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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.

1001
09 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Cast
Role: The Other Characters Actor: Hurst, Burton, Lamash, R. Palmer, Wright, Fawcett, Kear, Master Pulley, Miss Platt, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt, Edition of 1776

Dance: End: The Grand Naval Review-; in which a Dance of Sailors-Blurton, Mrs Sutton

Song: Rule Britannia-Davies, Fawcett, others

1002
15 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

1003
18 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ethelinda

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

1004
21 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never perform'd there. With New Dresses and Decorations. Receipts: #153 14s. 6d. (151.12.6; 2.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

1005
23 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: End: a new Pastoral Dance-Bishop (1st appearance on any stage), Sga Tinte

1006
26 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Way of the World [announced on playbill of 25 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred. Receipts: #99 15s. (98.11; 1.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: End IV: As17761109

1007
17 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for a Fund for the Relief of Performers and others retiring from the Theatre. Mainpiece: Acted but once [on 5 Mar. 1776] these 20 years. Afterpiece: 8th Night (see 28 Nov.). Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Aickin (1st appearance in that character); Careless-Lewis; Lord Touchwood-Clarke; Mellefont-Wroughton; Brisk-Lee Lewes; Lord Froth-Booth; Sir Paul Plyant-Macklin; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Jackson; Lady Froth-Mrs Mattocks; Cynthia-Miss Leeson; Lady Plyant-Miss Macklin (Their 1st appearance in those characters).

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: As17761123

1008
18 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years. Receipts: #107 19s. (103.17; 4.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); King-Clarke; Heli-L'Estrange; Perez-Thompson; Alonzo-Fearon; Selim-Robson; Gonzales-Hull; Leonora-Miss Ambrose; Zara-Mrs Ward; Almeria-Mrs Hartley (Their 1st appearance in those characters).

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: As17761015

1009
11 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Prometheus Actor: Mahon

Dance: As17761226

1010
08 February 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece: In 3 acts, "with the Dialogue contracted, and the Airs least approved of left out" [(Public Advertiser, 7 Feb.).] Receipts: #233 5s. (231.8.6; 1.16.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

1011
13 February 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

1012
17 February 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Dance: End: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17770215

1013
27 February 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Dance: As17770217

1014
03 March 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [This was Mrs Barry's 1st appearance since the death of her husband on 10 Jan. See also 28 Nov. 1776. Address by David Garrick (Poetical Works, II, 333).] Receipts: #270 17s. 6d. (267.16.6; 3.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: As17761031, but Officers-_Davis; Before the Play a New Occasional Address-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Before the Play a New Occasional Address Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Dance: As17770218

1015
10 March 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. No Part of the Pit can on any Account be laid into the Boxes. Public Advertiser, 3 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Catley at Wilson's, Watchmaker, No. 150, Drury-Lane. Receipts: #302 3s. (209.13; tickets: 92.10) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Dance: As17761123

Song: End afterpiece: Push about the Jorum, and an additional Versesuitable to the Night-Miss Catley

1016
13 March 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #73 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Dance: As17770218

1017
23 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lee Lewes. Afterpiece: In [it] will be introduced the Stockwell Scenes, with a Prologue [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Boaden, Mrs Siddons, I, 107)], in the Character of Harlequin, spoken by Lee Lewes; to conclude with the Escape through the Tub, as in Mother Shipton. [The Stockwell Scenes were included in all subsequent performances. The Prologue and Escape were included in the first 3 performances only (see 3 May).] Public Advertiser, 8 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Lee Lewes, No. 40, Charlotte-street, Rathbone Place. Receipts: #282 18s. (119.15; tickets: 163.3) (charge: #69 17s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Cast
Role: Druids and Bards Actor: Aickin, Hull, L'Estrange, Fearon, others

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

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

1018
24 April 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years [acted 20 Oct. 1769. Wolfe is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. For Mrs Cuyler see 4 Jan.]. Receipts: #143 15s. (103.19; 33.14; 6.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [Wolfe]); Don Carlos-Barrett; Alvarez-Hurst; Don Manuel-Norris; Don Alonzo-Lacy; Isabella-Mrs Johnston; Leonora-The Young Lady who perform'd Miranda in the Tempest [Mrs Cuyler].Mrs Cuyler].
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: The Young Lady who perform'd Miranda in the Tempest
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: The Revenge Author(s): Edward Young

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: As17770215

1019
07 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jackson. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. The Characters to be dressed in the Habits of the Country. Public Advertiser, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Jackson, Great Piazza, Covent Garden. Receipts: #189 14s. (87.7; tickets: 102.7) (charge: #64 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Jackson (from the Theatre-Royal, Crow Street, Dublin); Carlos-Lewis; Alvarez-L'Estrange; Manuel-Robson; Alonzo-Wroughton; Isabella-Miss Ambrose; Leonora (with an Occasional Prologue)-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Theatre Actor: Royal, Crow Street, Dublin
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: The Revenge Author(s): Edward Young

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England

Cast
Role: Dorothea Actor: Miss Valois

Dance: After monologue: The Humours of Leixlip, as17770425

Entertainment: End: Monologue. Tony Lumpkin's Adventures in a Trip to London, as17770428

1020
01 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Afterpiece: With the Stockwell Scenes. [These were included in all subsequent performances.] Receipts: #173 11s. 6d. (172:4.6; 1.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Harlequin Jupiter-Lee Lewes; Chasseur Royal-Mahon; Pantaloon-Baker; Anatomist-Jones; Pierrot-Delpini; Colombine-Miss Matthews.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Matthews.
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market with the Poney Races-Dagueville, Harris, Master Holland, Master Dagueville, Miss Ross, Sga Tinte

1021
03 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: The Revenge Author(s): Edward Young

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: As17771229

1022
22 February 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for a Family under Misfortunes. [Author of Prologue unknown.] The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: The Foundling Author(s): Edward Moore

Afterpiece Title: The Prejudice of Fashion

1023
21 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bulkley. Mainpiece: With a Medley Overture of favourite Sea Tunes. To conclude with a Representation of the grand Naval Review at Portsmouthv

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Cast
Role: Lord of the Manor Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: In Naval Review: Dance of Sailors-Aldridge, others

Song: End Dance: the Air [in The Comedy of Errors see17790122]-Mrs Kennedy

1024
22 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green.

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

Related Works
Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville

Dance: End: The Embarkment for Cythera-Dagueville, Harris, Master Holland, Langrish, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

1025
25 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

Related Works
Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville

Song: As17791018