ML
formed a friendship and patronage relation with John Rich
, licensee of Covent Garden
, when he made a visit to Reading, on which occasion he lent her five guineas within half an hour...
Publishing
Mary Latter
Rich
had accepted the play for Covent Garden
and encouraged ML
to train further as a dramatist. She here ascribes good intentions to Rich, but sharp practice to the present Managers, their Adherents, and Dependants...
Travel
Mary Latter
Theatre manager John Rich
enabled ML
to make a ten-week visit to London, staying at his house near Covent Garden Theatre
. She was back there again for a second, shorter visit at the...
Timeline
26 November 1761: John Rich, holder of the licence for Covent...
Building item
26 November 1761
John Rich
, holder of the licence for Covent Garden Theatre
, died; his widow, Priscilla
(who had been a performer before her marriage), took nominal control of the theatre.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
4: 881, 905
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.
