Talk:Cockpit Theatre

Note

We need a proper chronology of who was doing what and where from about 1656 to about 1700. See this link for a starting point. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah. A lot of seeming contradiction by various sources. I see the "After functioning briefly as the home of Davenant and Killigrew’s temporarily united company, the old Phoenix, or Cockpit, in Drury Lane disappeared from view" in your link, which does raise the question of the accuracy of my last edit to the article, yes. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Mmm. My addition was based on Dorset Garden Theatre, but that was based on the link above, I think. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Broadway boobies!

According to a highly unreliable source, the movie Stage Beauty, the first female actress appeared at The Cockpit. The film is pretty accurate in a number of circumstances and particulars, so, although all movies are inherently suspect, this is at least a credible enough hint to be worth a chase, it seems to me. Geogre 20:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Haven't turned up anything to support it. This footnote from Latham and Matthew's version of Pepys' Diaries explores it as well as anything I've seen:

"These were not the first professional actresses to appear on the English stage. In 1629 actresses in a French troupe performed at the Blackfriars, Red Bull and Fortune theatres, but were hooted off the boards. In 1656, Mrs Edward Coleman, who visited Pepys on 31 October 1665, sang the part of Ianthe in Sir William Davenant’s opera, The Siege of Rhodes, at Rutland House in Charterhouse Yard. The articles of agreement which Davenant made when he formed the Duke of York’s company on 5 November 1660 show that he had decided to employ actresses. But the King’s company, under the management of Thomas Killigrew, probably preceded him in the use of actresses. A woman evidently played the part of Desdemona in Killigrew’s production of Othello at the Theatre Royal, Vere St on 8 December 1660, for Thomas Jordan wrote a special prologue for it 'to introduce the first Woman that came to act on the Stage'. Her identity is not known; Anne Marshall, Margaret Hughes and Katherine Corey have been suggested."

—Bunchofgrapes (talk) 03:23, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone

There is another notable Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone, London. It was opened in the early 70s by ILEA and still operates today (now under the ownership of City of Westminster College).

It has an important history in youth arts and theatre in education and interestingly is London's first purpose-built theatre in the round since the fire of London in 1666.

I have a lot more information about the Cockpit and would happily add it to this article if somebody can help lay the foundations to keep the page tidy and coherent.

Cockpit Theatre website

Onthemat 01:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I have started a Stub for Cockpit Theatre (Marylebone) and put a link to it at the top of the other Cockpit page. I am happy to expand on the page, but I know very little about the CockpitTimothyJacobson 21:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Wrong Coordinates?

In an exact description within the article the Cockpit Theatre is not there, where the given coordinates pointing to. (I rather follow in "my" german article this descripton) Alberich21 (talk) 16:25, 28 August 2019 (UTC)