The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography notes that Thomas Dibdin
used a translation from La Fontaine by MC
as the basis of a comedy, Guilty or Not Guilty, which opened at the Haymarket
in...
Textual Production
Amelia Opie
Despite the volume's title, The Ruffian Boy had been in print well before this, and had spawned several theatrical incarnations. These included one based on the story, written by Edward Ball
and produced at Norwich...
Timeline
1810: The Surrey Theatre in Blackfriars Road, Lambeth,...
Building item
1810
The Surrey Theatre
in Blackfriars Road, Lambeth, was opened by Robert Elliston
on the site of the former Royal Circus
; with various ups and downs it continued as a theatre until 1920.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
