The Ticket-of-Leave Man

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The Ticket-of-Leave Man is a 19th-century melodramatic stage play by Tom Taylor that helped popularize the character of the wrongfully accused ex-convict in Victorian theatre.

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instanceOf 19th-century play
melodrama
stage play
associatedWith ticket-of-leave system in British penal policy
author Tom Taylor NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dramaticForm five-act play
firstPerformanceDate 1863
firstProducedInCentury 19th century
genre melodrama
hasCharacterType villainous criminal antagonist
virtuous heroine
wrongfully accused ex-convict
hasInfluenceOn later crime melodramas
stage portrayals of ex-convict protagonists
hasSubject criminal justice
redemption
social stigma
helpedPopularize character type of the wrongfully accused ex-convict in Victorian theatre
historicalContext 19th-century British legal and penal system
literaryMovement Victorian drama
mainTheme ex-convict’s social rehabilitation
wrongful accusation
medium live theatre
notableFor influencing Victorian stage melodrama conventions
originalLanguage English
period Victorian theatre
settingPeriod Victorian era NERFINISHED
writer Tom Taylor NERFINISHED

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Tom Taylor notableWork The Ticket-of-Leave Man