![Royal Victoria Theatre : Miss Ellen Courtenay [Ellen Courtney] begs leave most respectfully to state, that, at the suggestion of her friends, she is induced to take a benefit at the above elegant theatre, on Wednesday July 15, 1835 ...](/IIIF/000540000/000536881/vtls000536881_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Royal Victoria Theatre :
Miss Ellen Courtenay [Ellen Courtney] begs leave most respectfully to state, that, at the suggestion of her friends, she is induced to take a benefit at the above elegant theatre, on Wednesday July 15, 1835 ...
| Summary: | Handwritten entry at foot of broadside reads: 'The benefit was prevented and the Bill suppressed'. Ellen Courtney claimed Daniel O'Connell had fathered her child and sought to extract maintenance from him; O'Connell denied the paternity. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
London :
Royal Victoria Theatre,
1835.
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Department of Ephemera. Physical description: 1 sheet ; 44 x 19 cm. more |
