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12717 results for: Keyword - Mr Penkethman's New Theatre in Greenwich
We found 8127 matches on Event Comments, 3410 matches on Performance Comments, 3176 matches on Performance Title, 19 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6076
11 April 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: As17280316 but Basset-Cibber Jr; With the Romp's Song as usual-; new Ballad, called, The Fine Lady's Life-in the Character of Miss Jenny; And a New Epilogue adress'd to the Men of Pleasure-Miss Brett, being her first Performance in that Capacity.
Cast
Role: And a New Epilogue adress'd to the Men of Pleasure Actor: Miss Brett, being her first Performance in that Capacity.

Dance: End I: Harlequins-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; In Masquerade Scene: Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson Sr; V: Coquette Shepherdess-Lally, Mrs Booth

6077
27 May 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the English Harlequin. By a New Company of English Comedians, who never yet appear'd upon that Stage. [Second Piece: "a New Farce (of one Act)." Apparently not published. Third Piece: "a New Entertainment in Grotesque Characters."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Chimney Sweepers Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Conqueror

6078
30 May 1729 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Wedding

Performance Comment: See17290529, but With a New Prologue-; New Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: With a New Prologue Actor:
Role: New Epilogue Actor: .

6079
12 March 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Half Pay Officers

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Jones; With a New Prologue-Miss Jones; a New Epilogue-Wells.
Cast
Role: With a New Prologue Actor: Miss Jones
Role: a New Epilogue Actor: Wells.

6080
01 March 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: As17301207, but Duretete-Morgan; Dugard-Havard; Bravos-W. Giffard, Bullock, Pearce; New Prologue-Mrs Thomasin a Gentleman's Habit, in Honour of the Ancient Britons; new Epilogue-Mrs Haughton.
Cast
Role: New Prologue Actor: Mrs Thomasin a Gentleman's Habit, in Honour of the Ancient Britons
Role: new Epilogue Actor: Mrs Haughton.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance:

6081
26 January 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by F. Colman. Music by Handel.] Colman Opera Register: Ariadne in Crete a new Opera & very good & perform'd very often Sigr Carestino sung surprisingly well: a new Eunuch many times perform'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariadne in Creta

6082
02 February 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Milliners

Performance Comment: As17360119, but Molly Wheedle-Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue .
Cast
Role: Molly Wheedle Actor: Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue
Role: and gives Molly Wheedle Actor: Miss Burgess. A New Prologue to the Farce, on the Taste of the Town in their Entertainments, and a new Epilogue

Dance: Irish Trot. Scot's Dance. Two Pierrots. Sailor's Dance

6083
22 February 1743 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. [Rest of description as before on first nights. Not listed as a new piece in the Larpent MS. Text by Zeno; Music by Porpora (Burney, History of Music, IV, 450).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Temistocle

6084
06 December 1746 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: With new Dances and other Decorations. A new Opera [not new; composer-Terradellas; see 24 Jan. 1736]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mitridate

Dance:

6085
12 January 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Yesterday [11 Jan.] there was Practice...of a new Italian Dramatic Pastoral...As Lucius Verus consisted of celebrated Airs from Handel's Operas, the Music of the above Pastoral is chiefly extracted from the Works of the most famous Italian Composers. A new Pastoral Opera...With a new Concerto on the Violincello. Pit and Boxes Half a guinea; Gallery 5s. To begin at 6 p.m. No Person to be admitted without Tickets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Ingratitudine Punita

6086
21 January 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Tea

Performance Comment: As17471111, but to begin with a New Prologue-; to conclude with a new Grand Country Dance call'd Foote's Vagaries-.
Cast
Role: to begin with a New Prologue Actor:
Role: to conclude with a new Grand Country Dance Actor: .

6087
25 January 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Parts-Gentlemen, Ladies; A new Prologue-.
Cast
Role: A new Prologue Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: With a new additional Scene-; in which will be introduce'd two new characters; the Part of Fribble to be perform'd by the Author of the scene; after which an Epilogue- in the Character of Fribble.
Cast
Role: With a new additional Scene Actor:

Dance: To conclude with: Country Dance called The Whim-

6088
27 March 1753 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Womans Oratory

Performance Comment: As17530315 but add a new Transparent Scene, and a new Epilogue-Miss Midnightriding on a jack-ass, at the Request of several Persons of Taste.
Cast
Role: and a new Epilogue Actor: Miss Midnightriding on a jack-ass, at the Request of several Persons of Taste.

