The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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Performance of text | Frances Burney | FB
's tragedy Edwy and Elgiva, the only one of her plays to reach the stage in her lifetime, had its single performance at Drury Lane
, starring Sarah Siddons
. |
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 |
Performance of text | Elizabeth Griffith | EG
's comedy The School for Rakes opened at Drury Lane
; it was adapted from Eugénie by P. A. Caron de Beaumarchais
, and had a highly satisfactory run. Griffith, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Delicate Distress, edited by Cynthia Booth Ricciardi and Susan Staves, University Press of Kentucky, p. vii - xviii. xxx-xxxi |
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. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, pp. 19-64. 59 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 | Joanna Baillie | De Monfort, JB
's tragedy about hatred, one of her first Plays on the Passions, had its opening at Drury Lane Theatre
, London. Library catalogues also list this play as De Montfort. Carhart, Margaret S. The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie. Archon Books. 110 |
Performance of text | Dorothea Celesia | DC
's Almide, an adaptation of Tancrede by Voltaire
, opened at Drury Lane
in London. It proved a success, and ran for ten nights. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. |
Performance of text | Delarivier Manley | DM
's Lost Lover was produced at Drury Lane
; it was published the same year. Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, p. v - xxviii. xi Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 393 |
Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's first play, the comedy The Runaway, opened at Drury Lane
, as the only new mainpiece of David Garrick
's final season; it had the successful run of seventeen nights. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 1952 Link, Frederick M., and Hannah Cowley. “Introduction”. The Plays of Hannah Cowley, Vol. 1 , Garland, p. v - xlxx. vii, x |
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 |
Performance of text | Joanna Baillie | Henriquez, by JB
, was first staged at Drury Lane
, London. Carhart, Margaret S. The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie. Archon Books. 164 |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's first play, The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice, was performed at Drury Lane
. Its precise date seems to be unknown. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: xlv, 4 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 33 |
Performance of text | Delarivier Manley | DM
's tragedy Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain, was acted at Drury Lane
. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 393 |
Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's farce or afterpiece Who's the Dupe? opened at Drury Lane
under Garrick
's successor, Sheridan
. It was normal practice for light-hearted sketches to follow more serious plays to complete the evening's entertainment. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 246 |
Performance of text | Joanna Baillie | Of the twenty-eight plays that JB
wrote, only seven were professionally produced. These were De Monfort,The Family Legend, Henriquez, The Separation, The Election, Constantine Paleologus, and Basil... |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's Molière
adaptation Love's Contrivance; or, Le Medecin Malgre Luy opened anonymously at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 37 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 51 |
Timeline
6 September 1817: Drury Lane Theatre installed gas lighting...
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6 September 1817
Drury Lane Theatre
installed gas lighting in the auditorium and on stage.
By September 1819: Facing debts of £90,000, Drury Lane Theatre...
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By September 1819
Facing debts of £90,000, Drury Lane Theatre
was forced to close.
19 February 1820: Madame Vestris starred in a comic opera at...
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19 February 1820
Madame Vestris
starred in a comic opera at Drury Lane Theatre
to mixed reviews; she did not achieve fame until she started playing male roles.
1822: Drury Lane Theatre was closed for a complete...
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1822
Drury Lane Theatre
was closed for a complete internal overhaul.
1825: Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin published his...
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1825
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
published his historicaldramaBoris Godunov.
27 June 1828: Joseph Grimaldi, famous clown of English...
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27 June 1828
Joseph Grimaldi
, famous clown of English pantomime, gave a farewell performance at Drury Lane
, aged forty-eight.
8 June 1829: Douglas William Jerrold's play Black-Ey'd...
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8 June 1829
May 1833: Drury Lane Theatre and Covent Garden Theatre...
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May 1833
Drury Lane Theatre
and Covent Garden Theatre
came under the same management, with bizarre results for the acting companies.
1843: Parliament deregulated the London stage by...
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1843
Parliament deregulated the London stage by removing the restriction which had limited the number of patent or fully licensed theatres in the capital to no more than two, Covent Garden
and Drury Lane
.
12 June 1843: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part...
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12 June 1843
Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert
became part of the theatre-going public when they visited the Drury Lane Theatre
in state.
22 August 1843: The Theatres Regulation Act made it legal...
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22 August 1843
The Theatres Regulation Act made it legal for any theatre to become licensed for drama (thus expanding its repertoire) and required all new commercial plays to be approved by the Lord Chamberlain seven days before...
26 February 1851: William Macready made his famous farewell...
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26 February 1851
William Macready
made his famous farewell performance at the Drury Lane Theatre
wearing the black suit of a gentleman in place of his costume as Macbeth.
June 1851: Ingomar the Barbarian; or, the Son of the...
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June 1851
Ingomar the Barbarian; or, the Son of the Wilderness, adapted from German by Maria Lovell
, premiered at Drury Lane
.
2 October 1862: Dion Boucicault wrote to The Times pointing...
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2 October 1862
Dion Boucicault
wrote to The Times pointing out the widely varying rents for West End theatres.
1868: The Drury Lane Theatre offered the sensational...
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1868
The Drury Lane
Theatre offered the sensational playThe Great City, which featured an actual hansom cab and horse as part of its repertoire of special effects.
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