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The Mid-Nineteenth-Century Novel
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The red vial: a drama in three acts (Royal Olym 11 Oct 1858). Not pbd.
Plot used for Jezebel’s daughter, 1880.
The woman in white (Surrey Theatre 3 Nov 1860); a drama in three
acts (Leicester, Theatre Royal, 26 Aug 1870) (not pbd); in a prologue
and four acts (Olym 9 Oct 1871). Rev and pbd by the author
1871. Reviews pbd in Specimens of criticism extracted from
notices of ‘The woman in white’ in the press, 1871.
A message from the sea: a drama in three acts, with C. Dickens (Brit
7 Jan 1861). 1861; by J. Brougham, a drama in four acts, Dicks 459.
No name: a drama in five acts, by W. B. Bernard (not produced). 1863;
1870, a drama in four acts, pbd by the author. New York (Fifth Ave
Theatre 7 June 1871, produced only in USA); De Witt 104.
Armadale: a drama in three acts altered from the novel (not produced).
1866 (25 copies pbd for the author); as Miss Gwilt: a
drama in five acts (Liverpool, Alexandra 9 Dec 1875) (ptd but not
pbd).
No thoroughfare: a drama in five acts, with C. Dickens (Theatre
Royal Adel 26 Dec 1867). 1867; as L’abime (Vaudeville, Paris 2 June
1868) 1868; Dicks 1052. New York [1868], as Identity: or no thoroughfare
by L. Lequel, French 348; De Witt 14.
Black and white: a love story in three acts, with C. Fechter (Theatre
Royal Adel 29 Mar 1869). 1869 (ptd but not pbd). New York, De
Witt 296.
Man and wife: a dramatic story in four acts (Prince of Wales 22 Feb
1873). 1870 (pbd by the author). (Opera House, Green Bay WI 8 Jan
1870) Ames 4, 1873; New York (Fifth Ave Theatre 13 Sep 1870).
The new Magdalen: a dramatic story in a prologue and three acts.
(Olym 19 May 1873). 1873 (pbd by the author). New York (10 Nov
1873); Ames 112, 1882.
The dream woman: a mystery in four narratives and two parts
(altered and enlarged for reading in public). 1873 (priv ptd for
Collins’s tour of the USA).
The dead secret, by E. J. Bramwell, adapted by the author’s express
permission (Royal Lyc 29 Aug 1877). 1877.
The moonstone: a dramatic story in three acts (Royal Olym 17 Sep
1877). 1877 (priv ptd for the convenience of the author, not pbd).
Rank and riches: a play in four acts and five tableaux (Adel 9 June
1883). Not pbd.
The evil genius (Vaudeville 30 Oct 1885, single performance to establish
copyright). Not pbd.
For further bibliographical details of plays, see Sadleir 1922, and Parrish and
Miller 1940, both under Bibliographies, above, and IELM. For personal recollections
of Collins and his plays, see §2, below.
Miscellaneous works
Memorandum, relating to the life and writings of Wilkie Collins, 21
Mar 1862. In a letter to an unidentified Frenchman, quoted in
Parrish and Miller (see Bibliographies, above).
Proceedings at the twentieth anniversary festival of the Royal
General Theatrical Fund held April 12th, 1865. Report of Collins’s
speech, pbd Aug 1865.
A little fable [c. 1880]. Pbd by the Wilkie Collins Society July 1996.
Recollections of Charles Fechter, 18 Jan 1882. Ch in Charles Albert
Fechter, by Kate Field.
Collins, Charles Allston (1828–1873) in Dictionary of National
Biography 1882.
Love’s random shot. New York 1884 (Seaside Lib vol 87 no 1770), 1884
(Seaside Lib Pocket Edn no 175), 1894 (with other stories, including
The dream woman).
The use of gas in theatres or the air and the audience: considerations
on the atmospheric influence of theatres. Written in 1881 and pbd
New York 1885; rptd in The Mask 10 1924, Florence 1924, and
WCSJ vol 6 1986.
Contribution to The art of authorship, literary reminiscences,
methods of work, and advice to young beginners, ed G. Bainton,
1890.
Contributions to periodicals
Illuminated Magazine
The last stage coachman. Aug 1843; rptd Wilkie Collins Society Nov
1990.
Bentley’s Miscellany
The twin sisters. Mar 1851.
A pictorial tour to St George Bosherville. May 1851 rptd WCS 1996.
The exhibition of the Royal Academy. 1 June 1851 rptd WCS 1999.
The picture galleries of England 1, The Earl of Ellesmere’s collection.
1 July 1851.
The picture galleries of England 2, Northumberland House and
Syon House. 1 Aug 1851.
The picture galleries of England 3, Dulwich Gallery. 1 Oct 1851.
A passage in the life of Mr Perugino Potts. Feb 1852
Nine o’clock. Aug 1852.
The Leader
A plea for Sunday reform. 27 Sep 1851.
Magnetic evenings at home: Letter I. To G. H. Lewes. 17 Jan 1852.
Magnetic evenings at home: Letter II. To G. H. Lewes. 14 Feb 1852.
Magnetic evenings at home: Letter III. To G. H. Lewes. 21 Feb 1852.
Magnetic evenings at home: Letter IV. To G. H. Lewes. 28 Feb 1852.
Magnetic evenings at home: Letter V. To G. H. Lewes. 6 Mar 1852.
Magnetic evenings at home: Letter VI. To G. H. Lewes. 13 Mar 1852.
The incredible not always impossible: To G. H. Lewes. 3 Apr 1852.
A word about a painted window. 11 Mar 1854.
La primise. 17 June 1854.
The courier of Lyons. 1 July 1854.
The arts. 8 July 1854.
A second batch of new books. 8 July 1854.
Les diamans de la Couronne. 15 July 1854.
Theatres. 29 July 1854.
Chaucer. 23 Dec 1854.
A batch of fictions. 6 Jan 1855.
William Etty, R.A. 27 Jan 1855.
The British Institution. 10 Feb 1855.
A new bookselling dodge. 10 Feb 1855.
Untitled paragraph in Literature section. 10 Feb 1855.
The warden. 17 Feb 1855.
Geoffrey Crayon’s new sketch-book. 24 Feb 1855.
Four novels. 24 Mar 1855.
Mr Silk Buckingham. 31 Mar 1855.
The British artists. 21 Apr 1855.
A queer story. 16 June 1855 (in Suppl to The Leader).
The novels of M. Hendrick Conscience. 18 Aug 1855.
M. Forgues on the caricaturists of England. 25 Aug 1855.
For other works in The Leader possibly by Collins, see Beetz, Wilkie Collins
and The Leader (under Bibliographies, above).
Household words
The National Gallery and the old masters. 25 Oct 1856.
The wreck of the Golden Mary. Extra Christmas no, Dec 1856 (with
C. Dickens); New York Dec 1856 (see Dickens, col 1238).
A fair penitent. 18 July 1857.
The debtor’s best friend. 19 Sep 1857.
Deep design on society. 2 Jan 1858.
The little Huguenot. 9 Jan 1858.
Thanks to Doctor Livingstone. 23 Jan 1858.
Strike! 6 Feb 1858.
A sermon for Sepoys. 27 Feb 1858.
A shy scheme. 20 Mar 1858.
Awful warning to bachelors. 27 Mar 1858.
Sea-breezes with the London smack. 4 Sep 1858.
Highly proper! 2 Oct 1858.
A clause for the new Reform Bill. 9 Oct 1858 (with C. Dickens).
Doctor Dulcamara, MP. 18 Dec 1858 (with C. Dickens).