Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Occupation | Hélène Barcynska | After her dramatic training Daisy Jervis worked on the stage, but with no real success. |
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. 381 |
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. 381 |
Performance of text | Hannah Brand | She had apparently submitted plays to the London theatres before this, but had them rejected. This was the only one of her works to be staged. It was successful at Norwich, going on to two... |
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. 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. 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, 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, p. ix - xlix. xlix |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | |
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. title-page |
Performance of text | Clemence Dane | CD
's stage adaptation of Max Beerbohm
's The Happy Hypocrite was first performed at His Majesty's Theatre
, London. Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research. 10: 133 |
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... |
Performance of text | Elizabeth De la Pasture | Elizabeth De la Pasture
's one-act play The Unlucky Family (based on her children's book of the same title) was first performed in a matinée at His Majesty's Theatre
, London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 604 |
Performance of text | Emmuska, Baroness Orczy | Having begun with The Scarlet Pimpernel as both play and novel, EBO
wrote a number of further plays, including the eighteenth-century highwayman story Beau Brocade (produced at the Queen's Theatre
under Frank Curzon
, Emmuska, Baroness Orczy,. Links in the Chain of Life. Hutchinson. 109 |
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,... |
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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