6089
06 September 1755 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At Bence's Room, Swan Yard, West Smithfield. The Scenes Cloaths, Machinery and other Decorations entirely New. To begin each day at 12 Noon. Pit 2s. 3d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. There is a back door in Hosier Lane for the Conveniency of those Gentlemen and Ladies who don't chuse to be crouded. Mainpiece: A new Dramatic Piece. [Really the subplot of Betterton's Amorous Widow, 1670.] Afterpiece: A New Pantomime Entertainment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Happy Gallant Or The Modern Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy or Harlequin in the Shades

Entertainment: Singing, Dancing-

6090
03 October 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Impromptu Faragolio

Performance Comment: See17570928, but to begin with Grand Overture with French Horns-; Kitty-Miss Gaudry; Oratory-Miss Midnight; Scots Songs-Lauder; New Comic Lectures-Cibber; Les Tailleurs a new pantomime dance-Master Settree, Miss Twist; Scots Dance-Froment, Mme Dulisse; Italian Air-La Signora Mimicotti; accompanied on the bassoon-Mynheer Von Poop@Poop Broomstickado (as17570902); Acrobatics-Maddox; The Drunken Peasant, Irish Landlord and Landlady-Jolly, Settree, Mme Dulisse; Brown Beer of England-Lauder; Hornpipe-Morris.
Cast
Role: New Comic Lectures Actor: Cibber
Role: Les Tailleurs a new pantomime dance Actor: Master Settree, Miss Twist
Role: With a new Introduction Actor: Mrs Trampwell, her Troop, In which Miss Midnight will give some specimens of Oratory a la mode de Theatre
Role: a new pantomime dance call'd The Taylors Actor: Master Settree, Miss Twist
Role: a new Italian Air Actor: Signora Mimicotti

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Frolic

6091
14 March 1758 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. Ths Musick newly composed by Sig Cocchi. New Clothes, Decorations, and Dances. [On Monday 13 March Sga Frasi published in the Public Advertiser thanks for those who supported her benefit (6 March) and apologized for deficiencies in the performances. Some of the principals were engaged in the run of the new tragedy [The Prophetess? Mariamne?] whose run she could not anticipate.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Issipile

6092
16 January 1759 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera, the music newly compos'd by Sig Cocchi. With New Decorations and New Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Ciro Riconosiuto

Dance: Director of Dances: Giovanni Gallini Dancers-Gallini, Signora Rosa Carlini, Giuseppe Forti, Signora Giac. Bonomi

6093
02 January 1762 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera.-Music by several celebrated Composers, with new Cloaths, new Decorations and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

6094
01 March 1762 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arianna E Teseo

Performance Comment: with many considerable alterations; and in particular the following favourite airs: A ! se un cor barbaro-Sga Mattei; Voi leggete in ogni core-Sga Mattei; Remdemi il figlio mio-Sga Mattei; Opprimete i contumaci-Elizi; Era stupido a pensolo-Elizi; With other Airs, all which will be new. The favourite Duetto Caro spiegar vorrei-; (in Demetrio) will also be sung. And serious new airs-the other performers.
Cast
Role: And serious new airs Actor: the other performers.

6095
20 March 1762 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new serious Opera. Music by several celebrated Composers. New Cloaths, Decorations and three new Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Disfatta Di Dario

6096
26 November 1763 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A serious Opera...the Musick composed by several eminent Masters. All new Dances; and New Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Pit and Boxes laid together 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. and no Person admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd at the door. By His Majesty's Command, no Person to be admitted behind the Scenes. To begin 6:30 p.m. [Giardini the new Impresario; Spilsbury-treasurer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleonice

Dance: Director of the Dances Sg Pietro Sodi

6097
11 October 1768 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By Command. New Clothes, New Scenes, New Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arianne E Teseo

6098
07 April 1770 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Music by Gluck, Bach, Guglielmi. The whole to be New Dressed, New Scenes, with Grand Chorusses and New Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orfeo

6099
23 November 1771 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New comic Opera Written by Sig Badini; The Music entirely new composed by Guglielmi. With New Dances and Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Disertore

6100
24 April 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: I: The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford (both apprentices to Fishar) [see17710515]; II: A Serious Dance-Miss Capon (Apprentice to Fishar) [see17670427]; III: [A New Pastoral Dance call'd The Rural Amusements of the Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Fishar, Sga Manesiere;[, in which by Particular Desire will be be introduced an Allemande-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; IV: [A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Italian Gardner-Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon, Miss Besford. [see dl 9 Dec. 1760]

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford (both apprentices to Fishar) [see17710515]; II: A Serious Dance-Miss Capon (Apprentice to Fishar) [see17670427]; III: [A New Pastoral Dance call'd The Rural Amusements of the Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Fishar, Sga Manesiere;[, in which by Particular Desire will be be introduced an Allemande-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; IV: [A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Italian Gardner-Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon, Miss Besford. [see dl 9 Dec. 1760] .see dl 9 Dec. 1760] .
Cast
Role: A New Pastoral Dance call'd The Rural Am Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere
Role: A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Italian Gardne Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon, Miss Besford.

Ballet: V: The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Sga Manesiere; with a Sixfold Hornpipe[, that night only, by six principal dancers-Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist, Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon, Miss Besford. [For Wapping Landlady, see17710412.