Sutherland, John. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press.
414-15
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Harriette Wilson | In about 1822 HW
composed a work she called Sketches in the Round Room at the Opera House (a kind of dry run for her Memoirs), which depicts her former lovers under disguised names:... |
| Performance of text | Mary Augusta Ward | It ran for only a little over two weeks. A second play by MAW
, Agatha, was produced at His Majesty's Theatre
around March 1905; it also failed. |
| 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 |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| 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 | Mary Pix | |
| Performance of text | Mary Pix | |
| 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 | 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 |
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.
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.
: John Vanbrugh signed an agreement with Owen...
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Autumn1706
John Vanbrugh
signed an agreement with Owen Swiny
, appointing Swiny to manage the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket
.
8 March 1707: The last of George Farquhar's six comedies,...
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8 March 1707
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.
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
.
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.
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.
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
.
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.
1845: Prosper Mérimée's story Carmen appeared in...
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1845
4 May 1847: Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, gave...
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4 May 1847
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.
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