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3027 results for: Keyword - M. G. Lewis, Esq.
We found 1371 matches on Performance Comments, 1166 matches on Author, 615 matches on Event Comments, 50 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2301
05 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Lewis; Myrtle-Wroughton; Sealand-Clarke; Cimberton-Quick; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Tom-Woodward; Humphrey-Thompson; Daniel-Wewitzer; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Pitt; Isabella-Mrs Booth; Indiana-Mrs Jackson; first time. In II, a Song-DuBellamy.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

2302
06 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: As17751130, but Young Wilding-Lewis , first time.

Dance: End Opera: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

2303
24 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Wroughton; Sir Bashful-Quick; Sir Brilliant-Lewis; William-Lee Lewes; Sideboard-Booth; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Constant-Mrs Lessingham; Muslin-Mrs Green; Mignionet-Miss Valois; Furnish-Mrs Poussin; Widow Belmour (With a Song)-Miss Barsanti.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

2304
05 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Jaques-Barry; Orlando-Lewis; Adam-Lee; Duke Senior-Hull; Amiens (with Songs)-Mattocks; Oliver-Wroughton; Duke Frederick-Fearon; Touchstone-Woodward; Caelia (with the Cukoo Song)-Mrs Mattocks; Phoebe-Miss Dayes; Audrey-Mrs Pitt; Rosalind-Mrs Barry; in V, a Dance of Forresters-Daguville.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Dance: I: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

2305
05 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Sheridan; Sir Paul Plyant-Quick; Careless-Lewis; Mellefont-Wroughton; Brisk-Lee Lewes; Lord Touchwood-Clarke; Lord Froth-Booth; Lady Plyant-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Froth-Mrs Green; Cynthia-Mrs Jackson; Lady Touchwood-A Gentlewoman (first appearance on the stage).

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Dance: End: The Italian Gamesters-the Zuchellis. [Query: Gardeners or the dance called simply The Gamesters? See17751011.

2306
23 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17760222, but Lear-Lee; Edgar-Lewis; Burgandy-Booth; Arante-Mrs Masters; Cordelia-a Young Gentlewoman, first appearance on any stage.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: End: The Italian Gamesters, as17760305

2307
26 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Sir John Restless-Lee Lewes; Sir W. Belmont-L'Estrange; Young Belmont-Wroughton; Blandford-Fearon; Beverly-Lewis; Lady Restless-Mrs Mattocks; Tattle-Mrs Pitt; Clarissa-Miss Dayes; Belinda-Miss Barsanti.

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: End: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

Monologue: Before: The Occasional Prelude. Manager-Wroughton; Young Actress-Miss Barsanti. [See 10 May 1773.

2308
27 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Lewis; Tattle-Woodward; Scnadal-Hull; Jeremy-Lee Lewes; Sir Sampson-Dunstall; Foresight-Quick; Trapland-Cushing; Ben (with song)-Wilson; Mrs Frail-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Prue-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Foresight-Miss Ambrose; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Angelica-Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Monologue: Interlude. Taken from The Register Office. End of Play, By Particular Desire and for that night only. The New Character-Mrs Gardener , her first appearance here these 2 years; Melpomene-Miss Francis

Entertainment: After Interlude: Epilogue-Lee Lewes in the character of Harlequin (Written by late Dr Goldsmith) which will conclude with an escape thro' the Tub, as in the Pantomime of Mother Shipton

Dance: End Epilogue: The Merry Sailors, as17760314

2309
01 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eldred; Or, The British Freeholder

Performance Comment: Eldred-Jackson; Elidure-Lewis; Brennus-Aickin; Locrine-Hull; Eliud-Young; Morgan-Thompson; Eliza-Miss Ambrose; Edwena-Mrs Jackson; the Original Prologue, Epilogue-Mr and Mrs Jackson.

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: End: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

2310
02 May 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Hague; Lord Trinket-Cresswick; Sir Hearty-West; Charles-Trotter; Russet-Reynolds; O'Cutter-Painter; Tom-Morgan; Paris-Front; Major Oakly-Lewis; Mrs Oakly-A Lady; Harriet-Miss Reynolds; Toilet-Mrs Barrett; Lady Freelove-A Gentlewoman from Dublin.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Song: Between the Acts: Miss Barrett

2311
06 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Lewis; Amphitryon-Wroughton; Mercury-Lee Lewes; Gripus-Quick , being their first Appearance in those characters; Sosia-Woodward; Phaedra-Mrs Mattocks; Alcmena-Mrs Hartley; in Act IV, an Interlude between Plutus and Wit, and a Masque of Singing and Dancing: Plutus-Reinhold; Wit-Miss Dayes; Dances-Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli, Dagueville, Sga Vidini.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: II: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503

Monologue: Interlude. End: A Favourite Interlude (never perform'd there) call'd The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Mahon; Countryman-Wilson; Wife-Miss Dayes; Mother-Mrs Willems

2312
08 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17760429 but Horatio-Hull,third time; Lothario-Lewis; Sciolto-Clarke; Calista-Mrs Hunter, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503

2313
10 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I, With Humours Of Falstaff

Performance Comment: Hotspur-Wroughton first time; King-Clarke; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Westmorland-Thompson; Blunt-Booth; Vernon-Hull; Worcester-Fearon; Poins-Lee Lewes; Bardolph-Davis; Francis-Cushing; Carriers-Dunstall, Quick; Falstaff-Shuter; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy-Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: II: The Italian Gamesters, as17760305

Entertainment: End: Epilogue Riding on an Ass-Shuter; End I Farce: (By Particular Desire) the Cries of London-Shuter

2314
13 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Wroughton; Campley-Lewis; Brumpton-Clarke; Trusty-Hull; Puzzle-Dunstall; Sable-Quick; Tom-Jones; Trim-Wilson, first time; Lady Harriet-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Tattleaid-Mrs Pitt; Fardingale-Mrs Green; Mademoiselle-Miss Valois; Lady Brumpton-Miss Barsanti.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Dance: End: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503

2315
23 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Captain Plume-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Justice Balance-Hull; Worthy-Whitefield; Scale-Thompson; Scruple-Cushing; Serj. Kite-Fearon; Bullock-Dunstall; Recruits-Quick, Jones; Capt. Brazen-Woodward; Melinda-Miss Ambrose; Rose (1st time)-Miss Dayes; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Sylvia-Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

2316
25 September 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii; With The Fall Of Cardinal Wolsey

Performance Comment: King Henry-A Gentleman (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh [unidentified]); Duke of Buckingham-Stacy; Duke of Norfolk-Comerford; Duke of Suffolk-Kenny; Earl of Surry-Garland; Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury)-Lewis; Gardiner (Bishop of Winchester)-Massey; Lord Sands-Ware of Deptford; Lord Chamberlain-Johnson; Cardinal Campeius (the Pope's Legate)-Sparrow; Cromwell (Gentleman Usher)-W. Smith; Doctor Butts (Physician to the King)-Ward; Cardinal Wolsey-Stokes; Queen Katherine-Miss Reynolds; Anne Bullen-Mrs West; Patience (with a song in character)-Mrs Davies; Dame Prattle-Mrs Ross; Lady of the bed chamber [to Queen Katherine-Miss C. Reynolds.

Afterpiece Title: Miss Hoyden; or, The Man of Quality

Performance Comment: Lord Foppington (the man of quality)-Smith; Young Fashion-Sparks; Sir John Friendly-Ward; Lory-Johnson; Coupler-Lewis; Shoemaker-Dancer; Mendlegs (the hosier)-W. Smith; Sir Tunbelly Clumsey-The Gentleman who performs King Henry; Miss Hoyden (with a song)-Miss Reynolds; Nurse-Mrs Ross.

Dance: A Hornpipe-Mrs Marklew

Song: Between Acts: Singing-Mrs Davies

2317
27 September 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Performance Comment: Barbarossa-The Gentleman who performed King Henry [on 25 Sept.]; Othman-Comerford; Sadi-Johnson; Aladin-Smith; Officer-Lewis; Slave-Dancer; Selim-Stokes; Zaphira-Mrs Massey; Irene-Miss Reynolds; The original Prologue [in character-Master Kenny.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: The King-A Gentleman of Rotherhithe (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Dick-Johnson; Lord Lurewell-Smith; Keeper-Lewis; Joe (with a song)-Comerford; John Cockle (the Miller of Mansfield)-Newton; Peggy-Mrs Wilks; Kate-Miss Taylor; Madge-Mrs Ross.

Song: As17760925

2318
30 September 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife; Or, The Quaker's Wedding

Performance Comment: Colonel Feignwell-Comerford; Freeman-Smith; Sackbut-Lewis; Tradelove-Johnson; Obadiah Prim-Massey; Periwinkle-Newton; Simon Pure-Kenny; Quaker Boy-Master Russell; Sir Philip Modelove-Lloyd (from the Theatre Royal, Hay-market); Anne Lovely-Mrs Wilks; Betty-Miss Taylor; Masked Lady-Mrs West; Mrs Prim-Mrs Ross.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: As17760925

Entertainment: Imitations-Master Russell

2319
04 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: King Richard-A Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); King Henry-Comerford; Duke of Buckingham-Russell; Lord Stanley-Lewis; Oxford-Thomas; Ractliff-Johnson; Catesby-Smith; Tressel-The Gentleman who performed King Lear [at this theatre, 16 Sept. 1776; unidentified]; Lord Mayor-Massey; Prince of Wales-Mrs Wilks; Duke of York-Master Russell; Lieutenant of the Tower-Smith; Tyrell-Dancer; Earl of Richmond-West; Queen-Mrs Massey; Duchess of York-Mrs Ross; Lady Ann-Miss Taylor; Prologue-Morgan (in character of a Jew).

