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13997 results for: Keyword - John Bannister
We found 11034 matches on Author, 3587 matches on Performance Comments, 1321 matches on Event Comments, 473 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

11276
16 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Comerford; Portius-Russell; Marcus-Smith; Lucius-Dancer; Sempronius-Johnson; Juba-Stokes; Decius-Mrs Kenny; Syphax-Lewis; Marcia-Miss Taylor; Lucia-Mrs Wilks.
Cast
Role: Sempronius Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Performance Comment: John-Kenny; Dick-Comerford; Trusty-Russell; Sally-Mrs Davies; Wife-Mrs Wilks.
Cast
Role: John Actor: Kenny

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Russell; Freeman-Johnson; Philip-Lewis; Lord Duke-Comerford; Sir Harry-Smith; Robert-Dancer; Coachman-G. Smith; Tom-Kenny; Kingston (the Black Boy)-Master Russell; Kitty (with song)-Mrs Russell; Lady Charlotte-Miss Taylor; Lady Bab-Mrs Wilks; Cook-Mrs Newby.
Cast
Role: Freeman Actor: Johnson

Song: 2nd piece: With all the original Songs, Chorusses-

Entertainment: Imitations, as17760930

11277
December 1664 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: John Lacy's The Old Troop; or, Monsieur Raggou was probably acted by this time. Not published until 1672, it was, however, referred to in the Epilogue to The Vestal Virgin (which was entered in the Stationers' Register, 7 March 1664@5): @If nothing pleases but Variety,@I'll turn Ragou into a Tragedy.@When Lacy, like a whining Lover dies.

Performances

11278
09 February 1665 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: John Evelyn, writing to Viscount Cornbury this day, protested the frequency of theatrical performances during the Lenten "Indiction" after hearing that there was to be "no Lent indicted this year." He wondered if Fridays and Saturdays could not be spared from the licentiousness of plays. (See Diary and Correspondence, ed. Bray III, 150-52.

Performances

11279
26 October 1671 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: John Aubrey to Anthony a Wood, 26 Oct. 1671: I am writing a comedy for Thomas Shadwell, which I have almost finished since I came here, et quorum pars magna sui.... And I shall fit him with another, The Countrey Rebell, both humours untoucht, but of this, mum! for 'tis very satyricall against some of my mischievous enemies which I in my tumbling up and down have collected (Aubrey's Brief Lives, ed. Andrew Clark [Oxford, 1898], I, 52n). See also the season of 1670-71

Performances

11280
July 1674 @ Oxford University

Event Comment: John Dryden wrote a Prologue to the University of Oxford and an Epilogue to the University of Oxford in 1674. The Prologue was apparently spoken by Hart, the Epilogue by Mrs Marshall. See also Sybil Rosenfeld, Some Notes on the Players in Oxford, 1661-1713, Review of English Studies, XIX (1943), 368

Performances

11281
22 April 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: John Verney to Sir Ralph Verney, 25 April 1675: The King on Saturday night sent for the keys from the Earl of Clarendon--'tis said the reason is, that last Thursday a play was acted at court, and after orders given that no more should be let in, his lordship came to the door, which the guard refused to open, tho' he told them who he was, on which he broke it open and struck a yeoman of the guard. Some say a chamberlain was never before turned out for beating a yeoman of the guard (HMC, 7th Report, Appendix, [1879], p. 464)

Performances

11282
31 August 1680 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: John Perin paid #1 10s. for a booth at the Fair in 1680. See Rosenfeld, Theatre of the London Fairs, p. 6

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

11283
06 March 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [John Banks's The Island Queens (1684) altered.] And by reason of the extraordinary Charge in the Decoration of it, the Prices will be rais'd, Boxes 5s., Pit 3s., First Gallery 2s., Upper Gallery 1s. At 5:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens Or The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland

Related Works
Related Work: The Island Queens; or, The Death of Mary, Queen of Scotland Author(s): John Banks

11284
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

11285
18 September 1755 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Injurd Merchant Or The Extravagant Son

Afterpiece Title: The Jew in Distress or Harlequin turnd Sharper

Song: Phillips, Mrs Vaux, Mrs St.John

Performance Comment: John.

Dance: Phillips, Mrs Vaux, Mrs St.John

Performance Comment: John.

