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4056 results for: Keyword - Edward the Black Prince
We found 1336 matches on Author, 1200 matches on Performance Comments, 1108 matches on Event Comments, 662 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

876
08 March 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Spirit of Contradiction

877
10 March 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Spirit of Contradiction

878
11 March 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #149 14s. 6d. Paid Blackmore a bill #17 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Cast
Role: Slaughter Men Actor: _bill states: Rest of the parts as usual.
Role: Equilibrist on the Wire Actor: Saunders
Role: Spectators Actor: The Comedians
Role: The Dances Actor: Poitier Jr, Granier, Leppie, Desse, Gosly, Rochford, Dumai, Terrier, Mrs Granier, Mrs Jansolin, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Viviez, Mrs Terrier.
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

879
13 March 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs Bennet, Mrs _Abington.
Related Works
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: TThe Cow Keepers, as17600211, but Mrs _Preston, Mrs Vernon

880
13 March 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Cast
Role: Slaughter Men Actor: _bill states: Rest of the parts as usual.
Role: Equilibrist on the Wire Actor: Saunders
Role: Spectators Actor: The Comedians
Role: The Dances Actor: Poitier Jr, Granier, Leppie, Desse, Gosly, Rochford, Dumai, Terrier, Mrs Granier, Mrs Jansolin, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Viviez, Mrs Terrier.
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

881
29 March 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Full prices. Last time of performing till Easter Holidays. Receipts: #214 11s. Paid Kemp #6 8s.; Meares #0 10s. 6d.;Mr Platt for mahogany chair frames (12), #9 12s.; Paid Rich #50; Paid 10 night's Rents for Oratorios #100. I was to see the Jovial Crew and the Fair again, at the Gallery at Covent Garden, where I see Mrs Viebert, Miss Meredith & Mr Madan. Slept in at Drury Lane Gallery where I see the best part of Catherine & Petruchio for King's Benefit (Hailey, Brietzcke Diary, Vol. 197, p. 210)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Cast
Role: Slaughter Men Actor: _bill states: Rest of the parts as usual.
Role: Equilibrist on the Wire Actor: Saunders
Role: Spectators Actor: The Comedians
Role: The Dances Actor: Poitier Jr, Granier, Leppie, Desse, Gosly, Rochford, Dumai, Terrier, Mrs Granier, Mrs Jansolin, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Viviez, Mrs Terrier.
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

882
07 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #224 18s. 6d. Advanc'd to Mrs Ward #20. Paid Sarjant on acct of salary #5; Paid Ridout one third of the surplus of this night's receipt being #144 18s. 6d. than the #80 allow'd for the charge: #48 2s. 6d. This morning I was at Mr Shadwell's for his Orders [for free theatre tickets] & took all my sisters to Covent Garden Gallery to see the Jovial Crew & Rape of Proserpine, which was full of noisy holiday people (Hailey, Brietzcke Diary, Vol. 197, p. 544)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Water Actor: Poitier, Mlle Capdeville. With Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

883
11 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #118 14s. Mr Poitier Sr had tickets. Received #50 9s. (Boxes 133; Pit 78; Gallery 55). Owed to the House 1!2 value of these, or #15 4s. 6d. Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) 5 bills amounting to #60

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Water Actor: Poitier, Mlle Capdeville. With Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: I: A Shepherdess-Miss Wilford , Scholar to Poitier Sr; II: The Pygmalion Dance-Poitier Jr, Miss Wilford; End: A Minuet-Poitier Jr, Miss Wilford

884
16 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent. Afterpiece: By Desire and for that night only. No building on Stage. Miss Dawson's second time of speaking on the Stage. Tickets delivered out for Hamlet will be taken. Receipts: #76 4s. 6d. in cash, plus #83 5s. from tickets (Boxes 147; Pit 208; Gallery 153). Total income #159 9s. 6d. Charge #64 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17600214 *uó?cg The English Sailors in America. As17600320.
Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Entertainment: E+Extravaganza. Between Play and Farce: Shuter will entertain the Audience (this night only) by A Day of Taste, as17600320

Performance Comment: Between Play and Farce: Shuter will entertain the Audience (this night only) by A Day of Taste, as17600320.
Cast
Role: London Raree Show Actor: Shuter being a Ranelagh Breakfast, a Coffee House Conversation, An Auction at Noon, and the Choice Spirits at Night
Role: The Cries of London Actor: . uó‘cg To which will
Role: Princess Actor: Miss Dawson, her first Time of speaking on the stage.

885
25 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Mattocks, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Green. Tickets delivered out for Mrs Stephens and for The Tender Husband will be taken. No building on Stage. Receipts: #53 10s. 6d. in cash. Charges #64 5s. Deficit to each beneficiary #3 11s. 6d. covered by income from tickets. @Mattock Box 25@Pit 176@Gallery 100@Value #14 13s.@Mrs Green Box 28@Pit 90@Gallery 83@Value #28 16s.@Mrs Pit Box 14@Pit 149@Gallery 216@Value #47 9s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: I: The Dutch Skipper, as17591017; II: The Lamp Lighters, as17600318 End Opera: By Desire, a Minuet-Leppie, a Young Lady, who never appeared on any stage before

886
13 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #128 1s. 6d. Last time of performing the mainpiece this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Water Actor: Poitier, Mlle Capdeville. With Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

887
28 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Water Actor: Poitier, Mlle Capdeville. With Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

888
02 October 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

889
16 October 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes: #25 (Account Book). Mr Hook and I went to the Revels & see the best part of Harlequin Skeleton. Dives was there with Charlotte Hayes (Hailey, Brietzcke Diary, N & Q, Vol. 199. p. 261). Receipts: #108 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips

Dance: As17601013

890
24 October 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

891
17 November 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes: #38 13s. [During the interim when theatre was closed 21 disbursements were made to tide a dozen actors or servants over, amounting to #32 15s. 2d., and leaving a profitable balance of only #1 8s. 6d. on the books (Account Book). Receipts: #140 12s. 6d. (Account Book).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17601013

892
08 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

893
12 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

894
26 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

895
27 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

896
05 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

897
12 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

898
19 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

899
22 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

900
26 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent, with dances incident to the Opera.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald