Lincoln's Inn Fields
, London, saw the opening of a comedy entitled The Unnatural Mother; since the author was a Young Lady it has been ascribed to Ariadne
.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
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Performance of text
Eliza Haywood
EH
's The Fair Captive, a harem tragedy (which recasts a play by a Captain Hurst
), opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre; it was published the same month, and went to a second issue.
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.
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Performance of text
Aphra Behn
AB
's The Forc'd Marriage; or, The Jealous Bridegroom (her first play to be staged) had a performance at Lincoln's Inn Fields
which was probably its opening.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
Performance of text
Delarivier Manley
DM
's The Royal Mischief, A Tragedy was produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields
; it was printed the same year.
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press, 1996.
393
Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii.
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Wealth and Poverty
Penelope Aubin
A Mrs Aubin, probably PA
, received the profits from a benefit performance of Dryden
's The Spanish Friar at Lincoln's Inn Fields
.
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.