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5942 results for: Keyword - Mr Perry
We found 4256 matches on Event Comments, 1480 matches on Performance Comments, 530 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1101
29 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Performance Comment: Father-Bensley, first time; Publius-Smith; Valerius-Perry; Hostilius-Clarke; Valeria-Mrs Mattocks; Horatia-Mrs Yates; In Act IV will be introuduc'd the triumphal Entry of Publius The Vocal Parts-DuBellamy, Baker, Barnshaw, Legg, Fox, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Valerius Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: The Reel-Aldridge, Miss Valois, Sga Manesiere. [See17680307.

1102
31 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Performance Comment: Biron-Smith; Villeroy-Bensley; Count Baldwin-Gibson; Carlos-Gardner; Bellford-Perry; Sampson-Dunstall; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Isabella-Mrs Bellamy; With the Epithalamium-Mattocks, Mrs Thompson.
Cast
Role: Bellford Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer Outwitted

Dance: II: The Reel, as17700329

1103
25 April 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Woodward; Belguard-Gardner; Crack-Shuter; Hothead-Dunstall; Testimony-Gibson; Farewell-Wroughton; Surley-Clarke; Merchant-Wignell; Servant to Sir Courtly-Holtom; Leonora-Miss Macklin; Aunt-Mrs Pitt; Woman to Leonora-Mrs Perry; Violante-Mrs Bulkley; In Act III: Singing-Mattocks, Mrs Thompson.
Cast
Role: Woman to Leonora Actor: Mrs Perry

Afterpiece Title: Flora; or, Hob in the Well

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17700402

1104
07 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Performance Comment: Oroonoko (that night only)-A Gentleman who never appeared on any stage; Aboan-Bensley; Governor-Perry; Blandford-Hull; Hotman-Bates; Stanmore-Davis; Jack Stanmore-Quick; Daniel-Shuter; Driver-Dunstall; Widow-Mrs Pitt; Charlotte-Mrs Barrington; Imoinda-Miss Miller, first time.
Cast
Role: Governor Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: IV: The Whim, as17691123

1105
12 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17700510, but Flash-Davis; Loveit-Perry; Biddy-Miss Ogilvie; Add Jasper-Holtom.
Cast
Role: Loveit Actor: Perry

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe,. As17700420

1106
01 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George Barnwell-Bensley, first time; Truman-Perry; Thorowgood-Gibson; Uncle-Hull; Blunt-Cushing; Maria-Miss Ward; Lucy-Mrs Green; Millwood-Mrs Mattocks, first time; In Act I, Singing-DuBellamy.
Cast
Role: Truman Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jubilee

1107
05 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Performance Comment: Timanthes-Smith; Demaphoon-Bensley; Mathusius-Clarke; Cherinthus-Perry; Adrastus-Gardner; Orcanes-Morris; Officer-R. Smith; Cephisa-Mrs Bulkley; Ismena-Mrs Yates; In Act III a Procession-; the Vocal Parts-Reinhold, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox.
Cast
Role: Cherinthus Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

1108
08 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Smith; MacDuff-Clarke; Lenox-Hull; Malcolm-Perry; Banquo-Bensley; Duncan-Gibson; Seyton-Gardner; Hecate-Reinhold; Witches-Dunstall, Mrs Pitt, Quick; Vocal Parts-Mattocks, DuBellamy, Baker, Barnshaw, Legg, Fox, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones; With a Dance of the Furies-Fishar; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Malcolm Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jubilee

1109
11 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Wou'dbe-Clarke; Younger Wou'dbe-Dyer; Richmore-Gardner; Truman-Hull; Subtleman-Dunstall; Fairbank-Perry; Alderman-Cushing; Balderdash-Morris; Clearaccount-Wignell; Constable-Fox; Jack-Holtom; Teague-Saunders; Constance-Mrs Bulkley; Mrs Midnight-Mrs Pitt; Aurelia-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Fairbank Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-; III: Countryman Metamorphosed-. [See17701010]

1110
12 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: Warwick-Smith; King Edward-Bensley; Pembroke-Perry; Suffolk-Gardner; Buckingham-Wignell; Lady Elizabeth Grey-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Clifford-Miss Pearce; Margaret of Anjou-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Pembroke Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Performance Comment: Trappolin-Shuter; Lavinio-Perry; Puritan-Quick; . .
Cast
Role: Lavinio Actor: Perry

