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5293 results for: Keyword - English, Irish, Scotch, and Negroe Songs
We found 2638 matches on Performance Title, 2175 matches on Performance Comments, 1215 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1101
12 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: End Opera: A New Pantomimical Dance, call'd The Irish Wedding-Aldridge, Mas. Jackson, Miss Besford, others

Related Works
Related Work: L'Usurier Gentilehomme Author(s): M.A. Le Grand
Related Work: Agnes de Challiot Author(s): M.A. Le Grand
Related Work: L'Epreuve Réciproque Author(s): M.A. Le Grand

1102
13 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Wedding, as17751212

1103
14 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Wedding, as17751212

1104
23 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17751207, but Leander-Vernon.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon.

Dance: IV: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1105
09 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Rec'd stopages #11 18s.; Paid Daniel Maltoss [sic] Esq one year's rent due Xmas #31 10s. 10d. (Treasurer's Book). [Evidently Daniel Malthus. Although Victor was still Treasurer and Evans sub-treasurer this season, some new bookkeepers seem to be recording the financial transactions, for several different hands appear in the manuscript. The spelling by one of these bookkeepers is bad even by eighteenth-century standards. DeLoutherbourg's name is spelled a half-dozen different ways, including Lutenborgh, Lutterbourg, and Latherbourg.] Receipts: #266 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Performance Comment: As17751010, but Spy-Baddeley; Gardners-Garland, _Kear.
Cast
Role: Gardners Actor: Garland, _Kear.

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1106
14 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mr Lacy play'd Cyrus. Spoke too Low and wanted Spirit. Was receiv'd with Applause (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly.] Tickets delivered for Siege of Damascus, for that night, will be taken. The Bill For establishing a Fund for Decayed Actors of dl Theatre has passed the House of Lords (Winston MS 11). Receipts: #134 19s. Charges: #67 7s. 6d. Profits to Smith: #67 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Performance Comment: Cyrus-A Gentleman [Lacy]; Cambyses-Smith; Mithranes-Bensley; Harpagus-Packer; Astyages-Palmer; Mirza-Whitfield; Officer-Norris; Aspatia-Miss Hopkins; Mandane-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Entertainment: End: (for the last time) Comic Paraphrase on Shakespeare's Seven Ages-King

Dance: End Entertainment: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1107
11 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). The new Comedy of The Runaway is unavoidably oblig'd to be deferred till Saturday. Rec'd Mr Stanley's Oratorio Account, 11 nights, #327 5s. Paid Lawrence (paper hanger) #13 7s.; Renters (for 11 Oratorio nights) #88; Cubit (tinman) #7 14s. 6d.; Gardner (shoemaker) #25; Chettle (timber merchant) #22 14s. 6d.; Mist andCo. (brazier) #10 8s.; Thomson (smith) #5 16s. 6d. Barrow andCo. (oil) #106 5s.; Tallow Chandler's 8th Bill #26 12s.; Palmer's Bill of Bath for Spermacetti Candles #162 10s. (Treasurer's Book). [MacMillan quotes from Kemble's note on the playbill, a Garrick interpolation in Drugger 's last speech (IV, vii): "Abel: Did you never see me play the Fool? Face: Yes. Abel: But the wise ones say I have played the Fool long enough; So I am going to leave it off and grow melancholy." [This note does not appear in the Hopkins Diary in the Folger Library.] Receipts: #265 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1108
25 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1109
01 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bransby and Burton. Paid Miss Abrahams #50; Ditto to Mr Bate for the Music of the Blackamoor #50; Paid for convicting a pickpocket 10s. Receipts: #54 17s. Charges: #64 16s. 6d. Deficit to Bransby and Burton: #9 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17760415

1110
07 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abington. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Garrick's last time of performing Archer . Pit and Boxes will be laid together. Ladies and Gentlemen most earnestly requested to come early (playbill). Mrs Abington having wrote to Mr Garrick that she intended to quit the Stage at the End of the Season never to return to it again, he very kindly play'd for her Benefit (Hopkins Diary). Tickets deliver'd for Much Ado will be taken. Attempted to get into Drury Lane Theatre to see Mr Garrick in the character of Archer, but the crowd was so great that after suffering thumps, squeezes and almost suffocation for two hours, I was oblig'd to retire without effecting it (Hampden, Journal). Receipts: #129 19s. 6d. Charges: #65 7s. 6d. Profits to Mrs Abington: #64 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: IV: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1111
11 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for LaMash, Griffith, Blurton, and Cubitt. Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Tickets delivered by Miss Berkley will be taken. Mainpiece: Nor acted these two years. [See 8 April 1774.] Receipts: #57 11s. 6d. Charges: #71 9s. Deficit to La Mash, Griffith, Blutton, and Cubitt: #13 17s. 6d. (Treausrer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-King; Johnson-Lamash; Smith-Aickin; Others-Baddeley, Parsons, Moody, Whitfield, Hurst, Fawcett, Waldron, Bransby, Burton, Carpenter, Griffiths, Norris, Garland, Wrighten, Wright, Legg, Messink, Cubitt, Everard, Master Pulley, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies; With an Additional Reinforcement of Bayes's New Raised Troops-.
Cast
Role: Others Actor: Baddeley, Parsons, Moody, Whitfield, Hurst, Fawcett, Waldron, Bransby, Burton, Carpenter, Griffiths, Norris, Garland, Wrighten, Wright, Legg, Messink, Cubitt, Everard, Master Pulley, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Related Works
Related Work: The Election Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17751003; II: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

