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2326 results for: Keyword - Kentish-man
We found 1421 matches on Performance Title, 539 matches on Performance Comments, 474 matches on Event Comments, 4 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1326
23 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Freeman Actor: Fawcett
Role: Coachman Actor: Alfred

Dance: As17880313

Song: End III: Ma chere Amie-Dignum

1327
31 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Manuel Actor: Cubitt

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

1328
27 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. Afterpiece: With the Triumphal Entryv of King Chrononhotonthologos into Queerumania attended with Drums, Trumpets, Fiddles, Flutes, Fifes, Flagellets, Lutes, Bagpipes, Tabours and Pipes, Marrow-Bones and Cleavers, Post-Horns, French Horns, Cows Horns, Salt-Boxes, Broom-stickado's. The different Instruments will be played after the Manner of the Queen's Band at Queerum. The most comical Tragedy that ever was Tragedized by any comical Company of Tragedians. Public Advertiser, 23 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Edwin, No. 19, Piazza, Covent-Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natured Man

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Performance Comment: Chrononhotonthologos (King of Queerumania)-Edwin; Bombardinian (his General)-Bannister Jun.; Aldiborontiphoscophornio-Moss; Ridgum@Funidos-Wewitzer; Herald-Gardner; Captain of the Guards-Phillimore; Cook-Barrett; Doctor-Ledger; King of the Fiddlers-Johnson; King of the Antipodes-Smith; Fadladinida (Queen of Queerumania)-Mrs Edwin; Tatlanthe (Favourite to the Queen)-Miss Collett; Maids of Honour-Miss Francis, Miss Palmer; Venus-Mr Mathews; Cupid-Mr Painter.

Song: End III: Four@and@twenty Perriwigs all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin

Performance Comment: End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin.
Cast
Role: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners Actor: Edwin.

1329
17 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: Love Without Interest; or, The Man Too Hard for the Master Author(s): William Penkethman

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Dance: End: Fortune's Favour-[see17881010]

1330
26 November 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Colonel Dormant Actor: Fearon

1331
22 December 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane The Great; Or, The Fall Of Bajazet, Emperor Of The Turks

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Song: IV: To Thee O Gentle Sleep-a Young Lady (1st appearance in public [unidentified])

Entertainment: Monologue End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Jackson

1332
30 December 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Clodio-Lewis; Don Louis-Quick; Antonio-Thompson; Charino-Booth; Don Duart-Davies; Governor-Gardner; Sancho-Fearon; Don Manuel-Cubitt; Carlos-Farren; Louisa-Mrs Bernard; Elvira-Mrs Lewis; Angelina-Miss Chapman (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Don Manuel Actor: Cubitt

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Entertainment: Vaudeville In Irish Fair: [scene in afterpiece] [will be introduced (for the 1st time) a Sparring Match-Humphreys, another celebrated Pugilist [Death (London Chronicle 31 Dec.)]

1333
21 February 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Yarico to Mrs Billington, but "The Director is extremely sorry to be under the Necessity of making such frequent Apologies for unavoidable Disappointments [see 18, 20 Feb.]; Mrs Billington being this Afternoon taken extremely ill, it is hoped Miss Chapman will be honoured this Evening with the usual Indulgence of the Public, in the Part of Yarico" (printed slip on BM playbill, cg, Vol. VI).] Receipts: #196 9s. (185.6; 11.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Dance: As17890101

1334
14 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Dance: As17890312

1335
20 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. Tickets delivered for Wednesday last, the 15th inst., will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 4 Apr.: Tickets [for 15 Apr.] to be had of Edwin, No. 19, Piazza, Covent-Garden. Mainpiece: Written by Dr Goldsmith. Afterpiece: By Permission of [George Colman elder, owner of the copyright]. Receipts: #326 1s. 6d. (228.6.6; 9.13.0; tickets: 88.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natured Man

Performance Comment: Croaker-Edwin; Honeywood-Farren; Sir William Honeywood-Hull; Leontine-Macready; Jarvis-Fearon; Butler-Blanchard; Bailiff-Ryder; Follower-Painter; Frenchman-Wewitzer; Post@Boy-Rock; Lofty-Lewis; Mrs Croaker-Mrs Webb; Olivia-Mrs Inchbald; Garnet-Mrs Rock; Landlady-Mrs Platt; Miss Richland-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Song: End: a new comic song, Four@and@Twenty Periwigs all on a Row-Edwin

