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14974 results for: Keyword - John Day
We found 11035 matches on Author, 3059 matches on Event Comments, 1992 matches on Performance Comments, 823 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

13201
13 July 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twenty-Ninth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Orators

13202
15 July 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Thirtieth Day, Being the last night but two

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lyar

Afterpiece Title: The Orators

13203
20 July 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Thirty-First Day. By Desire of the Cherokee King and Chiefs. Being the last night but one

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Orators

13204
22 July 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The last Night and Thirty-Second Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lyar

Afterpiece Title: The Orators

13205
02 September 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The pieces deferred to this Day on account of Miss Elliott's indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

13206
13 November 1762 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera, music by several celebrated Composers. With new Cloaths, new Decorations, and new Dances. Pit and Boxes put together, and no Persons to be admitted without Tickets, which will be delivered that Day, at half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. By Their Majesties Command no Persons whatsoever to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor into the Orchestra. Gallery, Pit and Boxes will be opened at Five; To begin at 6:30. [Prices, terms of admission, and time repeated in subsequent bills.] Subscription Money to be paid to Andrew Drummond and Co. Bankers, or to Mr Crawford, Treasurer, for Silver t ickets. Signor Giardini the principal serious singer has arrived, and serious opera will begin as soon as possible (Public Advertiser). [Signora Mattei was again the promoter of Operas this season; Crawford the Treasurer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Tutore E La Pupilla

13207
22 January 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: LLove in a Village publish'd this day (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

13208
26 January 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit For the Author. A Riot to demand the same [half-price after third act] agreed to (Cross Diary). [Advertised for Drury Lane that particulars will be published in a few days on the charge of innovation in prices which last night prevented the play being heard.] When Holland appeared for the Prologue-hiss'd. Garrick appeared and agreed to take half-price at the end of the third act to all performances except the first [Winter] of a New Pantomime (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elvira

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): John Lacy

13209
21 February 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Opera By Particular Desire. The Thirty-Third day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

13210
07 March 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. The thirty-fourth day being the last time of performing it this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Dance: I: The Dutch Skippers, as17630101

13211
03 June 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: This Day being positively the last. [Note as 21 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Morning Lectures

13212
09 June 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Capitani, now in the King's Bench, singer in the Opera for 20 years past. Boxes 10s. 6d. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. To begin at 7 p.m. [A long note hn the Public Advertiser about the nature of Capitani's distresses--death of wife after an expensive illness loss of considerable sums in trade, now in debtor's prison. The Public Advertiser this day Published the following Sonnet V, seemingly a new sort of puff' for Foote]: @To Mr F-@While party rage, my F., distracts the state@And mutual lies contending parties raise,@As int'rest leads, or Pitt or Bute to praise,@Let vet'ran Tories with staunch Whigs debate.@With gen'rous Punch our spirits we'll dilate,@Laugh at those loud-tongued politicians' frays,@And to good Brookman's fame attune our lays,@Whose genial bowl all cares can dissipate.@Safely to Harrogate let Bute retire,@His gout at Hayes lett Pitt in quiet nurse,@And Wilkes at either Secretary rail:@These party feuds unsocial rage inspire,@Destroy all mirth, and all good humour curse,@But shall not o'er our joyous souls prevail.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Dance: Miss Capitani, Master Rogers

13213
06 July 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Ninth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Diversions Of The Morning

Performance Comment: Principal parts-Foote, Weston, Lewis, Davis, Jackson, Kennedy, Death, Johnson, Castle, Miss Harrison, Wilkinson.
Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Foote, Weston, Lewis, Davis, Jackson, Kennedy, Death, Johnson, Castle, Miss Harrison, Wilkinson.

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Heeltap Actor: Johnson

Dance: As17630704

13214
15 July 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. The 14th Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Heeltap Actor: Johnson

Dance: As17630704

13215
03 September 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Last Day's Performance. 37th Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Lewis, _Johnson.
Role: Heeltap Actor: Johnson

Dance: Rogier, Master Clinton, Miss Street

13216
20 January 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The words of The Pastoral Dialogue as sung by Beard and Miss Hallam are printed in the Public Advertiser this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser; or, Wagner and Abericock Author(s): John Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials

13217
04 February 1764 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: No Tickets will be admitted except those dated on this day, except those of the 21st of January, that could not then get into the House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Leucippo

Dance: As17640124

13218
09 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Pit and Boxes put together. No Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be delivered this Day at the Office in the Theatre at Half a Guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Gallery to be opened at half an hour after Four. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Half after Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lallegro Il Penseroso Drydens Ode

Music: CConcerto on Organ-Stanley

13219
14 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Oratorio By Command of their Majesties. This Day is publish'd Price 1s. Deborah, a Sacred Drama, or Oratorio, as it is performed By Command of their Majesties at Covent Garden...Printed for Benjamin Dod at the Bible and Key in Chancery Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, The Husband's Cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife of Bath Author(s): John Gay
Related Work: The Distrest Wife Author(s): John Gay
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

Music: As17640309

13220
23 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: This Day Publish'd. Price 1s. As acted tonight at Covent Garden, Judas Maccabaeus, a Sacred Drama. With Alterations. Printed for the Administrator of J. Watts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Macchabaeus

Music: As17640309

13221
13 April 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: TThe Messiah publish'd this day by B. Dod. Price 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: As17640411

13222
26 June 1764 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Fifth Day. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. To begin at 7 p.m. Mr Foote has changed his nights of playing to Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. [See 13 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: I: Sicilian Peasants-Master Rogier, Miss Valois; End: A new comic Dance, The Carpenter and the Fruit Dealer-Gherardi Jr, Master Clinton, Miss Street

13223
29 June 1764 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Seventh Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: I: Sicilian Peasants, as17640626 End: The Venetian Gardeners-Master Clinton, Miss Street

13224
03 July 1764 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Eighth Day. Books of The Patron to be sold at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: As17640629, but order reversed%

13225
05 July 1764 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Ninth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: I: A new Tambourine Dance-Rogier, Miss Valois; End: The Venetian Gardeners, as17640629