Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Isabel Hill | Through his connections, Benson Hill had the play presented to Covent Garden Theatre
. Though the management chose not to produce the play, they provided IH
with a long letter full of encouragement and constructive... |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Inchbald | EI
made her London stage debut, at Covent Garden
; she played the breeches role of Bellario in Fletcher
's Philaster. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 376 |
| Occupation | Elizabeth Inchbald | EI
performed in both winter and summer seasons, at Covent Garden and the Little Theatre, Haymarket
(under manager George Colman
). During the season 1780-1781, the Covent Garden
theatre paid her two pounds a week... |
| Occupation | Fanny Kemble | FK
, not yet twenty, made a triumphant Covent Garden Theatre
debut as Shakespeare
's Juliet, saving her father
's company from bankruptcy. 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. Marshall, Dorothy. Fanny Kemble. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 42-3 Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. Allibone, S. Austin, editor. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased. Gale Research. |
| Residence | Fanny Kemble | FK
gave an emotional farewell performance at Covent Garden before embarking on an American tour with her father and Aunt Dall
. Clinton, Catherine. Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Simon and Schuster. 49 |
| Textual Production | Fanny Kemble | FK
published Francis the First: An Historical Drama in verse under her own name; it appeared in the United States as Francis the First
; a Tragedy in Five Acts, as Performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Fanny Kemble | FK
's father, the actor Charles Kemble
, inherited the management of Covent Garden Theatre
in London in 1817 (at a time when it was in financial difficulties) when his brother John Philip Kemble
retired. Marshall, Dorothy. Fanny Kemble. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 7, 12 |
| Occupation | Fanny Kemble | She toured England, Scotland, and Ireland with the Covent Garden Theatre
company, met Walter Scott
, and was feted by Lady Morgan
in Dublin. Marshall, Dorothy. Fanny Kemble. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 54-6 |
| Textual Production | Fanny Kemble | One critic argues that FK
equated her life on the stage with a kind of slavery and therefore developed a keen sympathy for those in bondage; however, the actual conditions of slavery were probably quite... |
| Performance of text | Maria Theresa Kemble | MTK
played Lady Elizabeth Freelove (opposite her husband
) in her comic interlude The Day After the Wedding; or, a Wife's First Lesson, at Covent Garden
. Feminist Companion Archive. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sophia Lee | SL
's father, John Lee
, was a quarrelsome and impecunious actor. The year of her birth he acted at Richmond and Covent Garden
, with an interim desertion to Drury Lane
, where, however... |
| Publishing | Sophia Lee | |
| Performance of text | Charlotte Lennox | CL
's comedy The Sister was disastrously staged at Covent Garden
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 1386 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. |
| Employer | Andrea Levy | During her early, drifting years AL
worked designing woven textiles, but realised in about ten minutes that designing was not for her. Levy, Andrea. “Back to my Own Country”. British Library Windrush Stories. |
| Literary responses | Claire Luckham | Patrick Sandford
, who directed the first production, found exciting challenges in the play's shift in register from the stylised high comedy of the stage of Covent Garden
, to the raw sometimes violent naturalism... |
Timeline
Late 1939-1944: For the duration of the second World War,...
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Late 1939-1944
For the duration of the second World War, Covent Garden was converted into a dance hall; no opera, ballet or theatrical performances took place there.
20 February 1946: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London,...
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20 February 1946
The Royal Opera House
, Covent Garden, London, had its grand reopening after wartime closure. Margot Fonteyn
performed with the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
in The Sleeping Beauty.
24 April 1946: The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company,...
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24 April 1946
The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
company, with principal ballerinas Moira Shearer
, Margot Fonteyn
, and Pamela May
, performed Symphonic Variations at Covent Garden
.
1949: Richard Strauss's opera Salome, to words...
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1949
Richard Strauss
's opera Salome, to words by Oscar Wilde
, was performed at Covent Garden, produced by Peter Brook
with sets by Salvador Dali
.
26 April 1951: Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's opera Pilgrim's...
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26 April 1951
Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
's opera Pilgrim's Progress was first performed, at Covent Garden
in London.
8 November 1952: Maria Callas made her London debut at Covent...
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8 November 1952
6 February 1953: Singer Kathleen Ferrier collapsed during...
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6 February 1953
Singer Kathleen Ferrier
collapsed during Gluck
's opera Orfeo at Covent Garden
; she never sang again, but died of cancer later this year.
3 October 1956: The first Soviet ballet company to visit...
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3 October 1956
The first Soviet ballet company to visit Britain, the Bolshoi
, performed Romeo and Juliet at Covent Garden
.
1 January 1957: The first three-act ballet score by a British...
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1 January 1957
The first three-act ballet score by a British composer, Benjamin Britten
's The Prince of the Pagodas, was performed at Covent Garden.
10 June 1958: The Centenary Gala of the Royal Opera House...
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10 June 1958
The Centenary Gala of the Royal Opera House
took place in celebration of the opening (on 6 April 1847) of the third theatre on the Covent Garden site, the first designed for opera.
27 October 1958: The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn...
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27 October 1958
The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn
and choreographed by Frederick Ashton
, was performed at Covent Garden.
17 February 1959: Australian soprano Joan Sutherland sang Lucia...
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17 February 1959
Australian soprano Joan Sutherland
sang Lucia in the Franco Zeffirelli
version of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden.
12 March 1963: Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced...
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12 March 1963
Rudolf Nureyev
and Margot Fonteyn
danced together for the first time at the Royal Opera House
, Covent Garden, in Marguerite and Armand by Sir Frederick Ashton
.
1988: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, appointed...
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1988
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
, appointed its first woman conductor, Sian Edwards
.
4 December 1999: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, re-opened...
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4 December 1999
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
, re-opened after a three-year reconstruction (begun well before the final performance in the old house in July 1997).
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