Author talk:George Dance
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@Billinghurst: There's a play called Lucky Stars that was apparently first performed in 1842 (Hathi estimated that the pamphlet containing the script was compiled c. 1880), written by a playwright "George Dance". While they both appear to be playwrights, this has to be a different George Dance, because the George Dance listed at this author page wasn't even born yet in 1842. So who is this second George Dance? Perhaps a father of the author currently listed? (external scan) PseudoSkull (talk) 17:17, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- @PseudoSkull: w:George Dance (dramatist) the son of Isaac Dance (1824–1880). So that would need to be separately researched and would appear to be http://viaf.org/viaf/282751599/#Dance,_George,_fl._1835-1845 — billinghurst sDrewth 22:19, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- And this one http://viaf.org/viaf/3825194/#Dance,_George and I can see works back to early 1830s based on a restricted search. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:39, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- @PseudoSkull: The Dance family from w:George Dance the Elder > w:James Love (poet) (+ brothers) seem to have a long activity in British theatre. I wonder whether we have the George Dance (1791-?), son of w:William Dance. Though dying in 1850 makes it tricky, so I am having to go out and about. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
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- @PseudoSkull: The Dance family from w:George Dance the Elder > w:James Love (poet) (+ brothers) seem to have a long activity in British theatre. I wonder whether we have the George Dance (1791-?), son of w:William Dance. Though dying in 1850 makes it tricky, so I am having to go out and about. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- And this one http://viaf.org/viaf/3825194/#Dance,_George and I can see works back to early 1830s based on a restricted search. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:39, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
His career as a dramatist has sometimes, in the twentieth century, been confused or partially conflated with that of his namesake George Dance, about whom little is known apart from his having had an independent existence writing plays for the London stage between 1831 and 1844, some of which were published by Duncombe, Barth, Lacy, and others.
- so it is unknown whether it has been explored whether it is a brother of Charles, or not. I don't think that anything is going to resolve this one beyond deep research. I suggest that you call the alternate person Author:George Dance (fl.1830s) until some revelation appears, if it ever does. — billinghurst sDrewth 01:43, 4 September 2021 (UTC)