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8800 results for: Keyword - Mr J. French
We found 4767 matches on Event Comments, 2249 matches on Performance Comments, 1154 matches on Performance Title, 30 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2151
08 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End of Play: By Particular Desire, The Louvre, Minuet-Noverre, Miss Rogers his scholar

2152
20 March 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Milesian

2153
17 August 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The East Indian

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague or The Giants Causeway

Dance: Afterpiece to conclude with a Grand Ballet, in Spanish Characters, by Giorgi, Byrn, Miss Byrn, Sga Vidini, and others

2154
02 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

2155
11 August 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: Modern Breakfast or All Asleep at Noon

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Dance: End 2nd piece: A Double Hornpipe-Platt, Mrs Goodwin

2156
10 April 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainville Forest

Afterpiece Title: NETLEY ABBEY

2157
02 May 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deserted Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Mimick

2158
13 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc

Cast
Role: French and English Officers and Choristers Actor: Linton, Street, Gray

2159
06 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ugly Club

Afterpiece Title: The Castle Spectre

Afterpiece Title: A Nosegay of Weeds or Old Servants in New Places

2160
16 March 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Five Thousand A Year

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: In 2nd piece: Ballet-Blurton, Mrs Watts

Song: End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

2161
29 May 1677 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: See 22 May 1677. John Verney to Edmund Verney, 31 May 1677: On Wednesday his Majesty's birth night was some gallantry at Whitehall, where was acted a French opera, but most pitifully done, so ill that the King was aweary on't, and some say it was not well contrived to entertain the English gentry, who came that night in honour to their King, with a lamentable ill-acted French play, when our English actors so much surpass; however, the dances and voices were pretty well performed (HMC, 7th Report, Appendix, Part I, 1879, p. 468)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rare En Tout

2162
04 December 1677 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: See L. C. 5@142, p. 160 (in Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 380) for an order for altering the stage for the French comedians. Boswell (Restoration Court Stage, p. 160) believes that the first performance by the French troupe occurred on 5 Dec. 1677

Performances

2163
18 January 1678 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: The Earl of Arran to the Duchess of Ormond, 19 Jan. 1677@8: I met her Lord [Lord Cavendish] last night at the French play (HMC, Ormonde MSS., New Series, 1906, IV, 90). Henri Forneron, Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (London, 1887): [The Duchess of Portsmouth] was at the last extremity when a slight change for the better took place, and she got up, had herself dressed, and dragged herself to her Sedan chair, to be carried to the French play, where she heard the king was to be with Madame Mazarin. The players had come to London for a short time, and Charles attended all their representations (pp. 197-98). Forneron apparently drew this information from a letter dated 20 Jan. 1677@8

Performances

2164
July 1688 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: A troupe of French Comedians played at theatre in Windsor Castle. On 25 July 1688 a warrant (L. C. 5@17, pp. 60, 65, in Boswell, Restoration Court Stage, pp. 61, 127) ordered the playhouse there to be made ready for the foreign company. According to L. C. 5@17, in Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 65, the French players arrived on 11 Aug. and remained at Windsor until 22 Sept

Performances

2165
29 September 1688 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: The warrant for the export of the goods of the French comedians who acted in the late summer is dated this day. See Calendar of Treasury Books, 1685-1689, p. 2082, and Boswell, Restoration Court Stage, p. 128. During October #200 was paid to John deSureis for himself and eleven companions, the French comedians who had been at Windsor (Boswell, Restoration Court Stage, p. 128)

Performances

2166
26 December 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Performance Comment: As17071025, but Nottingham-Mrs Oldfield; With the last new Vocal Epilogue , Compos'd and Perform'd by the famous-Signior Cibberini , after the newest English, French, Dutch, and Italian Manner.
Cast
Role: Compos'd and Perform'd by the famous Actor: Signior Cibberini , after the newest English, French, Dutch, and Italian Manner.

2167
07 March 1719 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Performed after the French Manner. With New Scenes and Decorations proper to the Play. In which will be seen a Battle on Horseback between the Knight of the Sun and the Emperour of the Moon, call'd in French La Cavalcade Espagnol, a Performance never yet seen in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Empereur Dans La Lune Or Harlequin Emperor In The Moon

Entertainment: A new leap over 14 Men-the Tumblers

2168
07 November 1719 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth Of France

Performance Comment: Edition of 1720 lists: Henry-Quin; Prince of Conde-Ryan; Duke of Vendosme-Leigh; Duke Bouillon-Ogden; Villeroy-Smith; Rosny-Diggs; Montmorency-Harper; Nuntio-C. Bullock; French Bishop-Boheme; Ravilliac-Egleton; Charlotta-Mrs Bullock; Louisa-Mrs Biggs; Alicia-Mrs Gulick; Prologue-Ryan; Epilogue written by Sewell-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: French Bishop Actor: Boheme

2169
05 March 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By the Company of French Comedians, just arrived from France. A Comedy in French after the Italian Manner. Pit and Boxes at 5s. Stage Boxes 7s. 6d. Gallery 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Dead And Revived

Dance:

2170
05 December 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Vth Or The Conquest Of France By The English

Performance Comment: Edition of 1723 lists: King Henry-Booth; Dauphin-Wilks; King of France-Thurmond; Princess Catherine-Mrs Oldfield; Harriet-Mrs Thurmond; Charlot-Mrs Campbell; Duke of Exeter-Mills; Duke of York-Cory; Lord Scroop-Williams; Duke of Bourbon-Bridgwater; Duke of Orleans-Watson; Earl of Cambridge-Mills Jr; Sir Thomas Grey-Oates; French Officer-Roberts; Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: French Officer Actor: Roberts

2171
26 March 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne or The Burgomaster Trickd

Performance Comment: As17260114, but Peasant Woman-Mrs Ogden (in place of Mrs Smythies); Bacchanals-_; Bacchants-_; Satyrs-_; French Woman-Mrs Laguerre.
Cast
Role: French Woman Actor: Mrs Laguerre.
Role: Frenchman Actor: Lally
Role: Frenchwoman Actor: Mrs Younger

2172
24 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Afterpiece Title: The Metamorphoses of Cartouche

Performance Comment: Pantalon, the Doctor, Brighella , being the first Time of their Appearing on that Stage, wherein Brighella transforms himself into the following Shapes, viz. 1st, An Idiot; 2d, A Swiss Musick-Master (with the Stuttering Song); 3d, A Venetian Gondolier, with the Song in Imitation of Les Tambour; 4th, An Armenian Teyman; 5th, A Florentine Cook; 6th, A Scaramouch; 7th, A French Dwarf Lady. 3d, A Venetian Gondolier, with the Song in Imitation of Les Tambour; 4th, An Armenian Teyman; 5th, A Florentine Cook; 6th, A Scaramouch; 7th, A French Dwarf Lady.

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier

Song: Two Songs in Italian by the Author-Rochetti

2173
12 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne or The Burgo Master Trickd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Salle; 1st Nymph-Mrs Bullock; 2d-Mrs Pelling; 3d-Mrs Ogden; 4th-Mrs Anderson; Daphne-Mrs Laguerre; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Legare; Slumber-Salway; Burgomaster-Nivelon; Boor Servant-Spiller; Scaramouch-Newhouse; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Harlequin-Lun; Peasants-Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon; Women Peasants-Mrs Vincent, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Rice; Venus-Mrs Seedo; Diana-Mrs Chambers; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Salway; Pan-Legare; Zephyrus-Salle; Spaniard-Dupre; Polonese-Pelling; Frenchman-Poitier; Spanish Woman-Mrs Bullock; Polonese Woman-Mrs Pelling; French Woman-Mrs Anderson; Flora-Mrs Laguerre.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Poitier
Role: French Woman Actor: Mrs Anderson

2174
23 November 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne or The Burgo Master Trickd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Salle; Nymphs-Mrs Vincent, Miss LaTour, Miss Warren, Miss Holiday; Daphne-Mrs Pelling; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Papillon; Slumber-Salway; Burgomaster-Laguerre; Servant-Spiller; Scaramouch-Newhouse; Colombine-Mrs Moreau; Harlequin-Lun; Peasants-Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, Mrs Benson, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Rice; Concluding with the Triumphs of Love: Venus-Mrs Barbier; Diana-Mrs Chambers; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Salway; Pan-Papillon; Zephyrus-Salle; Spaniards-Dupre, Miss LaTour; French-Moreau, Mrs Moreau; Polonese-Pelling, Mrs Vincent; Flora (an Inconstant)-Mrs Pelling.
Cast
Role: French Actor: Moreau, Mrs Moreau

2175
07 March 1729 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal consisting of several Favourite Italian Songs-; Four English Ballads-a Gentlewoman who never appear'd on any Stage before; accompanied-; with Instruments Concerto-wise, after an entire New Manner. The Instrumental consisting of great Variety for all, particularly several new Pieces for French Horns-

Performance Comment: The Instrumental consisting of great Variety for all, particularly several new Pieces for French Horns-.
Cast
Role: particularly several new Pieces for French Horns Actor: .