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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, 23 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6126
05 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Leoni. Public Advertiser, 31 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Leoni at Basire's No. 34, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #231 6s. 6d. (118.8.6; tickets: 112.18.0) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Cast
Role: Druids and Bards Actor: Aickin, Hull, L'Estrange, Fearon, others

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: As17761107

6127
19 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin [and her last appearance on the stage]. Public Advertiser, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Macklin, No. 59, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #191 16s. (151.6; tickets: 40.10) (charge: #64 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End I: Minuet-Aldridge, Miss Macklin; End III: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17770215; End IV: The Frolick, as17761120

6128
22 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall. Public Advertiser, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Dunstall, Little Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #282 10s. 6d. (70.17.6 tickets: 211.13.0) (charge: #64 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: End: As17761109

6129
31 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Leoni. Public Advertiser, 19 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Leoni, No. 34, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #234 8s. 6d. (174.19.6; tickets: 59.9.0) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: As17771222

6130
06 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Public Advertiser, 21 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Dodd at his house in New Ormond-street, Queen's-square. Receipts: #245 7s. 6d. (102.15.0; 19.9.0; 0.7.6; tickets: 122.16.0) (charge: #68 19s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: Bensley
Role: Trapland Actor: Waldron
Role: Tattle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Cast
Role: Scander Actor: Bannister

6131
07 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Webster. Public Advertiser, 19 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Webster, No. 74, Great Queen-street. Receipts: #227 17s. 6d. (120.10.0; 22.0.6; 0.0.0; tickets: 85.7.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Song: Several newairs (never performed) by Michael Arne-for the characters of Cymon and Sylvia, on this occasion

6132
28 April 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall. Morning Chronicle, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Dunstall, Little Queen-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Receipts: #237 3s. 6d. (79.15.6; tickets: 157.8.0) [charge: #64 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Poney Races, as17780421; In afterpiece: Minuet, as17771121

6133
10 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Leoni. Public Advertiser, 24 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Leoni, No. 34, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Arbaces-Leoni; Artabanes-Reinhold; Rimenes-Mahon; Artaxeres-Mrs Kennedy; Semira-Mrs Morton; Mandane-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: As17790218

6134
09 March 1780 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Opera: The music by several Eminent Masters [chiefly Bertoni, with additions by Paisiello and Gluck]; under the Direction of Bertoni. Benefit for Pacchierotti. Tickets to be had of Pacchierotti, No. 20, Queen Ann Street, Westminster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Dance: End I: Grand Serious Ballet, as17800208; End II: La Bergere Coquete, as17800122; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17800122; Grand Chaconne, as17800122

6135
01 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kennedy. Public Advertiser, 16 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kennedy at her house, No. 36, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #231 12s. 6d. (150.16.6; tickets: 80.17.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Dance: End 2nd piece: Dance of Sailors-Langrish, others

6136
05 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Farren. Public Advertiser, 30 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Farren, No. 50, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #206 2s. 6d. (107.3.0; 29.17.6; 0.11.0; tickets: 68.11.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

6137
22 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. Morning Chronicle, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be of Farren, No. 41, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Receipts: #132 14s. 6d. (42.6.0; 21.10.6; 1.5.0; tickets: 67.13.0) (charge: #64 17s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: As17800222, but Faulkland-Farren; Julia-Mrs Farren (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Faulkland Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: Aickin

Dance: As17791215

6138
31 May 1780 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Opera: Performed in the Manner of an Oratorio. The music by Bertoni. Tickets to be had of Bertoni, No. 20, Queen Ann-street, Westminster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orfeo

Performance Comment: Part I. Overture-; songs-Sga Pozzi, Trebbi, Mme LeBrun; who will be accompanied-Cramer; solo oboe-Fischer; Part II. The Representation of the Opera, with Grand Chorusses, accompanied by such a Band as may render it most worthy of an English Audience. Orfeo-Pacchierotti; Hymen-Trebbi; Euridice-Mme LeBrun.

6139
27 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With the Grand Triumphal Entryv. Receipts: #156 5s. 6d. (117.0.0; 37.19.0; 1.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: or, The Rival Queens. Alexander-Smith; Cassander-Farren; Lysimachus-Brereton; Hephestian-R. Palmer; Polyperchon-Phillimore; Thessalus-Wright; Perdiccas-Chaplin; Eumenes-Norris; Aristander-Wrighten; Clytus-Bensley; Roxana-Mrs Ward; Parisatis-Mrs Sharp; Sisigambis-Mrs Johnston; Statira-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Farren
Role: Aristander Actor: Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

6140
09 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Du-Bellamy. Public Advertiser, 21 Apr.: Tickets to be had of DuBellamy, No. 6, Queen's Buildings, Brompton. Receipts: #170 17s. 6d. (60.4.0; 18.4.6; 2.1.0; tickets: 90.8.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Lissardo Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End: The Irish Fair, as17800930

Song: End II: Kate of Aberdeen-; End IV: Bessy Bell, Mary Gray-DuBellamy

6141
14 January 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mrs Greville and Williams. Mainpiece: Not acted these 5 years. Tickets delivered for the 17th of December will be admitted. Tickets and places to be had of Williams at Mr Spoke's, Tottenham Court; Mr White, Auctioneer, Queen street, Westminster; Messrs Ellis and Scott, Old Bond-street; Mr Hewitt, New Bond-street; Mr Cowcieroy, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury; and at the Excise Office Coffee-House, Old Bond-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Mrs Greville (of DL); Colonel Standard-Brinsley; Young Clincher-Swords (from the Theatre Royal, Dublin); Vizard-Cotton; Alderman Smuggler-Barrett; Tom Errand-Forrest; Beau Clincher-A Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Wife-Mr Pressley; Angelica-Miss Read; Parley-Miss Plain; Lady Darling-Mrs Fowler; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Child .
Cast
Role: Colonel Standard Actor: Brinsley
Role: Tom Errand Actor: Forrest

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Song: End of Act I of afterpiece Horn sweet are the Woodlands by Forrest and Groves. imitations. End of mainpiece, Vocal and Rhetorical, by the Gentleman who performs Beau Clincher

Performance Comment: imitations. End of mainpiece, Vocal and Rhetorical, by the Gentleman who performs Beau Clincher .

