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Clara Clemens and Margaret (Daisy) Warner in The Prince and the Pauper
[photograph, March 1886]
Clara Clemens and Margaret (Daisy) Warner in The Prince and the Pauper [photograph, ca. 1885]

Olivia Clemens wrote a script based on her husband's book and coached her two oldest daughters and some of their friends for a surprise performance in March 1885.

Clemens was delighted, calling it "one of the prettiest private theatrical performances I have ever seen." The play became a family favorite, and in later productions Clemens himself played Miles Hendon.
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