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5444 results for: Keyword - English and Irish Stage
We found 2551 matches on Event Comments, 1762 matches on Performance Comments, 1632 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3826
01 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: PPrince Frederick present. Receipts: #116 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 114 paid and 21 orders; stage, 8 paid; pit, 256 paid and 10 orders; slips, 20 paid and 32 orders; first gallery, 254 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 205 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3827
02 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #69 1s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 74 paid and 14 orders; stage, 7 paid; pit, 183 paid and 11 orders; slips, 13 paid and 6 orders; first gallery, 133 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 181 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3828
03 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #55 10s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 47 paid and 16 orders; stage, 3 paid; pit, 160 paid and 9 orders; slips, 15 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 115 paid and 10 orders; second gallery, 113 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3829
04 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #88 7s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 112 paid and 7 orders; stage, 6 paid; pit, 228 paid and 22 orders; slips, 16 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 151 paid and 5 orders; second gallery, 137 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3830
07 January 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Colley Cibber.] Never Acted before. A New Pastoral (of Three Acts). N.B. Printed Books of the Play will be sold at the Theatre. Fog's, 11 Jan. On Tuesday Night last a ridiculous Piece was acted at...Drury-lane, which was neither Comedy, Tragedy, Opera, Pastoral or Farce; however, no Thief or Robber of any Rank was satyriz'd in it, and it could be said to give Offence to none but Persons of Sense and good Taste; yet it met with the Reception it well deserv'd, and was hiss'd off the Stage. See also Cibber, Apology, I, 243-44, 248-49; Victor, History of the Theatres, II, 106-7; Whincop, p. 197

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Riddle

3831
07 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. Receipts: #118 14s. Probable attendance: boxes, 127 paid and 11 orders; stage, 6 paid; pit, 273 paid and 13 orders; slips, 24 paid and 27 orders; first gallery, 323 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 181 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3832
08 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #54 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 55 paid and 2 orders; stage, 7 paid; p1t, 162 paid and 19 orders; slips, 9 paid and 11 orders; first gallery, 99 paid and 15 orders; second gallery, 70 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3833
09 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #47 9s. Probable attendance: boxes, 49 paid and 19 orders; stage, 6 paid; Pit, 119 paid and 18 orders; slips, 3 paid and 9 orders; first gallery, 92 paid and 13 orders; second gallery, 117 paid and 5 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3834
11 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. The Prince and three Princesses present. Receipts: #159 16s. Probable attendance: boxes, 175 paid and 26 orders; stage, 17 paid; pit, 294 paid and 5 orders; slips, 24 paid and 31 orders; first gallery, 401 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 138 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess

3835
14 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #72 2s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 107 paid and 16 orders; stage, 1 paid; pit, 171 paid and 30 orders; slips, 11 paid and 12 orders; first gellery, 110 paid and 16 orders; second gallery, 115 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3836
15 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #45 6s. Probable attendance: boxes, 60 paid and 6 orders; stage, 3 paid; Pit, 105 paid and 16 orders; slips, 10 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 75 paid and 20 orders; second gallery, 86 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3837
16 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: TThe King and Queen present. Receipts: #61 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 56 paid and 40 orders; stage, 4 paid; pit, 205 paid and 14 orders; slips, 16 paid and 29 orders; first gallery, 178 paid and 21 orders; second gallery, 154 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Salle, Moreau, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, DuPre Jr, DelaGarde Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

Music: A Piece of Musick-; accompanied on Two French Horns-Joachim Frederic Creta , who will blow the First and Second Treble on Two French Horns, in the same Manner as if Two Persons: Being the first Time of his appearing in Publick, since his Arrival in Great-Britain

3838
18 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #148 19s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 174 paid and 23 orders; stage, 6 paid; pit, 292 paid and 8 orders; slips, 29 paid and 10 orders; first gallery, 423 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 168 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

3839
20 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #69 4s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 19 paid and 6 orders; stage, 3 paid; pit, 177 paid and 22 orders; slips, 13 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 228 paid and 4 orders; second gallery, 161 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

3840
21 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #34 9s. 6d. Probable attendance. boxes, 22 paid and 4 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 92 paid and 15 orders; slips, 15 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 91 paid and 18 orders; second gallery, 79 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3841
22 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #74 7s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 66 paid and 31 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 167 paid and 23 orders; slips, 5 paid and 19 orders; first gallery, 218 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 127 paid and 2 orders. Prince and Three Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

3842
24 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit all the Lilliputians. As there will be no Tickets printed on this Occasion, we hope that our Friends will be so kind as to encourage our Endeavours, and favour us with their Companies. Receipts: #85 16s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 126 paid; stage, 5 paid; pit, 200 paid; slips, 20 paid; first gallery, 135 paid; second gallery, 129 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3843
28 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #75 6s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 71 paid and 16 orders; stage, 1 paid; pit, 181 paid and 20 orders; slips, 13 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 173 paid and 12 orders; second gallery, 159 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Music: As17290116

3844
05 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #50 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 23 paid and 1 order; stage, 1 paid; pit, 178 paid and 33 orders; slips, 7 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 113 paid and 13 orders; second gallery, 55 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

3845
06 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. [The Prince present.] Receipts: #98 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 87 paid; stage, 1 paid; pit, 278 paid; slips, 22 paid; first gallery, 254 paid; second gallery, 137 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Song: Mrs Barbier, Mrs Seedo

Music: As17290116

Dance: Salle, DuPre, Moreau, Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, DelaGarde Jr, DuPre Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

3846
08 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #74 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 70 paid and 16 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 200 paid and 20 orders; slips, 10 paid and 3 orders;first gallery, 163 paid and 13 orders; second gallery, 82 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

3847
10 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Samuel Madden.] Receipts: #114 2s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 146 paid and 16 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 287 paid and 1 order; slips, 62 paid; first gallery, 209 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 170 paid. Preface to 1729 edition: Yet, with all its Faults, I did not think this Piece deserv'd so severe Treatment, as to be peremptorily refused, after the most earnest and early Sollicitations, at the Old House for two Winters together; which however, I have the less Reason to complain of, since Mr Rich's great Civility, and the agreeable Action of most of his Company, have prevailed on all the unprejudiced Part of the Town, to have every Day a better Opinion of this Piece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

3848
11 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [T+The Necromancer, not advertised, may have been given as an afterpiece, as the Daily Journal, 12 Feb., states that the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Amelia and Carolina saw it as part of the program.] Receipts: #68 15s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 113 paid and 30 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 164 paid and 17 orders; slips, 7 paid and 12 orders; first gallery, 117 paid and 4 orders; second, 123 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

3849
12 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Princess Royal and Princess Amelia present. Receipts: money #92 19s.; tickets #38 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 117 by money and 154 by tickets; stage, 18 by money; pit, 244 by money; slips, 12 by money; first gallery, 151 by money; second gallery, 127 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

3850
15 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #67 12s.; tickets #14 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 106 by money and 57 by tickets; stage, 1 by money; pit, 166 by money; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 102 by money; second gallery, 82 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country