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1851 results for: Keyword - Captain Steele
We found 991 matches on Performance Comments, 737 matches on Author, 187 matches on Event Comments, 143 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1151
18 November 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Loveless-Wilks; Lady-Mrs Oldfield; Young Loveless-W. Mills; Welford-Bridgwater; Sir Roger-Cibber; Savil-Johnson; Morecraft-Shepard; Poet-Norris; Captain-Harper; Martha-Mrs Cibber; Widow-Mrs Grace; Abigail-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Harper

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

1152
07 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Giffard; Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Duke-W. Williams; Leon-Huddy; Juan-Bardin; Alonzo-Lacy; Sanchio-Bullock; Old Woman-Collet; Cacafogo-Penkethman; Margaretta-Mrs Haughton; Altea-Mrs Seal; Clara-Mrs Thomas; With a New Prologue to the Town-Smith.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Giffard

Dance: TTurk's Dance-Burny, Miss Sandham; Scaramouch-Sandham; Pierrots-Burny, Eaton

1153
23 April 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: See17291004, but Estifania-Mrs Oldfield; Copper Captain-Wilks.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks.

Afterpiece Title: Diana and Acteon

1154
28 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Performance Comment: Faithful-Giffard; Captain Constant-W. Williams; Lovely-Huddy; Manage-W. Giffard; Trusty-Bardin; Sir David Watchum-Penkethman; Clinch-Collet; Roger-R. Williams; Slouch-Pearce; Old Constant-Mynns; Squire Num-W. Bullock; Belinda-Mrs Haughton; Laura-Mrs Seal; Maria-Mrs Mountfort; Dorothy-Mrs Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Captain Constant Actor: W. Williams

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turn'd Dancing-Master

Dance: TThe White Joke (new)-Eaton

1155
12 May 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Performance Comment: As17291204, but Captain-W. Williams; With a New Prologue- to the Town.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: W. Williams

Song:

Dance:

Music: A Lesson on the Harpsicord-Burny from Oxford

1156
08 July 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: See17300407 but Copper Captain-Giffard; Leon-Huddy; Cacafogo-Penkethman; Margaretta-Mrs Haughton; Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Altea-Mrs Palmer; Old Woman-Collet.
Cast
Role: 7300407 but Copper Captain Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Flora

1157
20 August 1730 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Free Mason; Or, The Constant Lady: With The Comical Humours Of squire Noodle And His Man doodle

Performance Comment: King of Tunis-Barcock; Mirza-Paget; Sebastian-Oates; Clerimont-Fielding; Sir Jasper-Burnett; Squire Noodle-Berry; Doodle-Smith; Davy-Excell; Captain-Brogden; Queen-Mrs Kilby; Maria-Miss Oates; Caelia-Mrs Grace; Jacinta-Miss Williams; Jenny-Mrs Stevens; Lettica-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Brogden

Dance: St.Luce, Mlle Delorme; particularly Wooden shoe, Pierrot and Pierraite, Black Joke-

1158
02 November 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Duke-W. Williams; Juan-Bardin; Captain-Giffard; Cacagofo-Penkethman; Sanchio-Bullock; Alonzo-Smith; Leon-Huddy; Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Margaretta-Mrs Haughton; Clara-Mrs Mountfort; Altea-Mrs Woodward; Old Woman-Collet, .
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

1159
20 January 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lover

Performance Comment: edition of 1730 lists: Sir John Trueman-Williams; Eustace-Mills; Eugenio-Watson; Captain Smart-Cibber Jr; Squire Timber down-R. Wetherilt; Granger-W. Mills; Modely-Bridgwater; Loveless-A. Hallam; Hardhead-Berry; Constable-Harper; Inanthe-Mrs Cibber; Harriet-Mrs Heron; Laetitia-Mrs Thurmond; Isabel-Mrs Butler; Beatrice-Mrs Shireburn; Lettice-Mrs Grace; Prologue design'd to be spoken by Mills. Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-the Author, the Author's Wife.
Cast
Role: Captain Smart Actor: Cibber Jr
Related Works
Related Work: The Lying Lover: or, The Ladies Friendship Author(s): Richard Steele

1160
15 March 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Wilks; Leon-Mills; Margaretta-Mrs Horton; Estifania-Mrs Heron; Duke-Watson; Juan-W. Mills; Cacafogo-Harper; Old Woman-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: Afterpiece: With the Original Song-Miss Raftor

Dance: Rainton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson

1161
08 September 1731 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Whittington

Performance Comment: Whittington-Morgan; Madge-Harper; Emperor-Rosco; Merchant-Jones; Captain-Hulett; Factor-Mullart; Mrs Fitzwarren-Mrs Taylor; Mrs Grace-Mrs Mullart; Giflurt-Mrs Morgan; Bawd-Mrs Coker; Britannia-Mrs Spiller.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Hulett

Song: MMad Tom of Bedlam-Platt; Thames and Augusta-Platt, Papillon

1162
02 October 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Wilks; Leon-Mills; Margarita-Mrs Horton; Estifania-Mrs Heron; Duke-Watson; Juan-W. Mills; Cacafogo-Harper; Old Woman-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd

1163
12 November 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Captain-Giffard; Leon-Huddy; Medina-Havard; Castro-Bardin; Sancho-Bullock; Alonzo-Smith; Margaritta-Mrs Haughton; Altea-Mrs Morgan; Clara-Mrs Palmer; Old Woman-Collett; Maid-Williams; Cacafogo-Morgan; With the Epilogue-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

