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.
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Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Maria Theresa Kemble | Maria De Camp (later MTK
) began her long stage career playing the role of Cupid in Les Ruses de l'Amour at the King's Theatre
. Sadie, Stanley, editor. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. 443 |
| Performance of text | Delarivier Manley | DM
's tragedy Almyna; or, The Arabian Vow was produced at the Haymarket Theatre
. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 393 |
| Performance of text | George Paston | This popular play saw two West End revivals the following year. First it had thirty-nine performances at His Majesty's Theatre
alongside Bernard Shaw
's The Admirable Bashville, and this was followed by ninety-eight performances... |
| Performance of text | George Paston | The play was performed alongside Cicely Hamilton
's Pageant of Great Women as part of a fundraising event organised by Inez Bensusan
on behalf of the Actresses' Franchise League
and the Women Writers' Suffrage League |
| Performance of text | Mary Pix | |
| Performance of text | Mary Pix | |
| Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | GBS
's best-known play, Pygmalion, opened at His Majesty's Theatre
, Haymarket, London, with Mrs Patrick Campbell
as Eliza Doolittle (a part written for her) to Sir Herbert Tree
's Henry Higgins. This... |
| Performance of text | Ethel Smyth | ES
's opera The Wreckers had its first full performance in English under conductor Thomas Beecham
at His Majesty's Theatre
, London. Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan. 430, 431 Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century. 342 |
| 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... |
| 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. 131 |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Performance of text | Catharine Trotter | CT
's final tragedy, The Revolution of Sweden (again in verse), opened at the Haymarket
, having been announced but deferred four days earlier. It ran until the 16th. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 117 Kelley, Anne. Catharine Trotter: An Early Modern Writer in the Vanguard of Feminism. Ashgate. 258 |
Timeline
13 November 1858: Lady Clara Cavendish's melodrama The Woman...
Women writers item
13 November 1858
26 December 1867: Ellen Terry and Henry Irving made the first...
Building item
26 December 1867
Ellen Terry
and Henry Irving
made the first of many stage appearances together when they played opposite one another in Katherine and Petruchio (better known as The Taming of the Shrew) at the new...
31 January 1880: Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, was reopened...
Building item
31 January 1880
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket,
was reopened by Marie Wilton
and her husband Squire Bancroft
after extensive restructuring.
1904: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (father of the...
Building item
1904
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
(father of the writers Viola
and Iris Tree
) founded an Academy of Dramatic Art
at His Majesty's Theatre
in the Haymarket, London.
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