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817 results for: Keyword - Jane Lessingham
We found 483 matches on Performance Title, 460 matches on Performance Comments, 87 matches on Event Comments, 2 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

601
27 September 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Performance Comment: Tamper-Wroughton; Belford-DuBellamy; Prattle-Lee Lewes; Bell-Mrs Bulkley; Mlle Florival-Mrs Lessingham; Emily-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Mlle Florival Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: End Opera: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Matthews. [See17750503.

602
29 September 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedick-Lee; Leonato-Hull; Don Pedro-Wroughton; Claudio-Lewis; Balthazar (with a song)-DuBellamy; Don John-Booth; Antonio-Thompson; Dogberry-Shuter; Borachio-Young; Verges-Cushing; Conrade-Davis; Town Clerk-Quick; Friar-Fearon; Hero-Mrs Lessingham; Margaret-Miss Valois; Ursala-Mrs Williams; Beatrice-Mrs Bulkley; first time. In I a Masquerade Dance proper to the play-; to conclude with a Country Dance-the characters.
Cast
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

603
04 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Lewis; Charles-Wroughton; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Sir Francis-Shuter; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin; To conclude with Marplot's Address-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

604
06 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (With songs)-Mattocks; Duke-Fearon; Launcelot-Quick; Tubal-Thomson; Jessica-Miss Dayes, first time; Nerrissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Nerrissa Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17750927

605
11 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson, first time; Tony-Quick; Marlow-Lee Lewes; Hastings (with a song)-DuBellamy; Sir Charles-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: II: A New Grand Ballet, The Italian Gardeners-; End Comedy: [A New Dance call'd The Gamesters-Sg and Sga Zuchelli[, being their first appearance in England. [For Italian Gardeners see17740919.

606
24 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Wrangle-Macklin; Frankly-Lewis; Granger-Mahon; Witling-Lee Lewes; Cook-Dunstall; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Green, first time; Sophronia-Mrs Lessingham; Maid-Miss Ambrose; Charlotte-Miss Macklin; in Act IV, a Minuet-Dagueville, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Sophronia Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

607
24 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Amiwell-Wroughton, first time; Gibbet-Mahon; Bonniface-Dunstall; Foigard-Fox; Sir Charles Freeman-Young; Sullen-Clarke, first time; Scrub-Woodward; Dorinda-Mrs Lessingham; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: IV: The Pilgrim, as17750927

608
28 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Quick; Young Cape-Wroughton; Vamp-Wilson; Sprightly-Fearon; Governor-Davies; Robin-Thompson; Poet-Jones; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Lessingham , frist time.
Cast
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Lessingham , frist time.

Dance: End Opera: A New Spanish Dance, as17751121

609
16 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: Guardian-Clarke; Sir Charles-Dunstall; Young Clackit-Lee Lewes; Lucy-Mrs Lessingham; Harriet-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: End Opera: La Soiree A@la@mode, as17751207

610
09 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: As17751216, but Young Clackit-Mrs Lessingham; Lucy-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Young Clackit Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: End Opera: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

611
24 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Wroughton; Sir Bashful-Quick; Sir Brilliant-Lewis; William-Lee Lewes; Sideboard-Booth; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Constant-Mrs Lessingham; Muslin-Mrs Green; Mignionet-Miss Valois; Furnish-Mrs Poussin; Widow Belmour (With a Song)-Miss Barsanti.
Cast
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

612
02 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: As17760109, but Young Clackit-Lee Lewes; Lucy-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Dance: End Opera: The Italian Gardeners, as17751011

613
27 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: Thomas(to be imitated after the manner of Weston)-A Young Gentleman, first appearance on any stage; Whittle-Wilson; Kecksey-Lee Lewes; Sir Patrick-Mahon; Bates-Fearon; Nephew-Young; Widow Brady (with an Epilogue Song)-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Monologue: Interlude. Taken from The Register Office. End of Play, By Particular Desire and for that night only. The New Character-Mrs Gardener , her first appearance here these 2 years; Melpomene-Miss Francis

Entertainment: After Interlude: Epilogue-Lee Lewes in the character of Harlequin (Written by late Dr Goldsmith) which will conclude with an escape thro' the Tub, as in the Pantomime of Mother Shipton

Dance: End Epilogue: The Merry Sailors, as17760314

614
23 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Captain Plume-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Justice Balance-Hull; Worthy-Whitefield; Scale-Thompson; Scruple-Cushing; Serj. Kite-Fearon; Bullock-Dunstall; Recruits-Quick, Jones; Capt. Brazen-Woodward; Melinda-Miss Ambrose; Rose (1st time)-Miss Dayes; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Sylvia-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

615
25 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: She Stoops to Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson; Tony Lumpkin-Quick; Marlow-Lee Lewes; Hastings-Whitefield; Sir Charles Marlow-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

616
29 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin (1st appearance this season); Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with songs)-Mattocks; Duke-Fearon; Launcelot-Quick; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song)-Miss Dayes; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End III: The Pilgrim, as17761009; End IV: Mirth and Jollity, as17761015

617
07 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Manly-Clarke; Squire Richard-Quick; John Moody-Dunstall; Count Basset-Lee Lewes; Sir Francis Wronghead-Macklin; Lady Grace-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Wronghead-Miss Macklin (1st appearance in that character); Miss Jenny-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Townly-Mrs Barry; Edition of 1776 (T. Lowndes) adds: Mrs Motherly-Mrs Poussin; Myrtilla-Mrs Whitefield; Mrs Trusty-Mrs Willems.
Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17761106

618
26 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Aimwell-Wroughton; Gibbet-Booth; Boniface-Dunstall; Foigard-Fox; Sir Charles Freeman-Whitefield; Sullen-Clarke; Scrub-Woodward; Dorinda-Mrs Lessingham; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Dance: End IV: As17761109

619
02 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Wrangle-Macklin; Frankly-Lewis; Granger-Mahon; Witling-Lee Lewes; Cook-Dunstall; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Green; Sophronia-Mrs Lessingham; Maid-Miss Ambrose; Charlotte-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Sophronia Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Dance: IV: Minuet-Mahon, Miss Macklin; In afterpiece: as17761226

620
25 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Wroughton; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Whitefield; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Harlow-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Mrs Harlow Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: End: The Villagers, as17770122

621
29 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Word To The Wise

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Performance Comment: Colonel Tamper-Wroughton; Major Belford-Whitefield; Prattle-Lee Lewes; Bell-Mrs Bulkley; Mademoiselle Florival-Mrs Lessingham; Emily-Mrs Mattocks; A New occasional Prologue (written by Dr Johnson)-Hull; [A New occasional Epilogue [author unknown]-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Florival Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Song: End I: a new cantata, Diana-Mrs Farrell

Music: End Epilogue: concerto on the violin-Fisher

622
22 September 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Lewis; Justice Balance-Hull; Worthy-Whitefield [beginning with 15 Oct. the name is spelled "Whitfield"]; Scale-Thompson; Scruple-Cushing; Serjeant Kite-Fearon; Bullock-Dunstall; Recruits-Quick, Jones; Capt. Brazen-Lee Lewes; Melinda-Miss Ambrose; Rose-Miss Dayes; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Sylvia-Mrs Lessingham; New Occasional Prologue[, not listed on playbill-Lewis (see17770924).
Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

623
26 September 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Wroughton; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Whitfield; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Harlow-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Mrs Harlow Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: End II: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17770924

624
15 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedick-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Leonato-Hull; Don Pedro-Wroughton; Claudio-Whitfield [see17770922]; Balthazar (with a song)-Mattocks; Don John-Booth; Antonio-Thompson; Dogberry (1st time)-Quick; Borachio-L'Estrange; Verges-Cushing; Conrade-Robson; Town Clerk-Wewitzer; Friar-Fearon; Hero-Mrs Lessingham; Beatrice-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: II: Masquerade Dance proper to the Play-; to conclude with: Country Dance-the Characters

625
16 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with songs)-Mattocks; Duke-Fearon; Tubal-Thompson; Launcelot-Quick; Salanio-Booth; Solarino-L'Estrange [Public Advertiser: Davis]; Jessica (with a song)-Miss Dayes; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Mrs Barry (1st appearance in that character [at this theatre]).at this theatre]).
Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End III: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17770924; End IV: As17771008