Donkin, Ellen. “Mrs. Gore gives tit for tat”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, pp. 54-74.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Catherine Gore | CG
's prize-winning final play, Quid Pro Quo; or, The Day of Dupes, opened at the Haymarket Theatre
. Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, pp. 1-34. 26 |
| Textual Production | Catherine Gore | This play was written in a bid to win a prize of £500 in a contest, sponsored by Benjamin Webster
of the Haymarket
, for the best modern comedy illustrative of British manners. Donkin, Ellen. “Mrs. Gore gives tit for tat”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, pp. 54-74. 55 |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Sarah Gooch | ESG
, as Mrs William Gooch, acted during the off-season at the Haymarket Theatre
in London. 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. 6: 249 |
| Friends, Associates | Evelyn Glover | Though not known to the eminent residents of the nearby square, EG
enjoyed a cordial acquaintance with many of their cooks and butlers, based on a shared love of cats. She mentions some theatrical friends:... |
| Performance of text | Catherine Crowe | A later romantic drama in five acts by CC
, The Cruel Kindness (dating from 1853), was performed at the Haymarket Theatre
in London. Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press. |
| Occupation | Mary Cowden Clarke | A production of The Merry Wives of Windsor by Charles Dickens
's Amateur Company
opened at the Haymarket Theatre
, with MCC
as Mistress Quickly, wearing Elizabethan costume she had made herself. Clarke, Mary Cowden. My Long Life. Dodd, Mead. 136-7 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Mary Charlton | The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography notes that Thomas Dibdin
used a translation from La Fontaine by MC
as the basis of a comedy, Guilty or Not Guilty, which opened at the Haymarket
in... |
| Textual Production | Sir J. M. Barrie | SJMB
's fantasy play Mary Rose opened at the Haymarket Theatre
in London. In it a mother vanishes when her son is young and returns mysteriously unchanged to seek him after he has grown up. Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press. 55 |
| Performance of text | Enid Bagnold | Following its success on Broadway, EB
's play The Chalk Garden, began its impressive twenty-three-month run at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket
, directed by John Gielgud
and starring Peggy Ashcroft
and Edith Evans
. Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin. 160-2 Sebba, Anne. Enid Bagnold: The Authorized Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 192 |
Timeline
October 1972: A gala performance was held at the Haymarket...
Building item
October 1972
A gala performance was held at the Haymarket Theatre
, featuring all the leading lights of the British stage, to celebrate Dame Sybil Thorndike
's ninetieth birthday.
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