Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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Performance of text Mary Pix
It had been given at Drury Lane , probably during August, with songs set by Daniel Purcell , Henry 's brother. Next year MP , like Catharine Trotter , transferred her allegiance to the new...
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, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 246
Performance of text Maria Theresa Kemble
MTK 's first play, the five-act comedy First Faults, had its single performance (a benefit), 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, 1973–1993.
325
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, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 37
Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press, 1952.
51
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HC 's unpublished interlude The School of Eloquence (a satire on the currently fashionable debating clubs) was performed at Drury Lane .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, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 328
Performance of text Maria Theresa Kemble
MTK performed the role of Lady Julia at Drury Lane in her second play, Personation; or, Fairly Taken In, a farce or comic interlude.
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, 1973–1993.
326
Feminist Companion Archive.
Performance of text Susanna Centlivre
SC 's comedy The Basset Table opened at Drury Lane .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 107
Bowyer, John Wilson. The Celebrated Mrs Centlivre. Duke University Press, 1952.
68
Performance of text Hester Lynch Piozzi
The Regent, by Bertie Greatheed (one of the Della Cruscans ) appeared at Drury Lane with an epilogue by HLP .
Clifford, James L. Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs Thrale). Clarendon Press, 1987.
331
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, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
5: 1038
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.
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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.
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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.
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Timeline

14 November 1874: Dion Boucicault's The Shaughraun opened at...

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14 November 1874

Dion Boucicault 's The Shaughraun opened at Wallack's Theatre in New York.
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
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Hawkins-Dady, Mark et al., editors. International Dictionary of Theatre. St James Press, 1992–1996, 3 vols.
I: 735

1940: Ernest Bevin and Basil Dean established the...

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1940

Ernest Bevin and Basil Dean established the Entertainments National Service Association (generally known as ENSA) to boost the morale of factory workers, allied servicemen, and civilians in underground air-raid shelters.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. The Phony War on the Home Front. Michael Joseph, 1961.
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Ziegler, Philip. London at War. Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
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