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5728 results for: Keyword - J. and C. M. Rich
We found 2081 matches on Event Comments, 1680 matches on Performance Comments, 682 matches on Author, 233 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2176
01 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Dance: End 2nd piece: Dance of Sailors-Langrish, others

2177
11 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement Author(s): Richard B. Sheridan

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Richard Brome

Song: In 2nd piece an ode: The Wooden Walls of England (the words by Henry? Green, the music by Dr Arne)-Reinhold, J. Wilson, Miss Morris

2178
21 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wilson. 1st piece [1st time; PREL I, probably by Richard Wilson, altered from Illumination, by Frederick Pilin. Author of Epilogue unknown]. 2nd piece: Not acted these 28 years [acted 9 May 1763]. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2, by Henry Man. Text 1st published in his Miscellaneous Works, 1802, Vol. II, which does not assign the parts, and also lists Mr Carlton, Ralph, Butler. Prologue by the author (London Chronicle, 3 May)]. Public Advertiser, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Wilson, at Stars Acres, upper end of Bow Street. Receipts: #277 19s. 6d. (13.4.6; tickets: 140.15.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary Or The Illumination

Related Works
Related Work: A Gazette Extraordinary; or The Illumination Author(s): Richard Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Elders

Dance: IV: The Bedlamites-

2179
19 October 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Wilson, Edwin, Whitfield, L'Estrange, Egan, Booth, Robson, Thompson, Fearon, Baker, Bates, Webb, Stevens, W. Bates, Jones, Quick, Mrs Morton, Mrs Webb. [Cast from text (G. Kearsly, 1780) and London Chronicle, 20 Oct.: Parmazan-Wilson; Goose-Edwin; Belfield-Whitfield; Electors-L'Estrange, Thompson, Baker, J. Wilson; O'Shannon-Egan; Canvass-Booth; Ballad@singer-Robson; MacRhetorick-Fearon; Marrowbone-Bates; Shrimp-Webb; Bristle-Stevens; Proteus-W. Bates; Cryer-Jones; Jail@bird-Cushing; George-Quick; Letitia-Mrs Morton; Mrs Highflight-Mrs Webb; Prologue-Wilson. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]

Dance: II: Masquerade Dance-; End: The Humours of Leixlip, as17801018

2180
20 October 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement Author(s): Richard B. Sheridan

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Dance: As17801018

2181
04 November 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mainpiece: Prologue by Nicholas Rowe.] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Henry Knapp. Larpent MS 535; not published. Author of Prologue unknown]. The audience indulged "in the usual scornful hissing of theatrical displeasure. The Second act [of the afterpiece]...was not suffered to proceed to its conclusion; and the actors, when it was not more than half gone through, were driven from the stage by the clamours of almost all the spectators" (London Chronicle, 6 Nov.). Receipts: #192 5s. (188.14.6; 3.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Excise Man

Dance: As17801027

Song: IV: To thee O gentle sleep!-Mrs Morton

2182
07 November 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Dance: End: The Caledonian Shepherds, as17801106

2183
18 November 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement Author(s): Richard B. Sheridan

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

2184
10 February 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Richard Brome

Dance: As17810208

2185
26 March 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece: Written by Farquhar, with Alterations. Not acted these 80 years [acted 24 Oct. 1735]. A great Demand being made for Places, Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to send their Servants by Five o'Clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Performance Comment: Roebuck-Hayes; Lovewell-Briggs; Squire Mockmode-Benson; Pamphlet-Maddin; Club-Randall; Brush-Powell; Cripple-James; Officer-Cowcher; Porter-Jones; Servant-Williams; Rigadoon-Lyon; Nimblewrist-Brown; Lyrick-Turner; Leanthe-Miss Hurst (1st appearance); Bullfinch-Mrs Harley; Trudge-Miss Jackson; Masked lady-Miss Simmons; Pindress-Miss Maddin; Lucinda-Miss Carne.
Cast
Role: Club Actor: Randall

