Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, pp. 1-34.
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| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Catherine Gore | CG
's next play, King O'Neil; or, The Irish Brigade, opened at Covent Garden
: a spectacular comedy-drama. |
| Performance of text | Catherine Gore | CG
's historical drama Don Juan of Austria (adapted from Don Juan D'Autriche by Casimir Delavigne
) began a twelve-night run at Covent Garden
. Parts of this story overlap with Friedrich Schiller
's Don... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sarah Gardner | The young actress Sarah Cheney
married William Gardner
, a journeyman actor at Covent Garden
. 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. |
| Occupation | Sarah Gardner | During this time, having changed theatres from Drury Lane, where she had made her debut, she appeared during the winter seasons with her husband's employers at Covent Garden
, but in her initial year there... |
| Performance of text | E. M. Forster | Billy Budd, Benjamin Britten
's opera based on Herman Melville
's novel, with libretto by EMF
and Eric Crozier
, opened at the Royal Opera House
, Covent Garden, London. Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. 216 Kirkpatrick, Brownlee Jean. A Bibliography of E. M. Forster. Clarendon. 60 |
| Textual Production | Susan Ferrier | Though her authorship of Marriage had become to some extent known, she insisted on publishing her second novel anonymously, writing to her sister that she could not bear the fuss of authorism! Cullinan, Mary. Susan Ferrier. Twayne. 68 |
| Textual Production | Ruth Fainlight | During the 1990s RF
wrote three opera libretti. First, composer Erika Fox
, commissioned by Covent Garden Opera House
for their series The Garden Venture, invited Fainlight to provide a chamber opera libretto, and... |
| Friends, Associates | Dinah Mulock Craik | In London, the young Dinah Mulock was able to attend the theatre regularly, thanks to the offer of a private Covent Garden Theatre
box for her family from Charles James Mathews
and his wife... |
| Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
had another opening night at Covent Garden
: the comedy More Ways Than One. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 663-4 |
| Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's comedy A School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride opened at Covent Garden
. Its subtitle, confusingly, is the same as the title of William Congreve
's only tragedy, The Mourning Bride, 1697. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 934 |
| Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's generically hybrid spectacular play with music or comic opera, A Day in Turkey; or, The Russian Slaves, opened at Covent Garden
to great acclaim. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 1409 Escott, Angela. The Celebrated Hannah Cowley. Pickering and Chatto. 1 |
| Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's last play, the comedy The Town Before You, opened at Covent Garden
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 1709 |
| Textual Production | Hannah Cowley | HC
soon became a woman of the theatre. She wrote prologues and epilogues for others, and contributed a scene to Charles Dibdin
's pantomime The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller, which opened at Covent Garden |
| Publishing | 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. |
| Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
had her first great hit when her comedy The Belle's Stratagem opened at Covent Garden
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 319 |
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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