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6281 results for: Keyword - Mr Bensley
We found 4275 matches on Event Comments, 1844 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1026
02 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Smith; King-Gibson; Ghost-Bensley; Laertes-Davis; Horatio-Hull; Polonius-Shuter; Rosencraus-R. Smith; Pl. King-Redman; Guildenstern-Perry; Lucianus-Cushing; Ostrick-Dyer; Gravediggers-Dunstall, Stoppelaer; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; Queen-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Ghost Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

1027
28 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Yates; Falbridge-Bensley; Spatter-Woodward; Sir William-Hull; Owen-Gibson; La France-Quick; Lady Alton-Mrs Bellamy; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Ward; Molly-Mrs Mattocks; Amelia-Miss Morris.
Cast
Role: Falbridge Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

1028
31 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Ghost Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Performance Comment: As17690311 but Original Prologue-_; short bill only, Careless-Woodward; Knowell-Bensley; Lucy-Mrs Mattocks listed.
Cast
Role: Knowell Actor: Bensley

Dance: End: The Reel, as17681212

1029
04 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Powell; Sir Harry-Woodward; Russett-Dunstall; Charles-Bensley; Lord Trinket-Dyer; Major Oakly-Yates; O'Cutter-Barrington; Tom-R. Smith; Harriet-Mrs Dyer; Lady Freelove-Mrs Green; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Bulkley, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: III: The Merry Sailors, as17680920; End: A Minuet-Fishar, Mrs Bulkley

1030
19 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17690318 but Horatio-Bensley (from Covent Garden); Altamont-Palmer.
Cast
Role: Horatio Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: III: New Comic Dance, as17681210

Entertainment: V: Bucks Have at ye All-Palmer

1031
26 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Performance Comment: As17681029, but Alwin-Bensley, 1st time; Raymond-Packer (from Drury Lane); LaRoches-Davis.
Cast
Role: Alwin Actor: Bensley, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: The Provenzales-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford [see17681123]; End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

1032
03 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Powell; Pembroke-Davis; Prince Henry-Lewes; Essex-Mahon; Salisbury-Perry; Bastard-Smith; Austria-Morris; Hubert-Bensley; King of France-Clarke; Chatillon-Hull; Dauphin-Dyer; Pandulph-Gibson; Prince Arthur-Mas. Bates; Constance-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Hubert Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: IV: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe, as17690408

1033
03 October 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Performance Comment: Manuel-Shuter; Philip-Bensley; Octavio-Gardner; Soto-Dunstall; Trappanti-Woodward; Corrigidor-Wignell; Don Luis-Davis; Rosara-Mrs Mattocks; Flora-Mrs Lessingham; Viletta-Mrs Pitt; Hypolita-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Philip Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Midas

1034
17 October 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Performance Comment: Carlos-Bensley; Clodio-Woodward; Charino-Herbert; Antonio-Dunstall; Duart-Davis; Luis-Shuter; Elvira-Mrs Vincent; Honoria-Miss Mills; Louisa-Mrs DuBellamy; Angelina-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Carlos Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Midas

1035
18 October 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Smith, first time; Polydore-Wroughton[, first time; Chamont-Bensley[, first time; Acasto-Gibson; Chaplain-Hull; Serina-Mrs DuBellamy; Florella-Mrs Pitt; Monimia-A Young Gentlewoman[, never on any stage before [Miss Miller, according to Kemble note on the playbill]., never on any stage before [Miss Miller, according to Kemble note on the playbill].
Cast
Role: Chamont Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Performance Comment: Careless-Woodward; Knowel-Bensley; Rook-DuBellamy; MacShuffle-Barrington; Shark-Perry; Lucy-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Knowel Actor: Bensley

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge. [See17691009, 1767.

1036
26 October 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Smith; Shore-Bensley; Catesby-Fox; Gloster-Clarke; Ratcliff-Davis; Belmour-Gibson; Derby-R. Smith; Alicia-Mrs Bellamy; Jane Shore-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Shore Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: End: The Lamplighters, as17691005

1037
01 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Performance Comment: Cyrus-Wroughton; Cambyses-Smith; Astyages-Clarke; Harpagus-Hull; Mithranes-Bensley; Mirza-Davis; Officer-R. Smith; Aspasia-Mrs Mattocks; Mandane-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Mithranes Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

1038
15 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Yates; Spatter-Woodward; Owen-Gibson; LaFrance-Quick; Falbridge-Bensley; Sir William Douglas-Hull; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Barrington; Molly-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Alton-Mrs Bellamy; Amelia-Mrs Yates, first time.
Cast
Role: Falbridge Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

1039
23 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Smith; Sir Brilliant-Bensley; William-Dyer; Sideboard-Holtom; Sir Bashful-Yates; Widow Belmore (with the original Song)-Miss Macklin; Lady Constant-Mrs Bulkley; Muslin-Mrs Green; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Sir Brilliant Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: III: A New Dance call'd The Whim-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere. [See17690427]

1040
27 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Smith; King-Gibson; Ghost-Bensley; Horatio-Hull; Ostrick-Dyer; Laertes-Davis; Polonius-Shuter; Gravediggers-Dunstall, Stoppelaer; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; Queen-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Ghost Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

1041
19 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Smith, first time; Macduff-Clarke; Lenox-Hull; Malcolm-Perry; Banquo-Bensley; Duncan-Gibson; Seyton-Gardner; Hecate-Reinhold; Witches-Quick, Mrs Pitt, Cushing; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Yates; With a Dance of the Furies-Arnauld.
Cast
Role: Banquo Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Midas

1042
22 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Smith; Aimwell-Bensley; Bonniface-Morris; Sullen-Gibson; Gibbet-Gardner; Scrub-Shuter; Dorinda-Mrs Mattocks; Cherry-Miss Ward; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Lessingham; With a New Occasional Epilogue-Shuter.
Cast
Role: Aimwell Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: IV: The Lamplighters, as17691005

1043
03 February 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: As17700125, but to avoid confusion the cast is repeated here: Capt. Ironsides-Woodward; Young Belfield-Smith; Sir Benjamin Dove-Yates; Older Belfield-Clarke; Philip-Bensley; Paterson-Dyer; Goodwin-Hull; Jonathan-Dunstall; Francis-Perry; Skiff-Quick; Lady Dove-Mrs Green; Lucy-Mrs Gardner; Fanny-Miss Ward; Kitty-Miss Valois; Sophia-Mrs Mattocks; Violetta-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Philip Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jubilee

1044
12 February 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: Duke-Bensley; Angleo-Clarke; Escalus-Hull; Claudio-Wroughton; Clown-Dunstall; Provost-Gardner; Friar Thomas-Redman; Elbow-Quick; Lucio-Woodward; Barnardine-Stoppelaer; Friar Peter-R. Smith; Mariana-Mrs Bulkley; Juliet-Mrs Ogilvie; Francisca-Miss Mills; Isabella-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jubilee

Dance: IV: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

1045
22 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: Warwick-Smith; King Edward-Bensley; Pembroke-Perry; Suffolk-Gardner; Buckingham-Wignell; Lady Elizabeth Grey-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Clifford-Miss Pearce; Margaret of Anjou-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: King Edward Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Edgar and Emmeline

Dance: End: The Tartars, as17691207

Entertainment: End: By Particular Desire, The Epilogue[Spoken Last Year;-Mrs Yates [as17690313, the New Epilogue for Mrs Yates's Benefit, after Orestes]

1046
27 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Yates; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Bensley; Duke-Morris; Gratiano-Dyer; Lorenzo (with songs)-Mattocks; Launcelot-Shuter; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Baker; Nerissa-Mrs Vincent; Portia (that Night only)-Mrs Yates, first time.
Cast
Role: Bassanio Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: IV: The Whim, as17691123

1047
31 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Performance Comment: Biron-Smith; Villeroy-Bensley; Count Baldwin-Gibson; Carlos-Gardner; Bellford-Perry; Sampson-Dunstall; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Isabella-Mrs Bellamy; With the Epithalamium-Mattocks, Mrs Thompson.
Cast
Role: Villeroy Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer Outwitted

Dance: II: The Reel, as17700329

1048
18 April 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17700119, but Posthumus-Bensley, first time; Guiderius-Wroughton, first time; Arviragus-R. Smith; Imogen-Mrs Bulkley; In Act II: a Masquerade Scene-incident to the play; Singing-Mrs Thompson.
Cast
Role: Posthumus Actor: Bensley, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: III: A Minuet-Fishar, Mrs Thompson

1049
20 April 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Felix-Bensley, first time; Col. Briton-Wroughton, first time; Lopez-Dunstall; Pedro-Morris; Gibby-Shuter; Lissardo-Woodward; Frederick-Gardner; Isabella-Mrs Mattocks; Flora-Mrs Pitt; Inis-Mrs Green; Violante-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Felix Actor: Bensley, first time

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: II: By Particular Desire, a Minuet-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Capon , first time; I: A Serious and Comic Dance-. the serious part- Miss Capon, the comic part- Mas. Burton, Miss Besford (all apprentices to Fishar); IV: A New Grand Ballet called The Old Man Metamorphosed-. Old Man Fishar, Shepherdess Sga Manesiere, Cupid Mas. Burton; In which Dance will be introduced by Particular Desire the Allemande-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Ballet: V: For First time this season, The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Miles; Orange Woman-Sga Manesiere; Double Hornpipe-[See17680416]

1050
21 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17691111, but Horatio-Bensley, from Covent Garden; Calista-Miss Younge, first time.
Cast
Role: Horatio Actor: Bensley, from Covent Garden

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17690926

Entertainment: End: Bucks have at ye all-Dodd