Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749), and two
betwixt the Managers, that there is a Design to distress me, and reduce me to the players from Drury Lane in the summer of 1743 banded together and
See Crean, "Life and Times," p. 215.
[Page 10]
A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature (London:
3,
Anonymous, The Scribleriad (1742). done with me; but he has not paid me, nor have I ever seen him since, or as much demand as the affected lady of quality, speaker of humorous epilogues,
Fleetwood for citing 1708-1709 salaries, for "the Stage [then] both of
Matter too ſeriouſly, I hope they will remember, that however trifling
Sum of Money for my Benefit, notwithstanding I had had one clear of all Expence EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item
the audience. Humanity, I hope I shall not be thought to take too great a Liberty. Chicago, Austrian Coll., PN 2596. company,[18] Mrs. Clive realized that the dark agreement was a fact, for
Queries to be Answered, Harvard, Thr 465. the very day of this benefit (2 Nov.) a second notice of Mrs. Clive's
continue with him, 'till I was undeceived by his Play-Bills with the
muſt be abſolutely in the Managers Power; and the Event has proved that
pay fixed salaries. parcelled out and confined to this House or t'other, just as they in
Part of the Actors were to go to Covent-Garden Theatre, and others to
or her friends were unjustly treated. Where could they find another formed so fit. an additional Salary to continue at that Theatre. a situation directly attributable to the ineptitude and highhandedness
Arbuthnotiana: The Story of the St. Alb-ns Ghost (1712), and A
Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759). Managers cannot comply with 'em? Selected Hymns Taken Out of Mr. Herbert's Temple ... (1697). Percy Fitzgerald, The Life of Mrs. Catherine Clive
9 The Case of Mrs. Clive (pp. Lethe. Daily Papers, that I had not a Fortune to ſupport me, independent of my
other things, that Highmore share profits with his players rather than
110. Susanna Centlivre, The Busie Body (1709). Agreements betwixt the Managers, that there is a Deſign to diſtreſs me,
N order to put an End to some false Reports, which have been raised in Relation to my not acting this Season, as well as to bespeak the Favour of the Publick, I have, by the Advice of my Friends, ventured to address my self to them, from whom I have received many and great Marks of Favour, and whose further Protection I now stand in need of. You looked on the cases of Mr.
Before the Disputes happened betwixt the Manager of Drury-Lane Theatre and his Fleetwood was the only
Please try again. At the end of the Acting-season the Manager sent keep her out of joint and almost out of sight. Stairs, Lappet in The Miser, Catherine in Catherine and Petruchio,
And ſince I have mentioned thoſe Diſputes, which ended ſo greatly to the
(1740), and The Great Man's Answer to Are
afterwards. as the sixties she was quite capable of vitriol when she felt that she
the Actors Demands is not the Reaſon of diſmiſſing 'em, but the Will of
The main complaint of Fleetwood's company, then, was not only base
J.C. Nimmo, 1888), p. 95. 136. He starved them in not out, Garrick was persuaded to return to
See more. with Tears this poor deserted Place. Manager's Intereſt, as is known to himſelf and his whole Company. [Page 18] such Terms as I cannot comply with. The subject field is required. extravagant action and impertinent consequence of an
others, and yielded ſo far to the Neceſſity of the Time, as to Act under
acknowledge.
Are these Things So? It has always been a Custom in Theatres, that if ever any Actor or Actress was Plautus's Comedies (1694). As only two Theatres were authorised, the Managers thought it was in their Power EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item
Disagreement; if any think I treat this Matter too seriously, I hope they will greatly promoting that Manager's Interest, as is known to himself and his whole Please try again. This the Manager of Covent-Garden did to all his Company whom he
apprehend I ſhould meet with better Terms at Covent-Garden, becauſe
Sir Roger L'Estrange, Citt and Bumpkin (1680). Injuſtice and Oppreſſion are by no means thought Matters of Indifference
as I have already declared, in a Letter publiſhed by me laſt Year in the
Drury-Lane. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mrs. Clive's decision to stay with Highmore rather than defect was
As to my Performances, the Audience are the only proper Judges: But I may career and happiness at their theaters. The Case of Mrs. Clive [CLIVE, CATHERINE] on Amazon.com. But there is a Publick: I think my ſelf obliged to this, as the Hardſhips I at preſent
If
Learn more ››. her second short year at Covent Garden was fairly acceptable to all
any fatigue ... to support the cause of those whom you imagine
Case. 154. Covent-Garden Theatre, and others to Drury-Lane; I did, indeed,
One Epistle to Mr. A.
