The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
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Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's first play, the comedy The Runaway, opened at Drury Lane
, as the only new mainpiece of David Garrick
's final season; it had the successful run of seventeen nights. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 1952 Link, Frederick M., and Hannah Cowley. “Introduction”. The Plays of Hannah Cowley, Vol. 1 , Garland, p. v - xlxx. vii, x |
Performance of text | Mary Robinson | MR
's afterpiece or satiric comedy Nobody opened at Drury Lane
, with prologue and epilogue by herself. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen. xiii The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 1707 |
Performance of text | Joanna Baillie | Henriquez, by JB
, was first staged at Drury Lane
, London. Carhart, Margaret S. The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie. Archon Books. 164 |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's first play, The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice, was performed at Drury Lane
. Its precise date seems to be unknown. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: xlv, 4 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 33 |
Performance of text | Delarivier Manley | DM
's tragedy Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain, was acted at Drury Lane
. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 393 |
Performance of text | Hannah Cowley | HC
's farce or afterpiece Who's the Dupe? opened at Drury Lane
under Garrick
's successor, Sheridan
. It was normal practice for light-hearted sketches to follow more serious plays to complete the evening's entertainment. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 246 |
Occupation | David Garrick | Garrick
staged Shakespeare
's Henry IV, Part 2 at Drury Lane
in historical costume instead of in the present fashions. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 947-8, 960 |
Occupation | Mary Robinson | That season MR
appeared in the breeches role of Eliza Camply in The Miniature Picture by Lady Craven, later the Margravine of Anspach
. Her playing this part on 24 May was not, as her... |
Occupation | David Garrick | Riots at Drury Lane
greeted Garrick
's attempts at price reform. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 947, 974 |
Occupation | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | In June 1776, the year after his first comedy had snatched success from the jaws of defeat, RBS
added to the career of a dramatist the position of joint manager of Drury Lane Theatre
... |
Occupation | David Garrick | Garrick
succeeded in a reform which put an end to on-stage audience seating at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 947, 979 |
Occupation | Sir Richard Steele | Richard Steele
was appointed governor of Drury Lane Theatre
. He was suspended from this position in 1720 and restored to it the following year. Steele, Sir Richard. The Tender Husband. Editor Winton, Calhoun, Edward Arnold. 87-8 |
Occupation | David Garrick | The Drury Lane
theatre audience demonstrated its consumer power by compelling Garrick
to alter the regular opening time. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 1347, 1356 |
Occupation | Henrietta Battier | HB
acted at Drury Lane Theatre
in the role of Lady Rachel Russell
in Thomas Stratford
's tragedy on the death of Lord Russell
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. |
Occupation | Frances Eleanor Trollope | During the 1850s the Ternan women acted in London, at theatres such as Drury Lane
, the Princess's Theatre
, and Sadler's Wells
. Ackroyd, Peter. Dickens. HarperCollins. 787 |
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