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We found 13753 matches on Performance Comments, 4402 matches on Performance Title, 1846 matches on Event Comments, 1058 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Performance Comment: Squire-Woodward; Belfond Jun-Smith; Truman-Hull; Lolpoop-Dunstall; Sir William Belfond-Shuter; Ruth-Mrs Pitt; Lucia-Mrs Baker; Teresa-Mrs Burden; Isabella-Miss Vincent; Mrs Termagant-Mrs Vincent; Sir Edward Belfond-Gibson.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: Thomas-Vernon (with the song of Hearts of Oak); Squire-Dodd (first time); Dorcas-Mrs Love; Sally-Miss Wright; To conclude with a dance incident to the piece-.
Cast
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Old Maid-Mrs Walker; Young Clerimont-Perry; Captain Cape-Lewis; Harlow-Davis; Heartwell-Gardner; Mrs Harlow-Miss Wilford, first time.

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17651019

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Performance Comment: Dorilas-Cautherley; Polyphontes-Havard; Euricles-Lee; Erox-Burton; High Priest-Bransby; Narbas-Packer; Ismene-Miss Plym; Merope-Mrs Pritchard; Procession-; Sacrifice-. [See17601205.]See17601205.]
Cast
Role: Ismene Actor: Miss Plym

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Hermit-Kear; Clown-Ackman; Colombine-Miss Baker; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Others-Dodd, Parsons, Castle, Moody, Johnston, Keen, Watkins, West, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Bradshaw; The Dances-Aldridge, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Tassoni.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Baker
Event Comment: TThe Summer's Tale is again oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the return of Miss Brent's indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Love; Ford-Havard; Sir Hugh Evans-Yates; Slender-Dodd; Dr Caius-Baddeley; Shallow-Parsons; Host-Bransby; Fenton-Strange; Simple-Vaughan; Ann Page-Mrs Hippisley; Wm Page-Miss Rogers; Pistol-Ackman; Bardolph-Clough; Nym-Watkins; Rugby-Marr; Page-Hurst; Mrs Page-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Ford-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Wm Page Actor: Miss Rogers

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: As17651127, but Lady Constant-Miss Plym; Muslin-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Miss Plym
Role: Widow Bellmour Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Dodd, first time; Col. Standard-Bensley, first time; Smuggler-Parsons; Vizard-Hurst; Beau Clincher-Yates; Clincher Jun-King; Dicky-Vaughan; Tom Errand-Clough; Lady Darling-Mrs Cross; Parly-Mrs Bennet; Angelica-Miss Plym; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Dodd, first appearance that stage.
Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Plym
Related Works
Related Work: The Constant Couple; or, A Trip to the Jubilee Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: As17651220, but Theodosia-Mrs Mattocks; Patty-Miss Brent.

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17651019

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Acted but once these 14 years. Miss Pitt's second appearance as an actress. [N.B. The celebrated Mr Foote is in a Fair way of Recovery (Public Advertiser).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Brent

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17650920, but short bill listing Buck-Woodward; Sir John Buck-Gibson; Lucinda-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Macklin.
Role: Minuet Actor: Fichar, Miss Macklin.

Dance: II: Rural Love, as17651115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Foppling Flutter

Performance Comment: Sir Foppling-Woodward; Dorimont-Ross; Old Bellair-Shuter; Young Bellair-Dyer; Medley-Clarke; Shoemaker-Dunstall; Handy-Gardner; Harriet-Miss Wilford; Belinda-Mrs Gardner; Lady Townly-Mrs Vincent; Emilia-Mrs Baker; Lady Woodville-Mrs Pitt; Pert-Mrs Green; Loveit-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Wilford

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: End: The Village Romps, as17651019

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17651226, but Genest, V, 95, specifies: Mercury-Dodd; Frenchman-Baddeley; Dolly Snip-Miss Pope; Snip-Yates.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-Powell; Lysimachus-Hurst; Thessalus-Aickin; Eumenes-Strange; Cassander-Havard; Clytus-Love; Polyperchon-Bransby; Perdiccas-Lee; Hephestion-Packer; Sysigambis-Mrs Bennet; Parisatis-Miss Plym; Statira-Mrs Palmer; Roxana (with an Epilogue)-Mrs Fitzhenry; With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Parisatis Actor: Miss Plym

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Patie-Vernon; Sir William Worthy-Packer; Roger-Moody; Symon-Parsons; Bauldy-Love; Glaud-Bransby; Jenny-Mrs Hopkins; Mause-Mrs Love; Madge-Johnston; Elspa-Mrs Bradshaw; Peggy (With Thro the Wood Laddie)-Miss Wright.
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Wright.

Entertainment: RRalph Ramble, or O Rare London-King, at End of Play By Particular Desire, followed by

Dance: %New Tambourine, as17660123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17651122, but Nell-Miss Pope, first time.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Pope, first time.

Song: II: By Desire, The Lark's Shrill Notes-Mrs Vincent

Dance: V: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Master Burton. Tickets deliver'd by W. Yates and Miss Berkley will be taken. Afterpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 9 May 1764.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: End: New Tambourine, as17660123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17660320 but Comus-Smith; First Spirit-Ross; 3rd Spirit-_; The Dances-Miss Valois.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: End of Masque: The Drunken Peasant, as17660421

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Palmer; Obadiah-Love; Day-Baddeley; Abel-King; Bookseller-Marr; Mrs Day-Mrs Dorman, first time; Arabella-Miss Plym; Col. Blunt-Hurst; Committeemen-Vaughan, Castle, Clough; Teague (with several droll songs in character)-Moody; Mrs Chat-Mrs Simson; Ruth-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Plym

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: A Comic Dance, as17660207; V: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17660422 but Imogen-Miss Plym; Claudio-Ackman.
Cast
Role: Imogen Actor: Miss Plym

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: As17650921, but Kitty-Miss Pope (first time); Robert-Ackman; Cook-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London, Tombs of Westminster-Vernon

Dance: V: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Positively for the last time this season. Love in a Village oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of Miss Brent

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17660311

Event Comment: Benefit towards the Increase of a Fund, established by the Performers of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden for the Support of Decayed Actors and their Families. This Fund having been begun by voluntary contributions among the performers, improved by a proportionable Weekly Deduction on their salaries, and intended as a reciprocal Provision for them their widows and children, in sickness and infirmity, it is humbly hoped and appeal to the Generosity of the Public will not be taken amiss. Such of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. who are pleas'd to favour this Undertaking, are desired to send for places, Box or Pit tickets, to Mr Sarjant, at the Stage Door. Mainpiece [by John Banks]: Not acted these 20 years. Occasional Prologue, written by Hull [printed in the Jester's Magazine, May 1766, p. 241]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens; Or, The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scots

Performance Comment: Norfolk-Smith; Cecil-Walker; Morton-Clarke; Davison-Hull; Gifford-Gardner; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Ward; Douglas-Miss Macklin; Queen Mary-Mrs Bellamy; New Occasional Prologue-Ross; Epilogue-Woodward, Shuter.
Cast
Role: Douglas Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17660430 but Ariel-Miss Young; New Epilogue-Tomlinson.

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak, as17660207

Event Comment: Benefit for Rawlings, Mas. Besford, Wild, Francis, Miss Cokayne. Mainpiece By Particular Desire. Acted but once these 20 years. Afterpiece, for the last time this season. Tickets delivered by Bassan, Mrs Griffiths, Mrs Gould, Mrs Paddick, the Widow Trott, &c. will be taken. N.B. Tickets for Macbeth will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Cast
Role: Douglas Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Pit and Boxes laid together. No admittance to Pit but through the boxes and with tickets. Towards raising a fund for the relief of those who from their infirmities shall be oblig'd to retire from the stage. This fund having been begun by a voluntary contribution among the performers improved by a proportionable weekly deduction on their salaries and intended as a reciprocal provision for them, their widows and children in sickness and infirmity, it is humbly hoped an appeal to the generosity of the public will not be taken amiss &c. (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humor

Performance Comment: Kitely-Garrick; Old Knowell-Havard; Young Knowell-Lee; Wellbred-Palmer; Cob-Moody; Brainworm-Dunstall; Master Stephen-Dodd; Bobadil-Yates; Mrs Kitely-Mrs Hopkins; Downright-Bransby; Justice Clement-Burton; Cash-Packer; Master Mathew-Vaughan; Bridgit-Miss Plym; Tib-Mrs Bradshaw; An Occasional Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Bridgit Actor: Miss Plym

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Pope, first time.