The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | David Garrick | Drury Lane Theatre
was left in parlous condition at the retirement of David Garrick
; the next manager to make his mark on it was Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, who now became joint-manager with three others. |
| Occupation | Anne Damer | AD
appeared in private theatricals first at her brother-in-law the Duke of Richmond
's, and later at Strawberry Hill. Elfenbein, Andrew. Romantic Genius: The Prehistory of a Homosexual Role. Columbia University Press. 97 |
| Occupation | David Garrick | |
| Occupation | Clemence Dane | The posters, she later wrote, made her nice pocket-money. Dane, Clemence. London Has a Garden. Michael Joseph. 108 |
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | Colley Cibber
retired abruptly from managing Drury Lane
, passing it not to his son Theophilus
but to John Highmore
; Theophilus, CC
, and other performers defected to the illicit Little Theatre in the Haymarket
. Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62. 18 Morgan, Fidelis, and Charlotte Charke. The Well-Known Troublemaker: A Life of Charlotte Charke. Faber and Faber. 52-3 |
| Occupation | Charlotte Lennox | Charlotte Ramsay (later CL
) first appeared on stage in London: at Drury Lane
, as Lavinia in The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 1214 |
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | Her career opened well. Next year she took the demanding role of Alicia in Nicholas Rowe
's Jane Shore. She became stock-reader or general understudy in the Drury Lane Company
, in which capacity she played Cleopatra. Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62. 18 |
| Occupation | Mary Robinson | MR
made her stage debut at Drury Lane
as Juliet to William Brereton
's Romeo; she was an instantaneous success. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, pp. 19-64. 26, 63 Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen. 87-9 |
| Occupation | Sarah Gardner | Sarah Cheney (later SG
) made her first appearance on the London stage, before her marriage, as Congreve
's Miss Prue in Love for Love: A Comedy at Drury Lane
. 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. 5: 463 |
| Occupation | David Garrick | Susannah Cibber
tried to persuade David Garrick
that together she and he and James Quin
might buy the patent of Drury Lane Theatre
. She failed. Nash, Mary. The Provoked Wife: The Life and Times of Susannah Cibber. Little, Brown. 202-3, 222-3 |
| Occupation | David Garrick | DG
signed an agreement with James Lacy
, by which he became joint owner of Drury Lane Theatre
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 1247 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. 6: 17 |
| Occupation | Mary Robinson | The following season, 1777-8, MR
's salary was £2.10s. weekly. She received in addition the profits from at least two benefit performances. She also acted, this season and the next, at benefit nights for the... |
| Occupation | David Garrick | David Garrick
's grand entertainment The Chinese Festival played to near riots at Drury Lane Theatre
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 493, 505-9 |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Elizabeth Boyd | The British Library
copy is 161 g. 56. An advertisement says that William Rufus Chetwood
(prompter at Drury Lane
) had hoped to get it staged, but it was delayed by the author's ill-health. Again... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Aphra Behn | There opened at Drury Lane Theatre
a comedy entitled Love in Many Masks, by John Philip Kemble
, which was adapted from AB
's The Rover. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 1233 Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 69 (1790): 593 |
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