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4635 results for: Keyword - His Royal Highness the Duke
We found 2115 matches on Event Comments, 1466 matches on Performance Comments, 1017 matches on Performance Title, 402 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3601
30 October 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: DDaily Post, 1 Nov.: Last Saturday, being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Birthday, Mr Giffard...gave a very handsome Entertainment to the Company of Comedians there, when their Majesties Healths, those of the Royal Family and Ministry, were frequently drank; a Bonfire and large Quantities of Liquor given to the Populace on that happy Occasion

Performances

3602
27 November 1731 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties and the Royal Family present. See also Lord Hervey and his Friends, pp. 114-15.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

3603
30 November 1731 @ Sun Tavern

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and Excell. At the Sun Tavern behind the Royal Exchange. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

3604
04 December 1731 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [K$King, Queen, Prince, and Princesses Royal and Caroline present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

3605
09 February 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. [Prince and Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injur'd Innocence

3606
18 March 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: PPrincesses Royal and Caroline present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarmes

3607
19 April 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Raftor. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [Princesses Royal and Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Wetherilt Jr
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Shireburn

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: RRosy Bowers (Henry Purcell)-Miss Raftor

Dance: TThe Lorrain-Essex, Mrs Booth; Tambourine-Miss Robinson

3608
02 May 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: An Oratorio in English. Formerly Compos'd by Mr Handel, and now revised by him, with several Additions, and to be performed by a great Number of the best Voices and Instruments. N.B. There will be no Action on the Stage. but the House will be fitted up in a decent Manner for the Audience. The Musick to be disposed after the maner of the Coronation Service. [Their Majesties, Prince, Princess Royal and Amelia present. See also Egmont, Diary, I, 266, and Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 205-97.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: Ahasuerus-Senesino; Haman-Montagnana; Habdonah-Lowe; Esther-Signora Strada; Mordecai-Signora Bertolli; Israelite Woman-Mrs Davis; Israelites-Mrs Turner Robinson, Signora Bertolli, Lowe.
Cast
Role: Esther Actor: Signora Strada

3609
06 May 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: EEgmont, Diary, I, 271: The Royal Family was there, and the house crowded

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Cast
Role: Esther Actor: Signora Strada

3610
28 October 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Congreve. [Prince of Wales and Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: Mrs Booth

3611
28 November 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [The Royal Family present.] Colman Opera Register: A thin House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

3612
02 December 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TTheir Majesties, Princess Royal, and Princesses Caroline and Mary present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

3613
05 December 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Formerly Compos'd by Mr Handel, and now again Revis'd by him. With several Additions, to be perform'd by a great Number of the best Voices and Instruments. There will be no Action on the Stage, but the Scenes will represent (in a Picturesque Manner) a Rural Prospect, with Rocks, Groves, Fountains, and Grottos, amongst which will be disposed a Chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds. The Habits and every other Decoration suited to the Subject. [Prince of Wales and Princess Royal present. See letter from Hill to Handel, in Hill, Works, I, 174-75, and in Deutsch, Handel, p. 299.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

3614
09 December 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: As 5 Dec. [King, Princess Royal, and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

3615
20 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 Jan.: Mr Giffard...gave a handsome Entertainment and a Concert of Musick to the Company of Comedians [at gf] on occasion of his Royal Highness's Birth-Day; also a Bonfire, and a large Quantity of Liquor to the Populace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

3616
31 January 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: As it was perform'd last Week before their Majesties and all the Royal Family for the Benefit of Mrs Porter. The Judgment of Paris, which was intended to be perform'd this Night, is deferr'd for a few Days, upon Account of some Alterations in the Machinery

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Boarding School Romps

Dance: Houghton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson

3617
03 February 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: CColman Opera Register: extraordinary fine & magnificent. Daily Advertiser, 5 Feb.: The Royal Family present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

3618
10 February 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [The Royal Family present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

3619
10 April 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [P$Princess Royal and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

3620
26 April 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [The Royal Family expected to attend.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Thalia Actor: Miss Atherton.
Role: Ladies of Pleasure Actor: Miss Mann, Miss Atherton, Miss Price
Role: Aglaia Actor: Miss Atherton
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

3621
09 June 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [P$Princess Royal and Princess Amelia present.] Daily Advertiser, 11 June: After the Performance was over, Signor Senesino made his Leave of the Audience, in a short Speech, acquainting them, as he said, with Regret 'That he had now perform'd his last Part on that Stage, and was henceforward discharg'd from any Engagement.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Griselda

3622
30 October 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. Pit and Boxes by tickets at half a guinea. Gallery $s. At 6 P.M. [Their Majesties and the Royal Family present. Composer and librettist not known.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

3623
09 November 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from Moliere by the late Mr Betterton. Afterpiece: As 8 Nov. [HAY also announces it intends to perform a new masque, Love and Glory, in honor of the approaching Royal Nuptials, but, the time being short, the theatre will first bring on an Impromptu Revel Masque]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Dance: In Afterpiece: Les Bergeries, as17331108

3624
29 November 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. [Their Majesties and all the Royal Family present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Cantrel

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: As17331128 Also a new Dance in the Cbaracter of a Shepherd and Shepherdess by Malter and Mlle Salle

3625
24 December 1733 @ Pall Mall

Event Comment: Daily Post, 25 Dec: Last Night there was a Rehearsal of a new Opera at the Prince of Wales's House in the Royal Gardens in Pall-Mall, where was present a great Concourse of the Nobility and Quality of both Sexes: some of the choicest Voices and Hands assisted in the Performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rehearsal Of A New Opera [ariadne