The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 268
New Theatre, Haymarket
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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. 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 | Sophia Lee | |
| 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... |
| Performance of text | Mariana Starke | MS
's first original play, The Sword of Peace; or, A Voyage of Love, a prose comedy in five acts, opened at the Haymarket Theatre
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 1080 |
| 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 |
| Performance of text | Christopher St John | The Theatre of the Soul, a translation by Marie Potapenko
and CSJ
of Nikolai Evreinov
's expressionist play V kulisakh dushi, was first performed by the Pioneer Players
at the Little Theatre
, London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 893 Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell. 119 |
| Occupation | Leah Sumbel | LS
did imitations at the Haymarket
(where she had made her London stage debut) for the benefit of her eighty-four-year-old mother. 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. |
| 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 | Ann Thicknesse | Ann Ford (later AT
) gave the first of a series of five concerts, by subscription at the Little Theatre
in the Haymarket. She had left her father's house and declared her intention of... |
| 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 |
| 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. 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. 24 |
| 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 | Elizabeth Inchbald | EI
performed in both winter and summer seasons, at Covent Garden and the Little Theatre, Haymarket
(under manager George Colman
). During the season 1780-1781, the Covent Garden
theatre paid her two pounds a week... |
| Occupation | Maria Theresa Kemble | Maria De Camp (later MTK
) caught the public eye in the male role of Macheath in the Haymarket
's production of The Beggar's Opera. 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. 323 |
| 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. |
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