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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.

1026
27 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Cast
Role: Leosthenes Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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

Dance: As17791022

1027
29 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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

Dance: As17791022

Song: In Act III: song in character-Mrs Kennedy. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1028
30 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Farce. Macbeth [announced on playbill of 29 Oct.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Henderson's Illness. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

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: As17791022

1029
01 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Orphan, announced on playbill of 30 Oct.] The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15 [same for rest of season]. Receipts: #124 8s, 6d, (123.4.6; 1.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Henderson; King Henry-Clarke; Richmond-Wroughton; Buckingham-Hull; Stanley-Fearon; Tressel-Whitfield; Prince Edward-Miss Morris; Duke of York-Miss Langrish; Norfolk-Booth; Lieutenant-L'Estrange; Catesby-Robson; Ratcliff-Thompson; Dutchess of York-Miss Platt; Lady Ann (1st time)-Mrs Lewis; Queen-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Morris

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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

1030
03 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Cast
Role: Leosthenes Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17791008

1031
08 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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

Dance: I: Masquerade Scenev with a Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Jackson

Song: End IV: the Funeral Procession of Julietv, with the Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, J. Wilson, Doyle, Fox, Miss Green, Miss Stewart, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems

1032
29 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: In II: the original Crutch Dance-[This was danced in all subsequent performances]

Song: With additional songs, Ellen@a@Roon-Miss Catley, Miss Brown; Afterpiece: With Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse,-Miss Catley

1033
04 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

1034
06 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

1035
08 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

1036
11 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green. Tickets delivered for the 31st of March will be taken. Public Advertiser, 15 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Green at her house in King-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #262 9s. (199.4; tickets: 63.5) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

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

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

Song: In 2nd piece an ode: The Wooden Walls of England (the words by Henry? Green, the music by Dr Arne)-Reinhold, J. Wilson, Miss Morris

Performance Comment: Green=, the music by Dr Arne)-Reinhold, J. Wilson, Miss Morris.

1037
13 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

1038
16 December 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Dance: End I afterpiece: the original Crutch Dance-. [This was danced in both subsequent performances.

1039
10 February 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 17 Feb. 1778]. Tom Thumb [announced on playbill of 9 Feb.] is unavoidably deferred on account of Mrs Webb's sudden indisposition. Receipts: #162 19s. 6d. (159.0.6; 3.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Dance: As17810208

1040
24 February 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Hannah Cowley. Larpent MS 548; not published. On 24 Mar. altered by the author as Second Thoughts are Best. Prologue by Richard Josceline Goodenough (Public Advertiser, 8 Mar.). Author of Epilogue unknown]: With New Scenes and Dresses. Receipts: #226 15s. 6d. (224.3.0; 2.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The World As It Goes; Or, A Party At Montpelier

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Lewis, Lee Lewes, Quick, Wilson, Edwin, Wewitzer, Peile, L'Estrange, Egan, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Webb, Mrs Inchbald, Mrs Morton, Miss Ambrose, Miss Platt, Mrs Davenett, Miss Younge. Cast from Morning Herald, 26 Feb.: Sir Charles Danvers-Lewis; Fairfax-Lee Lewes; Grub-Quick; Col. Sparwell-Wilson; Bronze-Edwin; von Irkin-Wewitzer; Le Rouge-L'Estrange; Murtagh-Egan; Mrs Sparwell-Mrs Mattocks; Molly Grub-Mrs Webb; Sidney Grub-Mrs Inchbald; French Countess-Miss Ambrose; Lady Danvers-Miss Younge; unassigned-Peile, Mrs Morton, Miss Platt, Mrs Davenett; Larpent MS lists the parts as above, and adds: Monk-; Le Gout-; Will-; Landlord-; Jervis-; Abbess-; Nell-; Child-; Prologue-Lee Lewes; Epilogue-Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

1041
10 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Lamash, Holcroft, Miss Barnes & Miss Kirby. 1st piece: Not acted these 4 years. Receipts: #203 4s. (38.7.0; 25.4.6; 1.19.6; tickets: 137.13.0) (charge: none listed)

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 Fete

Performance Comment: As17810425, but Blow high-_; Dance of Sailors-_; A Dance of Shepherds and Shepheresses-_; Hecate-_ SCENE I, as17810425; SCENE II, as17810425; SCENE III as SCENE IV on 25 Apr.; Dance of Anticks-_; SCENE IV. Teague's Journey to London through Coventry-Moody as17810507; The Butterfly, as17800921; SCENE THE LAST. How merrily we live, as17810425. The Butterfly, as17800921; SCENE THE LAST. How merrily we live, as17810425.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: Scene IV: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End III: song-Miss Barnes (1st attempt on any stage); End 1st piece: the Grand Naval Review-; Rule Britannia-Gaudry, Edwards, Williams

Related Works
Related Work: The Usurper Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Change of Crowns Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Women's Conquest Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Six Days' Adventure; or, The New Utopia Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Man of Newmarket Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: Pompey the Great Author(s): Edward Filmer
Related Work: Pompey Author(s): Edward Filmer
Related Work: The Unnatural Brother Author(s): Edward Filmer
Related Work: The Town-Shifts; or, The Suburb-Justice Author(s): Edward Revet
Related Work: The Citizen Turned Gentleman Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: The Careless Lovers Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: The Wrangling Lovers; or, The Invisible Mistress Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: Scaramouch a Philosopher, Harlequin a School-Boy, Bravo, Merchant and Magician Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: King Edgar and Alfreda Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: The English Lawyer Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: Titus Andronicus; or, The Rape of Lavinia Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

1042
31 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17810928; End of Act I of afterpiece the original Crutch Dance (performers not listed; it was included in all subsequent performances)

1043
22 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Lewis
Role: Officers of the Count Actor: Fearon, J. Bates, Painter, &c.

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Dance: As17811119

1044
15 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Performance Comment: As17811117, but Prologue and Epilogue omitted [and thereafter] .
Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Lewis
Role: Officers of the Count Actor: Fearon, J. Bates, Painter, &c.

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Dance: As17811110

1045
12 February 1782 @ 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: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: The Man of Newmarket Author(s): Edward Howard

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

1046
25 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The playbill announces, as dance, The Double Surprise, in which Banti was to make his 4th appearance. But it was deferred; sec 5 Mar.] Receipts: #244 (239/8/6; 4/11/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: The Man of Newmarket Author(s): Edward Howard

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

1047
21 March 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Not acted these 11 years. 2nd piece: An Interlude, written by the late D. Garrick, Esq. Receipts: #246 13s. 6d. (110/11/0; 21/16/6; 0/18/0; tickets: 113/8/0) (charge: #105 4s. 11d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Performance Comment: Young Belmont-Palmer; Sir Roger Belmont-Parsons; Sir Charles Raymond-Aickin; Colonel Raymond-Brereton (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Villiard-Wrighten; Faddle (with a song)-Dodd; Fidelia-Mrs Brereton; Rosetta-Miss Farren (Their 1st appearance in those characters) .
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: Linco's Travels

Afterpiece Title: The Alchymist

1048
04 April 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Election

Related Works
Related Work: The Election of Managers Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece 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 Gentle Shepherd

1049
10 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. Mainpiece: Altered from [Charles] Johnson. Not acted these 20 years. Afterpiece: In 2 Acts; Carefully revised, and every exceptionable Passage expunged. [Author and speaker of Prologue unknown.] Receipts: #289 2s. (195/1; tickets: 94/1) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Afterpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Performance Comment: Aid. Doodle-Quick; Aid. Wiseacres-Booth; Mr Dashwell-Fearon; Ramble-Whitfield; Townley-Robson; Loveday-Thompson; Watchmen-Jones, Stevens, Bates; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Peggy Wiseacres-Miss Morris; Eugenia-Mrs Morton; Engine-Mrs Davenett; Jane-Mrs Wilson. A new Prologue by the Ghost of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor .
Cast
Role: Jane Actor: Mrs Wilson. A new Prologue by the Ghost of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor
Related Works
Related Work: The London Cuckolds Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: As17820409

1050
12 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Cast
Role: Jane Actor: Mrs Wilson. A new Prologue by the Ghost of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor
Related Works
Related Work: The London Cuckolds Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: As17820409

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Auld Robin Grey, as17820409