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16191 results for: Keyword - Miss Pit
We found 13763 matches on Performance Comments, 4403 matches on Performance Title, 4054 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
29 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Norsa. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: As17341111, but Country Wife-Miss Norsa .
Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Miss Norsa
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Horsington

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Norsa

Dance: By Glover, Lally, Mlle Salle, particularly a Harlequin by Miss Norsa Jr, the first time of her appearance on any stage. Scot's Dance, as17350311 Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Scot's Dance, as17350311 Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers .

Song: As17350422

52
08 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ridout and Dupre. [Rich's Register adds Livier and Miss Brunette.] Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #11 19s.; tickets #104 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Peg Actor: Miss Horsington
Role: Mincing Actor: Miss Bincks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: 1: French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. II: Comic Dance by Nivelon and his Scholar. III: Wooden Shoe Dance by Leviez. IV: By Desire, a Ball Dance by Dupre and Mlle Delorme. V: French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni. End Afterpiece: Scot's Dance by Glover and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: II: Comic Dance by Nivelon and his Scholar. III: Wooden Shoe Dance by Leviez. IV: By Desire, a Ball Dance by Dupre and Mlle Delorme. V: French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni. End Afterpiece: Scot's Dance by Glover and Miss Rogers .

53
11 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Pritchard and Miss Mann

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Milkmaids Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs PelUng, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett

Dance: I: Black Joak by Phillips and Miss Mann. II: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c. III: Damon and Phillida, as17360430 IV: Shepherd's Mount by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Anderson, &c. V: By Mlle Anne Roland

Performance Comment: II: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c. III: Damon and Phillida, as17360430 IV: Shepherd's Mount by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Anderson, &c. V: By Mlle Anne Roland .

54
02 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent, Mrs Green, and Miss Vincent. Charges #64 7s. [Deficit to beneficiaries #1 2d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Mrs Vincent #59 1s. (Box 88; Pit 129; Gallery 177); Mrs Green #36 13s. (Box 56; Pit 103; Gallery 72); Miss Vincent #30 6s. (Box 72; Pit 82).] (Account Book). Receipts: #61 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Vincent.

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17661215; End I Farce: Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Ballet: End I Farce: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Cast
Role: other women Actor: Miss D. Twist, Miss S. Twist, Miss Barrowby, Miss Hilliard, Miss Daw, Mrs Viviez.

55
10 March 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Barry. Pit and Boxes laid together, and Stage, for better accommodation of the Ladies, will be form'd into Front and Side Boxes. Tickets to be had of Barry at the corner of Bow St., and of Hobson at the Stage Door. [This month was printd The Town, a Satire by Wm. Kenrick, with especial attack upon Garrick and Garrick's plays. In Miss in her Teens, he boasts the strange pretense, To satire Coxcombs, while he murders sense." Kenrick is one of the few who criticizes Garrick (p. 21) for playing a low character Abel Drugger, rather than a king. He yields indirect praise to Janeton Auretti by blaming the town for cheering her dance, while neglecting the players: @Yet if Janeton shakes her slender feet@How loud the thunder clatters through the Pit.@ Prologue intended to have been spoken on the Revival of The Distress'd Mother, for the Benefit of Mr Barry, but omitted through some misunderstanding. Written by Mr Rolt, printed in Gentleman's Magazine, March 1748, p. 134.] Receipts: #270 (Cross); house charges, #60 (Powel); cash, #80 3s. 6d.; tickets, #118 5s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Barry for first time; Pyrrhus-Delane; Hermione-Mrs Pritchard; Andromache, with the original Epilogue-Mrs Cibber; Pylades-Havard; Phoenix-Winstone; Cleone-Mrs Ridout; Cephisa-Miss Minors.
Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Miss Minors.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti

56
10 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Perry and Gardner. Tickets deliver'd for Venice Preserv'd for this night will be taken. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Charges #64 5s. Deficit to Perry and Gardner #7 10s. 6d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Perry #58 1s. (Box 21; Pit 184; Gallery 252); Gardner #58 14s. (Box 102; Pit 130; Gallery 137) (Account Book). Receipts: #49 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Entertainment: End: Hippisley's Drunken Man with additions and Alterations-Shuter

Dance: TThe Tambourine, as17700501

57
27 April 1750 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Stede, Redman, Mrs Bambridge, Miss Minors, Miss Ferguson and Miss Morrison. Tickets deliver'd also by Goodall, Rawlings, Miss Allen, Widow Dupre, Mrs Hitchcock. No charges made, but House receiv'd 1!2 value of all income. Receipts: #16 14s. 6d. @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value 1!2 Value@Stede 7 74 81 #20 19s. #10 9s. 6d.@Redman 8 71 38 #16 9s. #8 4s. 6d.@Goodall .. 46 34 #14 16s. #7 8s.@Mr Rawlings 16 57 65 #19 1s. #9 10s. 6d.@Miss Minors 17 71 26 #17 10s. #8 15s.@Mrs Ferguson 8 73 91 #22 1s. #11 6d.@Mrs Allen .. 25 19 #5 13s. #2 16s.@Morrison 26 41 55 #18 3s. #9 1s. 6d.@Dupre 10 44 57 #14 16s. #7 8s.@Hitchcock 23 67 34 #19 4s. [Seems to have rec'd full value #77 6s. 6d.]@Total 115 614 530 #173 17s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Non Juror

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Tag Actor: Miss Ferguson.
Role: Biddy Actor: Miss Minors.

Song: GGo Rose-Miss Falkner

58
05 May 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell and Singleton (Boxkeepers), Page (Housekeeper), and Miss Mattocks. Tickets deliver'd by Verhuyck, Emmet, and Palmer (Pit Doorkeepers) and Driscoll will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Silvia Actor: Miss Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Mattocks

59
21 March 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Daily Advertiser: Lost: a leather Pocket Book...containing 4 Box Tickets for Shuter's Benefit...As the Numbers are known, care is taken to have them stopped by the Box, Pit and Gallery Keepers. [The Daily Advertiser also lists as thefts at the theatres: 1 violin, 4 pocket books (two stolen in the 2s. gallery), 4 gold watches (one with baronial arms), 1 woman's coat, 1 diamond ring. At Drury Lane thieves has stolen 4 pockets books, 1 silver watch, 4 gold watches, 1 woman's coat, and 1 sable muff.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Performance Comment: Don Manuel-Shuter; Don Philip-Ross; Octavio-White; Trappanti-Woodward; Soto-Dunstall; Corrigidor-Wignel; Hypolita-Miss Macklin; Rosara-Miss Hallam; being 1st time for all the above actors; Flora-Mrs Vincent; Viletta-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: Hypolita Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: Rosara Actor: Miss Hallam
Role: Viletta Actor: Mrs Pitt.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Elliot.

Dance: TThe Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

Entertainment: New Comic Lectural Exhibition in his Old Taste-Shuter

60
08 July 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: NNeville MS Diary: Read ye parts of Varanes and Athenais before I went into ye Pit to see ye Play of Theodosius. Barry and Mrs Dancer are excellent in Varanes and Athenais. Young Barry did Theodosius, and Sowdon Marcian, who, tho' ugly, has a pretty good person and is a tolerably good player. Liontine by Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Ogilvie

Dance: III: A Serious Dance-; End: A comic dance-Miss Froment, a little girl (Neville)

61
24 March 1747 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Cymber. 6 p.m. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. A Concert, etc. Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Jane Shore-Miss Cymber her first on any stage; Alicia-Mrs Clarke; Hastings-Young Gentleman; with a new Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Miss Cymber her first on any stage

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

62
20 April 1747 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of Several Ladies of Quality. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 1s. 6d. [Usual concert formula. See letter to today's Daily Advertiser wherein Foote is threatened with being horsewhipped if he puts on his Diversions. This is part of Foote's publicity program.] Several of Miss Cymber's Friends [at the Play Jane Shore] mistaking the House for the Theatre in James St., are desir'd to observe this is facing the Opera House in the Haymarket.--General Advertiser

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Monimia-Miss Cymber her second time on any stage; Castalio-(by desire) young Gentleman that played Hastings; parts-company that played Jane/Shore see17470324.
Cast
Role: Monimia Actor: Miss Cymber her second time on any stage

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

63
10 April 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Mills and Wife (Cross). Three rows of the Pit will be laid into Boxes. Tickets and places to be had of Mills at Gardyner's Printing Office, in Russel St., Covent Garden; or of Hobson at the stage door. Servants allowed to keep places on the stage. Last time of acting the opera this season. Receipts: #240 (Cross); house charges, #60 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Miss Pitt
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Royer

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: I: (By Desire) Savoyards, as17480920; II: Dutch Dance, as17481203

Music: Between Play and Afterpiece: a piece of Music-the Child

64
07 May 1750 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bennet, Driscoll, Ross, Banks, Trott (Lobby door-keeper). [Fifteen had tickets. See below. The House amounted to #214 6s. and took half, distributing the rest according to the tickets delivered.] @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value 1!2 Value@Bennet 8 83 67 #21 3s. #10 11s. 6d.@Driscol 1 87 83 #21 12s. #10 16s.@Ross 7 35 34 #10 8s. #5 4s.@Ruby 164 79 35 #56 7s. #28 3s. 6d.@Bancks 5 176 180 #45 13s. #22 16s. 6d.@Elliot ... 23 58 #9 5s. #4 12s. 6d.@Barr 7 - ... #1 15s. 17s.@Barnard 2 19 20 #5 7s. #2 13s. 6d.@Mrs Hales ... 20 20 #5 #2 10s.@Hanmore 4 8 16 #3 16s. #1 18s.@Griffiths 1 12 18 #3 17s. #1 18s. 6d.@Cautherly 5 11 20 #4 18s. #2 9s.@Martin ... 2 13 #1 12s. 16s.@Mason 1 5 6 #1 12s. 16s.@Elrington 10 ... ... #2 10s. #1 5s.@Total 215 560 570 #194 15s. #97 7s. 6d.@ 1,345 tickets given out. Advanced to Servandoni #5 5s. Receipts: #19 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Tag Actor: Miss Ferguson.
Role: Biddy Actor: Miss Minors.

65
19 May 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Varney. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Tickets delivered for the 10th instant will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: Sylvia Actor: Miss Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Biddy Actor: Miss Pope , 1st time.

Song: IV: Miss Spencer

Dance: HHornpipe-a sailor from the Royal Sovereign

66
23 May 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid salary list #435 19s. (Treasurer's Book). Read the 2 remaining Acts of Rule a Wife...About 15 minutes past 4 went into ye Pit, and contrary to my expectation got a seat almost in ye middle of ye 3rd row, which I prefer to any other. Garrick played Leon. By having seen him in the character before, and having read the play, I enjoyed the excellency of his acting more than I ever did. King played the Copper Captain for ye first time, and did it very well. Pritchard is excellent in Estifania, Love and Baddeley were good in Cacafago and the Old Woman (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #202 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Biddy Actor: Miss Pope.

Music: End: Concerto on Harpsichord-Burney Jun

67
14 March 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Quin. Receipts: money #82 7s. 6d.; tickets #106 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 128 by money and 250 by tickets; stage, 45 by money; pit, 66 by money and 260 by tickets; slips, 12 by money; pidgeon holes, 3 by money; first gallery, 180 by money and 49 by tickets; second gallery, 119 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Alinda-Miss Fenton, being the first time of her Appearance on the Stage in Boys Cloaths; Pedro-Ryan; Alphonso-Hippisley; Mad Englishman-Spiller; Mad Scholar-Boheme.
Cast
Role: Alinda Actor: Miss Fenton, being the first time of her Appearance on the Stage in Boys Cloaths

Afterpiece Title: With The Humours of Bedlam

Song: Miss Fenton

68
22 March 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Hallam Sen and Mrs Bainbridge. Positively the Last night of playing this season. [On Easter Monday this house will revert to tumbling and pantomime and rope dancing.] Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. First Gallery 1s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. Tickets delivered out by Bourn, Laws, and Toole will be taken this Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Song: Miss Joneswho never appear'd on any stage before

69
25 January 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for a Widow and her Son...A Concert etc. Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: To conclude with: Country Dance called The Whim-

70
30 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Adams, Scudamore. Three front rows of the boxes railed into the Pit (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: JJocky Dance-Adams

71
06 May 1748 @ New Wells, Shepherd's Market

Event Comment: Boxes 1s. Pit 6d. Gallery 3d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Miss In Her Teens

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Fortune Teller

Song: As17480504

Dance: As17480504

72
12 January 1758 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority. Mainpiece: Written by the late C. Cibber, Esq; Poet Laureate. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Nothing under full price can be taken during the whole time of performance. No persons can be admitted behind the scenes. Doors to open at Five and Curtain rise half an hour after Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Impostor

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-the Gentleman who plays Octavio; Puff-Pittard; Jasper-Clark; Rhodophil-the Gentleman who plays Don Philip; Biddy-Mrs Martin; Tag-Mrs Glenn; Fribble-Young Gentleman, first on any stage.
Cast
Role: Puff Actor: Pittard

Song: Song in Praise of the King of Prussia-Kear

Dance: RRural Courtship, The Wooden Shoes-Master Settree, Miss Twist

73
16 March 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Clive Ly Wishfort -(bad) Fribble Garrick (Cross). Benefit for Mrs Clive. Part of Pit laid into Boxes Tickets of her in Henrietta St. and of Mr Varney at the Stage Door. Receipts: #310 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Mirabell-Palmer; Fainall-Havard; Witwou'd-Woodward; Sir Wilful-Yates; Petulant-Blakes; Waitwell-Walker; Millamant-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Wishfort-Mrs Clive, 1st time; Mrs Marwood-Mrs Yates; Foible-Miss Minors; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Davies.
Cast
Role: Foible Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: III: (By Desire) Cymon and Iphigenia-Beard; [It had been advertised in advance, but this night in Act III] Cantata-Miss Young

74
22 March 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Sparks. By Desire. Tickets for Romeo and Juliet will be taken. Receipts: #69 in cash, plus #203 15s. from tickets (Boxes 380; Pit 563; Gallery 243). Total #272 15s. Charges #64 5s. Paid Kemp #6 8s.; Paid Meares 8s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Song: Miss Brent

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Granier, Miss Hilliard; End: The Lamp Lighters, as17600318

75
09 June 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Capitani, now in the King's Bench, singer in the Opera for 20 years past. Boxes 10s. 6d. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. To begin at 7 p.m. [A long note hn the Public Advertiser about the nature of Capitani's distresses--death of wife after an expensive illness loss of considerable sums in trade, now in debtor's prison. The Public Advertiser this day Published the following Sonnet V, seemingly a new sort of puff' for Foote]: @To Mr F-@While party rage, my F., distracts the state@And mutual lies contending parties raise,@As int'rest leads, or Pitt or Bute to praise,@Let vet'ran Tories with staunch Whigs debate.@With gen'rous Punch our spirits we'll dilate,@Laugh at those loud-tongued politicians' frays,@And to good Brookman's fame attune our lays,@Whose genial bowl all cares can dissipate.@Safely to Harrogate let Bute retire,@His gout at Hayes lett Pitt in quiet nurse,@And Wilkes at either Secretary rail:@These party feuds unsocial rage inspire,@Destroy all mirth, and all good humour curse,@But shall not o'er our joyous souls prevail.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Dance: Miss Capitani, Master Rogers