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12202 results for: Keyword - John Ward
We found 9838 matches on Author, 2218 matches on Performance Comments, 1202 matches on Event Comments, 330 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

5601
22 October 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

5602
23 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Related Works
Related Work: The Confederacy Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: Desse; V: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: II: The Early Horn-Lowe

5603
24 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Peasant-Nivelon; II: Desse; In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan; V: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

5604
25 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: I: Peasant, as17401024; II: Desse; In III: Hornpipe, as17401024; V: Les Characteres de la Dance-Mlle Chateauneuf

5605
25 October 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Related Works
Related Work: Aesop Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Aesop, Part II Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: As17401024

5606
27 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Milward; Southampton-Mills; Burleigh-Havard; Rutland-Mrs Mills; Nottingham-Mrs Bennet; Queen-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Milward
Related Works
Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports; With The Stratagems of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Thyrsis-Muilment; Chlorinda-Mlle Chateauneuf; Swains-Desse, Livier, Carney; Nymphs-Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompon, Mrs Wright; Harlequin-Woodward; Le Chasseur-Lowe; Followers-Usher, Walker, Wildey, Dridge; Farmer Gubbins-Marten; Young Gubbins-Leigh; Goody Careful-Hough; Peasants-Green, Weeks, Usher; Peasant Women-Miss Woodman, Mrs Penkethman, Miss Story; Gaffer Fatacre-Turbutt; Colombine-Miss Mann; Toby Guzzle-Macklin; Diana-Mlle Chateauneuf; Hercules-Nivelon; Pallas-Mrs Thompson; Mercury-Carney; Pan-LaPierre; Ceres-Mrs Walter; Bacchus-Livier; Apollo-Muilment; Mars-Desse.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward

5607
27 October 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

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

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: As17401024

5608
29 October 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Related Works
Related Work: The London Cuckolds Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

5609
30 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Royal Merchant Actor: Milward
Role: Frighted Boor Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward

5610
31 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Royal Merchant Actor: Milward
Role: Frighted Boor Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: II: Ballet of Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Ballet: End Afterpiece: Grand Ballet. Diana-Mlle Chateauneuf; Apollo-Muilment; Mars-Desse; Hercules-Nivelon; Pallas-Mrs Thompson; Mercury-Carney; Pan-LaPierre; Ceres-Mrs Walter; Bacchus-Livier

5611
31 October 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: As17401029

5612
03 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Dance: In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan; V: Grand Ballet-Mons and Madem Maltere; lately arrived from the Opera at Paris

5613
04 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

5614
05 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Seyward Actor: Hale
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

Music: As17400926

Dance: As17400926

5615
06 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call it

Related Works
Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: As17401027

5616
11 November 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Woodward

Dance: As17401110

5617
15 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Dance: I: Peasant Dance-Nivelon; II: Desse; In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan

5618
18 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward

Dance: I: Peasant-Nivelon; II: Desse; In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan

5619
19 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Performance Comment: Oedipus-Milward; Creon-Quin; Adrastus-Mills; Haemon-Havard; Phorbas-Wright; Tiresias-Berry; Aegeon-Cashell; Diocles-Winstone; Pyracmon-Stevens; Alcander-Ridout; Dymas-Green; Citizens-Chapman, Turbutt, Shepard, Taswell, Marten, Ray, Hough; Jocasta-Mrs Roberts; Eurydice-Mrs Mills; Manto (with the Hymn to Apollo)-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Oedipus Actor: Milward
Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

Music: With new Musick The Songs, Choruses new by Mr Arne-Lowe, Savage, Mrs Clive

5620
19 November 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Inconstant: or, The Way to Win Him Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Woodward

Dance: III: As17401118; V: Drunken Peasant-Chettle

5621
20 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Cast
Role: Oedipus Actor: Milward
Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward

Music: As17401119

5622
21 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Cast
Role: Oedipus Actor: Milward
Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward

Music: As17401119

5623
22 November 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

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

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: III: A new dance-Master Matthews; V: Drunken Peasant-Chettle

5624
24 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward

Dance: In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan

5625
02 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Related Works
Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Woodward

Dance: III: A new dance-Master Matthews; IV: Les Berges-Mr and Mrs Davenport