In June, 1883 three months after the release of Peck’s Bad Boy and His Father, while Pidgin and Peck were planning their Peck’s Bad Boy play, Dan Sully (1855-1910) produced a play called Peck’s Bad Boy and His Father. Peck got an injunction in Providence, Rhode Island stopping Sully. Subsequently in 1884 Sully changed some content, adapted parts of an English play called The Chimney Corner and then changed the name of his play to “Our Corner Grocery” (later The Corner Grocery). This new three (and later four) act play ran for a number of years at similar venues as the authorized Peck’s Bad Boy play. Despite the injunction this play had a number of similarities to the Peck’s Bad Boy stories / play. Interestingly Sully’s play toured for a number of years and in 1901 the main character was played by Dot Karroll who had previously portrayed the “Bad Boy” in Peck’s Bad Boy.

Here are trade cards advertising Sully’s play.