Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol.
15
, June 1995, pp. 123-37. 124
Royalty Theatre, London
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Inez Bensusan | The Play Department of the Actresses' Franchise League
, directed by IB
, helped to raise suffrage funds with matinees of short plays and sketches at the Kingsway
, Royalty
and Lyceum
theatres in London. |
| Occupation | Harriett Jay | After this HJ
seems to have done less professional acting, while The Stage reported in June 1888 that she was shortly to produce, as well as taking the lead role in, a charity performance of... |
| Performance of text | Arnold Bennett | AB
's Milestones, written with the US dramatist Edward Knoblock
, opened at the Royalty Theatre
in London: it proved one of his most successful plays. Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols. Drabble, Margaret. Arnold Bennett: A Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974. 185, 189 |
| Performance of text | Julia Constance Fletcher | JCF's (George Fleming's) next stage success was a verse play: The Fantasticks, translated from Edmond Rostand
's Romanesques; the first of three special matinee performances took place at the Royalty Theatre
. McVea, Deborah, and Jeremy Treglown. “The Times Literary Supplement and its Contributors”. TLS Centenary Archive. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. 10 |
| Performance of text | G. B. Stern | The Matriarch, A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts, a stage adaptation of GBS
's novel Tents of Israel (1924), opened at the Royalty Theatre
in London. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 197 |
| Performance of text | George Paston | GP
's one-act play Feed the Brute, subtitled an uninstructive conversation, was produced by the Pioneers
at the Royalty Theatre
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 875 |
| Performance of text | F. Tennyson Jesse | Billeted, a three-act comedy by FTJ
and her future husband, Harold Marsh Harwood
, was produced at the Royalty Theatre
in London. Colenbrander, Joanna. A Portrait of Fryn. A. Deutsch, 1984. 101 OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Performance of text | F. Tennyson Jesse | She earned fifteen guineas for this piece. It became quite popular, but rumours spread that it was written by Frank Harris
. Austin Harrison
, editor of the English Review, sent her a letter... |
| Performance of text | Edith Lyttelton | EL
's modern-day morality play Peter's Chance: A Play in Three Acts opened at the Royalty Theatre
in London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 797 Lyttelton, Edith. Peter’s Chance. Duckworth, 1912. prelims |
Timeline
20 June 1787: Actor John Palmer briefly opened the first...
Building item
20 June 1787
Actor John Palmer
briefly opened the first new London theatre since 1732: the Royalty
in Well Street.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 911-12, 986
20 June 1787: Actor John Palmer briefly opened the first...
Building item
20 June 1787
Actor John Palmer
briefly opened the first new London theatre since 1732: the Royalty
in Well Street.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 911-12, 986
1826: American-born black actor Ira Aldridge debuted...
Building item
1826
American-born black actor Ira Aldridge
debuted in London as Othello at the Royalty Theatre
.
Law, Jonathan et al., editors. The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre. Market House Books, 2001.
24
Carnell, Jennifer. The Literary Lives of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: A Study of Her Life and Work. Sensation Press, 2000.
40-1
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