X-Nico

unusual facts about Covent Garden Theatre



Ann Cargill

She was born to a London coal merchant and was a child star, making her debut in November of 1771 at the age of eleven in Covent Garden Theatre singing the role of Titania in George Colman's The Fairy Prince (music by Thomas Arne).

Nicholas Thomas Dall

He painted some excellent scenes for Covent Garden Theatre, and his engagements in that branch of art prevented him from painting many pictures.

Rose Massey

Massey first appeared at the Haymarket Theatre in London in July 1867, playing the role of Mary Meredith in Our American Cousin, but later gained attention in her 1871 performance as Fatima in Blue Beard at the Covent Garden Theatre.


see also