Lyons,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/1863.