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5846 results for: Keyword - King of the Istowlawleys
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3626
04 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Giffard; Ghost-Walker; King-Pagett; Polonius-Julian; Laertes-Marshall; Ostrick-Peterson; Horatio-W. Giffard; Queen-Mrs Steel; Ophelia-Miss Hippisley; Gravediggers-Yates, Dunstall.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Pagett

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: III: A new dance-Master Matthews; V: Drunken Peasant and Clown-Master Matthews, Master Shawford

3627
28 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Zara-Mrs Porter; King-Hale; Osmyn-Delane; Gonsalez-Bridgwater; Garcia-Hallam; Heli-Stephens; Selim-Gibson; Alonzo-Arthur; Perez-Rosco; Mourning Bride-Mrs Horton; Leonora-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Hale

Dance: FFawns and Nymphs-Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

3628
10 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. For the better Accommodation of the Ladies, the Stage will be enclosed into an Amphitheatre, and formed into Boxes. Receipts: money #68 3s.; seals #135 11s. (Account Book); #202 (Rylands MS.). [According to the Account Book, Hippisley was charged #20 for his benefit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Master Hippisley; King Arthur-Mullart; Grizzle-Hallam; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Mullart; Huncamunca-Mrs Woodward.
Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Mullart

Dance: IItalian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; Wooden Shoe Dance-Mechel

Music: V: Handel's Water@Musick, a Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Jo. Woodbridge

3629
23 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Laguerre, Prisoner in the King's Bench. [Tickets of Laguerre at John's Coffee-House, next door the King's-Bench, Southwark. In the London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 22 April, Laguerre expressed his thanks to Giffard for giving him this benefit and added that, it being term-time, he had "by the common Licence of a Day Rule," liberty to act on 23 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Flora

3630
09 November 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Never perform'd before. All the Characters new dressed. [By James Dance, adapted from Richardson's novel.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pamela

Performance Comment: first edition lists: Belvile-Giffard; Jack Smatter-Gentleman who acted King Richard [Garrick]; Williams-W. Giffard; Longman-Paget; Colebrand-Balkes; Arnold-Dunstall; Andrews-Peterson; Lady Davers-Mrs Bambridge; Mrs Jervis-Mrs Yates; Mrs Jewkes-Yates; Robin-Crofts; Harry-Julian; Isaac-Vaughan; Benjamin-Clough; Arthur-Naylor; Jane-Miss Hippisley; Cicely-Miss Medina; Hannah-Mrs Dunstall; Rachel-Mrs Vallois; Annice-Mrs Bishop; Pamela-Mrs Giffard; Epilogue-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Jack Smatter Actor: Gentleman who acted King Richard

3631
23 November 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of Several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17411019, but King Richard-Garrick first named as Richard.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Garrick first named as Richard.
Role: The Part of King Richard Actor: a Gentleman
Role: King Henry Actor: Giffard
Role: Buckingham Actor: Peterson

Dance: two Mwo Masters and Miss Granier

3632
17 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Bride-Mrs Horton; Osmyn-Ryan; Gonzales-Bridgwater; King-Hale; Garcia-Cashell; Heli-Stephens; Salim-Gibson; Alonzo-Roberts; Perez-Rosco; Leonora-Mrs Mullart; Zara-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Hale

Dance: As17411215

3633
16 February 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Woffington fainted (Rylands MS.). Last night, in the First Act of All's Well, which was acted at Drury Lane, Mrs Woffington was taken so violently ill, that she fainted away, as she stood at the scenes, ready to come on; After a proper Apology being made, the Audience with great Humanity and Patience, waited till another person dress'd to read the part.--This night the Alchemist (by Particular Desire) is to be performed; and on Thursday, His Royal Highness and the Duke and Princesses have commanded the Tender Husband. On Friday the Play All's Well will be represented; when if Mrs Woffington is not recover'd, Mrs Mills will be ready in the part. Receipts: #100

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Performance Comment: As17420122, but King-Delane.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Delane.

