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7107 results for: Keyword - Moll Davis</i>] (whom I never saw act be<span class=
We found 4703 matches on Event Comments, 1656 matches on Performance Comments, 1492 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3701
07 November 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Sir Richard Steele.] With new Scenes, and all the Characters new drest. Daily Journal, 8 Nov.: Where a greater Concourse of People was never known to be assembled. [See also Cibber, Apology, II, 206; Dennis, Remarks on a Play call'd The Conscious Lovers; and British Journal, 10 Nov. and 8 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

3702
12 December 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [By Sandford.] All the Characters being entirely new dress'd. [The Preface gives a long account of the difficulties attendant on the production, particularly the inexperience of the amateur performers.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Fop; Or, The False One Fitted

Performance Comment: Persons who never yet appear'd in Public. Edition of 1724 lists: Sir Zealwou'd Fainall-Alleyn; Sir Obstinate Lecture-Thomas; Manworth-Hawker; Trueman-Milward; Timothy-Williams; 1st Companion-Dyas; 2d Companion-Richards; Eudmia-Mrs Thomas; Clarinda-Mrs Howey; Manilia-Mrs Herold; Isabella Wealthy-Mrs Marlow; Hearty-Mrs Wadderburn; Prologue-Milward.

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Hill

3703
15 January 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By John Gay.] True Briton, 22 Jan.: I was a Spectator, the first Night, at...The Captives; when I was Witness to a Ceremony, which I can never judge to be either beneficial to the Author, or contribute much to the Entertainment of the Town. There were large Quantities of Brandy distributed amongst the Footmen in the Boxes, and that in so plentiful a manner, that several of them were carried out of the House dead drunk. This, it seems, is call'd, Christening a Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Captives

3704
08 May 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several choiceConcertos-the Youth [J. Clegg][, never perform'd in Publick; [particularly, Concert of Vivaldi's called La Temista di Mare-; Solo-Mr Kitch; Solo Song [out of the Opera of Julius Caesar. Song Part-Mr Kitch; Violin-the Youth; [as done by Sig Castrucci in the Opera, Solo [of Sig Germiniani's-the Youth

Performance Comment: Clegg=][, never perform'd in Publick; [particularly, Concert of Vivaldi's called La Temista di Mare-; Solo-Mr Kitch; Solo Song [out of the Opera of Julius Caesar. Song Part-Mr Kitch; Violin-the Youth; [as done by Sig Castrucci in the Opera, Solo [of Sig Germiniani's-the Youth.

3705
17 October 1724 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: LLondon Journal, 17 Oct.: We hear there is a new Opera now in Practice...called, Tamerlane, the Musick composed by Mynheer Hendel, and that Signior Borseni, newly arriv'd from Italy, is to sing the Part of the Tyrant Bajazet. N.B. It is commonly reported this Gentleman was never cut out for a Singer

Performances

3706
28 November 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Night Scene. The Scenes being all painted from tne real Place of Action. [By John Thurmond.] Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 5 Dec.: [It] was dismiss'd with a universal hiss.-And, indeed, if Shepherd had been as wretched, and as silly a Rogue in the World, as the ingenious and witty Managers have made him upon the Stage, the lower Gentry, who attended him to Tyburn, wou'd never have pittied him when eh was hang'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shepard

Performance Comment: No actors' names in edition of 1724.

3707
12 December 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #69 4s. 6d. Mrs Pendarves to Mrs Ann Granville, 12 Dec. (Delany, Autobiography, I, 101-2): I was to see the opera of Dioclesian, and was very much disappointed, for instead of Purcell's musick which I expected, we had Pepusch's, and very humdrum it was; indeed I never was so tired with anything in my life

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess

Music: As17241128

Dance: As17241128

3708
21 April 1725 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Divorce Du Mariage

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Cartouche

Performance Comment: In which a new Actress will perform, who never appeared but once on this Stage.

3709
22 April 1725 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Fille Errantes

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Gentilhomme

Performance Comment: In which a new Actress will perform, who never appeared but twice on this Stage.

3710
24 February 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Chamont-Royer; Acasto-Huddy; Monimia-Mrs Haughton; Page-Mrs Tollet; Serina-a Gentlewoman [who never appear'd on any Stage before possible Lavinia Fenton]; [With a new Prologue-Mr Royer; [and a new Epilogue-Mrs Haughton.

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Fitzgerald

Music: The Original Trumpet Song of Sound Fame-by Mr Henry Purcel Mr Armstrong

3711
11 April 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'heureux Naufrage Et La Force De L'amour Et De La Magie

Performance Comment: With a new Actor newly arrived from Paris, who never performed in England before.

Dance: As17260328

3712
29 April 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Forsyth, who never appeared in Publick before. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal Part, consisting of the choicest Songs from the Operas-Mrs Forsyth; Instrumental Music-best Hands from the Opera-House

3713
23 March 1727 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Sig Victoria and the Doctor. By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Being a particular Fatigue of Argentina, with her Comical Affectation of her New Title; wherein the Doctor will perform by the Name of Tabarin , a New Character, very Comical and Jocose, never yet seen on the Stage, which has been reserved for that Day, and may be continued hereafter, if he has the Happiness of pleasing his most Noble Spectators better than by his former

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argentina Ortolana Contessa Per Forza

Dance: new Scaramouch , lately arriv'd from Italy; Serious and Grotesque Dancing particularly-M deCamp, Mlle Mimi l'Post , first Dancers of the Opera at Brussels, just arrived

3714
25 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #140 13s. Probable attendance: boxes and pit, 308 paid and 73 orders; stage, 1 paid; slips, 27 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 304 paid and 1 orders; second gallery, 172 paid. Daily Journal, 25 May: We hear that this Evening the famous Captain Lemuel Gulliver is to be at...Lincoln's Inn Fields, very handsomely attended and dress'd in a rich Habit, the like of which was never seen in England before. The two Stage Boxes are kept for him and his Company....The Master of the House has promised the Captain that neither during the Play or Entertainment, any Person shall be admitted behind the Scenes, that the Captain may bot be too much press'd with the Crowd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

3715
24 November 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: To which will be added, the Military Ceremony in Westminster Hallv, with proper Decorations never seen before. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

3716
11 March 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A short Dramatic Entertainment (never perform'd before)...All in Comic Characters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy and Poor Pierot Married

3717
24 June 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By a New Company who never appear'd on that Stage before. All the Songs and Dances set to Musick, as it is perform'd at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. At 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

3718
10 March 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Congreve. [According to the Craftsman, 29 March, Cibber removed this passage from the play: Foresight , 'Pray what will be done at Court?' Valentine , 'Scandal will tell you; I am Truth, I never come there.'

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: Essex, Miss Robinson Sr, Miss Robinson Jr, Young Lally, Miss Brett

3719
08 May 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Ray, Surel, Burney. Afterpiece: By Surel. Never perform'd before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Harlequin; or, The Farmer Outwitted

Dance: new Turkish Dance-Burney, Mrs Walter; A new Pierrot Dance-Burney, Rainton

3720
04 March 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Cecilia Young, a Scholar of Signor Geminiani, who never yet sung in Publick. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 2s. 6d. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

3721
09 October 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-a Gentleman [who never appeared on this Stage before]; Edgar-Giffard; Gloster-W. Giffard; Bastard-W. Williams; Kent-Bardin; Albany-R. Williams; Cornwal-Machen; Burgundy-Bullock; Gentleman Usher-Penkethman; Goneril-Mrs Woodward; Regan-Mrs Palmer; Cordelia-Mrs Giffard.

Song: [

Dance: [

3722
20 April 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit W. Williams. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: Never perform'd before [but see 26 April 1728]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler's Opera; or, The Humours of Billingsgate

3723
21 April 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Bardin. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: A new Comic Opera (never perform'd before). [Author unknown. Apparently not published.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding; or, The Humours of Wapping

3724
22 April 1731 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Afterpiece: Never perform'd before. [By Henry Fielding.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: The Welch Opera

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: Squire ap Shinken-Furnival; Master Owen-Davenport; Parson Puzzletext-Reynolds; Robin-Mullart; John-Hallam; William-Jones; Thomas-Dove; Madam ap Shinken-Mrs Jones; Molly-Miss Price; Goody Scratch-Mrs Clark; Sweetissa-Mrs Nokes; Susan-Mrs Mullart; Margery-Mrs Lacy; Betty-Mrs Furnival.
Cast
Role: Molly Actor: Miss Price

3725
03 March 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: As 2 March. According to Daily Post, 4 March, the new English Opera of Amelia was rehearsed at hay on 3 March by a Set of Performers that never appeared before upon any Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blazing Comet