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The Will (play)
''The Will'' is a 1797 comedy play by the British writer Frederick Reynolds. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 19 April 1797. The original cast included Thomas King as Sir Solomon Cynic, Richard Wroughton as Mandeville, John Bannister as Howard, Robert Palmer as Veritas, Richard Suett as Realize, Samuel Thomas Russell as Robert, John Hayman Packer as Old Copsley, Dorothea Jordan as Albina Mandeville, Charlotte Tidswell as Deborah, Ursula Booth as Mrs Rigid and Harriet Mellon as Cicely Copsley. The Irish premiere took place at Dublin's Crow Street Theatre Crow Street Theatre was a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, originally opened in 1758 by the actor Spranger Barry. From 1788 until 1818 it was a patent theatre. History Spranger Barry and Henry Woodward The actor Spranger Barry (1719–1777), born ... on 16 December 1799.Greene p.4505 References Bibliography * Greene, John C. ''Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Reynolds (writer)
Frederick Reynolds (1 November 1764 – 16 April 1841) was an English dramatist. During his literary career he composed nearly one hundred tragedies and comedies, many of which were printed, and about twenty of them obtained temporary popularity. Reynolds' plays were slight, and are described as having been "aimed at the modes and follies of the moment". He is still occasionally remembered for his caricature of Samuel Ireland as Sir Bamber Blackletter in '' Fortune's Fool'', and for his adaptations of some of Shakespeare's comedies. His first name is sometimes spelt as Frederic. Early life Born in Lime Street, London, Frederick Reynolds was the grandson of an opulent merchant at Trowbridge in Wiltshire, and the son of a whig attorney who acted for Chatham, Wilkes, and many other prominent politicians. His mother was the daughter of a rich city merchant named West. For many years his father's business was very prosperous, but about 1787 he was involved in financial difficulti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan, née Bland (21 November 17615 July 1816), was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time mistress (lover), mistress of Duke of Clarence, Prince William, Duke of Clarence, later William IV, and the mother of ten illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence. She was known professionally as Dorothea Francis and Dorothea Jordan, was informally Dora Jordan, and was also commonly referred to as Mrs Jordan and Mrs FitzClarence. Early life Dorothea Bland was born near Waterford City in Ireland on 22 November 1761, and was baptised at St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, on 5 December of that year.Anthony J. Camp: ''Ancestry of Mrs Jordan'' [retrieved 4 December 2014]. She was the third of six children born to Francis Bland (1736 – 2 January 1778, in Dove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Plays
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West End Plays
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Comedy Plays
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1797 Plays
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Crow Street Theatre
Crow Street Theatre was a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, originally opened in 1758 by the actor Spranger Barry. From 1788 until 1818 it was a patent theatre. History Spranger Barry and Henry Woodward The actor Spranger Barry (1719–1777), born in Dublin and appearing in London from 1746, induced the London-born actor Henry Woodward (1714–1777), who had saved £6,000, to participate in his project to build a theatre in Dublin. Charles Macklin participated at an early stage, but soon withdrew. Barry and Woodward moved to Dublin, and the Crow Street Theatre opened in October 1758. It struggled as a rival to the Smock Alley Theatre. Maria Nossiter (1735–1759), who had lived with Barry in London, was assigned an eighth share of the profits. In 1760 Barry and Woodward opened a theatre in Cork, the Theatre Royal. By 1762 Woodward had lost half his savings; the partnership was dissolved, and he returned to London. Barry continued for a few more years, then also returned to Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Mellon
Harriet Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (alternate spelling: Harriot; née Mellon; 11 November 1777 – 6 August 1837) was a British banker and actress who eventually starred at Drury Lane. She was successively the wife of banker Thomas Coutts and then of William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans. She was widely celebrated for her beauty, and she was painted by George Romney and Sir Thomas Lawrence. Early life and first marriage Mellon, the daughter of Lt. Matthew Mellon, was a strolling player (member of a travelling theatre company) and became an actress.Perkin, JoanFrom Strolling Player to Banker-Duchess''History Today'' Volume 50 Issue 10 (October 2000). When she was young, she appeared at the Duke Street Theatre, where she attracted the attention of an elderly wealthy banker, Thomas Coutts, founder of Coutts & Co, the royal bank. Following his wife's death in 1815, she married him. From his previous marriage, he had three daughters – Susan (wife of the 3rd Earl of Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Booth
Ursula Agnes Booth (1740–1803) was a British stage actress of the eighteenth century. She first appeared at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 1 November 1775, but at the season switched to the rival Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and remained a part of the company for the next twenty years under the management of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She specialised in character roles of older woman. She also appeared in the summers at the Haymarket. Her husband John Booth was the resident tailor at Drury Lane. She was the mother of the actress Elizabeth Field who married the actor William Wallack and was therefore the grandmother of James William Wallack and Henry John Wallack.Bratton p.189 Selected roles * Mrs Goodison in ''The Jew'' by Richard Cumberland Richard Cumberland may refer to: * Richard Cumberland (philosopher) (1631–1718), bishop, philosopher * Richard Cumberland (dramatist) (1732–1811), civil servant, dramatist * Richard Cumberland (priest) (1710–1737 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Tidswell
Charlotte Tidswell (c. 1760 – 3 September 1846) was an English actress. Life Tidswell was born in 1759 or 1760 and her father may have been a soldier. She may have been acting for five years when her name was first mentioned when she appeared with the company creating "The Busy Body" at Drury Lane. This would end up being her main theatre. She had been the mistress of Charles Howard who was a Duke of Norfolk and it was conjectured that this was the reason she started at Drury Lane. In 1787 Edmund Kean was born. The identify of his mother is unknown and many suspected that Tidswell who was known to have as "Aunt Tid" was his mother. She certainly mothered him and took an interest in him as he developed into an acting prodigy and she steered his career. His father figure was Moses Kean who was a solo performer, but it is not certain who Edmund's father was. One source says that it was Moses younger brother. Moses died in 1792. Tidswell would act during the winter at Drury Lane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hayman Packer
John Hayman Packer (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's ''High Life Below Stairs'' (1759). His parts were usually minor and, late in life, "as a rule"Hughes 2008. old men in tragedies and sentimental comedies. Selected roles * Freeman in ''High Life Below Stairs'' by James Townley (1759) * Lucius in '' The Siege of Aquileia'' by John Home (1760) * Don Roderigo in ''Elvira'' by David Mallet (1763) * Sir John Lambert in '' The Hypocrite'' by Isaac Bickerstaffe (1768) * Aunac in '' Zingis'' by Alexander Dow (1768) * Zopiron in ''Zenobia'' by Arthur Murphy (1768) * Greek Herald in ''The Grecian Daughter'' by Arthur Murphy (1772) * Otanes in ''Sethona'' by Alexander Dow (1774) * Ramirez in '' Braganza'' by Robert Jephson (1775) * Rinaldo in '' The Law of Lombardy'' by Robert Jephson (1779) * Ali in ''The Fair Circassian'' by Samuel Jackson Pratt (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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