Part of this play was written early, in 1779, though in final form it belongs to its own historical moment.
Link, Frederick M., and Hannah Cowley. “Introduction”. The Plays of Hannah Cowley, Vol.
1
, Garland, 1979, p. v - xlxx.
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At its first performance some passages were felt to be tainted with POLITICS. These...
Performance of text
Elizabeth Inchbald
EI
's politically-freighted tragedy The Massacre, which the author withdrew from publication in 1792, had its world premiere at the Theatre Royal
, Bury St Edmunds.
Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal. http://www.theatreroyal.org/.
Performance of text
Elizabeth Inchbald
It was published at Dublin in 1789, and held the stage well during the early nineteenth century: October-November 1824 saw two rival productions at different theatres. Dickens
directed the production of a much-revised version in...
Performance of text
Elizabeth Inchbald
It was published on 4 April.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1943
In 2008 it was performed at the Theatre Royal
, Bury St Edmunds, along with Inchbald's farce Animal Magnetism.
Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal. http://www.theatreroyal.org/.
Reception
Elizabeth Inchbald
In the early twenty-first century both of her novels are occasionally present on literature syllabuses. In April 2009 the Theatre Royal
at Bury St Edmunds (close to her birthplace) was to stage Katie Bonna
's...
Timeline
11 October 1819: The Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, owned...
Building item
11 October 1819
The Theatre Royal
, Bury St Edmunds, owned by its architect, William Wilkins
, opened as a state-of-the-art modern theatre.
Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal. http://www.theatreroyal.org/.
Kuti, Elizabeth. Email to Orlando about conference, 19 April 2010.