caption death_place children birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
john courtney as thames darrell 1840 camberwell , london . john helena courtney b1857 louise marian courtney b1859 emily courtney b1860 fuller clara courtney b1862 alice courtney b1863 courtney b1847 albert fuller courtney 1851-1907 rose st james 's , westminster , london . john courtney 29 august 1804 elizabeth ann norman b1821 john_courtney_as_thames_darrell_1840 . jpg john courtney -lrb- playwright -rrb-
 john fuller playwright actor comedian
john courtney -lrb- playwright -rrb-

john courtney -lrb- 1804 -- 1865 -rrb- was a victorian playwright , dramatic actor and comedian .
courtney was the stage name of john fuller .
he wrote over 60 plays , including the popular dramas `` time tries all '' first performed in 1848 , which attained great success around the uk and also in the usa from the 1850s to at least the 1880s , and `` eustice baudin '' -lrb- 1854 -rrb- , which attained even greater success in the usa through to at least the 1890s .
he wrote the first theatrical adaptation of charlotte brontë 's novel `` jane eyre '' -lrb- 1848 -rrb- which was rediscovered in 2009 .
one of his early acting performances was in 1829 as colonel freelove in `` the day after the wedding '' or `` a wife 's first lesson '' adapted by maria theresa kemble from the original french comedy .
