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3742 results for: Keyword - His Grace the Duke of Hamilton
We found 2101 matches on Performance Comments, 1118 matches on Event Comments, 412 matches on Author, 364 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

926
14 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2 (?), author unknown. Public Advertiser, 16 Apr. has synopsis of plot; assigns Toby Todman-his piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at Odiham, Hants, on 9 Jan.]. Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley">R. Palmer; Billy Dibley-$Bannister Jun.; and lists, unassigned: Mr Stockfield, Sir William Matchem, Mr Harland, Lucetta. Not in Larpent MS; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at Odiham, Hants, on 9 Jan.]. Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley, No. 10, New Store-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #323 11s. [107.6.0; 10.2.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 205.9.0) (charge: #109 4s. 2ds.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education

Afterpiece Title: 'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham

Dance: End: a Minuet-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet

927
24 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Don Ferolo Whiskerandos Actor: Bannister Jun.

928
08 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dignum. 3rd piece: To conclude with a Grand Representation of a Regatta. [This was included in both subsequent performances.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Dignum, Red Lion-Square, the corner of Leigh-Street. Receipts: #243 16s. 6d. (62.9.0; 17.18.0; 0.9.6; tickets: 163.0.0) (charge: #107 9s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Le Matin, Midi, et le Soir

Cast
Role: The Shepherd's Wedding Actor: Hamoir, Miss J. Stageldoir
Role: The Tale of Edwin and Angelina Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Song: End II 1st piece: The Race Horse (composed by Dibdin)-Dignum

929
12 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Ward. The Clandestine Marriage [advertised on playbill of 9 May] is obliged to be deferred, on Account of the Indisposition of Parsons. Receipts: #209 18s. 6d. (36.13.0; 12.11.6; 0.10.0; tickets: 160.4.0) (charge: #109 15s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17880428, but The Lady-Mrs Ward; Bacchants-_.
Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17880313

930
09 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #236 8s. 6d. (188.4.0; 47.16.6; 0.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Performance Comment: Arthur-Kemble; Oswald-Barrymore; Merlin-Aickin; Conon-Packer; Osmond-Phillimore; Aurelius-Whitfield; Grimbald-Sedgwick (1st appearence in that character); Matilda-Miss Collins; Emmeline-Miss Farren; Philidel-Mrs Forster; Venus-Mrs Crouch; Rest of the Vocal Parts-Kelly, Williames, Miss Collett, Miss Romanzini.
Cast
Role: Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Kelly, Williames, Miss Collett, Miss Romanzini.

Song: In II: song in character-Mrs Crouch [who sang it in all subsequent performances]

931
23 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Palmer; Bacchanals-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick; Spirit-Lamash; Elder Brother-Whitfield; Younger Brother-Benson; The Lady-Mrs Ward; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Forster; Sabrina-Miss Romanzini; Bacchant-Miss Collett; Euphrosyne (with Sweet Echo, accompanied by Parke)-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Whitfield
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

932
03 November 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15 see 11 May 1789]. Receipts: #122 10s. (91.3.0; 30.16.0; 0.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Mrs Booth

933
03 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

934
16 April 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

935
08 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Mrs Booth

Dance: As17890507

936
14 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. Public Advertiser, 6 May: Tickets to be had of Farren, No. 73, Gower-street. Account-Book, 16 May: Received Farren's benefit deficiency #33 7s. 6d. [Reckoned as follows: Farren disposed of #209 12s. in tickets; this sum he kept. Money [i.e. tickets sold at the doors of the theatre] amounted to #71 12s. 6d. From this money he was obliged to meet the house charge of #105, and hence owed the treasury the amount stated above.] Receipts: #281 4s. 6d. (69.".0; 2.10.6; tickets: 209.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Feast of Anacreon

Cast
Role: When Bibo went down to the Regions below Actor: Bannister
Role: Sing Old Rose and burn the Bellows Actor:
Role: God save the King Actor: Full Chorus.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: When Bibo went down to the Regions below Actor: Bannister
Role: Sing Old Rose and burn the Bellows Actor:
Role: God save the King Actor: Full Chorus.

Entertainment: Monologue. End IV: A Comic Description of the Curiosities in the Tower of London-Edwin

Performance Comment: End IV: A Comic Description of the Curiosities in the Tower of London-Edwin.
Cast
Role: A Comic Description of the Curiosities in the T Actor: Edwin.

937
15 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Don Ferolo Whiskerandos Actor: Bannister Jun.

Song: End: The Welsh Cantata, The Bells of Aberdovey, composed by Dibdin-Williames

Entertainment: Monologue. After the Singing: as17890430

Performance Comment: After the Singing: as17890430.

