Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | This was the opening of this piece, which, contrary to custom, the Little Haymarket Theatre
kept almost uninterruptedly on the stage until the season ended in early May. |
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | She resumed acting in London with her brother Theophilus's illicit Haymarket Company
. Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62. 16 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 743 |
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | Colley Cibber
retired abruptly from managing Drury Lane
, passing it not to his son Theophilus
but to John Highmore
; Theophilus, CC
, and other performers defected to the illicit Little Theatre in the Haymarket
. Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62. 18 Morgan, Fidelis, and Charlotte Charke. The Well-Known Troublemaker: A Life of Charlotte Charke. Faber and Faber. 52-3 |
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | CC
, at Henry Fielding
's Haymarket Theatre
, appeared in male roles: as Macheath (John Gay
), Falstaff (Shakespeare
), George Barnwell (George Lillo
), and Lothario (Nicholas Rowe
). The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 402ff |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Cooper | Elizabeth Cooper
's second comedy, The Nobleman; or, The Family Quarrel, opened at the Haymarket Theatre
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 585 |
| Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's second full-length play, the tragedy Albina, Countess Raimond, opened at the summer Haymarket Theatre
(managed by George Colman
), which did not usually perform tragedy. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 268 Link, Frederick M., and Hannah Cowley. “Introduction”. The Plays of Hannah Cowley, Vol. 1 , Garland, p. v - xlxx. xvi Escott, Angela. Email about supposed quarrel between Hannah Cowley and Hannah More to Isobel Grundy. |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach | Among the later plays written in England as by Lady Craven, The Silver Tankard, or The Point at Portsmouth (Larpent MS 564, acted at the Haymarket
on 18 July 1781) is a comic opera with... |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach | EMA
resumed play-writing when she and her second husband were re-settled in London, opening their first season at Brandenburg House in Fulham in autumn 1792. Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach,. “Introduction”. The Beautiful Lady Craven, edited by Lewis Saul Benjamin and Alexander Meyrick Broadley, Bodley Head, p. i - cxxxviii. lxxxvi |
| Occupation | Sarah Gardner | SG
apparently had some success acting during summer seasons (15 May to 15 September) with Samuel Foote
at the Haymarket 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. 5: 464 Gardner, Sarah. Colyton MS. |
| Occupation | Sarah Gardner | SG
acted at the Haymarket Theatre
while her husband did not; this was probably when the marriage broke down. Grundy, Isobel. “Sarah Gardner: "Such Trumpery" or ‘A Lustre to Her Sex’?”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol. 7 , pp. 7-25. 8 |
| Occupation | Sarah Gardner | SG
appeared at the Haymarket Theatre
in a play called The Female Dramatist, by her old adversary George Colman
. Grundy, Isobel. “Sarah Gardner: "Such Trumpery" or ‘A Lustre to Her Sex’?”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol. 7 , pp. 7-25. 15 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 537 |
| Publishing | Sarah Gardner | SG
submitted to George Colman
, new manager of the Haymarket Theatre
, her three-act comedy The Matrimonial Advertisement, or A Bold Stroke for a Husband. In her manuscript, SG
uses The Matrimonial Advertisement... |
| Performance of text | Sarah Gardner | SG
's comedy The Advertisement, or A Bold Stroke for a Husband had its single, disastrous performance at the Haymarket Theatre
(the word Matrimonial was absent from the title on this occasion). The manuscript for... |
| Reception | Sarah Gardner | George Colman
pursued his enmity against SG
for almost twenty years, twice staging at the Haymarket Theatre
farces in mockery of women dramatists which aim at her, and for each of which he was able... |
| Performance of text | Cicely Hamilton | CH
's comedy Just to Get Married opened at the Little Theatre
in London, directed by Gertrude Kingston
. Demastes, William W., and Katherine E. Kelly, editors. British Playwrights, 1880-1956. Greenwood Press. 192 |
Timeline
29 December 1720: A new playhouse, the New Theatre in the Haymarket,...
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29 December 1720
A new playhouse, the New Theatre in the Haymarket
, opened with a company of French comedians providing the entertainment.
25 February 1729: The Haymarket Theatre, hitherto occupied...
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25 February 1729
The Haymarket Theatre
, hitherto occupied by temporary foreign troupes, opened as a mainstream theatre.
30 March 1730: Henry Fielding's The Author's Farce opened...
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30 March 1730
Henry Fielding
's The Author's Farce opened at his Little Theatre in the Haymarket
, which was currently presenting its first season.
9 October 1738: The audience at the New Haymarket Theatre...
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9 October 1738
The audience at the New Haymarket Theatre
rioted against the appearance of a company of French comedians.
1766: At the previously unlicensed Haymarket Theatre...
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1766
At the previously unlicensed Haymarket TheatreSamuel Foote
was awarded a licence to put on plays during the summer, when the patent or fully-licensed theatres were closed.
16 January 1777: George Colman the elder bought the Haymarket...
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16 January 1777
George Colman the elder
bought the Haymarket Theatre
; he subsequently authored more than thirty plays.
2 July 1781: At the Haymarket Theatre the final performance...
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2 July 1781
At the Haymarket Theatre
the final performance was given of The Genius of Nonsense, a play which mocked James Graham
, health-and-sex pundit, as the Emperor of Quacks.
8 August 1781: At the Haymarket Theatre, a transvestite...
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8 August 1781
At the Haymarket Theatre
, a transvestite Beggar's Opera (in which most of the male parts were played by women and the female parts by men) garnered such favourable audience response that its performance was...
1944: The Old Vic Company began its season at New...
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1944
The Old Vic Company
began its season at New Theatre
in London with Laurence Olivier
and Ralph Richardson
in Ibsen
's Peer Gynt, Shaw
's Arms and the Man, and Shakespeare
's Richard III.
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