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1438 results for: Keyword - Joseph Besford
We found 961 matches on Author, 323 matches on Performance Comments, 107 matches on Performance Title, 104 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1326
27 April 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: I: A New Tambourine Dance-Master Blurton (apprentice to Fishar, eleven years old, 1st appearance any stage); End I: Rural Love, as17661120; II: A Serious Dance-Miss Capon (Apprentice to Fishar, sixteen years old, 1st appearance any stage); III: A New Pantomime Ballet-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford (Apprentice to Fishar, ten years old, 1st appearance any stage as a dancer); IV: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Capon; Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford (Apprentice to Fishar, ten years old, 1st appearance any stage as a dancer); IV: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Capon; Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere.

Ballet: End: A New Grand Ballet call'd The Wapping Landlady. Jack (in Distress)-Fishar; the other Sailors-Petro, Hussey, Martin, Reynald, Curtat, King; Landlady-Miles; Milk Woman-Sga Manesiere; other women-Miss D. Twist, Miss S. Twist, Miss Barrowby, Miss Hilliard, Miss Daw, Mrs Viviez

1327
21 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: III: New Pantomime Ballet(4th time)-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, as17670427 End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford, as17670427 End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427.

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

1328
22 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: Double Hornpipe, as17670427 End: By Desire, New Pantomime Ballet(5th time)-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, as17670427

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford, as17670427.

Ballet: III: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

1329
26 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: End: Pantomime Dance-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford.

1330
08 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: RRomeo and Juliet oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Indisposition of Powell. Paid Jos. Besford for performing the Lyon two nights in Perseus 5s.; Paid Wm Gard for performing on the Horse and in the Lyon two nights in Perseus 7s. (Account Book). [See Perseus and Andromeda 19 and 25 Sept.] Receipts: #103 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: Pantomime Dance, as17670926

1331
01 March 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End of Opera: A New Comic Dance, call'd the Provenzales-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford 1st time

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford 1st time.

1332
16 April 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End I: Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Capon apprentice to Fishar; End Act II: By Particular Desire, The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114; End Act III: A New Grand Ballet, that night only, call'd The Tartarians-Fishar, Sga Manesiere (with New Dresses); End Act IV: a New Pantomime Dance, call'd The Spanish Coal@Heaver-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, both apprentices of Fishar

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford, both apprentices of Fishar.

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. Jack in Distress-Fishar; Landlady-Miles; Milk@woman-Sga Manesiere; A Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

1333
28 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Rose, Sherrard and others. Tickets deliver'd by Robson, Dixon, Wooley, Roberts, Fransdorf, Doe, Reed, Ellis and Pilfold will be taken. @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value 1!2 Value@Rose 20 31 25 #12 3s. #6 1s. 6d.@Sharratt 6 6 11 #3 10s. #1 15s.@Robson 1 49 52 #12 16s. #6 8s.@Dixon 4 39 33 #10 3s. #5 1s. 6d.@Wooley 3 38 64 #12 17s. #6 8s. 6d.@Roberts 13 53 42 #15 8s. #7 14s.@Fransdorf 33 33 #8 5s. #4 2s. 6d.@Doe 1 13 49 #7 2s. #3 11s.@Reed 10 13 37 #8 3s. #4 1s. 6d.@Ellis 6 33 #4 4s. #2 2s@Pilfold 25 128 17 #27 3s. #13 11s. 6d.@Total #121 14s. #60 17s. (Account Book).@ [See note to 27 May.]@ Rec'd of Gardner for his deficiency 6th inst. #13 3s. 6d.@ Rec'd of Miss Besford her deficiency 25th inst. #7 2s. 10 1!2d.@ Rec'd of Holtom for his deficiency 25th inst. #7 2s. 10 1!2d.@ Rec'd of Mrs Trott her 1!2 value of tickets 27th #2 16s.@ Rec'd of Miss Maddan her 1!2 value of tickets 27th #5 19s.@ Rec'd of Arnd Fishar his 1!2 value of tickets 27th #1 9s.@ Rec'd of Parsons his 1!2 value of tickets 27th #19.@ Rec'd of Morris his deficiency the 3rd inst. #2 10s. 9d. (Account Book).@ Receipts: #35 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17680527

1334
26 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: The Provenzales-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford [see17681123]; End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford [see17681123]; End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920.

1335
15 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant and son (Book and Box-keeper). Charges #87 6s. Deficit to Sarjant #14 19s. covered by #175 16s. from tickets (Box 477; Pit 293; Galley 126) (Account Book). Deficits and 1!2 values of tickets received from Barrington; Francis; Abbot; Miss Garman; Holtom; and Miss Besford. Receipts: #72 7s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

1336
11 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: II: Dutch Dance-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17671114.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17671114.]

1337
14 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: III: A Dance-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford; End: The Whim, as17691123

Performance Comment: Burton, Miss Besford; End: The Whim, as17691123.

1338
30 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: II: Dutch Dance-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford[, as17691111

Performance Comment: Burton, Miss Besford[, as17691111.

1339
24 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: II: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford , as17691111; End Opera: The Lamplighters, as17691005

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford , as17691111; End Opera: The Lamplighters, as17691005.

1340
24 September 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford. [See17691111.

Performance Comment: Burton, Miss Besford. [See17691111.]

1341
26 September 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Duke of York-$Miss Besford in Public Advertiser.] Afterpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Midas

1342
28 September 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: End of Opera: The Provenzales-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford. [See17680301.

Performance Comment: Burton, Miss Besford. [See17680301.]

1343
23 September 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End of Play: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17700924.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17700924.]

1344
30 September 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.]

1345
21 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford.

Monologue: Preceded: New Occasional Prelude. The Principal characters-Dyer, Kniveton, Younger, Davis, Cushing, Wignell, Saunders, Fox, a Young Lady Miss Barsanti her first appearance on any stage

1346
25 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford.

Monologue: Before: The New Occasional Prelude. As 21 Sept

1347
30 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17110930.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17110930.]

1348
07 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: A New Pantomime Ballet call'd The Bird Catchers-Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See dl 27 Nov. 1750.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See dl 27 Nov. 1750.]

1349
26 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: I: New Dance, as17730206; II: A New Comic Dance-Mas. Harris (Scholar to Aldridge), Miss Mathews; End Opera: (By particular desire) will be reviv'd The Whim-Aldridge, Sg Manesiere; End II of Farce: A New Dance-Mas. Langrish (Scholar to Aldridge) his first appearance, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Harris (Scholar to Aldridge), Miss Mathews; End Opera: (By particular desire) will be reviv'd The Whim-Aldridge, Sg Manesiere; End II of Farce: A New Dance-Mas. Langrish (Scholar to Aldridge) his first appearance, Miss Besford.

1350
30 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: Achilles in Petticoats

Dance: End: A Dutch Dance [see17720925]-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford.