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13190 results for: Keyword - John Philip Kemble
We found 10087 matches on Author, 2927 matches on Performance Comments, 1608 matches on Event Comments, 406 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

11676
21 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [Miss Smith is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Annette and Lubin

11677
07 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [The playbill retains Henderson as Valentine, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted. On 21 Nov. the part was acted by Farren.] Receipts: #187 3s. 6d. (158.2.0; 27.6.6; 1.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia Author(s): John O'Keeffe

11678
09 November 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Rundell is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. His 1st appearance on the stage was at dl, 19 Apr. 1776.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion

Cast
Role: Sir John Evergreen Actor: Quick
Related Works
Related Work: The History of Charles the Eighth of France; or, The Invasion of Naples by the French Author(s): John Crowne

11679
20 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Announced by the playbill, but "Not perform'd on Acct. of Mr Garrick's Death (at 8 o'Clo'Morng)" (MS annotation on Kemble playbill). See also Public Advertiser, 21 Jan.: Drury Lane Theatre was shut up last night on [this] melancholy Occasion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

11680
13 February 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Miss Thornton is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

Dance: As17781201

11681
04 March 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Daly is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Dance: As17790222

11682
08 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Daly is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

11683
27 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Double Deception, announced on playbill of 26 Apr.] MS annotation on Kemble playbill: I believe this was the last time Miss Younge acted at Drury Lane. See C. G. T. November 10th, 1779. Receipts: #107 10s. 6d. (66.17.0; 32.16.0; 7.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Pharo Table Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Mrs Honeycomb Actor: Mrs Johnston

Dance: As17790417

11684
13 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Evans & Curteen, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Mainpiece: On account of the additional Airs, contracted into 3 Acts. The Music by Purcell, Smith, Arne & Fisher. [Wright is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. And see 8 May.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Condell, Cross-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Evans, at Bromfield's, trunk-maker, No. 118, Long-acre; of Curteen, No. 11, Temple-lane, Whitefriars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: In: Aldridge, Miss Valois

11685
01 June 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wood, Percey, Shade & Cameron. Tickets delivered by Lewis, Hodges, Gardner, and for Monday, the 31st of May, will be taken. MS annotation on Kemble playbill: "I believe this was the last time of Mr Henderson's acting at Drury Lane, except when he played Jaques in As You Like It for Mrs Robinson's Benefit, April 7, 1780. See October 18, 1779, Covent Garden Bills." Receipts: #301 6s. 6d. (19.14.0; 2.14.6; 0.14.0; tickets: 278.4.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Cast
Role: Prince John Actor: Lamash

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: End IV: As17780919

11686
16 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Miss Storer is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #118 11s. (117.13.6; 0.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Mill; or, The Country Revels Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Maid in the Mill Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone of Invention; or, The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): John Brownsmith

11687
11 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the playbill announces the 23rd night of The Critic, but on the Kemble playbill it is deleted. Its substitute is listed in the Account-Book.] "The earliest notice will be given of the 23rd performance of The Critic, which is obliged to be deferred on account of King's illness" [see 23 Dec.] (Public Advertiser, 13 Dec.). Receipts: #126 14s. 6d. (89.5.0; 34.6.0; 3.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Dance: As17791126

11688
16 December 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Elliot is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #130 15s. (128.7; 2.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): John Hawkesworth

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror

Dance: End II: Dance of Slaves-

11689
20 January 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mrs Elliot is identified by MS anotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #208 1s. (178.2 29.5: 0.14)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

11690
17 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Burkett is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill; he was from the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin.] Receipts: #223 15s. 6d. (221.10.0; 2.5.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

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

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

Dance: As17791231

11691
21 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Bludrick is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #230 13s. (228.4; 2.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

11692
13 October 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Berry is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #185 16s. (184.6.6; 1.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End I: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17801003; End: The Villagers, as17801011

11693
31 October 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 5 years. [Mrs Green is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #143 3s. (136.5.6; 6.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: As17801027

11694
06 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Hastings to Smith, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Brereton's.] Receipts: #225 15s. 6d. (187.5.0; 37.11.6; 0.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

11695
24 November 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece; Not acted these 6 years [acted 15 May 1775. Trew is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.]. Receipts: #131 10s. (127.6.6; 4.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Song: Principal Vocal Parts-Davies, Mrs Morton, Miss Morris. [The music by Purcell.

11696
02 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: The 4th Night (see 25 Nov.). [The playbill retains Mrs Baddeley, but on the Kemble playbill her name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Farren's. After 1 Dec. Mrs Baddeley never acted again in London.] Receipts: #84 3s. (61.5.0; 22.7.6; 0.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Impostor

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Innocence; or, The Chamber-Maid Turn'd Quaker Author(s): John Leanerd
Related Work: The Young Quaker Author(s): John O'Keeffe

11697
08 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mrs Hedges, who is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill, was from the hay.] Receipts: #115 8s. (86.1; 27.17; 1.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Smith; Aimwell-Brereton; Foigard-Moody; Bonniface-Aickin; Sir Charles Freeman-R. Palmer; Sullen-Wrighten; Gibbet-Wright; Scrub-Yates; Cherry-Miss Pope; Dorinda-Mrs Brereton; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Johnston; Gipsey-Miss Kirby; Mrs Sullen-A Lady (1st appearance on this stage [Mrs Hedges]).Mrs Hedges]).
Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: End IV: The Irish Fair, as17800930

11698
31 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mrs Roope is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #164 6s. (162/5; 2/1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17810928; End of Act I of afterpiece the original Crutch Dance (performers not listed; it was included in all subsequent performances)

11699
06 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill. The playbill retains Henderson, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Wroughton's.]. Account-Book, 19 Nov.: Paid Holcroft in full for his [two] Benefit Nights for Duplicity #100. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duplicity

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

11700
01 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Miss Cleland is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #190 3s. (185/15; 4/8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin