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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.

601
29 April 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: I: The Favourite Irish Song call'd Ailen Aroon will be sung-Mrs Woodman

Dance: II: The Old ground Young, as17711030

602
24 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

603
26 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid supers and Kettle drums 3 nights in Alexander (this night incl.) #19 7s.; Two extra hautboys in the Rehearsal, 10s. (Treasurer's Book). [N.D. at 5s. per night for the kettle drums and 2s. 6d. for each super, it would appear that each performance of Alexander required 5 supers.] Receipts: #213 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Aristander Actor: Wright
Role: Cassander Actor: Palmer
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babyl Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

604
27 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Grand Concluding Dance Actor: .
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: With a Grand Procession of the different Or Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

605
28 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Advanced Mr Clinch as per order #20; Half a year's Land & Window Tax for St Martin's to Michelmas last #38 4s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #175 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Related Works
Related Work: The Fashionable Lover Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

606
28 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties. Present their Majesties. Gave Yeomen of the Guards #2 2s. Advanc'd cash to Quick as per note #50. (Account Book). Receipts: #223 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Twist. [See17720326]

607
02 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

608
05 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023 (playbill)

609
11 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command. The King seem'd vastly pleas'd at the Farce (Hopkins Diary). Paid Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #5 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #256 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Grand Concluding Dance Actor: .
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: With a Grand Procession of the different Or Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

610
13 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17720922

611
21 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mrs Smith Polly (first time) very well (Hopkins Diary). Paid Salary list #513 17s. 6d.; Miss Mansell and Mr Dimon 5 guineas each per order, #10 10s.; Mr Clinch ditt, #5 5s.; Rec'd stopages #20 13s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #141 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Bradley, first appearance on any stage

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023; II: Minuet, Allemande-Mas. Holland, Miss Armstrong, Scholars of Daigville

Performance Comment: Holland, Miss Armstrong, Scholars of Daigville.

612
05 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Philadel Actor: Miss Venables, first appearance on any stage

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

613
12 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

614
27 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Grand Concluding Dance Actor: .
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: With a Grand Procession of the different Or Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

615
11 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Reddish; Tom-King; Myrtle-Jefferson; Cimberton-Love; Daniel-Waldron; Sir John Bevil-Bransby; Sealand-Aickin; Humphrey-Keen; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Johnston; Lucinda-Miss Platt; Indiana-Miss Younge; Phyllis-Miss Pope; In II, Song-Mrs Scott.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Aickin
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

616
15 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

617
22 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17720922; End Act I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17721023

618
14 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Catley, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

619
19 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. [See note for 6 March.] Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Ladies send servants by half past 4 o'clock, and those who have taken places in the Pit requested to come early to prevent Confusion in getting to their seats. Tickets deliver'd for Lady Jane Grey will be taken. Charges #65 10s. Profit to Smith #84 6s. 6d., plus #172 15s. from tickets (Box 640; Pit 85). Paid Blanchville Clark as per certificate from Sir John Fielding 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #149 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Brown, who performed last season in the Fairy Prince and in Man and Wife.

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

620
23 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall. Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years. [See 29 Nov. 1764.] Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 2 Dec. 1769.] Charges: #64 5s. Profit to Dunstall #1 1s. 6d., plus #170 17s. from tickets (Box 433; Pit 410; Gallery 36). Paid Whitefield a quarter year's salary #25, and Sarjant ditto, #10. Paid Mrs Carne half year's salary #15 all due Lady Day last (Account Book). Receipts: #65 6s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

621
29 April 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17730325 End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17721023

622
01 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Mainpiece [a tragedy by Thomas Hull, based upon the version by William Hawkins, 1749, suggested by William Shenstone, and instigated by the presence of Mrs Hartley among the actresses at cg]: Never acted before. Characters to be dressed in the Habits of the Times (playbill). Charges #64 5s. Profit to Hull #50 13s. 6d., plus #75 6s. from Tickets (Box 165; Pit 171; Gallery 84) (Account Book). Receipts: #114 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Performance Comment: Parts by Smith, Clarke, Hull, Wroughton, Thompson, Gardner, R. Smith, Mrs Hull, Miss Pearce, and Mrs Hartley. Henry II-Smith; Abbot-Clarke; Clifford-Hull; Henry Prince of Wales-Wroughton; Leicester-Thompson; Salsbury-Gardner; Verulam-R. Smith; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Hull; Ethelinda-Miss Pearce; Rosamond-Miss Hartley; (Second Edition of 1774) New Prologue-; Epilogue-.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: After the Epilogue: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

623
04 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

624
10 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

Monologue: 1773 5 10Before the Play (Seventeenth Time): New Occasional Prelude. As 19 Jan., but Author-Quick

625
14 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Perry and Morris. Charges #64 5s. Deficit to each beneficiary #7 6s. 6d., cover'd by income from tickets: Perry #68 4s. (Box 33; Pit 231; Gallery 253); Morris #61 5s. (Box 39; Pit 158; Gallery 278) (Account Book). Receipts: #49 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Hartley, first appearance this stage.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: As17730503, but add Landlord-Morris.
Cast
Role: add Landlord Actor: Morris.
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Brown, who performed last season in the Fairy Prince and in Man and Wife.

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028; End II of Comedy: A Double Hornpipe-Blurton, Miss Besford