The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 947, 974
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | David Garrick | |
| Occupation | David Garrick | Garrick
succeeded in a reform which put an end to on-stage audience seating at Drury Lane
. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 4: 947, 979 |
| Occupation | David Garrick | The Drury Lane
theatre audience demonstrated its consumer power by compelling Garrick
to alter the regular opening time. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 4: 1347, 1356 |
| 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, 2000, pp. 19-64. 26, 63 Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen, 1994. 87-9 |
| 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. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 5: 5-6 |
| 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, 1999. 97 |
| 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, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 3: 1214 |
| Occupation | Clemence Dane | The posters, she later wrote, made her nice pocket-money. Dane, Clemence. London Has a Garden. Michael Joseph, 1964. 108 |
| Occupation | David Garrick | |
| 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... |
| Occupation | Mary Robinson | That season MR
appeared in the breeches role of Eliza Camply in The Miniature Picture by Lady Craven, later the Margravine of Anspach
. Her playing this part on 24 May was not, as her... |
| 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, 1998, pp. 9-62. 18 Morgan, Fidelis, and Charlotte Charke. The Well-Known Troublemaker: A Life of Charlotte Charke. Faber and Faber, 1988. 52-3 |
| 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, 1998, pp. 9-62. 18 |
| 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, 1973–1993. 5: 463 |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Elizabeth Boyd | The British Library
copy is 161 g. 56. An advertisement says that William Rufus Chetwood
(prompter at Drury Lane
) had hoped to get it staged, but it was delayed by the author's ill-health. Again... |
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