Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, pp. 19-64.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Mary Robinson | MR
's comic opera The Lucky Escape opened at Drury Lane
, given for her benefit at its first appearance. Pascoe differs from the London Stage and from Mann and Garnier as to the exact date. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 397 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 167 |
| Performance of text | Mary Robinson | MR
's afterpiece or satiric comedy Nobody opened at Drury Lane
, with prologue and epilogue by herself. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen. xiii The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 1707 |
| 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 | 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... |
| Performance of text | Jane Porter | JP
's tragedy Switzerland (which has been sometimes wrongly attributed to her sister Anna Maria
), was performed at Drury Lane
, only to be summarily withdrawn after its single, disastrous performance. Archival evidence is... |
| Textual Production | Jane Porter | JP
wrote several plays. She had already refused one invitation to write for Drury Lane
when in March 1816 she met and was impressed by both Edmund Kean
and his wife, Mary
. Mary described... |
| Textual Production | Jane Porter | JP
's next play had a long gestation. Nearly finished in November 1817, it was accepted by Drury Lane
in January 1818, then postponed to accommodate Kean
's revival of The Jew of Malta... |
| Performance of text | Anne Plumptre | AP
was paid £25 for the use by Sheridan
and the Drury Lane Theatre
of her translation of Kotzebue
's Die Spanier in Peru. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 2178 |
| 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 | 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... |
| Textual Production | Mary Pix | After asking the actor George Powell
to help her get it accepted at Drury Lane, she had then taken it to the other theatre, and claimed that Powell plagiarised it in his The Imposture Defeated... |
| 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 |
| Textual Production | Amelia Opie | Despite the volume's title, The Ruffian Boy had been in print well before this, and had spawned several theatrical incarnations. These included one based on the story, written by Edward Ball
and produced at Norwich... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Caroline Norton | Tom Sheridan
, CN
's father, son of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, bore the same name as his famous eighteenth-century grandfather, the actor, and great-grandfather, the clergyman and schoolmaster. He had been an... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Caroline Norton | The burning down of Drury Lane Theatre
on 24 February 1809 was a financial catastrophe for CN
's parents, as well as for her grandfather Richard Brinsley Sheridan
. 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. |
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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