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Performance Comment: Gaylove-Kenny; Sapskull-Russell; Blunder-Massey; Slango-Dancer; Muckworm-Lewis; Combrush-Mrs Russell; Arabella-Mrs West.

Song: As17760925

Entertainment: Imitations.As17760930

2320
07 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs West. Tickets to be had of West, at the Ship, near the Seven Houses, Rotherhithe. Mainpiece: In Act II the triumphal entry of Alexander into Babylonv; In Act IV the grand Banquet where Alexander kills his faithful soldier, old Clytus. [The playbill contains a lengthy synopsis of the plot of the mainpiece; it concludes by noting that "the many flowery passages with which this tragedy abounds does honour to the pen of its author, N. Lee, Esqr., and we may justly say with Mr Pope, 'Such plays alone shou'd please a British ear, as Cato's self had not disdain'd to hear.'"]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great; Or, The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-West; Hephestion-Russell; Lysimachus-Smith; Cassander-Comerford; Polyperchon-Jones; Perdiccas-Johnson; Thessalus-Dancer; Aristander-Thomas; Eumenes-Brown; Clytus-Lewis; Roxana-Mrs Wilks; Sysigambis-Mrs Ross; Parisatis-Miss Taylor; Satira-A Gentlewoman [unidentified].unidentified].

Afterpiece Title: Marriage a la Mode [i

Performance Comment: e. Three Weeks after Marriage]; or, What we must all come to. Sir Charles Racket-West; Drugget-Lewis; Lovelace-Smith; Woodley-Johnson; Mrs Drugget-Mrs Ross; Nancy-Miss Taylor; Dimity-Mrs Wilks; Lady Racket-Mrs West (1st appearance in that character).

Song: II: the grand chorus, See the conquering Hero comes-; Between Acts: Singing, as17760925

Entertainment: Monologue.The Painter's Art-[from Taste, by Samuel Foote]; Lady Pentweazle-Master Russell

2321
11 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George Barnwell-Russell; Thoroughgood-Lewis; Trueman-Johnson; Blunt-Smith; Constable-Dancer; Uncle-Comerford; Millwood-Mrs Russell; Lucy-Miss Taylor; Maria-Mrs Wilks.

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

2322
15 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Cast from Morning Chronicle and Morning Post, both 16 Oct.: Marplot-Woodward; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Sir George Airy-Lewis; Charles Gripe-Wroughton; Isabinda-Mrs Whitfield; Miranda-Miss Macklin. [Gazetteer, 16 Oct., also refers to Dunstall, who probably acted Sir Jealous Traffic (see17780129).]Gazetteer, 16 Oct., also refers to Dunstall, who probably acted Sir Jealous Traffic (see17780129).]

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: Mirth and Jollity-Aldridge, Master Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Besford

2323
16 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Sir John Restless-Lee Lewes; Sir W. Belmont-L'Estrange; Young Belmont-Whitefield; Mr Blanford-Fearon; Robert-Booth; Brush-Wewitzer; Beverly-Lewis; Lady Restless-Mrs Mattocks; Clarissa-Miss Dayes; Tippet-Mrs Whitefield; Marmalet-Mrs Willems; Tattle-Mrs Pitt; Belinda-Mrs Bulkley (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: As17761015

2324
17 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); King-Clarke; Ghost-Aickin; Horatio-Hull; Laertes-Whitefield; Ostrick-Lee Lewes; Polonius-Quick; Player King-L'Estrange; Marcellus-Fearon; Bernardo-Booth; Francisco-Wewitzer; Rosencraus-Robson; Guildenstern-Thompson; Gravediggers-Dunstall, Jones; Ophelia-Mrs Mattocks; Player Queen-Mrs Poussin; Queen (1st time)-Mrs Jackson.

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

2325
25 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Performance Comment: Sir Charles Racket-Lewis; Lovelace-Booth; Woodley-Thompson; Drugget-Quick; Dimity-Mrs Green; Mrs Drugget-Mrs Pitt; Nancy-Miss Dayes; Lady Racket-Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: II: the Original Crutch Dance-[This was danced in all subsequent performances.]; End: As17761009