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3654 results for: Keyword - James Harris
We found 2187 matches on Author, 1195 matches on Performance Comments, 415 matches on Event Comments, 95 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

101
29 December 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time: MD 5, by James Boaden]: With new Musick [by Michael Kelly], Dresses, and Decorations. [Scenery by Capon (Theatre Notebook, XIX, 14).] Morning Chronicle, 16 Jan. 1799: This Day is published Aurelio and Miranda (2s.). Receipts: #271 16s. (218.15.0; 51.19.6; 1.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurelio And Miranda

Related Works
Related Work: Aurelio and Miranda Author(s): James Boaden

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Song: Mainpiece: Chorusses-Danby, Wentworth, Brown, Tett, Denman, Atkins, [J.] Fisher, Aylmer, Gallot, Peck, Walker, Willoughby, Phillimore, Evans, Fisher, Caulfield Jun., Ms Arne, Ms Roffey, Ms Wentworth, Ms Jackson, Ms Maddocks, Ms Menage, Ms Menage Jun., Ms Chippendale, Ms Gawdry, Ms Butler, Ms Benson, Ms Bowyer, Ms Jacobs, Ms Coates

102
25 January 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by Henry James Pye. Prologue by William Sotheby; Epilogue by John Taylor (see text)]: With new Dresses and Decorations. "From the first drawing up of the curtain, till its final fall, we could not discover one single flight of fancy, one solitary scene of woe...It is but justice to add that for a first night the performers, with the exception of Barrymore, were very perfect in their respective parts [and see 27 Jan.]" (Dramatic Censor, I, 175, 181). Receipts: #309 13s. (246.4.6; 61.0.6; 2.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adelaide

Related Works
Related Work: Adelaide Author(s): Henry James Pye

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Related Works
Related Work: The First Floor Author(s): James Cobb

103
01 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; MF 2, by James Cobb. Text (unauthorized), Dublin: P. Byrne [1800]; synopsis of plot in Dramatic Censor, II, 135-36]: With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. The Overture composed by Mazzinghi, and the Music by Mazzinghi and Reeve. The Scenes painted by Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, Hodgins, &c. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. Receipts: #132 17s. (128.7.6; 4.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: Fame; or, Queen Elizabeth's Trumpets; or, Never plead's Hopes of being a Lord Chancellor; or, The Lover turn'd Philosopher; or, The Miser's Resolve upon the Lowering of Interest Author(s): James Lacy
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): James Wild

Afterpiece Title: Paul and Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Paul and Virginia Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Dance: In 2nd piece: Dances-Blurton, Wilde, Platt, Lewiss, Klanert, L. Bologna, J. Whitmore, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Mrs Norton, Miss Bologna, Miss Dibdin, Miss Burnett

Song: In 2nd piece: Chorusses-Linton, Street, Denman, Oddwell, Thomas, Little, Curties, Lee, Ms Trevor, Ms Leserve, Ms Castelle, Ms Norton, Ms Masters, Ms Iliff, Ms Lloyd

104
13 February 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit James, Eyre, and Mrs Ratcliff

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Dance: James, Mrs Ratcliff

105
22 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrington Fox. Tickets deliver'd by Thompson and Master Harris will be taken. Charges #67 4s. 6d. were borne by Barrington and Fox, who faced a deficit of #16 4s. 9d. apiece. It was cover'd by income from tickets. Thompson and Master Harris rec'd their tickets gratis (Account Book). @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value@Barrington 69 92 50 #36 1s.@Fox 93 194 61 #58 9s.@Thompson 0 24 94 #13 @Mas. Harris 114 61 52 #42 17s.@ Receipts: #34 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: IV: A Dance-Mas. Harris, Miss Mathews (her 2nd appearance that stage)

Performance Comment: Harris, Miss Mathews (her 2nd appearance that stage).

Monologue: Interlude. End: True Blue. As 2 May, but Principal Parts-Mrs _Baker, Mrs Mattocks

106
22 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mahon. Tickets deliver'd for Lionel and Clarissa, an Opera and Master Harris will be taken. Charges: 1!2 House charge plus 1!2 Receipts: #62 18s. 3d. Deficit to Mahon #1 6s. 9d. covered by #37 15s. from tickets (Box 77; Pit 66; Gallery 86). Mas. Harris Disposed of #40 19s. worth of tickets (Box 97; Pit 68; Gallery 65) from which he receiv'd 1!2 value. Receipts: #61 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Mas. Harris; End: The Lamplighters, as17681101

Performance Comment: Harris; End: The Lamplighters, as17681101.

