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Caelia (play)
''Caelia, or, The Perjur'd Lover'' is a 1732 comedy play by the British writer Charles Johnson (writer), Charles Johnson. The play's epilogue was written by Henry Fielding.Cleary p.308 The original Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Drury Lane cast included Jane Cibber as Caelia, John Mills (stage actor), John Mills as Meanwell, Thomas Hallam (actor), Thomas Hallam as Bellamy, Roger Bridgewater as Lovemore, William Mills (actor), William Mills as Wronglove, James Oates as Keeper of Prison, Edward Berry (actor), Edward Berry as Gentleman, John Harper (actor), John Harper as the Constable, Frances Cross as Wag and Charlotte Charke as Mrs Lupine. References Bibliography * Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992. * Cleary, Thomas R. ''Henry Fielding, Political Writer: A Political Writer''. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1984. * Koon, Helene. ''Colley Cibber: A Biography''. University Press of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Johnson (writer)
Charles Johnson (1679 – 11 March 1748) was an English playwright, tavern keeper, and enemy of Alexander Pope's. He was a dedicated Whig who allied himself with the Duke of Marlborough, Colley Cibber, and those who rose in opposition to Queen Anne's Tory ministry of 1710–1714. Johnson claimed to be trained in the law, but there is no evidence of his membership in any of the inns of court. At the same time, it is possible that he was a lawyer, as his first two published works, in 1704 and 1705 (''Marlborough; on the Late Glorious Victory Near Hochstet in Germany'' and '' The Queen; a Pindaric Ode'') had him living in Gray's Inn, and he married a Mary Bradbury in Gray's Inn chapel in 1709, the year of his first play, '' Love and Liberty'' (unproduced). Some time around 1710, he became friends with the actor-manager of Drury Lane Theatre, Robert Wilks, and Wilks ensured that Johnson's plays received consideration. In 1711, ''The Wife's Relief'' was a great success. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Oates
James Oates (died 1751) was a British stage actor. Possibly of Irish birth, he was a long-standing member of the Drury Lane company from 1718, and also appeared at the summer fairs in London including Southwark and Bartholomew Fair. He specialised in supporting roles, often in comedies. He was with Drury Lane for twenty one seasons, and later also became a tavern-owner alongside his acting duties. Like several actors of the era he was a freemason.Peter His wife and daughter were both actresses. Selected roles * Jeremy in '' The Play is the Plot'' by John Durant Breval (1718) * Thracion in '' The Spartan Dame'' by Thomas Southerne (1719) * Courtly in '' A Wife to be Lett'' by Eliza Haywood (1723) * Citizen in ''Double Falsehood'' by Lewis Theobald (1727) * File in '' The Village Opera'' by Charles Johnson (writer) (1729) * Mopsus in ''Love in a Riddle'' by Colley Cibber (1729) * Dash in '' The Humours of Oxford'' by James Miller (1730) * Bassoon in '' Bayes's Opera'' by Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
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1732 Plays
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Charlotte Charke
Charlotte Charke (née Cibber, also Charlotte Secheverell, aka Charles Brown) (13 January 1713 – 6 April 1760) was an English actress, playwright, novelist, autobiographer, and noted cross-dresser. She acted on the stage from the age of 17, mainly in breeches roles, and took to wearing male clothing off the stage. She assumed the name "Charles Brown" and called her daughter "Mrs. Brown." She suffered a series of failures in her business affairs after working in various jobs commonly associated with men, including valet, sausage maker, farmer, pastry chef, and tavern owner. She eventually succeeded under her name as a writer and continued as a novelist and memoirist for the rest of her life. Early life Charlotte was the twelfth and last child born to actor/playwright and poet laureate Colley Cibber and the musician/actress Katherine Shore. She was born when her mother was 45, and later said she felt she had been "an unwelcome Guest to the family." Most of her siblings died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Cross
Frances Cross (1707-1781) was a British stage actress. From 1727 as Frances Shireburn she appeared at the Drury Lane Theatre. During her early years she established herself in a number of roles that she played repeatedly throughout her career including in Lady Darling in ''The Constant Couple'', Mademoiselle D'Epingle in '' The Funeral'', Mademoiselle in ''The Provoked Wife'' and Regan in ''King Lear'', Lady Bountiful in ''The Beaux' Stratagem'' and Mrs Motherly in The Provoked Husband. She also appeared at Bartholomew Fair during the summer months.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.71-72 From 1735 she became involved in with fellow actor Richard Cross and began styling herself as Mrs Cross, although she did not formally marry him until 1751.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.67 She was widowed in 1760, and had a son also named Richard Cross who appeared alongside her at Drury Lane. Apart from during the Actor Rebellion of 1733 when she briefly moved to the Haymarket Theatre and two seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harper (actor)
