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14591 results for: Keyword - Clarke</i>, <i>William</i>, <i>Drunken Negro-$Simmons</i>, <i>Servants</i>, <i>Negro <span class=
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451
03 July 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: Cheerly-Philipps (1st appearance on this stage); Brummagem-Munden; Ralph-Fawcett; Capt. Vain-R. Palmer; Sailors and Servants-Linton, Walker, Abbot, Lyons; Laura-Miss DeCamp; Selina-Mrs Edward; Dolly-Mrs Norton; Fanny-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Sailors and Servants Actor: Linton, Walker, Abbot, Lyons
Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

452
13 July 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Related Works
Related Work: Cross Purposes Author(s): William O'Brien

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: As17970703 but Sailors and Servants-_; Selina-_; Dolly-_.
Cast
Role: Sailors and Servants Actor: Linton, Walker, Abbot, Lyons
Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

453
18 September 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Occasional Address-the Widow (see below); After which: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs G. Aickin

454
25 September 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Holman; Ghost-Murray; Polonius-Munden; King-Waddy; Horatio-Toms; Laertes-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance [Wheatley]); Ostrick-Farley; Rosencraus-Clarke; Marcellus-Davenport; Guildenstern-Claremont; Player King-Thompson; Lucianus-Wilde; Grave@diggers-Powel, Rees; Ophelia-Mrs Mountain; Player Queen-Mrs Platt; Queen-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Rosencraus Actor: Clarke
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: Cheerly-Incledon; Brummagem-Munden; Ralph-Fawcett; Captain Vain-Knight; Servants and Sailors-Gray, Lee, Street; Laura-Mrs Mountain; Selina-Mrs Castelle; Dolly-Mrs Norton; Fanny-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Servants and Sailors Actor: Gray, Lee, Street
Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

Song: In V: Dirge set to Music by Shield-; Vocal Parts-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Clendining, Mrs Henley, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Miss Leserve, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Norton, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Masters, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Blurton, Miss Walcup, Miss Gray, Miss Burnett, Linton, Street, Gray

455
14 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Entertainment: Entertainment. Not listed on playbill (see17971016). Morning Herald, 16 Oct.: A representation of the late engagement with the Dutch-; was unexpectedly given after the play. It was followed by some fire@works-, in which was a star, ending after various mutations in a sun, emblematic of British Glory!

456
11 November 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to the Nore

Related Works
Related Work: A Trip to the Nore Author(s): William Linley

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performance Comment: Captain Meadows-Russell; Young Wrongward-Caulfield; Old Wrongward-Hollingsworth; John-Maddocks; Canteen-Trueman; Sternhold-Davis; Servants-Grimaldi, Webb, Evans; Sophia-Miss Heard; Betsy Blossom-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Grimaldi, Webb, Evans
Related Works
Related Work: The Deaf Lover Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Device; or, The Deaf Doctor Author(s): William Shield

457
22 November 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: As17970926 but Servants-_.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Maddocks
Role: Servants Actor: Webb, Evans
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Evans, Fisher.

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to the Nore

Related Works
Related Work: A Trip to the Nore Author(s): William Linley

458
17 April 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: British Fortitude Or An Escape From France

Related Works
Related Work: British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship; or, An Escape from France Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: As17970925, but Laura-Mrs Castelle; Servants and Sailors-_; Selina-_; Dolly-_.
Cast
Role: Servants and Sailors Actor: Gray, Lee, Street
Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

459
22 May 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Afterpiece Title: Hooly and Fairly

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: As17970925, but Servants and Sailors-_.
Cast
Role: Servants and Sailors Actor: Gray, Lee, Street
Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

Dance: In 2nd piece: Highland Reel, as17980428

Song: End III 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

460
13 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: As17970926, but Alithea-Miss Mellon; Lucy-Miss Tidswell; Servants-_Evans.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: _Evans.
Role: William Actor: Maddocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Eleventh of June

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

461
21 December 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: Moody-Dowton (1st appearance in that character); Harcourt-Barrymore; Sparkish-Russell; Belville-C. Kemble; Countryman-Grimaldi; Servants-Maddocks, Webb; Alithea-Miss Mellon; Miss Peggy-Miss Molini; Lucy-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Maddocks, Webb
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17981206

462
13 August 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zorinski

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: Count Almaviva-C. Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Figaro-Palmer; Nasil-Trueman; Antonio-Suett; Servants-Abbot, Lyons, Chippendale; Page-Miss DeCamp; Countess-Miss Chapman; Agnes-Miss Menage; Susan-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Abbot, Lyons, Chippendale
Related Works
Related Work: The Follies of a Day Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): William Shield

