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.
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|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Maria Theresa Kemble | MTK
performed the role of Lady Julia at Drury Lane
in her second play, Personation; or, Fairly Taken In, a farce or comic interlude. Feminist Companion Archive. |
| Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's final comedy, The Artifice, opened at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 688 |
| Performance of text | Hester Lynch Piozzi | The Regent, by Bertie Greatheed
(one of the Della Cruscans
) appeared at Drury Lane
with an epilogue by HLP
. Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press. 331 |
| Performance of text | Catharine Trotter | CT
's only comedy, the didactic Love at a Loss; or, Most Votes Carry It, probably opened on this day at Drury Lane
. Kelley, Anne. Catharine Trotter: An Early Modern Writer in the Vanguard of Feminism. Ashgate. 256 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 5 |
| Performance of text | Aphra Behn | AB
's comedy The Luckey Chance; or, An Alderman's Bargain was licensed; it had probably already opened at Drury Lane
with the new United Company
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. |
| Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | Drury Lane
put on a farce or opening piece by SC
entitled A Bickerstaff's Burying; or, Work for the Upholders. Upholders were undertakers or funeral directors. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 217 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 133 |
| Performance of text | Mary Pix | The play had opened at Drury Lane
about a month previously. Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago. 413 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 1: 464 |
| Performance of text | Catharine Trotter | CT
's fourth play and third verse tragedy, The Unhappy Penitent, probably opened on this day at Drury Lane
. It bore her name as Mrs. Trotter. Kelley, Anne. Catharine Trotter: An Early Modern Writer in the Vanguard of Feminism. Ashgate. 257 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 7 |
| Performance of text | Aphra Behn | AB
's comedy The Widdow Ranter; or, The History of Bacon
in Virginia, the first play to be set in British North America, had a posthumous performance at Drury Lane
which may have been... |
| Performance of text | Harriet Lee | HL
's comedy The New Peerage; or, Our Eyes may Deceive Us opened at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 1019 |
| Performance of text | Marianne Chambers | MC
's five-act comedy The School for Friends opened at London's Drury Lane
. James Mason
published a comedy of the same title in the second volume of his Literary Miscellanies, 1809. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 383 |
| Performance of text | Mary Pix | It had been given at Drury Lane
, probably during August, with songs set by Daniel Purcell
, Henry
's brother. Next year MP
, like Catharine Trotter
, transferred her allegiance to the new... |
| Performance of text | Aphra Behn | Charles Gildon
had a manuscript of this play. The success of Southerne
's adaptation of Oroonoko probably inspired him to get The Younger Brother staged; he may well have revised it first. Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press. 336-7 |
| Performance of text | Sophia Lee | SL
's tragedy Almeyda, Queen of Granada began its four-night run at Drury Lane
, after repeated delays amounting to two and a half years. Lee, Sophia. “Introduction”. The Recess, edited by April Alliston, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - lii. xxxiii, xlvii |
| Performance of text | Marianne Chambers | MC
's second five-act play, Ourselves, A Comedy, opened at the Lyceum
in London with actors from the Theatre Royal
. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 383 Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb. Editor Marrs, Edwin J., Cornell University Press. 3: 73n5 |
Timeline
30 October 1779: The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehears'd by Richard...
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30 October 1779
23 September 1782: Covent Garden Theatre re-opened after a three-month...
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23 September 1782
Covent Garden Theatre
re-opened after a three-month reconstruction, enlargement, and renovation.
30 September 1783: John Philip Kemble made his first appearance...
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30 September 1783
John Philip Kemble
made his first appearance (as Hamlet) at Drury Lane Theatre
.
2 February 1785: Sarah Siddons first played Lady Macbeth (a...
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2 February 1785
Sarah Siddons
first played Lady Macbeth (a part with which she was to become popularly identified) at Drury Lane
.
18 October 1785: The great comic actress Dorothy Jordan made...
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18 October 1785
The great comic actress Dorothy Jordan
made her London debut at Drury Lane Theatre
.
2 April 1796: Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered...
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2 April 1796
Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered tragedy by Shakespeare
but actually written by William Henry Ireland
, opened under Richard Brinsley Sheridan
's management at Drury Lane
.
26 January 1797: Elizabeth (Younge) Pope, who had been acting...
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26 January 1797
Elizabeth (Younge) Pope
, who had been acting since 1768 and was felt to be second only to Sarah Siddons
, gave her final performance at Drury Lane
; she died nearly six weeks later.
8 April 1797: Elizabeth Farren, renowned for her portrayals...
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8 April 1797
Elizabeth Farren
, renowned for her portrayals of high-society women, gave her final performance at Drury Lane
before retiring to marry the Earl of Derby.
24 May 1799: Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opened...
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24 May 1799
Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
opened at Drury Lane
. An adaptation of Kotzebue
's melodrama about Peru, Pizarro voiced the anti-French feelings (fore-runners of anti-Napoleonic feelings) disturbing the English people at this time.
15 May 1800: King George III narrowly escaped death when...
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15 May 1800
King George III
narrowly escaped death when a bullet aimed for him lodged in the pillar of his box at Drury Lane Theatre
.
13 December 1800: William Godwin's five-act verse tragedy Antonio...
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13 December 1800
William Godwin
's five-act versetragedyAntonio was performed for the first and last time at Drury Lane
. It was rejected by the audience, not with hissing but with coughing.
10 December 1806: Charles Lamb's farce Mr H— opened at Drury...
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10 December 1806
Charles Lamb
's farceMr H— opened at Drury Lane
. Its dashing coxcomb protagonist cuts a swathe through the ladies at Bath until it comes out that his name is Hogsflesh, when they drop him hurriedly.
24 February 1809: Drury Lane Theatre was demolished by fir...
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24 February 1809
Drury Lane Theatre
was demolished by fire.
7 June 1810: William Charles Macready (son of an actress...
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7 June 1810
William Charles Macready
(son of an actress and an actor-manager) began his successful acting career as Romeo in a performance in Birmingham; he became a specialist in Shakespeare
an roles.
10 October 1812: The fourth Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was...
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10 October 1812
The fourth Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
, was opened with a special address by Lord Byron
.
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