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6790 results for: Keyword - Charles James Gaylard
We found 4429 matches on Author, 2129 matches on Performance Comments, 622 matches on Event Comments, 104 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6051
24 January 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot (with an address to the Town)-Brunsdon (from Edinburgh); Sir George Airy-Farren; Charles-Wilks; Sir Jealous-Morris; Whisper-Lamb; Butler-Mills; Sir Francis-Batson; Miranda-Mrs Batson; Isabinda-Mrs Gardner; Patch-Young Lady, first time on any stage.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Entertainment: Between the Play and Farce: a Variety of Imitations-Young Lady who never appeared on any stage

6052
12 February 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17740105, but Gibbet-Gardner; Sir Charles-DuBellamy.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: DuBellamy.

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Dance: IV: The Merry Sailors, as17731007

6053
16 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Performance Comment: As17740406 but Sir Charles-a young gentleman, first appearance; Binnacle-Parsons; Advocate-Mrs Millidge, restored.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: a young gentleman, first appearance
Role: Sir Charles Peasant Actor: Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17730918

6054
02 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Performance Comment: As17740416 but Sir Charles-Brereton; Binnacle-Weston.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Brereton
Role: Sir Charles Peasant Actor: Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

6055
18 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Reddish; Mrs Oakly-Miss Barsanti from cg; Charles (first time)-Wheeler; William-Wrighten; Major Oakly-Hurst; Lord Trinket-Dodd; Sir Harry Beagle-Palmer; Russett-Bransby; Capt. O'Cutter-Moody; Paris-Baddeley; Lady Freelove-Mrs Hopkins; Harriet-Miss Jarratt; Tom-Ackman; Toilet-Mrs Millidge.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Wheeler

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Mrs Marklew

6056
14 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Stockwell-Usher, first time; Fulmer-Baddeley; Belcour-King; Major O'Flaherty-Moody; Capt. Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Cautherly; Varland-Parsons; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Housekeeper-Mrs Bradshaw; Lucy-Mrs Love; Mrs Fulmer-Miss Sherry; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Baddeley; Charlotte, with original Epilogue-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Charles Dudley Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

6057
14 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-the Gentleman who perform'd Mcheath [Young]; Stockwell-Booth, first time; Capt. Dudley-Hull; Charles Dudley-Wroughton; O'Flaherty-Shuter; Fulmer-Dunstall; Varland-Quick; Lady Rusport-Mrs Pitt; Louisa-Miss Brown; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Hull; Charlotte-Mrs Mattocks[, first time., first time.
Cast
Role: Charles Dudley Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Dance: II: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

6058
21 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Bensley, first time; Major Oakly-Shuter; Charles-Wroughton; Lord Trinket-Lewis[, first time; Russet-Dunstall; Sir Harry-Quick; O'Cutter-Fox; Tom-Hollingsworth; Paris-Wewitzer; John-Bates; Harriet-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Freelove-Mrs Pitt; Toilet-Miss Pearce; Mrs Oakly-A Lady[, first appearance on English Stage [Mrs Hunter]., first appearance on English Stage [Mrs Hunter].
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928

6059
27 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Lewis; Charles-Wroughton; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Sir Francis-Shuter; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Miss Pearce; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin; To Conclude with Marplot's Address to the Town-.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: After the Address: The Vintage Festival, as17741007 (playbill); The Merry Sailors-Aldridge. (Public Advertiser)

6060
03 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Garrick; Scrub-Weston; Foigard-Moody; Bonniface-Usher; Aimwell-Packer; Sir Charles Freeman-Brereton; Sullen-Hurst; Gibbet-Bransby; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Cross; Dorinda-Miss Sherry; Gypsy-Mrs Davies; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Abington; Cherry-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: IV: The Irish Fair, as17740917

6061
22 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: Guardian-Reddish; Sir Charles-Parsons; Young Clackit-Dodd; Harriet-Miss Jarratt; Lucy-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Parsons
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Taste; or, The Guardian Author(s): James Miller

6062
19 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Man

Performance Comment: Parts by King, Reddish, Moody, Packer, Waldron, Everard, Mrs Hopkins, Weston, Aickin, Baddeley, Wright, Miss Pope, and Mrs Abington. Prologue-Smith; Epilogue-Mrs Abington; Nightshade-King; Charles Manlove-Reddish; Jack Nightshade-Weston; Gregory-Moody; Manlove-Aickin; Stapleton-Packer; Dibble-Baddeley; Frampton-Waldron; Frederick-Wright; Servant-Everard; Lucy-Miss Pope; Mrs Stapleton-Mrs Hopkins; Laetitia-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Charles Manlove Actor: Reddish

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

6063
20 December 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Jaques-Barry; Orlando-Lewis; Adam-Lee, first time for all three these characters; Duke Senior-Hull; Amiens (with songs)-Mattocks; Oliver-Wroughton; Frederick-Fearon; LeBeau-Booth; Sylvius-Whitefield; Corin-Thompson; Touchstone-Shuter; Charles-Fox; William-Wewitzer; Caelia (with Cockow Song)-Mrs Mattocks; Phoebe-Miss Dayes; Audrey-Mrs Pitt; Rosalind-Mrs Barry; In Act V a new Pastoral Dance-Daguville, Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Fox

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

6064
04 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis, first time; Aimwell-Whitefield, first time; Scrub-Quick; Gibbet-Booth; Bonniface-Dunstall; Sir Charles Freeman-DuBellamy; Sullen-Thompson; Foigard-Fox; Dorinda-Mrs Mattocks; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: DuBellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-Miss Cranfield; II: The Pilgrim, as17750503

