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12712 results for: Keyword - Mr Penkethman's New Theatre in Greenwich
We found 8123 matches on Event Comments, 3410 matches on Performance Comments, 3175 matches on Performance Title, 19 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8226
24 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrington and Miss Young. Books of the opera will be sold at the theatre, at 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: HHornpipe-Poitier (by Particular Desire); Comic Dance-Granier and Mrs Granier

8227
08 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Varney (Housekeeper). Tickets of Varney at the Stage Door of the Theatre. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Music: III: (By Desire) A Piece upon the Harp-Parry

Dance: A Hornpipe-Walker

8228
14 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: Never perform'd but twice. Books of the Masque sold at the theatre. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

8229
16 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Books of the Masque to be sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: To conclude with a New Country Dance Actor: the Characters in the play.

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

8230
21 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Books of the Masque will be sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #150 [Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

8231
27 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Garrick made a Speech and so Ended the Season (Cross). Books of the Masque sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

8232
05 September 1755 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, George Inn Yard, West Smithfield. By a Company of Comedians from the Theatres. With a Band of Music

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Quaker

Afterpiece Title: A Morning's Frolick

Entertainment: Bird and Animal Imitator-Cloesong

Music: As17550903

8233
01 October 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for Boxes to be taken at the Stage Door of the Theatre. To begin exactly at Six o'clock. [Notice repeated in subsequent bills.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

8234
20 November 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Several Advertisements in ye Papers this day for meetings to redress Injuries done by the Boxes &c., &c. All quiet at ye Theatre (Cross). Last time of performing the afterpiece this season. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

8235
04 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As the words of the songs in the Pastoral have been desired they are printed and will be delivered gratis in the theatre (playbill). Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: CComic Dance-

8236
19 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Books of the Masque will be sold at the theatre. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

8237
20 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Books of the opera will be sold in the theatre for 1s. each. Receipts: #90 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Dance: As17560213

8238
26 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Books of the Opera sold at theatre at 1s. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest Opera

Dance: As17560213

8239
05 March 1756 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Pit and Boxes to be laid together. No Person to be admitted without tickets, which will be deliver'd this day at the office of the Theatre at Half a Guinea each. First Gallery, 5s. Second Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at Half an HoUr after Four o'Clock. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin exactly at Six. This Day publish'd, Athalia, an Oratorio by Handel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athalia

8240
18 March 1756 @ James Street

Event Comment: [S$Simpson, the slack wire performer, ran a sword into his leg in a performance at The Theatre, James St., near the Haymarket; he has receovered and will continue (Daily Advertiser).

Performances

8241
29 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Reprisal Publish'd at 1s. "as it is now acting at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, printed for R. Baldwin, Paternoster Row. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Cast
Role: with the last New Character of Lord Chalkstone Actor: Garrick.

Dance: IV: A Comic Dance call'd The Millers- [no dancers specified]

8242
01 March 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Book of the Farce [The Author] will be sold in the theatre (Public Advertiser). [The Author probably the afterpiece.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin (Cross); The Author (Public Advertiser)

Dance: IV: The Millers, as17570129

8243
29 March 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Ryan. Tickets to be had of Ryan in Crown Court, Charles St. and of Crudge at the Theatre. No building on stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Dance: IV: By Desire, a Minuet-Mrs Woffington, Miss Hilliard; End: The Fingalian Revels-Lucas, Miss Hilliard

8244
12 April 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Havard. Tickets to be had of Havard in Broad Court, Bow Street; at Tom's Coffee House in Russel St.; at the Bedford, Covent Garden, and at the Stage door of the Theatre. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Entertainment: I: The Ode in Commemoration of Shakespeare, written by Havard, set to music by Dr Boyce.-Beard, Champnes

Dance: II: A Dance-Mrs Vernon; IV: A Minuet by Desire-Miss Macklin

8245
17 September 1757 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At Warner's Booth, Bowling Green. By a Company of Comedians from the Theatres. To begin each day at twelve o'clock and end at ten p.m. during the time of Southwark Fair. The Booth is made very Theatrical and Commodious for the reception of Gentlemen and Ladies, and a good band of music provided consisting of violins, Bassoons, Hautboys, &c. Mainpiece: a diverting droll. [This note repeated on subsequent bills.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Intriguing Lover; Or, A Tit-bit For A Nice Palate

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Vagaries

Dance:

8246
20 October 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As Written by Shakespear. The Words of the songs will be printed and deliver'd Gratis at the Door of the Theatre. [These notes appear on all subsequent announcements of the play this season and will not be recorded further.] Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

8247
24 December 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Cibber having obtained Leave to act Plays, etc. at the Theatre in the Haymarket, humbly solicits Subscription, from his Patrons among the nobility, Gentry, etc. @Conditions. Each Subscriber will have@for Five Guineas 25 Box, or 40 Pit Tickets@for four Guineas 20 Box, or 32 Pit Tickets@for three Guineas 15 Box, or 24 Pit Tickets@for two Guineas 10 Box, or 16 Pit Tickets@for one Guinea 5 Box, or 8 Pit Tickets@for Half a Guinea 4 Pit Tickets or 6 Gallery@ Subscription Tickets will be taken any Night of the first Ten Performances. No Subscriptions will be received after Thursday 1 Jan. 1758, the first Day of Performance. The Play, Farce, and Entertainments will be timely mentioned in the Bills, Advertisements, &c

Performances

8248
28 December 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #92 17s. Mem: Princess Caroline died this day in the afternoon, and the two theatres &c. were silenc'd to Friday the 6th of January following, seven nights. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

8249
25 January 1758 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Froment. Places in the Boxes to be had at the theatre. [The customary heading "By Authority" not in the bill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Pigmalion; or, The Statue Metamorphosed

Afterpiece Title: , B, By Desire, The Battle of Rosbach, the whole to conclude with Bryan's song in honour of that day sung by Kear

Dance: I: Rural Dance-Master Settree, Miss Twist; III: Scots Dance-Froment, Miss Wilkinson

Song: III: Scots Song-Lauder; IV: young Italian Gentlewoman, 1st appearance on any stage

8250
27 January 1758 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Lauder. By Desire. To begin at six. Tickets for boxes to be had of Lauder at the Rising Sun opposite Hungersford Market, Strand, at the Edinburgh Coffee House, near the Royal Exchange, and at the theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Patie And Roger; Or, The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: -FFroment, Mad Dulisse

Song: FavouriteScots Songs-Lauder