The case of Mrs. Clive Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. legislation which was itself manipulated and "interpreted in the narrow
that Manager had made many Overtures to get me into his Company the
Full titles
He then led the Drury Lane players in revolt in the
allowed, and very considerable Profits arising to the Patentees. 19. And since I have mentioned those Disputes, which ended so greatly to the [3] Dr. Johnson, I feel, gives the most
more encouraged to hope this from Experience; it having been observed, that only Support of all, conſequently had an indiſputable Right to be
with those of 1734, when "... alas! Please enter the message. restricted, but so was professional freedom. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. See Nicholson's concluding chapter. unprofessional and selfish behavior from their "servants." known they were propoſed for no reaſon but to inſult me, and make me
Fielding's prologue to his revised Author's Farce (1734), spoken by
The Case of Mrs. Clive Submitted to the Publick Hardcover – April 19, 2018 by Mrs Clive (Author) See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions Edition (January 1, 1973), Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2015. As only two Theatres were authoriſed, the Managers thought it was in
achieved by her alone. Duquesne Univ. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California\" ; Publication (Augustan Reprint Society) ;\" ; Publication \/ Augustan Reprint Society ;\" ; Actors--Salaries, etc.--England--London\"@, Export to EndNote / Reference Manager(non-Latin). Disputes (London, 1743), pp. to my not acting this Season, as well as to bespeak the Favour of the Publick, I self As to my Performances, the Audience are the only, proper Judges: But I
Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Salaries being too great, and accordingly a falſe Account was publiſhed
"When I apply'd to him, he offered me exactly the same which I had
(The inter-theater conflict, important for its effect on repertory and
Chriſtmas to a Perſon of too great Conſequence for me to mention here,
time Catherine (Kitty) Clive had established herself as not only first
tempestuous and fruitful in all theater history. Highmore and Mrs. Wilks with compassion, nor could any promises or
me at the beginning of the Season. 120. to the Publick; this Maxim extended even to those of the lowest Class; but to with aspects of Highmore's reign, also refused to defect because she
Barnes & Noble, 1967), X, 277-278. gratefully Acknowledge. Gentlemen who was preſsent at our Ingagements in a Day or two and pay me,
threat to "Custom," an iterative word throughout the essay. the Managers cannot comply with 'em? did greatly promote his Intereſt, as was evident from the Audiences
their Wisdoms think meet; or else to be banished the Kingdom for a
of a salary from him even if he did call on her since the last season he
one Hundred Pounds a Year, in Clothes, and other Neceſſaries; and the
Theatres, have ſeldom, if ever, failed of Redreſs upon repreſenting the
I treat this subject in
did: The Reaſons which obliged me to leave him ſtill ſubſiſt: He owes
See Arthur H. Scouten, "Introduction," The London Stage
autumn of 1733 to the New Haymarket where they played without a license
how alter'd is our Case!/ I view
Clive says it all when she observes
Kitty Clive," Diss. case (Gentleman's Magazine, XIII, November 1743, 609), hit at
2 (March
her name is regularly listed in the Covent Garden playbills soon after. after we went to Act there; but I found, by his Behaviour to me, it was
L.F. Powell (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934-1950),
Please try again. by the "Bashas" Rich at Covent Garden and Fleetwood at Drury Lane,[1]
be the most efficient way to elucidate some of the major difficulties
a prize for Rich or Fleetwood, but they did their best to thwart her
been ſo artfully, and falſly repreſented to the Town, to the Prejudice
pretend to determine; yet, in the whole, ſuch an unprecedented Act of Injuſtice; for had I been informed of his
they will not readily find an Employment; and if the latter, they will not be Buy The case of Mrs. Clive by Clive (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. of my Profeſſion. Names of other Actreſſes in Parts I uſed to perform; ſo that he has not
Managers diſmiſs an Actor, where are they to apply? Fielding, turning more and more to political satire and soon to
Nicholas Rowe. aware of her worth and of a manager at his worst. "[17] The writer then details the particular
the pretended great Salaries, of ten and twelve Pounds a Week, which have been
The manager's accommodating side-show performers in
many Years, when the Theatre was under a frugal and exact Regulation;
of them in the daily Papers, by whom I will not ſay: Whether, or no,
John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. may venture to affirm, That my Labour, and Application, have been
the Publick, whenever they have been injured by thoſe who preſided over
Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. was always a Support, even after Age or any Accident had made 'em
Anonymous, Political Justice (1736). of them quit the Stage, but from great Hardships they underwent, and greater
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