Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Criterion Theatre
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Clemence Dane | She got her first chance in Eliza Comes to Stay (by H. V. Esmond
) at the Criterion
when the actress due to play the other woman had to drop out because of illness, and... |
| Performance of text | Sir J. M. Barrie | James Barrie
's first full-length adult play, Richard Savage (on which he collaborated with H. B. Marriott Watson
), was performed for a charity matinee at the Criterion Theatre
in London. Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press, 1996. 55 |
| Performance of text | Lesley Storm | LS
's next play, also never published, appeared later in the same year: The Wise-Woman was running at the Criterion Theatre
by 8 November 1934. |
| Performance of text | Madeleine Lucette Ryley | Later it opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre
in New York, starring Goodwin
and Elliott
, directed by Ryley herself. This production had fifty performances in New York. Engle, Sherry D. New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920. Palgrave MacMilan, 2007. 72-74, 97 |
| Performance of text | Edith Lyttelton | The Macleans of Bairness, a history play by EL
about Bonnie Prince Charlie
, was produced by Mrs Patrick Campbell
at the Criterion Theatre
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 797 Kaplan, Joel H., and Sheila Stowell. Theatre and Fashion: Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes. Cambridge University Press, 1994. 84 |
| Performance of text | Iris Murdoch | The play was running at the Criterion Theatre
in London by 24 June 1964, when The Times reviewed it. Fletcher, John, 1937 -, and Cheryl Bove. Iris Murdoch: A Descriptive Primary and Annotated Secondary Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1994. 112 |
| Textual Features | Elizabeth Robins | One, The Women Writers, delivered at the Criterion Theatre
in 1910, expressed the hope that her audience's children's children would be lifted up, proud and hopeful, to know their foremothers were leaders, discoverers, militants... |
| Textual Production | Lesley Storm | LS
enjoyed her first theatrical success when her three-act comedy Tony Draws a Horse opened at the Comedy Theatre
in London. It ran for 364 performances, lasting through the first few months of the... |
Timeline
1873: An entire block in Regent Circus, Piccadilly...
Building item
1873
An entire block in Regent Circus, Piccadilly (now Piccadilly Circus), was purchased for £100,000 and used to build the underground Criterion Theatre
.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
60-1
21 March 1874: The Criterion Theatre opened in London....
Building item
21 March 1874
The Criterion Theatre
opened in London.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
61, 284
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