Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research.
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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Mary Russell Mitford | MRM
's Julian (a five-act verse tragedy) had the first of its eight performances at Covent Garden
. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
| Performance of text | Mary Russell Mitford | MRM
's five-act verse tragedy Foscari had the first of its fifteen performances at Covent Garden
. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
| Publishing | Mary Russell Mitford | From August 1823 MRM
was planning a grand historical tragedy on the greatest subject in English story—Charles and Cromwell. Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. Editor L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham, Harper and Brothers. 2: 16 |
| Performance of text | Caroline Norton | CN
tried a new genre with a play, The Gypsy Father, which opened on this date at Covent Garden Theatre
; it was not a success with the audience and seems not to have been printed. Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby. 78 |
| Reception | George Orwell | This book too has achieved iconic status. It is probably more responsible than Animal Farm for the establishment of the adjective Orwellian in the English language to signify much that Orwell particularly detested and attacked... |
| Residence | Christabel Pankhurst | CP
marked her return from Paris with a triumphal appearance at Covent Garden Opera House
in London. Winslow, Barbara, and Sheila Rowbotham. Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political Activism. UCL Press. 76-7 |
| Publishing | Emma Robinson | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Susanna Haswell Rowson | Susanna Haswell
married William Rowson
. He was a musician (playing the trumpet for the Royal Horse Guards
) and sometimes an actor with Covent Garden Theatre
, as well as dealing in hardware. He... |
| Performance of text | Charlotte Smith | CS
's only extant play, the comedy What Is She?, opened anonymously at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 400 Fletcher, Loraine. Charlotte Smith: A Critical Biography. Macmillan. 289 |
| Performance of text | Oscar Wilde | The first performance was heard at Covent Garden
of the English opera written by Richard Strauss
to the text of OW
's Salome. Tydeman, William, and Steven Price. Wilde—Salome. Cambridge University Press. 185 |
| Textual Production | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | The White Pilgrim; or, Castle of Olival, published, with SSW
's name, as translated from the popular French novel, Le Pelerin Blanc (by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
), no doubt stemmed in actuality from... |
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