Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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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 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 Catharine Trotter
CT 's fourth play and third verse tragedy, The Unhappy Penitent, probably opened on this day at Drury Lane . It bore her name as Mrs. Trotter.
Kelley, Anne. Catharine Trotter: An Early Modern Writer in the Vanguard of Feminism. Ashgate.
257
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
2: 7
Performance of text Aphra Behn
Charles Gildon had a manuscript of this play. The success of Southerne 's adaptation of Oroonoko probably inspired him to get The Younger Brother staged; he may well have revised it first.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press.
336-7
It was...
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, p. ix - lii.
xxxiii, xlvii
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
Occupation Charlotte Charke
Colley Cibber retired abruptly from managing Drury Lane , passing it not to his son Theophilus but to John Highmore ; Theophilus, CC , and other performers defected to the illicit Little Theatre in the Haymarket .
Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62.
18
Morgan, Fidelis, and Charlotte Charke. The Well-Known Troublemaker: A Life of Charlotte Charke. Faber and Faber.
52-3
Occupation Charlotte Lennox
Charlotte Ramsay (later CL ) first appeared on stage in London: at Drury Lane , as Lavinia in The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
3: 1214
Occupation Sarah Gardner
Sarah Cheney (later SG ) made her first appearance on the London stage, before her marriage, as Congreve 's Miss Prue in Love for Love: A Comedy 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.
5: 463
Occupation Charlotte Charke
Her career opened well. Next year she took the demanding role of Alicia in Nicholas Rowe 's Jane Shore. She became stock-reader or general understudy in the Drury Lane Company , in which capacity she played Cleopatra.
Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62.
18
Occupation Mary Robinson
MR made her stage debut at Drury Lane as Juliet to William Brereton 's Romeo; she was an instantaneous success.
Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, pp. 19-64.
26, 63
Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen.
87-9
Occupation David Garrick
Susannah Cibber tried to persuade David Garrick that together she and he and James Quin might buy the patent of Drury Lane Theatre . She failed.
Nash, Mary. The Provoked Wife: The Life and Times of Susannah Cibber. Little, Brown.
202-3, 222-3
Occupation David Garrick
DG signed an agreement with James Lacy , by which he became joint owner of Drury Lane Theatre .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
3: 1247
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.
6: 17
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.
4: 493, 505-9
Occupation Mary Robinson
The following season, 1777-8, MR 's salary was £2.10s. weekly. She received in addition the profits from at least two benefit performances. She also acted, this season and the next, at benefit nights for the...

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