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1098 results for: Keyword - Essex
We found 1014 matches on Roles/Actors, 422 matches on Performance Title, 327 matches on Performance Comments, 50 matches on Event Comments, and 5 matches on Author.

276
01 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Sheridan; Prince Henry-Young; Salisbury-Clinch; Hubert-Hull; Pembroke-Booth; Essex-Davis; King of France-Clarke; Dauphin-Wroughton; Austria-Mahon; Panduph-Fearon; Chatillon-L'Estrange; Governor of Angiers-Thompson; Prince Arthur-a Young Lady; Bastard-Lewis; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Booth; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Poussin; Lady Blanch-Miss Dayes; Constance-Mrs Barry; in IV, will be introduced the Procession at the Coronation of King John-.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

277
29 November 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Henderson; Hubert-Bensley; Salisbury-Packer; Pembroke-Farren; Essex-Lamash; Prince Henry-R. Palmer; Rob. Faulconbridge-Waldron; Messenger-Norris; Bastard-Smith; King Philip-Aickin; Dauphin-Brereton; Prince Arthur-Miss Field; Pandulpho-Chambers; Chatilion-Davies; Austria-Wrighten; Citizen-Hurst; Heralds-Chaplin, Wright; Queen Elinor-Miss Sherry; Lady Blanch-Mrs Colles; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Johnston; Constance-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Lamash

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

278
04 March 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: King Richard-Mrs Lefevre; King Henry-Alfred; Buckingham-Knapp; Tressel-Benson; Lord Stanley-Johnson; Prince Edward-Miss Thomas; Duke of York-Miss Heyborn; Norfolk-Buxton; Lord Mayor-Molbery; Catesby-Essex; Ratcliff-Daniel; Richmond-Holland; Lady Ann-Miss Shelburne; Dutchess of York-Mrs Fowler; Queen-Mrs Jackson. An Occasional Prologue spoken by Mrs Lefevre .
Cast
Role: Catesby Actor: Essex

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England; or, The Humours of Sancho Pancha

Monologue: 1782 03 04 End of mainpiece Bucks have at ye all by Benson. vaudeville. End of Act I of afterpiece The Manual Exercise by Mrs Lefevre

279
25 November 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Sparks; Francisco-Essex; Uncle-Wheeler; Merchant-Lyon; Hairbrain-Horwell; Fountain-Stephens; Bellatnore-Bailey; Roger-Middleton; Humphrey-Richards; Lance-Marks; Shorthose-Ryder (1st appearance); Isabella-Miss Fitzherbert; Lucy (with a song)-Mrs Coxe; Lady Hartwell-A Young Lady (1st appearance [unidentified]). With a new Prologue and Epilogue .unidentified]). With a new Prologue and Epilogue .
Cast
Role: Francisco Actor: Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe (over 12 eggs blindfold) by Middleton

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Coxe; End of Act IV a favourite song by Miss Hemet

Monologue: 1782 11 25 After the Hornpipe John Bull, Half Seas Over (a new Scene) by Ryder

280
29 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Henderson; Prince Henry-W. Bates; Essex-Egan Hubert-Aickin; Pembroke-Booth; Salisbury-Davies; King of France-Clarke Dauphin-Whitfield; Austria-Mahon; Pandulph-Fearon; Chatillon-Hull Governor of Angiers-Thompson; Prince Arthur-Miss Heard; Bastard-Wroughton (1st appearance in that character); Queen Eleanor-Miss Platt; Lady Falconbridge-Mrs Poussin; Lady Blanch-Mrs Whitfield; Constance-Mrs Yates .
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Egan Hubert-Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

281
10 December 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Hubert-Bensley; Salisbury-Staunton; Pembroke-Williames; Essex-Chaplin; The Bastard-Smith; King Philip-Aickin; Dauphin-Barrymore; Prince Arthur-Miss Field; Pandulph-Packer; Chatilion-Farren; Austria-Wrighten; Citizen-Fawcett; Queen Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Blanch-Miss Palmer; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Hedges; Constance-Mrs Siddons (1st appearance in that character [in London]) .in London]) .
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

282
16 January 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Henderson; Hubert-Aickin; Prince Arthur-Miss Heard (of DL); Salisbury-Davics; Pembroke-Kemble; King of France-Clarke; Dauphin-Whitfield; Austria-Mahon; Pandulph-Fearon; Prince Henry-Miss Francis; Essex-Helme; Chatillon-Booth; Governor of Angiers-Thompson; Bastard-Wroughton; Queen Eleanor-Miss Platt; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Poussin; Lady Blanch-Mrs Inchbald; Constance-Mrs Crawford (1st appearance in that character these 6 years) .
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Helme

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

283
22 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Hubert-Bensley; Salisbury-Staunton; Pembroke-Williames; Essex-Chaplin; Bastard-Smith; King Philip-Aickin; Dauphin-Barrymore; Prince Arthur-Miss Field; Pandulph-Packer; Austria-Wrighten; Citizen-Fawcett; Chatilion-Bannister Jun.; Queen Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Blanch-Miss Palmer; Lady Falconbridge-Mrs Hedges; Constance-Mrs Siddons .
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

284
19 July 1786 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Husband

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performance Comment: Diggory-Waldron; Charles Stanley-Benson; Harry Stukely-Essex; Watt-Watts [sic]; Cymon-Wilson; Waiter-Price; Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Sadler; Miss Bridget Pumpkin-Mrs Johnston; Kitty Sprightly-Mrs Harlowe .
Cast
Role: Harry Stukely Actor: Essex

Song: Between the Acts and after the mainpiece, by Price, Miss Phillips, Mrs Clarke

285
26 July 1786 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Performance Comment: Doricourt-Benson; Sir George Touchwood-Gibbons; Flutter-Wilson; Saville-Smith; Villers-Sadler; Courtall-Hill; Silvertongue-Essex; Mountebank-Wright; Porter-Watts; Servants-Price, Johnston; Hardy-Waldron; Mrs Racket-Miss Fenton; Lady Frances Touchwood-Mrs Harlowe; Miss Ogle-Mrs Clarke; Kitty Willis-Miss Williams; Lady-Mrs Johnston; Letitia Hardy-Mrs Chambers .
Cast
Role: Silvertongue Actor: Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Fool

Afterpiece Title: Hurly-Burly; or, Chiswick Fair

Dance: In Act IV of 1st piece a Masquerade Scene, with a Grotesque Dance by the Characters; Between the Acts Hornpipe by Wright

Song: Between the Acts of mainpiece, by Price and Miss Phillips

286
01 March 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Arthur-Miss DeCamp; Pembroke-Dignum; Essex-Caulfield; Salisbury-Whitfield; Hubert-Bensley; Faulconbridge-Palmer; R. Faulconbridge-Waldron; J. Gurney-Lyons; King Philip-Aickin; Lewis-Barrymore; Austria-Phillimore; Cardinal Pandulpho-Packer; Chatillon-Benson; Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Constance-Mrs Siddons; Blanch-Miss Collins; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Cuyler.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Caulfield

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

287
12 February 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Arthur-Master DeCamp; Pembroke-Dignum; Essex-Caulfield; Salisbury-Whitfield; Hubert-Bensley; Faulconbridge-Palmer; R. Faulconbridge-Waldron; J. Gurney-Lyons; King Philip-Aickin; Lewis-Barrymore; Austria-Phillimore; Cardinal Pandulpho-Packer; Chatillion-Benson; Elinor-Mrs Ward; Constance-Mrs Siddons; Blanch-Miss Collins; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Cuyler.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Caulfield

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

288
14 March 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Prince Henry-Bland; Arthur-Master Welsh; Pembroke-Dignum; Essex-Caulfield; Salisbury-Whitfield; Hubert-Bensley; Fauconbridge-Palmer; R. Faulconbridge-Waldron; English Herald-Trueman; King Philip-Aickin; Lewis-Barrymore; Austria-Phillimore; Cardinal Pandulpho-Packer; Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Constance-Mrs Siddons; Blanch-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Caulfield

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

289
18 December 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Prince Henry-C. Kemble; Arthur-Master Welsh; Pembroke-Dignum; Essex-Caulfield; Salisbury-Whitfield; Hubert-Bensley; Faulconbridge-Palmer; R. Faulconbridge-Waldron; James Gurney-Welsh; English Herald-Trueman; Sheriff-Cooke; Executioner-Evans; King Philip-Aickin; Lewis-Barrymore; Austria-Phillimore; Cardinal Pandulpho-Packer; Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Constance-Mrs Siddons; Blanch-Miss Mellon.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Caulfield

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

290
09 May 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Essex

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: End I: La Jeunesse-Rainton, Miss Robinson Sr; II: A new Dance-Miss Robinson Jr, a Scholar of Essex; III: A new Dance of Ethiopians-Essex, Lally, Haughton, Rainton, Burney; IV: Sultana-Miss Robinson Jr; V: Hussars-Essex, Mrs Booth

291
25 April 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Essex

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: End II: La Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; III: A new Turkish Dance-Essex, Roger, Lally, Boval, Duplessis; IV: La Jeuness-Miss Robinson, Young Rainton; V: A new Chacone-Essex, others

292
16 December 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Rich's Company. Lady Morley attended this performance: Lady Morley in the Box at Earle of Essex. 4s. See Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 378

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

293
24 August 1717 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: Gibson, ed., Blundell's Diary, p. 143: This being Bartholemew Fair I went to Smithfield and saw a Fars acted which was called Argulus and Parthenia and a Poppy Play called Earl of Essex

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argulus And Parthenia

Afterpiece Title: The Earl of Essex

294
12 March 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. [Theodosius advertized, but Booth's illness deferred it. Daily Courant lists The Man of Mode, but Rich's Register lists The Earl of Essex.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode or The Earl Of Essex

295
19 November 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Music: Second Musick: 1st Concerto of Corelli. Third Musick: Overture compos'd by Handel for the Opera of Alexander. I: A Concerto call'd The Cuckoo by Vivaldi

Dance: II: La Basetelle by Essex, and Miss La Tour. In V: Les Amants Constants by Essex, Houghton, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Performance Comment: In V: Les Amants Constants by Essex, Houghton, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett .

Song: II: Limpio Rigor del Fato and Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond by Miss Arne. IV: Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

296
01 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: Second Musick: 6th Concerto of the 1st Opera of Geminiani. Third Musick: Overture for Admetus by Handel. II: Se met turbo, a Song in Porus, on the Flute Traverse. IV: Concerto for Two Hautboys composed by Dr Pepusch

Dance: I: La Bagatelle by Essex and Miss Latour. III: Les Bergeries by Essex, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett. In V: Mock Minuet, as17331027

Performance Comment: III: Les Bergeries by Essex, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett. In V: Mock Minuet, as17331027.

297
14 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: I: Minuet in Modern Habits by Rector and Mrs Anderson. II: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. III: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: The Amorous Clowns; or, The Courtezan: Clowns-Pelling, Davenport; Wives-Miss Mann, Miss Brett; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling. V: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, &c

Performance Comment: II: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. III: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: The Amorous Clowns; or, The Courtezan: Clowns-Pelling, Davenport; Wives-Miss Mann, Miss Brett; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling. V: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, &c .
Cast
Role: Courtezan Actor: Mrs Pelling. V: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, &c

298
03 May 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg, Bennet, and White, Mr Barry's sudden indisposition rendering him incapable of performing, Mr Ross will do his part [i.e., Essex]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: III, V: Legg

Dance: IV: Comic Ballet, as17580502

299
18 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Shuter; Clerimont-Davis; Ramilie-Goss; Decoy-Lloyd; Furnish-Francis; Sparkle-Walters; Lawyer-Dyell; James-Jackson; Fredrick-a Gentleman; Harriet-Miss Essex; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Bishop; Wheedle-Miss J. Essex; Lappet-Mrs Gardner; Mariana-Miss Weller (a pupil of Dr Arne's, first time in that character).
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Essex
Role: Wheedle Actor: Miss J. Essex

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: Before: An Address to the Town, with Imitations-Master Russell , a child but 6 years of age; End II: Bucks Have at ye all-Master Russell; End IV: Imitations-Decastro; End: The Cries of London-Shuter (By Desire); Jo Haine's Epilogue-Shuter riding on an Ass

300
23 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Scrub (By Particular Desire and for that night only)-Shuter; Aimwell-a Gentlemen; Sir Charles-R. Palmer; Foigard-Jackson; Gibbet-Brown; Boniface-Griffiths; Sullen-Lloyd; Archer-Palmer; Cherry-Miss Essex; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Palmer; Gipsey-Mrs Love; Dorinda-Miss J. Essex; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Gardner; first time. Epilogue (spoken on an Ass)-Shuter.
Cast
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Essex
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss J. Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Entertainment: End II: The Cries of London-Shuter; II: Imitations-Master Russell; IV: Scene of Lady Pentweazle (from Taste) Lady Pentweazle -Mas. Russell; End: Interlude from the Register Office-Lloyd, Miss Francis, Mrs Gardner