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We found 13961 matches on Performance Comments, 4405 matches on Performance Title, 1787 matches on Event Comments, 125 matches on Roles/Actors, and 14 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Cast
Role: Fidget Actor: Miss Hale
Role: Amelia Actor: Miss Harper

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: WithTwo New Dances-Master and Miss Byrn. [These were danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Digges; Constant-Dimond; Lord Rake-Egan; Colonel Bully (with a song in character)-Bannister; Justice-Massey; Constable-Stevens; Watchmen-Jackson, Peirce; Razor-R. Palmer; Tailor-Blissett; Heartfree-Aickin; Lady Fanciful-Miss Farren; Belinda-Mrs Hitchcock; Mademoiselle-Miss Walton; Lady Brute-Mrs Lloyd (who performed Maria in The Citizen [on 15 July]).on 15 July]).
Cast
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Miss Walton

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Cast
Role: Cecilia Actor: Miss Harper

Dance: End: new Dance, The Spanish Lovers-Master and Miss Byrn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone or Harlequin Traveller

Performance Comment: Principal Character by Lee Lewes, Wilson, Delpini, Rayner, Brunsdon, L'Estrange, Jones, Baker, Wewitzer, Robson, Egan, Stevens, Ledger, Reinhold, Mrs Kennedy, Miss Morris, Miss Brown. Cast from Songs (G. Kearsly, 1779); Morning Chronicle, 7 Oct.; Larpent MS 464: Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Keel-Wilson; Scaramouchi-Delpini; French Officer-Wewitzer; Pierrot-Reinhold; Feridon-Mrs Kennedy; Colombine-Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.

Dance: In afterpiece: Dagueville, Miss Valois. [The dancing, as here assigned, was included in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Performance Comment: Sir John Manly-Mattocks; Sir Wilful Wildman-Quick; Farmer Sternhold-Wilson; Clodden-Doyle; Headborough-Egan; Young Wildman-Vernon; Laura-Miss Brown; Cicely-Mrs Kennedy; Lady Lucy-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Laura Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: I: Rural Dance-Dagueville; End II: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Matthews

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Wroughton, Clarke, Whitfield, L'Estrange, Fearon, Aickin, Quick, Wilson, Edwin, Wewitzer, Lewis, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Pitt, Miss Platt, Miss Stewart, Mrs Yates. [Cast from Morning Chronicle, 14 Oct.: Pisander-Wroughton; Archidamus-Clarke; Timagoras-Whitfield; Poliphron-Fearon; Timoleon-Aickin; Asotus-Quick; Cleon-Wilson; Gracculo-Edwin; Cimbrio-Wewitzer; Leosthenes-Lewis; Statilia-Mrs Jackson; Corisca-Mrs Pitt; Cleora-Mrs Yates; L'Estrange, Miss Platt, Miss Stewart [are unassigned; New Prologue-Hull (Public Advertiser, 14 Oct.). [This was spoken as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]This was spoken as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Daphne Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: End: The Shepherd's Wedding-Harris, Miss Matthews

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Davis. 1st piece: Altered from [The Soldier's Fortune, by] Otway, by John Brownsmith. [not in Larpent MS; not published.] 2nd piece: A Poetical Interlude altered from Prior's Nut-brown Maid. 3rd piece: Altered to 3 acts. [Prologue by Shatford Jones. Author of Epilogue unknown. For authorship of 1st piece and prologue see Morning Chronicle, 25 Oct.] Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets delivered for Davis and Wright will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Touchstone Of Invention Or The Soldiers Fortune

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Holmes, Williams, Horwell, Master Woodward, Dugdale, Bates, Decastro, Wright, Munden, Noble, Barrett, Miss Dudley, Miss Bowles, Miss White, Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: Henry And Emma

Performance Comment: Henry-Smith; Eugenius-Noble; Emma-Miss Dudley.
Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Dudley.

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Mills; Sir George Airy-Davis; Sir Francis Gripe-Blanchard; Sir Jealous Traffic-Bates; Whisper-Dugdale; Servant-Master Woodward; Charles-Miller (1st appearance); Isabinda-Miss Dudley; Patch-Mrs Barnard; Scentwell-Miss Mitchell; Miranda-Miss Brangin (1st appearance); Prologue-Haynes; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Servant Actor: Master Woodward
Role: Isabinda Actor: Miss Dudley
Role: Scentwell Actor: Miss Mitchell
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Brangin

Dance: 2nd piece: With a Hornpipe-Lonsdale

Song: End I: two part song, Damon and Clora-Leach, Miss Mitchell (1st appearance); End III: My sweet pretty Mogg-Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Vernon; Justice Woodcock-Parsons; Sir William Meadows-Aickin; Eustace-Fawcett; Hodge-Davies; Young Meadows-Webster; Margery-Mrs Wrighten; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Love; Lucinda-Miss Collett; Rosetta-Mrs Baddeley.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Collett

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: I: Country Dance- incident to the mainpiece; End II: Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bensley; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Wright; Gonzalez-Aickin; Alonzo-Wrighten; Ferdinand-Vernon; Miranda-Mrs Cuyler; Ariel-Miss Field; Chorus of Spirits-Gaudry, Chaplin, Holcroft, Fawcett, Kenny, Philimore, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby, Mrs Smith, Mrs Granger, Miss Coats.

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: II: New Dance-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, the Miss Stageldoirs, Henry, Sga Crespi

Song: II: Sheep shearing song-Miss Abrams. [This was sung, as here assinged, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Col. Feignwell-Palmer; Sir Philip Modelove-Baddeley; Obadiah Prim-Moody; Freeman (1st time)-Farren; Sackbut-Hurst; Tradelove-Fawcett; Simon Pure-Waldron; Perriwinkle-Parsons; Mrs Prim-Mrs Bradshaw; Ann Lovely-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Ann Lovely Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: End IV: Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: The Commissary-Quick; Young Loveit-Robson; Simon-Brunsdon; Isaac Fungus-Fearon; Gruel-Thompson; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Pitt; Jenny-Mrs Poussin; Dolly-Miss Platt; Mrs Mechlin-Miss Ambrose.
Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Dolly Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End: The Dockyard-Dagueville, Master Dagueville, Holland, Miss Valois

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: II: New Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera [1st time; SER 3, by Pietro Metastasio; a pasticcio]. The Music by various eminent Composers [Anfossi, Myslivecek and Piccinni]. Amongst them several airs by Handel. Under the Direction of Bertoni. With entire new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations, both for the Opera and Dances. Pit 10s. 6d. 1st Gallery 5s. and 2nd Gallery 3s. By Their Majesties' Command no Person can be admitted behind the Scenes. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [same throughtout season]. To prevent inconvenience to the Nobility and Gentry in getting to their carriages, they are most respectfully intreated to give positive orders to their Servants to set down and take up with their Horses Heads towards Pall-mall. The Door in Market Lane for Chairs only. To prevent mistakes, Ladies who have not sent the names of the Subscribers to their Boxes are particularly requested to send them as early as possible to Johnson, at the office of the Theatre, in order to [permit] their Tickets being engraved. Subscriptions are received by Johnson in Union Court, Hay Market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alessandro Nelle Indie

Dance: End I: Indian Ballet (composed by Zuchelli), adapted to the Opera-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, young Miss Simonet; End II: new Pastoral Ballet (composed by Zuchelli and Slingsby)-Slingsby, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tantini (1st appearance in England); End Opera: Grand Serious Ballet connected with the Opera (composed by Favre Guiardele, ballet master), in which the celebrated Chaconne of Jomelli's-Slingsby, Sga Tantini, Favre Guiardele (1st appearance in England)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Cast
Role: Forward Actor: Baddeley
Role: Mrs Bromley Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Spitfire Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Mrs Henpeck Actor: Miss Kirby

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Lamash; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Colles; Lady Bab-Mrs Davies; Kitty (with a song)-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Gipsy Actor: Miss Kirby

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: End IV:new Comic Pantomime Dance (composed by Delpini) The Sportsman Deceiv'd-Delpini (1st appearance as a dancer in England), Menage, the Miss Stageldoirs, Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Marwood Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Foible Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Lady Sash Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: Countrywoman Actor: Miss Kirby

Dance: As17791210Delpini, Menage, the Miss Stageldoirs, Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Whos The Dupe

Cast
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton.

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Sportsman Deceiv'd, as17791210 but entitled: +The Huntsman Deceiv'd

Song: I: song-Miss Abrams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Cast
Role: Bella Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Related Works
Related Work: Fortunatus Author(s): Henry Woodward

Dance: End: The Minuet de la Cour-the Miss Stageldoirs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End III: The Dockyard, as17791204; End IV: Dance-Master Dagueville, Master Holland, Miss Dagueville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Quinto Fabio

Dance: End I: Pastoral Ballet, as17791127; End II:new Ballet, Demi-caractere, La Bergere Coquete; ou, Le Triomphe de L'Amour-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet, Sga Tantini, young Miss Simonet, Slingsby; End Opera: Serious Ballet connected with the Opera,-Favre Guiardele, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Mlle Baccelli (1st appearance this season); in which a Grand Chaconne-

Song: III: song-Mme LeBrun; accompanied on the hautboy-LeBrun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Brereton; Amiens (with songs)-Vernon; Oliver-Packer; Adam-Henry (1st appearance in that character); Duke Senior-Hurst; Duke Frederick-Chaplin; Jaques-Palmer; Caelia-Mrs Sharp; Phoebe-Miss Kirby; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw; Rosalind-Mrs Robinson (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Miss Kirby

Dance: End I: As17791220

Song: V: song-Miss Abrams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Kennedy; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Booth; Filch (1st time)-Doyle; Mat o' the Mint-Robson; Lucy-Miss Catley; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Jenny Diver-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Diana Trapes-Mrs White; Polly-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: Young Wrongward Actor: Robson
Role: Old Wrongward Actor: Wilson
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss Green, Miss Stewart

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Cast
Role: Berinthia Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Miss Hoyden Actor: Mrs Abington.

Dance: End: The Coopers-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Sga Crespi, Henry, Miss Armstrong

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Lewis; Amphitryon-Wroughton; Mercury-Whitfield; Judge Gripus-Clarke; Phoebus-Booth; Polidas-Fearon; Tranio-Thompson; Sosia-Quick; Phaedra-Mrs Mattocks; Bromia-Mrs Pitt; Night-Miss Green; Alcmena-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Night Actor: Miss Green

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Song: IV: Interlude between Plutus and Wit-Reinhold, Miss Morris

Dance: End 2nd piece: As17800401; IV: an Interlude between Plutus and Wit-Reinhold (Plutus), Miss Morris (Wit); with a masque of Singing and Dancing-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor:
Role: Miss Ogle Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Kitty Willis Actor: Miss Stewart
Role: Letitia Hardy Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Sabrina Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown
Role: 1st Bacchant Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Miss Catley.

Song: Added to 1st Bacchant and Euphrosyne: The Noon Tide Air-Miss Catley