In 1785 he was appointed exhibitioner — first on Parkin's and afterwards on Stuart's foundation — at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, but left the university without graduating to join a theatrical company.
The dedication inside the book includes a reference to Eyre, of Shrewsbury, Worcester and Wolverhampton theatres, having spent a short period on the island of Jamaica.
[3] It appears that Eyre underwent a marriage ceremony with an Elizabeth Bolton, widow on 14 May 1793 at St.Martins, Birmingham witnessed by Joseph Neale & Sam'l Brooke.
[4] Eyre's tragedy of The Maid of Normandy; or, The Death of the Queen of France was performed in the Theatre Royal, Dublin in May 1794.
[12] This promptly triggered the publication, by his first wife Elizabeth, of details of their marriage Certificate including the names of the witnesses - Joseph Neale & Sam'l Brooke.
[13] In a review of 'The West Indian' at the Edinburgh Theatre Royal Eyre, as Stockwell, is described as 'of Bath', and Dwyer of Drury-Lane played Belcour in the December.
[16] Eyre acted the part of Lord Avondale in the comedy The School of Reform; or, How to rule a Husband on 23 February 1805 at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh.
[22] After having had considerable provincial experience as a comedian, he made his first appearance at Drury Lane Theatre in October, 1806 in the character of Jaques in As You Like It.
[34] In April 1809 the company performed for one night at The Lyceum Theatre, Strand, Eyre read the prologue for Grieving's a Folly.
[43] Eyre's High Life in the City was performed at the Haymarket on 25 July, it was reported that after the third act it "was frequently interrupted by bursts of disapprobation".
Eyre's The Lady of the Lake, a Melo-Dramatic Romance in three parts was reported as being performed at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh in February, 1811.
A newspaper report of 27 December 1813 lists him as one of the debtors in the King's Bench Prison, Surrey.EDMUND JOHN EYRE, formerly of No.62, Newman-street, Oxford-road, and late of No.7, Kingsland-Row, Kingsland, both in the county of Middlesex, Actor and Dramarist[47] Eyre's Operatic Melo-Drama The Savage Chieftain: or, Buried Alive was put on at the Surrey Theatre on 9 May 1814.
[49] Eyre's The Lady of the Lake, a Melo-Dramatic Romance in three parts was reported as being performed at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh in December, 1814.