- Leopold Davis Lewis
Leopold Davis Lewis (1828 –
February 23 ,1890 ), was an Englishdramatist .Lewis was born in
London and educated at theKing's Collegiate School , and upon graduation became asolicitor , practising as such from 1850 to 1875. In 1871, he translated Erckmann-Chatrian's "Le Juif Polonais", giving it the name "The Bells", under which name it was produced byHenry Irving at theLyceum Theatre , London,November 25 ,1871 . Original plays from the pen of Lewis are: "The Wandering Jew" (Adelphi Theatre ,April 14 ,1873 ); "Give a Dog a Bad Name" (ib.November 18 ,1873 ); and "The Foundlings" (Sadler's Wells Theatre ,October 8 ,1881 ). From February to December of 1868 he and Alfred Thompson conducted a monthly, "The Mask", which failed. In addition to the plays mentioned Lewis wrote a number of tales under the title "A Peal of Merry Bells" (1880).References
*Bibliography: Dict. National Biog. xxx. 191;
*The Times (London), Feb. 25, 1890;
*The Era and St. Stephen's Review (ib.), March 1, 1890.
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