1336
17 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Cast
Role: Irishman in the Pit Actor: Johnson.
Role: Manager Actor: Williamson
Role: Gentleman in the Balcony Actor: Rees
Related Works
Related Work: Ut Pictura Poesis!; or, The Enraged Musician Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: The Family Party

Related Works
Related Work: The Family Party Author(s): George Colman, the younger

1337
18 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Man

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Seeing is Believing

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

1338
21 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

1339
24 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Cast
Role: Irishman in the Pit Actor: Johnson.
Role: Manager Actor: Williamson
Role: Gentleman in the Balcony Actor: Rees
Related Works
Related Work: Ut Pictura Poesis!; or, The Enraged Musician Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

1340
28 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Cast
Role: Irishman in the Pit Actor: Johnson.
Role: Manager Actor: Williamson
Role: Gentleman in the Balcony Actor: Rees
Related Works
Related Work: Ut Pictura Poesis!; or, The Enraged Musician Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Dance: End 2nd piece: as17890727

1341
01 August 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performance Comment: Mr Honeycomb-Moss; Ledger-Gardner; Scribble-R. Palmer; Mrs Honeycomb-Mrs Webb; Nurse-Mrs Powell; Polly Honeycomb-A Young Gentlewoman (who never appeared on any stage [Miss Style]).Miss Style]).
Related Works
Related Work: Polly Honeycomb Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17890728

1342
04 September 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Cast
Role: Irishman in the Pit Actor: Johnson.
Role: Manager Actor: Williamson
Role: Gentleman in the Balcony Actor: Rees
Related Works
Related Work: Ut Pictura Poesis!; or, The Enraged Musician Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: As17890728

1343
30 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Alderman Smuggler Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Performance Comment: Sir Toby Tacet-Quick; Bellcamp-Davies; Lake-Macready; Grog-Blanchard; Maurice-Rock; Sam Stern-Bernard; Cable-Darley; Rupee-Edwin; Cornelia-Mrs Martyr; Florimel-Miss Chapman; Nancy-Miss Stuart; Lady Tacet-Mrs Webb.

Dance: As17890930

1344
10 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

1345
04 May 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Trueman Actor: Evatt

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

1346
05 May 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Brunton. 1st piece [1st time; T 3, by Mariana Starke, based on La Veuve du Malabar, by Antoine Marin LeMierre. Prologue by William Thomas Fitzgerald. Epilogue by Richard John Hughes Starke (see text)]: With new Scenes and Dresses. And a Procession representing the Ceremonies attending the Sacrifice of an Indian Woman on the Funeral Pile of her deceased Hqsband. 2nd piece: Not acted these 18 years [acted 4 May 1776. Miss E. Brunton was from the Norwich theatre]. Morning Chronicle, 1 Feb. 1791: This Day is published The Widow of Malabar (1s. 6d.). Public Advertiser, 21 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Brunton, No. 35, Gerrard-street, Soho. [The mainpiece is sometimes stated to have been 1st acted at Mrs Crespigny's private@theatre@in@Camberwell, 1790, but "'The Widow of Malabar' was not first produced at Mrs Crespigny's Theatre. The Tragedy performed there is called 'The British Orphan' (also by Mariana Starke)" (Gazetteer, 24 Jan. 1791).] Receipts: #338 13s. (208.7; 2.8; tickets: 127.18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Malabar

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Holman, Farren, Thompson, Powel, Evatt, Harley, Mrs Rock, Miss Brunton. Cast from text (William Lane, 1791): Young Bramin-Holman; Raymond-Farren; Narrain-Thompson; 2nd Bramin-Powel; Albert-Evatt; Chief Bramin-Harley; Fatima-Mrs Rock; Indamora-Miss Brunton; Prologue-Holman; Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Cast
Role: Osman Actor: Cubitt

Song: In: Bannister, Johnstone, Darley, Duffey, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Miss Rowson, Mrs Martyr; The Music by Stevens-

Entertainment: Monologue. Preceding 2nd piece: Occasional Address-Miss Brunton

1347
14 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Rice at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 6:00, and begin at 7:00 [same throughout season]. [Address by George Colman, ynger (London Chronicle, 21 June).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Man

Performance Comment: Lord Lovemore-R. Palmer; Sir John Classick-Bannister Jun.; Mr Classick-Aickin; Mr Tradewell Classick-Kemble; Dorimant-Williamson; William-Barrett; Lady Classick-Mrs Kemble; Emily-Mrs Brooks; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield.
Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Entertainment: Monologue. Before: Occasional Address-Bensley

1348
29 September 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

1349
22 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

1350
30 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Rosina