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We found 1279 matches on Performance Comments, 125 matches on Event Comments, 19 matches on Author, 14 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Lewis; Stockwell-Clarke; Capt. Dudley-Hull; Charles-Whitfield; Major O'Flaherty-Aickin; Fulmer-Thompson; Varland-Quick; Lady Rusport-Mrs Green; Louisa-Mrs Bulkley; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Pitt; Charlotte Rusport-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [Elliot]); Blandford-Hull; Hotman-L'Estrange; Jack Stanmore-Booth; Governor-Whitfield; Daniel-Quick; Stanmore-Robson; Capt. Driver-Thompson; Aboan-Aickin; Charlotte Weldon-Miss Ambrose; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Imoinda-Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror

Dance: End II: Dance of Slaves-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Jerrold; Stockwell-Jones; Capt. Dudley-Leach; Charles-Wilson; Fulmer-Willis; Varland-Creswell; Stukely-Wortley; Major O'Flaherty-Price; Lady Rusport-Mrs Weeks; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Kingham; Charlotte Rusport-Mrs Jerrold; Prologue-Master Jerrold.

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Entertainment: Monologue.End: A Sea Fight.Frenchman-Jerrold

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Performance Comment: Millamour-Lewis; Malvil-Wroughton; Bygrove-Aickin; Capt. Bygrove-Booth; Sir Harry Lizard-Whitfield; Dashwou'd-Lee Lewes; Miss Neville-Mrs Hartley; Mrs Bromley-Mrs Jackson; Lady Jane-Mrs Morton; La Rouge-Miss Ambrose; Lady Bell-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Widow And No Widow

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Bannister, Blissett, Egan, Barrett, Usher, Kenny, Painter, R. Palmer, Edwin, Mrs Hitchcock, Mrs Love, Miss Sherry. Cast adjusted from text (N. Conant, 1780): Macfable-Bannister; Dr Alfred-Blissett; Capt. O'Kite-Egan; Spurious-Usher; Jemmy Daisey-R. Palmer; Splash-Edwin; Lucy-Mrs Hitchcock; Peg Pennyworth-Mrs Love; Betty-Miss Wood (see17800719; Mrs Sharp-Miss Sherry; unassigned-Barrett, Kenny, Painter.

Afterpiece Title: Fire and Water

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-King; Stockwell-Aickin; Major O'Flaherty-Moody; Capt. Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Brereton; Fulmer-Baddeley; Varland-Parsons; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Brereton; Housekeeper-Mrs Johnston; Lucy-Mrs Love; Mrs Fulmer-Miss Sherry; Charlotte Rusport-Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; David-Parsons; Fag-Baddeley; Faulkland-Brereton; Capt. Absolute-Palmer; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Julia-Mrs Baddeley; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Lydia Languish-Miss Farren.
Related Works
Related Work: The Modern Wife; or, The Virgin Her Own Rival Author(s): John Stevens

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End: The Irish Fair, as17800930

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowell-Aickin; Young Knowell-Brereton; Wellbred-Farren; Master Stephen-Dodd; Brainworm-Baddeley; Justice Clement-Parsons; Downright-Wrighten; Master Matthew-Burton; Cob-Wright; Cash-R. Palmer; Capt. Bobadil-Palmer; Bridget-Miss Collett; Bit-Mrs Love; Mrs Kitely-Mrs Brereton.

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Lewis; Stockwell-Clarke; Capt. Dudley-Hull; Charles-Whitfield; Major O'Flaherty-Aickin; Fulmer-Thompson; Varland-Quick; Lady Rusport-Mrs Webb; Louisa-Mrs Morton; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Pitt; Charlotte Rusport-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: As17801027

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Performance Comment: Millamour-Lewis; Malvil-Wroughton; Bygrove-Aickin; Sir Harry Lizard-Whitfield; Sir J. Millamour-Fearon; Capt. Bygrove-Booth; Dashwood-Lee Lewes; Miss Neville-Mrs Lewis; Lady Jane-Mrs Morton; Mrs Bromley (1st time)-Mrs Green; La Rouge-Miss Ambrose; Lady Bell-Mrs Mahon.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Captain Plume-Stokes; Serjeant Kite-Rivers; Worthy-Newman; Justice Ballance-Spencer; Bullock-Burnet; Recruits-Wilkinson, Fildew; Capt. Brazen-Marlborough; Melinda-Mrs Barnard; Rose-Mrs Fowler; Lucy-Mrs Fabian; Mob of Women-Miss Bibson, Miss Jones; Sylvia-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Captain Plume Actor: Stokes

