Burney, Frances. The Complete Plays of Frances Burney. Editor Sabor, Peter, William Pickering.
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Frances Burney | After the triumph of Evelina, FB
's first intention was to write for the stage. She had the encouragement of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, manager of Drury Lane Theatre
, and of dramatist Arthur Murphy
. |
| Textual Production | Maria Edgeworth | ME
wrote in a preface of her desire to find her way in this new career as playwright: a career she had been advised to by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 5th ser. 5 (1817): 508 |
| Textual Production | Emma Marshall | |
| Textual Production | Ngaio Marsh | NM
's mother
played the witch, and her grandfather Edward William Seager
made a present to her of two theatrical treasures: a book entitled Actors of the [Nineteenth] Century by Frederic White
and a shirt... |
| 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. |
| Textual Production | Mary Cowden Clarke | MCC
continued to write occasional verse, including a prologue for an amateur production of As You Like It which she cast in the form of a dialogue between herself (Mrs Cowden) and the... |
| Textual Production | Catherine Gore | CG
published a novel entitled The Dowager; or, The New School for Scandal (a subtitle referring to Richard Brinsley Sheridan
's well-known comedy). The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Textual Production | Hannah Cowley | She was said to have begun it on impulse when her husband laughed at her claim that she could produce something better than another play which they had just seen and disliked. She finished it... |
| Textual Production | Hannah More | She had written four of its five acts when David Garrick
died, leaving her indifferent about the play and reluctant about performance. Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press. 37 Demers, Patricia. The World of Hannah More. University Press of Kentucky. 24 Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press. 38 |
| Textual Production | Hannah Cowley | It was badly presented, by two of the cast in particular. Escott, Angela. Email about supposed quarrel between Hannah Cowley and Hannah More to Isobel Grundy. |
| Travel | Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | The Duke of Devonshire planned to take his wife and his mistress to Spa in the summer of 1789. The prospect pleased them both for different reasons: Georgiana hoped for improved fertility from the waters... |
| 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. |
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