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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.

6026
14 January 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17641004, but Myrtle-Lee; Lucinda-Mrs Hopkins; Indiana-Mrs Cibber; Sir John Bevil-Bransby; in Act II, Singing-Miss Young.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: III: The Medley, as17641120

6027
07 March 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Capricious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17650302 but Parts-Miss _Young, Miss Plym; in Act I of the Entertainment, a New Dance call'd The +Colliers-Mas. Cape, Miss Rogers.

6028
23 March 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates. Farce in 2 acts written by Murphy for Mrs Yates (Genest, V, 67)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Choice

Dance: I: The Medley, as17641120; End: The Irish Lilt, as17641011

6029
26 March 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Performance Comment: Leontes-Powell, 1st time; Polixenes-Havard; Florizel-Holland; Camillo-Lee; Autolicus-Yates; Clown-King; Hermione-Mrs Pritchard; Perdita-Mrs Yates , 1st time; Old Shepherd-Burton; Paulina-Mrs Bennet; Original Prologue-Yates; the Vocal Parts-Vernon, Mrs Vincent, Miss Young; In Act II, a Dance incident to the piece,-Giorgi, Berardi, Miss Wilkinson.

Afterpiece Title: The Choice

Dance: End: The Medley, as17641120

6030
11 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Gibson. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 9 March 1758.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: III: A Tambourine, as17641015

Entertainment: After: (for this night only) Serious, Comic, Post-haste Observations in his Journey to Paris-Mr Shuter

6031
13 April 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Love. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 21 April 1763.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Dance: III: The Medley, as17641120

6032
23 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: As17650330 but Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Isabinda-Mrs Mattocks; Miranda-Miss Wilford, 1st appearance as actress.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Wilford, 1st appearance as actress.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: As17650417 but Termagant-Mrs Green; End Act I, a New Dance-Miss Wilford.
Cast
Role: Rovewell Actor: Davis

Dance: III: Rural Love, as17641212; End: A Minuet-Miss Valois, Miss Wilford

6033
06 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody and Griffith, acted only once these three years. Tickets deliver'd for the Committee, Romeo and Juliet, and A Play will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: End: Tambourine, as17650427

Song: End: By Particular Desire the Favorite song in the Play Love a-la-Mode,-Moody

6034
13 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Perry, Dibdin. Mainpiece: Acted but once these two years. Afterpiece: Perform'd but twice. None admitted behind Scenes. Books of the Afterpiece to be sold at Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Montano Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherd's Artifice

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Mattocks, Dibdin, Mrs Mattocks

Dance: II: A Medley Hornpipe, as17650430 End: Rural Love, as17641212

6035
15 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wignell, Stoppelaer. None Admitted behind Scenes. Mainpiece: Not acted these three years. [See 31 Dec. 1760.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Miss Twist; IV: Rural Love, as17641212

Entertainment: After the Play: (this night only) Joe Haynes's Humorous Epilogue riding on an Ass-Shuter

6036
22 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hussey, Curtet, Mrs Viviez, Miss Daw. Mainpiece acted but once these 8 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: II: A New Dance-Hussey, Miss Pitt; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Daw; IV: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003; End: Minuet-Curtet, Miss Barrowby

6037
14 September 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places may be taken from Johnson at the Stage Door. No money will be taken at the stage door. None will be refunded after Curtain is drawn up. To begin at 6 o'clock. [Footnote not further noted. Garrick on his return from the continent first introduced a method of illumination by lights not visible to the audience, thus replacing the huge chandeliers (Genest, V, 86). Published this season, A Critical Balance of the Performers at Drury Lane last Season, a broadside sheet at 1s., printed for C. Moran. This scale of the following twelve values war applied to 43 actors and actresses: (A score of 20 under each heading was perfect.) Figure; Grace; Spirit & Ease, Sensibility & Truth; Dignity & Manners; Expression & Pantomime; Low Humor; Genteel Humor; Elocution and voice; Dress; Dumb show; Noise. Beside each actor was listed his outstanding parts. (See Copy in Huntington Library.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Yates; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o'th@Mint-Kear; Beggar-Burton; Player-Strange; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Vincent; In Act III, a Hornpipe-Miss Baker; To Conclude with a Country Dance-; New Occasional Prologue-King.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

6038
26 September 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George Barnwell-a young gentleman [Cautherley, first appearance in man's role]; Thorogood-Havard; Blunt-Parsons; Milwood-Mrs Hopkins; Maria-Mrs Palmer; Trueman-Mr Young, first appearance this stage; Uncle-Burton; Lucy-Mrs Bennet; [In Act I, a Song-Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

6039
11 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 24 Oct. 1763.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

6040
23 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Myrtle-Palmer; Young Bevil-Holland; Sir John Bevil-Burton; Sealand-Havard; Cimberton-Love; Humphrey-Packer; Tom-King; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Daniel-Vaughan; Lucinda-Miss Plym; Indiana-Mrs Yates; In Act II, Singing-Miss Young.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

6041
11 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Moneses-Powell (first time); Selima-Mrs Palmer (first time); Arpasia-Mrs Yates (first time); Tamerlane-Havard; Omar-Lee; Prince of Tanais-Ackman; Dervise-Bransby; Hali-Strange; Stratocles-Ackman; Bajazet-Holland; In Act IV, the Original Song of O' Gentle Sleep-Miss Young.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

6042
20 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Powell; Jachimo-Holland; Cymbeline-Love; Cloten-King; Bellarius-Havard; Arviragus-Palmer; Guiderius-Aickin; Pissanio-Packer; Imogen-Mrs Yates; Queen-Mrs Bennet; In Act II, a Masquerade Scene-Aldridge, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi; Singing-Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: III: A Dutch Dance-Aldridge

6043
25 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. [Garrick made slight additions and some omissions to the altered play (Genest, V, 89).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: End: Dutch Dance, as17651120

6044
02 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. N.B. Love in a Village will not be acted after this evening, for a considerable time, on account of a new Musical Comedy which will be performed some Day this week. [See 6 Dec., The Summer's Tale.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: Rural Love, as17651115

6045
26 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both Pieces By Command of Their Majesties. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [See 15 April 1762.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Jupiter in character of Harlequin Actor: Miles

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17651019; IV: The Garland, as17651003

6046
24 January 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the benefit of Mr Love and Mr Sanderson for the pantomime (Hopkins Dairy). Characters in Mainpiece dress'd in the habits of the times. Not acted these two years. [See 4 Jan. 1764.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

6047
29 January 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 23 Feb. 1764.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

6048
30 January 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Jan. 30, 1766, died Mrs Cibber. Was Miss Arne, born 1715. Married Theo Cibber 21 April 1734. Brought to bed of a son 5 April 1736. Left stage 1738 with Mr Sloper, who was charged with damages. Acted Dublin 1741. Returned to Covent Garden and performed till 1747. Joined Garrick till 1750. Returned to cg till 1753. Returned to dl and remained till she died (Winston MS 9 from Burney's Actor's MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

6049
06 February 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these 14 years. [See 5 March 1752.] Characters New Dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: Carlos-Smith; Lorenzo-Mattocks; Don Alvarez-Walker; Don Felix-Lewis; Metaphrastus-Gibson; Toledo-Cushing; Sancho-Shuter; Lopez-Woodward; Camillo-Miss Macklin; Isabella-Mrs Burden; Jacinta-Miss Pitt, first appearance as an actress; Leonora-Miss Wilford.
Cast
Role: Jacinta Actor: Miss Pitt, first appearance as an actress
Related Works
Related Work: The Perplex’d Couple: or, Mistake upon Mistake Author(s): Chalres Molloy

Afterpiece Title: Midas

6050
07 February 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Acted but twice these 8 years. The assertions in a pretended [Letter from] Quin that he was a bastard and--we are assured are both false; the actor having been born in Lawful matrimony and having drawn his first breath in the Parish of Covent Garden (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Cast
Role: Decius Brutus Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: End: The Village Romps, as17651019