Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Theatre Royal, Bath
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure and Society | Ann Radcliffe | Sarah Siddons
played in Hamlet at the Theatre Royal
in Bath; in the audience, probably, was the teenage Ann Ward (later AR
). She is said to have been dazzled by her early sight... |
| Occupation | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Her life as an actress took her, with her mother along as chaperone, out of London by the spring of 1853 to such places as Aberdeen, Bath (where she worked at the Theatre Royal |
| Occupation | Anna Eliza Bray | Anna Eliza Kempe (later AEB
) was advertised as making her acting debut in the role of Belvidera (in Thomas Otway
's Venice Preserv'd) at the BathTheatre
. Bray, Anna Eliza. Autobiography of Anna Eliza Bray. Editor Kempe, John A., Chapman and Hall, 1884. 125-6 |
| Performance of text | Hannah More | HM
's first tragedy, The Inflexible Captive (published a year previously), opened on stage at the Theatre Royal
, Bath. Demers, Patricia. The World of Hannah More. University Press of Kentucky, 1996. 24 |
| Performance of text | Timberlake Wertenbaker | TW
's play Galileo's Daughter (based on a novel by Dava Sobel
), opened at the Theatre Royal
, Bath, performed by the Peter Hall Company
. British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. “Woman’s Hour”. BBC Radio 4. 5 July 2004 |
Timeline
1768: By act of parliament, the spa resort of Bath...
Building item
1768
By act of parliament, the spa resort of Bath (which had supported a theatre since 1705) received a patent for the first Theatre Royal
outside London.
“A Brief History of the Theatre Royal, Bath”. Theatre Royal, Bath: History.
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