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Contributor	Jane M Scott
Gender	Female
Nationality	English
Date of Birth	1779
Date of Death	1839
Functions	Playwright
Notes	British theatre manager, performer, and playwright. With her father, John Scott (1752–1838), Jane developed the Sans Pareil Theatre (later named the Adelphi), where they offered music and light shows. They gathered a theatrical company and by 1809 the theatre was licensed for musical entertainments, pantomime, and burletta. Scott wrote more than fifty stage pieces in an array of genres: melodramas, pantomimes, farces, comic operettas, historical dramas, and adaptations, as well as translations.
Events	Date Function Contributor Organisation
	The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841 The Old Oak Chest; or, The Smuggler's Sons and the Robber's Daughter, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 6 March 1837
	Playwright The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841 The Old Oak Chest; or, The Smuggler's Sons and the Robber's Daughter, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 6 March 1837
	Allan - Musician The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841 John Lazar - Actor, Administrator: Theatre Manager, Publicist The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841 Rachel Lazar - Dancer The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841 Samuel Lover - Playwright The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841 Gioacchino Rossini - Composer The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841
	Joseph Wyatt [sole entrepreneur] The Old Oak Chest; or, The Smuggler's Sons and the Robber's Daughter, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 6 March 1837 Queen's Theatre The Old Oak Chest \| Largo Al Factototum \| The Happy Man, The Queen's Theatre (1840-1842 & 1996-), Adelaide, SA, 10 May 1841
Works	The Old Oak Chest
Data Set	AusStage
Contributor Identifier	519445

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