938
22 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer. Afterpiece: Never performed there. [Follett was from the Royal Circus.] Public Advertiser, 20 May: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 14, East Place, Lambeth. Receipts: #232 19s. (74.17.0; 26.10.6; 1.10.6; tickets: 131.1.0) (charge: #111 17s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroyed

Performance Comment: Don Juan-Palmer; Commandant-Phillimore; Don Fernando (with a song)-Dignum; Don Alonzo-Benson; Don Carlos-Fawcett; Pedrillo-Banks; Fisherman-Fairbrother; Alguaziles-Jones, Cox, Alfred; Sailor (with a song)-Sedgwick; Landlord-Chaplin; Waiter-Lyons; Scaramouch-Follett Jun. (1st appearance on that stage); Spanish Lady-Miss Romanzini; Attendants-Mrs Shaw, Mrs Heard; Fisherwomen-Mrs Edwards, Miss Romanzini [i.e. doubled Spanish Lady]; Donna Anna-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Fisherman Actor: Fairbrother

Dance: In Afterpiece: a Fandango-Miss DeCamp; Dances-Hamoir, Bourk, Miss Blanchet, Miss Stageldoir; conclude with: Dance of Furies-; Shower of Fire-

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: The Lecture on Heads (for this night only)-Palmer

939
13 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Hall, Furkins, Lamp, Pilborough, Plank, Anselmo, Byrne, Copland, Rye, Mrs Arne, Mrs Linton, Jealous, Brereton, Varley, Doser, Loyde, the Band will be admitted. Receipts: #256 (21.10; 2.7; tickets: 232.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Cast
Role: The Hunchback Actor: Quick

940
26 September 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Wroughton; Bacchanals-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick; Spirit-Lamash; Brothers-Benson, Banks; The Lady-Mrs Ward; Pastoral Nymph (1st time)-Miss Hagley; Sabrina-Miss Romanzini; Principal Bacchant-Mrs Edwards; Bacchants-Mrs Fox, Miss Barnes, Mrs Shaw; Euphrosyne-Mrs Crouch; Sweet Echo-Mrs Crouch; accompanied-Forster.
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Benson, Banks
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Song: II: song in character-Mrs Crouch

941
06 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: London's Great Jubilee Author(s): Matthew Taubman

942
11 November 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

943
23 December 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Careless Husband, advertised on playbill of 22 Dec.] Paid House & Window tax, 1@2 Yr., #56 13s. 8d. Public Advertiser, 24 Dec.: [Pearce, who was from the Bath theatre, has] a clear bass voice, which he occasionally relieves by a falsetto...His first song was encored though sung much out of tune. Receipts: #113 4s. (77.2; 35.12; 0.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

944
05 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Easter Pastimes

Performance Comment: SCENE I. Epping Forest. Sunrise. Turning out of the Stag. Bright Phoebus-Dignum; SCENE II. A Village. Noon. Nimrod dismounted. There's no pleasing all-Bannister Jun.; SCENE III Greenwich park Evening. Lads and Lasses Sporting. A song-Miss Romanzini; a dance-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: There's no pleasing all Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: a dance Actor: the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp.

Afterpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Benson, Banks
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Island of St

945
04 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett. On this and every Evening for the Remainder of the Season the Doors will not be opened till 5:30, and the Performance will commence exactly at 6:30. 1st piece: From [The Devil upon Two Sticks, by] Foote. Gazetteer, 28 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Suett, No. 21, King-street, Bloomsbury-square. Receipts: #232 19s. 6d. (62.12.0; 19.18.6; 1.14.0; tickets: 148.15.0) (charge: #107 6s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The College Of Physicians; Or, Doctor Last's Examination

Afterpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Benson, Banks
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Mrs Booth

Song: End II 2nd piece: The Greenwich Pensioner-Dignum

946
25 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton, Haymes & Miss Hagley. Diary, 17 May: Tickets to be had of Haymes, No. 2, Broadway, Blackfriars [others not listed]. Receipts: #222 (32.5; 14.1; 1.19; tickets: 173.15) (charge: #106 7s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Song: End IV: The Lass of Richmond Hill-Dignum

947
16 September 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Rivals, advertised on playbill of 14 Sept.] Receipts: #219 3s. (151.15; 67.0; 0.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Song: In II: song-Mrs Crouch. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performance Comment: [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

948
11 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: Grandmother Actor: Mrs Booth.

949
24 February 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: Grandmother Actor: Mrs Booth.

950
12 May 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer. The Public is respecfully inform'd that the Prelude of The Hop formerly advertised for Mr Palmer's Benefit is on a very particular account withdrawn from the Theatre. Oracle, 7 May: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 14, East Place, Lambeth. Receipts: #292 5s. 6d. (77.13.0; 30.15.6; 2.6.0; tickets: 181.11.0) (charge: #117 0s. 7d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: Grandmother Actor: Mrs Booth.

Entertainment: Monologue. End: The Picture of a Play@House, or, Bucks have at ye all-R. Palmer

Performance Comment: End: The Picture of a Play@House, or, Bucks have at ye all-R. Palmer.