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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.

1126
18 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Matthew Actor: Cushing

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mattocks.
Role: A Chasseur Royal Actor: Mattocks

1127
26 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both Pieces By Command of Their Majesties. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [See 15 April 1762.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mattocks.
Role: A Chasseur Royal Actor: Mattocks

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17651019; IV: The Garland, as17651003

1128
28 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: N.B. The Maid of the Mill is oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Squibb.
Role: A Chasseur Royal Actor: Mattocks

1129
24 April 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: TThe Maid of the Mill is oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of a Principal performer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Squibb.
Role: A Chasseur Royal Actor: Mattocks

1130
28 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Sarjant for 1!2 years rent for a house in Bow St. Passage due Mich. last #12 but with the Land Taz allow'd of #2 1s. 8d. Total #10 8s. 4d. (Account Book). Receipts: #125 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Smith; Charles-Hull; Sir Francis-Shuter; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Whisper-R. Smith; Scentwell-Ferguson; Isabinda-Mrs Baker; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Squibb

1131
30 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Squibb

1132
04 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid half year's land tax for theatre due Mich. last #37 10s. Paid ditto for House in Bow Passage #2 1s. 8d., also 1!2 years tax for window light in theatre #4 18s. 3d. and for same in House in Bow Passage 15s. Paid half years scavenger's rate for theatre, #2 1s. 8d., and for Bow Passage House, 2s. 1d. Paid half year's Church rate for theatre #4 3s. 4d. and for Bow Passage House 4s. 2d. (Account Book). Receipts: #125 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Ross; Bajazet-Smith; Moneses-Dyer; Axalla-Perry; Dervise-Walker; Omar-Gardner; Hali-Davis; Prince of Tanais-Anderson; Zama-Redman; Stratocles-Cushing; Selima-Mrs Mattocks; Arpasia-Mrs Ward; Usual Prologue-Dyer; Original Song, To Thee O Gentle Sleep-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: To Thee O Gentle Sleep Actor: Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Squibb

1133
08 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid for a paragraph of the Pantomime of Dr Faustus the 4th Nov. in the Ledger and Gazetteer 6s. (Account Book). Receipts: #82 19s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Squibb

1134
19 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace, with the new Additional Scene

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: DuBellamy

1135
20 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With new Airs and Alterations made by the author. Receipts: #167 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: a Dance incidental to the Opera Actor: Fishar, Arnauld, Sga Manesiere, Miss Valois.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: DuBellamy

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Dance, as17671016

1136
24 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At 5 went into the Pit...Mrs Yates is the Callista Mr Rowe drew; Powell did Scioto well, nor is Bensley a bad Horatio. A new Comic Dance by LaRiviere and Miss Vallois in wooden shoes, with Harlequin Skeleton to which is now added a new scene (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #123 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: End: A New Comic Dance-LaRiviere, Miss Valois

1137
26 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years. [See 26 Dec. 1749.] Receipts: #177 16s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17671024, but with Two Additional Scenes. Short bill: Jupiter (Harlequin)-Miles; Chasseur Royale-Mahoon; Diana-Mrs Thompson; Doctor-Weller; Pluto-_; Neptune-_; Pan-_; Hercules-_; Apollo-_; Mars-_; Shepherd-_.
Cast
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

1138
29 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Powell; Pylades-Perry; Pyrrhus-Clarke; Phoenix-Gardner; Hermione-Mrs Yates; Cleone-Mrs Stephens; Cephisa-Mrs Barrington; Andromache-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Barrington

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: End: The Female Archer-LaRiviere, Mrs Bulkley

1139
30 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Smith; 1st Spirit-Hull; Elder Brother-Clarke; Younger Brother-Perry; 2nd Spirit-R. Smith; Lady-Mrs Bellamy; Bacchanals-Mahoon, DuBellamy, Dibdin; Bacchants-Mrs Pinto, Mrs DuBellamy; Euphrosyne-Mrs Thompson; Sabrina, The Pastoral Nymph, the Song of Sweet Echo-Mrs Pinto; Chorusses-Legg, Baker, Ryley, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones; Dances-Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mrs Bulkley, Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Clarke
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Perry
Role: the Song of Sweet Echo Actor: Mrs Pinto
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

