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Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre

Connections

Connections Sort descending	Author name	Excerpt
Dedications	Eliza Haywood	EH 's tragedy Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburgh, dedicated to Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales , opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields . It was published before the end of the month. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 2: 2, 1018 Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto, 2003. 312
Occupation	Elizabeth Cooper	As a means of earning money she went on the stage. In January 1734 she appeared at Drury Lane , and in April that year she organised her own benefit at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Performance of text	Catharine Trotter	There was no author's name on the title-page, but the dedication was signed in full. It had opened about a month earlier (scholars differ over the precise date) at Congreve 's theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performance of text	Jane Robe	Late in the season, JR 's tragedy (and only known work) The Fatal Legacy, translated from La Thébaïde by Jean Racine , opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields ; it ran just three nights. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996. 397
Performance of text	Elizabeth Polwhele	EP wrote her first surviving play, The Faithful Virgins, a rhyming tragedy, which was apparently performed by the Duke's Company at Lincoln's Inn Fields . It has been dated June 1663, but editors Milhous
Performance of text	Mary Pix	MP 's The Deceiver Deceived opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields . The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 1: 488-9
Performance of text	Ariadne	The Actors' Company at Lincoln's Inn Fields , London, opened their first full season (which, remarkably, featured five new plays by women) with She Ventures, and He Wins, a singularly good-humoured comedy by Ariadne . The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 1: 452
Performance of text	Mary Pix	It had played at Lincoln's Inn Fields about a month previously, with a prologue and epilogue by Peter Motteux (which refer to the hampering of the playwright by the movement for the reformation of the...
Performance of text	Ariadne	Lincoln's Inn Fields , London, saw the opening of a comedy entitled The Unnatural Mother; since the author was a Young Lady it has been ascribed to Ariadne . Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. 29-30
Performance of text	Eliza Haywood	EH 's The Fair Captive, a harem tragedy (which recasts a play by a Captain Hurst ), opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre; it was published the same month, and went to a second issue. 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, 1973–1993. Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto, 2003. 107-10
Performance of text	Aphra Behn	AB 's The Forc'd Marriage; or, The Jealous Bridegroom (her first play to be staged) had a performance at Lincoln's Inn Fields which was probably its opening. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
Performance of text	Delarivier Manley	DM 's The Royal Mischief, A Tragedy was produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields ; it was printed the same year. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996. 393 Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii. xii
Performance of text	Aphra Behn	AB 's comedy The Amorous Prince; or, The Curious Husband opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields . The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
Performance of text	Susanna Centlivre	SC 's third play, a comedy entitled The Stolen Heiress; or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted, opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields . Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press, 1952. 47
Performance of text	Susanna Centlivre	SC scored her first major success, with her comedy The Gamester, which opened anonymously at Lincoln's Inn Fields . Opening date went unrecorded. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 2: 88 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 2: 88 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press, 1952. 58

Timeline

After 7 April 1668

On the death of Sir William Davenant , his widow took over the running of Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre; she managed it until the 1670s, and therefore presided over the debut of Aphra Behn .

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 143

Autumn 1694

Rebellion headed by the performers Thomas Betterton , Elizabeth Barry , and Anne Bracegirdle put an end to the United Company , which had been formed in 1682 with the merger of the two London theatres.

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 439

30 April 1695

Thomas Betterton , Elizabeth Barry , and Anne Bracegirdle gave the first performance of their breakaway Actors' Company , premiering Congreve 's Love for Love.

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 439, 443, 445, 446

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.

Probably 5 March 1700

William Congreve 's last play, the comedy The Way of the World, opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields .

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 525

British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

1 June 1704

The habit of ladies' attending the theatre in masks was satirised in a song performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre .

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

2: 67

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

18 December 1714

A new theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields (built by Christopher Rich ) opened under his son, John .

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

2: 327, 334

This is the first theatre season for which records are complete.

29 January 1728

John Gay 's The Beggar's Opera opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields . It was published on 14 February.

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

2: 931, 956-7

A Register of Books 1728-1732, extracted from the Monthly Chronicle. Gregg Press, 1964.

54

25 February 1729

The Haymarket Theatre , hitherto occupied by temporary foreign troupes, opened as a mainstream theatre.

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

2: 987, 1017

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