New Theatre, Haymarket

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Performance of text Eliza Haywood
Transactions of both EH and William Hatchett involving theatre tickets now make it seem certain that she was indeed the Author of an adaptation of the sixteenth-century tragedy Arden of Feversham (as Arden of Feversham...
Performance of text Elizabeth Inchbald
EI 's The Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon (her first play to reach the stage) was produced at the Haymarket under the pseudonym Mrs Woodley.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 717
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America.
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Performance of text Elizabeth Inchbald
I'll Tell You What, a comedy by EI , opened in the Haymarket summer season and proved to be her second success.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 813
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America.
31
Performance of text Elizabeth Inchbald
The Widow's Vow, an afterpiece adapted by EI , had its first performance, following Nicholas Rowe 's Jane Shore at the Haymarket Theatre : it was published the same year.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 895
Performance of text Elizabeth Cooper
Elizabeth Cooper 's second comedy, The Nobleman; or, The Family Quarrel, opened at the Haymarket Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
3: 585
Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC 's second full-length play, the tragedy Albina, Countess Raimond, opened at the summer Haymarket Theatre (managed by George Colman ), which did not usually perform tragedy.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 268
Link, Frederick M., and Hannah Cowley. “Introduction”. The Plays of Hannah Cowley, Vol.
1
, Garland, p. v - xlxx.
xvi
Escott, Angela. Email about supposed quarrel between Hannah Cowley and Hannah More to Isobel Grundy.
Occupation Sarah Gardner
SG apparently had some success acting during summer seasons (15 May to 15 September) with Samuel Foote at the Haymarket Theatre .
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.
5: 464
Gardner, Sarah. Colyton MS.
Occupation Sarah Gardner
SG acted at the Haymarket Theatre while her husband did not; this was probably when the marriage broke down.
Grundy, Isobel. “Sarah Gardner: "Such Trumpery" or ‘A Lustre to Her Sex’?”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
7
, pp. 7-25.
8
Occupation Sarah Gardner
SG appeared at the Haymarket Theatre in a play called The Female Dramatist, by her old adversary George Colman .
Grundy, Isobel. “Sarah Gardner: "Such Trumpery" or ‘A Lustre to Her Sex’?”. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, Vol.
7
, pp. 7-25.
15
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 537
Occupation Charlotte Lennox
CL acted Almeria in Congreve 's The Mourning Bride at the Haymarket ; the performance was a benefit night for her.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
4: 177
Occupation Charlotte Lennox
This seems to have been the first of her few and scattered stage appearances. She played at Richmond in 1748 and at the Little Theatre, Haymarket , as Almeria, heroine of Congreve 's The Mourning...
Occupation Eliza Haywood
EH appeared on stage as a member of Henry Fielding 's company at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket.
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.
Occupation Leah Sumbel
Mary Wells (later LS ) made her London debut at the Haymarket (billed as being fresh from the theatre at Exeter).
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.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 436
Occupation Leah Sumbel
LS did imitations at the Haymarket (where she had made her London stage debut) for the benefit of her eighty-four-year-old mother.
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.
Occupation Charlotte Charke
Colley Cibber retired abruptly from managing Drury Lane , passing it not to his son Theophilus but to John Highmore ; Theophilus, CC , and other performers defected to the illicit Little Theatre in the Haymarket .
Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62.
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Morgan, Fidelis, and Charlotte Charke. The Well-Known Troublemaker: A Life of Charlotte Charke. Faber and Faber.
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