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Newman; Mr Harlow-Stokes; Servant-Wilkinson; Captain Cape-Rivers; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Palmer; Trifle-Mrs Barnard; Miss Harlow, the Old Maid-Mrs Fabian.
Cast
Role: Captain Cape Actor: Rivers

Song: Between Acts: Mrs Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: Irishman-Moody; Capt. Le Brush-Palmer; Scotchman-Parsons; Frenchman-Baddeley; Mrs Doggerel-Miss Pope.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character); Blandford-Aickin; Governor-Farren; Capt. Driver-Wrighten; Hotman-Williams; Stanmore-R. Palmer; Jack Stanmore-Norris; Daniel-Burton; Aboan-Palmer; Widow Lackit-Mrs Hopkins (1st appearance in that character); Charlotte Weldon-Miss Kirby; Lucy Weldon-Miss Simson; Imoinda-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End IV: The Devonshire Minuet (1st time)-the Miss Stageldoirs (scholars of LeMercier); End: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End I: As17810424

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-King; Stockwell-Aickin; Major O'Flaherty-Moody; Capt. Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Brereton; Fulmer-Baddeley; Varland-Parsons; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Brereton; Housekeeper-Mrs Booth; Lucy-Mrs Love; Mrs Fulmer-Miss Sherry; Charlotte Rusport-Miss Farren (1st appearance this season) .

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Performance Comment: Truemore-Vernon; Le Nippe-Dodd; Sir John Contrast-Parsons; Rashly-Bannister; Rental-Aickin; Capt. Trepan-Baddeley; Huntsman-Du-Bellamy; Serjeant Crimp-R. Palmer; Corporal Snap-Williams; Contrast-Palmer; Moll Flagon-Mr Suett; Annette-Miss Prudom (1st appearance this season); Peggy-Mrs Wrighten; Sophia-Miss Farren .

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17811004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Adventure In St

Afterpiece Title: The Beaux Duel; or, A Soldier for the Ladies

Performance Comment: Careful-Swords; Col. Manly-Higgins; Capt. Belmein-Forrest; Toper-Jellico; Ogle-Smith; Laric-Jones; Servant-James; Sir William Mode-Barrett; Emilia-Mrs Read; Mrs Plotwell-Miss Carne; Flora-Mrs Loft; Clarinda-A Lady [unidentified] .unidentified] .

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Hornpipe by Lepulley. interlude. End of mainpiece a Scotch Pastoral Interlude, The Caledonian Villagers (Written by Allen Ramsay), by Natives of Scotland, who are to speak the Dialect of that Country

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Quick, Edwin, Lee Lewes, Whitfield, Booth, Egan, Fearon, Darley, J. Bates, Bates, Jones; Mrs Webb, Mrs Lessingham, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Kennedy. [Cast from European Magazine, Mar. 1782, p. 211: Sir Toby Tacet-Quick; Rupee-Edwin; Grog-Lee Lewes; Capt. Bellcamp-Whitfield; Lake-Booth; Maurice-Egan; Stern-Fearon; Dolphin [in later seasons, Quid]-Darley; Sailors-J. Bates, Jones; Bowsprit-Bates; Cable-Mrs Kennedy; Lady Tacet-Mrs Webb; Florimel-Mrs Lessingham; Nancy-Mrs Wilson; Cornelia-Mrs Martyr.] With a new Prologue spoken by Edwin. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi. With a new Prologue spoken by Edwin. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Performance Comment: Woodville-Palmer; Lord Glenmore-Bensley; Governor Harcourt (1st time)-Waldron; Grey-Aickin; Capt. Harcourt-Williames; Vane-Lamash; Jacob-Dodd; Bridget-Mrs Hedges (1st appearance in that character); Miss Mortimer-Mrs Sharp; Warner-Mrs Love; Cecilia-Miss Farren .

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: As17820302athi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Performance Comment: King Henry-Wroughton; Archbishop of Canterbury-Hull; Ely-Thompson; Capt. MacMorris-Egan; Gower-Norris (of DL); Exeter-L'Estrange; Burgundy-Robson; French Soldier-Joules; Boy-Miss Francis; Captain Fluellen-Booth; Pistol-Quick; King of France-Fearon; Dauphin-Whitfield; High Constable-Clarke; Queen of France-Mrs Poussin; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Catherine-Mrs Whitfield .
Cast
Role: Captain Fluellen Actor: Booth

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Cast
Role: Clown Actor: Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowell-Aickin; Young Knowell-Brereton; Wellbred-Farren; Master Stephen-Dodd; Brainworm-Baddeley; Justice Clement-Parsons; Downright-Wrighten; Master Mathew-Burton; Cob-Wright; Cash-R. Palmer; Formal-Fawcett; Capt. Bobadil-Palmer; Bridget-Miss Collett; Tib-Mrs Love; Mrs Kitely-Mrs Brereton .

