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6208 results for: Keyword - Mr Inchbald
We found 4260 matches on Event Comments, 1333 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, 474 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
10 July 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Related Works
Related Work: I'll Tell You What! Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: KATHARINE AND PETRUCHI0

52
08 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were, And Maids As They Are

Related Works
Related Work: Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

53
12 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: British Fortitude

Afterpiece Title: Wives as they Were, and Maids as they Are

Related Works
Related Work: Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

54
04 November 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were, And Maids As They Are

Related Works
Related Work: Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: England's Glory

Dance: End II: Les Delassemens Militaires, as17971021; End: Cupid and Psyche (composed by Noverre)-Mrs Wild, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Didelot, Fialon, The Graces by Mlle St.Amand, Mme D'Egville, Mlle Philips

55
28 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were, And Maids As They Are

Related Works
Related Work: Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: St

Afterpiece Title: The Hermione

Song: End I 1st piece: a Song-Master Gray; End II: The Muffin Man (Written by T. Dibdin, and composed by Moorehead)-Dighton (1st appearance on this stage); End 1st piece: the celebrated Laughing Song-Dighton

56
07 September 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: 2nd piece: Written by the Author of I'll Tell You What [Elizabeth Inchbald]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: A Mogul Tale Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: Here and There and Every Where

Related Works
Related Work: Every One Has His Fault Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Dance: End of 1st piece, as17850728

57
08 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon

Performance Comment: Johnny Atkins-Parsons; Dr Pedant-Wewitzer; Omar-Swords; Selim-Gaudry; Guard-Gardner; The Mogul-Williamson; Irene-Mrs Inchbald; Sheba-Mrs Cuyler; Zapphira-Miss Brangin; Fanny-Mrs Wells .
Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: A Mogul Tale Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Dance: End of 2nd piece, ?s 6 July

58
20 June 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon

Performance Comment: Johnny Atkins-Parsons; Dr Pedant-Wewitzer; Selim-Johnson; Omar-Swords; Guard-Gardner; The Mogul-Williamson; Irene-Mrs Inchbald; Sheba-Mrs Cuyler; Zapphira-Miss Brangin; Fanny-Mrs Brown (1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: A Mogul Tale Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Dance: End: The Scheming Jockey and the Fortune Teller, as17870613

59
03 July 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Performance Comment: Johnny Atkins-Parsons; Dr Pedant-Wewitzer; Selim-Johnson; Omar-Chapman; Guard-Gardner; The Mogul-Williamson; Irene-Mrs Inchbald; Sheba-Mrs Cuyler; Zapphira-Miss Brangin; Fanny-Mrs Brooks.
Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: A Mogul Tale Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

60
23 February 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Performance Comment: As17881007, but Julia-Mrs Inchbald.
Cast
Role: Julia Actor: Mrs Inchbald.
Related Works
Related Work: The Midnight Hour Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

61
03 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Performance Comment: As17881127, but Constance-Mrs Inchbald.
Cast
Role: Constance Actor: Mrs Inchbald.
Related Works
Related Work: Animal Magnetism Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Dance: III: Hornpipe in character-Byrne. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

62
06 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Performance Comment: As17890608 but Guard-Gardner; Selim-Johnson; Irene-Mrs Inchbald; Zaphira-Miss Brangin; Sheba-Mrs Cuyler.
Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: A Mogul Tale Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

63
13 May 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Related Works
Related Work: Every One Has His Fault Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Festival; or, All Alive at Portsmouth

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

64
20 September 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prize; Or, 2

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Related Works
Related Work: The Child of Nature Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: II 3rd piece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

65
30 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Related Works
Related Work: The Midnight Hour Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Song: Admiral Benbow-Incledon

Entertainment: Imitations The Beggar-Townsend

66
13 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author. Receipts: #166 7s. (164/17; 1/10) (charge: #63). [A tally-sheet for this performance in the Harvard Theatre Collection lists the following details: 338 spectators in boxes at #84 10s.; 253 in pit at #37 19s.; 314 in 1st Gallery at #31 8s.; 190 in 2nd gallery at #9 10s. Total of 1,095 spectators at #164 17s. After money #1 10s. Charge #63. Owing Mrs Inchbald #101 17s.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Related Works
Related Work: I'll Tell You What! Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: Hunt the Slipper

