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3077 results for: Keyword - J. and P. Knapton
We found 2026 matches on Event Comments, 1158 matches on Performance Comments, 111 matches on Performance Title, 12 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1901
16 March 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. 1st piece [1st time; C 3, by Thomas John Dibdin. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (London Chronicle, 18 Mar.)]. Morning Chronicle, 12 Apr. 1799: This Day is published Five Thousand a Year (price not listed). Ibid, 8 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, Bow-street. Receipts: #542 0s. 6d. (383.9.0; 2.19.0; tickets: 155.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Five Thousand A Year

Performance Comment: [Principal Characters by Lewis, Pope, Munden, H. Johnston, Murray, Farley, Waddy, Simmons, Rees, Abbot, Miss Betterton, Mrs Pope, Miss Murray (1st appearance this season]), Mrs Mattocks. [Cast from text (G. G. and J. Robinson [1799]: George Fervid-Lewis; Frederick Fervid-Pope; Sir Matthew Maxim-Munden; Henry Hastings-H. Johnston; Mr Goulding-Murray; Paragraph-Farley; Truepenny-Waddy; Dick-Simmons; Officer-Rees; Servants to Sir Matthew-Abbot, Wilde; Servant to Frederick-Curties; Boy-Master Webb; Maria-Miss Betterton; Lady Julia-Mrs Pope; Aurelia-Miss Murray [in text: Mrs H. Johnston (see17990325; Lady Maxim-Mrs Mattocks; Prologue (partly Musical)-Munden; Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Performance Comment: Speaking Characters-Johnstone, Incledon, Townsend, Emery, Simmons, Gray, Rees, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mills; [Cast adjusted from playbill of 2 Oct. 1797: Capt. Frederick-Johnstone; Thicket-Incledon; Clueline-Townsend; Sir Fidget Fearful-Emery; Gregory-Simmons; Flambeau-Gray; Whim-Rees; Peggy-Mrs Martyr; Sophia-Mrs Mills.] With Dialogue to introduce the following favorite Songs: The Lamplighter, I'm jolly Dick the Lamplighter-Gray; [Peggy Perkins, Let Bards elate-Simmons; [Irish Drinking Song, Of the ancients its speaking-Johnstone; [Song, I went to Sea-Townsend; [Taffy and Griddy, Abergavenny is fine-Mrs Martyr; The moment Aurora-Incledon; Dear Mary adieu-Incledon; The Midnight Watch-Incledon; [To conclude with a Rural Masquerade-; [in which a new song, by Mazzinghi; Poor Orra come from distant shore-Miss Waters; [Sea Song, A sailor's life's a life of woe-Mrs Mills; [The Masquerade, Sure an't the World a Masquerade-Johnstone, Chorus.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: In 2nd piece: Ballet-Blurton, Mrs Watts

Song: End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

1902
22 April 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jordan. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, based partly on Die Indianer in England, by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue. Prologue, Epilogue by the author (see text)]: Written by the Author of The Castle-Spectre [Matthew Gregory Lewis]. Receipts: #706 5s. 6d. (350.16.6; 42.4.0; odd and after-money: 7.4.6; tickets: 306.0.6) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The East Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1903
29 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Account-Book: Tickets delivered by J. Brandon, Plinne, Rye, Smart, Warwhick, Bishop, Ince, Hawkins, Ashwin, Hacketts will be taken.] Receipts: #458 2s. (27.12.6; 2.17.0; tickets: 427.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Mimic

1904
12 July 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Performance Comment: Octavian-Barrymore; Virolet-C. Kemble; Kilmallock-Johnstone; Roque-Aickin; Lope Tocho-Suett; Goatherds-Ledger, Chippendale; Muleteers-Bannister, Davies, Trueman; Bulcazin Muley-Caulfield; Ganem-[J.] Palmer; Pacha-Clarke; Ali Beg-Abbot; Sadi-Wathen; Zorayda-Miss Heard; Floranthe-Miss DeCamp; Agnes-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

1905
13 August 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss DeCamp. Mainpiece: The Overture, Chorusses, and new Musick by Dr Arnold. The Scenery by Rooker, Marinari, &c. Morning Chronicle, 9 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Miss DeCamp, No. 14, Tottenham Court Road, near Bedford-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zorinski

Performance Comment: Zorinski-Barrymore; Casimir-Aickin; Radsano-[J.] Palmer; Rodomsko-Caulfield; Naclo-Trueman; Witzki-Fawcett; Amalekite-Suett; O'Curragh-Johnstone; Zarno-Wathen (1st appearance in that character); Winifred-Mrs Bland; Rachel-Miss DeCamp; Rosolia-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Winifred Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Song: End: My Mother bids me bind my Hair (by Haydn)-Master Suett (1st appearance in public)

1906
16 September 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Address by Thomas John Dibdin (T. J. Dibdin, Reminiscences, 1, 256).] Boxes 6s. Pit 3s. 6d. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 9 Dec.]. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Brandon at the Box office in Hart-street. No Money to be returned. [On playbill of 6 May 1800: Printed by E. Macleish, 2, Bow-street, Covent-Garden.] Receipts: #290 3s. 6d. (279.12.0; 10.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Laugh When You Can

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: New Occasional Address-Pope

1907
19 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Thomas John Dibdin. Larpent MS 1280; not published]: With New Music, Dresses and Decorations. The Music composed by Attwood. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. Receipts: #354 16s. (347.18; 6.18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Performance Comment: As18000215, but Prologue-_ [and thereafter]. Epilogue as18000208 .and thereafter]. Epilogue as18000208 .
Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden
Role: Bob Handy Actor: Fawcett
Role: Young Handy's Servant Actor: Klanert
Role: Lady Handy Actor: Mrs Dibdin
Role: Miss Blandford Actor: Mrs H. Johnston

Afterpiece Title: True Friends

1908
17 March 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Related Works
Related Work: The Birth Day Author(s): August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Cast
Role: Robert and Jaques Actor: Bologna Jun., Blurton
Role: Friars and Muleteers Actor: Street, Linton, Thomas, Curties, Little, Oddwell, Everett, Sawyer, Gardner, Denman, J. Linton, Lee, Potts, Smith

1909
24 April 1800 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A Comic Opera; the Music by Paisiello. The Dialogue, for the first time in this Country, will be delivered without the Music of the Recitative. "Nina [Bolla] performed for her benefit in a novel and singular manner, the dialogue being spoken in prose without recitative, which had not a bad effect; but this way of acting it was deemed an infringement of the rights of the English theatres, and after a few nights it was stopped by authority, as unlawful at the Opera" (Mount-Edgcumbe, 111-12). Tickets to be had of Mme Bolla, No. 6, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Dance: As18000322

1910
10 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Prince Hoare. Prologue by Richard Cumberland; Epilogue by John Taylor (see text)]. Receipts: #220 16s. 6d. (163.9.0; 56.6.6; 1.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Indiscretion

Performance Comment: Characters by King, Bannister Jun., Barrymore, Talbot, Palmer, Holland, Wewitzer, Wathen, Webb, Evans, Miss Pope, Mrs Jordan, Miss Biggs, Mrs Walcot, Miss Heard, Mrs Coates. Cast from text (J. Barker, 1800), and Larpent MS 1293: Sir Marmaduke Maxim-King; Burly-Bannister Jun.; Clermont-Barrymore; Algernon-Talbot; Frederic-Palmer; Gaylove-Holland; Lounge-Wewitzer; Thomas-Wathen; Francis-Webb; John-Evans; Victoria-Miss Pope; Julia-Mrs Jordan; Fanny-Miss Biggs; Mrs Goodly-Mrs Walcot; Laura-Miss Heard; Betty-Mrs Coates; Prologue-Talbot; Epilogue-Miss Biggs.
Cast
Role: Gaylove Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Song: [not listed on playbill.]In: I rise with the morn-Mrs Jordan; IV: a Glee-Dignum, Trueman, Danby (Dramatic Censor, II, 169, 171)

1911
11 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for the 12th of June will be admitted. [For Miss Rogers see 13 June.] Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Townsend (constable), Mrs Linton, Jackson, Plinne, Hacketts, Standen, Wells, Ansell, Little, Bagley, Noble, Dibdin, Hill, Callagan, J. Brandon will be admitted. Receipts: #384 4s. (46.12.6; 6.5.0; tickets: 331.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate

Cast
Role: Joe Standfast Actor: Fawcett
Role: Chandler Actor: Street
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Whitmore

Dance: End: New Hornpipe-a Young Lady (1st appearance in public [Miss Rogers]); End I afterpiece: A Scotch Pas Deux-Jackson, Miss Bologna

Song: After 1st dance: The Little Farthing Rushlight-Master Standen

1912
17 June 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As18000322but Valentine-Powell (1st appearance in that character); Jeremy-Trueman; Trapland-Webb; Angelica-Miss Heard (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Trapland Actor: Webb
Role: Scandal Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Song: In course evening: The Soldier tir'd of War's alarms-Miss Stephens; End I afterpiece: Crazy Jane-Mrs Bland

1913
23 August 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bland. Morning Chronicle, 19 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Bland, No. 6, Southampton-place, Tottenham-Court-Road

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Performance Comment: Octavian-Barrymore; Virolet-Trueman; Kilmallock-Johnstone; Roque-Davenport; Lope Tocho-Suett; Goatherds-Ledger, Chippendale; Muleteers-Bannister, Klanert; Bulcazin Muley-Caulfield; Ganem-[J.] Palmer; Sadi-Wathen; Zorayda-Miss Chapman; Floranthe-Miss DeCamp; Agnes-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Trueman; Capt. Belville-Caulfield; Rustic-Chippendale; Irishman-Abbot; William-Miss DeCamp; Phoebe-Mrs Bland; Dorcas-Mrs Davenport; Rosina-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Bland

Song: In course evening: Little Taffline; or, The Silken Sash-Mrs Bland

1914
01 September 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by the younger George Colman]: To conclude with a View of the Camp near Windsorv. A Military Overture, and the New Musick composed by Dr Arnold. The Scenery painted by S. Whitmore. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [For Colman's borrowing of the character of Caleb Quotem, see 6 July 1798.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Point Of Honour

Afterpiece Title: The Review; or, The Wags of Windsor

1915
November 1659 @ Middle Temple

Event Comment: On 23 Nov. 1659 John Page, the Treasurer of the Middle Temple, entered in his records: Music, four nights at 30s., and acting The Clown four nights at 10s. (See A Calendar of the Middle Temple Records, ed. Hopwood, p. 167. See also Bentley, Jacobean and Caroline Stage, V, 1314.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countryman Or Clown

1916
February 1660 @ Middle Temple

Event Comment: 6 Feb. 1659@60: Music, three nights, and acting The Clown #6 (A Calendar of the Middle Temple Records, ed. Hopwood, p. 168)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countryman Or Clown

1917
04 February 1660 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

Event Comment: Thomas Lilleston, one of Rhodes' actors, was brought before the Middlesex Sessions, charged with acting a play on this date. (See Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 197.)

Performances

1918
13 April 1660 @ Fishmonger's Hall

Event Comment: The Diurnal of Thomas Rugg, ed. Sachse, p. 71: 13 April 1660: His Excellency [Monk] with the Councill of State dined att on of the Halls in London [Fishmongers], and now by this time haveing dined att 9 of the cheifest Halls in London; and att every Hall theire were after diner a kind of a stage play and many prety anticks, som the citizan and soldier, others the country Tom and citty Dick [see 28 March 1660], att many Halls were dancing and singing, many shapes and ghostes and the like

Performances

1919
23 April 1660 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: On this date General Monk and the Council of State issued an order forbidding stage plays. (See Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 196, and The Diurnal of Thomas Rugg, ed. Sachse, pp. 61, 67.)

Performances

1920
May 1660 @ The Red Bull Theatre

Event Comment: This play was entered in the Stationers' Register, 29 June 1660, but not printed. A Prologue and Epilogue (Epilogue spoken by Cupid) to a play of this title were printed in Jordan's A Rosary of Rarities, p. 17, but these may refer to an earlier performance. (See Bentley, Jacobean and Caroline Stage, IV, 684-85.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Hath Found Out His Eyes; Or, Distractions

1921
23 June 1660 @ The Red Bull Theatre

Event Comment: This performance is known by the Prologue and Epilogue printed in Thomas Jordan's A Nursery of Novelities or Variety of Poetry. The Prologue is dated 24 June 1660, but as this date falls on Sunday, the performance has been entered as Saturday 23 June 1660, for in this same work (p. 19) Jordan mentions: A Speech by way of Epilogue to those that would rise out of the Pit at the Red Bull in the last Scene, and disturb the conclusion by going on the Stage, June 23d 1660. [The Prologue and Epilogue have been reprinted in the Shakespeare Society Papers, IV (1849), 140-42, and in Sprague, Beaumont and Fletcher on the Restoration Stage, pp. 9-10. See also the list at the beginning of the season 1659-1660.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tamer Tamed

1922
28 July 1660 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

Event Comment: According to Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 198, Rhodes had to pay a fine for every day his company acted at the cockpit to 28 July 1660

Performances

1923
August 1660 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

1924
07 August 1660 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: On this date John Rogers petitioned the King concerning his right to keep the peace at the playhouses. In Herbert, Dramatic Records, p. 84, three companies, those at the red bull, cockpit, and salisbury court, are named as currently performing

Performances

1925
16 August 1660 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances