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We found 1743 matches on Performance Comments, 700 matches on Event Comments, 506 matches on Performance Title, 43 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Digges (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Antonio-Bensley; Gratiano-Lamash; Gobbo-Blissett; Tubal-Stevens; Lorenzo (with songs)-Du-Bellamy; Launcelot-Edwin; Duke-Usher; Solarino-Davis; Salanio-Egan; Bassanio-Palmer; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Hitchcock; Nerissa-Mrs Wilson; Portia-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): George Granville, Lord Lansdowne

Dance: End III: The Country Wake-; End IV: The Italian Peasants, as17800530

Song: End: the following Catches: Suppose we sing a Catch, Soldier take off thy Wine, Poor Thomas Day-Bannister, Du-Bellamy, Wood, Edwin

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. 1st piece: Never acted here. 2nd piece: Altered from Prior. Never acted here. The Songs and Chorusses composed by Shield. Tickets to be had of Palmer at his house in Bow-street, Bloomsbury

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Palmer; Scandal-Bensley; Foresight-Edwin; Tattle-R. Palmer; Sir Sampson Legend-Usher; Jeremy-Baddeley; Trapland-Barrett; Ben-Wilson; (with a song in character) A soldier and a sailor-Wilson; Miss Prue-Mrs Wilson; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Lloyd; Mrs Frail-Mrs Cuyler; Nurse-Mrs Love; Angelica-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Legend Actor: Usher
Role: Ben Actor: Wilson
Role: A soldier and a sailor Actor: Wilson
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Henry and Emma

Performance Comment: Henry-Palmer; Venus (with songs)-Miss Harper; Emma-Miss Farren.

Dance: End 1st piece: As17800615

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Pedro Actor: Thompson
Role: The Fryar Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Bannister (of dl), Edwin, Wilson, Egan, Cubitt, Fearon, Stevens, Quick, Mrs Davenett, Miss Satchell. Probable cast from hay playbill of 13 June 1780, and Genest, VI, 196: Signor Arionelli-Bannister; Bowkitt-Edwin; Cranky-Wilson; Idle-Egan; Vinegar-Cubitt; Bouquet-Fearon; John-Stevens; Orator Mum-Quick; Dolce-Mrs Davenett; Cecilia-Miss Satchell.
Cast
Role: Cranky Actor: Wilson

Entertainment: Monologue.End 1st piece: a Prologue written by S. Foote, Esq.,-Master Edwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: Characters-Wilson, Edwin, Wood, Baddeley, Lamash, Barrett, Stevens, Kenny, Bannister, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Harper. [Cast adjusted from Public Advertiser, 17 Aug. 1779, and playbill of 29 June 1786: Cranky-Wilson; Bowkitt-Edwin; Bouquet-Wood; Vinegar-Baddeley; Idle-Lamash; Orator Mum-Barrett; John-Stevens; Signor Arionelli-Bannister; Dolce-Mrs Lefevre; Cecilia-Miss Harper. Kenny is unassigned.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Cast
Role: Lord Newbery Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Lord Oldcastle Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: End: As17810612

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Cast
Role: Lord Newbery Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Lord Oldcastle Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Cast
Role: Lord Newbery Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Lord Oldcastle Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17810620

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17810620

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17810620

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor: Bensley
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17810620

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Brass-Palmer; Dick-Staunton; Gripe-Webb; Clip-Lamash; Jessamin-Barrett; Moneytrap-Wilson; Corinna-A Young Gentlewoman (1st appearance [unidentified]); Flippanta-Mrs Wilson; Araminta-Mrs Lloyd; Mrs Amlet-Mrs Webb; Mrs Cloggit-Mrs Love; Clarissa-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Moneytrap Actor: Wilson
Role: Flippanta Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Entertainment: Imitations End II: Vocal Imitations-Bannister Sen.; End: Rhetorical Imitations-Bannister Jun

Event Comment: Benefit for Wilson. Second Course [1st time; M. INT I, by James Cobb. Larpent MS 567; not published]: With Songs and a New Overture. Entrement [1st time: INT I, by Charles Stuart. Larpent MS 566; not published]. Desert: Never acted here; by Permission of Harris [proprietor of cg. The playbill assigns Princess Huncamunca to Mrs Kennedy, but "Huncamunca was very well performed by a Lady who resembled Mrs Kennedy in her voice" (Public Advertiser, 23 Aug.; and see 24 Aug.)]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: the Feast Of Thalia Or A Dramatic Olio

Afterpiece Title: First Course a substantial Dish from Henry IV

Performance Comment: As Act I on 7 Aug., but Sir John Falstaff-Wilson (1st appearance in that character); Francis-Edwin; Poins-R. Palmer; Peto-Painter; Prince of Wales-Palmer; Hostess-Mrs Love.
Cast
Role: Sir John Falstaff Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Second Courae a Comic Dish never servd up before Kensington Gardens or The Walking Jockey

Afterpiece Title: Third Course an Operatic Dish The Son in Law

Cast
Role: Cranky Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Also by way of Entremet Ripe Fruit or The Marriage Act

Performance Comment: Character by Bannister Jun.; Mrs Wilson, Miss Hitchcock. Cast from Larpent MS: William-Bannister Jun.; Sally-Mrs Wilson; Nancy-Miss Hitchcock.
Cast
Role: Sally Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Desert Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Mr Noodle-Bannister; Mr Doodle-Bannister Jun.; Tom Thumb-Master Edwin; Lord Grizzle-Edwin; Ghost of Gaffer Thumb-Simpkinson; King Arthur-Wilson; Princess Huncamunca-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Glumdalca-Mrs Webb; Plumante-Mrs Lefevre; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Cargill. [As no Supper will be provided, the Cloth will be removed by Eleven o'Clock.As no Supper will be provided, the Cloth will be removed by Eleven o'Clock.
Cast
Role: Lord Grizzle Actor: Edwin
Role: Ghost of Gaffer Thumb Actor: Simpkinson
Role: King Arthur Actor: Wilson

