The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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... |
| 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. 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 |
| Occupation | Eliza Haywood | EH
appeared on stage as a member of Henry Fielding
's company at the Little Theatre
in the Haymarket. 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. |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
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