Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Charles James Mathews
Standard Name: Mathews, Charles James
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Eliza Kirkham Mathews | This date is given in the International Genealogical Index. Anne Mathews in her memoirs gives a date of November that year, oddly since that puts the wedding only a month before the birth of... |
| Friends, Associates | Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington | Charles Mathews
, later a well-known actor, accompanied them abroad. His wife
and son
(not his first wife, the writer Eliza Kirkham Mathews
) were also friends of Lady Blessington. |
| 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... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Catherine Gore | The Times review was magisterially condescending: it admitted that nobody could be stern enough to resist the [t]rifling and absurd . . . practical jokes qtd. in Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, 1999, pp. 1-34. 24 |
| 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. Gore, Catherine. “Introduction”. Gore on Stage: The Plays of Catherine Gore, edited by John Franceschina, Garland, 1999, pp. 1-34. 25-6, 28 |
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
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
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