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12595 results for: Keyword - Ann Williams
We found 11031 matches on Author, 1837 matches on Performance Comments, 454 matches on Event Comments, 56 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8826
02 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Lucio Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

8827
02 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Midas, announced on playbill of 1 Nov.] Receipts: #151 5s. (146/14; 4/11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Bannister

Dance: In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade Dance incident to the Play; End of mainpiece The Wapping Landlady by Blurton, Rayner, Miss Besford

8828
03 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau Or Our Way In France

Performance Comment: Lackland-Lewis; Lepoche-Quick; Squire Tally-ho-Edwin; Sir John Bull-Wilson; Colonel Epaulette-Wewitzer; Lord Winlove-Davies; Henry-Johnstone; Mrs Casey-Mrs Kennedy; Celia-Mrs Martyr; Nannette-Mrs Morton; Miss Dolly-Mrs Wilson; Lady Bull-Mrs Webb; Rosa-Mrs Bannister .
Cast
Role: Nannette Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Rosa Actor: Mrs Bannister

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Dance: End of mainpiece The Wapping Landlady, as17851102

8829
07 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Winter's Tale; afterpiece of The Jubilee, both announced on playbill of 5 Nov. In mainpiece the playbill assigns the Queen to Mrs Hopkins, but on the Kemble playbill her name is deleted. The name of her substitute has not come to light.] Receipts: #91 15s. (69/12; 21/13; 0/10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: King Richard-Smith; Richmond-Palmer; Buckingham-Aickin; Tressel-Bannister Jun.; Lord Stanley-Chaplin; Norfolk-Fawcett; Catesby-Packer; Lieut, of the Tower-R. Palmer; Ratcliff-Wright; Lord Mayor-Phillimore; Prince Edward-Miss Stageldoir; Duke of York-Miss Heard; King Henry-Bensley; Lady Anne-Mrs Brereton; Duchess of York-Mrs Hedges; Queen -?.
Cast
Role: Tressel Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Mrs Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Caldron

Dance: In afterpiece, as17851018

8830
08 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Russet Actor: Bannister

8831
08 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: Rosina Actor: Mrs Bannister

Dance: As17851103

8832
09 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Norah Actor: Mrs Bannister

Dance: As17851103

8833
10 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Caliban Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: As17851017

8834
10 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Performance Comment: Characters by Johnstone, Quick, Edwin, Wilson, Wewitzer, Palmer, Thompson, Gardner; Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Bannister. [Cast from text (G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1785): Don Fernando-Johnstone; Don Julio Pimiento-Quick; Pedro-Edwin; Don Salvador-Wilson; Fabio-Wewitzer; Don Fabricio-Palmer; Don Velasco-Thompson; Alguazil-Gardner; Footmen-Helme, Swords, Newton, Ledger, Bates; Laura-Mrs Kennedy; Jaquelina-Mrs Martyr; Donna Isabel-Mrs Morton; Donna Zelida-Mrs Bannister.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Donna Zelida Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Recruiting Serjeant [performers not listed (see17851007)]; End of mainpiece new dance, The Piping Pedlar, by Byrn and Mrs Goodwin

8835
11 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Cast
Role: Donna Zelida Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Dance: End of mainpiece The Piping Pedlar, as17851110

8836
11 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "The great powers of Mrs Jordan cannot be better displayed than in the wonderful contrast of her Country Girl and Viola. In one all archness and vivacity; in the other serious, gentle, tender and sentimental" (Public Advertiser, 16 Nov.). [In afterpiece the playbill retains Parsons as Sir Anthony Halfwit, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Wilson's. "Parsons was taken suddenly ill & J. Wilson read his part" (MS annotation on British Museum playbill, in Harris, 11).] Receipts: #108 12s. (79/11/0; 28/13/6; 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Sir Andrew Ague-cheek-Dodd; Sir Toby Belch-Palmer; Orsino-Staunton; Sebastian-Bannister Jun.; Fabian-R. Palmer; Antonio-Wrighten; Clown (with the original Epilogue Song)-Suett; Malvolio-Bensley; Viola-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in that character); Maria-Mrs Brereton; Olivia (with songs)-Mrs Crouch .
Cast
Role: Sebastian Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Dabble Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Matadore Actor: Mrs Hopkins. Prologue spoken by Bannister Jun

