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5898 results for: Keyword - Mr Batchelor
We found 4241 matches on Event Comments, 1193 matches on Performance Comments, 842 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1151
23 November 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Performance Comment: [The Speaking Characters by Bannister, Johnstone, Wilson, Blanchard, Bernard, Rees (1st appearance on this stage), Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Martyr. Cast from Songs (For the Author [1790]); Clueline-Bannister; Capt. Frederick-Johnstone; Sir Fidget Fearful-Wilson; Gregory-Blanchard; Flambeau-Bernard; Whim-Rees; Squire Thicket-Incledon; Sophia-Mrs Harlowe; Peggy-Mrs Martyr; Female Indian-Mrs Mountain; [With Dialogue-; [to introduce the following favourite Songs, selected, written and composed (with new accompaniments) by Dibdin: PART I. The Lamplighter[, I'm jolly Dick the Lamplighter-Bernard; Peggy Perkins[, Let Bards elate-Blanchard; Irish Drinking Song[, Of the Ancients its speaking-Johnstone; Tom Bowling[, Here a shere Hulk lies poor Tom Bowling-Bannister; Comic Song[, How much I love thee-Wilson; Taffy and Griddy[, Abergavenny is fine-Mrs Martyr; [PART II. Hunting Song[, To Batchelor's Hall-Incledon; Sea Song[, Ben Backstay lov'd the gentle Anna-Bannister; The Portrait[, Come, Painter, with thy happiest flight-Incledon; The Soldier's Grave[, Of all Sensations Pity brings-Incledon; [Conclude with Rural Masquerade-[in which the following Airs will be sung in character; The Greenwich Pensioner[, 'Twas in the good ship Rover-Bannister; Indian Song[, Dear Yanco says, and true he says-Mrs Mountain; The Masquerade[, Sure an't the World a Masquerade-Johnstone, Chorus; Occasional Prologue-Farren.
Cast
Role: To Batchelor's Hall Actor: Incledon

Dance: In afterpiece: Dancing-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

1152
30 March 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Live Lumber; Or, Unburied Dead

Performance Comment: Old Batchelor-Munden; Virtuoso-Powel; Fop-Farley; Lawyer-Williamson; Lover-Claremont; Shroud-Wilde; Undertakers: Plume@Hearse-Thompson; Seize@Corps (with a song)-Haymes; Dismal-Rees; Servant-Abbot; The Censor-Richardson; Old Maid-Miss Leserve; Fine Lady-Miss Logan.
Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: The Lie of the Day

Afterpiece Title: The Way to Get Un-Married

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Dance: End of 3rd piece: The Lucky Escape, as17951008

1153
16 April 1694 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: In L. C. 151@p. 352, is an order, dated 16 April 1694, to pay Mrs Barry #25 for The Old Batchelor. The date of the performance is not specified

Performances

1154
01 November 1723 @ Dog Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Lorenzo, Gomez, Elvira in The Spanish Fryar, Belmour, Fondlewife, Laetitia in The Old Batchelor, Roger in Aesop, Woodcock, Hillaria, Squib in The Yeoman of Kent, Hob in The Country Wake, Sir Toby, the Philosophers in Love's Contrivance-Tony Aston.

1155
04 December 1723 @ King's Arms Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Gomez, Lorenze, Elvira in The Spanish Fryar, Petruchio, Peg in The Taming of a Shrew, Fondlewife, Laetitia, Belamour in The Old Batchelor, Woodcock, Hillaria, Squib in The Yeoman of Kent, Roger, Aesop, Philosophers, Sir Toby in Love's Contrivances, Prologue, Epilogue-Tony Aston.

Entertainment: Comical Songs-; The Drunken Man-

1156
10 December 1723 @ Castle Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Sawney, Petruchio, Peg in The Taming of the Shrew, Belmour, Fondlewife, Laetitia in The Old Batchelor, Woodcock, Hillaria, Squib in The Yeoman of Kent, Roger, Aesop, Sir Toby, the Philosophers in Love's Contrivance, Hob in The Country Wake, The Drunken Man-Tony Aston.

1157
31 December 1723 @ Anchor and Vine Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Gomez, Lorenzo, Elvira in The Spanish Fryar, Sauney, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Belmour, Fondlewife, Laetitia in The Old Batchelor, Woodcock, Hillaria, Squib in The Yeoman of Kent, Roger, Aesop, Sir Toby, Philosophers in Love's Contrivance, The Drunken Man-Tony Aston.

Song:

1158
13 March 1724 @ Horseshoe Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Gomez, Lorenzo, Elvira in The Spanish Fryar, Sauney, Petruchio, Peg in Sauney the Scot, Fondlewife, Belmour, Laetitia in The Old Batchelor, Woodcock, Hillaria, Squib in The Yeoman of Kent, Roger, Aesop, Sir Toby, the Philosophers in Love's Contrivance, Prologue, Epilogue-Tony Aston.