11286
10 March 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [John Baker, Diary, p. 106: "Went apres midi con Uxor in chariot to 'Messiah', could not get seat in Upper Gallery, sat in lower."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

11287
11 July 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bury Fair

Music: The last New Entertainment compos'd for Flutes on the Stage,-Mr Bannister, Mr Bannister's Son

Song: Mrs Lyndsey

Dance:

11288
18 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion

Music: Entertainment of flute music-Bannister, Bannister's son; A new instrumental piece-the best hands

Dance: The Highland, The Whip of Dunboyne-Claxton

Entertainment: Imitations. The Famous Mr Clynch will for this once, at the desire of several Persons of Quality, perform his Imitation of an Organ with 3 Voices, the Double Curtel, the Bells, the Huntsman with his Horn and Pack of Dogs-Mr Clynch; All which he performs with his Mouth on the open Stage, being what no Man besides himself could ever yet attain to

11289
04 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Entertainment: End of Play: A Burlesque Cantata-Bannister; with Imitations-Bannister

11290
25 August 1772 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Reinhold, Bannister, Mrs Thompson
Role: with the additional part The Old Woman Actor: Bannister.
Related Works
Related Work: The Maid's the Mistress Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: Several songs-Mrs Forbes; Musical Imitations-Bannister; An Odecomposed by Arnold will be sung in the manner of an Oratorio-Reinhold, Bannister, Mrs Forbes, Mrs Cartwright, Mrs Thompson, with a number of the best Chorus Singers

11291
27 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Entertainment: II: (By Particular Desire) Hippsley's Drunken Man-Weston; IV: An Ode on Masonry-Vernon, Dodd, Bannister; End: (1st and only time this season) Imitations with several new characters-Bannister

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17730918

11292
09 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Millidge, Mrs Johnston. Afterpiece by Allan Ramsay, with the Original Music, New Accompanyments, and a New Medley Scotch Overture. By Particular Desire. Paid Properties #1 17s. 7d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #207 15s. Charges: #65 10s. Profits: #142 5s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Patie-A Young Gentleman (first appearance this stage); Roger-J. Aickin; Bauldy-Moody; Cymon-Parsons; Sir William-Packer; Glaud-Johnston; Jenny-Mrs Johnston; Mause-Waldron; Madge-Mrs Love; Peggy-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Glaud Actor: Johnston
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Johnston

Entertainment: End Act II: Imitations[, Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister; [Act III: An Ode to Masonry-Vernon, Dodd, Bannister; [Act V: Judge Tycho's Sentence-Weston. [See17740505.

11293
25 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Entertainment: End: (By Particular Desire) Bannister's Imitations-Bannister

11294
03 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman Tug Bannister Bundle Wilson Robin Edwin Mrs Bundle Mrs Webb Wilhelmina Mrs Bannister

Dance: As17821231

11295
06 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Song: In mainpiece the Vocal Parts by Bannister, Reinhold, Mattocks, Brett, Mahon, Darley, Doyle; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy

11296
06 June 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falsehood Or The Distrest Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Tippoo Saib or British Valour in India

Performance Comment: English Colonel-Byrne; Lieutenant-Farley; Old Corporal-Rayner; General-Cranfield; Tippoo Saib-Follett; Ghazidy Cawn-Ratchford; Indian (with a song in character)-Bannister; Colonel's Lady-Miss Francis; Indian Women-Mrs Watts, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Invill; Orra (with a song in character)-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Indian Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: In 2nd piece: Battle Dance-, and a Representation of English and British Grand Martial Procession

Song: I: Hark the Lark at Heaven's Gate sings (set by Dr Cooke)-Bannister, Johnstone, Incledon, Mrs Mountain; End II: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon; IV: Fond Echo Forbear thy fond sigh (written by Shakspeare [recte Lewis Theobald], and composed new for the Evening's Performance by Shield)-Mrs Mountain; In Pantomime: Poor Orra tink on Yanco dear (the music by Dibdin)-Mrs Mountain; The Gallant Soldier born to Arms (composed by Hook)-Incledon; Indian War Song-Bannister; The Tobacco Box: Tho' the Fate of Battle on Tomorrow wait-Johnstone, Mrs Warrell

11297
23 October 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee

Song: A new song-Mrs Campion; Dialogue between two Beaus and two Coquet Ladies-

Dance: A new dance-Mrs Campion, Laferry; An Entry-Mrs Campion; the Dance- originally performed in The World in the Moon

Music: An Entertainment of New Instrumental Musick-Mr Bannister

11298
11 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Mariage a la Mode

Music: The best Masters; several Songs in Italian and English-Mr Pate (having recover'd his Voice); Singing-Leveridge, Hughes; accompanied-Bannister; several of Corelli's Sonatas-Gasperini; accompanied-Dupar

Dance: As17030123

11299
20 April 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music , composed by that great Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion-; With several Sonatas with Flutes and Hautboys-; and likewise a Sonata with two Flutes-Mr Paisible, Mr Bannister; And several Songs in Italian with Flutes and Hautboys,-Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick Consort in England but once; The whole being entirely new composed and accompanied-Seignior Gioseppe Saggion; And likewise several Songs in English, composed by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell-

11300
23 May 1707 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; including variety of sonatas-Bannister, Paisible, Lully, Dupar; singing-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; a sonata on the Flute D'Almain-Pietro; Corelli's Sixth Double Note Solo-Viner