Fielding, Daphne. The Rainbow Picnic. Eyre Methuen, 1974.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Iris Tree | IT
's mother, Maud (Holt) Tree
, taught classics at Queen's College
, Harley Street and harboured the ambition of becoming an academic at Girton College
. Queen's College was founded for the training of... |
| Occupation | Irene Handl | The stage part, at Wyndham's Theatre
, was a housemaid in George and Margaret by Gerald Savory
(which ran for two years); the film part was a chambermaid in Missing, Believed Married. She continued... |
| Performance of text | Viola Tree | The Dancers, a play written collaboratively by VT
(as Hubert Parsons) and actor-manager Gerald du Maurier
, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
, starring Tallulah Bankhead
in her London debut. |
| Performance of text | Dodie Smith | DS
's play Service, about a large furniture shop fighting for survival in a depressed economy, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
. Gale, Maggie B. West End Women: Women and the London Stage, 1918-1962. Routledge, 1996. 216 |
| Performance of text | George Paston | Nobody's Daughter: A Play in Four Acts, a comedy by GP
about the coming-of-age of an illegitimate child, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
, where it ran for 185 performances. Filius nullius, Latin for the... |
| Performance of text | George Paston | The Naked Truth: A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts, collaboratively written by GP
and W. B. Maxwell
, was performed at Wyndham's Theatre
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 875 |
| Performance of text | George Paston | This popular play saw two West End revivals the following year. First it had thirty-nine performances at His Majesty's Theatre
alongside Bernard Shaw
's The Admirable Bashville, and this was followed by ninety-eight performances... |
| Performance of text | George Paston | The production transferred to Wyndham's
in February to complete its run of 135 performances. It was published the same year by Samuel French
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 875 Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1910-1919. Scarecrow Press, 1982. 10.7 |
| Performance of text | Sir J. M. Barrie | Dear Brutus, another fantasy play by SJMB
, opened at Wyndham's Theatre
. Its title quotation, from Shakespeare
's Julius Caesar, says that men themselves, not fate, are to blame for their shortcomings. “Peter Pan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia”. C20th.com. |
| Performance of text | Caryl Churchill | This was the first of Churchill's works to play in the West End: on 6 July it transferred from the Royal Court to Wyndham's Theatre
. Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996. 112 |
| Performance of text | Shelagh Delaney | The Apex Jazz Trio
provided musical accompaniment. Following the success of that production, which ran for a month, commercial theatres picked up the play. It opened at Wyndham's Theatre
in London's West End on 10... |
| Performance of text | May Edginton | ME
collaborated with Rudolph Besier
on the first of their several plays and other pieces,The Prude's Fall, which opened this month at Wyndham's Theatre
in London, but remained unpublished. “Miss May Edginton”. Times, 20 June 1957, p. 16. |
Timeline
November 1899: Architect W. G. R. Sprague completed building...
Building item
November 1899
Architect W. G. R. Sprague
completed building for Sir Charles Wyndham
the London West End theatre Wyndham's
, still open today.
“The Albery Theatre (June 2006 renamed The Noel Coward Theatre)”. thisistheatre.com.
12 March 1903: London's New Theatre (re-named in 1973 the...
Building item
12 March 1903
London's New Theatre
(re-named in 1973 the Albery and from June 2006 renamed again the Noel Coward Theatre), built by architect W. G. R. Sprague
back to back to Wyndham's Theatre
, first opened its doors.
“The Albery Theatre (June 2006 renamed The Noel Coward Theatre)”. thisistheatre.com.
March 1963: The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at...
Writing climate item
March 1963
The musical Oh What a Lovely War opened at Joan Littlewood
's Theatre Royal, Stratford East
. It transferred to Wyndham's
in the West End on 29 June, and went on to become a landmark hit.
“Oh! What a Lovely War”. The Guide to Musical Theatre.
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