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3713 results for: Keyword - MMr Harris James
We found 2149 matches on Author, 1195 matches on Performance Comments, 515 matches on Event Comments, 97 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3051
27 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Ben-Bridgwater; Valentine-Hale; Tattle-Chapman; Foresight-Hippisley; Sir Sampson-Marten; Scandal-Cashell; Jeremy-Woodward; Trapland-James; Buckram-Harrington; Angelica-Mrs Horton; Mrs Frail-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Woodward; Nurse-Mrs Martin; Jenny-Mrs Bland; Miss Prue-Miss Georgiana Bellamy, who never appeared on any stage before.
Cast
Role: Trapland Actor: James

Dance: TThe Peasants, as17420210; Chacone, as17411230; Rigadone Provencale, as17420226; Hornpipe proper to the play-Vaughan

3052
04 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Performance Comment: Aesop-Bridgwater; Learchus-Hippisley; Beau-Chapman; Hogstye-Woodward; Hortensia-Mrs Horton; Oronces-Hale; Roger-Marten; Quaint-James; Fruitful-Vaughan; Tradesmen-Stoppelaer, Smith; Euphronia-Mrs Hale; Mrs Fruitful-Mrs Martin; Dorio-Mrs Pritchard; With a Prologue-; Epilogue-; Songs proper to the Occasion-.
Cast
Role: Quaint Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Song: Songs in Masonry-Salway, Bencraft; Arra my Judy (by desire)-Stoppelaer

Entertainment: CCries of London-Salway

Dance: PPantaloon and Enamorata, as17420420

3053
11 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17411126, but Vandunk-Marten; Jaqueline-Miss Short; Boors-James.
Cast
Role: Boors Actor: James.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: CComic Dance, as17420510; Rigadone Provencale, as17420226; Minuet-Villeneuve, Mlle Fabres

3054
11 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Macklin; Dorcas-Mrs Phillips; Sir Jasper-Arthur; Dr Hellebore-Green; Davy-Taswell; James-Woodburn; Harry-Winstone; Charlotte-Miss Brunette; Leander-Lowe.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Woodburn

3055
25 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Macklin; Frederick-Havard; Clermont-Mills; Mariana-Mrs Mills; Furnish-Raftor; Sparkle-Green; Sattin-Gray; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Cross; Wheedle-Miss Bennet; List-Woodburn; Harriet-Mrs Ridout; Ramilie-Neale; Decoy-Ray; James-Turbutt; Lappet-Mrs Clive; in which character she will sing The Life of a Beau-.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Turbutt
Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): James Wild
Related Work: Fame; or, Queen Elizabeth's Trumpets; or, Never plead's Hopes of being a Lord Chancellor; or, The Lover turn'd Philosopher; or, The Miser's Resolve upon the Lowering of Interest Author(s): James Lacy

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Music: I: Concerto-Veracini; III: Let me wander not unseen-Lowe

Dance: II: Tyrolean Dance, as17420921; V: Peasant Dance, as17420921

3056
29 September 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Beville Jun.-Quin; Myrtle-Ryan; Cimberton-Hippisley; Sir John Beville-Bridgwater; Tom-Chapman; Sealand-Rosco; Humphrey-Marten; Mrs Sealand-Mrs James; Lucinda-Mrs Hale; Isabella-Mrs Mullart; Indiana-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs James

Dance: Picq, Mlle Auguste, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Wright, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Moudet; Also a Drunken Peasant-Duval, 1st time of appearing on this stage

3057
15 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone; Or, The Fox

Performance Comment: Volpone-Quin; Mosca-Ryan; Corbaccio-Hippisley; Lady Wou'd Be-Mrs Horton; Voltore-Bridgwater; Corvino-Rosco; Sir Politick-James; Bonario-Gibson; 1st Avocator-Ridout; Peregrine-Anderson; Celia-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Sir Politick Actor: James

Dance: The Je@ne@scais@quoy-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; La Villageoise, as17421006; Dancing-Villeneuve, Dumont, Richardson, Delagarde, Destrade, Mlle Auguste, Mrs Delagarde

Related Works
Related Work: Pamela Author(s): James Dance

3058
19 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Quin; Lord Touchwood-Bridgwater; Mellefont-Hale; Brisk-Woodward; Careless-Ryan; Lord Froth-Gibson; Sir Paul Plyant-Hippisley; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Woodward; Cynthia-Mrs Vincent; Lady Froth-Mrs Horton; Lady Pliant-Mrs James.
Cast
Role: Lady Pliant Actor: Mrs James.