Song: In Second Course: Auld Robin Gray-Miss Harper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedick-Henderson; Leonato-Hull; Don Pedro-Davies; Claudio-Whitfield; Balthazar (with a song)-Mattocks; Don John-Booth; Antonio-Thompson; Borachio-L'Estrange; Conrade-Robson; Friar-Fcaron; Verges-Cushing; Dogberry-Quick; Town Clerk-Edwin; Hero-Mrs Lessingham; Margaret-Miss Platt; Ursula-Mrs Poussin; Beatrice-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Benedick Actor: Henderson
Role: Antonio Actor: Thompson
Role: Conrade Actor: Robson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Wilson, Edwin, Robson, Lee Lewes, Quick, Egan, Stevens, Thompson, Bannister; Mrs Davenett, Miss Harper. [Probable cast adjusted from HAY playbill of 9 June 1781: Cranky-Wilson; Bowkitt-Edwin; Bouquet-Robson; Vinegar-Lee Lewes; Orator Mum-Quick; Idle-Egan; John-Stevens; Signor Arionelli-Bannister; Dolce-Mrs Davenett; Cecilia-Miss Harper. Thompson is unassigned.] hathi. hathi.

Dance: As17811101

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Cast
Role: Courtall Actor: Robson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Event Comment: [The playbill assigns Mrs Page to Mrs Wilson, and Mrs Ford to Miss Younge, but on the Kemble playbill both these names are deleted. Mrs Whitfield's name is written above Mrs Wilson's, but the name of Miss Younge's substitute has been cut by the binder; she was almost certainly Mrs Mattocks (see 25 Jan. 1782).] Receipts: #155 1s. (149/18; 5/3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Mr Ford-Wroughton; Sir Hugh Evans-Edwin; Doctor Caius-Whitfield; Mr Page-Hull; Host of the Garter-Booth; Fenton-Robson; Justice Shallow-Wilson; Simple-Joules; Bardolph-Baker; Pistol-Cushing; Slender-Quick; FalstafF-Henderson; Mrs Page-Mrs Whitfield; Ann Page-Miss Morris; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Ford-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Fenton Actor: Robson
Role: Justice Shallow Actor: Wilson
Role: FalstafF Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17811101

Event Comment: "[Henderson] stands before me with the muster of his recruits legible in his eye, and I hear the fat and chuffy tones by which he added humour to the ludicrous terms of the poet's description . . . The bursts of laughter he excited by this, which he did not hurry, but seemed mentally to enjoy, as the images rose in succession, were beyond measure delightful. He made his audience for the time as intelligent as himself" (Boaden, Siddons, I, 124-25). Receipts: #170 15s. 6d. (168/8/6; 2/7/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Henderson; King-Clarke Prince of Wales-Lewis; Blunt-W. Bates; Sir Richard Vernon-Whitfield; Worcester-Fearon; Northumberland-Webb; Sheriff-J. Wilson; Poins-Robson; Francis-Edwin; Bardolph-Booth; Douglas-L'Estrange; Westmoreland-Thompson; Carriers-Egan, Jones; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy (1st time)-Mrs Inchbald .
Cast
Role: Sir John Falstaff Actor: Henderson
Role: Sheriff Actor: J. Wilson
Role: Poins Actor: Robson
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17811101

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Cast
Role: Lord Lumbercourt Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: John Actor: Thompson
Role: Sam Actor: J. Wilson
Role: Betty Hint Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Cast
Role: Lord Lovell Actor: Lewis
Role: Marrall Actor: Wilson
Role: Tapwell Actor: Thompson
Role: Parson Welldo Actor: J. Wilson
Role: Sir Giles Over Actor: reach-Henderson
Role: reach Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17811213

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Ratcliffe Actor: Robson
Role: Derby Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17811023, but Comus-Trew; added: Bacchanals-Reinhold, &c; Principal Bacchanal (with the songs of Comus)-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]) .unidentified]) .
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Robson, J. Bates

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece the song of Arionelli from The Son-in-Law, as17820419; In afterpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo, as17820226

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Performance Comment: Woodville-Palmer; Lord Glenmore-[F.] Aickin (of CG); Governor Harcourt-Wilson; Captain Harcourt-Staunton; Vane-Swords; Grey-[J.] Aickin; Jacob-Edwin; Bridget-Mrs Wilson; Warner-Mrs Love; Miss Mortimer-Mrs Cuyler; Cecilia-Mrs Bulkley .
Cast
Role: Lord Glenmore Actor:
Role: Governor Harcourt Actor: Wilson
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: Characters by Parsons, Edwin, Wood, Baddeley, Egan, Barrett, Stevens, Kenny, Bannister; Mrs Lefevre, Miss Harper. [Cast adjusted from Public Advertiser, 17 Aug. 1779 and playbill of 29 June 1786: Cranky-Parsons; Bowkitt-Edwin; Bouquet-Wood; Vinegar-Baddeley; Idle-Egan; Orator Mum-Barrett; John-Stevens; Signor Arionelli-Bannister; Dolce-Mrs Lefevre; Cecilia-Miss Harper. Kenny is unassigned.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: : Cranky Actor: Parsons