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Harry Paulton
1842–1917
A Victorian-era comic actor and dramatist, he moved easily between the stage and the writing desk. He is best remembered for librettos and theatrical pieces that helped popular entertainment travel widely in Britain and beyond.
1 Audiobook
Niobe, All Smiles: A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
by Harry Paulton, Maurice Ordonneau, Edward A. (Edward Antonio) Paulton
About the author
Born in Wolverhampton, Harry Paulton was an English comedian, actor, author, and playwright whose career was rooted in the lively world of 19th-century theatre. Sources on his birth year differ, with some listing 1841 and others 1842, but they agree that he died in London in 1917.
Paulton is especially associated with comic opera and stage writing. Library and theatre records describe him as a dramatist and librettist, and his name is closely linked with Erminie, the comic opera written with composer Edward Jakobowski, which became one of the period's notable popular successes.
Archival records also show that his professional life reached well beyond Britain, with collections and catalog entries preserving letters, programs, and other traces of a long theatrical career. A clear, suitable portrait image could not be confirmed from the available pages, so no profile image is included.