Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Textual Production | Frances Brooke | FB
's Virginia a Tragedy, with Odes, Pastorals, and Translations appeared in print. David Garrick
and John Rich
had rejected this tragedy for the stage. The play had been in competition with one of the... |
Textual Production | Robert Browning | RB
's play A Blot in the 'Scutcheon, the fifth instalment of his Bells and Pomegranates series, opened at the Drury Lane Theatre
with Helen Faucit
playing Mildred. Thomas, Donald. Robert Browning: A Life Within Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 64 |
Performance of text | Frances Burney | FB
's tragedy Edwy and Elgiva, the only one of her plays to reach the stage in her lifetime, had its single performance at Drury Lane
, starring Sarah Siddons
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. |
Textual Production | Frances Burney | After the triumph of Evelina, FB
's first intention was to write for the stage. She had the encouragement of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, manager of Drury Lane Theatre
, and of dramatist Arthur Murphy
. Burney, Frances. The Complete Plays of Frances Burney. Editor Sabor, Peter, William Pickering. 1: xviii, 3 |
Performance of text | Dorothea Celesia | DC
's Almide, an adaptation of Tancrede by Voltaire
, opened at Drury Lane
in London. It proved a success, and ran for ten nights. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. |
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 | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's Molière
adaptation Love's Contrivance; or, Le Medecin Malgre Luy opened anonymously at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 37 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 51 |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's comedy The Basset Table opened at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 107 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 68 |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
unveiled at Drury Lane
another comedy which was to hold the stage for generations: The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 321 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 152 |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's only mature tragedy, The Cruel Gift; or, The Royal Resentment (said to have been written in collaboration with Nicholas Rowe
, though its several editions give her name alone), opened at Drury Lane
. Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 207 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/. |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | SC
's final comedy, The Artifice, opened at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 688 |
Performance of text | Susanna Centlivre | Drury Lane
put on a farce or opening piece by SC
entitled A Bickerstaff's Burying; or, Work for the Upholders. Upholders were undertakers or funeral directors. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 2: 217 Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press. 133 |
Performance of text | Marianne Chambers | MC
's five-act comedy The School for Friends opened at London's Drury Lane
. James Mason
published a comedy of the same title in the second volume of his Literary Miscellanies, 1809. Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press. 383 |
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. 383 Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb. Editor Marrs, Edwin J., Cornell University Press. 3: 73n5 |
Textual Production | Marianne Chambers | The same year it played at the Theatre Royal
itself, and also reached print. |
Timeline
23 January 1720: The Lord Chancellor (the Duke of Newcastle)...
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23 January 1720
The Lord Chancellor (the Duke of Newcastle
) closed Drury Lane Theatre
for several days because of a dispute with its licensee, Steele
.
1726-7: Only eight per cent of the plays staged at...
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1726-7
Only eight per cent of the plays staged at Drury Lane
this season dated from as recently as the last twenty years; this, obviously, was bad news for practising playwrights.
25 February 1729: The Haymarket Theatre, hitherto occupied...
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25 February 1729
The Haymarket Theatre
, hitherto occupied by temporary foreign troupes, opened as a mainstream theatre.
25 June 1731: George Lillo's bourgeois tragedy The London...
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25 June 1731
George Lillo
's bourgeois tragedyThe London Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell had its debut at Drury Lane
, London.
7 December 1732: John Rich opened a new theatre in Covent...
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7 December 1732
John Rich
opened a new theatre in Covent Garden
, the Theatre Royal, and moved his farces and pantomimes there from the other Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
.
June 1733: John Laguerre painted The Stage Mutiny, which...
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June 1733
John Laguerre
painted The Stage Mutiny, which shows Theophilus Cibber
, Charlotte Charke
, and others, confronting John Highmore
, then manager of Drury Lane
.
1744: The popular actress Kitty Clive argued in...
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1744
The popular actress Kitty Clive
argued in The Case of Mrs Clive Submitted to the Publick that she had been unfairly treated by the managers of both London theatres (Drury Lane
and Covent Garden
).
By 17 December 1744: Charles Fleetwood sold out at Drury Lane...
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By 17 December 1744
By January 1754: Richard Glover's Short History of Boadicea,...
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By January 1754
Richard Glover
's Short History of Boadicea, the British Queen, was published (staged at Drury Lane
late the previous year).
1759: David Garrick finally barred non-paying servants...
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1759
24 April 1769: Kitty Clive gave her farewell performance....
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24 April 1769
Kitty Clive
gave her farewell performance. She had enjoyed great success as a comic actress, and some as a playwright.
14 October 1769: Garrick's afterpiece The Jubilee opened at...
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14 October 1769
Garrick
's afterpieceThe Jubilee opened at Drury Lane
, where it enjoyed the record run of the century: ninety performances in one season.
3 March 1770: Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes prevented...
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3 March 1770
Hissing from supporters of John Wilkes
prevented the opening performance of a pro-government play, Word to the Wise by Hugh Kelly
at Drury Lane
.
23 September 1775: Drury Lane Theatre re-opened after being...
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23 September 1775
Drury Lane Theatre
re-opened after being totally re-designed as a far larger auditorium by Robert
and James Adam
.
8 May 1777: The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley...
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8 May 1777
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
opened at Drury Lane Theatre
to unprecedented success. The following season it enjoyed 45 performances.
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