Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Court Theatre
Connections
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Textual Production | Harriett Jay | This did even better than most of their joint plays, clocking up their longest consecutive run (256 performances). |
Author summary | Elizabeth Baker | Elizabeth Baker
's drama often deals with feminist and economic issues facing struggling middle-class families. Her casts of characters include feisty, independent young women seeking emancipation and sympathetic men burdened with supporting a family on... |
Performance of text | Elizabeth Baker | EB
's first play, Chains, had a single matinée performance at the Court Theatre
in London. Weiss, Rudolf. “Versions of Emancipation: The Dramatic World of Elizabeth Baker”. Sprachkunst, Vol. 20 , No. 2, pp. 305-16. 315 Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 490 |
Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | John Bull's Other Island, a play about Ireland written by GBS
at the request of W. B. Yeats
, opened at the Court Theatre
in London. Innes, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge University Press. xxiv |
Performance of text | Elizabeth Baker | Two one-act plays by EB
, Cupid in Clapham and Miss Tassey, were produced at the Court Theatre
in London. Weiss, Rudolf. “Versions of Emancipation: The Dramatic World of Elizabeth Baker”. Sprachkunst, Vol. 20 , No. 2, pp. 305-16. 315 Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 490 |
Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | The Court Theatre
presented Major Barbara, a three-act comedy by GBS
in which he pits the ethos of the Salvation Army
against modern industrialism. Innes, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge University Press. xxiv Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research. |
Performance of text | Elizabeth Baker | EB
's Partnership, a three-act comedy about business and marriage, opened at the Court Theatre
in London. Weiss, Rudolf. “Versions of Emancipation: The Dramatic World of Elizabeth Baker”. Sprachkunst, Vol. 20 , No. 2, pp. 305-16. 315 Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 490 |
Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | GBS
's medical satire, The Doctor's Dilemma, opened at the Court Theatre
in London. Innes, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge University Press. xxiv-v Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research. |
Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | Press Cuttings, a one-act suffrage play by GBS
, was first performed at a private reception at the Court Theatre
in London. Innes, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge University Press. xxv |
Performance of text | Elizabeth Baker | Two years later, on 30 March 1927, it was performed at London's Court Theatre
. It was published by Ernest Benn
in 1927. |
Performance of text | W. B. Yeats | Where There Is Nothing, a play by WBY
, opened at London's Court Theatre
. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 10 |
Performance of text | Inez Bensusan | IB
's first play, a one-act suffrage drama entitled The Apple, had one matinee performance by the Play Actors
at the Court Theatre
in London. Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press. 46 Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 508 |
Performance of text | John Galsworthy | JG
's first play, The Silver Box, a critique of bias favoring the rich in the judicial process, opened at the Court Theatre
in London.The play was published in 1910. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 10 “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 34 |
Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | AG
's comedy The Bogie Men was first performed by the Abbey Theatre Company
at the Court Theatre
in London. Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, p. v - xiii. xi Stevenson, Mary Lou Kohfeldt. Lady Gregory: The Woman Behind the Irish Renaissance. Atheneum. 237 |
Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | The Wrens, a political comedy by AG
, had its first production at London's Court Theatre
. Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, p. v - xiii. xi |
Timeline
Autumn 1904 to summer 1907: Under the management of playwright and director...
Writing climate item
Autumn 1904 to summer 1907
Under the management of playwright and director Harley Granville-Barker
and business manager J. E. Vedrenne
, the Court Theatre
became the first permanent home of the new drama.
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