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14801 results for: Keyword - John Cartwright Cross
We found 9827 matches on Author, 3769 matches on Event Comments, 2829 matches on Performance Comments, 563 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

13126
17 May 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece: At the Particular Desire of Several Persons of Quality, and for the last time this season. Receipts: #100 (Cross); #83 12s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: [The Lying Valet

Dance: [III: Savoyards, as17471215; IV: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; V: Dutch Dance, as17471128

13127
10 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for Boxes to be taken of Mr Hobson at the stage door of the Theatre. To begin exactly at six o'clock (General Advertiser). [This customary notice for all subsequent bills will not be mentioned further this season.] Receipts: #80 (Cross); #88 7s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

13128
17 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [See Occasional Prologue spoken at cg by Mr Barry (28 Sept. 1750): @When vice and folly overruns the state,@Weak politicians lay the blame on fate...@If Shakespeare's Passion, or if Johnson's art@Can fire your fancy, or can warm your heart,@That task be ours;--but if you damn, their scenes@And heroes must give way to Harlequins.@We too can have recourse to Mime and Dance@Nay there I think we have the better chance;@And should the town grow weary of the Mute@Why--we'll produce--a Child upon the flute@ This infant piper referred to again satirically in a Guide to the Stage, 2nd ed., 1751, p. 7.] Rec'd of Mr Warner for arrears at his Benefit 16 May last, #5 14s. As this belong'd to last season's Account, I shall make an allowance, and accordingly subtract it from the sum total (Powel). Receipts: #70 (Cross); #92 12s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Music: I: Concerto on Flute-a Child five years of age (1st time of his appearing on any stage); III: Another piece of music-the Child

13129
24 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #150 (Cross); #150 1s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

13130
27 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By desire. Powel: Rec'd of Mr Wolfall [Woodfall?] for a ticket for the season to admit one into any part of the house, behind the scenes and to Benefit nights excepted--#15 15s. N.B.: These tickets us'd to be no more than ten guineas each before Mr Garrick's time, as for example Mr Ibbeston upon Ludgate hill, and Mr Tinker gave no more for theirs. Receipts: #170 (Cross); #166 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

13131
29 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #190 (Cross); #183 15s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

13132
04 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #150 (Cross); #139 10s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

13133
11 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By desire. Receipts: #170 (Cross); #147 17s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: V: Savoyards, as17480920

13134
13 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #120 (Cross); #115 8s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

13135
14 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #170 (Cross); #141 9s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

13136
19 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Massenger, never acted there. Receipts: #120 (Cross); #93 14s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Dance: II: Savoyards, as17480920; V: Dance of Gondoliers-Cooke

Music: III: Concerto on Flute, as17480917

13137
20 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #120 (Cross); #93 14s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Dance: As17481019

Music: As17481019

13138
21 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: TThe Fair Penitent is deferr'd, on account of Mr Barry's Indisposition, till tomorrow. Receipts: #110 (Cross); #95 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: As17481019

Music: As17481019

13139
22 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the particular desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #140 (Cross); #131 6s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Music: CConcerto on Flute-the Child

13140
25 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross); #134 11s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Dance: III: Savoyards, as17480920

Music: SScotch Sonata on Flute-the Child

13141
01 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #120 (Cross); #89 1s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17481027

Ballet: End of Play: Vertumnus and Pomona. As17481027

13142
02 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 (Cross); #158 10s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

13143
03 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #30 (Cross); #49 12s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Music: I: Scots Sonato on Flute-the Child; IV: A Piece of Music on Flute-the Child

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17481027; III: The Savoyards, as17480920

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. Cooke, Anne Auretti

13144
04 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #180 (Cross); #141 14s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

13145
05 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 (Cross); #130 19s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Ballet: VVertumnus and Pomona. As17481103

13146
08 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 (Cross); #167 17s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discovered

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

13147
09 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #50 (Cross); #64 2s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Music: I: Scots Sonato-the child; IV: Piece of Music-the Child

Dance: III: New Comic Dance call'd Italian Cabaret-Matthews, Mrs Addison

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. As17481103

13148
10 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. [A long critical analysis of The Orphan appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine this month, admitting that it evoked compassion, but finding it deficient in "exhibiting some useful instruction."] Receipts: #130 (Cross); #109 4s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: V: Savoyards, as17480920

13149
15 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The songs and chorusses new set by Mr Arne. Receipts: #70 (Cross); #71 4s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Winstone
Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado about Nothing Author(s): John Philip Kemble

13150
16 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #120 (Cross); #108 13s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Winstone
Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado about Nothing Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17481027