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Don Diego-J. Fox (1st appearance); Mungo (for that night only)-Dighton; Leander-W. Fox (1st appearance); Ursula-Mrs Kingham; Leonora-Miss Harris.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: W. Fox

Dance: End: Minuet de la Cour, Allemande-Master Byrne, Miss Byrne

Song: End I, IV: a variety of select Catches and Glees-

2186
02 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First

Performance Comment: King Charles-Wroughton; Oliver Cromwell-Aickin; Bishop Juxon-Hull; Duke of Richmond-Davies; Ireton-Peile; Bradshaw-L'Estrange; Lindsay-Thompson; Tomlinson-J. Wilson; Fairfax-Lewis; Lady Fairfax-Mrs Lewis; Queen-Mrs Inchbald.
Cast
Role: Duke of Richmond Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Cast
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor: Whitfield
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Thompson
Role: Northumberland Actor: Webb

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: 2nd piece: a Dance of Sailors Sailor's Dance-Aldridge

2187
03 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: SCENE I. A Forest. The Death of the Stag-; Overture by Dr Arne-; Hunting song, Give round the word-Doyle; Foresters' Dance-; SCENE II. The Cave of Echo; The Vauxhall Echo Catch, They say there is an echo here-Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Doyle; SCENE III. Mount Ida; Venus and the Graces, to whom she complains of the loss of her son She that will but now discover-; Venus-Mrs Morton; The music by Dr Fisher-; SCENE IV. A Camp Scene, and Dance of Warriors-; SCENE V. A Cottage. Auld Robin Grey-Mrs Kennedy; SCENE VI. The Cavern of Despair. Mad Tom-Reinhold; The music by Purcell-; SCENE VII. A Palace and Banquet. Come honest Friends and jovial Souls-; To conclude Chorus-; Dance-; Attendant Genius-Miss Langrish.
Cast
Role: and Dance of Warriors Actor:
Role: Come honest Friends and jovial Souls Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

2188
25 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: As17810403, but SCENE III. A View of the Sea. The Storm-Reinhold; We be three poor Mariners-Davies, Doyle, Simpkinson; To conclude with a Dance-Aldridge, others; SCENE IV as SCENE V on 3 Apr. SCENE V. A Church-Yard. Poor Thomas Day-Edwin, J.? Wilson, Davies; SCENE VI. A Banquet Scene. A Burlesque Italian Medley-Reinhold; To conclude with several Catches and Glees-the most eminent performers; Come honest Friends and jovial Souls-_SCENE VII omitted; Chorus-_; Dance-_; Attendant Genius-_; Venus-_; Dance of Warriors-_; Mad Tom-_; The music-_; She that will but now discover-_.
Cast
Role: To conclude with several Catches and Gle Actor: the most eminent performers
Role: Come honest Friends and jovial Souls Actor: _SCENE VII omitted
Role: and Dance of Warriors Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Song: End III 1st piece: When Phoebus the tops of the hills did adorn-Leoni, Mrs Kennedy

2189
28 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wilson. 1st piece [1st time; PREL I, probably by Richard Wilson. Larpent MS 557; not published]. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2, by James Cobb. Larpent MS 556; not published. Author of Prologue unknown]. Receipts: #222 6s. 6d. (122.18.6; tickets: 99.8.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seventeen Hundred And Eighty One Or The Cartel At Philadelphia

Related Works
Related Work: Seventeen Hundred and Eighty One; or, The Cartel at Philadelphia Author(s): Richard Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice or It Cannot Be

Afterpiece Title: Whod have Thought It

2190
18 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: IV: Minuet de la Cour en Quatre-Holloway, Holland, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews; a Minuet-Harris, Miss Younge; End IV: a new Pastoral Dance-Harris, Miss Matthews

Ballet: End: St. David's Day. As17810501

Cast
Role: Landlady of the Harp Actor: Mr Besford

Monologue: End II: The Humours of New-Market; with the Poney Races. Jockeys-Harris, Holland, Ratchford, Holloway; Ladies-Miss Besford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews

