 Says Frazee, "these two most celebrated courtesans of the Regency provided Thackeray with material which, when added to that he acquired from first-hand knowledge of women like Becky and from his reading of fiction" enabled him to create a realistic Regency courtesan in Sharp.In 1899, Langdon Mitchell's production of "Vanity Fair" toured the United States with Minnie Maddern Fiske as Sharp, a role Fiske received critical praise for.The following year his production was plagiarised by Gertrude Coghlan's Delcher & Hennessy theatre company, with herself in the lead role, until Mitchell sued.