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: I: Sylvia wilt thou was e thy Prime, a new song of Mr Arne's,-Lowe; III: Was ever nymph like Rosamond-Lowe

Dance: II: A Concerto, as17420105; IV: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

3634
18 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17411020, but Player King-_; Player Queen-_; Francisco-_; Grave diggers-Rosco, Stoppelaer.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Player King Actor: Mullart

Dance: As17420213

3635
15 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By particular Desire. Benefit Delane. Places to be had of Bradshaw, &c. Tickets to be had at Delane's lodgings in Queen's Court, in King's St., Covent Garden. Tickets deliver'd out for Lady Jane Gray, will be taken this night. Servants will be admitted to keep places upon the stage. Receipts: #140

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills
Role: Player King Actor: Turbutt

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; III: a Ballad-Lowe; IV: Song-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: A Concerto, as17420105; V: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

3636
29 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Macklin. Afterpiece: With Courtiers, Maids of Honour, Daggers, Poisons, Ghosts, Pages, Guards, Rebels, Trumpets, Kettle-drums, Thunder, Lightening, &c., and other Decorations proper to tragedy. Stage to be form'd into an amphitheatre. Tickets of Bradshaw, and at Macklin's, No. 12, in Wild Court, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Tom-Miss Cole; King Arthur-Turbutt; Grizzle-Winstone; Gaffer Thumb-Arthur; Noodle-Green; Doodle-Raftor; Foodle-Leigh; Shoulderdab-Ridout; Deadset-Gray; Huncamunca-Taswell; Glumbdalca-Neale; Queen Dollalolla-Macklin.
Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Turbutt

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; II: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond-Lowe; IV: Bumper Squire Jones (By Desire)-Beard

Dance: III: (At particular desire of several persons of quality) Le Boufon, Italian Peasants-Mechel, Mlle Mechel after the manner of the Fausans

3637
07 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 2 Henry Iv

Performance Comment: See17420212, but Shallow-Hippisley; King-Stephens; Prince of Wales-Ryan; Prince John-Hale; York-Chapman; Chief Justice-Rosco; Westmorland-Gibson; Mowbray-Cashell; Hastings-Harrington; Silence-Salway; Pistol-James; Bardolph-Stoppelaer; Hostess-Mrs James; Doll-Miss Hillyard; Falstaff's Page-Miss Mullart; Falstaff-Bridgwater.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Stephens

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: As17420505; Chacone, as17411230

3638
14 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17411201, but Macheath-Beard; Mat@o@Mint-Ray; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Bennet; Jenny Diver-Mrs King.
Cast
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Mrs King.

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

3639
21 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No persons will be admitted behind the scenes, but those that have Silver tickets. Places to be taken for the Boxes of Mr Hobson, at the stage door of the theatre. [The note concerning silver tickets appears regularly throughout the season.] Play begins exactly at Six o'clock. [Customary notice not included further.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Performance Comment: Numps-Macklin; Clerimont-Mills; Clerimont Sen-Winstone; Sir Harry-Morgan; Tipkin-Taswell; Pounce-Turbutt; Mrs Clerimont-Mrs Mills; Bersheba Tipkin-Mrs Macklin; Fainlove-Mrs Ridout; Jenny-Mrs King; Biddy-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs King

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: III: The Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: Tyrolean Dance-Borromeo, Signora Constanza, Desse, Baudouin, LaPierre, Mrs Thomson, Mlle Gendon, Mlle Fabres; IV: A Peasant Dance-Borromeo, Sga Constanza; being the 1st time of their appearing on that stage

3640
09 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Quin; Macduff-Ryan; Lady Macduff-Mrs Hale; King-Gibson; Banquo-Bridgwater; Malcolm-Hale; Donalbain-Anderson; Lenox-Stephens; Seyward-Cashell; Seyton-Harrington; Hecate-Rosco; Murderers-Stoppelaer, Bencraft; Witches-Hippisley, Marten, James; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; With the Original Music-; The Vocal parts-Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Reinhold, Thompson, Mrs Vincent, Mrs James, Miss Hillyard, Miss Davis.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Gibson
Role: With the Original Music Actor:
Role: The Vocal parts Actor: Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Reinhold, Thompson, Mrs Vincent, Mrs James, Miss Hillyard, Miss Davis.

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

Song: By Desire, Arrah my Judy-Stoppelaer

Dance: Villeneuve, Dumont, Richardson, Delagarde, Destrade, Dupre, DeVaul

3641
13 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Quin; King Henry-Bridgwater; Richmond-Hale; Tressel-Chapman; Prince Edward-Miss Hippisley; Duchess of York-Mrs Woodward; Lady Anne-Mrs Cibber; Buckingham-Cashell; Stanley-Rosco; Norfolk-Stephens; Catesby-Gibson; Ratcliff-Harrington; Lieut-Ridout; Oxford-Bencraft; Duke of York-Miss Morrison; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Buckingham Actor: Cashell

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: HHappy Lovers, as17421006; La Villageoise, as17421006

3642
25 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Stephens; Prince of Wales-Ryan; Hotspur-Hale; Worcester-Rosco; Westmorland-Harrington; Vernon-Gibson; Northumberland-Carr; Dowglass-Anderson; Poins-Anderson; Bardolph-Marten; Blunt-Salway; Kate-Mrs Hale; Hostess-Mrs James; Carriers-Chapman, Woodward; Francis-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Stephens
Related Works
Related Work: The Humours of Sir John Falstaff, Justice Shallow, and Ancient Pistol Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Dance: GGrand Ballet-Cooke, Ann Auretti, accompanied Villeneuve, Dumont, Delagarde, Richardson, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs LaFont, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve; Characters of Dancing-Janneton Auretti; Tambourine-Cooke; Dutch Skipper-Delamain, Anne Auretti

3643
26 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 2 Henry Iv: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King Henry-Stephens; Wales-Ryan; Prince John-Hale; York-Chapman; Chief Justice-Rosco; Westmorland-Gibson; Mowbry-Cashell; Hastings-Harrington; Silence-Salway; Pistol-Woodward; Bardolph-Marten; Hostess-Mrs James; Doll Tearsheet-Miss Hillyard; Shallow-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Stephens

Dance: 2 As17421025

3644
11 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; King-Bridgwater; Queen-Mrs Woodward; Laertes-Hale; Horatio-Cashell; Ostrick-Woodward; Grave diggers-Rosco, Stoppelaer; Polonius-Hippisley; Ophelia-Mrs Vincent; Ghost-Quin.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater

Dance: As17421026

3645
20 January 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: As17421009, but Mrs Chat-Mrs King.
Cast
Role: Mrs Chat Actor: Mrs King.

Song: I: Beard; III: Lowe

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Dance: II: Neopolitan Punch, as17430114; IV: Italian Gardeners, as17421231

3646
02 February 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Never acted there before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Performance Comment: Parolles-Cibber; King-W. Giffard; Bertran-Giffard; La Feu-Peterson; Clown-Dunstall; Florence-Blakey; Dumain Sr-Mozeen; Dumain Jr-Freeman; Steward-Julian; Widow-Mrs Bambridge; Mariana-Mrs Dunstall; Countess-Mrs Butler; Diana-Mrs Chetwood; Helena-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: King Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Bickerstaff's Unburied Dead

Cast
Role: Father Actor: Julian
Role: Peasants Actor: Carney, Mlle Roland, Lapierre, Pelling, Granier, Miss Story, the Misses Scotts

3647
04 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Performance Comment: As17430202, but a New Dance call'd Les Amant Volages-Desse, Froment, Mrs Walter, Leviez, Baudouin, Mrs Thomson, Mlle Gondeau, Mlle Fabres, Miss King.
Cast
Role: a New Dance call'd Les Amant Volages Actor: Desse, Froment, Mrs Walter, Leviez, Baudouin, Mrs Thomson, Mlle Gondeau, Mlle Fabres, Miss King.

3648
10 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Berry; Hotspur-Whittingham, 1st appearance on any stage; Francis-Yates; Carriers-Morgan, Arthur; Kate-Mrs Mills; King-Havard; Prince of Wales-Mills; Prince John-Marr; Worcester-Winstone; Vernon-Blakes; Northumberland-Taswell; Dowglass-Woodburn; Glendower-Turbutt; Blunt-Green; Bardolph-Ray; Peto-Raftor; Gadshill-Leigh; Hostess-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Havard

Song: 1 As17430120

Music: 1 As17430205

3649
16 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17430110, but King Henry-Blakes; Tressel-Cross.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Blakes
Role: Buckingham Actor: Mills
Role: King Edward V Actor: Mrs Ridout

Song: As17430413

Music: III: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

3650
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: GGodwin's and Adam's Booth opposite Hospital Gate, West Smithfield; Boxes 1s. 6d. Pit 1s., Gallery 6d. Upper gallery 3d. To begin every Day during the Fair. From 12 p.m. to 10 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphant Queen Of Hungary; Or, The French Defeated; With A Lively Representation Of His Britannick Majesty's Conquest At Dettingen

Performance Comment: Queen-Miss Clarke; King of France-Freeman; Cardinal-Phenix; Marshall-Frazier.
Cast
Role: King of France Actor: Freeman

Afterpiece Title: The Wanton Maid; or, Lover Outwitted; with Tricks of Harlequin

Dance: JJockey Dance-Adams