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12755 results for: Keyword - John Vanbrugh
We found 11034 matches on Author, 1684 matches on Performance Comments, 1148 matches on Event Comments, 323 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1376
26 October 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not Or The Kind Impostor

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Salway; Nell-Mrs Vincent; Lady Loverule-Mrs Kilby; Jobson-Mullart.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: Richardson, Miss Cantrel; A new Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates, Desse, Richardson, Miss Cantrel, Mrs LeBrun; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

1377
01 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Milward; King-Mills; Ghost-Quin; Polonius-Griffin; Laertes-Wright; Ostrick-Macklin; Horatio-Havard; Queen-Mrs Butler; Ophelia-Mrs Clive; Gravediggers-Johnson, Ray.
Cast
Role: Gravediggers Actor: Johnson, Ray.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd

Performance Comment: Sir John (with the Song, The Early Horn)-Beard; Nell-Mrs Clive; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pritchard; Jobson-Turbutt; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1378
02 October 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Salway; Nell-Mrs Vincent; Lady Loverule-Mrs Kirby; Jobson-Mullart; Butler-Arthur; Cook-Stoppelaer; Footman-Smith; Doctor-Anderson; Lucy-Mrs Horsington; Lettice-Miss Brunette.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Richardson, Miss Rogers; II: Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; III: By Desire, Tambourine-Mlle Villeneuve; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

1379
09 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17390904, but Sir John (with The Early Horn)-Beard; Nell-Mrs Clive; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pritchard; Jobson-Berry.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: III: Pierots-Pelling, Leviez; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

1380
17 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17391009, but Sir John-Stoppelaer; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Stoppelaer
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; In IV: Muilment; V: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: III: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards

1381
27 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17400317 but Sir John (with The Early Horn)-Beard; Nell-Mrs Roberts; Jobson-Berry; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: 7400317 but Sir John Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Muilment; III: Ballet-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; with music by Martini-

Song: V: Beard As end V, 25 March

1382
16 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17400327 but Sir John-Stoppelaer; Nell-Mrs Clive; Jobson-Berry; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: 7400327 but Sir John Actor: Stoppelaer
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; V: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: II: The Noon@Tide Air (Comus)-Mrs Arne; IV: By particular Desire, a Song by the English Captain(as17400325-Beard

1383
22 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: Hardy-Milward; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Roberts; Trim-Macklin; Sable-Johnson; Campley-Mills; Harriet-Mrs Mills; Charlotte-Mrs Butler; Brumpton-Winstone; Trusty-Berry; Puzzle-Shepard; Tom-Yates; Cabinet-Ridout; Swagger-Ray; Madem D'Epingle-Mrs Chetwood; Tattleaid-Mrs Macklin; Mrs Fardingale-Mrs Woodward; Mrs Matchlock-Marten.
Cast
Role: Sable Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17400416 but Sir John (with The Early Horn)-Beard; Nell-Mrs Pritchard; Jobson-Berry; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: 7400416 but Sir John Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Music: I: Preamble on Kettle Drums-Master Ferg; with Handel's Water Musick-

Dance: II: La Jalouzie-Desnoyer, Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: IV: English Captain (as17400325-Beard

1384
24 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Stoppelaer; Jobson-Berry; Butler-Raftor; Nell-Mrs Clive; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Stoppelaer
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: Tambourine-Master Gillier; a Boy of Six and Scholar of Muilment, his first appearance on the stage. II: Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: A new Serious Dance-Muilment; IV: Minuet-Master Gillier, Miss Morrison; V: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; In Afterpiece: Muilment

Song: I: Beard; IV: English Captain (as1740032m-Beard

1385
13 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Hecate Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17400512, but Sir John-Stoppelaer; Nell-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Stoppelaer
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: Muilment; II: Punch-Master Ferg; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: IV: A Dialogue between a Town Rxke and Country Lass-; End Afterpiece: A Trumpet Gregorian Song-; accompanied-a Chorus

