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We found 4258 matches on Event Comments, 1138 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. The Farce a Dramatic novel never acted (Winston MS 9). The Farce supposed to be wrote by Mr Colman, indifferently received, partly oweing to the Fright and Confusion of the Performers, who omitted some speeches on which the plot depended (Hopkins MS Notes)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Dance: The Dances incident to the masque-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville, Granier, Leppie, Desse, Rochford, Dumai, Gosley, Hussey, Balthazar, Mrs Granier, Mrs Jansolin, Mrs Mariane, Mrs Crawford, Mrs Welch, Miss Daw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: Benefit for a Clergyman's Widow under misfortunes. [Receipts: #88 2s. 6d. plus #87 19s. from tickets (Box 251; Pit 136; Gallery 48). Profits to Mrs Seede, the clergyman's widow, #90 15s. 6d.] Paid Mr J. Rich on account #531 (Account Book). [The profitable balance on the treasurer's books this night before deducting expenses and Rich's #500, withdrawal was #996 4s. 2d.] Charges: #85 5s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17601215

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: II: Les Charboniers, as17601216; End: A New Rural Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

Event Comment: Last time of performing till the Holidays. Boxes #72 15s. Paid Macklin one fifth part of #128 15s. being the surplus after #63 allowed for the charge as per agreement--#25 15s. Paid Mr Roubiliac as per bill #30 14s. Paid Stephen Gom, carpenter at Cowley a bill for work done from 6 Dec. 1759 to this day #53 (Account Book). Receipts: #191 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: The Last New Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damscus

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: Dances-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville [the particular ones unspecified]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: AA Scaramouche-Philips; Les Charboniers, as17601216

Event Comment: Box #43 17s. 6d. Paid Mr Blackmore a Bill for sundries and expenses in taking the inventory of the Men's Wardrobe #26 2s. 6d. Bought three men's outfits #68. Gave the King's footmen and Chairmen #4 4s., and Prince of Wales' Footmen and Chairmen #2 2s. Gave the Porters of the several Inns #3 14s. (Account Book). [The Gentlewoman who played Bertha was Miss Fielding. See notation of payment to her for acting this part, 10 Jan.] Receipts: #176 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: As17600924; and a New Comic Dance-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Dance: New Pantomime Dance call'd%The Cuckow-Grimaldi, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodora

Music: As17610206

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rebecca

Performance Comment: Abraham's Servant-; Isaac-; Laban-; Bethuel-; Abraham-; Rebecca-; Chorus of Canaanitish Men-; Chorus of Chaldean Women-(Larpent MS 186).

Music: As17610206

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: HHornpipe-Mrs Crawford; The Waggoners, as17610228

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The New Hippocrates

Entertainment: After:(by Particular Desire) Mimic Comic Opera Song-Mrs Clive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Lethe