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.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Eliza Haywood | EH
's comedy A Wife to be Lett opened at Drury Lane. Haywood took the leading comic role of Mrs Graspall (owing to someone else's illness), and also spoke an epilogue. Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto. 128 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ann Hatton | Actress Sarah Siddons
had her first triumph at Drury Lane
, four months after the birth of her fifth and last child. 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. 14: 8 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Gunning | EG
's confusing preface to her translated melodrama The Wife with Two Husbands, 1803, says she is printing it because she has heard that Drury Lane
is about to put on her first essay... |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Griffith | EG
's comedy The Platonic Wife (based on one of Marmontel
's tales, L'heureux divorce) opened at Drury Lane
. Griffith, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Delicate Distress, edited by Cynthia Booth Ricciardi and Susan Staves, University Press of Kentucky, p. vii - xviii. xxx Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Rizzo, Betty. “’Depressa Resurgam’: Elizabeth Griffith’s Playwriting Career”. Curtain Calls, edited by Mary Anne Schofield and Cecilia Macheski, Ohio University Press, pp. 120-42. 126 |
| 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 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Griffith | EG
's last comedy, The Times (a sentimental piece adapted from Goldoni
), opened at Drury Lane
. Griffith, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Delicate Distress, edited by Cynthia Booth Ricciardi and Susan Staves, University Press of Kentucky, p. vii - xviii. xxxii |
| Textual Production | Clotilde Graves | Many of CG
's sixteen plays (often but not all light comedy), have remained unpublished, though produced on stage in London and New York. The earliest of these, the blank-verse tragedy Nitocris, was... |
| Education | Elizabeth Grant | While the family resided in London, theatre-going provided another much-welcomed form of education and entertainment. EG
once attended a production of The Caravan, featuring John Kemble
, in which Carlo, the famous Newfoundland... |
| Performance of text | Catherine Gore | CG
's second comedy, Lords and Commons, opened at the patent theatre of Drury Lane
, almost within five months of her first. Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, pp. 1-34. 5 |
| Performance of text | Catherine Gore | CG
, still resident in Paris, had another play open in London: The King's Seal at Drury Lane
, featuring the French monarch Henri IV
. Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, pp. 1-34. 11 |
| Textual Production | Phebe Gibbes | A musical drama by PG
was accepted for production, but then lost, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, new manager of Drury Lane Theatre
. Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918. |
| Performance of text | Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | An epilogue she wrote for Joanna Baillie
's tragedy De Montfort was spoken by Sarah Siddons
when the play opened at Drury Lane Theatre
, London, on 29 April 1800. OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins. 331 |
| 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. Nash, Mary. The Provoked Wife: The Life and Times of Susannah Cibber. Little, Brown. 202-3, 222-3 |
| 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 | 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 |
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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