Dance: As17851103

8837
12 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Cast
Role: Donna Zelida Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: End of mainpiece The Piping Pedlar, as17851110, but added: Ratchford

8838
14 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Nunnery

Performance Comment: Captain Banner-Johnstone; Forage-Quick; Peter-Edwin; Lieutenant of Police-Davies; Father Ambrose-Fearon; Mrs D'Arcey-Mrs Kennedy; Teresa-Mrs Martyr; Abbess-Miss Platt; Selina-Mrs Bannister .
Cast
Role: Captain Banner Actor: Johnstone
Role: Selina Actor: Mrs Bannister

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Meadows, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Pemberton; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Orme, Mrs Gray, Miss Francis, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Kennedy

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Meadows, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Pemberton; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Orme, Mrs Gray, Miss Francis, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Kennedy .

8839
15 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Cast
Role: Donna Zelida Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: As17851112

8840
16 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Sebastian Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

8841
16 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Cast
Role: Donna Zelida Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: As17851112

8842
17 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Nunnery

Cast
Role: Captain Banner Actor: Johnstone
Role: Selina Actor: Mrs Bannister

Song: As17851114

8843
18 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Devil upon Two Sticks, announced on playbill of 17 Nov.] Receipts: #139 12s. 6d. (134/6/0; 5/6/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Cast
Role: Donna Zelida Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: As17851103

8844
18 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Performance Comment: Leontes-Smith; Polixenes-Bensley; Florizel-Bannister Jun.; Camillo-Aickin; Old Shepherd-Packer; Clown-Suett; Autolicus-Dodd; Hermione-Mrs Ward; Paulina-Mrs Hopkins; Perdita (with the sheep-shearing long)-Mrs Crouch .
Cast
Role: Florizel Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. [Cast from General Evening Post, 19 Nov.; Morning Post, 19 Nov.; Public Advertiser, 7 and 27 Dec. 1785; Morning Post, 22 Dec. 1786: Bumpkin-Parsons; Irishman at Stratford-Moody; Country Girl-Mrs Wrighten. In Pageant: Cupid-Master Canlets; Iachimo-Palmer; Malvolio and Posthumus-Bensley; Touchstone-King; Richard III-Kemble; Romeo-Bannister Jun.; Hamlet-R. Palmer; Sir Hugh Evans-Parsons; Doctor Cains-Baddeley; Sir Andrew Aguecheek-Waldron; Lear-Wrighten; FalstafT-Chaplin; Henry V-Barrymore; Coriolanus-Phillimore; Edgar-Dodd; Macbeth-Williames; Antony-Staunton; Tragic Muse-Mrs Siddons [whose "car was fitted up exactly in the stile of the picture of the Tragic Music by Sir Joshua Reynolds"]; Comic Muse-Mrs Cuyler; Lady Macbeth-Miss Kemble; Beatrice-Miss Pope; Volumnia-Mrs Brereton; Cleopatra-Mrs Wilson; Rosalind-Mrs Jordan; Queen in Richard III-Mrs Hopkins; Cordelia-Miss Collins; Venus-Mrs Crouch. Vocal Parts by Bannister, Dignum, Suett, Chapman, Fawcett.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Crouch. Vocal Parts by Bannister, Dignum, Suett, Chapman, Fawcett.

8845
19 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Hecate Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Dabble Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Matadore Actor: Mrs Hopkins. Prologue spoken by Bannister Jun

Song: As17851029

8846
21 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Song: As17851114, but added: Mrs Swords

8847
21 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene, with Dancing by Williamson and Miss Stageldoir, and Singing by Miss Field; End of Act III The Market-Day, as17851024

8848
22 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: Nannette Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Rosa Actor: Mrs Bannister

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: As17851112

8849
22 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Hubert-Bensley; Salisbury-Staunton; Pembroke-Williames; Essex-Chaplin; Bastard-Smith; King Philip-Aickin; Dauphin-Barrymore; Prince Arthur-Miss Field; Pandulph-Packer; Austria-Wrighten; Citizen-Fawcett; Chatilion-Bannister Jun.; Queen Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Blanch-Miss Palmer; Lady Falconbridge-Mrs Hedges; Constance-Mrs Siddons .
Cast
Role: Chatilion Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

8850
23 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Sebastian Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Crouch. Vocal Parts by Bannister, Dignum, Suett, Chapman, Fawcett.