1164
15 December 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Quin; Copper Captain-Ryan; Duke-Milward; Cacafogo-Hulett; Margaretta-Mrs Buchanan; Estifania-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

1165
22 December 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Loveless-Wilks; Young Loveless-W. Mills; Welford-Bridgwater; Sir Roger-Cibber; Savil-Johnson; Captain-Harper; Lady-Mrs Heron; Martha-Mrs Cibber; Widow-Mrs Butler; Abigail-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Harper

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: new Grand Ballad D'Amour by Monsieur Denoyer Dancing-Master to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales-Denoyer, Mrs Booth, others, being the first Time of his Dancing since his Arrival in England

1166
30 December 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Performance Comment: Pembroke-Delane; Lady Jane Gray-Mrs Giffard; Northumberland-Rosco; Suffolk-Huddy; Dudley-Giffard; Sussex-Bardin; Gardiner-W. Giffard; Sir John-Williams; Lieutenant-Havard; Captain-Jenkins; Dutchess of Suffolk-Mrs Haughton.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Jenkins

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance:

1167
14 January 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: See17311002, but Copper Captain-Wilks (Burney).
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

1168
05 October 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Performance Comment: Pembroke-Delane; Lady Jane Gray-Mrs Giffard; Northumberland-Rosco; Suffolk-Huddy; Dudley-Giffard; Sussex-Bardin; Gardiner-W. Giffard; Sir John-Winstone Williams in Daily Advertiser; Lieutenant-Havard; Captain-Jenkins; Duchess of Suffolk-Mrs Haughton.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Jenkins

Dance: Valois and Mlle Valois, Mrs Bullock, Jones, Hind

1169
21 October 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Quin; Captain-Ryan; Duke-Milward; Cacafogo-Hall; Margaretta-Mrs Buchanan; Old Woman-Hippisley; Estifania-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

1170
02 January 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Mills; Captain-Wm. Mills; Margaretta-Mrs Horton; Estifania-Mrs Heron; Cacafogo-Harper; Old Woman-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Wm. Mills

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

1171
05 February 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Decoy; Or, The Harlot's Progress

Performance Comment: Edition of 1733 lists: Sir Francis Firebriecks-Lyon; Mr Xenodocky-Stoppelaer; Sir Ralph Reformage-Huddy; Justice Hamper-Penkethman; Justice Touchmore-Excell; Justice Bridleman-Collet; Mr Lookout-Rosco; Captain Wou'dbe-Bardin; Sir ThomasPairnails-James; Squire Spendthrift-Jenkins; Skinflint-Norris; ThomasDrivewell-Norris; Mrs Haverly-Hulett; Mrs Clarkwell-Pearce; Mrs Frisk-Mrs Williamson; Mrs Stroaker-Mrs Houghton; Mrs Fulmore-Mrs Christian; Jenny Ogle-Mrs Roberts; Henriette Shuffle-Miss Wherrit; Sukey Slattern-Mrs Purden; Mary Licklips-Mrs Vallois; Diana Stepwell-Mrs Morgan; Betty Drostlepate-Miss Sandham.
Cast
Role: Captain Wou'dbe Actor: Bardin

1172
24 May 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: See17330329 but Captain-Ryan; Estifania-Mrs Younger; Leon-Quin; Duke-Milward; Cacafogo-Hall; Margaretta-Mrs Buchanan; Altea-Mrs Stevens; Old Woman-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: 7330329 but Captain Actor: Ryan

Music: Select Pieces-; particularly a new Grand Overture by Dr Pepusch-; V: Handel's celebrated Water Musick-; in which Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benjamin Baker , accompanyed with Trumpets, French Horns

Dance: I: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; II: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; IV: Mock Minuet-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden, Lesac, Miss Baston

Song: III: A Dialogue in the Scottish Stile-Leveridge, Mrs Wright

1173
23 August 1733 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore; With The Comical And Diverting Humours Of Sir Anthony Noodle And His Man Weazle

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony-Miller;Weazle-Norris; King Edward IV-Ridout; Gloucester-Winstone; Sir Robert Brockenbury-Turbutt; Jane Shore-Miss Oates; Flora-Mrs Clarke; Mrs Blake-Mrs Bennet; Shore-Wm. Mills; Captain Aires-Bardin; Dick Dreary-Bencraft; Tom Padwell-Clarke; Gibbet-Excell; Forgewell-Tenoe; Timothy Stampwell-Oates; Blunderbuss-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Captain Aires Actor: Bardin

Afterpiece Title: The Gardens of Venus; or, The Truimphs of Love

Dance: I: La Brone and La Blonde-Vallois and Mlle Vallois; II: Hornpipe-Jones Sr, Jones Jr

1174
19 September 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Performance Comment: Pembroke-Delane; Lady Jane Gray-Mrs Giffard; Northumberland-Rosco; Suffolk-Huddy; Dudley-Giffard; Sussex-Bardin; Gardiner-Lyon; Sir John-Morris; Lieutenant-Havard; Captain-Jenkins; Dutchess of Suffolk-Mrs Haughton .
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Jenkins

Dance: By Vallois and Mrs Bullock

1175
20 September 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Giffard; Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Duke-Havard; Juan-Bardin; Sanchio-Jenkins; Alonzo-Hamilton; Leon-Delane; Cacafogo-Hulett; Margaretta-Mrs Haughton; Altea-Mrs Morgan; Old Woman-Penkethman .
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Giffard

Dance: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock