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We found 15168 matches on Performance Comments, 4825 matches on Performance Title, 2163 matches on Event Comments, 750 matches on Author, and 79 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Regan Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Cordelia Actor: Miss Miller.

Afterpiece Title: The Grumbler

Performance Comment: Principal parts-Quick, Davis, Owenson, King, Saunders, Miss Pearce, Miss Helme.

Dance: After the Interlude: The Whim, as17730426

Cast
Role: A New Dance Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon

Monologue: 1773 5 8 End of Play: Interlude. An Interlude by S. Foote Esq; Lady Pentweazle-Quick; Carmine-Davis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Weston, Aickin, Howard, Fearon, Hamilton, Castle, Lings, Moody, Moss, DuBellamy, Davis, Lloyd, Jacobs, Mrs Egerton, Miss Ambrose, Miss Craven, Mrs Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Hamilton; Gayless-Davis; Cook-Jacobs; Trippet-Palmer; Guttle-Lloyd; Melissa-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Trippet-Miss Craven; Mrs Gadabout-Miss Platt; Kitty-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Mrs Trippet Actor: Miss Craven
Role: Mrs Gadabout Actor: Miss Platt

Dance: The Medley-Giorgi's scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Parts-Aickin, Fearon, Moss, Moody, Lloyd, Courtney, Palmer, Pierce, Weston, Mrs Williams, Miss Platt, Miss Craven.

Afterpiece Title: Cupids Revenge

Dance: II: A Double Hornpipe-; End: A new dance The Italian Peasants-Giorgi's scholars

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: Gullwell-Fearon; Harwood-Howard; Irishman (with a Song)-Moody; Scotchman-Hamilton; Frenchman-Bolton; Lord Brilliant-Lamash; LeBrush-Ward; Frankly-Courtney; Trickit-Lings; Williams-Osborne; new Character-Mrs Williams; Maria-Miss Atkinson; Melpomene-Miss Lings; Margery-Miss Craven.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Atkinson
Role: Melpomene Actor: Miss Lings
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Craven.

Dance: End: The Haymakers-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: The Pantheonites

Performance Comment: Daniel Drugger(great grandson to Abel Drugger)-Weston; Sir Francis-Ward; Skinflint-Lloyd; Tillwell-Bannister; Frisseau-Jacobs; Dicky Drugger-Miss Francis; Tim Tillwell-Fearon; Anna-Miss Platt; Lissni-Miss Craven; Mrs Drugger-Mrs Williams.
Cast
Role: Dicky Drugger Actor: Miss Francis
Role: Anna Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Lissni Actor: Miss Craven

Entertainment: I: A Variety of Imitations-Hutton; II: O What a Charming Thing's a Battle-Bannister; Between Play and Farce: Dancing of The Tambourine-Giorgi's Scholars; End of Interlude: A New Tambourine-Giorgi's Scholars

Monologue: 1773 9 3 Also the Interlude, Piety in Pattens. As 23 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ambarvalia

Performance Comment: Bacchus-Reinhold; Brother-Phillips; Driads-Miss Wilde, Miss Thompson; Cupid-Master Brown; Ceres-Mrs Barthelemon; Arval Brothers-Burton, Steele, Dorien, Ladd, Offie'd, Lambert, Ogden, Master Green, Master Tannett, Master Wood.
Cast
Role: Driads Actor: Miss Wilde, Miss Thompson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot (with the Address to the Town)-Woodward; Sir George-Mattocks; Charles-Wroughton; Sir Francis-Shuter; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Whisper-Hamilton; Scentwell-Miss Pearce; Isabinda-Miss Valois; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Baker; With a New Occasional Prologue (Never spoken before)-Woodward (playbill); Miranda-Miss Macklin (Public Advertiser).
Cast
Role: Scentwell Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Isabinda Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Smith; Duke-Gardner; on Juan-Hull; Cacafogo-Dunstall; Copper Capt.-Woodward; Old Woman-Mrs Pitt; Altea-Mrs Gardner; Margaritta-Mrs Baker; Estifania-Miss Barsanti.
Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Miss Barsanti.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lewes; Pantaloon-Banks; Clown-Cushing; Colombine-Miss Twist; Witches-Mattocks, Miss Valois; Sheperd-DuBellamy; Shepherdess-Miss Brown; Pluto-Reinhold; Proserpine-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist
Role: Witches Actor: Mattocks, Miss Valois
Role: Shepherdess Actor: Miss Brown

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or Humours Of The Navy

Performance Comment: Commodore Flip-Moody; Capt. Mizen-Dodd; Capt. Worthy-Jefferson; Sir Charles Peasant-Brereton; Rovewell-Diamond; Cribbage-Davies; Lt. Easy-Norris; a New Sea Character-Weston; Cockswain-Ackman; Purser Indent-Griffith; Sailors-Wright, W. Palmer, Fawcett, Kear, Jacobs, Master Cape; Hatchway (with song)-Bannister; Arabelia Zeal-Mrs Greville (The gentlewoman who performed the Irish Widow); Belinda-Miss Hopkins; Jiltup-Mrs Bradshaw; Jenny Private-Miss Platt; Bar@maid-Mrs Davies; Dorcas Zeal-Miss Pope; Concluding with Grand Naval Review-; in which is introduced a Dance of Sailors-Atkins, Mrs Sutton; the favourite song Rule Britannia-Vernon, others.
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Jenny Private Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Dorcas Zeal Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Reinhold; Paris-Mattocks; Momus-Quick; Mercury-DuBellamy; Venus-Miss Brown, first time; Pallas-Mrs Baker; Iris-Miss Valois; Juno-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Brown, first time
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Smith; Major Oakly-Shuter; Charles-Bensley; Trinket-Dyer; Russet-Dunstall; Sit Harry-Quick; O'Cutter-Fox; Tom-R. Smith; Paris-Holtom; William-Cushing; Harriet-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Freelove-Mrs Green; Toilette-Miss Helme; Maid-Miss Pearce; Mrs Oakly-Miss Barsanti; Wit a New Occasional Epilogue-Hull, Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Toilette Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Miss Barsanti

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17731120, but Hornpipe-Miss Twist; Sally-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Twist
Role: With Hornpipe Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: The Highland Reel, as17731112, after the Epilogue

Event Comment: [The plays, according to the Account Book were alter'd to Love in a Village and The Commissary.] Receipts: #106 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Afterpiece Title: Achilles in Petticoats

Performance Comment: As17731216, but Principal Characters-_Miss Catley, Miss Jameson.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Act I, Overture-; Song-Sga Galli, Schiroli; Concerto Clarinet-Baer, first time in England; Song-Miss Davies; Act II, Song-Fochetti; Song-Schiroli; Concerto German Flute-Tacet; Song-Miss Davies; Concerto Bassoon-Ritter, first time in England; Song-Millico; Act III, Concerto Violin-Cramer; Song-Sga Galli; Concerto Violincello-Cerveto; Song-Millico; Concerto Hautboy-Fischer; Song-Miss Davies; Bach's Grand Overture- for two orchestras.
Cast
Role: Song Actor: Miss Davies
Role: Song Actor: Miss Davies
Role: Song Actor: Miss Davies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Performance Comment: Timanthes-Smith; Demaphoon-Bensley; Mathusius-Clarke; Cherinthus-Wroughton; Adrastus-Gardner; Orcanes-Thompson; Cephisa-Mrs Bulkley; Ismena-Mrs Hartley; In Act III, a Procession-; The Vocal parts-Reinhold, Mrs Baker, Miss Brown, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Performance Comment: As17740215, but Mrs Tempest-Mrs Greville for Miss Platt.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-King; Smith-J. Aickin; Johnson-Jefferson; Others-Weston, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Collett, Baddeley, Palmer, W. Palmer, Hurst, Parsons, Moody, Jacobs, Bransby, Wheeler, Ackman, Kear, Keen, Fawcett, Johnston, Wrighten, Wright, Rooker, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies; With an Additional Reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Rais'd Troops-.

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Mrs Doggerel Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

Monologue: End: Linco's Travels. Linco-King; Old Woman-Mrs Bradshaw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prince Of Agra

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Bensley, Lewis, Wroughton, Gardner, Owenson, Thompson, Fox, Davis, R. Smith, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Dayes, Miss Pearce, Mrs Lessingham; with a Prologue-; Epilogue-. [Larpent MS 370 lists parts: Emperor; Aureng-Zebe; Morat; Arimant; Asaph Chan; Mirza; Abos; Ambassador; Fazel Chan; Solyman; Diamet; Soldier; Indamora; Nourmahal; Melisinda; Zaida.] Morat; Arimant; Asaph Chan; Mirza; Abos; Ambassador; Fazel Chan; Solyman; Diamet; Soldier; Indamora; Nourmahal; Melisinda; Zaida.]

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Performance Comment: Moore-DuBellamy; Gubbins-Shuter; Dragon-Real; Mauxalinda-Mrs Thompson; Margery-Miss Jameson, first time.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Jameson, first time.

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17731005

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Paid salary list #525 2s.; Mr King's extra salary #3; Mr French on acct #5 5s.; Mr C. Bannister per order #19 10s.; Miss Hopkins 140 nights not on List #46 13s. 4d. Rec'd stopages #18 4s. 6d. Receipts: #165 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The South Briton

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Shuter, Lewis, Wroughton, Hull, Dunstall, Fox, Kniveton, Quick, Lewes, Miss Barsanti, Miss Dayes, Mrs P. Green, Mrs Helme, Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Ogilvie

Dance: IV: A Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford; End I Farce: A Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford; End I Farce: A Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley.

Monologue: Interlude.End: True Blue. As 26 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Performance Comment: Mercury-Brereton, first time; Phoebus-Wrighten; Jupiter-Reddish; Amphitryon-J. Aickin; Gripus-Parsons; Polydas-Wright; Tranio-Fawcett; Sosia-King; Phaedra-Miss Pope; Bromia-Mrs Bradshaw; Night-Miss Platt; Alcmena-Miss Younge; In which will be introduced an Interlude of singing and Dancing-; Plutus-Bannister; Wit-Mrs Scott; The Dance-Como, Giorgi.
Cast
Role: Phaedra Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Night Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Alcmena Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Performance Comment: Parts-Reinhold, Miss Wilde, Miss Wewitzer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Lord Ogleby-King; Sir John Melvil-Brereton; Flower-Bransby; Sterling-Parsons, first time; Lovewell-Cautherly; Traverse-Keen; Trueman-Fawcett; Canton-Baddeley; Brush-Palmer; Betty-Mrs Love; Chambermaid-Mrs Davies; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Hopkins; Fanny-Mrs Baddeley, first time in three years in that character; Miss Sterling-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Meeting of the Company

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Performance Comment: Rovewell-Lamash; Commodore Flip-Moody; Capt. Mizen-Dodd; Capt. Worthy-Jefferson; Sir Charles Pleasant-Brereton; Lt. Easy-Norris; Binnacle-Weston; Dorcas-Miss Pope; Cockswain-Ackman; Purser-Griffith; Hatchway (with Song)-Bannister; Arabella Zeal-Mrs Greville; Belinda-Miss Hopkins; Jiltup-Mrs Bradshaw; Jenny Private-Miss Platt; Bar Maid-Mrs Davies; Advocate-Mrs Millidge; Cribbidge-Davies; With a Grand Naval Review-; in Which will be introduced a Dance of Sailors-Atkins, Mrs Sutton; and the Favourite Song Rule Brittania-Davies.
Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Jenny Private Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Meeting of the Company

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Clown-Ackman; Colombine-Mrs Sutton; Lover-Messink; Drunken Valet-Griffiths; Scaramouche-Keen; Country Girls-Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt; Concluding with the scene of the Waterfall-as it was originally Performed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Smith; Sir Francis-Parsons; Manly-Packer; Count Bassett-Dodd; Moody-Moody; Squire Richard-Burton; Lady Grace-Miss Sherry; Lady Townly-Mrs Yates; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Jenny-Mrs Davies; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Trusty-Mrs Johnston; Myrtilla-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Miss Platt.

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17740917