Ellmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. Knopf.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure and Society | Oscar Wilde | Gilbert
and Sullivan
's comic opera Patience opened at the Savoy Theatre
; it mocked OW
as the fleshly poet Bunthorne (in, coincidentally, the first English theatre production to use electric lighting on stage). Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press. 90, chronology |
| Occupation | Viola Tree | For her first major operatic role, VT
sang the part of Eurydice in a production of Gluck
's Orpheus at the Savoy Theatre
in London. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. (16 November 1938): 9 |
| Performance of text | Christopher St John | CSJ
's play Du Barri (whose protagonist was well known as a mistress to Louis XV
) was first performed at the Savoy Theatre
, London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 928 |
| Performance of text | Christopher St John | CSJ
's and Charles Thursby
's one-act play The Coronation, in which a monarch is converted to socialism on his way to be crowned, was first performed by the Pioneer Players
at the Savoy Theatre
, London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 928 Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell. 112 |
| Performance of text | Christopher St John | CSJ
's translation from the pioneering woman playwright Hrosvit, Hrotsvit, or Roswitha
, a one-act play called Paphnutius, was first performed by the Pioneer Players
at the Savoy Theatre
, London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 928 Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell. 221 |
Timeline
10 October 1881: The Savoy Theatre in the Strand was opened...
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10 October 1881
5 January 1884: Sir W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan's...
Writing climate item
5 January 1884
Sir W. S. Gilbert
and Sir Arthur Sullivan
's Princess Ida has its first performance, at the Savoy Theatre
in London.
1907: Harley Granville-Barker's play Waste, designed...
Writing climate item
1907
Harley Granville-Barker
's play Waste, designed to have been the centre-piece of his ambitious new season at the Savoy Theatre
, was banned by the lord chamberlain largely because a death from illegal abortion...
September 1930: Shakespeare's Othello opened at the Savoy...
Building item
September 1930
Shakespeare's Othello opened at the Savoy Theatre
starring Paul Robeson
and Peggy Ashcroft
: it shocked some in the audience on racist grounds.
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