Entertainment: Comical Songs-; The Drunken Man-

1159
21 March 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Old Batchelor announced, but The Drummer substituted for it. Receipts: #95 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

1160
20 April 1724 @ Palace Yard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Lorenzo, Gomez, Elvira in The Spanish Fryar, Sauny, Petruchio, Peg in The Taming of the Shrew, Belmour, Fondlewife, Laetitia in The Old Batchelor, Woodcock, Hillaria, Squib in The Yeoman of Kent, Roger, Aesop, Sir Toby, Philosophers in Love's Contrivances, Prologue, Epilogue-Tony Aston.

Song: Comical Songs-

1161
10 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. [The Old Batchelor had been announced.] Receipts: #20

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

1162
18 May 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd out by Stitchbury, Morris, Levi, and others, for the Old Batchelor on Monday last, that could not be admitted, will be taken in at this Concert; as also Tickets deliver'd by Sutton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: two Mwo Masters Granier, Miss Granier

1163
28 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal-Lowe; Merlin-Howard; Diana-Miss Davis; Aerial Spirits-Cooke, Villeneuve, Desse, Christian, Gardner; Madam Cointrie, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Gondou, Miss Batchelor; Jupiter in the character of Harlequin-Miles; Mercury-Vincent; Doctor-Bencraft; Colombine-Miss Haughton; Pierrot-Lalauze.

1164
29 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Performance of mainpiece highly praised in Gray's Inn Journal 3 Nov. It is no wonder that in some scenes the Emotions of the Audien ce run so extremely high, as they were acted upon by the two best Tragedians in the world." Garrick and Mossop. Also praises Foote's Fondlewife in previous performances of the Old Batchelor.] Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

1165
21 August 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Weston. Afterpiece: Taken from The Old Batchelor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Credulous Husband

Song: IV: A favorite song in Love in a Village-Mrs Weston

Entertainment: End: Joe Haines Epilogue on an Ass-Shuter

1166
30 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Old Batchelor [and A Christmas Tale, both announced on playbill of 29 Nov. are] obliged to be deferred. [Public Advertiser assigns Lucianus to Parsons.] Receipts: #106 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

1167
04 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Old Batchelor; afterpiece of Selima and Azor, both announced on playbill of 3 Dec.] Receipts: #253 3s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Dance: End: Dance-Sga Crespi, Sga Vidini, Sga Ricci

1168
20 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Old Batchelor, announced on playbill of 19 Nov.] Receipts: #127 8s. (102.11; 24.13; 0.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

1169
19 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Old Batchelor [announced on playbill of 17 Feb.] is obliged to be deferr'd on account of King's illness. Receipts: #161 7s. (107.3; 53.9; 0.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

1170
26 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Old Batchelor, announced on playbill of 24 Feb.] Paid the Guardians of the Duke of Bedford rent to Michaelmas 1778, land tax deducted, #160 16s. 4d. Receipts: #128 16s. 6d. (88.5.0; 38.11.0; 2.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: As17800107

1171
10 April 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Old Batchelor, announced on playbill of 9 Apr.] Receipts: #140 3s. (91/18/0; 48/2/6; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Alchymist

Dance: As17820302athi

1172
21 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Relief of Williamstadt

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Performance Comment: With Dialogue intended only to introduce the following favorite songs, selected, written and composed (with new accompanyments) by Dibdin: The Lamplighter, I'm jolly Dick the Lamplighter-Cubitt; Peggy Perkins, Let bards elate-Blanchard; [Irish Drinking Song, Of the ancients its speaking-Johnstone; The Greenwich Pensioner ["Twas in the goodship Rover], Tom Bowling [Here a sheer hulk]-Darley; [Comic Song, How much I love thee-Powel; Taffy and Griddy, Abergavenny is fine-Mrs Martyr; [Hunting Song, To Batchelor's Hall, Poor Jack, Go patter to Lubbers, The Portrait, Come painter with thy happiest flight-Incledon; [To conclude with a Rural Masquerade-; [Indian Song, Dear Yanco say and true he say-Miss Broadhurst; [Sea Song, A Sailor's Life's a life of woe-Mrs Harlowe; [The Masquerade, Sure an't the world a Masquerade-Johnstone, Chorus.

Music: End I 3rd piece: a sonata from Op. 2, by Clementi, on one of Longman and Broderip's newly invented Grand Piano Forte Harpsichords, by the celebrated-Master Field a Child of Nine Years Old

Entertainment: Monologue. As17930410

1173
28 April 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Hooly and Fairly; or, The Highland Lad and Lowland Lass

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Performance Comment: As17971002, but Old Towler-Incledon; To Batchelor's Hall-_; Speaking Characters-_.

Dance: 2nd piece to conclude with: Highland Reel-; In 3rd piece: Ballet, as17971013

Song: In V 1st piece: a Dirge, as17970925; In 2nd piece: Highland Laddy-; Hooly and Fairly-; Katharine Ogie- [recte Oggy]; Andrew and his Cutty Gun-; Todlen Hame-; Tulloch Goram-; The Little Farthing Rushlight-Graham

1174
02 June 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: II: The Haymakers-Giorgi's Scholars; End Opera: Hornpipe-Master Burn

Entertainment: End Opera: Bannister's Imitations-Bannister

1175
16 May 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Cook, Anne Auretti, Mathews, Mrs Addison