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18476 results for: Keyword - Blakes</i>, deleted.] Receipts:
We found 18079 matches on Event Comments, 1063 matches on Performance Comments, 12 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

11226
03 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author. Receipts: #150 (Cross); charges #63. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

11227
09 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Leviez (Ballet Master). Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Humphrey Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Silvio Actor: Blakes

Dance: III: A New Grand Dance-the two Master Roters, Master Settree, Miss Twist, Miss Simson; IV: By Particualr Desire, a Minuet-Leviez, Miss Macklin

11228
10 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Pritchard, Treasurer. At the Desire of the African Prince the Farce of Catharine and Petruchio is changed to the above pantomime. Tickets of Pritchard at his house in Queen St., and at Stage Door. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Tibalt Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Silvio Actor: Blakes

11229
12 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Receipts: #110 (Cross); charges #63 (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

11230
15 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mariet, Mrs Petit, and Miss Valcour. Tickets deliver'd by Hayes, Perry, Brownsmith, Miss Twist, and others will be taken. Receipts: #190 (Cross). Tickets to 12 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Collier Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: I: The German Hunters, as17580916; III: A New Dutch Dance-Master Settree, Miss Twist, Master Blagden; End: By Particular Desire, the Louvre-Setree, Miss Twist; Minuet-Settree, Miss Twist

11231
17 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dickinson (First Gallery Office Keeper). We borrow'd Mrs Baker for Maria (Cross). Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Cast
Role: Trueman Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: I: Beard

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Walker; IV: A Comic Dance-Giorgi, Sga Lucchi;

11232
18 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Tickets deliver'd for Henry VIII will be taken Tuesday next. Prince & 4 (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross). Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antony And Cleopatra

Cast
Role: Lepidus Actor: Blakes

Dance: By Command Spanish Dance, as17581014

11233
19 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Verney (Housekeeper). Observations on the Importance of Theatres, with computation of the Sum they might raise by Taxation, published at 1s. Receipts: #300 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: HHornpipe-Walker

11234
21 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Scrase, Mozeen, Ackman, Harrison. Afterpiece: A new farce written by Mr Mozeen (Indiff) (Cross). Ellis Ackman, Henry Scrase, Harrison, Thomas Mozeen advertised the above new piece for their benefit performance being founded on fact (Winston MS 8). Receipts: #170 Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Cast
Role: Rodolpho Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Heiress or The Antigallican

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Harrison, a Young Gentleman Harrison's Scholar; End: A Minuet-Two of Harrison's Scholars

11235
22 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Clough, Raftor, Shawford, Walker. Tickets deliver'd by Mr Danny, and for Friday the 18th will be taken. Last time of performing the afterpiece this season. [Moody's actual first appearance was in Antony and Cleopatra, 12 Jan.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Suffolk Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

11236
23 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Simson & Kids (Cross). Epilogue and Afterpiece By Particular Desire. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Polonius Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: Louvre, Minuet-Master Simson, Miss Simson

11237
24 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bride, Dunbarr, Smith, Goodwin. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Petulant Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: III: Miss Young

11238
25 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: other parts Actor: Yates, Packer, Philips, Blakes, Mozeen, Clough, Scrase, Bransby, Atkins, Marr, Ackman, Vaughan, Raftor, Johnson, Allen, Rooker, Gray, Miss Barton, Mrs Hippisley, Miss Mills, Miss Simson

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Silvio Actor: Blakes

11239
28 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Morris, Gray, West, Mortimer, and Cape. Tickets deliver'd out by Mr Page and Mr Roberts will be taken. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mat@o@Mint Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

11240
29 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer, Bowers; We borrow'd Smith from Cov. Garden to do Osmyn Mr Mossop's Father being dead (Cross). [Genest suggests that this was Mossop's last appearance at dl.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: Heli Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Scotsman Actor: Blakes

Dance: HHornpipe-Walker

11241
30 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Foley and Veil. We borrow Ridout for Ld Morelove (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: HHornpipe-Walker

11242
04 June 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: & a new P a new +Prologue upon the Prince Wales's birth-day, being now 21. So ended the Season. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Silvio Actor: Blakes

11243
24 September 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Admission: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for Boxes to taken of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door of the Theatre. Play to begin exactly at o'clock. [This information, appearing at the foot of each bill, will not be repeatdd hereafter, except for significant differences.] Receipts: #111 5s. Deficit brought over from last season accounts, Journal T. Folio, 182, #164 0s. 6d. Paid Mr Lambert 3 month's salary to 15 Aug. last #25 (Covent Garden Cash Book). [Goldsmith's Bee (1759, p. 9) remarks on the better business used by Lovegold in the French theatre than used at cg: "Lovegold [in France] in the height of his passion stops to pick up a pin, quilting it in his coat, and snuffs out an extra candle." Implies that such subconscious revelations of the character of the miser might well be used by the English.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

11244
06 October 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMiss Baker from Dublin Danc'd (Well). Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Humphrey Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: The Shepherd's Holiday-Miss Baker from Dublin, Giorgi; End: A Pantomime Dance, The Italian Gardiner-Sg Grimaldi, Miss Baker

11245
08 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #101 9s. Paid Robert Martin 3 months salary to Mich. last, #10; Paid Mr Margaret Lamb 6 months interest due Sept. last, #7 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17591005

11246
13 October 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: AA Letter to Garrick on Opening the Theatre, published at 1s. [See 1 Nov. for answer. This is Edward Purdon's 33-page criticism of Garrick, on his repertoire, his personnel and casting, and his secondary position to cg in the matter of decoration.] Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Finder Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

11247
25 October 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: II: Italian Gardiner, as17591006

11248
27 October 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMiss Pope in Corrinna (fine) Mr Wilkinson, Mrs Amlet (sad) (Cross). Mainpiece: Not acted in 8 years [but see 3 Jan. 1753]. My mother and I were at Drury Lane to see The Confederacy and Harlequin Ranger, Mrs King, Watson and Miss Pitt sat in our Box, a new actress did Corrinne to perfection, see Schutz Jr, Mr Schutz, Dives and Pigot there (Hailey, 'The Brietzcke Diary," p. 360). Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

11249
31 October 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Farce hiss'd (Cross). The Confederacy is oblig'd to be deferr'd a few days (playbill). [Goldsmith in The Bee (Vol. 1759, p. 154) comments on the farce: "Too narrow a plan...The poor affecting the manners of the rich might be carried on through one character or two, at the most, with great propriety; but to have almost every personage on the scene almost of the same character, was unartful in the poet to the last degree." He laments the barrenness of incident, but admits one or two scenes are "fine satire and sufficiently humorous...Whatever defects there might be in the composition, there were none in the action; in this the performers shewed more humour than I had fancied them capable of."] Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: Heli Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs

11250
05 November 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Abington left about this time for Ireland (Genest, IV, 574). Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs