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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Cross and Wife"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Cross and Wife")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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6613 results for: Keyword - Cross and Wife
We found 3047 matches on Event Comments, 2525 matches on Performance Title, 1626 matches on Performance Comments, 110 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6401
29 December 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs

6402
01 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Henry Jones. Afterpiece: [See note under cg play this night. During this year appeared An Essay Upon the Present State of the Theatre, in France, England, and Italy, a "work absolutely necessary to be read by every lover of Theatrical Exhibitions," printed for J. Pottinger. It contains twenty-two chapters on tragedy, thirteen on comedy, opera, authors, and the art of acting. Pages 147-51 discuss the obligation of English farces to French ones.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Holland; Southampton-Havard; Burleigh-Burton; Raleigh-Bransby; Rutland-Mrs Yates1st time; Queen-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Holland
Role: Rutland Actor: Mrs Yates1st time

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

6403
02 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

6404
04 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Chamont Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

6405
05 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

6406
07 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Cast
Role: Dorilas Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

6407
10 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. I slept [?] at Drury Lane before the play & was at my Office, it was a cold frostly night (Hailey, "Brietzcke Diary," Vol. 197, p. 69). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Strictland Actor: Davies
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs

6408
11 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never Acted There. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Douglas-Holland; Norval-Havard; Glenalvon-Davies; Lord Randolph-Burton; Anna-Mrs Bennet; Lady Randolph-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Douglas Actor: Holland
Role: Lord Randolph Actor: Burton
Role: Lady Randolph Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

6409
14 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Cast
Role: Douglas Actor: Holland
Role: Lord Randolph Actor: Burton
Role: Lady Randolph Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

6410
18 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. 3 of ye Young Princesses there-not in ye Bills. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

6411
21 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

6412
24 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Two Entertainments by Mr Murphy of 3 Acts each (Cross Diary). With new Scenes, Cloaths, and other Decorations. Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Desert Island

Performance Comment: Actors only in bills, but Macmillan lists: Ferdinand-Holland; Henrico-Fleetwood; Constantia-Mrs Pritchard; Sylvia-Miss Pritchard; Prologue-Garrick in character of a Drunken Poet.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Way to Keep Him

6413
20 February 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: PPublic Advertiser: In the afternoon died Mr Richard Cross, Prompter to the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, whose Abilities in his Station were equal to any in the Theatre, and whose Integrity would have done credit to any Profession

Performances

6414
25 February 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author. (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Aquileia

Cast
Role: Titus Actor: Holland

6415
15 August 1760 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twenty-Third Day. Daily Advertiser, 18 Aug.: Last Saturday John Sterne was committed to Newgate by Justice Welch, for the Murder of Mr Matthews, an eminent Surgeon in Brook St., Holborn. [Sterne had been an usher in Mathews' Academy, was discharged, but Matthews let Sterne live in Matthews' house for a long time, then expelled him and put his belongings on the stairs. On Friday 15 Aug. Sterne got two pistols and came back to Owen's Coffee House. Here] he waited three Hours for Mr Matthews, who was gone with a Friend to the little Theatre in the Haymarket and afterwards into Company at the Pewter Platter, a publick house in Cross St. [There Sterne shot Matthews.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

6416
04 May 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Widow Cross and Wood (sub-treasurer). Mainpiece: For last time this season. No Building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Inis Actor: Mrs Brandshaw

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

6417
07 May 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wood, sub-treasurer and Widow Cross. No building on Stage. Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years. [See 5 Dec. 1755.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: Carlos-Holland, first time; Clodio-O'Brien, first time; Charino-Weston; Angelina-Mrs Davies; Elvira-Mrs Hopkins; Louisa-Miss Haughton; Governor-Bransby; Don Duart-Kennedy; Sancho-Clough; Page-Mas. Kennedy; Don Choleric-Yates; Monsieur-Blakes; Antonio-Burton; Jaques-Vaughan.
Cast
Role: Carlos Actor: Holland, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Vincent; IV: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Song: III: Miss Young; End: Mrs Vincent

6418
05 June 1762 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Tickets at half a guinea. Gallery 5s. N.B. As part of the Serenata must be performed in the upper Gallery, it is humbly hoped the Nobility and Gentry will not take it amiss that servants cannot be admitted this night. The last night of performing this season. Sga Mattei humbly desires Subscribers for the ensuing season to pay their subscription money to Mess. Andrew Drummond and Co., Bankers, at Charing Cross; or to Mr Crawford, Agent and Treasurer of said Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arianna E Teseo

Performance Comment: Two acts performed with the dances, and to conclude with a grand Serenata of one act, in honour of His Majesty's birthday. Exhibited with two orchestras, a great number of vocal and instrumental performers, with the same grandeur as it was performed last year on the same occasion.

6419
21 September 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Vernon-Macheath, 1st time; Mr Parsons-Filch, Mrs Parsons-Mrs Peachum (Cross Diary). Mr William Parsons came with Mr James Love from Edinburg, and Made his first appearance on the stage in London this evening; He died of an asthma on Tues. 3 February in the severe winter of 1795, and was buried in the churchyard of Lea-Church near Blackheath in Kent; he was in his 60th year (Macmillan [Hopkins MS Notes]). Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 19 Oct. 1759.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: End Opera: A Dutch Dance-Vincent, Sga Giorgi

6420
25 September 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Love Falstaff 1st time (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Love, 1st appearance there; Hotspur-Holland; King-Havard; Prince of Wales-Palmer; Lady Percy-Mrs Palmer; Hostess-Mrs Bradshaw; Sir Richard Vernon-Blakes; Glendower-Stevens; Worcester-Bransby; Mortimer-Castle; Blunt-Mozeen; Poins-Packer; Douglas-Parsons; Northumberland-Scrase; Westmoreland-Ackman; Sheriff-Fox; Bardolph-Clough; Carrier-Moody; Francis-Vaughan [who probably doubled as 2nd Carrier].who probably doubled as 2nd Carrier].
Cast
Role: Hotspur Actor: Holland
Role: Northumberland Actor: Scrase
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Ackman

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak-Vincent, Miss Baker

6421
30 September 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. King and Queen (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Garrick; Frankly-Palmer; Bellamy-Packer; Strickland-Love; Jacintha-Mrs Yates; Mrs Strickland-Mrs Davies; Meggot-Obrien; Lucetta-Mrs Bennet; Clarinda-Mrs Pritchard; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Strickland Actor: Love
Role: Mrs Strickland Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

6422
05 October 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [T+The Occasional Prologue is Larpent MS 214 wherein Woodward crosses the stage sneakingly, "Behold the Prodigal return'd quite tame..." and apologizes for his recent venture in Ireland.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George Airy-Smith; Charles-Clarke; Sir Francis Gripe-Shuter; Sir Jealous Traffick-Marten; Whisper-Costollo; Scentwell-Mrs Ferguson; Isabinda-Miss Hallam; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin; Occasional Prologue-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

6423
07 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Jackson did Oroonoko for the first time (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-a Young Gentleman, 1st appearance this stage; Aboan-Holland; Blandford-Palmer; Governor-Burton; Stanmore-Packer; Capt. Driver-Bransby; Hotman-Blakes; Planters-Moody, Mozeen, Parsons, Castle, Mrs Bradshaw; Slaves-Ackman, Clough, Fox, Watkins; Imoinda-Mrs Palmer; In Act II, will be introduc'd an entertainment of singing-Champnes, Miss Young; with a proper Dance of Slaves-Vincent, Lochery, Leppie.
Cast
Role: Aboan Actor: Holland
Role: Blandford Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

6424
14 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. King & Queen (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: By CommandSga Fiorentini. [The name of the dance unspecified.

6425
21 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties. King & Queen (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus