Henry Pettitt

Henry Alfred Pettitt (7 April 1848 – 24 December 1893), was a British actor and dramatist.

[1] With Augustus Harris, he wrote the play Burmah, produced on Broadway in 1896.

Their Gaiety Theatre musical burlesques included Faust up to date (1888), which remained a hit for several years and coined a new meaning for the phrase "up-to-date", meaning "abreast" of the latest styles and facts.

[2] His Hands Across the Sea (1887), starring William Elton and Isabel Morris, was a favourite in Australia, perhaps on account of its treatment of French convicts transported to New Caledonia.

[3] Pettitt died in Fulham and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London, on the west side of the main entrance path from the north gate.