Mary Ann Yates

Standard Name: Yates, Mary Ann
Used Form: Mary Ann Graham
Used Form: Anna Maria Yates

Connections

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Friends, Associates Frances Brooke
Brooke met manager Tate Wilkinson some time during the 1750s, probably after 1756. Her other friends in the theatre world included comic actor James Quin
McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press, 1983.
10-11
Catto, Susan J. Modest Ambition: The Influence of Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, and the Ideal of Female Diffidence on Sarah Fielding, Charlotte Lennox, and Frances Brooke. University of Oxford, 1998.
225
and the actresses Peg Woffington (1714-1760) and Mary Ann Yates
Friends, Associates Charlotte Lennox
She met Sarah Fielding at Richardson's house, and became friendly also with Henry Fielding , Saunders Welch (the philanthropist, who later offered her employment), and Lord Orrery . She was presumably the Mrs Lenox with...
Literary Setting Frances Brooke
This novel's story is datable to two or three years before publication. Its heroine is one of two sisters: the dark, sprightly one whose sister is fair and mild. But unlike other novels employing this...
Occupation Frances Brooke
The Haymarket Opera House was bought for FB and her actress friend Mary Ann Yates to run as joint managers.
McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press, 1983.
151
Catto, Susan J. Modest Ambition: The Influence of Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, and the Ideal of Female Diffidence on Sarah Fielding, Charlotte Lennox, and Frances Brooke. University of Oxford, 1998.
260
Occupation Frances Brooke
FB and Mary Ann Yates launched their first opera season at the Haymarket Opera House .
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix.
xlix
Occupation Frances Brooke
FB and Mary Ann Yates ended their reign as managers of the Haymarket Opera House .
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix.
xlix
Performance of text Frances Brooke
It starred FB 's friend the actress Mary Ann Yates (whom she later commemorated in verse)
Yates is also called Anna Maria.
. It was published by Cadell on 8 February.
Brooke, Frances. “Introduction”. The Excursion, edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. ix - xlix.
xlix
Textual Production Frances Brooke
FB commemorated her actress friend and colleague with Authentic Memoirs of Mrs. Yates in the Gentleman's Magazine.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
57 (1787): 585-9
Textual Production Frances Brooke
FB 's Virginia a Tragedy, with Odes, Pastorals, and Translations appeared in print. David Garrick and John Rich had rejected this tragedy for the stage.
The play had been in competition with one of the...

Timeline

6 December 1830: Lucia Vestris became the first long-term...

Building item

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

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