John Harper (died 1742) was an English actor. He was known for comic parts. Life Harper originally performed at Bartholomew Fair and Southwark Fair; a performance for his benefit at William Bullock's booth in Birdcage Alley, consisting of '' The Jew of Venice'', songs and dances, and the drunken man by Harper, was announced in ''The Daily Courant'' of 24 September 1719. On 7 November 1719 at Lincoln's Inn Fields Harper was the original Montmorency in Charles Beckingham's ''Henry IV of France''. He remained at Lincoln's Inn Fields until 1721.Playing among other parts Dr. Caius in the ''Merry Wives of Windsor'', and Ajax in ''Troilus and Cressida''. On 27 October 1721 his name appears as Sir Epicure Mammon in ''The Alchemist'' at Drury Lane. Here he remained for eleven years, taking parts for a low comedian. For some years he was the Falstaff of Drury Lane, and was more popular in the part than his rival James Quin. He also played the king in '' King Henry VIII'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Berry (actor)
Edward Berry (1706-1760) was a British stage actor. He was a long-standing member of the Drury Lane company, appearing frequently with David Garrick.Marshall & Kishi p.462 Selected roles * Hobinol in '' The Village Opera'' by Charles Johnson (1729) * Pantomine in '' Bayes's Opera'' by Gabriel Odingsells (1730) * Butler in '' The Devil to Pay'' by Charles Coffey (1731) * Gentleman in '' Caelia'' by Charles Johnson (1732) * Sparke in ''The Miser'' by Henry Fielding (1733) * Valeius Publicola in '' Junius Brutus'' by William Duncombe (1734) * Don Lopez in '' Trick for Trick'' by Robert Fabian (1735) * Osmyn in '' The Christian Hero'' by George Lillo (1735) * Chatillon in '' Zara'' by Aaron Hill (1736) * Byron in '' The Universal Passion'' by James Miller (1737) * Ceron in '' The Fatal Retirement'' by Anthony Brown (1739) * Manilus in '' Regulus'' by William Havard (1744) * Siftem in '' The Astrologer'' by James Ralph (1744) * Cardinal Perigot in ''Edward the Black Prince'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mills (actor)
William Mills (1701-1750) was a British stage actor. The son of veteran stage actor John Mills and his wife Margaret Mills, he was born in London and baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields on 29 June 1701. Under his father's guidance he made his debut as a child actor in 1712. Like his father, he was a long-standing member of the Drury Lane theatre company. He took part in the Actor Rebellion of 1733, and left to work at the Haymarket Theatre for a season before returning to Drury Lane. His last appearance was in ''The Merchant of Venice'' in February 1750 and he died two months later on 18 April, shortly before a benefit was to be staged for him, and was buried at St Martin-in-the-Fields. He was married to the actress Theodosia Mills until her death in 1733, after which he married another actress Elizabeth Holliday.The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama p.lviii With his first wife he had a daughter also called Theodosia who likewise became an actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Drury Lane. The building is the most recent in a line of four theatres which were built at the same location, the earliest of which dated back to 1663, making it the oldest theatre site in London still in use. According to the author Peter Thomson, for its first two centuries, Drury Lane could "reasonably have claimed to be London's leading theatre". For most of that time, it was one of a handful of patent theatres, granted monopoly rights to the production of "legitimate" drama in London (meaning spoken plays, rather than opera, dance, concerts, or plays with music). The first theatre on the site was built at the behest of Thomas Killigrew in the early 1660s, when theatres were allowed to reopen during the English Restoration. Initiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Bridgewater
Roger Bridgewater (died 1754) was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century.''The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama'' p.XXXIX He worked as party of the Drury Lane company for many years, specialising in dramatic roles, before switching to Covent Garden in 1734. In later years he frequently played Falstaff. Selected roles * Earl of Northumberland in ''Sir Thomas Overbury'' by Richard Savage (1723) * Captain Gaylove in '' A Wife to be Let'' by Eliza Haywood (1723) * Orbasius in '' The Captives'' by John Gay (1724) * Ulysses in ''Hecuba'' by Richard West (1726) * Count Basset in ''The Provoked Husband'' by Colley Cibber (1728) * Malvil in '' Love in Several Masques'' by Henry Fielding (1728) * Timophanes in ''Timoleon'' by Benjamin Martyn (1730) * Lord Briton in '' Bayes's Opera'' by Gabriel Odingsells (1730) * Shamwell in '' The Humours of Oxford'' by James Miller (1730) * Laelius in ''Sophonisba'' by James Thomson (1730) * Athelwold in ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hallam (actor)
Thomas Hallam (died 1735) was a British stage actor. Biography Hallam was the first in a dynasty of actors, including his sons Lewis Hallam and William Hallam who led a pioneering theatre company to the United States and his granddaughter Isabella Mattocks. His family also included the brothers George, William and Lewis Hallam. After appearing at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin for many years, he joined the Drury Lane company in 1725. He remained there for the next decade, taking part in the Actor Rebellion of 1733. An actor named Hallam appeared in several early Henry Fielding plays including ''The Author's Farce'' and ''Tom Thumb'' at the Haymarket but this was likely to be Adam Hallam, one of his sons. By 1731 Adam was also appearing on Drury Lane playbills along with his father. While Hallam was ambitious to play leading roles, he was generally consigned to supporting parts. On 10 May 1735 during a performance of the farce '' Trick for Trick'' he got into a dispute wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