67
10 December 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [Mrs Warren is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. In afterpiece "Mrs Inchbald had the satisfaction of speaking, vice Mrs Morton, her own neat dialogue" (Public Advertiser, 12 Dec.).] Receipts: #203 16s. 6d. (200/10/6; 3/6/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Related Works
Related Work: Appearance is against Them Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Monologue: 1785 12 10 Before the mainpiece an Occasional Address spoken by Holman

68
20 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Home, who was from the Bristol theatre, is identified in Morning Herald, 21 June.] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Elizabeth Inchbald, based on L'Heureuse Erreur, by Joseph Patrat. Prologue by Thomas Holcroft (see text)]. Morning Chronicle, 15 Aug. 1786: This Day is published The Widow's Vow (1s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Related Works
Related Work: The Widow's Vow Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

69
22 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Artaxerxes [announced on playbill of 21 May] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Afterpiece [1st time; C 3, by Elizabeth Inchbald. Prologue by Henry Sampson Woodfall, Jun. (see text)]: Taken from the celebrated piece called Guerre Ouverte; ou, Ruse Contre Ruse [by Antoine Jean Bourlin, dit Dumaniant]. Public Advertiser, 1 Dec. 1787: This Day is published The Midnight Hour (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #74 5s. (70.2; 4.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Related Works
Related Work: The Midnight Hour Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

70
15 December 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Elizabeth Inchbald. Larpent MS 789; not published. Prologue by Henry Sampson Woodfall Jun. (London Chronicle, 17 Dec.); Epilogue by Frederick Pilon (Public Advertiser, 19 Dec.)]. [Miss Blower had 1st appeared at dl, 27 Apr. 1782, and thereafter in Dublin.] Receipts: #180 7s. 6d. (169.19.0; 10.8.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All On A Summer's Day

Related Works
Related Work: All on a Summer's Day Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

71
29 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; C 3, by Elizabeth Inchbald, said to be translated from a French comedy. Prologue by Henry Sampson Woodfall (World, 30 Apr.). Text 1st published, Dublin: C. Lewis, 1789; it assigns no parts]. [3rd piece in place of The Guardian, advertised on playbill of 28 Apr.] Receipts: #158 0s. 6d. (149.14.6; 8.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Related Works
Related Work: Animal Magnetism Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: Omai

72
28 November 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; D 4, by Elizabeth Inchbald, adapted from Zelie; ou, L'Ingenue, by Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de Saint Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis. Beginning with 6 Dec. this was reduced to an afterpiece of 3 acts. Epilogue by Miles Peter Andrews (see text)]. Public Advertiser, 12 Dec. 1788: This Day is published The Child of Nature (price not listed). Afterpiece: Reduced [from 5] into 3 acts. Receipts: #150 15s 6d. (139.10.0; 11.5.6),

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Related Works
Related Work: The Child of Nature Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: A Bold Stroke for a Wife

Dance: As17880924

73
10 April 1792 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. 1st piece: Written by Mrs Inchbald. 2nd piece: For that night only. 3rd piece: Written by Foote; 1st time at that Theatre. Morning Herald, 28 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Quick, No. 98, High Holborn. Receipts: #325 4s. 6d. (152.3.0; 5.10.6; tickets: 167.11.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Such Things Are

Related Works
Related Work: Such Things Are Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin's Ramble to Town

Afterpiece Title: The Cozeners

Dance: End 1st piece: A Divertisement-Byrne, Ratchford, Mrs Ratchford, Mlle St.Amand

74
07 March 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [MS annotation on BM playbill (cg, Vol. VIII), 10 Apr.: Mrs Inchbald for 20th night #117 6s. 6d.] Receipts: #228 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Related Works
Related Work: Every One Has His Fault Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Wanderers

75
13 November 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by John Cartwright Cross, altered from The Hue and Cry, by Elizabeth Inchbald. Larpent MS 1184; not published; synopsis of plot in Morning Herald, 14 Nov.]: The Overture and Music composed by Reeve. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #268 4s. (264.4; 4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: An Escape into Prison

Related Works
Related Work: An Escape into Prison Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald

Song: As17971102