1386
11 September 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Milward; Aboan-Wright; Blandford-Mills; Driver-Johnson; Governor-Turbutt; Stanmore-Winstone; Jack Stanmore-Ray; Daniel-Woodward; Hotman-Taswell; Widow Lackit-Mrs Macklin; Charlotte-Mrs Pritchard; Lucy-Mrs Bennet; Imoinda-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Driver Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): John Hawkesworth

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd

Performance Comment: Sir John (with The Early Horn)-Low, the first time of his appearance on any stage; Nell-Mrs Clive; Jobson-Turbutt; Lady Loverule-Miss Bennet; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Low, the first time of his appearance on any stage
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1387
06 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John (with The Early Horn)-Miss Jones; Nell-Mrs Dunstall; Jobsnn-Dunstall; Lady Loverule-Mrs Yates; Butler-Hemskirk.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Miss Jones
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: As17401205

1388
27 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry IV Part I

Performance Comment: King-Stephens; Prince-Ryan; Hotspur-Delane; Falstaff-Bridgwater; Worcester-Rosco; Vernon-Hallam; Westmoreland-Arthur; Prince John-Clarke; Blunt-Salway; Poins-Gibson; Bardolph-Stoppelaer; Dowglas-Hale; Peto-Anderson; Gadshill-Bencraft; Carriers-Mullart, James; Francis-Hippisley; Kate-Mrs Ware; Hostess-Mrs Martin.
Cast
Role: Prince John Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Salway; Nell-Mrs Vincent; Jobson-Mullart; Lady Loverule-Mrs Kilby.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: MMiller and His Wife-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Yorkshire Maggot-Haughton, Mlle Roland; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

1389
30 March 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Hecate Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17401209, but Nell (by particular Desire)-Mrs Roberts; Sir John-Lowe; Jobson-Turbutt; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennett; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Lowe
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

1390
10 September 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Nell-Mrs Clive; Sir John (with song of The Early Horn)-Lowe; Jobson-Turbutt; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Bennet; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Lowe
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1391
16 September 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Mrs Bishop; Jobson-Dunstall; Doctor-Baylor; Butler-Hemskirk; Lady Loverule-Mrs Yates; Nell-Mrs Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Mrs Bishop
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Song: Hemskirk, Bennet, Miss Medina, Mrs Bishop, two Masters and Miss Granier

Dance: Hemskirk, Bennet, Miss Medina, Mrs Bishop, two Masters and Miss Granier

1392
14 December 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pamela

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17410916, but Sir John-a Gentleman, Who never appear'd on any Stage before.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: a Gentleman, Who never appear'd on any Stage before.
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1393
21 December 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17411214, but Jobson-_; Doctor-_; Butler-_; Nell-_; Sir John-Mrs Bishop.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Mrs Bishop.
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1394
11 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17420327 but Sir John Loverule-Beard.
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Beard.
Role: Sir John Actor: Lowe
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1395
14 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Nell-Mrs Clive; Butler-Raftor; Jobson-Turbutt; Lady Loverule-Miss Bennet; Sir John Loverule-Lowe (in which character will be introduc'd The Early Horn).
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Lowe
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1396
21 March 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17430303 but Nell-Mrs Hooper (first time in that part); Sir John-the Gentleman who perform'd Macheath [Hayman].Hayman].
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: the Gentleman who perform'd Macheath
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Song: I: Would you taste the Noontide Air?-Mrs Hooper; III: Let me wander not unseen-Mrs Hooper

1397
05 April 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband Or Journey To London

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17430107 but Sir John-Hayman; Nell-Mrs Dunstall.
Cast
Role: 7430107 but Sir John Actor: Hayman
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Song: Hayman

1398
08 April 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Hayman; Nell-Mrs Dunstall; Jobson-Dunstall; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bambridge.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Hayman
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1399
26 February 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: See17450204, but Sir John-Brett.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Brett.
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

1400
12 March 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Brett; Nell-Miss Lincoln.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Brett
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley