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5885 results for: Keyword - Mr Hurst
We found 4240 matches on Event Comments, 1502 matches on Performance Comments, 529 matches on Performance Title, 22 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

226
27 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Old City Manners

Performance Comment: As17751117, but Bramble-Usher for Hurst.
Cast
Role: Bramble Actor: Usher for Hurst.

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: II: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

227
07 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Smith; Duncan-Bransby; Ross-Aickin; Macduff-Reddish; Malcolm-Davies; Angus-Whitfield; Captain-Usher; Banquo-Packer; Donalbain-Everard; Hecate-Legg; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Yates; Lady Macduff-Miss Sherry; Witches-Parsons; Moody, Baddeley; Lenox-Fawcett; Seward-Hurst; Doctor-Wright; Fleance-Mas. Pulley; Seton-Griffiths; Vocal Parts-Legg, Kear, Carpenter, Cubitt, Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Mrs Love; in IV, a Dance of Furies-.
Cast
Role: Seward Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

228
26 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

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

Performance Comment: George Barnwell-Brereton, first time; Milwood-Mrs King, first time; Trueman-Davies; Uncle-Wrighten; Blunt-Whitfield; Lucy-Mrs Davies; Thorogood-Hurst; Maria-Miss Hopkins; Song-Mrs Scott , in I.
Cast
Role: Thorogood Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

229
29 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17751101, but Cymbeline-Hurst; Guiderius-Whitfield; first time, and Singing In Act I-Miss Sharpe; Doctor-_; Captain-_; Claudio-_.
Cast
Role: Cymbeline Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

230
09 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: New Brooms

Afterpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Reddish; Jaques-Jefferson; Duke Senior-Hurst; Duke Frederick-Bransby; Oliver-Packer; Amiens (with songs)-Vernon; Corin-Waldron; LeBeau-Everard; Silvius-R. Palmer; William-Messink; Adam-Moody; Caelia-Mrs Baddeley; Cuckoo Song-Mrs Baddeley; Phoebe-Mrs Davies; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw; Rosalind-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Duke Senior Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Dance: End I: The Grand Garland Dance-Giorgi, Sga Crespi, Slingsby

Song: In V: a song-Mrs Scott

231
28 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Grimaldi, Ballet-Master, and Hurst. Receipts: #241 15s. 6d. Charges #74 14s. Profits to Grimaldi and Hurst: #177 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Performance Comment: Antony-Reddish, first time; Ventidius-Hurst, first time; Dolabela-Palmer; Alexas-J. Bannister; Serapion-Bransby; Mysis-Keen; Romans-Ackman, Wrighten; Charmion-Mrs Johnston; Iras-Miss Platt; Octavia-Mrs Canning, first time; Cleopatra-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Ventidius Actor: Hurst, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Dance: IV: A Pantomime Dance call'd The Taylors-Grimaldi, Atkins, Mrs Sutton; V: A Hornpipe-a Scholar of Grimaldi

232
06 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Messrs Grimaldi and Hurst. Rec'd from Sinking Fund #420; from Stopages #11 7s. 6d. Paid salary list #564 16s.; J. French on acct #5 5s. Receipts: #166 16s. 6d. Charges: #70 19s. Profits to Grimaldi and Hurst: #95 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Performance Comment: Tyrrel-Brereton, first time; Mortimer-King; Abberville-Dodd; Colin-Moody; Dr Druid-Baddeley; Mrs Bridgemore-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Bridgemore-Miss Sherry; Miss Aubrey-Miss Younge; Aubrey-Hurst, first time; Bridgemore-Bransby; Napthali-Waldron; La Jeunesse-Burton; Jarvis-Griffiths; Mrs Macintosh-Mrs Love; Chambermaid-Miss Platt; . .
Cast
Role: Aubrey Actor: Hurst, first time

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: End: The Lilliputian Camp-, not performed these 6 years

233
05 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst and Burton. Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Public Advertiser, 25 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hurst at his house, No. 374, Strand; of Burton, Duke's-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #209 15s. (42.11.0: 11.16.6; 0.2.6; tickets: 155.5.0) (charge: #65 3s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Performance Comment: As17780108, but Sir John Flowerdale-Hurst (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sir John Flowerdale Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: As17780504

234
18 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Afterpiece: For the last time this season. [Public Advertiser, 20 April: The following Accident happened at Drury Lane on Thursday in the Entertainment of the Jubilee. As Mr Hurst and Mr Palmer were representing the characters of Posthumus and Iachimo in the Fighting Scene where they were engag'd with extreme violence, the former narrowly escaped losing his eye from a severe wound in the temple."] Paid Richard Barnard for detecting a pickpocket 10s. 3 extra trumpets #1 2s. 6d. Receipts: #121 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

235
09 May 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Redman, R. Smith, Mrs Griffiths and Miss Ferguson. Tickets delivered out by Hurst, Paddick, Miss Cokayne &c. will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Performance Comment: As17550417 but Young Rakish-Hurst.
Cast
Role: Young Rakish Actor: Hurst.

Dance: IItalian Peasants-Granier and Mrs Granier

236
03 May 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody, Hurst, Mrs Dorman. Mainpiece: Acted but once these 23 years. [But see 29 Dec. 1760 and 29 Oct. 1747.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Palmer; Obadiah-Love; Day-Baddeley; Abel-King; Bookseller-Marr; Mrs Day-Mrs Dorman, first time; Arabella-Miss Plym; Col. Blunt-Hurst; Committeemen-Vaughan, Castle, Clough; Teague (with several droll songs in character)-Moody; Mrs Chat-Mrs Simson; Ruth-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Blunt Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: A Comic Dance, as17660207; V: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

237
13 May 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst, Tassoni, Mrs Dorman. House charges #67 19s. [Deficit to actors #4 6s. 6d.] Paid chorus singers #2 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #63 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17670321 but MacDuff-Hurst; Angus-Keen; Vocal Parts-Mrs Dorman; Seyward-_.
Cast
Role: MacDuff Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: IV: A Dance of the Furies-; II: The Jealous Peasant, as17661111; End: An Albion Song-Vernon; End I Farce: By Desire a Minuet-Tassoni, a young Gentlewoman

238
03 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst and Rooker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: As17710403 but Jarvis-Hurst, first time; Bates-a Young Gentleman, his first appearance on any stage; Lewson-Cautherly; Charlotte-Mrs Reddish; The New Occasional Address to the Town-Reddish.
Cast
Role: Jarvis Actor: Hurst, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: As17710413 but Sturgeon-Hurst, first time; Mug-_.
Cast
Role: Sturgeon Actor: Hurst, first time

239
04 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Messrs Grimaldi and Hurst. Receipts: #254. Charges: #68 2s. Profits to beneficiaries: #185 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17721006, but Sciolto-Hurst, first time.
Cast
Role: Sciolto Actor: Hurst, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: Pantomime to conclude (after the Waterfall) with: a New Grand Dance call'd The Marriage Feast-Daigville, Atkins, Grimaldi, Sga Daigville, Sga Vidini

240
20 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Mr Hurst on Acct #10 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #182 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Neck or Nothing

241
02 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The play went off with Great Applause and the Opera till begining of the Second Act. when they hiss'd very much and a very great Noise ensued and with very great difficulty we got to the end of the Farce (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly.] Paid Mr Hurst (by order) on Note #13 13s. Receipts: #109 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Blackamoor

242
16 November 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown

243
15 February 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calisto Or The Chaste Nimph

Afterpiece Title: Calistos Additional performers

244
30 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fathers Or The Good Naturd Man

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: As17780919

245
15 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

246
14 November 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist Or The Sham Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

247
November 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess Or The Generous Portuguese

248
December 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Achilles Or Iphigenia In Aulis

249
January 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage hater Matched

250
04 July 1672 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Citizen Turned Gentleman