Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan.
430, 431
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Ethel Smyth | ES
's opera The Wreckers had its first full performance in English under conductor Thomas Beecham
at His Majesty's Theatre
, London. Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century. 342 |
| 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. 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. 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. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 322 Sadie, Stanley, editor. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. 443 |
| Occupation | Hélène Barcynska | After her dramatic training Daisy Jervis worked on the stage, but with no real success. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| 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. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 381 |
| Occupation | Hannah Brand | HB
took the female lead again in her hastily-revised tragedy Agmunda (its title changed from Huniades, the name of the male lead, to the name of the heroine), at the King's Theatre
in London. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 381 |
| Occupation | Frances Brooke | The Haymarket Opera House
was bought for FB
and her actress friend Mary Ann Yates
to run as joint managers. McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press. 151 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. 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, 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, p. ix - xlix. xlix |
| 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... |
| 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,... |
| 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... |
Timeline
13 November 1858: Lady Clara Cavendish's melodrama The Woman...
Women writers item
13 November 1858
26 December 1867: Ellen Terry and Henry Irving made the first...
Building item
26 December 1867
Ellen Terry
and Henry Irving
made the first of many stage appearances together when they played opposite one another in Katherine and Petruchio (better known as The Taming of the Shrew) at the new...
31 January 1880: Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, was reopened...
Building item
31 January 1880
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket,
was reopened by Marie Wilton
and her husband Squire Bancroft
after extensive restructuring.
1904: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (father of the...
Building item
1904
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
(father of the writers Viola
and Iris Tree
) founded an Academy of Dramatic Art
at His Majesty's Theatre
in the Haymarket, London.
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