Nash, Mary. The Provoked Wife: The Life and Times of Susannah Cibber. Little, Brown.
202-3, 222-3
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | David Garrick | Susannah Cibber
tried to persuade David Garrick
that together she and he and James Quin
might buy the patent of Drury Lane Theatre
. She failed. |
| Occupation | David Garrick | DG
signed an agreement with James Lacy
, by which he became joint owner of Drury Lane Theatre
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 1247 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: 17 |
| Occupation | Mary Robinson | The following season, 1777-8, MR
's salary was £2.10s. weekly. She received in addition the profits from at least two benefit performances. She also acted, this season and the next, at benefit nights for the... |
| Occupation | David Garrick | David Garrick
's grand entertainment The Chinese Festival played to near riots at Drury Lane Theatre
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 493, 505-9 |
| Occupation | Mary Robinson | That season MR
appeared in the breeches role of Eliza Camply in The Miniature Picture by Lady Craven, later the Margravine of Anspach
. Her playing this part on 24 May was not, as her... |
| Occupation | David Garrick | Garrick
staged Shakespeare
's Henry IV, Part 2 at Drury Lane
in historical costume instead of in the present fashions. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 947-8, 960 |
| 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 | David Garrick | Riots at Drury Lane
greeted Garrick
's attempts at price reform. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 947, 974 |
| 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 |
| Occupation | David Garrick | Garrick
succeeded in a reform which put an end to on-stage audience seating at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 947, 979 |
| 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 | David Garrick | The Drury Lane
theatre audience demonstrated its consumer power by compelling Garrick
to alter the regular opening time. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 1347, 1356 |
| Occupation | Henrietta Battier | HB
acted at Drury Lane Theatre
in the role of Lady Rachel Russell
in Thomas Stratford
's tragedy on the death of Lord Russell
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. |
| Occupation | David Garrick | Drury Lane Theatre
was left in parlous condition at the retirement of David Garrick
; the next manager to make his mark on it was Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, who now became joint-manager with three others. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 5-6 |
| Occupation | Anne Damer | AD
appeared in private theatricals first at her brother-in-law the Duke of Richmond
's, and later at Strawberry Hill. Elfenbein, Andrew. Romantic Genius: The Prehistory of a Homosexual Role. Columbia University Press. 97 |
Timeline
23 January 1720: The Lord Chancellor (the Duke of Newcastle)...
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23 January 1720
The Lord Chancellor (the Duke of Newcastle
) closed Drury Lane Theatre
for several days because of a dispute with its licensee, Steele
.
1726-7: Only eight per cent of the plays staged at...
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1726-7
Only eight per cent of the plays staged at Drury Lane
this season dated from as recently as the last twenty years; this, obviously, was bad news for practising playwrights.
25 February 1729: The Haymarket Theatre, hitherto occupied...
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25 February 1729
The Haymarket Theatre
, hitherto occupied by temporary foreign troupes, opened as a mainstream theatre.
25 June 1731: George Lillo's bourgeois tragedy The London...
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25 June 1731
George Lillo
's bourgeois tragedyThe London Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell had its debut at Drury Lane
, London.
7 December 1732: John Rich opened a new theatre in Covent...
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7 December 1732
John Rich
opened a new theatre in Covent Garden
, the Theatre Royal, and moved his farces and pantomimes there from the other Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
.
June 1733: John Laguerre painted The Stage Mutiny, which...
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June 1733
John Laguerre
painted The Stage Mutiny, which shows Theophilus Cibber
, Charlotte Charke
, and others, confronting John Highmore
, then manager of Drury Lane
.
1744: The popular actress Kitty Clive argued in...
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1744
The popular actress Kitty Clive
argued in The Case of Mrs Clive Submitted to the Publick that she had been unfairly treated by the managers of both London theatres (Drury Lane
and Covent Garden
).
By 17 December 1744: Charles Fleetwood sold out at Drury Lane...
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By 17 December 1744
By January 1754: Richard Glover's Short History of Boadicea,...
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By January 1754
Richard Glover
's Short History of Boadicea, the British Queen, was published (staged at Drury Lane
late the previous year).
1759: David Garrick finally barred non-paying servants...
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1759
24 April 1769: Kitty Clive gave her farewell performance....
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24 April 1769
Kitty Clive
gave her farewell performance. She had enjoyed great success as a comic actress, and some as a playwright.
14 October 1769: Garrick's afterpiece The Jubilee opened at...
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14 October 1769
Garrick
's afterpieceThe Jubilee opened at Drury Lane
, where it enjoyed the record run of the century: ninety performances in one season.
3 March 1770: Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes prevented...
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3 March 1770
Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes
prevented the opening performance of a pro-government play, Word to the Wise by Hugh Kelly
at Drury Lane
.
23 September 1775: Drury Lane Theatre re-opened after being...
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23 September 1775
Drury Lane Theatre
re-opened after being totally re-designed as a far larger auditorium by Robert
and James Adam
.
8 May 1777: The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley...
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8 May 1777
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
opened at Drury Lane Theatre
to unprecedented success. The following season it enjoyed 45 performances.
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