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The Haunted Inn
Written byRichard Brinsley Peake
Date premiered31 January 1828[1]
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane
Original languageEnglish
GenreMelodrama

The Haunted Inn is a 1828 melodrama by the British writer Richard Brinsley Peake.[2] It was first acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and was part of a group of plays that used a country inn as a setting for sinister or threatening events.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Burling p.99
  2. ^ Kabatchnik, p. 79
  3. ^ Burwick, p. 94

Bibliography

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  • Burwick, Frederick. A History of Romantic Literature. John Wiley & Sons, 2019.
  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1800 to 1900: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem. Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce . A History of English Drama 1660-1900, Volume 4. Cambridge University Press, 2009.