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We found 4812 matches on Roles/Actors, 4224 matches on Event Comments, 1138 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, and 18 matches on Author.
Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Robinson, but "A correspondent who was at Drury Lane theatre last night to see The Law of Lombardy congratulates the town on the acquisition of a new performer of the part which Mrs Robinson played. That lady being taken ill, Miss Farren, at very short warning, undertook it, and did it the most ample justice" (Gazetteer, 22 Apr.).] Receipts: #107 1s. 6d. (72.8.0; 31.1.0; 3.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790209, but Alinda-Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Performance Comment: As17790311 .
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #243 7s. 6d. (229.16.0; 11.8.0; 2.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: As17781028, but Cob-Wright; Bridget-Mrs Davies; Mrs Kitely-Mrs Brereton (1st appearance in that character); Cash-_; Formal-_.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Farce. Receipts: #174 11s. 6d. (100.2.0; 36.5.0; 7.067.0.6; tickets: 31.4.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Performance Comment: As17790313 .

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Performance Comment: As17790311 .
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Song: As17790313

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. Afterpiece: Never acted here. Public Advertiser, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Quick, No. 151, Drury-lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Performance Comment: As17790407.

Afterpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17781012, but Hamlet-Henderson; King-Fearon; Polonius-Wilson; 1st Grave@Digger-Quick; Marcellus-Thompson; Bernardo-Booth; Player King-L'Estrange.
Cast
Role: Mr Vermilion Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Dr Last in his Chariot

Performance Comment: Doctor Last-Quick; Dr Coffin-Jones; Skeleton-Wewitzer; Bulruddery-Egan; Friendly-Booth; Hargrave-Robson; Ailwou'd-Wilson; Nancy-Mrs Morton; Prudence-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Ailwou'd-Mrs Pitt.
Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Double Deception, announced on playbill of 26 Apr.] MS annotation on Kemble playbill: I believe this was the last time Miss Younge acted at Drury Lane. See C. G. T. November 10th, 1779. Receipts: #107 10s. 6d. (66.17.0; 32.16.0; 7.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: As17790410.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Sharp and Mrs Brereton. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Sharp, No. 10, Bow-street; of Mrs Brereton, No. 11, Tavistock-street. Receipts: #133 9s. 6d. (79.13.0; 25.0.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 28.8.0) (charge: #75 9s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17790126, but Mrs Ford-Mrs Brereton (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Mr Ford Actor: Smith
Role: Mr Page Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790315 .

Song: End IV: Tally ho!, as17790413

Performance Comment: , as17790413.
Event Comment: [Author of Prologue unknown. Epilogue by the author of mainpiece (Town and Country Magazine, May 1779, p.269).] Receipts: #146 17s. (110.19.0; 34.15.6; 1.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deception

Performance Comment: As17790428, but Flippant-Lamash; Prologue-Farren; Epilogue-Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Event Comment: Benefit for Messink, Fearon, Egan & Guard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Performance Comment: As17790412.

Afterpiece Title: A Bold Stroke for a Wife

Performance Comment: As17781007, but Tradelove-Thompson.
Cast
Role: Mr Vermilion Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Performance Comment: As17790427.

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: As17781022.
Event Comment: Receipts: #207 15s. (180.9; 27.4; 0.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17781006.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: End I afterpiece: As17790417

Song: As17781006

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Every Man in his Humour and The Irish Widow [both announced on playbill of 13 May], which were to have been performed this Evening, for the Benefit of Fawcett and Sga Crespi, are obliged to be deferred till Monday next. Receipts: #216 2s. 6d. (193.7.0; 22.7.6; 0.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17781017, but Portia-Mrs Bulkley (of cg).

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Coopers, as17781211

Ballet: End III: The Humours of Newmarket. As17790503 at cg Jockeys-Dagueville, Harris, Master Dagueville, Master Holland; Ladies-Miss Ross, Sga Tinte, Miss Armstrong

Performance Comment: As17790503 at cg Jockeys-Dagueville, Harris, Master Dagueville, Master Holland; Ladies-Miss Ross, Sga Tinte, Miss Armstrong.
Event Comment: Receipts. #181 10s. (149.10; 31.15; 0.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17781006.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Song: As17781006

Event Comment: Benefit for a Fund for the Relief of those who from their Infirmities shall be obliged to retire from the Stage. Receipts: #98 14s. 6d. (59.10.0; 15.5.0; 0.4.6; tickets: 23.15.0) [charge: #52 5s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17781006.

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Performance Comment: As17790311but Principal Vocal Parts-A Young _Lady, Miss Wright.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Song: As17781029

Event Comment: Receipts: #56 8s. 6d. (34.12.0; 21.1.0; 0.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deception

Performance Comment: As17790506. Prologue and Epilogue as17790506.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson, Carleton Sen. & Woollams. Tickets delivered by Bayne, Page, Finney, Barthrope and Whittey will be taken. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #243 3s. (15.3; 3.11; 0.5; tickets: 224.4) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: As17781104.

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17790313 .
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: End III: Double Hornpipe, as17790417

Event Comment: The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Account-Book, 8 June: Paid Boy counting Copper Tickets 185 nights #4 12s. 6d. Receipts: #168 14s. 6d. (134.19.0; 33.15.6; after-money not listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17781006.

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Performance Comment: As17790417, but Principal Vocal Parts-A Young _Lady, Miss Wright.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycomb Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17790417

Song: As17781006

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Performance Comment: As17790701.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: As17790705.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycombe Actor: Parsons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albina, Countess Raimond

Performance Comment: As17790731.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: As17790705.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycombe Actor: Parsons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Widow And No Widow

Performance Comment: As17790717.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17790806.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash

Dance: As17790618

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albina, Countess Raimond

Performance Comment: As17790731 but Editha-Miss Sherry.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17790806, but Stevens.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash
Event Comment: Benefit for Dimond. Tickets to be had of Dimond, No. 3, Upper James-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: As17790618.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17790809.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash

Dance: As17790618

Entertainment: Monologue End: Bucks have at ye all-Master Hitchcock

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albina, Countess Raimond

Performance Comment: As17790809.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17790809.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash
Event Comment: [As afterpiece Public Advertiser erroneously announces Belphegor.] Receipts: #133 10s. (100.15; 32.11; 0.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Performance Comment: As17791202, but Lamash_.
Cast
Role: Mr Woodley Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Bromley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Performance Comment: Byron-Vernon; Sir Harry Muff-Dodd; General Worry-Parsons; Spy-Baddeley; Gardeners-Fawcett, Chaplin, Holcroft; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten; Narcissa-Mrs Baddeley.
Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #146 5s. 6d. (113.6.0; 32.11.0; 0.8.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Performance Comment: As17791204, but Epilogue-_[and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: Mr Woodley Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Bromley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: As17791118.
Event Comment: Receipts: #100 6s. (77.0; 23.2; 0.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Performance Comment: As17791204.
Cast
Role: Mr Woodley Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Bromley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders Of Derbyshire

Performance Comment: As17790930.
Event Comment: Receipts: #160 7s. (158.7; 2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17791113, but Doctor Caius (1st time)-Whitfield; Fenton-Robson; Mrs Page-Mrs Wilson; Page-Miss Langrish.
Cast
Role: Mr Ford Actor: Wroughton
Role: Mr Page Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror

Performance Comment: As17791130.