Lyceum Theatre

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Occupation Jean Rhys
Her aunt Clarice wrote to the Williams parents, and it was presumably her father, before his death in 1910, who gave permission for her to remain in England. Her stage name was Gray, with usually...
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.
Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol.
15
, June 1995, pp. 123-37.
124
Occupation Edith Craig
EC both performed in and made the costumes for Henry Irving 's Lyceum Theatre production of Victorien Sardou 's Robespierre.
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.
41, 218
St John, Christopher. “Biographical Note”. Edy: Recollections of Edith Craig, edited by Eleanor Adlard, 1st ed., Frederick Muller, 1949.
10
Performance of text Mary Shelley
In 1823 William Godwin (inspired by a successful dramatisation of his daughter's novel, playing at the Lyceum Theatre in London as Presumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein) arranged a second edition for MS 's...
Performance of text Evelyn Glover
The play's vivid characters and snappy dialogue, alongside its minimal staging requirements, made it one of the most popular plays in the AFL's suffrage repertoire.
Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago, 1981.
88
That year, the Connoisseurs theatre group mounted a production...
Performance of text Joanna Baillie
JB 's The Election, skilfully revised as an opera by Samuel James Arnold, ran at the Lyceum Theatre or English opera house in London, with a further performance on 18 July.
Carhart, Margaret S. The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie. Reprint of 1923, Archon Books, 1970.
158
Baillie, Joanna. The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie. Editor Slagle, Judith Bailey, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999, 2 vols.
1: 168
Performance of text Marianne Chambers
MC 's second five-act play, Ourselves, A Comedy, opened at the Lyceum in London with actors from the Theatre Royal .
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996.
383
Lamb, Charles, 1775 - 1834, and Mary, 1764 - 1847 Lamb. The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb. Editor Marrs, Edwin J., Jr, Cornell University Press, 1975, 3 vols.
3: 73n5
Reception John Oliver Hobbes
The Ambassador proved to be JOH 's most successful dramatic work. On opening night, when the delighted audience called for the author, many of them were staggered at the appearance on stage of a young...
Reception John Oliver Hobbes
After the opening of Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting, JOH invited by Gladstone to read it to him while he was recovering from a cataract operation. Ellen Terry purchased the acting rights to the...
Textual Production Edith Craig
EC 's articles on theatre include Producing a Play in Munsey's Magazine (June 1907) and Notes on the Costumes in The Kensington (undated).
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.
233
An essay entitled Ellen Terry and Henry Irving (28 June 1939)...
Textual Production Christopher St John
It was part of a triple bill with Cicely Hamilton 's Jack and Jill and a Friend and Margaret Wynne Nevinson 's In the Workhouse. Another performance, again directed by Edith Craig, was staged...

Timeline

9 September 1811: Thomas Moore's comic opera M. P., or The...

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9 September 1811

Thomas Moore 's comic opera M. P., or The Blue-Stocking premiered at The Theatre Royal, English Opera House .
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
96

6 September 1817: Drury Lane Theatre installed gas lighting...

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6 September 1817

Drury Lane Theatre installed gas lighting in the auditorium and on stage.
Booth, Michael R. et al. Three Tragic Actresses: Siddons, Rachel, Ristori. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
83

15 February 1830: The Lyceum Theatre in London burned to the...

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15 February 1830

The Lyceum Theatre in London burned to the ground; Mary Cowden Clarke and her husband had left the theatre a few hours earlier after attending a performance.
Clarke, Mary Cowden. My Long Life. Dodd, Mead, 1896.
91

1834: The Theatre Royal, English Opera House became...

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1834

The Theatre Royal, English Opera House became known as the Royal Lyceum Theatre upon opening in a newly-constructed building.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
283

June 1856: Adelaide Ristori, famous Italian actress,...

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June 1856

Adelaide Ristori , famous Italian actress, made her British debut in London at the Lyceum Theatre .
Booth, Michael R. et al. Three Tragic Actresses: Siddons, Rachel, Ristori. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
143-4, 153-5, 161

15 September 1856: Marie Wilton made her London stage debut...

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15 September 1856

Marie Wilton made her London stage debut at the Lyceum Theatre , aged seventeen.
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
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2 October 1862: Dion Boucicault wrote to The Times pointing...

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2 October 1862

Dion Boucicault wrote to The Times pointing out the widely varying rents for West End theatres.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
32, 37

May 1875: Venturing into drama, Alfred Tennyson published...

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May 1875

Venturing into drama, Alfred Tennyson published a play entitled Queen Mary.
Wise, Thomas J. A Bibliography of the Writings of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1967, 2 Vols.
227-8

31 August 1878: Henry Irving was annouced as the new manager...

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31 August 1878

Henry Irving was annouced as the new manager of the Lyceum Theatre ; Mrs Sidney Frances Cowell Bateman had managed it since the death of her husand, Colonel Hezekiah Bateman , in March 1875.
Bingham, Madeleine. Henry Irving and the Victorian Theatre. George Allen and Unwin, 1978.
124-5, 306
Brereton, Austin. Henry Irving. Anthony Treherne, 1905.
58
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

30 December 1878: Henry Irving and Ellen Terry began their...

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30 December 1878

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry began their successful stage partnership at the Lyceum Theatre in London by starring opposite one another in Hamlet.
Cheshire, David F. Portrait of Ellen Terry. Amber Lane Press, 1989.
47
Manvell, Roger. Ellen Terry. Heinemann, 1968.
367

4 October 1884: American musical comedy star Lillian Russell...

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4 October 1884

American musical comedy star Lillian Russell made a hit in London starring as Polly Pluckrose in Polly at the Novelty Theatre .
Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976. Gale Research, 1978, 4 vols.
2096-7
Fields writes that the play Polly opened on 8 November 1885, while...

1885: Henry Irving's famous production of Faust...

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1885

Henry Irving 's famous production of Faust opened at the Lyceum theatre at a cost of nearly £12,000.
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
41
Davis, Tracy C. “The Sociable Playwright and Representative Citizen”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 15-34.
26

26 May 1897: Bram (Abraham) Stoker, who at the time was...

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26 May 1897

Bram (Abraham) Stoker , who at the time was acting manager of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in London, published his vampire novel Dracula.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
26 May 2010

19 May 1908: A campaign to establish a National Theatre...

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19 May 1908

A campaign to establish a National Theatre began with a mass meeting at the Lyceum Theatre , London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
341
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac, 1987, http://4-22.
535

13 April 1951: The first Miss World contest was held at...

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13 April 1951

The first Miss World contest was held at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
404

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