6142
02 February 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance [see17811117] by Henry, Bournonville, Raymond, with a Pas Seul by Mlle Simonet, and to conclude with the Dances introduced in the Masquerade [held at this theatre, 24 Jan.: The Prince of Wales's Minuet, The Emperor's Cossac, The Queen's Allemande, Quadrilles] (composed by Noverre) by Gardel and Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Simonet, Sga Crespi, Slingsby, Mlle Baccelli; End of Act II Le Triomphe de 1'Amour Conjugal, as17820110

Performance Comment: : The Prince of Wales's Minuet, The Emperor's Cossac, The Queen's Allemande, Quadrilles] (composed by Noverre) by Gardel and Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Simonet, Sga Crespi, Slingsby, Mlle Baccelli; End of Act II Le Triomphe de 1'Amour Conjugal, as17820110.
Cast
Role: Chief of the Island Actor: Slingsby.

6143
01 April 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. Public Advertiser, 9 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Pope, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #115 8s. (100/15/0; 14/5/6; 0/7/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #115 0s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Witwou'd Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17820223

6144
18 April 1782 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Allegranti. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Allegranti, No. 23, Queen-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: As17820219 throughout

Cast
Role: Chief of the Island Actor: Slingsby.

Song: In Act II two new songs by Sga Allegranti, one of which composed by Giardini

6145
01 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Du-Bellamy. Public Advertiser, 18 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Du-Bellamy at his house, No. 6, Queen's Buildings, Brompton. Receipts: #241 16s. (108/6/0; 27/13/6; 0/8/6; tickets: 105/8/0) (charge: #106 9s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Thou hast stole awa' from me, Mary; End of Act IV Kate of Aberdeen, both by Du-Bellamy

6146
03 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett and Wright. Morning Herald, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Suett at his house, No. 20, Gloucester-street, Queen's-square, Bloomsbury; of Wright at his house, No. 21, Bennett-street, Westminster. [Afterpiece: Prologue by David Garrick.] Receipts: #232 10s. (67/13/0; 30/16/6; 0/12/6; tickets: 133/8/0) (charge: #115 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: As17820318athi

6147
03 April 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by Half past Four o'clock. Public Advertiser, 29 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Pope at her house in Great Queen-street. Receipts: #278 3s. (86/14; 21/9; 0/10; tickets: 169/10) (charge: #106 5s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

Dance: As17830329athi

6148
24 April 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. Public Advertiser, 19 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Farren, No. 35, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Mainpiece: Not acted these 15 years [acted 24 Apr. 1777]. Receipts: #258 6s. (56/16/0; 14/12/6; 0/0/6; tickets: 186/17/0) (charge: #65 3s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

6149
30 March 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. Public Advertiser, 24 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Pope, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #268 19s. 6d. (94/9/0; 28/3/0; 0/14/6; tickets: 145/13/0) (charge: #107 1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: Scene l. A Church-yard by Moonlight. Poor ThomasDay by Barrymore, Chapman, Suett. Scene II. A Masquerade Scene. Song by Miss George, and a Scotch Reel, as17830920. Scene III. Time has not thinn'd my flowing Hair by Williames and Miss Phillips, scene the last. A Rural Prospect. Tally-ho! by Mrs Wrighten, and The Sportsmen's Return, as17840311athi .
Cast
Role: A Church Actor: yard by Moonlight. Poor ThomasDay by Barrymore, Chapman, Suett. Scene II. A Masquerade Scene. Song by Miss George, and a Scotch Reel, as17830920. Scene III. Time has not thinn'd my flowing Hair by Williames and Miss Phillips, scene the last. A Rural Prospect. Tally-ho! by Mrs Wrighten, and The Sportsmen's Return, as17840311athi .
Role: Tally Actor: ho! by Mrs Wrighten, and The Sportsmen's Return, as17840311athi .
Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

6150
26 April 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. Gazetteer, 6 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Farren, No. 35, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Mainpiece: With the Grand Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Receipts: #308 17s. (85/16/0; 18/8/6; 0/5/6; tickets: 204/7/0) (charge: #81 18s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Farren (1st appearance in that character); Cassander-Palmer; Lysimachus-Brereton; Hephestion-R. Palmer; Polyperchon-Phillimore; Thessalus-Wright; Perdiccas-Chaplin; Eumenes-Wilson; Aristander-Wrighten; Clytus-Bensley; Roxana-Mrs Ward; Parisatis-Miss Wheeler; Sisigambis-Mrs Hedges; Statira-Miss Kemble (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Farren
Role: Cassander Actor: Palmer
Role: Aristander Actor: Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: A Pasticcio

Cast
Role: Luanda Actor: Miss M. Stageldoir

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disguise