Dance: TThe Je@ne@scais@quoy, as17421015; La Villageoise, as17421006

3059
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: Hostess Actor: Mrs James

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

Related Works
Related Work: Pamela Author(s): James Dance

3060
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: Hostess Actor: Mrs James

Dance: 2 As17421025

3061
28 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Sir Willful-Hippisley; Mirabel-Ryan; Witwou'd-Chapman; Petulant-Woodward; Fainall-Hall; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Stevens; Marwood-Mrs Woodward; Waitwell-Rosco; Lady Wishfort-Mrs James; Foible-Mrs Kilby; Mincing-Mrs Vincent; Millamant-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs James

Dance: As17421026

3062
20 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar; With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius

Performance Comment: Brutus-Quin; Cassius-Ryan; Caesar-Bridgwater; Anthony-Hale; Octavius-Gibson; Caska-Cashell; Trebonius-Rosco; Decius Brutus-Ridout; Cimber-Carr; Soothsayer-Marten; Plebeians-Hippisley, Chapman, Woodward, James; Calphurnia-Mrs Woodward; Portia-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Plebeians Actor: Hippisley, Chapman, Woodward, James

Dance: Sg and Sga Grimaldi; her 1st appearance on the English Stage. Les Boufons du Cour-Grimaldi, Sga Grimaldi; Les Jardiniers Suedois-Grimaldi, Sga Grimaldi

3063
30 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Ryan; Aimwell-Hale; Gibbet-Chapman; Sullen-Bridgwater; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Horton; Sir Charles Freeman-Gibson; Boniface-Marten; Foigard-Rosco; Dorinda-Mrs Bellamy; Cherry-Mrs Vincent; Lady Bountiful-Mrs James; Gipsy-Miss Short; Countrywoman-Mrs Martin; Scrub-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs James

Dance: LLes Boufons du Cour, as17421120; La Villageoise, as17421006; Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17421123

3064
07 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Pilgrim-Ryan; Alphonso-Hippisley; Roderigo-Bridgwater; Mad Scholar-Hale; Curio-Cashell; Seberto-Gibson; Old Pilgrim-Harrington; Verdugo-Goodall; Mad Englishman-Rosco; Mad Welchman-James; Mad Priest-Bencraft; Mad Taylor-Woodward; Master of Madhouse-Marten; Lopez-Carr; Jaques-Anderson; Fool-Miss Ferguson; Alinda-Mrs Vincent; Juletta-Miss Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Mad Welchman Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; La Villageoise, as17421006; The Happy Lovers, as17421006; Characters of Dancing, as17421025

3065
22 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banished Cavaliers

Performance Comment: Rover-Ryan; Helena-Mrs Vincent; Angelica-Mrs Horton; Col Belvile-Hale; Don Antonio-Gibson; Pedro-Rosco; Frederick-Bridgwater; Sancho-James; Florinda-Mrs Walter; Valeria-Mrs Hale; Moretta-Mrs Mullart; Lucetta-Mrs Kilby; Ned Blunt-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Sancho Actor: James

Dance: TThe Happy Lovers, as17421006; Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

3066
08 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Salway; Cepheus-Leveridge; Aethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Miss Hillyard; Mercury-Reinhold; Infernals-Villeneuve, Dumont, Richardson, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Harlequin-Woodward; Hussar-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Petit Maitre-Dugrande; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet de Chambre-James; Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus-.
Cast
Role: Valet de Chambre Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): James Messink

3067
09 February 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Ryan; Manly-Bridgwater; Sir Francis-Hippisley; Lady Grace-Mrs Stevens; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Kilby; Basset-Chapman; Squire Richard-James; Miss Jenny-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Martin; Lady Townly-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: Cooke, Les Damoiselles Anne and Janneton Auretti

3068
01 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: As17421025, but Dr Hellebore-_; Davy-_; James-_; Harry-_.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Woodburn

Dance: As17430120

3069
01 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17430101, but The Vocal parts-_Salway, Miss _Davis, Mrs _James, Miss Wright.
Cast
Role: The Vocal parts Actor: _Salway, Miss _Davis, Mrs _James, Miss Wright.
Role: Witches Actor: Hippisley, Marten, James

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Valet de Chambre Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): James Messink

3070
14 April 1743 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Julian; Frederick-Clough; Clerimont-Naylor; Ramilie-Peterson; James-Dunstall; Harriet-Mrs Bambridge; Mariana-Mrs Marshall; Lappit-Miss Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Dunstall
Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): James Wild
Related Work: Fame; or, Queen Elizabeth's Trumpets; or, Never plead's Hopes of being a Lord Chancellor; or, The Lover turn'd Philosopher; or, The Miser's Resolve upon the Lowering of Interest Author(s): James Lacy

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: Mrs Dunstall

3071
04 May 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Performance Comment: Worthy-Ryan; Sir Charles-Hale; Cribbidge-Anderson; Mizen-Woodward; Flip-Rosco; Arabella-Mrs Vincent; Belinda-Mrs Bland; Rovewell-Cashell; Easy-Gibson; Purser-Harrington; Jenny Private-Mrs Wright; Jiltup-Mrs Martin; Advocate-Miss Ferguson;Barmaid-Mrs Fawkes; Sailors-Hippisley, James, Marten, Carr; Fair Quaker-Mrs Hale.
Cast
Role: Sailors Actor: Hippisley, James, Marten, Carr

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: TThe Happy Lovers, as17421006; Tambourine-Cooke

3072
05 May 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Performance Comment: Don Lewis (alias Don Cholerick-Snapshorto de Testy)-Hippisley; Carlos-Hale; Duart-Ryan; Antonio-Stoppelaer; Charino-James; Governor-Rosco; Manuel-Gibson; Sancho-Woodward; Jaques-Anderson; Angelina-Mrs Hale; Elvira-Mrs Stevens; Louisa-Mrs Horton; Clodio (alias Don Dismallo-Thickskullo de Halfwitto)-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Charino Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: LLes Boufons du Cour, as17430305 Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

3073
04 August 1743 @ Tottenham Court

Event Comment: DDaniel's, Malone's, and James's Great Theatrical Booth, joining to the Swan in Tottenham Court. By a Company of Comedians. Noon to 10 p.m. [A letter in Daily Advertiser, 12 August describes a performance on Monday 8 August; further notices appear in Daily Advertiser, 11 and 12 Aug.; it is possible this production was shown every day from 4 Aug. to 16 Aug., the time of the fair.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Glorious Queen Of Hungary; Or, The British Troops Triumphant; With The Comical Humours Of paddy The Irishman, tom Thimble The Taylor, And tim Buzzle The Cobler

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Hussar

Performance Comment: Harlequin-James; Colombine-Mrs Rudyard; Frenchman-M. Lalauze; Pierrot-Rudyard.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: James

3074
21 September 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; King-Bridgwater; Ghost-Stephens; Queen-Mrs Woodward; Laertes-Chapman; Horatio-Cashell; Ostrick-Woodward; Polonius-Hippisley; Ophelia-Mrs Vincent; Bernardo-Gibson; Rosencraus-Ridout; Guildenstern-Anderson; Player King-Harrington; Marcellus-Carr; Francisco-Bencraft; Lucianus-James; Player Queen-Mrs Mullart; Gravediggers-Rosco, Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Lucianus Actor: James

3075
23 September 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Ryan; Manly-Bridgwater; Sir Francis-Hippisley; Lady Grace-Mrs Stevens; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Kilby; Basset-Chapman; Squire Richard-James; Miss Jenny-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Martin; Myrtilla-Miss Hillyard; Trusty-Mrs Mullart; Lady Townly-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: James