Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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Performance of text Delarivier Manley
DM 's Lost Lover was produced at Drury Lane ; it was published the same year.
Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, p. v - xxviii.
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Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press.
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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
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.
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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HC 's unpublished interlude The School of Eloquence (a satire on the currently fashionable debating clubs) was performed at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 328
Performance of text Joanna Baillie
Of the twenty-eight plays that JB wrote, only seven were professionally produced. These were De Monfort,The Family Legend, Henriquez, The Separation, The Election, Constantine Paleologus, and Basil...
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.
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Performance of text Mary Russell Mitford
MRM 's tragedy Rienzi opened at Drury Lane Theatre ; it ran for thirty-four nights, making her reputation as a dramatist.
Sullivan dates the opening 11 October, but MRM herself, as edited by L'Estrange, suggests...
Performance of text Hannah Cowley
HC 's tragedy The Fate of Sparta; or, The Rival Kings opened at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 1038
Performance of text Eliza Haywood
EH 's comedy A Wife to be Lett opened at Drury Lane. Haywood took the leading comic role of Mrs Graspall (owing to someone else's illness), and also spoke an epilogue.
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.
Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto.
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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 Elizabeth Inchbald
The Wedding Day, a comedy by EI , opened at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
5: 1700
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 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.
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Timeline

6 September 1817: Drury Lane Theatre installed gas lighting...

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6 September 1817

Drury Lane Theatre installed gas lighting in the auditorium and on stage.

By September 1819: Facing debts of £90,000, Drury Lane Theatre...

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By September 1819

Facing debts of £90,000, Drury Lane Theatre was forced to close.

19 February 1820: Madame Vestris starred in a comic opera at...

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19 February 1820

Madame Vestris starred in a comic opera at Drury Lane Theatre to mixed reviews; she did not achieve fame until she started playing male roles.

1822: Drury Lane Theatre was closed for a complete...

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1822

Drury Lane Theatre was closed for a complete internal overhaul.

1825: Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin published his...

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1825

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin published his historicaldramaBoris Godunov.

27 June 1828: Joseph Grimaldi, famous clown of English...

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27 June 1828

Joseph Grimaldi , famous clown of English pantomime, gave a farewell performance at Drury Lane , aged forty-eight.

8 June 1829: Douglas William Jerrold's play Black-Ey'd...

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8 June 1829

Douglas William Jerrold 's playBlack-Ey'd Susan premiered at the Surrey Theatre in London.

May 1833: Drury Lane Theatre and Covent Garden Theatre...

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May 1833

Drury Lane Theatre and Covent Garden Theatre came under the same management, with bizarre results for the acting companies.

1843: Parliament deregulated the London stage by...

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1843

Parliament deregulated the London stage by removing the restriction which had limited the number of patent or fully licensed theatres in the capital to no more than two, Covent Garden and Drury Lane .

12 June 1843: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part...

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12 June 1843

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became part of the theatre-going public when they visited the Drury Lane Theatre in state.

22 August 1843: The Theatres Regulation Act made it legal...

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22 August 1843

The Theatres Regulation Act made it legal for any theatre to become licensed for drama (thus expanding its repertoire) and required all new commercial plays to be approved by the Lord Chamberlain seven days before...

26 February 1851: William Macready made his famous farewell...

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26 February 1851

William Macready made his famous farewell performance at the Drury Lane Theatre wearing the black suit of a gentleman in place of his costume as Macbeth.

June 1851: Ingomar the Barbarian; or, the Son of the...

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June 1851

Ingomar the Barbarian; or, the Son of the Wilderness, adapted from German by Maria Lovell , premiered at Drury Lane .

2 October 1862: Dion Boucicault wrote to The Times pointing...

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2 October 1862

Dion Boucicault wrote to The Times pointing out the widely varying rents for West End theatres.

1868: The Drury Lane Theatre offered the sensational...

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1868

The Drury Lane Theatre offered the sensational playThe Great City, which featured an actual hansom cab and horse as part of its repertoire of special effects.

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