Timeline: Theatre
| Years: 534 BCE - 1998 | Subject: Performing arts, Theatre |
| Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
| Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191737039 |
| Year | Event |
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| 534 BCE | Go to Thespis in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 484 BCE | Go to Aeschylus (525?–456 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 468 BCE | Go to Sophocles in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 454 BCE | Go to Euripides (c.480–c.450 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 423 BCE | Go to Aristophanes (c.448–c.380 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 425 BCE | Go to Aristophanes (c.448–c.380 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 340 BCE | Go to Epidaurus, Theatre of in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 185 BCE | Go to Plautus, Titus Maccius (c.250–184 bc) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1170 | Go to mystery plays in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1250 | Go to Minnesinger in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1374 | Go to Nō drama in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1400 | Go to mystery plays in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1545 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 1576 | Go to Burbage, James (1530–97) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1587 | Go to Marlowe, Christopher in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1592 | Go to Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1599 | Go to Globe Theatre in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1601 | Go to Hamlet [Shakes.] in The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1604 | Go to Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1605 | Go to masque in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1606 | Go to Volpone [Lit.] in The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1611 | Go to Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1613 | Go to Globe Theatre in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1616 | Go to Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1618 | Go to proscenium arch noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1634 | Go to Passion play noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1637 | Go to Corneille, Pierre in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1650 | Go to kabuki noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1667 | Go to Racine, Jean in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1673 | Go to Molière (1622–73) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1740 | Italian dramatist Carlo Goldoni makes a success of plays in the ancient commedia dell'arte tradition Go to Goldoni, Carlo (1707–93) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1741 | Go to Venice (Italy, USA) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1773 | Go to Goldsmith, Oliver (1728–74) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1774 | Go to Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832) in The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1775 | Go to Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732–99) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1777 | Go to Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1782 | Go to Schiller, Friedrich von in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Siddons, Sarah (1755–1831) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1789 | Go to Dunlap, William (19 Feb. 1766) in The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1794 | Go to Weimar classicism in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1830 | Go to Hugo, Victor Marie (1802–85) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1836 | Go to Gogol, Nikolai (1809–52) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1861 | Go to eisteddfod in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1871 | Go to Irving, Sir Henry (1838–1905) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1875 | Go to Peer Gynt in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1879 | Go to Ibsen, Henrik (1828–1906) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1890 | Go to Hedda Gabler in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1892 | Go to Lady Windermere's Fan in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Countess Cathleen, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Bernard Shaw's first play, Widowers' Houses, deals with the serious social problem of slum landlords Go to Widowers' Houses in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pelléas and Mélisande in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1895 | Go to Importance of Being Earnest, The: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1896 | Go to Seagull, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1898 | Go to Seagull, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pickford, Mary (1893–1979) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1900 | Go to Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan (1870–1950) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Madame Butterfly in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Uncle Vanya in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1902 | Go to Cathleen ni Houlihan in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Lower Depths, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: W.B. Yeats heads a group of writers and directors in establishing the Irish National Theatre Society Go to Irish National Dramatic Society in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1903 | Go to Wizard Of Oz, The (stage musical) in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1904 | Go to Cherry Orchard, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Riders to the Sea in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Frankie and Johnny in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: J.M Barrie's play for children Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up has its premiere in London Go to Peter Pan in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Abbey Theatre, Dublin in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1905 | Go to Girl of the Golden West, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Craig, Gordon (1872–1966) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1906 | Go to Chaplin, Charlie (1889–1977) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1907 | Go to Playboy of the Western World, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ghost Sonata, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1908 | Go to Blue Bird, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1910 | Go to Chevalier, Maurice (1888–1972) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Synge, [Edmund] J[ohn] M[illington] (1871–1909) in The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1911 | Go to Hofmannsthal, Hugo von (1874–1929) in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1913 | Go to Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1916 | Go to Provincetown Players, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gershwin, George (1898) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Chu Chin Chow in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Brighouse, Harold (1882–1958) in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1919 | Go to Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan (1870–1950) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1920 | Go to Grant, Cary (1904–1986) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rodgers, Richard Charles (1902–1979) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1921 | Go to Pirandello, Luigi (1867–1936) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to robot in A New Dictionary of Eponyms (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to O'Neill, Eugene (1888–1953) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1922 | Go to Charleston in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1923 | Go to O'Casey, Sean (1880–1964) in The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rice, Elmer (1892–1967) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1924 | Go to O'Casey, Sean (1880–1964) in The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Fields, Dame Gracie (1898–1979) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1925 | Go to Garrick Gaieties, The in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Baker, Josephine (1906–1975) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1927 | Go to Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny in A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Porgy (1927) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Show Boat in A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1928 | Go to Front Page, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Threepenny Opera, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Journey's End in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1929 | Go to Bedbug, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1930 | Go to Green Pastures, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Private Lives in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1931 | Go to Mourning Becomes Electra in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Group Theatre in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1932 | Go to Anouilh, Jean (1910–1987) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1933 | Go to Seven Deadly Sins, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Blood Wedding in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1934 | Go to Children's Hour, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1935 | Go to Murder in the Cathedral in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1936 | Go to García Lorca, Federico (1898–1936) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Robeson, Paul (1898–1976) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rattigan, Sir Terence (1911–77) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1938 | Go to Our Town in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1940 | Go to Kelly, Gene (3 Aug. 1912) in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron (1907–1989) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1941 | Go to Mother Courage and Her Children in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1942 | Go to Skin of Our Teeth, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1943 | Go to Oklahoma! in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Flies, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1944 | Go to On the Town (1944) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1945 | Go to Glass Menagerie, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1946 | Go to Iceman Cometh, The in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1947 | Go to Life of Galileo in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Streetcar Named Desire, A in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Inspector Calls, An in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Barrault, Jean-Louis (1910–1994) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1948 | Go to Lady's Not for Burning, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1949 | Go to Death of a Salesman in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to South Pacific (1949) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to On the Town in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Berliner Ensemble in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1950 | Go to Absurd, Theatre of the in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1951 | Go to King and I, The in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1953 | Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot ('En attendant Godot') is first performed in French in Paris Go to Waiting for Godot in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Crucible, The in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1955 | Go to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to View from the Bridge, A in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Everage, Edna in The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1956 | Go to My Fair Lady in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to English Stage Company in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Dürrenmatt, Friedrich (1921–1990) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Long Day's Journey into Night in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Look Back in Anger in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1957 | Go to Entertainer, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to West Side Story in The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1958 | Go to Behan, Brendan (1923–1964) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wesker, Arnold (1932) in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Fire Raisers, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Soyinka, Wole (1934– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Birthday Party, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1959 | Go to Walcott, Derek (1930– ) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Caretaker, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gibson, William (1914–) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1960 | Go to Beyond The Fringe in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Man for All Seasons, A in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1962 | Go to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1964 | Go to Fiddler on the Roof in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1965 | Go to Odd Couple, The in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1966 | Go to Offending the Audience in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1967 | Go to Ayckbourn, Sir Alan (1939– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1968 | Go to Funny Girl in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1970 | Go to Accidental Death of an Anarchist in The Oxford Dictionary of Plays (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1971 | Go to Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1972 | Go to Churchill, Caryl (1938– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1973 | Go to Little Night Music, A (1973) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1977 | Go to Strauss, Botho (1944) in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1979 | Go to Shaffer, Peter Levin (1926– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1980 | Go to Shepard, Sam (1943–) in The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1981 | Go to Lloyd Webber, Andrew, Baron (1948– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1982 | Go to Little Shop of Horrors (1982) in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Frayn, Michael (1933) in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1983 | Go to Harwood, Ronald (1934– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1987 | Go to Wertenbaker, Timberlake (1951– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1988 | Go to Hwang, David Henry (1957– ) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1990 | Go to Hare, Sir David (1947– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Friel, Brian (1929– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Wilson, August (1945–2005) in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1991 | Go to Bennett, Alan (1934– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1992 | Go to Mamet, David Alan (1947– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1993 | Go to Kushner, Tony (1956– ) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1994 | Go to Reza, Yasmina (1959– ) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1996 | Go to Carr, Marina (1964) in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1997 | Go to McDonagh, Martin (1971) in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1998 | Go to Frayn, Michael (1933– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
