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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.

9626
27 December 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: There is now in practice...two new dances which are to be perform'd there on Monday next, the first call'd The Turkish Pirate, the second the Laundress's Visiting Day both compos'd by Giuseppe Salomon, and to perform'd by him, Mlle Violette, the Padouana, M. Mechel, Salomon's Son, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

9627
30 December 1746 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: At the end of the Opera, a Piece of Scenery in a Taste entirely new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mitridate

9628
03 January 1747 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: At the end of the Opera a piece of Scenery in a Taste entirely new [repeated 6, 10 Jan.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mitridate

Dance:

9629
31 January 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Farce of Miss in Her Teens Anatomiz'd (Gentlemen's Magazine, Feb., pp. 71-72, from The Anatomist and News Regulator, 31 Jan.) [A critical analysis of the thin plot, thinner chcharacters, lack of moral, but excellent acting of Garrick, Woodward, and Mrs Pritchard, even in parts of nonsense, stupidity and bawdry. Deplores taste of the town which welcomed it for 18 nights.] Receipts: #187 14s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

9630
24 February 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Bought of Hamersley a Livery Frock & pair of Leather Breeches for Bencraft in the New Comedy, 11s. Receipts: #184 14s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

9631
05 March 1747 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: [E+Edward the Black Prince, a new play by Mrs Hoper. Apparently not published.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Poictiers; Or, The English Prince

Dance: As17461124

9632
07 March 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wild Goose Chase

Performance Comment: Mirabel-Mills; Pinac-Yates; Belleur-Neale; De Gard-Delane; Lugier-Blakes; Lillia/Bianca-Mrs Clive (in which character will be introduc'd proper songs, the music new compos'd by Arne); Nantole-Winstone; LeCastre-Taswell; Factor-Bridges; Priest-Usher; Diego-Raftor; Pedro-Marr; Oriana-Mrs Mills; Mariana-Miss Minors; Petella-Miss Cole; Rosalure-Mrs Giffard.

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Muilment, the Mechels

9633
24 March 1747 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. Premiere of Terradellas's Bellerofonte. Crescendo is used...seemingly for the first time. Libretto by F. Vanneschi--Burney, History of Music, IV, 456

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bellerephon

Dance:

Entertainment: End Opera: Fireworks Display-. [Repeated in all announcements of this opera.

9634
24 April 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [G+General Advertiser, 20 April: The Play of Henry V and the new farce which were to have been acted of Friday the 24th for Mrs Macklin's benefit are necessarily deferred until farther notice--which will be inserted in this paper.

Performances

9635
30 April 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. [Letter in the General Advertiser in appreciation of the elegant fireworks displayed at the New Wells, Goodman's Fields, this evening.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband Criticised

Song: I: Cantata-Sullivan; IV: Lowe

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; V: Comic Dance, as17470410

9636
28 August 1747 @ Shepherd's Market, Mayfair

Event Comment: A Concert etc. Pit and Upp?r Boxes 2s. Gallery 1s. 6 p.m. Afterpiece: The new farce now performingG in Dublin, [by John Cunningham]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Tragical History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Mist

9637
24 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A Farce in 2 Acts [by Garrick] never perform'd there before. The characters new Dress'd. [For comment on this piece, see Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects, printed by Dodsley, 1761, I, pp. 194 ff.: "The Pretty Gentlemen; or Softness of Manners Vindicated from the False ridicule under the Character of William Fribble, First printed in the year 1747."] Receipts: #140 (Cross); #149 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

9638
04 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Principal characters in the Mainpiece New Dress'd. [Barry, apparently for the first time. See 5 Nov.] Receipts: #140 (Cross); #151 11s. (Powel); #151 14s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

9639
18 November 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With New Cloaths and Scenes. Afterpiece: Being the last Time but One

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Tea

9640
26 December 1747 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: We hear the King will be at the Opera (news column, General Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius Verus

9641
01 January 1748 @ Westminster Hall

Event Comment: A new Scots Opera. As it was acted by a Select Company of Comedians near Westminster Hall (edition of 1748)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Traitor Roasted

9642
23 January 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Performance Comment: As17471028, but a New Dance-_.
Cast
Role: a New Dance Actor: Cooke

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Dance: II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Polish Dance, as17471109

9643
16 February 1748 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Cassarini. A New Song will be sung by Sga Casarini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Enrico

9644
01 March 1748 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Ingratitudine Punita

Performance Comment: Played at hay 12 Jan. Edition of 1748 lists for that date Nerina-Signiora Casarini; Silvia-Signiora Frasi; Alcasto-Signiora Pircher; Tirsi-Signiora Palli; Idreno-Ciacchi. New Song-Sga Pirker; Sga Frasi is to perform. Sga Frasi is to perform.
Cast
Role: Idreno Actor: Ciacchi. New Song-Sga Pirker
Role: New Song Actor: Sga Pirker

9645
21 March 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Performance Comment: As17471110, but With a New Scene restor'd, in which will be perform'd-Lowe, Mrs Clive; the Original Dialogue- set to music by Arne (General Advertiser); Taylor-_; Justice-_.

