Henry Chance Newton
Henry Chance Newton (March 13, 1854 – January 2, 1931) was a British writer and theatre critic for The Referee magazine. He was born in London to parents of Northern Irish descent and began writing about the stage in 1875 after joining Hood's Comic Annual.
Newton used several pen names: Gawain as the London correspondent for the New York Dramatic Mirror, and Carados for The Referee. With Richard Butler, he wrote musical comedy libretti under the joint name Richard Henry. Works credited to Richard Henry include Victorian burlesques such as Monte Cristo Jr. (1886), a parody of The Count of Monte Cristo; Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim (1887), a parody of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; Jubilation (1887); and Opposition (1892), a one-sitting debate.
He died in London and was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 16:36 (CET).