Dance: End of Play: The Lamplighter, as17701009

1111
19 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: Capt. Ironsides-Shuter, first time; Young Belfield-Smith; Sir Benjamin-Yates; Elder Belfield-Clarke; Philip-Perry; Paterson-Dyer; Goodwin-Hull; Jonathan-Dunstall; Francis-Lewes; Skiff-Quick; Lady Dove-Mrs Green; Lucy Waters-Mrs Gardner; Fanny-Miss Ward; Kitty-Miss Valois; Sophia-Mrs Mattocks; Violetta-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Philip Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

1112
23 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Ross; Priuli-Gibson; Bedamar-Perry; Duke-Morris; Renault-Clarke; Elliot-Fox; Spinoza-Wignell; Officer-Thompson; Theodore-R. Smith; Pierre-Bensley; Belvidera (first time these 4 years)-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Bedamar Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: A Comic Dance, as17701017

1113
25 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: King Henry-Smith; Canterbury-Gardner; Exeter-Hull; Gower-DuBellamy; Westmorland-R. Smith; MacMorris-Barrington; Bardolph-Barnshaw; Fluellin-Shuter; Pistol-Dyer; English Soldier-Morris; Jamy-Dunstall; King of France-Gibson; Dauphin-Lewes; Constable-Clarke; Burgundy-Perry; Isabel-Mrs Vincent; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Burgundy Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: A Comic Dance, as17701017

1114
26 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17700926, but Norfolk-Perry; Lady Ann-Mrs Lessingham; Duchess of York-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Norfolk Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17701015

1115
05 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Bensley; Bajazet-Smith; Axalla-Perry; Dervise-Gardner; Moneses-Hull; Omar-Morris; Stratocles-Fox; Hali-Lewes; Prince of Tanais-R. Smith; Selima-Mrs Mattocks; Arpasia-Miss Miller, first time; The Original Song, To Thee O Gentle Sleep-DuBellamy; The Usual Prologue-Hull.
Cast
Role: Axalla Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

1116
14 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Perry; Harlow-DuBellamy; Cape-Dunstall; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Bulkley; Old Maid-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Perry

Dance: II: The Lamplighter, as17701009

1117
30 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Ogleby-Kniveton; Lovewell-Mattocks; Sterling-Dunstall (first time for all three); Sir John Melvil-Bensley; Serjeant Flower-Morris; Truman-Perry; Traverse-R. Smith; Brush-Dyer; Canton-Quick; Miss Sterling-Mrs Bulkley; Fanny-Mrs Mattocks; Betty-Mrs Lessingham; Chambermaid-Miss Ward; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Truman Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Dance: End: New Pantomime Dance, as17701129

1118
03 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Smith; King-Gibson; Ghost-Bensley; Horatio-Hull; Ostrick-Dyer; Laertes-Perry; Polonius-Shuter; Gravediggers-Dunstall, Stoppelaer; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; Queen-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Laertes Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

1119
06 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Performance Comment: As17701204, but Astyages-Perry.
Cast
Role: Astyages Actor: Perry.

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Cast
Role: Lavinio Actor: Perry

1120
28 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Cast
Role: Burgundy Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17701226, but Characters-Mrs _Perry.
Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Mrs _Perry.

1121
21 January 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17710115, but Parts-Barnshaw, +Fox, Mrs +Perry (playbill), but not according to the +Public Advertiser.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor:

1122
02 February 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: As17710112, but Escalus-Perry.
Cast
Role: Escalus Actor: Perry.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

1123
12 March 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Performance Comment: Jason-Smith; Creon-Bensley; Aeson-Hull; Lycander-Perry; 1st Colchian-Clarke; Hecate-Gardner; Theano-Mattocks; Medea-Mrs Yates; The Song of Azure God-Mrs Baker; The Original Epilogue-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Lycander Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: The Reel, as17701103

1124
05 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Orlando-Smith; Jaques-Clarke; Adam-Gibson; Duke Sen-Hull; Oliver-Perry; Amiens (with songs)-Mattocks; Touchstone (by Particular Desire, and for that night only)-Geo. Alex. Stevens; Caelia (with a song)-Mrs Baker; Rosalind-Mrs Bulkley (being first time for these ladies in these parts); An Occasional Prologue-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Oliver Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: I: The Tartars, as17701003; I Farce: (By Desire) An Allemande-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley (playbill)

1125
09 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Bensley; Cassander-Clarke; Hephestion-Wroughton; Lysimachus-Hull; Polyperchon-Perry; Roxana-Miss Miller, first time; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Pearce; Statira-Mrs Yates (that night only); With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander-into Babylon.
Cast
Role: Polyperchon Actor: Perry

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: IV: The Old ground Young, as17701123