6065
16 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Scrub-Weston; Archer-Whitefield; Aimwell-Davis; Bonniface-Williams; Sullen-Fearon; Foigard-L'Estrange; Gibbet-Griffith; Sir Charles-Chaplin; Hounslow-Walters; Bagshot-Castephens; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Williams; Dorinda-Miss Platt; Cherry-Mrs Whitefield; Gipsey-Mrs Weston; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Entertainment: Imitations, Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister

6066
19 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Weston (first time that part); Sir George Airy-Whitefield; Charles-Lane; Sir Jealous Traffic-Lewes; Whisper-Everard; Butler-Lloyd; Sir Francis's Servant-Thompson; Sir Jealous's Servant-Jackson; Patch-Mrs Gardner; Isabinda-Mrs Whitefield; Scentwell-Mrs Weston; Miranda-Mrs Williams.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Lane

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Entertainment: End I of Farce: Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister

Monologue: End: A Scene from The Register Office. Gulwell-Lloyd; Little Girl-Miss Frances; new character-Mrs Gardner

6067
11 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson, first time; Tony-Quick; Marlow-Lee Lewes; Hastings (with a song)-DuBellamy; Sir Charles-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: II: A New Grand Ballet, The Italian Gardeners-; End Comedy: [A New Dance call'd The Gamesters-Sg and Sga Zuchelli[, being their first appearance in England. [For Italian Gardeners see17740919.

6068
13 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Wroughton; Major Oakly-Dunstall, first time for both acotrs; Charles-Clinch; Trinket-Lewis; Russet-Fearon; Sir Harry-Quick; Paris-Wewitzer; Tom-Jones; Harriet-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Freelove-Mrs Green; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Hunter, being her third appearance on this stage.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Clinch

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice; or, The Metamorphoses of Harlequin

6069
24 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Amiwell-Wroughton, first time; Gibbet-Mahon; Bonniface-Dunstall; Foigard-Fox; Sir Charles Freeman-Young; Sullen-Clarke, first time; Scrub-Woodward; Dorinda-Mrs Lessingham; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Young

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: IV: The Pilgrim, as17750927

6070
16 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: Guardian-Clarke; Sir Charles-Dunstall; Young Clackit-Lee Lewes; Lucy-Mrs Lessingham; Harriet-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Dunstall
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Taste; or, The Guardian Author(s): James Miller

Dance: End Opera: La Soiree A@la@mode, as17751207

6071
15 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: Parts by: Smith, Bensley, Palmer, Parsons, Aickin, Brereton, Bannister, Fawcett, Carpenter, Everard, Kear, Cubitt, Garland, Yates, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Siddons, Miss P. Hopkins, Miss Younge. Hargrave-Smith; Drummond-Bensley; Jarvis-Palmer; Justice-Parsons; Morley-Aickin; Sir Charles Seymour-Brereton; First Hunter-Bannister; Hargrave-Yates; Gentlemen Hunters, Servants-Fawcett, Everard, Carpenter, Kear, Cubitt, Garland; Lady Dinah-Mrs Hopkins; Susan-Mrs Wrighten; Emily-Mrs Siddons; Harriet-Miss P. Hopkins; Bella-Miss Younge; Prologue-Brereton; Epilogue-Miss Younge (Genest, V, 489).
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Seymour Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: May Day

6072
16 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17760309 but Morely-Aickin; Sir Charles-Davies.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Davies.
Role: Sir Charles Seymour Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

6073
30 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Suspicious Husband Criticized; or, The Plague of Envy Author(s): Charles Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks After Marriage

Performance Comment: Parts by Lewis, Lee Lewes, Young, Quick, Mrs Green, Mrs Pitt, Miss Dayes, and Mrs Mattocks. Sir Charles Rackett-Lewis; Woodley-Young; Drugger-Quick; Lovelace-Lee Lewes; Lady Rackett-Mrs Mattocks; Dimity-Mrs Green; Mrs Drugget-Mrs Pitt; Nancy-Miss Dayes (Edition of 1776) the Edition lists Lovelace-$Booth, who took over the part on 11 April.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Rackett Actor: Lewis

Entertainment: End: (By Particular Desire) Bucks Have At Ye All, with alterations, spoken-Lewis

Dance: Before Farce: The Merry Sailors, as17760314

6074
22 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Performance Comment: Binnacle-A Young Gentleman, first appearance on any stage; Commodore Flip-Moody; Worthy-Usher; Dorcas Zeal-Mrs King, first time; Mizen-Dodd; Sir Charles Pleasant-Brereton; Rovewell-Lamash; Cockswain-Wrighten; Indent-Griffiths; Hatchway (With a song)-Bannister; Arabella Zeal-Mrs Greville; Belinda-Miss Hopkins; Lt. Cribbage-Davies; Lt. Easy-Norris; Jiltup-Mrs Bradshaw; Jenny Private-Miss Platt; Barmaid-Mrs Davies; Advocate-Mrs Millidge; to finish with a Grand Naval Review in which is introduced a Dance of Sailors-Blurton, Mrs Sutton;, and the Favourite song of Rule Britannia-Davies, Fawcett.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Pleasant Actor: Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

6075
02 May 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Hague; Lord Trinket-Cresswick; Sir Hearty-West; Charles-Trotter; Russet-Reynolds; O'Cutter-Painter; Tom-Morgan; Paris-Front; Major Oakly-Lewis; Mrs Oakly-A Lady; Harriet-Miss Reynolds; Toilet-Mrs Barrett; Lady Freelove-A Gentlewoman from Dublin.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Trotter

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Song: Between the Acts: Miss Barrett