Performance Comment: Jockeys-Harris, Holland, Ratchford, Holloway; Ladies-Miss Besford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews.
Cast
Role: Jockeys Actor: Harris, Holland, Ratchford, Holloway

2191
24 September 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Marriage Act

Cast
Role: Islanders Actor: Fearon, Robson, Booth

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene incident to the Play and a Minuet by Aldridge and Miss Besford. [These were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Song: End of Act iv of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Baker, Darley, Doyle, Simpkinson; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy

2192
19 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duplicity

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Portland Actor: Lewis
Role: Mr Vandervelt Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: Midas

2193
23 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Lewis; Strickland-Clarke; Bellamy-Whitfield; Jack Meggot-W. Bates; Tester-Stevens; Frankly-Wroughton; Mrs Strickland-Mrs Inchbald; Jacintha-Miss Ambrose; Lucetta-Mrs Pitt; Clarinda-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Strickland Actor: Clarke
Role: Mrs Strickland Actor: Mrs Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Mattocks; 1st Spirit-L'Estrange; Brothers-Robson, J. Bates; The Lady (with Sweet Echo, accompanied on the hautboy by Sharp)-Miss Harper; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Martyr; 2nd Bacchant-Mrs Morton; Sabrina-Miss Morris; 1st Bacchant and Euphrosyne-Miss Catley .
Cast
Role: 1st Bacchant and Euphrosyne Actor: Miss Catley

2194
05 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Song: In Act IV of mainpiece To thee, O gentle sleep by Mrs Morton

2195
11 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "[Henderson] stands before me with the muster of his recruits legible in his eye, and I hear the fat and chuffy tones by which he added humour to the ludicrous terms of the poet's description . . . The bursts of laughter he excited by this, which he did not hurry, but seemed mentally to enjoy, as the images rose in succession, were beyond measure delightful. He made his audience for the time as intelligent as himself" (Boaden, Siddons, I, 124-25). Receipts: #170 15s. 6d. (168/8/6; 2/7/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Henderson; King-Clarke Prince of Wales-Lewis; Blunt-W. Bates; Sir Richard Vernon-Whitfield; Worcester-Fearon; Northumberland-Webb; Sheriff-J. Wilson; Poins-Robson; Francis-Edwin; Bardolph-Booth; Douglas-L'Estrange; Westmoreland-Thompson; Carriers-Egan, Jones; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy (1st time)-Mrs Inchbald .
Cast
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor: Whitfield
Role: Northumberland Actor: Webb
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17811101

2196
28 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Wilson, but "Last night the Audience of Covent Garden Theatre were detained above Half an Hour waiting for Wilson, who never appeared to play his character in Duplicity. At last an apology was made for his absence, and his Brother was permitted to read his part" (Morning Chronicle, 29 Dec.).] Receipts: #220 4s. (215/0; 5/4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duplicity

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Portland Actor: Lewis
Role: Mr Vandervelt Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

2197
07 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Henderson; King Henry-Clarke; Richmond-Wroughton; Buckingham-Hull; Stanley-Fearon; Tressel-Whitfield; Pr. Edward-Miss Langrish; D. of York-Master Langrish; Norfolk-Booth; Lieutenant-L'Estrange; Catesby-Robson; Ratcliffe-Thompson; Lord Mayor-Webb; Oxford-J. Bates; Lady Ann-Miss Ambrose; Duchess of York-Miss Platt; Queen-Mrs Inchbald .
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Henderson
Role: Richmond Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

2198
08 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

2199
11 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

2200
22 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Jaques-Henderson; Orlando-Lewis; Adam-Hull; Duke Senior-Clarke; Corin-Thompson; William-W. Bates; LeBeu-Booth; Sylvius-J. Bates; Amiens (with songs)-Mattocks; Oliver-Whitfield; Duke Frederick-Fearon; Charles-Webb; Touchstone-Quick; Celia (1st time)-Miss Satchell; Audrey-Mrs Davenett; Phoebe-Miss Stuart; Rosalind-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17811219; In Act V a Dance of Fortsters (performers not listed)