Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket

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Family and Intimate relationships Viola Tree
Throughout her life, VT took direction from her father, the actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , who had abandoned his job in the family corn-trading business to pursue a career on stage, and had changed...
Family and Intimate relationships Iris Tree
IT 's father was actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , who had given up a job in the family corn-merchant business to pursue acting. After his father told him, An actor can be tolerated only...
Family and Intimate relationships Iris Tree
Tree's passion for the theatre meant that he was often away from his family, either on tour or at Her Majesty's Theatre . Moreover, because his profession meant that he was always before the public...
Leisure and Society Elinor Glyn
EG appeared on stage in a tableau vivant, one of a series designed by a socialite named Lady Arthur Paget (Minnie) and directed by Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre .
EG 's grandson biographer,...
Material Conditions of Writing Isabel Hill
In the same year as My Own Twin Brother, 1834, IH 's West Country Wooing, a monodrama which she composed over the course of two summer evenings, was staged in the first of...
Occupation Viola Tree
VT performed in London for the first time, playing the part of Ariel in her father 's production of The Tempest at His Majesty's Theatre .
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(16 November 1938): 9
Beerbohm, Max, editor. Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Some Memories of Him and of His Art. Hutchinson, 1920.
131
Occupation Hélène Barcynska
After her dramatic training Daisy Jervis worked on the stage, but with no real success.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
She gave a concert on her own, had one job as a dancer (at two pounds a week), lost another...
Occupation Hannah Brand
HB acted the female lead in her own tragedy Huniades at the King's Theatre in London: this was billed as her first stage appearance, ignoring the earlier one at Norwich.
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996.
381
Occupation Viola Tree
Her father began soliciting her for the role in October, but she repeatedly refused him, largely because her Italian voice instructors felt her voice was too untrained for the role. He cast an American singer...
Occupation Hannah Brand
HB took the female lead again in her hastily-revised tragedy Agmunda (its title changed from Huniades, the name of the male lead, to the name of the heroine), at the King's Theatre in London.
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996.
381
Occupation Frances Brooke
The Haymarket Opera House was bought for FB and her actress friend Mary Ann Yates to run as joint managers.
McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press, 1983.
151
Catto, Susan J. Modest Ambition: The Influence of Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, and the Ideal of Female Diffidence on Sarah Fielding, Charlotte Lennox, and Frances Brooke. University of Oxford, 1998.
260
Occupation Frances Brooke
FB and Mary Ann Yates launched their first opera season at the Haymarket Opera House .
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix.
xlix
Occupation Frances Brooke
FB and Mary Ann Yates ended their reign as managers of the Haymarket Opera House .
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix.
xlix
Occupation William Congreve
Congreve was twenty-one when on 22 December 1691 he licensed his first book, a short novel called Incognita: or, Love and Duty Reconcil'd, which was published the following year.
Congreve, William. Incognita. Scolar Press, 1971.
title-page
He moved quickly into...
Occupation Clemence Dane
She got her first chance in Eliza Comes to Stay (by H. V. Esmond ) at the Criterion when the actress due to play the other woman had to drop out because of illness, and...

Timeline

15 June 1703: Playwright and architect John Vanbrugh bought...

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15 June 1703

Playwright and architect John Vanbrugh bought land for a new theatre in the Haymarket, London. The theatre eventually opened as the Queen's Theatre during the 1704-5 season.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 25

December 1704: Vanbrugh and Congreve were licensed to operate...

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December 1704

Vanbrugh and Congreve were licensed to operate a new theatre, the Haymarket , on the grounds that they would help reform and clean up the stage.
Hume, Robert D. “Jeremy Collier and the Future of the London Theatre in 1698”. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) Conference, Oxford, 3 Jan. 1998.

9 April 1705: Vanbrugh's new Haymarket Theatre (at this...

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9 April 1705

Vanbrugh 's new Haymarket Theatre (at this date also known as both the Queen's Theatre and as the Opera House) opened with an anonymous Italian opera.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 75, 91

: John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen...

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Autumn 1706

John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen Swiny , appointing Swiny to manage the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 129

8 March 1707: The last of George Farquhar's six comedies,...

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8 March 1707

The last of George Farquhar 's six comedies, The Beaux' Stratagem, opened at the Haymarket .
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.

13 January 1708: The two licensed London theatre companies...

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13 January 1708

The two licensed London theatre companies struck an agreement which would put an end to some aspects of recent cut-throat competition.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 153

23 November 1709: Aaron Hill started as manager at Drury Lane...

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23 November 1709

Aaron Hill started as manager at Drury Lane Theatre and pursued a policy of rivalry with Thomas Betterton 's company at the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 197

2 April 1720: Handel and the Royal Academy of Music opened...

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2 April 1720

Handel and the Royal Academy of Music opened the first season of Italian opera in several years at the Haymarket . The Royal Academy of Music continued offering opera there until 1728.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 547, 575, 931

31 May 1721: The Haymarket Theatre, or Opera House, shifted...

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31 May 1721

The Haymarket Theatre, or Opera House, shifted from the general opening time of 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 591, 632

September 1726-Spring 1727: Madam Violante ran her first season of pantomime,...

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September 1726-Spring 1727

Madam Violante ran her first season of pantomime, dancing, and acrobatics at the Haymarket Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 879

6 June 1727: Feuding supporters of the rival opera singers...

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6 June 1727

Feuding supporters of the rival opera singers Faustina and Cuzzoni caused a disturbance at the Haymarket Theatre, ending both the performance and the season.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 879, 929

20 July 1815: Madame Vestris made her operatic debut as...

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20 July 1815

Madame Vestris made her operatic debut as the leading lady of the King's Theatre , aged only eighteen.
Appleton, William Worthen. Madame Vestris and the London Stage. Columbia University Press, 1974.
8

1845: Prosper Mérimée's story Carmen appeared in...

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1845

Prosper Mérimée 's story Carmen appeared in French. It became the source for Bizet 's opera Carmen.
Weinstock, Herbert, and Wallace Brockway. The World of Opera: The Story of its Origins and the Lore of its Performance. Pantheon Books, 1962.
449-50
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Sadie, Stanley, editor. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, 1992, 4 vols., http://Guelph.
I: 750

4 May 1847: Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, gave...

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4 May 1847

Jenny Lind , the Swedish Nightingale, gave her first London performance at Her Majesty's Theatre .
Wagenknecht, Edward. Jenny Lind. Houghton Mifflin, 1931.
10, 13, 18, 113

1848: Alexandre Dumas the younger published La...

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1848

Alexandre Dumas the younger published La Dame aux Camélias, a novel which he successfully dramatised in 1852.
Weinstock, Herbert, and Wallace Brockway. The World of Opera: The Story of its Origins and the Lore of its Performance. Pantheon Books, 1962.
618
Sadie, Stanley, editor. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, 1992, 4 vols., http://Guelph.
4: 799

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