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English playright and novelist William Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) pastes up Fred Walker's poster for 'The Woman in White', showing at the Olympic Theatre, February 1872. The play was adapted by Collins from his own novel of the same name. A caricature from 'Once a Week' by artist Frederick Waddy, pub. 1872 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

English playright and novelist William Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) pastes up Fred Walker's poster for 'The Woman in White', showing at the Olympic Theatre, February 1872. The play was adapted by Collins from his own novel of the same name. A caricature from 'Once a Week' by artist Frederick Waddy, pub. 1872  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)