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329 results for: Keyword - Jacob Tonson
We found 294 matches on Performance Comments, 53 matches on Event Comments, 12 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
24 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wheeler, Jacobs, Griffith. Tickets deliver'd by Mr Yates and Miss Berkley will be taken. Pd. Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #3 11s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #238 19s. 6d. Charges: #70. Profits to Wheeler, Jacobs, and Griffith: #168 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Dodd; Old Philpot-Baddeley; Wilding-Wheeler; Sir Jasper-Griffith; Beaufort-Yates; Dapper-Jacobs; Quildrive-Burton; Corinna-Miss Platt; Maria-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Dapper Actor: Jacobs

Entertainment: End: Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee-Jacobs

2
13 June 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Alfred, Appleby, Benson, Banks, Cooke, Daglish, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gawdry, Master Gregson, Miss Jacobs, Jones, Lyons, Maddocks, Pilsbury, Walker, Whitmill will be admitted. Receipts: #459 9s. 6d. (53.2.6; 46.6.0; 7.5.0; tickets: 352.16.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Dance: End: Allemande-Whitmill, Miss Jacobs, Miss DeCamp

3
August 1684 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: John Dryden to Jacob Tonson, ca. August 1684: I desire to know whether the Dukes house are makeing cloaths & putting things in a readiness for the singing opera [The Tempest?], to be playd immediately after Michaelmasse: for the Actors in the two plays, which are to be acted of mine, this winter [All for Love and The Conquest of Granada], I had spoken with Mr Betterton by chance at the Coffee house the afternoon before I came away: & I believe that the persons were all agreed on, to be just the same you mentioned. Only Octavia was to be Mrs Buttler, in case Mrs Cooke were not on the Stage. And I know not whether Mrs Percivall who is a Comedian, will do so well for Benzayda (Letters of John Dryden, ed. Ward, pp. 23-24)

Performances

4
December 1697 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: John Dryden to Jacob Tonson: I have broken off my Studies from The Conquest of China (Letters of John Dryden, p. 97)

Performances

5
18 February 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: John Vanbrugh to Jacob Tonson (Vanbrugh, Works, IV, 125): The Opera will begin about the 10th of March under the Academy of Musick. It will be a very good one this year, and a better the next. They having engag'd the best Singers in Italy, at a great Price. Such as I believe will bring the Expences to about twice as much as the Receipts. But the fund Subscribed being about #20000, may probably Support it, till Musick takes such root, as to Subsist with less aid. The King gives a #1000 a year to it

Performances

6
25 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Jacobs, Griffith, Mrs Cross and Mrs Millidge. Paid Master Thomson 11 nights (23rd Inst. incl.) #2 15s.; Black Lyon Bill #3 19s. 2d. (Treasurer's Book). Tickets deliver'd for Benefit of Follett, Mas. Cape, Costin and Miss Berkly will be taken. Receipts: #233 18s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to Jacobs, Griffith, Mrs Cross, Mrs Millage: #159 4s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: As17720225, but Sideboard-Jacobs; William-Griffith; Mrs Lovemore-Miss Younge; Muslin-Mrs Millidge.
Cast
Role: Sideboard Actor: Jacobs

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Song: II: The Soldier Tir'd-Mrs Wrighten

Entertainment: V: Bucks Have at Ye All-Master Cape

7
21 September 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission. For this Night only. Benefit for Jacobs and Owenson. To begin at 7:00 p.m. [The Public Advertiser, 20 Sept., omits Hamilton] and Walker but adds Jacobs, Everard, and a Young Gentleman 1st time on that Stage.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duellist

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: Dick-Kennedy; Wingate-Follet; Simone-Jacobs; Irishman-Owenson; Gargle-Lloyd; Charlotte-Mrs Nost (Harvard playbill).
Cast
Role: Simone Actor: Jacobs

8
27 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Kear, Booth, Jacobs. Tickets deliver'd by Watkins, Costin, Miss Berkeley, and Mrs Hayward will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Ford-Davies, first time; Simple-Jacobs; Pistol-Booth; Bardolph-Kear; Nym-Watkins; Mistress Page-Mrs Jeffries; Anne Page-Mrs Hayward; Falstaff-Love; Sir Hugh-Parsons; Justice Shallow-Hartry; Doctor Caius-Baddeley; Robin-Mrs Collett; Fenton-Wheeler; Mistress Ford-Mrs Abington; Page-Packer; Host-Bransby; Slender-Cautherly; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Simple Actor: Jacobs

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: II: The Allemande-Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong

Song: End of Play: A Song-Kear

9
03 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: With alterations and additions, particularly Two Views of the Eruption of Mt Vesuviusv. [See 26 Dec. 1771.] Garrick has withdrawn his motion, King's Bench (Winston MS 10). [See 2 July 1772.] Paid Mrs Abington's cloaths, 2 weeks, #2; Paid Messrs Baddeley, Jacobs, Lings & Mrs Egerton, salary short-paid last week, 18s. 6d.; Paid Mr Weston's note to Mr Spencer #10 10s. [Mrs Abington's contract seems to have included #60 for clothes which she provided for herself. The amount was paid to her in 26 weekly payments of #2 each and 10 payments of #1 each throughout the season. No further listing of this expenditure will be made.] Paid 3 days salary list at #80 16s. 1d. per diem, #242 8s. 3d.; Mr S. French, 6 days, #1 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #162 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Witches; or, A Trip to Naples

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Old Miser-Jacob; Colombine-Miss Watkins; Clown-Ackman; Miser's Servant-Messink; First Witch-Vernon; Second Witch-Johnston; Bridemaids-Mrs Scott, Mrs Wrighten; The Dances-Daigville, Atkins, Giorgi, Sga Vidini, Sga Giorgi.
Cast
Role: Old Miser Actor: Jacob

10
30 October 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Brother Jacobs. By Particular Desire of the Masons. By Permission. To begin at 6:00 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Performance Comment: Abel Drugger-Jacobs; Face-Follett; Subtle-Saul; Knowlife-Chaplin; Headlong-Bailey; Miss Rantipole-Mrs Bailey; Doll-Mrs Parker.
Cast
Role: Abel Drugger Actor: Jacobs

Entertainment: A Variety of New TheatricalImitations-Hutton

Song: End Opera: Several celebrated Catches and Glees by Dr Arne-

11
06 June 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Crouch. [Miss Jacobs, who had previously appeared at this theatre as a chorus singer, is identified in MS list in Kemble playbills of new performers for this season. Afterpiece in place of The Pannel, advertised on playbill of 5 June.] Morning Chronicle, 22 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Crouch, No. 9, New Lisle-street, Leicester-square. Receipts: #520 16s. 6d. (233.11.0; 60.19.6; 0.4.0; tickets: 226.2.0) (charge: #213 0s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Belgrade

Performance Comment: The Seraskier-Kelly; Cohenberg-Barrymore; Ismael-Caulfield; Yuseph-Suett; Leopold-Bannister Jun.; Peter-Dignum; Anselm-Sedgwick; Lilla-Mme Bolla (First Comick Singer from the Opera House, by permission of the Proprietors; 1st and only appearance on the English [speaking] stage); Ghita (1st time)-Miss Clara Dixon (of the Opera House); Katharine-Mrs Crouch; Page-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [in a speaking part: Miss Jacobs]).in a speaking part: Miss Jacobs]).

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: III: a new song (composed by Kelly)-Mme Bolla

12
25 February 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Performance Comment: Jacob-A Gentleman [unidentified]; Bridget-Mrs Sumbel; Cecilia-Miss Palmer [no others listed].no others listed].
Cast
Role: Jacob Actor: A Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to Your Bow

Entertainment: Imitations of Mrs Siddons in Isabella-Mrs Sumbel; Imitations of Mrs Jordan, Mrs Crawford and Mrs Martyr-Mrs Sumbel

13
14 January 1715 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Performance Comment: Jacob Quaint, Sir Polidorus-Penkethman.

Afterpiece Title: Hob

14
03 June 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Afterpiece Title: Britain's Glory; or, A Trip to Portsmouth

Song: In 3rd piece: Within a mile of Edinburgh-Mrs Bland; Rule Britannia-

Dance: Piece to conclude: Dance of Sailors-

Entertainment: Monologue End: (by permission of the Author [John Taylor]) Monsieur Tonson-Palmer; [Imitations End II: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield

15
21 August 1795 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Afterpiece Title: Auld Robin Gray

Song: End: Mock Italian Song from The Irish Mimic; or, Blunders at Brighton-Fawcett

Entertainment: MonologueIn evening: Monsieur Tonson-Fawcett

16
29 August 1795 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Love and Money; or, The Fair Caledonian

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Entertainment: Monologue End 2nd piece: Monsieur Tonson-Fawcett

17
17 May 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Dance: In I: Grand Masquerade-; with the Minuet de la Cour and Allemande, as17950921

Song: End IV: Elegy-; Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts, as17950921, but Miss _Stuart, Miss _Kirton; After entertainment: Black@ey'd Susan-Incledon; My Mother had a Maid called Barbara, as17960314but _Bowden; Old Towler-Incledon

Entertainment: End: Monsieur Tonson, as17960426; After which Recitation and Music, as performed last Season with universal Applause at Freemason's Hall, in which Errors of the Press-Holman; Dryden's Ode of Alexander's Feast-Middleton; The Story of the Dog (written by Whitehead)-Pope

Cast
Role: Monsieur Tonson Actor: Fawcett.

18
13 June 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Katharine And Petruchio

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Entertainment: MonologueEnd 2nd piece: Monsieur Tonson-Caulfield

19
11 June 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Bewitch'd

Music: new Concerto on the Flute, to be play'd on the Stage, -Mr Jacob Price, who never perform'd in publick before

20
19 March 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The American Heroine; or, Ingratitude Punished

Dance: In afterpiece: the Dances (composed by Hamoir,)-Hamoir, Bidotti, Keys, Nicolini, Walker, Whitmill, Mrs Barrett, Mrs Bourk, Mrs Brooker, Mrs Davis, Mrs Harris, Mrs Haskey, Miss Jacobs, Miss DeCamp

21
27 June 1792 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement; Or, An Adventure At Margate

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Dance: End I: An Allemand-Whitmell, Miss Jacobs, Miss DeCamp

22
02 June 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Afterpiece Title: THE CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS

Performance Comment: Gray and Harcourt- Two of the Gentlemen who perform in the Tragedy; Woodville-Taylor (from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh); Governor Harcourt-Baker (from the Theatre-Royal, Dublin); Lord Glenmore-Villars (from the Theatre-Royal, Norwich); Vane-Wilkinson; Jacob Gawkey-Simpson//Bridget-Mrs Simpson; Miss Mortimer-Miss Achmet; Mrs Warner-Mrs Heaphy; Cecilia-A Lady (1st appearance [unidentified]). Fpilogue spoken by Simpson .unidentified]). Fpilogue spoken by Simpson .
Cast
Role: Jacob Gawkey Actor: SimpsonBridget-Mrs Simpson

Music: In the Course of the Evening several Pieces on the Union Pipes and Pedal Harp by Courtney and Weippert

Monologue: 1794 06 02 After the Epilogue Jacob Gawkey's Rambles tbrougb Bath by Simpson

23
28 December 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Vocal Parts, as17991213, but _Willoughby, _Bardoleau, _Clark, _Mead, _Elliot, Ms _Jacobs, Ms _Butler, Ms _Saunders, Ms _Gawdry, Ms _Benson, Ms _Coates

24
19 January 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times; or, The Banquet Gallery

Performance Comment: [Characters by Cory, Barrymore, Kelly, Middleton, Surmont, Bannister Jun., Wathen, Suett, Sedgwick, Dignum, Caulfield, Trueman, Sparks, Hollingsworth, Webb, Ryder, Roffey, Grimaldi, Mrs Crouch, Mrs Bland, Miss Menage, Mrs Maddocks. Cast from text (Cadell and Davies [1799]: Baron Fitzallan-Cory; Baron Ruthenwolf-Barrymore; Edmund-Kelly; Henry-Middleton; Orlando-Surmont; Martin-Bannister Jun.; Andrew-Wathen; Nicholas-Suett; Villagers-Sedgwick, Dignum, Caulfield, Trueman, Hollingsworth; Servants-Webb, Ryder; Claribel-Mrs Crouch; Rachael-Mrs Bland; Susan-Miss Menage; Old Woman-Mrs Maddocks; unassigned-Sparks, Roffey, Grimaldi; Chorus of Soldiers-Danby, Tett, Atkins, Dibble, Denman, Caulfield [Jun.], Maddocks, Brown, Wentworth, Fisher, Cook; Chorus of Villagers-Potts, Meyers, Willoughby, Phillimore, Fisher, Evans, Aylmer, Gallot, Bardoleau, Peck, Ms Butler, Ms Bowyer, Ms Coates, Ms Gawdry, Ms Jacobs; Minstrels-Ms Roffey, Ms Jacobs [sic], Ms R. Jacobs, Ms Jackson, Ms Wentworth, Ms Arne, Ms Illingham, Ms Saunders, Ms B. Menage; Principal Dancer-Mlle Parisot; Vassals-Whitmell, Wells, Garman, Johnston, Goodman, Gauron, Bayzand, Ms Brooker, Ms Daniels, Ms Brigg, Ms Byrne, Ms Vining, Ms Riches, Ms Luciet, Ms Drake.
Cast
Role: Chorus of Villagers Actor: Potts, Meyers, Willoughby, Phillimore, Fisher, Evans, Aylmer, Gallot, Bardoleau, Peck, Ms Butler, Ms Bowyer, Ms Coates, Ms Gawdry, Ms Jacobs
Role: Minstrels Actor: Ms Roffey, Ms Jacobs

25
02 March 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Secret

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

Performance Comment: Characters-Cory, Archer, Kelly, Middleton, Surmont, Wathen, Caulfield, Suett, Sedgwick, Fisher, Evans, Trueman, Mrs Crouch, Mrs Bland, Miss Menage, Mrs Maddocks; Chorus of Soldiers-Danby, Caulfield? Jun, Maddocks, Brown, Tett, Cook, Mead, Clark, Sawyer; Chorus of Villagers-Phillimore, Fisher, Evans, Aylmer, Elliot, Willoughby, Bardoleau; Minstrels-Ms Arne, Ms Roffey, Ms Jacobs, Ms R. Jacobs, Ms Jackson, Ms Wentworth, Ms Illingham; Principal Dancer-Mlle Parisot. [And see17990119] .And see17990119] .
Cast
Role: Minstrels Actor: Ms Arne, Ms Roffey, Ms Jacobs, Ms R. Jacobs, Ms Jackson, Ms Wentworth, Ms Illingham