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unusual facts about the Haymarket



George Colman the Elder

In 1774 he sold his share in the great playhouse, which had involved him in much litigation with his partners, to Leake; and three years later he purchased of Samuel Foote, then broken in health and spirits, the little theatre in the Haymarket.


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Charles Dieupart

In late 1707 Dieupart became involved in establishing an operatic project at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, London.

Charles Francis Coghlan

Buckstone passed on the play, but instead gave him the chance to play Monsieur Mafoi, a small role in “The Pilgrim of Love” a play adapted by Lord Byron from Irving’s “Legends of the Alhambra” that opened at the Haymarket on, April 9, 1860.

For Whom the Bell Chimes

First performed at The Haymarket Studio Theatre, Leicester on 20 March 1980, directed by Robin Midgley, with a cast including; Phil Bowen as 'X', Roy Macready as Masterman, Derek Smith as Colonel Fenwick.

Francis Godolphin Waldron

On 9 June 1795 he was, at the Haymarket, the first Prompter in George Colman's New Hay at the Old Market.

Fred Terry

At the Haymarket, he was particularly known for his role of Charles II in the play Sweet Nell of Old Drury by Paul Kester, which became one of his signature roles.

George Selth Coppin

In 1862 he built the Haymarket Theatre on the south side of Bourke Street, and in 1863 Mr and Mrs Charles Kean played a season there.

Haymarket Martyrs' Monument

Following the Haymarket affair, and trial and executions, August Spies, Samuel Fielden, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Louis Lingg, and Albert Parsons were buried at the German Waldheim Cemetery (later merged with Forest Home Cemetery).

Henry Kemble

After two years alternating between the Haymarket and touring the provinces, first with Ellen Terry and then with Mrs Scott-Siddons, he reappeared on February 1882 at the Court Theatre as the Revd Mr Jones in Dion Boucicault's adaptation of My Little Girl and as Mr Justice Bunby in F. C. Burnand's farce The Manager.

John Baldwin Buckstone

As manager of the Haymarket, he surrounded himself with an admirable and effective ensemble company, including Edward Askew Sothern, Henry Compton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles James Mathews and the Kendals.

Lincoln Haymakers

Lincoln's Arena, the Pershing Center, is located near a historic region in Lincoln named the Haymarket.

Oscar Neebe

Neebe, who had been involved with (and then expelled from) the Socialist Labor Party and active in the trade union movement prior to the Haymarket Affair, joined the Industrial Workers of the World soon after its founding in 1905.

Thomas Talfourd

In 1839 Glencoe, or the Fate of the Macdonalds, was privately printed, and in 1840 it was produced at the Haymarket.