Johnson, Samuel. The Letters of Samuel Johnson. Editor Redford, Bruce, Princeton University Press.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Mary Julia Young | MJY
's poem, in fast-moving heroic couplets, opens with Genius invoking the aid of Fancy. Fancy insists that the most beautiful and versatile of the muses is Thalia (who presides over comedy). After urging the... |
| Publishing | Ann Yearsley | As early as March-April 1788 AY
's backers Eliza Dawson
and Wilmer Gossip
were suggesting that a play would offer a better chance of financial return than poetry. Yearsley drafted her lost play Bawdin at... |
| Publishing | Harriette Wilson | She wrote a farce which she submitted to Robert Elliston
, manager of Drury Lane
(and an old friend who later proposed marriage to her). But he did not accept her play. In 1829 (after... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Anna Williams | David Garrick
put on a benefit performance at Drury Lane Theatre
for a Gentlewoman of Learning, distressed by blindness, that is AW
. |
| Textual Production | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | SSW
adapted The Travellers; or, Prince of China: An interesting story from an opera, The Travellers, with music by Domenico Corri
and libretto by Andrew Cherry
, which had opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
| Textual Production | Catharine Trotter | CT
's first play, Agnes de Castro. A Tragedy, opened at Drury Lane
. Kelley, Anne. Catharine Trotter: An Early Modern Writer in the Vanguard of Feminism. Ashgate. 254 Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago. 406 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 1: 455 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Occupation | Frances Eleanor Trollope | During the 1850s the Ternan women acted in London, at theatres such as Drury Lane
, the Princess's Theatre
, and Sadler's Wells
. Ackroyd, Peter. Dickens. HarperCollins. 787 |
| Occupation | Sir Richard Steele | Richard Steele
was appointed governor of Drury Lane Theatre
. He was suspended from this position in 1720 and restored to it the following year. Steele, Sir Richard. The Tender Husband. Editor Winton, Calhoun, Edward Arnold. 87-8 |
| Performance of text | Frances Sheridan | FS
's first play, the comedy The Discovery (which had been in rehearsal the previous November), opened at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 976 Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press. xiv |
| Performance of text | Frances Sheridan | FS
's second comedy, The Dupe (called by editor Joyce Coates Cleary
an interesting cross between a farce and a morality play), opened at Drury Lane
; but it flopped. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 1025 Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press. xiv |
| Publishing | Frances Sheridan | She had written it after fleeing to Blois in France with her family after a theatre riot greeted a performance of Voltaire
's Mahomet, and had intended it to be the first of a... |
| Occupation | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | In June 1776, the year after his first comedy had snatched success from the jaws of defeat, RBS
added to the career of a dramatist the position of joint manager of Drury Lane Theatre
... |
| Occupation | Mary Robinson | MR
made her stage debut at Drury Lane
as Juliet to William Brereton
's Romeo; she was an instantaneous success. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, pp. 19-64. 26, 63 Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen. 87-9 |
Timeline
7 December 1666: This was probably the first day a public...
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7 December 1666
This was probably the first day a public theatre opened in London after a seventeen-month closure owing to the plague.
2 March 1667: Dryden's Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen...
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2 March 1667
Dryden
's Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen had its first performance at Drury Lane Theatre
, with Nell Gwyn
in the cast and Samuel Pepys
, Charles II
, and the future James II
in the audience.
26 March 1674: The King's Company opened at its new Drury...
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26 March 1674
The King's Company
opened at its new Drury Lane Theatre
, in Drury Lane, still under the management of Thomas Killigrew
.
9 September 1676: Charles Hart, Michael Mohun, Edward Kynaston,...
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9 September 1676
Charles Hart
, Michael Mohun
, Edward Kynaston
, and William Cartwright
were appointed by the Lord Chamberlain to manage Drury Lane Theatre
.
28 September 1677: During another difficult season at Drury...
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28 September 1677
During another difficult season at Drury Lane Theatre
, the manager extracted an agreement from the actors that they would not perform for any other company.
12 December 1677: John Dryden's tragedy All for Love; or, The...
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12 December 1677
John Dryden
's tragedyAll for Love; or, The World Well Lost (a blank-verse re-writing of Shakespeare
's Antony and Cleopatra) received its first known (perhaps not its first) performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
.
16 November 1682: The recently-formed United Company gave its...
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16 November 1682
The recently-formed United Company
gave its first stage performance at Drury Lane Theatre
.
Mid-January 1694: John Dryden's last play, the tragedy Love...
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Mid-January 1694
John Dryden
's last play, the tragedyLove Triumphant, was performed at Drury Lane
; it was printed the same year.
: Rebellion headed by the performers Thomas...
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Autumn1694
Rebellion headed by the performers Thomas Betterton
, Elizabeth Barry
, and Anne Bracegirdle
put an end to the United Company
, which had been formed in 1682 with the merger of the two London theatres.
21 November 1696: Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy The Relapse: or...
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21 November 1696
8 April 1706: George Farquhar's comedy The Recruiting Officer...
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8 April 1706
13 January 1708: The two licensed London theatre companies...
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13 January 1708
The two licensed London theatre companies struck an agreement which would put an end to some aspects of recent cut-throat competition.
6 June 1709: Drury Lane Theatre (under Christopher Rich)...
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6 June 1709
Drury Lane Theatre
(under Christopher Rich
) was closed by the Lord Chamberlain for deducting too much in house charges from the full receipts.
23 November 1709: Aaron Hill started as manager at Drury Lane...
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23 November 1709
Aaron Hill
started as manager at Drury Lane Theatre
and pursued a policy of rivalry with Thomas Betterton
's company at the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket
.
1715: The theatre censorship system which had been...
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1715
The theatre censorship system which had been in place since the 1690s died out when Drury Lane
under Richard Steele
ceased sending playscripts to Killigrew
.
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