The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | 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 |
| Performance of text | Anne Plumptre | AP
was paid £25 for the use by Sheridan
and the Drury Lane Theatre
of her translation of Kotzebue
's Die Spanier in Peru. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 5: 2178 |
| 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, pp. 1-34. 5 |
| Performance of text | Sophia Lee | SL
's last work, her comedy The Assignation, was produced at Drury Lane
. It has no connection with The Assignation: A Sentimental Novel in a Series of Letters, published by Noble
in 1774. Lee, Sophia. “Introduction”. The Recess, edited by April Alliston, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - lii. xlviii |
| Performance of text | Jane Porter | JP
's tragedy Switzerland (which has been sometimes wrongly attributed to her sister Anna Maria
), was performed at Drury Lane
, only to be summarily withdrawn after its single, disastrous performance. Archival evidence is... |
| Performance of text | Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | An epilogue she wrote for Joanna Baillie
's tragedy De Montfort was spoken by Sarah Siddons
when the play opened at Drury Lane Theatre
, London, on 29 April 1800. OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins. 331 |
| Performance of text | Catherine Gore | CG
, still resident in Paris, had another play open in London: The King's Seal at Drury Lane
, featuring the French monarch Henri IV
. Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, pp. 1-34. 11 |
| Performance of text | Charlotte Charke | CC
's topical farceThe Art of Management; or, Tragedy Expell'd, a satire on Fleetwood
and other Drury Lane
personnel, played at York Buildings
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 513 |
| Performance of text | Charlotte Lennox | CL
's comedy Old City Manners (an adaptation from Eastward Hoe! by Ben Jonson
and others) opened at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 4: 1928 |
| 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. 4: 976 Sheridan, Frances. “Introduction”. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, edited by Jean Coates Cleary et al., World’s Classics, Oxford University Press. xiv |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach | Elizabeth (Berkeley), Lady Craven
(later Margravine of Anspach), defied social convention by having her comedy The Miniature Picture (Larpent MS 525) acted at Drury Lane
, with a prologue by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, and... |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Griffith | EG
's comedy The Platonic Wife (based on one of Marmontel
's tales, L'heureux divorce) opened at Drury Lane
. Griffith, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Delicate Distress, edited by Cynthia Booth Ricciardi and Susan Staves, University Press of Kentucky, p. vii - xviii. xxx Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Rizzo, Betty. “’Depressa Resurgam’: Elizabeth Griffith’s Playwriting Career”. Curtain Calls, edited by Mary Anne Schofield and Cecilia Macheski, Ohio University Press, pp. 120-42. 126 |
Timeline
30 October 1779: The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehears'd by Richard...
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30 October 1779
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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
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.
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
.
13 December 1800: William Godwin's five-act verse tragedy Antonio...
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13 December 1800
William Godwin
's five-act versetragedyAntonio was performed for the first and last time at Drury Lane
. It was rejected by the audience, not with hissing but with coughing.
10 December 1806: Charles Lamb's farce Mr H— opened at Drury...
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10 December 1806
Charles Lamb
's farceMr 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.
24 February 1809: Drury Lane Theatre was demolished by fir...
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24 February 1809
Drury Lane Theatre
was demolished by fire.
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.
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
.
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