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1874 results for: Keyword - Captain Steele
We found 991 matches on Performance Comments, 762 matches on Author, 187 matches on Event Comments, 143 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

101
27 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces-; In II: Solo on the Violin-

Dance: III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; IV: Flanderkins, as17380120 V: Ballet, as17380120

102
27 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit the Author of Sir John Cockle at Court. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

103
11 October 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

104
06 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Plowman. By particular Desire. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Song: Roberts; Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

105
08 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Tho. Parry, formerly a Wine-Merchant in Crutched-Fryars. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: A new dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; A Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; A Serious Dance-Mlle Roland

106
02 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: As17390201

Dance: As17390201

107
05 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. 1738. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Song: Beard

108
08 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: By Desire, aHornpipe-Yates

109
05 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere, and Intermix'd with Songs. At Common Prices. Stage half a guinea. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Serious Dance-Desse, Miss Oates; V: Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

Music:

110
01 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Wood, Treasurer. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Faithful Lovers-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Comic Dance-Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: Glover's Grand Ballet-Mlle Anne Roland

Song: End Afterpiece: Song in parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Roberts; with a Grand Chorus-

Ballet: V: The Reprizal. As17391015

111
06 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: La Badinage de Provence-Poitier, Mlle Roland; V: Scotch Dance-Glover, Mlle Anne Roland

112
10 January 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: As17391226

Ballet: GGrand Dance in Momus. As17391204, but Country Lasses-Mrs _Rogers, Miss Dancy

113
20 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. [Tickets at Mrs Horton's Lodgings, the Angel in Bedford Street, Covent Garden.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Peasants-French Boy and Girl; II: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

114
09 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. Receipts: money #78 12s.; seals #81 10s. (Account Book); #162 (Rylands MS.). [According to the Account Book, Delane received a Free Benefit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe Dance-Mechel; III: Kilkenny-Glover, Mlle Roland; V: Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Song: In II: Roberts

115
16 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Entertainment: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burke Thumoth [on Flute]

116
29 September 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Dance: Picq, Mlle Auguste, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Wright, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Moudet; Also a Drunken Peasant-Duval, 1st time of appearing on this stage

117
13 September 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Notices of performances on this date had appeared since 8 Sept., as at common prices and written by the late Sir Richard Steele, yet under the unsettled circumstances Fleetwood may not have assembled the players necessary for the production. Macklin, Garrick, Mills, Pritchard, Havard, Berry, Leigh, Blakes, Woodburn, Mrs Clive, Mrs Pritchard, and Mrs Mills had withdrawn and were attempting to form a company for acting at the New Haymarket. See Drury Lane Management in the Introduction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

118
18 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

119
27 September 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Muilment

120
04 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece written by Sir Richard Steele. Benefit Yates. Not acted in 40 years [see 8 Dec. 1703]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lying Lover Or The Ladies Friendship

Related Works
Related Work: The Lying Lover: or, The Ladies Friendship Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: Song-; II: Scotch Dialogue, as17460310 IV: Cantata-Lowe

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17460206

121
05 December 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Sir Richard Steele's Comedy. Never acted at this theatre [acted 17 Mar. 1760, and advertised for performance on 10 Apr. 1764]. Receipts: #229 8s. 6d. (213.19.6; 15.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband Or The Accomplished Fools

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele
Related Work: Accomplished Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Dance: As17871029

122
28 January 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: by Sir Richard Steele. Receipts: #230 2s. (213.7; 16.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband Or The Accomplished Fools

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele
Related Work: Accomplished Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Entertainment: Vaudeville As17890127

123
30 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. Tickets delivered for the 24th of April will be taken. Public Advertiser, 16 Apr.: Tickets [for 24 Apr.] to be had of Mrs Mattocks, No. 7, King-street, Covent Garden. Mainpiece: Written by Richard Steele. 3rd piece [1st time; ENT I, author unknown. Larpent MS 830; not published]. Receipts: #253 17s. 6d. (159.12.0; 8.9.6; tickets: 85.16.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A la mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Annette and Lubin

Afterpiece Title: Saint Georges Day or Britons Rejoice

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Bannister, Hull, Bernard, Cubitt, Blanchard, Mr Webb, Mrs Mountain. [Cast from Larpent MS: Jack-Bannister; Nutmeg-Hull [in MS: Fearon]; Captain Legout-Bernard [in MS: Mrs Martyr]; Tom Gunnel-Cubitt [in MS: Wewitzer]; Dumplin-Blanchard; Lady Sullabub-Mrs Webb; Harriott-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Captain Legout Actor: Bernard

Song: End 3rd piece: God save the King-; with Grand Accompaniment [on the organ]-Greatorex [, as performed at the Oratorios see17890320

124
22 August 1741 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Duke Or The Conjurors Bastard With The Comical Humours Of Captain Tipple

Performance Comment: Conjuror's Bastard-Chapman; Duke Lavinio-Winstone; Mago-Cross; Prince Brunetto-Ware; Barberino-Bembridge; Alberto-Richards; Captain-Spackman; Clout-Gray; Flout-Clough; Isabella-Mrs Cross; Prudentia-Miss Ferguson; Flametta-Miss Dodson; 1st Widow-Mrs Taylor; 2d Widow-Mrs Powel; Miss Sol@Fa-Mrs Booth; Drunken Captain-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Spackman
Role: Drunken Captain Actor: Hippisley.

Afterpiece Title: The Matrimonial Squabble or A Cure for Jealousy

Ballet: TThe Infernals (Grand Ballet). 1st Fury-Bencraft; Attendants-Clough, Richards, Gray, Wright, Bembridge, Spackman

125
13 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Performance Comment: Part I. A Nuptial Procession-; with the Performance of the Marriage Ceremony- according to the Custom observed at O'Whyee; Combat between two Natives-; Part II. The Arrival of the Resolutionv. The Disembarkation of the English-; with Ceremonies observed at a Treaty of Peace with the Natives-; Preparation for Human Sacrifice-; Assassination of Captain Cook-; Part III. A Representation of Naval and Military Honoursv erecting a Pile to Memory of Captain Cook, by Officers of Resolution. The Ceremony-; same occasion, according to Natives of O'Whyee. Conclude a representation of a Burning Mountain-.
Cast
Role: Assassination of Captain Cook Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Pharo Table

Cast
Role: Captain Douce Actor: Cubitt

Afterpiece Title: Aladin