1140
19 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: a Dance incidental to the Opera Actor: Fishar, Arnauld, Sga Manesiere, Miss Valois.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17671026, but The Baby-the Giant; Doctor-Banks; Diana-Mrs Baker; Arial Spirits-_; Merlin-_; Mercury-_.
Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: II: A New Tambourine Dance-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere

1141
01 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, as17671024

1142
26 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Younger a Bill for writing parts etc. #7 19s. 1d. (Account Book). [Sylvas Neville attended in the pit, but made no comment.] Receipts: #188 12s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

1143
30 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

1144
15 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, as17671021

1145
22 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Majesties. Present Their Majesties and Princess Louisa. Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #230 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Cast
Role: Father Actor: Powell, 1st time
Role: In Act IV will be the Triumphal Entry of Publius Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

1146
14 March 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Author's 3rd night. Housecharges #66 12s. Balance to Bickerstaffe #151 16s. Gave the Yeoman of the Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #218 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: II: The Highland Reel, as17680307 Provenzales, as17680301

1147
11 April 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Thompson. The Roman Father is oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the indisposition of Powell (playbill). Charges #66 2s. 6d. Balance to Mrs Thompson #62 11s. plus #31 14s. in tickets (Box 92; Pit 58) (Account Book). Receipts: #128 13s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Miss Besford

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: III: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

1148
03 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Morris and Lewes. Charges #64 10s. Balance due the actors #5 1s 6d. Morris 40 346 #93 7s. Lewes 79 303 236 #88 16s. Money #59 8s. 6d.@Total House Value #241 11s. 6d.@ Reciv'd from Proprieters of the Gazetter for this season #50 for exclusive rights to publishing Play Notices (Account Book). Receipts: #59 8s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Jealous Wife Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Ballet: III: Wapping Landlady. Double Hornpipe, As17680416

1149
12 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bennet and Stede. Every Man in His Humour oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of indisposition of a principal performer. Tickets deliver'd for Every Man will be taken. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to Bennet and Stede #23 13s. covered by #45 17s. to Bennet from his tickets (Box 6; Pit 195; Gallery 151) and by #33 14s. to Stede from his tickets (Box 16; Pit 102; Gallery 144). Receipts: #40 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-Miss Stede, 1st time (Scholar to Fishar)

1150
27 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Smith, Parsons, Arnauld, Miss Madden, Miss Cockayne, and others. Tickets deliver'd by Wild, Mrs Hitchcock, Francis, Widow Trott, Mrs Paddick, and for the fourteenth will be taken. [The Mourning Bride and Orpheus had been planned for the 14th. See foot of playbill 13 May.] @Tickets Pit Box Gallery Value 1!2 Value@T. Smith 67 61 #16 3s. #8 1s. 6d.@ Maddan 10 30 49 #11 18s. #5 19s.@19 183 58 38 19@Cockayne 7 23 48 #10 5@Wilde 2 27 33 #7 17s. #3 18s. 6d.@Francis 4 25 31 #7 17s. #3 18s. 6d.@Arnd Fishar 14 8 #2 18s. #1 9s.@Hitchcock 31 41 14 #15 6s. #7 3s.@ Trott 16 8 4 #5 12s. #2 16s.@Paddick 16 7 #3 2s. #1 11s.@Total #118 13s. #59 6s. 6d. (Account Book).@ [No charges were listed. The house took, instead one-half value of the tickets, leaving the other half as profit to the ten beneficiaries. House also took the cash receipts.] Receipts: #27 19s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Mahoon
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mahoon

Song: II: A Song-Parsons

Dance: III: A Minuet-Hussey, Miss Madden; IV: Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Capon, as17680416