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Cast
Role: : Captain Freeman Actor: Palmer

Dance: End of mainpiece The Devonshire Minuet, as17821003

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Performance Comment: Woodville-Lewis; Lord Glenmore-Aickin; Grey-Hull; Vane-W. Bates; Gov. Harcourt-Wilson; Capt. Harcourt-Whitfield; Jacob-Edwin; Cecilia-Miss Satchell; Miss Mortimer-Miss Morris; Warner-Mrs Davenett; Bridget-Mrs Wilson .

Afterpiece Title: The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St

Dance: As17830221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Performance Comment: Humphry Gubbin-Dodd; Sir Harry Gubbin-Baddeley; Mr Tipkin-Parsons; Pounce-Aickin; Clerimont Sen.-Packer; Capt. Clerimont-Brereton; Mrs Clerimont-Mrs Ward; Aunt-Mrs Hopkins; Fainlove-?; Jenny-Miss Tidswell; Biddy Tipkin-Miss Farren .

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: As17821214

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Performance Comment: Commodore Flip-Moody; Captain Mizen-Dodd; Capt. Worthy-Brereton; Lieut. Cribbage-Williames; Sir Charles Pleasant-R. Palmer; Rovewell-Phillimore; Lieut. Easy-Norris; Deny-Burton; Cockswain-Wrighten; Hatchway (with a song)-Staunton; Binnacle-Parsons; Arabella Zeal Cist time)-Mrs Bulkley; Belinda-Mrs Ward; Jenny Private-Miss Hale; Jiltup-Mrs Granger; Dorcas Zeal-Miss Pope .
Cast
Role: Captain Mizen Actor: Dodd

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: In mainpiece The Merry Sailors, with a Double Hornpipe, by the Miss Stageldoirs

Song: In mainpiece Rule Britannia by Williames, Chapman, &c

Monologue: 1783 05 02 End of mainpiece The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at Ye All by Palmer

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by John O'Keeffe; text (1st authorized) published in Cumberland's British Theatre, xxxvii. Prologue and Epilogue by George Colman, the elder (Colman, Prose, iii, 244, 246, which give names of speakers)]: With new Scenes and Dresses. "It had four new scenes to decorate it, and those extremely well painted. In one of them a portrait of Captain Ambush is exhibited, which presented a very happy likeness of Williamson, by Alefounder" (Universal Magazine, Aug. 1783, p. 76)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Edwin, Riley, Gaudrey, Bannister Jun., Williamson, Wewitzer, Barrett, Ledger, Wilson, Parsons; Mrs Webb, Miss Morris, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Love, Miss Hale, Miss Frodsham. [Cast from European Magazine, Aug. 1783, p. 148; Larpent MS 627; playbill of 19 July 1785: Young Sadboy-Palmer; Clod-Edwin; Lounge-Riley; Twig-Gaudrey; Spatterdash-Bannister Jun.; Capt. Ambush-Williamson; Shadrach-Wewitzer; Waiter-Barrett; Coachman-Ledger; Old Sadboy-Wilson; Chronicle-Parsons; Goliah-Miss Painter; Lady Rounceval-Mrs Webb; Araminta-Miss Morris; Pink-Mrs Lloyd; Mrs Mellefleur-Mrs Love; Judith-Miss Hale; Dinah Primrose-Miss Frodsham.] New Prologue [spoken by Palmer] and Epilogue [spoken by Miss Frodsham. These were spoken, presumably as here assigned, at all subsequent performances] . New Prologue [spoken by Palmer] and Epilogue [spoken by Miss Frodsham. These were spoken, presumably as here assigned, at all subsequent performances] .

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Stevens
Role: Captain of the Guard Actor: Master Edwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: Seeing is Believing: A Dramatic Proverb

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Parsons, Baddeley, R. Palmer, Bannister Jun.; Mrs Lloyd, Miss Morris. [Cast from Larpent MS 633 : Sir Credule-Parsons; Sceptic-Baddcley; Capt. Nightshade-R. Palmer; Simon-Bannister Jun.; Porter-Kenny; Kitty-Mrs Lloyd; Miss Di-Miss Morris.] hathi. hathi.

Dance: As17830610