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.
New Theatre, Haymarket
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Eliza Haywood | EH
appeared on stage as a member of Henry Fielding
's company at the Little Theatre
in the Haymarket. |
| Performance of text | Eliza Haywood | A ballad opera, The Opera of Operas; or, Tom Thumb the Great, by EH
and her lover, William Hatchett
, was performed at the Haymarket. It was published the same day and the... |
| Performance of text | Eliza Haywood | Transactions of both EH
and William Hatchett
involving theatre tickets now make it seem certain that she was indeed the Author of an adaptation of the sixteenth-century tragedy Arden of Feversham (as Arden of Feversham... |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Inchbald | EI
's The Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon (her first play to reach the stage) was produced at the Haymarket
under the pseudonym Mrs Woodley. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 717 Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America. 31 |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Inchbald | I'll Tell You What, a comedy by EI
, opened in the Haymarket
summer season and proved to be her second success. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 813 Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America. 31 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Inchbald | EI
's comedy The Married Man (adapted from Le philosophe marié by Néricault Destouches
) was published as acted at the Haymarket
. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 68 (1789): 157 |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Inchbald | The Widow's Vow, an afterpiece adapted by EI
, had its first performance, following Nicholas Rowe
's Jane Shore at the Haymarket Theatre
: it was published the same year. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 895 |
| 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 |
| Performance of text | Sophia Lee | |
| Publishing | Sophia Lee | |
| Occupation | Charlotte Lennox | |
| Occupation | Charlotte Lennox | This seems to have been the first of her few and scattered stage appearances. She played at Richmond in 1748 and at the Little Theatre, Haymarket
, as Almeria, heroine of Congreve
's The Mourning... |
| Publishing | Jean Marishall | Marishall then turned to Edinburgh's Canongate Theatre
, only to have Foote
(who had become manager there in November 1770) waste a whole season promising to put it on soon. In the end, after... |
| 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 |
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