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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.

15226
08 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces The Jealous Wife, but it was not acted. Its substitute is listed in the Account-Book.] Receipts: #135 10s. 6d. (96/19/0; 37/17/6; 0/14/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoid Husband

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

15227
11 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Confederacy and Arthur and Emmeline [the latter announced on playbill of 10 Jan.] are obliged to be deferred a few Days. Receipts: #146 11s. 6d. (108/16/0; 37/10/6; 0/5/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: Afterpiece: With the Minuet de la Cour by Hamoir and Miss M. Stageldoir

15228
14 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 5 years [not acted since 16 Mar. 1779]. Receipts: #217 5s. (196/3/0; 20/4/6; 0/17/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Author

15229
15 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Chances, announced on playbill of 14 Jan.] Receipts: #124 18s. 6d. (80/18/0; 43/18/0; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: As17841002

15230
17 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. To conclude with a Grand Representation of a Regatta. Receipts: #226 (183/7/0; 39/10/6; 3/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

15231
20 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P 2 (?), author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]: The Scenery, &c., partly new and partly selected from old and approved Pantomimes. Receipts: #205 7s. (156/6/0; 46/16/6; 2/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: The Caldron or Pantomimical Olio

Dance: In afterpiece, by Mr and Miss Hamoir, Mills, Miss Stageldoir. [The dances were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

15232
26 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Scott, Laceman, #68 15s. 11d. Receipts: #154 2s. 6d. (109/7/0; 44/15/6; 0/0/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Caldron

15233
27 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; D 5]: Altered from Massinger [by John Philip Kemble. Prologue by the Hon. Henry Phipps (London Chronicle, 28 Jan.). Epilogue by George Colman, the elder (ibid). MS: Larpent 687; not published]. "This piece is considerably altered from the original; passages are expunged, and others added, in every scene; and several incidents transposed from the order in which they formerly stood. Some scenes are also introduced from the Maid's Tragedy of Beaumont and Fletcher" (London Magazine, Feb. 1785, p. 137). Receipts: #269 9s. (240/10/0; 27/6/6; 1/12/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Maid Of Honour

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

15234
29 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Received Stoppages [of salaries] to Christmas #170 16s. 5d. Receipts: #192 5s. (144/2; 47/3; 1/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Honour

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

15235
03 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Natural Son [announced on playbill of 2 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Bensley. Receipts: #135 0s. 6d. (102/9/0; 31/18/0; 0/6/0; tickets not come in: 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Caldron

Dance: As17841002

15236
04 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With new Dresses and Decorations. Receipts: #275 1s. 6d. (246/0/0; 28/10/0; 0/11/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Song: As17850202, but omitted: Barrymore

15237
07 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #283 11s. 6d. (272/14/0; 10/8/6; 0/9/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

15238
08 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin. Text (G. Kearsley, 1785) lists cast as above, but omits La Fleur (see 10 Feb.)]: The Music entirely new, composed by Dibdin. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #154 5s. 6d. (105/19/0; 47/14/6; 0/4/6; tickets not come in: 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Liberty Hall or The Test of Good Fellowship

15239
15 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the playbill announces High Life below Stairs, but it was not acted. Its substitute is listed in the Account-Book.] Receipts: #273 9s. 6d. (254/6/0; 19/1/0; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

15240
19 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "What a 'monstrous marring' ... is made amongst the wierd sisters! Mrs Wrighten laughing and talking the whole time, [and Miss] George who cannot help joining in a laugh . . . Mrs Siddons's sleeping scene [is] we think the greatest act that has in our memory adorned the stage" (Public Advertiser, 24 Feb.). Receipts: #279 6s. 6d. (250/0/0; 28/9/0; 0/10/0; tickets not come in: 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

15241
21 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Ben Johnson [sic]. Not acted these 20 years [not acted since 11 Feb. 1742]. Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. With a Sea Fight and Procession. [These were included in all subsequent performances.] Receipts: #162 7s. (111/5/0; 49/12/6; 1/9/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fox

Afterpiece Title: The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsd

15242
24 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Natural Son; afterpiece of Liberty Hall, both announced on playbill 22 Feb.] Receipts: #286 14s. 6d. (276/12/0; 9/12/0; 0/10/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Caldron

15243
26 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Macbeth now needs "a less monotonous Macbeth--witches more terrific--gothic scenes--occasional darkness, &c." (Public Advertiser, 28 Feb.). Receipts: #230 13s. (208/9/0; 22/1/6; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Alchymist

15244
28 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of the mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #162 10s. (115/9; 45/11; 1/10; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Natural Son

Afterpiece Title: Liberty Hall

15245
03 March 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author and Composer of the After-Piece. Receipts: #154 17s. (112/14; 41/0; 1/3; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Liberty Hall

15246
08 March 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Kemble had 1st acted Othello, and Mrs Siddons Desdemona, at Manchester, 29 Jan. 1777.] Receipts: #259 14s. (243/8; 15/18; 0/8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Liberty Hall

15247
12 March 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #291 (283/5/0; 7/12/6; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

15248
14 March 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Caldron, announced on playbill of 12 Mar.] Receipts: #159 11s. (134/15; 24/11; 0/5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Liberty Hall

15249
15 March 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. Receipts: #287 17s. 6d. (131/4/0; 13/19/6; 0/4/0; tickets: 142/10/0) (charge: #71 8s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

15250
17 March 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. Public Advertiser, 12 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 39, Goodge-street, Rathbone-place. Receipts: #308 1s. (150/16/0; 11/7/6; 0/14/6; tickets: 145/3/0) (charge: #66/1/8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: As17850307athi