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18442 results for: Keyword - Blakes</i>, deleted.] Receipts:
We found 18032 matches on Event Comments, 1063 matches on Performance Comments, 12 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

17951
07 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Heir at Law [advertised on playbill of 6 Feb.] is obliged on account of Knight's Indisposition, to be deferred till Monday. Receipts: #108 12s. (101.10.6; 7.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Impressions

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

17952
08 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Doors, &c. as 6 Dec. 1797. Receipts: #367 8s. 6d. (359.9.6; 7.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Song: As17971118

17953
09 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Voluntary Contribution now open at the Bank, for the Defence of our Country. Boxes 10s. 6d. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Tickets to be had and Places to be taken of Brandon, at the Stage-Door in Hart-street. Tickets also to be had at the Bar of Lloyd's Coffee-House. [Prologue by William Boscawen (Monthly Mirror, Mar. 1798, p. 178. Author of Address unknown.] "A subscription was set on foot behind the scenes," to which most of the performers contributed #10 apiece (Monthly Mirror, ibid). Account-Book, 12 May: Paid into the Bank of England in aid of the Voluntary Contribution #394 15s. Receipts: #518 8s. (280.9; 12.2; tickets: 225.17) [the difference of #123 13s. appears to have been the house charge]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: England Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Sailor or Little Bob and Little Ben

Dance: In afterpiece: Triple Hornpipe-Blurton, Mrs Watts, Mlle St.Amand

Song: End: Interlude of Songs, Glees, and Chorusses: With a jolly full Bottle, Great Britain still her Charter boasts, The Wooden Walls, Queen Betty was a famous Queen, To arms to arms-Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Linton, Gray, Street, Lee, Curties, Blurton, Wilde

Entertainment: Monologues. Preceding: An Occasional Prologue-Holman; Preceding singing: An Address to the Audience (instead of Epilogue)-Pope

17954
10 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Joan of Arc, advertised on playbill of 9 Feb.] Receipts: #148 15s. 6d. (138.2.6; 10.13.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secrets Worth Knowing

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

17955
12 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Merry Wives of Windsor, advertised on playbill of 10 Feb.] Afterpiece [1st time; BALL. P 1 (?), by John Cartwright Cross. Airs (T. Woodfall, 1798)]: The Scenery, Machinery, Dresses and Decorations entirely new. The Music by Reeve. The Scenery painted by Richards, Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, and Blackmore. The Machinery by Cresswell, Sloper, Goostree, &c. The Dresses by Dick, Mrs Egan, &c. Receipts: #294 0s. 6d. (270.16.6; 23.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orleans

17956
13 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Thomas Holcroft, adapted from Le Complaisant, by Antoine de Feriol comte de Pont-de-Veyle, and from Clavigo, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It has been attributed to John Fenwick (Genest, VII, 360-61; London Chronicle, 14 Feb. 1798). But for Holcroft's acknowledgment of authorship see his Life, ed. Elbridge Colby, 1925, II, 170. Author of Prologue unknown. Epilogue by the author (Knapp, p. 88)]. Times, 12 Apr. 1798: This Day will be published He's Much to Blame (2s.). "Mrs Mattocks has of late habituated herself to a constant titter, which destroys the effect of her best scenes" (Times, 14 Feb.). Receipts: #249 1s. (240.5; 8.16)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc

17957
14 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "Incledon is no longer under any engagement at Covent-garden Theatre; having shewn a good deal of restiveness at being obliged to sing in the after-piece of Joan of Arc, he applied to Mr Harris on Friday [16 Feb.] to deliver him up his articles, which was instantly complied with" (Times, 19 Feb.). [On 22 Feb. and 15 Mar. Incledon acted, by Command; but not again until 14 Apr.] Receipts: #256 18s. 6d. (239.10.6; 17.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc

Music: In afterpiece: The Harp-Weippert

17958
15 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #386 19s. (379.8.6; 7.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc

Music: As17980214

17959
17 February 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Miss Molini is identified in MS list in Kemble playbills of new performers for this season.] "Mrs Jordan...has taken considerable pains with a young lady of the name of Moline [sic], who, under her tuition, has frequently performed at Richmond theatre" (Monthly Visitor, Feb. 1798, p. 175). Receipts: #209 (120.15.6; 85.1.6; 3.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

17960
19 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Joan of Arc [advertised on playbill of 17 Feb.] is withdrawn till Thursday, when it will be performed with Alterations. Receipts: #315 4s. 6d. (304.18.6; 10.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: The Round Tower

17961
20 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market. Receipts: #179 (168.11.6; 10.8.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

17962
22 February 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: In IV a Masquerade Scene. Receipts: #335 15s. (243.13.0; 8&.14.6; 5.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

17963
22 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Doors, &c. as 6 Dec. 1797. Receipts: #472 2s. 6d. (463.14.0; 8.8.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

17964
24 February 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: On account of the Indisposition of a principal performer The Revenge [advertised on playbill of 22 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred. Receipts: #278 13s. (189.17; 86.8; 2.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts, as17971209, but _Brown, _Fisher, _Evans, _Phillimore, Ms _Butler, Ms _Jackson, Ms _Benson, Ms _Menage, Ms _Gaudry

Monologue: The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. As 9 Dec. 1797

17965
24 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Joan of Arc, advertised on playbill of 22 Feb.] Receipts: #233 11s. 6d. (219.9.0; 14.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: The Round Tower

17966
01 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of He's Much to Blame, advertised on playbill of 27 Feb.] Receipts: #373 15s. 6d. (370.6.6; 3.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc

Music: As17980214

17967
08 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Doors, &c. as 6 Dec. 1797. Receipts: #335 14s. (327.3; 8.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secrets Worth Knowing

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

17968
13 March 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of Jane Shore, advertised on playbill of 12 Mar.] Receipts: #311 8s. 6d. (233.7.0; 74.10.0; 3.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

17969
13 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The new Musical Farce of A Devil of a Lover [advertised on playbill of 12 Mar.] is obliged to be deferred till Saturday (on account of the indisposition of a Principal Performer). Receipts: #142 14s. (138.5; 4.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: Hes Much to Blame

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

17970
15 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Balthazar to Gray, but "Incledon...condescended to take the part of Balthazar, which Townsend [who acted it on 6 Oct.] was too ill to perform, and sung 'Sigh no more, ladies' with much sweetness and effect. In the entertainment Johnstone introduced the song of 'Queen Bess" (Morning Herald, 16 Mar.).] Receipts: #372 1s. 6d. (362.8.6; 9.13.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Dance: As17971006

Song: In afterpiece: Queen Bess [not listed on playbill; see below]-Johnstone

17971
17 March 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The New Play of The Stranger [advertised on playbill of 15 Mar.] is unavoidably postponed till Thursday next. Receipts: #327 8s. (253.18.6; 70.2.6; 3.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

17972
17 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 3rd piece [1st time; MF 2, by George Moultrie. Larpent MS 1199; not published; synopsis of plot in Morning Herald, 18 Mar. Prologue by John Taylor (Poems, I, 97)]: The Music composed by Attwood. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #250 14s. (243.16; 6.18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ghost

Afterpiece Title: Hes Much to Blame

Afterpiece Title: A Devil of a Lover

17973
19 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Taken from Ossian; composed by Byrn. A View of the Sea and Rock from which Oscar escapes, by leaping from a Precipice into the arms of his Soldiers; A View of the Bridge with the Camp of Carrol; The Death of Carrol by the Hand of Malvina, with his Descent into the Sea, and the Burning of the Camp of Carrol. [This was included in all subsequent performances.] The Ballet under the direction of Farley. The Overture by Reeve, with a Harp Accompaniment by Weippert. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30, and so continue for the remainder of the Season. Receipts: #234.13 (228.13; 6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina or The Hall of Fingal

Song: In afterpiece: Come every jovial Fellow-Mrs Martyr, Gray, Mrs Mountain; O ever in my Bosom live-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain

17974
20 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #230 10s. (227.3; 3.7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats Or The Strolling Gentlemen

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina

17975
22 March 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened this Evening, and during the rest of the Season, at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Receipts: #404 7s. (338.19.0; 64.1.6; 1.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood