▁joint ▁le ase ▁for ▁the ▁Theatre ▁Royal , ▁Dr ury ▁Lane , ▁London , ▁with ▁Frederick ▁B als ir ▁Ch atter ton . ▁Between ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁and ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁he ▁wrote ▁and ▁produced ▁Bon nie ▁D und ee , ▁Nature ' s ▁above ▁Art , ▁Night ▁and ▁Mor ning , ▁and ▁Love ' s ▁Or de al . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁The ▁O ' F lah ert ys ▁and ▁Gal way - go - b rag h , ▁a ▁dram at ization ▁of ▁Le ver ' s ▁Charles ▁O ' Mal ley , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Mic key ▁Free . ▁ ▁Fal con er ' s ▁attempts , ▁however , ▁to ▁popular ise ▁Shakespeare ▁at ▁the ▁theatre ▁proved ▁a ▁dread ful ▁failure . ▁G amb ling ▁on ▁the ▁B ard ▁to ▁turn ▁a ▁profit , ▁he ▁directed ▁produ ctions ▁of ▁Mac b eth , ▁As ▁You ▁Like ▁It , ▁Henry ▁IV ▁and ▁Rome o ▁and ▁Jul iet . ▁Despite ▁h iring ▁good ▁actors , ▁aud ien ces ▁were ▁small ▁and , ▁by ▁February ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁he ▁had ▁lost ▁his ▁money . ▁Fal con er ▁was ▁arrested ▁for ▁failing ▁to ▁pay ▁his ▁mount ing ▁deb ts ▁later ▁that ▁month ▁and , ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁he ▁was ▁declared ▁bank rupt ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁prison . ▁He ▁remained ▁in ▁cust ody ▁for ▁several ▁weeks , ▁with ▁his ▁deb ts ▁thought ▁to ▁total ▁around ▁