Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Duke of York's Theatre
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Fictionalization | Jean Rhys | Interest in JR
's life continues, much of it linked to her lengthy disappearance from public view and her rediscovery. Carole Angier
published a scholarly biography in 1990. Polly Teale
's dramatization of her late-life... |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Baker | EB
wrote this and her later plays while in full-time employment. It and the other Court Theatre productions were put on by the Play Actors
society. Chains was revived in 1910 by Dion Boucicault
at... |
| Performance of text | Sir J. M. Barrie | James Barrie
's play The Admirable Crichton had its first performance at the Duke of York's Theatre
; it ran for ten months. It remained unpublished until December 1914. “Peter Pan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia”. C20th.com. |
| Performance of text | Sir J. M. Barrie | James Barrie
's play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up opened at the Duke of York's Theatre
in London. Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols. Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press, 1996. 55 |
| Performance of text | Sir J. M. Barrie | James Barrie
's play What Every Woman Knows opened at the Duke of York's Theatre
in London; it tells the story of a woman who is clearly the power behind a male politician. Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols. Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press, 1996. 54-5 |
| Performance of text | Marjorie Bowen | Other plays followed. The Rocklitz was performed at the Duke of York's Theatre
in London on 4 February 1931, having been published in 1930 by the Bodley Head
in London and by Dodd, Mead
(as... |
| Performance of text | John Galsworthy | JG
's play Strife, about a strike at a tin mine, was first performed at the Duke of York's Theatre
, London. Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press, 1996. 261 “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 10 |
| Performance of text | John Galsworthy | Justice, a play by JG
about a minor criminal severely damaged by the penal system, was first performed at the Duke of York's Theatre
, London. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 10 Parker, Peter, editor. A Reader’s Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers. Oxford University Press, 1996. 261 |
| Performance of text | Lesley Storm | Norman Marshall
produced LS
's play The Day's Mischief, which opened at the Duke of York's Theatre
in London and featured Ian Hunter
, Catherine Lacey
, and Walter Fitzgerald
in lead roles. Storm, Lesley. The Day’s Mischief. Samuel French, 1952. prelims |
| Performance of text | Madeleine Lucette Ryley | This play was adapted as a novel published by G. W. Dillingham
in 1898. Engle, Sherry D. New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920. Palgrave MacMilan, 2007. 96 |
| Performance of text | Madeleine Lucette Ryley | On 4 March the next year, Frohmanmounted an elaborate production of this play, now entitled The Great Conspiracy. in Londonat the Duke of York's Theatre
. This time MLR
was given credit... |
| Performance of text | George Paston | GP
's first play, The Pharisee's Wife, was performed at the Duke of York's Theatre
, produced by Granville-Barker
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 875 Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1900-1909. Scarecrow Press, 1981, 2 vols. 4.172 |
| Performance of text | Rosamond Lehmann | RL
's single play, No More Music, was performed as a Sunday play at the Duke of York's Theatre
in London, directed by Berthold Viertel
. LeStourgeon, Diana. Rosamond Lehmann. Twayne, 1965. 20, 22 Tindall, Gillian. Rosamond Lehmann: An Appreciation. 1st ed., Chatto and Windus; Hogarth Press, 1985. 104 Siegel, Ruth. Rosamond Lehmann: A Thirties Writer. Peter Lang, 1989. 106, 175 |
| Textual Production | Henrik Ibsen | It was performed at the Trafalgar Square Theatre
(later the Duke of York's) one year after its Norwegian publication as Bygmester Solness in 1892. |
Timeline
1 December 1929: The British Actors' Equity Association, the...
Building item
1 December 1929
The British Actors' Equity Association
, the first trade union for professional actors, was founded by Ben Webster
during a meeting held at the Duke of York's Theatre
, London.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
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