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7150 results for: Keyword - King</i> and $Queen
We found 3386 matches on Performance Title, 3185 matches on Performance Comments, 1888 matches on Event Comments, 25 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2926
18 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Plym, and Miss Ford. Tickets diliver'd by Mrs Lee will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Powell
Role: Cassander Actor: Havard
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: I: A Comic Dance-Miss Ford; End: The Irish Milk Maids=, as17651209

Entertainment: End: A New Epilogue-Miss Ford

2927
23 March 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets and Places to be taken of Mr Smith at his house in Beaufort Buildings, Strand; and of Mr Sarjant at the stage-door of the Theatre. Charges: #70 19s. 6d. [Profit to Smith #79 10s. 6d. plus #136 16s. from tickets (Box 388; Pit 198; Gallery 101).] Receipts: #150 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith, 1st time; Hephestion-Dyer; Lysimachus-Hull; Cassander-Clarke; Polyperchon-Perry; Perdiccas-Davis; Clytus-Gibson; Statira-Mrs Mattocks, 1st time; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Vincent; Roxana (with Epilogue in Character 1st time)-Mrs Bellamy; In Act II, The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith, 1st time
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: III: The Village Romps, as17661008; End: The Female Archer, as17661215

2928
30 March 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: By Desire. Benefit for Powell. Part of Pit laid into boxes. Send servants by 3 o'clock. House charges #74 10s. [Profit to Powell #207 5s.] Paid Johnston, under prompter #7; Five extra trumpets #1 5s.; 2 Flutes 10s.; Chorus singers #2 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #281 15s. (Treasurer's Book). Half past 4 walked to Drury Lane House. With every great difficulty got into the 2s. Gallery before; saw the Death of Alexander with his Triumphal Entrance into Babylonv and the Dance of the Vintage, for the benefit of Powell who played Alexander. Some reported that Garrick says he makes mistakes in the character exceedingly in the banquet scene, in which no one ever surpassed him. I cannot judge of the truth of this observation (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Powell; Clytus (for that night only)-Holland; Lysimachus-1st time, Bensley; Cassander-Havard; Statira-Mrs Palmer; Roxana (for that night only)-Mrs Yates; Perdiccas-Ackman; Aristander-Burton;Slave-Strange; Sysigambis-Mrs Bennet; Polyperchon-Bransby; Thessalus-Aickin; Eumenes-Keen; Hephestion-Packer; Parisatis-Miss Plym; Triumphal Entry-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Powell
Role: Clytus Actor: Holland
Role: Cassander Actor: Havard
Role: Aristander Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Cast
Role: Prattle Actor: King, 1st this season

Dance: End: The Vintage, as17661011

2929
21 April 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith, 1st time
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Performance Comment: Parts-Mattocks, Dibdin, Miss Poitier, Mrs Baker, Miss Potts, Mrs Pinto. King-Mattocks; Sir Trusty-Dibdin; Queen-Miss Poitier; Gridline-Mrs Baker; Rosamond-Mrs Pinto (Genest V, 135); [The Edition of 1767 suggests Sir Trusty-$Morrice;] Page-Miss Potts.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Mattocks, Dibdin, Miss Poitier, Mrs Baker, Miss Potts, Mrs Pinto. King-Mattocks
Role: King Actor: Mattocks
Role: Queen Actor: Miss Poitier

2930
24 April 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Powell
Role: Cassander Actor: Havard
Role: Aristander Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs

Dance: End: A Comic Dance-Duquesney, Mrs King, as17670302

2931
02 May 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Powell
Role: Cassander Actor: Havard
Role: Aristander Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: Dancing Actor: Miss _Reynolds, Mrs King.

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London, the Tombs of Westminster-Vernon

Dance: TThe Irish Lilt, as17670430

2932
25 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Charles Sarjant (book-keeper) and his Son (box-keeper). Tickets sold at doors not admitted. Afterpiece: For last time this season. Charges #89 6d. [Deficit to the Sarjants #11 16s., covered by income from tickets of #142 8s. (Box 346; Pit 260; Gallery 169).] Paid the Billsetters for Black Bills #4 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #77 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: As17670323 but Alexander-Ross; Hephestion-R. Smith.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Ross
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: III: A New Tambourine(by Desire)-Mas. Blurton, as17670427 End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Cast
Role: the other Sailors Actor: Petro, Hussey, Martin, Reynald, Curtat, King
Role: Landlady Actor: Miles

2933
31 July 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Read ye parts of Alexander, Clytus, and Statire before going into Pit (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander Or The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-Barry; Hyphestion-Palmer; Cassander-Gardner; Polyperchon-Bannister; Lysimachus-Davis; Thessalus-Smith; Clytus-Sowdon; Aristander-Thompson; Eumenes-Keen; Perdiccas-Strange; Roxana-Mrs Burden; Sisigambis-Mrs Johnston; Parisatis-Mrs Jeffreys; Statira-Mrs Dancer.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Barry
Role: Cassander Actor: Gardner
Role: Aristander Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): George Frideric Handel

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: As17670729 but Italian Peasant-Dulm ($Neville)

2934
15 March 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Barry; Clytus-Holland (that night only); Aristander-Burton; Slave-Strange; Polyperchon-Bransby; Perdiccas-Ackman; Cassander-Havard; Thesalus-Aickin; Eumenes-Keen; Hephestion-Packer; Lysimachus-Hurst; Roxana-Mrs Hopkins; Sisigambis-Mrs Johnston; Parisatis-Miss Simson; Statira-Mrs Dancer; With the Triumphal Entry-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Barry
Role: Clytus Actor: Holland
Role: Aristander Actor: Burton
Role: Cassander Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Autolicus-King; Florizel-Cautherly; Polixines-Hurst; Camillo-Packer; Antigonus-Aickin; Vocal Parts-Vernon, Mrs Dorman, Miss Young; Perdita (with song)-Mrs Dancer; With a Dance- incident to the piece.
Cast
Role: Autolicus Actor: King

Dance: End: The Wake, as17680220

2935
28 September 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: AAlexander by Mr Reddish-Very Bad (Hopkins Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Reddish, 1st time; Clytus-Jefferson, 1st time; Perdiccas-Ackman; Thessalus-Aickin; Cassander-Palmer; Polyperchon-Bransby; Eumenes-Keen; Hephestion-Packer; Lysimachus-Hurst; Roxana-Mrs Hopkins; Parisatis-Mrs Reddish; Sysigambis-Mrs Johnston; Statira-Mrs W. Barry; With the Triumphal Entry-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Reddish, 1st time
Role: Cassander Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: Glib-King; Sir Toby Fuz-Love; Patent-Packer; Mervin-J. Aickin; Carpenter-Moody; Sir Macaroni Virtue-Dodd; Wilson-Palmer; Prompter-Bannister; Housekeeper-Johnston; Shepherds-Dodd, Parsons, Hartry, Fawcett, Kear, Messink; Orpheus-Vernon; Rhodope-Mrs Arne; Sweepers-Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love; Miss Fuz-Miss Pope; Lady Fuz-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King

2936
07 October 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Reddish, 1st time
Role: Cassander Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: King

2937
24 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. To prevent confusion Servants are desired to be at the theatre by 4 o'clock. Charges #73 19s. Balance to Smith #62 3s. plus income from tickets #141 9s. (Box 413; Pit 162; Gallery 139). Paid Miss Potts for walking 12 nights in Man and Wife #1 10s. and Mrs Morris for walking 26 nights in Harlequin's Jubilee #3 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #136 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Hephestion-Dyer; Lysimachus-Hull; Cassander-Clarke; Polyperchon-Perry; Thessalus-R. Smith; Perdiccas-Davis; Clytus-Gibson; Roxana-Mrs Bellamy; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Ogilvie; Statira (for that night only)-Mrs Yates , first time; With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Whim, as17691123

2938
17 April 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Reel, as17700329 I of the Farce: A Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley

2939
28 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jeffries and Mrs Wrighten. Tickets deliver'd for Woman is a Riddle will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Cast
Role: Sosia Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King

Song: I: A Cantata call'd Queen Mab or the Fairies' Jubilee-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: V: Minuet, Allemande-Daigueville, Miss Ross [as17700427

2940
09 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Bensley; Cassander-Clarke; Hephestion-Wroughton; Lysimachus-Hull; Polyperchon-Perry; Roxana-Miss Miller, first time; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Pearce; Statira-Mrs Yates (that night only); With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander-into Babylon.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: DuBellamy

Dance: IV: The Old ground Young, as17701123

2941
22 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady and Double Hornpipe. As17710412Landlady-Mrs White

Performance Comment: As17710412Landlady-Mrs White.
Cast
Role: As17710412Landlady Actor: Mrs White.
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs White

2942
11 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Fox and Barrington. Tickets deliver'd by Mas. Harris will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17710509 with Double Hornpipe, as17710509

2943
21 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Holtom, Hamilton, Bates, and Mrs Dyer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

2944
07 April 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. The Young Gentleman who was to have performed the part of Lysimachus in the tragedy of Alexander...for the benefit of Mr Mattocks, being much indisposed, cannot appear in that character as was intended, it will therefore be performed as usual by Mr Hull (Winston, MS 10, newsclipping inserted). Charges #74 7s. Profit to Mattocks #108 10s., plus #38 10s. from tickets (Boxes 121; Pit 55) (Account Book). Receipts: #182 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Younger; Cassander-Clarke; Hephestion-Wroughton; Lysimachus-Hull; Polyperchon-Perry; Thessalus-R. Smith; Roxana-Mrs Mattocks; 1st time; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Pearce; Statira (that night only)-Mrs Yates; With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Monologue: True Blue. As 18 Jan., but Principal Parts-Mrs Baker, Mrs _Mattocks

2945
30 April 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: End: The Old ground Young, as17711030

2946
19 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Owenson and Branson. Tickets deliver'd by Rose will be taken. Charges #72 10s. Deficit to each, #4 6d., cover'd by income from tickets: Owenson #26 13s. (Box 48; Pit 59; Gallery 58); Branson #57 7s. (Box 65; Pit 53; Gallery 141). [Rose seems to have received his tickets gratis #20 6s. (Box 39; Pit 53; Gallery 26).] Receipts: #64 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: New Dance, as17720409

2947
22 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hartry and Fawcett. Paid 2 Clarinets overcharged the 8th inst. #1 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #205 4s. Charges: #64 15s. Profits to Hartry and Fawcett: #116 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Atall Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Young Philpot Actor: King

Song: I: A Cantata, Queen Mab; or the Fairies Jubilee-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

2948
16 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 7 Oct. 1768.] Mr Clinch made his first appearance in the part of Alexander tolerable figure & Voice a Little too much upon the Brogue, he is very wild & Aukward-but was receiv'd with Applause (Hopkins Diary). [Macmillan note from Kemble differs slightly.] Paid Dr Arne as per order #31 8s.; Mr Stacie for drawing leases, #3 3s. Tallow chandler's first bill #29 13s. 3d.; Mr Jefferson on note, #200 (Treasurer's Book). [Reviewer for Town and Country Magazine more favorable to Clinck's performance than is Hopkins.] Receipts: #149 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-A Young Gentleman [Clinch] first appearance in this character; Hephestion-Packer; Lysimachus-Hurst; Polperchon-Bransby; Thessalus-J. Aickin; Slave-Griffiths; Aristander-Wright; Perdiccas-Ackman; Eumenes-Keen; Clytus-Aickin[, first time; Cassander-Palmer; Statira-Miss Mansell; Roxana-Miss Young[, first time; Sysgambis-Mrs Johnston; Parisatis-Miss Ambrose; [In Act II, The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Aristander Actor: Wright
Role: Cassander Actor: Palmer
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babyl Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

2949
30 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Clarke; Lysimachus-Hull; Hephestion-Wroughton; Cassander-Gardner; Thessalus-R. Smith; Polyperchon-Perry; Roxana-Miss Miller; Parisatis-Miss Pearce; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Statira-Mrs Hartley (first time); Triumphal Entry into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Gardner

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: DuBellamy.

Dance: End II: New Dance, as17730206

2950
21 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Gardner

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17721012