107
26 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Tickets deliver'd by Mas. Harris will be taken. Charges #64 15s. 6d. Profit to Aldridge #31 4s. plus #131 19s. from tickets (Box 284; Pit 269; Gallery 206) (Account Book). Receipts: #95 19s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: I: New Dance, as17730206; II: A New Comic Dance-Mas. Harris (Scholar to Aldridge), Miss Mathews; End Opera: (By particular desire) will be reviv'd The Whim-Aldridge, Sg Manesiere; End II of Farce: A New Dance-Mas. Langrish (Scholar to Aldridge) his first appearance, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Harris (Scholar to Aldridge), Miss Mathews; End Opera: (By particular desire) will be reviv'd The Whim-Aldridge, Sg Manesiere; End II of Farce: A New Dance-Mas. Langrish (Scholar to Aldridge) his first appearance, Miss Besford.

108
14 January 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted at this Theatre. By Beaumont and Fletcher, with Alterations [by Thomas Harris (Boaden, Kemble, I, 378)]. Public Advertiser, 15 Jan.: The alterations consisted of many curtailments, the last scene of Act IV being entirely omitted. [Prologue by Henry Sampson Woodfall Jun. (European Magazine, Dec. 1787, p. 503; Feb. 1788, p. 105).] Receipts: #150 2s. (146.18; 3.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King And No King

Related Works
Related Work: King and No King Author(s): Thomas Harris

Afterpiece Title: The Dumb Cake

Song: II: a Grand Chorus-Johnstone, Davies, Darley, Cubitt, Blurton, Janson, Bonville, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Mrs Byrne, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, Miss Paye, Miss Blower, Mrs Kennedy

109
26 February 1713 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [Dedication signed by John James Heidegger.] By Subscription. Never Perform'd before. Colman's Opera Register: Monr John James Heidegger managed both this & ye former Opera for ye Singers & ye Subscription was for Six Nights paying 10 Guin for 3 Tickets each Night, they not to give out above 400 Tickets a Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ernelinda

Related Works
Related Work: Ernelinda Author(s): John James Heidegger

110
04 March 1714 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [Dedication by John James Heidegger.] By Subscription. Stage Boxes 15s. Gallery 5s. Colman's Opera Register: By subscription for six times at ye usuall rate of 10 Guin for 3 Tickets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arminius

Related Works
Related Work: Arminius Author(s): John James Heidegger

111
19 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; T 3, by Henry James Pye. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]: With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Morning Chronicle, IO June 1794: This day is published THE SIEGE OF MEAUX (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #125 9s. (117/2; 8/7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: THE SIEGE OF MEAUX

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Meaux Author(s): Henry James Pye

Afterpiece Title: NETLEY ABBEY

112
26 July 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [1st piece in place of THE FLITCH OF BACON, advertised on playbill of 25 July.] 3rd piece [1st time; CO 2, by Samuel James Arnold]: The new musick, with a Scottish Medley Overture, by Dr Arnold. New Scenery by Rooker. New Dresses and Decorations. Morning Chronicle, 28 Aug. 1794: This Day is published AULD ROBIN GRAY (1s)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Afterpiece Title: THE VILLAGE LAWYER

Afterpiece Title: AULD ROBIN GRAY

Related Works
Related Work: Auld Robin Gray Author(s): Samuel James Arnold

113
26 June 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: 3rd piece [1st time: MF 2, by Samuel James Arnold. Larpent MS 1176; not published; synopsis of plot in Morning Herald, 27 June]: The Musick, with an Hibernian Medley Overture, by Dr Arnold. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse Or Benevolent Tar

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Legacy

Related Works
Related Work: The Irish Legacy Author(s): Samuel James Arnold

114
01 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years [acted 18 Sept. 1778. Miss Scrase (see 19 Sept.) had become Mrs James Bates on 23 Sept.]. Receipts: #195 13s. 6d. (193/3/6; 2/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not Or The Kind Impostor

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of mainpiece Damon and Musidora by Harris and Miss Besford

115
21 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Harris, ballet master and principal dancer. Public Advertiser, 15 May: Tickets to be had of Harris at his house, No. 43, Wells-street, Cavendish-Square. Receipts: #179 4s. 6d. (42/14/6; tickets: 136/10/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a New Divertissement (composed by Harris) in which the Minuet de la Cour and a new Pas de Deux by Harris and Mme Bithmere; End of Act IV a new Pantomime Ballet (composed by Harris) The Charms of a Camp; or, The Female Volunteer by Harris, Byrn, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Goodwin, &c.; End of mainpiece, The Rival Nymphs, as17840318but Mrs Ratchford in place of Miss Matthews

116
24 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Harris, ballet-master and Principal Dancer, and Trew. Mainpiece: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Receipts: #286 18s. 6d. (97/15/6; tickets: 189/3/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander the Great; or, The Conquest of Persia Author(s): James D'Egville

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Diversion a-la-Mode, as17821211, in which The Devonshire Minuet, as17821129, and variety of new Quadrilles, composed by Harris; End of Act iv, as17820925; End of mainpiece new Dance, composed by Harris, The Rival Nymphs, by Byrne, Ratchford, Harris, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Byrne, Miss Matthews

Song: As17821227, but Mrs Bannister [i.e. formerly Miss Harper (see17830129)]; omitted: Bannister

117
13 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones, Redman, and Harris. Doors open at half past 5. To Begin at half past 6. Charges #65 3s. Deficit Mrs Lampe & Mrs Jones at 1 1!2, #8 16s. 7 1!2d.; to Redman at 1, #5 17s. 9d., to Harris at 1 1!2, #8 16s. 7 1!2d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones combined #66 3s. (Box 144; Pit 135; Gallery 99); Redman #24 9s. (Box 27; Pit 68; Gallery 75); To Harris, #50 10s. (Box 141; Pit 71; Gallery 46). Receipts: #41 12s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Jameson

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Robin Actor: Harris.

Dance: I: A New Double Hornpipe-Harris, Miss Besford; II: The Pilgrim, as17740416 End Opera: The Recruits, as17740217, but Miss _Twist, Miss Besford

Cast
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews

118
18 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. Receipts: #296 11s. (48.12; tickets: 247.19) (charge: #105)

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

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

119
15 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Merrifield, Harris, and Holloway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: III: Minuets and Cotillions-Dumay, Miss Armstrong, Merrifield, Miss Ross, Harris, Miss Mathews, Mr and Mrs Holloway; End: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503 [and for Minuets and Cotillions, see17750526]

Cast
Role: a New Dance call'd The Humours of the New@Marke Actor: Dagueville, Harris, Rudd, Mas. Holland, Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong, Sga Vidini

120
16 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Holloway & Harris. Tickets delivered for Know Your Own Mind will be taken. Public Advertiser, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, Lamb's Conduit Fields, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Holloway, Great Maddox-street, Hanover-square; of Harris, No. 12, Duke's-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #251 15s. (56.11; tickets: 195.4) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End II: New Dance-; in which the Minuet de la Cour, Gavot-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV: Le Minuet a Quatre-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; with a variety of new Quadrilles-

Ballet: End: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

121
08 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. [For Wright see 13 May. Mrs Sutton was from dl.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Harris, No. 42, Wells-street, Cavendish-square; of Holloway, Newington Butts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Dance: End II: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Dagueville; and the Minuet de la Cour-Holloway, Miss Besford; End I afterpiece: New Dance-Harris, Mrs Sutton (1st appearance on that stage); with a New Allemande-

Ballet: End: The Humours of Newmarket. As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford

122
29 November 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Afterpiece Title: St

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Dance, Diversion a-la-Mode, by Harris, Burn [i.e. Byrne], Miss Matthews, in which The Devonshire Minuet by Harris and Miss Matthews

Performance Comment: e. Byrne], Miss Matthews, in which The Devonshire Minuet by Harris and Miss Matthews .

123
20 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Cast
Role: Galloon Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Cast
Role: Old Man Actor: James

Music: The Overture of Ariadne

Dance: I: Les Bergers Champetre by Mlle Grognet, Miss Rogers, Mlle Delorme. III: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. IV: Flanderkins by Duke and Mrs Ogden. V: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. End Afterpiece: Minuet by Mlle Grognet in Men's Cloths, and Miss Baston

Song: II: As17350422

124
09 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Cast
Role: Hector Actor: James
Role: Mrs Topknot Actor: Mrs James
Related Works
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410207

125
07 May 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jack Of Newbury

Related Works
Related Work: Jack of Newbury Author(s): James Hook Jr.James Hook Sr.

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Hymen

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

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