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7703 results for: Keyword - Mr Colman
We found 4436 matches on Event Comments, 2149 matches on Author, 1146 matches on Performance Comments, 531 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

151
28 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: II: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

152
24 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

153
17 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End Opera: The Recruits-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist, Mas. Harris. [See17720501.

154
03 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

155
15 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

156
15 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquor

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

157
20 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

158
28 December 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

159
20 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; III: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

160
28 February 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

161
13 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Jealous Wife Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice; or, The Metamorphoses of Harlequin

162
06 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Related Works
Related Work: Polly Honeycomb Author(s): George Colman, the elder

163
23 June 1777 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Related Works
Related Work: Polly Honeycomb Author(s): George Colman, the elder

164
21 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

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Related Work: The Jealous Wife Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

165
31 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Barber; or, The Fruitless Precaution Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Related Works
Related Work: The Portrait Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Entertainment: Imitations End: Theatrical Imitations Serious, Comic, Vocal, and Rhetorical,-Rees; Duologue End afterpiece: Hobby@Horses Describing the Statesman's Hobby, the Ladies' Hobby, the Lawyer's Hobby, the Physician's Hobby, the Manager's Hobby, and R. Palmer's own Hobby,-R. Palmer, Iliff

166
04 August 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: Inkle and Yarico

Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard

167
01 January 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Belgrade

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

168
30 May 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: An Original, Whimsical, Operatical, Pantomimical, Farcical, Electrical, Naval, Military, Temporary, Local Extravaganza. 12th time [i.e. in continuation of the reckoning for the previous season]. The views of the Temple of Health, and the Camp in St. James's Park designed and executed by Rooker. [Prologue by George Colman elder (Colman, Prose, III, 229). Miss Lyon is identified in playbill of 11 June. Delpini was from dl.] The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [same throughout season]. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Rice at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber; Or, The Fruitless Precaution

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Barber; or, The Fruitless Precaution Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Related Works
Related Work: The Genius of Nonsense Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: afterpiece: Master Byrn, Miss Byrn. [Danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

169
08 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; PREL I, by George Colman elder; also ascribed to George Keate. Larpent MS 565; not published]: In Three Scenes of Dialogue. 2nd piece: The Music compiled by Dr Pepusch. 3rd piece [1st time; B. BALL I (see king's, 29 Mar.)]: Ballet Tragi-Comique by Signior Novestris [i.e. George Colman, the elder]. The Music by Signior Gluck. With New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Machinist and Painter-Signior Rookereschi. Tailor-Signior Walkerino. Morning Chronicle, 9 Aug.: Bannister with great good sense played chastely, and suffered the burlesque to arise out of his serious performance of Polly, not attempting to render the character ridiculous by making it more outre than it was rendered by his voice and figure

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Related Works
Related Work: A Preludio Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: III 2nd piece: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn, in girl's clothes (London Chronicle, 9 Aug., and see17810810) This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances

170
29 June 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 3, as altered by George Colman, the elder]: Written by Lillo, Author of George Barnwell. Not acted these 50 years [acted 4 Sept. 1755. Prologue by the alterer (Colman, Prose, III, 233)]. The Words of the Song in the Tragedy will be given at the Doors of the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 28 June 1783: This Afternoon will be published Fatal Curiosity (1s)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Curiosity

Related Works
Related Work: Fatal Curiosity Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Song: In Act I of mainpiece a song in character by Miss Hooke. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

171
16 August 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by George Colman, the younger. It has also been ascribed to Sarah Gardner, but for Colman's authorship see Peake, 11, 99. Composer of music unknown. MS: Larpent 589; not published]: The Words of the Songs are inserted in the Public Papers of this Day. Public Advertiser, 12 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Jewell, in Suffolk Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Barber; or, The Fruitless Precaution Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Female Dramatist

Related Works
Related Work: The Female Dramatist Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Dance: As17820613

172
12 August 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by John O'Keeffe, based on Le Rival Suppose, by Germain Francois Poulain de Saint-Foix. It was written in honor of the 21st birthday, 12 Aug., of the Prince of Wales. Prologue by George Colman, the elder (Colman, Prose, m, 248)]: The Overture by Dr Arnold. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 2 Oct. 1783: This Day is published The Birth Day (1s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Related Works
Related Work: The Separate Maintenance Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Birth Day; or, The Prince of Arragon

Dance: Afterpiece to conclude with a Grand Chorus and Dance (performers not listed)

Song: As17830613

173
17 June 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Lillo, Author of George Barnwell. [Prologue by George Colman, the elder (Colman, Prose, in, 233). Mrs Bates was from CG.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Afterpiece Title: Fatal Curiosity

Related Works
Related Work: Fatal Curiosity Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Song: In Act I of mainpiece a song in character by Miss Hooke

174
29 March 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. Mainpiece: By Permission of George Colman Jun., Esq. [Prologue by George Colman Jun. (Kemble Mem.), printed in Henry Angelo,@Reminiscences, 1828, I, 331-32.] Morning Herald, 29 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., No. 2, Frith-street, Soho. Receipts: #538 18s. 6d. (251.19.6; 32.18.0; 3.0.0; tickets: 251.1.0) (charge: #163 9s. 2d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Related Works
Related Work: The Surrender of Calais Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Entertainment: Monologue. Occasional Prologue-Bannister Jun

175
03 August 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; MD 3, by George Colman, ynger]: The Overture, Choruses, and new Musick by Dr Arnold. The Scenery by Rooker. The Dresses entirely new. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Salary List (Enthoven Collection): Paid Colman for Mountaineers #290 10s. Morning Chronicle, 26 Feb. 1795: This Day is published The Mountaineers (2s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Related Works
Related Work: The Mountaineers Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Song: 2nd piece: Vocal Parts-Kenrick, Walker, Linton, Dorion Jun., Little, Brown, Hobler, Horsfall, Saunders, Dibble, Lyons, Miss Fontenelle, Miss DeCamp, Miss Dall, Miss Menage, Mrs Powell, Mrs Hatton, Mrs Masters, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry