McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press, 1983.
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Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Iris Tree | IT
's father was actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
, who had given up a job in the family corn-merchant business to pursue acting. After his father told him, An actor can be tolerated only... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Iris Tree | Tree's passion for the theatre meant that he was often away from his family, either on tour or at Her Majesty's Theatre
. Moreover, because his profession meant that he was always before the public... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Viola Tree | Throughout her life, VT
took direction from her father, the actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
, who had abandoned his job in the family corn-trading business to pursue a career on stage, and had changed... |
| Leisure and Society | Elinor Glyn | EG
appeared on stage in a tableau vivant, one of a series designed by a socialite named Lady Arthur Paget (Minnie)
and directed by Beerbohm Tree
at His Majesty's Theatre
. EG
's grandson biographer,... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Isabel Hill | In the same year as My Own Twin Brother, 1834, IH
's West Country Wooing, a monodrama which she composed over the course of two summer evenings, was staged in the first of... |
| Occupation | Frances Brooke | The Haymarket Opera House
was bought for FB
and her actress friend Mary Ann Yates
to run as joint managers. Catto, Susan J. Modest Ambition: The Influence of Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, and the Ideal of Female Diffidence on Sarah Fielding, Charlotte Lennox, and Frances Brooke. University of Oxford, 1998. 260 |
| Occupation | Frances Brooke | FB
and Mary Ann Yates
launched their first opera season at the Haymarket Opera House
. Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix. xlix |
| Occupation | Frances Brooke | FB
and Mary Ann Yates
ended their reign as managers of the Haymarket Opera House
. Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix. xlix |
| Occupation | William Congreve | Congreve was twenty-one when on 22 December 1691 he licensed his first book, a short novel called Incognita: or, Love and Duty Reconcil'd, which was published the following year. Congreve, William. Incognita. Scolar Press, 1971. title-page |
| Occupation | Viola Tree | VT
performed in London for the first time, playing the part of Ariel in her father
's production of The Tempest at His Majesty's Theatre
. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. (16 November 1938): 9 Beerbohm, Max, editor. Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Some Memories of Him and of His Art. Hutchinson, 1920. 131 |
| Occupation | Clemence Dane | She got her first chance in Eliza Comes to Stay (by H. V. Esmond
) at the Criterion
when the actress due to play the other woman had to drop out because of illness, and... |
| Occupation | Viola Tree | Her father began soliciting her for the role in October, but she repeatedly refused him, largely because her Italian voice instructors felt her voice was too untrained for the role. He cast an American singer... |
| Occupation | Maria Theresa Kemble | Maria De Camp (later MTK
) began her long stage career playing the role of Cupid in Les Ruses de l'Amour at the King's Theatre
. Highfill, Philip H., Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A. Langhans. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1993. 322 Sadie, Stanley, editor. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan, 1980. 443 |
| Occupation | Hélène Barcynska | After her dramatic training Daisy Jervis worked on the stage, but with no real success. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
| Occupation | Hannah Brand | HB
acted the female lead in her own tragedy Huniades at the King's Theatre
in London: this was billed as her first stage appearance, ignoring the earlier one at Norwich. Mann, David D., Susan Garland-Mann, and Camille Garnier. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996. 381 |
Timeline
15 June 1703
Playwright and architect John Vanbrugh
bought land for a new theatre in the Haymarket, London. The theatre eventually opened as the Queen's Theatre
during the 1704-5 season.
9 April 1705
Vanbrugh
's new Haymarket Theatre
(at this date also known as both the Queen's Theatre
and as the Opera House) opened with an anonymous Italian opera.
Autumn1706
John Vanbrugh
signed an agreement with Owen Swiny
, appointing Swiny to manage the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket
.
8 March 1707
13 January 1708
The two licensed London theatre companies struck an agreement which would put an end to some aspects of recent cut-throat competition.
23 November 1709
Aaron Hill
started as manager at Drury Lane Theatre
and pursued a policy of rivalry with Thomas Betterton
's company at the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket
.
2 April 1720
Handel
and the Royal Academy of Music
opened the first season of Italian opera in several years at the Haymarket
. The Royal Academy of Music continued offering opera there until 1728.
31 May 1721
The Haymarket
Theatre, or Opera House, shifted from the general opening time of 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
September 1726-Spring 1727
Madam Violante ran her first season of pantomime, dancing, and acrobatics at the Haymarket Theatre
.
20 July 1815
Madame Vestris
made her operatic debut as the leading lady of the King's Theatre
, aged only eighteen.
1845
4 May 1847
1848
Alexandre Dumas the younger
published La Dame aux Camélias, a novel which he successfully dramatised in 1852.