1112
18 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson, Carlton, Sen, and Mr Walton. Rec'd Stopages #11 13s. 6d. Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d.; Extra trumpet, flute and hautboy #1 7s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).Tickets deliver'd by Page and Silvester will be taken. Receipts: #4314s. 6d. Charges: #84. Deficit to Mortimer, Tomilson, Carlton senr, and Mr Walton: #40 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Sebastian-Farren; Boatswain-Carpenter; Prospero-Packer; Caliban-Wright; Gonzalo-Aickin; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Francisco-Norris; Ariel (with songs)-Mrs Scott; Hymen-Fawcett; Ceres-Mrs Wrighten; Miranda (with Song)-Mrs Smith; Alonzo-Bransby; Antonio-Hurst; Sebastian-Farren; Master of Ship-Wrighten; Ferdinand (with songs)-Vernon; With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; The other Dances-Como, Giorgi, Sga Crespi.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1113
20 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Performance Comment: As17760422 but Evander-Barry; Erixene-Mrs Poussin.
Cast
Role: Evander Actor: Barry

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Valois. [See17741202.

1114
22 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Berrisford, Carlton, Jun, Kaygill, and Edleston. Tickets deliver'd by Burroughs will be taken. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 10 Oct. 1772.] Receipts: #29 9s. Charges: #84. Deficit to Berrisford, Carlton, Jun, Kaygill, and Edleston: #54 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Brereton; Mercutio-Dodd; Juliet-Miss Hopkins, first time; Tybalt-Farren; Prince-Norris; Paris-Lamash; Apothecary-Waldron; Balthazar-Everard; Friar Lawrence-Packer; Benvolio-Davies; Capulet-Hurst; Peter-Burton; Nurse-Mrs Cross; Lady Capulet-Mrs Johnston; With the Funeral Procession-; the vocal parts-Legg, Kear, Fawcett, Cubitt, Garland, Mrs Scott, Miss Sharpe, Miss Jarratt, Mrs Love; in Act I a Masquerade, Dance-.
Cast
Role: the vocal parts Actor: Legg, Kear, Fawcett, Cubitt, Garland, Mrs Scott, Miss Sharpe, Miss Jarratt, Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1115
31 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Reddish

Dance: Country Dance, as17760926; End II: The Irish Fair-Blurton, Mrs Sutton

1116
28 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Cast
Role: Irish Chairman Actor: Griffiths
Related Works
Related Work: The German Hotel Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes

Dance: In: The Irish Fair, as17761031

1117
19 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: End: The Irish Fair, as17761031

1118
10 March 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Public Advertiser, 18 Feb.; Tickets to be had of Smith at his House in Beaufort Buildings, Strand. Receipts: #260 4s. (144.4; 13.8; 0.19; tickets: 101.13) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Cast
Role: Faulkland Actor: Reddish

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: End III: The Irish Fair, as17761031

1119
11 March 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Cast
Role: Faulkland Actor: Reddish

Afterpiece Title: Margaret of Anjou

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End V: The Irish Fair, as17761031

1120
19 April 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance, The Corn Thrashers-Blurton, Mrs Sutton; End: Minuet de la Cour-Froment, Mrs Sutton (his Scholar); End I: The Irish Fair, as17761031

1121
26 April 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Reddish

Dance: End: Grand Dance, as17770425; End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17761031

Song: As17761104

1122
21 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #273 1s. (269.1.0; 3.7.6; 0.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

1123
30 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson, Carleton Sen. & Walton. Tickets delivered by Page, Barthrope and Whittey will be admitted. Receipts: #235 4s. (20.1; 3.18; 0.0; tickets: 211.5) (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: with songs Actor: Bannister
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: A Young Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: In IV: The Triumph of Love, as17761107; End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17761031

1124
24 April 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End III: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Valois; End IV: as17780421

1125
25 April 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17780424