Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, 1999, pp. 1-34.
25-6, 28
Madame Lucia Vestris
Standard Name: Vestris, Madame Lucia
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Dinah Mulock Craik | In London, the young Dinah Mulock was able to attend the theatre regularly, thanks to the offer of a private Covent Garden Theatre
box for her family from Charles James Mathews
and his wife... |
| Leisure and Society | Mary Brunton | As tourists MB
and her husband were just as interested in cultural events, industries, and industrial and military trade as they were in, for instance, old buildings. On her first visit to London she attended... |
| Publishing | Emma Robinson | |
| Reception | Catherine Gore | Quid Pro Quo proved as controversial in production as in competition. Madame Vestris
, Charles Mathews
, and Anne Jackson Mathews
refused to play the parts assigned them and substitutes had to be found. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Christopher St John | The First Actress draws an implicit parallel between the admission of women to the vote and their admission to stage acting at the Restoration. Peggy Hughes
, presented as first woman in the London professional... |
Timeline
20 July 1815: Madame Vestris made her operatic debut as...
Building item
20 July 1815
Madame Vestris
made her operatic debut as the leading lady of the King's Theatre
, aged only eighteen.
Appleton, William Worthen. Madame Vestris and the London Stage. Columbia University Press, 1974.
8
19 February 1820: Madame Vestris starred in a comic opera at...
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19 February 1820
Madame Vestris
starred in a comic opera at Drury Lane Theatre
to mixed reviews; she did not achieve fame until she started playing male roles.
Appleton, William Worthen. Madame Vestris and the London Stage. Columbia University Press, 1974.
16-19, 29, 33
6 December 1830: Lucia Vestris became the first long-term...
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6 December 1830
Lucia Vestris
became the first long-term female theatre manager of the century, when she reopened the Olympic Theatre
.
Appleton, William Worthen. Madame Vestris and the London Stage. Columbia University Press, 1974.
51
Booth, Michael R. et al. Three Tragic Actresses: Siddons, Rachel, Ristori. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
44-5
3 January 1831: London Society was introduced to the management...
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3 January 1831
London Society was introduced to the management of Lucia Vestris
at the Olympic Theatre
with the opening of Olympic Revels; or, Prometheus and Pandora.
Moody, Jane. “Illusions of authorship”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 99-124.
104-5
3 January 1831: London Society was introduced to the management...
Building item
3 January 1831
London Society was introduced to the management of Lucia Vestris
at the Olympic Theatre
with the opening of Olympic Revels; or, Prometheus and Pandora.
Moody, Jane. “Illusions of authorship”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 99-124.
104-5
March 1841: The young Dionysius Lardner Boucicault's...
Writing climate item
March 1841
The young Dionysius Lardner Boucicault
's London Assurance was staged at Covent Garden
by Charles James Mathews
and Madame Vestris
.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
121
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
88
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
207
November 1842: Elizabeth Planché's comedy The Welsh Girl...
Women writers item
November 1842
Elizabeth Planché
's comedy The Welsh Girl premiered at the Haymarket
.
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
404
10 November 1873: The first of actress and manager Sarah Lane's...
Women writers item
10 November 1873
The first of actress and manager Sarah Lane
's French translations appeared on the stage of the Britannia Theatre
.
Kaplan, Fred. Dickens: A Biography. Hodder and Stoughton, 1988.
127, 131
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