Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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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, 1967.
87-8
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, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 493, 505-9
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 staged Shakespeare 's Henry IV, Part 2 at Drury Lane in historical costume instead of in the present fashions.
qtd. in
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 947-8, 960
Performance of text Frances Sheridan
FS 's first play, the comedy The Discovery (which had been in rehearsal the previous November), opened at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 976
Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1995.
xiv
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, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 321
Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press, 1952.
152
Performance of text Harriet Lee
HL 's comedy The New Peerage; or, Our Eyes may Deceive Us opened at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1019
Performance of text Frances Sheridan
FS 's second comedy, The Dupe (called by editor Joyce Coates Cleary an interesting cross between a farce and a morality play), opened at Drury Lane ; but it flopped.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 1025
Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1995.
xiv
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, 1952.
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 Catherine Cuthbertson
A play entitled Anna opened at Drury Lane , ascribed to Miss Cuthbertson.
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996.
385
Performance of text Sophia Lee
SL 's tragedy Almeyda, Queen of Granada began its four-night run at Drury Lane , after repeated delays amounting to two and a half years.
Lee, Sophia. “Introduction”. The Recess, edited by April Alliston, University Press of Kentucky, 2000, p. ix - lii.
xxxiii, xlvii
Performance of text Aphra Behn
AB 's comedy The Luckey Chance; or, An Alderman's Bargain was licensed; it had probably already opened at Drury Lane with the new United Company .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
Performance of text Susanna Centlivre
SC 's final comedy, The Artifice, opened at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 688
Performance of text Catherine Gore
CG 's second comedy, Lords and Commons, opened at the patent theatre of Drury Lane , almost within five months of her first.
Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, 1999, pp. 1-34.
5
Performance of text Barbarina Brand Baroness Dacre
A five-act tragedy by Barbarina Wilmot (later Lady Dacre) , Ina, set in Anglo-Saxon England, ran for a single night at Drury Lane Theatre in London.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

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30 October 1779: The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehears'd by Richard...

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30 October 1779

The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehears'd by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opened at Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 292

23 September 1782: Covent Garden Theatre re-opened after a three-month...

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23 September 1782

Covent Garden Theatre re-opened after a three-month reconstruction, enlargement, and renovation.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 541-3, 555

30 September 1783: John Philip Kemble made his first appearance...

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30 September 1783

John Philip Kemble made his first appearance (as Hamlet) at Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 633-4

2 February 1785: Sarah Siddons first played Lady Macbeth (a...

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2 February 1785

Sarah Siddons first played Lady Macbeth (a part with which she was to become popularly identified) at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 727, 769

18 October 1785: The great comic actress Dorothy Jordan made...

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18 October 1785

The great comic actress Dorothy Jordan made her London debut at Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 819, 836

2 April 1796: Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered...

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2 April 1796

Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered tragedy by Shakespeare but actually written by William Henry Ireland , opened under Richard Brinsley Sheridan 's management at Drury Lane .
“William Henry Ireland and the Shakespeare Fabrications”. University of Delaware Library: Special Collections Department: Exhibitions and Publications: Special Collections Exhibitions 1995 - 2001: Forging a Collection: the Frank W. Tober Collection on Literary Forgery.

26 January 1797: Elizabeth (Younge) Pope, who had been acting...

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26 January 1797

Elizabeth (Younge) Pope , who had been acting since 1768 and was felt to be second only to Sarah Siddons , gave her final performance at Drury Lane ; she died nearly six weeks later.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1886

8 April 1797: Elizabeth Farren, renowned for her portrayals...

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8 April 1797

Elizabeth Farren , renowned for her portrayals of high-society women, gave her final performance at Drury Lane before retiring to marry the Earl of Derby.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1886

24 May 1799: Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opened...

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24 May 1799

Pizarro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opened at Drury Lane . An adaptation of Kotzebue 's melodrama about Peru, Pizarro voiced the anti-French feelings (fore-runners of anti-Napoleonic feelings) disturbing the English people at this time.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 2097-8, 2177-89

15 May 1800: King George III narrowly escaped death when...

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15 May 1800

King George III narrowly escaped death when a bullet aimed for him lodged in the pillar of his box at Drury Lane Theatre .
Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
128

13 December 1800: William Godwin's five-act verse tragedy Antonio...

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13 December 1800

William Godwin 's five-act verse tragedy Antonio was performed for the first and last time at Drury Lane . It was rejected by the audience, not with hissing but with coughing.
Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking, 2003.
184

10 December 1806: Charles Lamb's farce Mr H— opened at Drury...

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10 December 1806

Charles Lamb 's farce Mr H— opened at Drury Lane . Its dashing coxcomb protagonist cuts a swathe through the ladies at Bath until it comes out that his name is Hogsflesh, when they drop him hurriedly.
Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking, 2003.
237-9

24 February 1809: Drury Lane Theatre was demolished by fir...

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24 February 1809

Drury Lane Theatre was demolished by fire.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
67
Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
133, 139
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan, 1983.
861

7 June 1810: William Charles Macready (son of an actress...

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7 June 1810

William Charles Macready (son of an actress and an actor-manager) began his successful acting career as Romeo in a performance in Birmingham; he became a specialist in Shakespeare an roles.
“William Charles Macready (1793-1873)”. Theatre Database.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

10 October 1812: The fourth Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was...

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10 October 1812

The fourth Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , was opened with a special address by Lord Byron .
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
65, 67
Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
123, 133
Wyndham, Henry Saxe. The Annals of Covent Garden Theatre From 1732 to 1897. Chatto and Windus, 1906, 2 vols.
359

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