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: By Particular Desire, the Irish Song, Ellen a Roon-Mrs Clive

9646
26 March 1748 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera...Written by Metastasio and set to Musick by Signor Hasse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dido

9647
28 March 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Afterpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Performance Comment: Luckless (the Author)-Cibber; Witmore-Bridges; Bookweight-James; Player-Anderson; Jack Pudding-Dunstall; Mrs Moneywood-Mrs James; Harriet-Miss Haughton; Wherein will be introduc'd an Operatic Puppet Show, call'd The Pleasures of the Town: Punch-Dunstall; Joan-Collins; Charon-Stoppelaer; Poet-Paddick; Sailor-Barnard; Robgrave-Smith; Don Tragedio-Storer; Dr Orator-Cushing; Signior Opera-Mrs Dunstall; Mrs Novel-Miss Copin; Goddess of Nonsense-Miss Young; With the Restoration of the King of Bantum, and the Foundlings Found Out: Murdertext-Morgan; Constable-Hacket; Bantomite Governor-Anderson; Bantomime Courier-Barnard; Foundlings-Cibber, Dunstall, Collins, Miss Haughton; Concluding with the Last New Grand Country Dance, call'd The Mouse Trap, or Foot's Vagaries: Miss in her Teens-La Petite Parisienne; Sg Piede-Villeneuve; Maitre de Ballet-Bencraft; Councillor-Morris; Lady Autumn-Oates; Rout, Drum Hunters-Delagarde, Anderson, Paddick, Mrs Dunstall, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Daniel, Mrs Villeneuve.

Song: I: Go lovely Rose-Beard; II: Tis Liberty-Mrs Storer; III: Sper il Fostore-Miss Faulkner; IV: Smiling Liberty-Miss Faulkner

Dance: V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

9648
05 April 1748 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Music

Performance Comment: First Part: A new Overture [by Paradies-; D'Ogni Amator[ in L'Ingratitudine Punita-Ciacchi; Son Confusa Pastbrella [from same]-Sga Pirkir; Rasserena il mest Ciglio [in Artamene-Sga Galli; Concerto-Pasqualino; Se Fosse il mio Diletto (Hasse)-Reginelli; Leon Cacciato [in Selva in Scipione-Sga Casarini; [Second Part: Concerto-Carbenell; Heart thou Seat of soft Delight [in Acis and Galatea-Sga Frasi; Viv non ti contendono [in L'Ingratitudine Punita-Ciacchi; Vuoi Saper se tu mi piaci (Hasse)-Reginelli; Pender L'Amico [in Enrico-Sga Pirkir; Concerto-Miller; A me ritornate Speranzeptu Care [in Enrico-Sga Casarini; Passagier che su la Sponda (Hasse)-Reginelli;[ Third Part: Concerto-Vincent; O'inespettata Sorte (Veracina)-Sga Galli; The Prince unable to Conceal his Pain [from Alexander's Feast-Frasi; Come ever Smiling Liberty [in Judas Maccabaeus-Sga Casarini; Che quel Cor (Hasse)-Reginelli; A Grand Concerto [of Handel's-.

9649
12 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Blakes. Tickets and places of Blakes at his house in Cranbourne Alley, Leicester Fields, and of Hobson at the stage door. Les Messieurs & Dames peuvent laisser Diner leurs Domestiques car a quatre Heur sera assez a bonne heur de les Envoyer pour Gardez les places dans les loges. M. Fanfaron (General Advertiser). [The General Advertiser this day also included the first announcement of Mrs Macklin's benefit to be held on 22 April, at which would be perform'd the Lover's Melancholy, "Not acted these Hundred years," together with a new farce (never acted) called The Club of Fortune Hunters. The notice ran again several times, followed by the letters to the author of the General Advertiser noted on 19 and 23 April.] Receipts: #111 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel); cash, #58 6s.; tickets, #52 15s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: II: Dutch Dance, as17471128; IV: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Pastoral Dance, as17480326 Sailor's Rendezvous, as17471117

Song: SSailor's Rendezvous, as17471117

9650
13 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A Concert, etc. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 2s. A New Farce of Three acts. 12 p.m. Tickets deliver'd out for 31 March will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyclopedia

Afterpiece Title: The Poet Buskin will give Chocolate