Song: End: My Mother bids me bind my Hair (by Haydn)-Master Suett (1st appearance in public)

463
23 August 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Red cross Knights

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: As17990813, but Servants-_.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Abbot, Lyons, Chippendale
Related Works
Related Work: The Follies of a Day Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): William Shield

464
02 October 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: Cheerly-Incledon; Brummagem-Munden; Ralph-Fawcett; Capt. Vain-Knight; Servants-Linton, Lee, Street; Laura-Mrs Atkins; Selina-Mrs Castelle; Dolly-Mrs Norton; Fanny-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Linton, Lee, Street
Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

465
29 October 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Pillar

Dance: As17991007

Song: In afterpiece: As17991011

466
19 April 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lovers Vows

Afterpiece Title: Saturday Night at Sea

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: As17991002, but Servants-_; Selina-_; Dolly-_.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Linton, Lee, Street
Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

Entertainment: Monologue End: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs Pope

467
22 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit: Larfay, Sparling, Clarke, Rogers. Receitps: money #14 16s.; tickets #86 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Related Works
Related Work: Julius Caesar Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: CChacone-Mrs Bullock; Myrtillo-Lally, Newhouse, Pelling, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden

468
26 May 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilcox, West, Clarke, Mrs Rice. Written by Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #12 12s. 6d.; tickets #129 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve

Dance: SSaraband-Lally, Mrs Wall; Spanish Entry-Young LeSac, Miss LaTour; Burgomaster and Wife-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

469
23 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Gwinn, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Palin. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #5 10s.; tickets #145 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 3 by money and 225 by tickets; stage, 5 by money; pit, 9 by money and 355 by tickets; first gallery, 4 by money and 355 by tickets; second gallery, 16 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: new Song-Miss Fenton; The Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Grand Dance of Moors-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour

470
30 March 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Cooke. [The Devil to Pay was advertised in today's bill, but "Mrs Clive was taken ill, the Anatomist was Play'd" (Cross). Stage and Pit arranged as of 7 March.] Tickets and places to be had of Cooke at Mr Clarke's an Upholsterer in James St., Covent Garden. Receipts. #200 (Cross); charges, #60 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: I: Pastoral Dance-Cooke, Anne Auretti; II: New Scotch Dance, as17490118; III: The Gondoliers-Cooke; V: Louvre and Minuet-Cooke, Anne Auretti

471
13 April 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Clarke. Tickets for Romeo will be taken. Mainpiece by Particular Desire. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: As17620323 but Lysimachus-Hull; Cassander-Tindal; Clytus-Clarke, first time; Polyperchon-Perry; Aristander-_.
Cast
Role: Clytus Actor: Clarke, first time

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

472
19 March 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Henderson. Mainpiece: Written by Congreve; and now carefully revised and corrected, by expunging the exceptionable passages. [The playbill assigns Lord Touchwood to Clarke, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted; the substitute name has been cut by the binder.] Afterpiece: Contracted into 3 acts. With a Grand Dance, and a Reinforcement of Bayes's Troops [for which, and for a list of the other parts, see DL, 13 Dec. 1777. In the Dancing Banti is announced as making his 5th appearance (see 25 Feb., 5 Mar.)]. Public Advertiser, 2 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Henderson, Buckingham-street, York Buildings. Receipts: #238 9s. 6d. (144/9/6; tickets: 94/0/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17811219

473
14 February 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Clarke as Antonio, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Hull.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: End of Act in of mainpiece, as17840922; End of Act IV, as17840917

474
19 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for The Provok'd Wife will be admitted. Tickets delivered by Jackson, Pilfold, Roberts, Clarke, Painter, Atkins, Curteen, Grey, Orme, Bourrelier will be admitted (Account-Book). Receipts: #340 15s. 6d. (22.18.0; 2.7.6; tickets: 315.10.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Related Works
Related Work: The Roman Father Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End: The Waterman-; to conclude with a Double Hornpipe-Jackson, Mrs Ratchford

Song: a Roman Ovation-; Vocal Parts, as17861021, but Miss _Stevenson, Mrs Byrn

475
31 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Wm. Ansell, Mrs Ansell, Bonville, Miss Blower, Miss Clarke, Doe, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Linton, Mrs Masters, Shuter, Turtle will be admitted. Receipts: #162 10s. 6d. (46.5.0; 6.1.6; tickets: 110.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St. Patrick Author(s): William Shield