Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Theatre Royal, Dublin
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Elizabeth Griffith | EG
opened her career as an actress at Smock Alley Theatre
, Dublin, as the heroine in Shakespeare
's Romeo and Juliet, playing to the middle-aged Romeo of the manager, Thomas Sheridan
. |
| Employer | Ann Hatton | Ann Kemble (later AH
) may have been acting at the Smock Alley TheatreDublin, the season after her sister
's first great success. 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. 7: 172 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Frances Sheridan | Frances Chamberlaine
married Thomas Sheridan
, actor and manager of the Smock Alley Theatre
(or Theatre Royal) in Dublin. Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. The Plays of Frances Sheridan, edited by Richard Hogan and Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware Press, 1984, pp. 13-35. 15 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Griffith | Her father, Thomas Griffith
, was an actor, and manager of Smock Alley Theatre
(the Theatre Royal) in Dublin. He became Master of the Revels in Ireland in 1729 and opened a new Dublin theatre... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Adelaide O'Keeffe | AOK
's maternal grandfather owned the Theatre Royal, Dublin
. After her mother died on 1 January 1813 the news took a year to reach Adelaide, who hardly dared to tell her father, though the... |
| Occupation | Eliza Haywood | EH
began her career as an actress at the Smock Alley Theatre
(or Theatre Royal) in Dublin. 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. |
| Occupation | Charlotte Lennox | A Mrs Lennox who may have been CL
acted at Smock Alley Theatre
, Dublin. 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. |
| Performance of text | Laetitia Pilkington | The Lady whose operatical farce entitled No Death but Marriage was given on this date at the Smock Alley Theatre
in Dublin was probably LP
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Performance of text | Katherine Philips | KP
's Pompey, a tragedy translated from Pierre Corneille
, was performed at the Smock Alley Theatre
(also known as the Theatre Royal, Dublin). This purpose-built theatre, finer than London could offer at... |
| Performance of text | Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan | Sydney Owenson
's comic opera, The First Attempt; or, Whim of a Moment, opened at the Theatre Royal, Dublin
. Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988. 74 |
| Residence | Frances Sheridan | Thomas Sheridan
leased the Smock Alley Theatre
to others for two years and went to act in London. Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1995. xl Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1995. ix |
| Wealth and Poverty | Frances Sheridan | Riots and a serious fire at the Smock Alley Theatre
in Dublin proved a final, irrecoverable financial blow to Thomas Sheridan
. Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. The Plays of Frances Sheridan, edited by Richard Hogan and Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware Press, 1984, pp. 13-35. 16-17 |
Timeline
10 July 1764: A new play, The True-born Scotsman, a caricature...
Writing climate item
10 July 1764
A new play, The True-born Scotsman, a caricature of Scottishness by the Irishman Charles Macklin
, opened at Smock Alley Theatre
(or the Theatre Royal) in Dublin.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
122
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.
10: 17
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 430
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