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6655 results for: Keyword - Mr Poitier Sr
We found 4292 matches on Event Comments, 1755 matches on Performance Comments, 884 matches on Performance Title, 224 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1951
24 September 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Dance: 11: The Black Joke. III: Revellers. IV: Pierots. By Poitier, Nivelon, Essex, Pelling, Chose, Davenport, James, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Performance Comment: III: Revellers. IV: Pierots. By Poitier, Nivelon, Essex, Pelling, Chose, Davenport, James, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, Miss Brett .

1952
11 November 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Serious Dance by Denoyer and Mlle Roland. Comic Dance by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: Comic Dance by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

1953
15 November 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Dance: I: A Grand Serious Dance by Denoyer and Mlle Roland. II: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. In: A new Comic Dance by Denoyer. IV: The Black and White Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. V: A Grand Comic Dance by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: II: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. In: A new Comic Dance by Denoyer. IV: The Black and White Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. V: A Grand Comic Dance by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

1954
26 December 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Grand Comic Ballet by Poitier and Mlle Roland. III: Black Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. IV: Grand Polish Dance (with New Habits), as17341221

Performance Comment: II: Grand Comic Ballet by Poitier and Mlle Roland. III: Black Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. IV: Grand Polish Dance (with New Habits), as17341221.

1955
08 February 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. [In a letter to the Daily Journal, 13 Feb., Michael Poitier thanks the public for the applause given him on 8 Feb., and refers to the earlier disturbance there occasioned by his failure to appear with Mlle Roland. He states that she was indisposed and that he sent a message to that effect to the manager.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

1956
24 February 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. [In Daily Journal, 24 Feb., Michael Poitier publishes several notices relating to his failure to dance on 7 Dec. 1734.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Junius Brutus

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

1957
21 May 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 22 May: We hear that Mons Poitier and Mademoiselle Roland made their Submission last Night on the Stage, and ask'd Pardon of the Town, and afterwards danc'd with universal Applause

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Orpheus

1958
02 June 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Orpheus

Music: v. Preamble on Kettle Drums by Poitier

Performance Comment: Preamble on Kettle Drums by Poitier .

Dance: II: A new Serious Dance by Mlle Roland. IV: Harlequin and Harlequix by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: IV: Harlequin and Harlequix by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

1959
05 June 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Orpheus

Music: Select Pieces. II: Solo on the Violin performed on the Stage by Charke

Dance: II: A new Serious Dance by Mlle Roland. IV: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: IV: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

1960
01 October 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Newmarket's Delight (new) by Delamagne, Pelling, Davenport, Rector, Janno. III: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. IV: Two Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. V: Shepherd's Mount by Denoyer, Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Anderson, Pelling, Villeneuve, Davenport, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett

Performance Comment: II: Newmarket's Delight (new) by Delamagne, Pelling, Davenport, Rector, Janno. III: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. IV: Two Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. V: Shepherd's Mount by Denoyer, Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Anderson, Pelling, Villeneuve, Davenport, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett .

1961
27 October 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Cast
Role: Pierot Actor: Poitier

Dance: Le Chasseur Royal by Denoyer, Mlle Roland, &c. French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland. By Essex and Mrs Walter

Performance Comment: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland. By Essex and Mrs Walter .

1962
03 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Music: As17351018

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. II: Grand Serious Ballet by Denoyer. III: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. rv: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: II: Grand Serious Ballet by Denoyer. III: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. rv: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

1963
15 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco

Dance: I: Grand Serious Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. II: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. III: Russian Sailor by Denoyer and others. V: Le Chasseur Royal by Denoyer, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: II: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. III: Russian Sailor by Denoyer and others. V: Le Chasseur Royal by Denoyer, Mlle Roland, &c .

1964
17 December 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: I: Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson. II: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: II: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland .

1965
06 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Dance: In II: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. In IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: In IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .

1966
11 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Music: In II: Solo on Violin by Charke

Dance: II: New Serious Dance by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .

1967
12 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Music: As17360211

Dance: II: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c. III: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: III: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .

1968
13 April 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: Shepherd's Mount, as17360410 III: Double Jealousy, as17360327but Mrs Villeneuve replaces Miss Brett. IV: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. muSIC V: Preamble on Kettle Drums by Poitier

Performance Comment: II: Shepherd's Mount, as17360410 III: Double Jealousy, as17360327but Mrs Villeneuve replaces Miss Brett. IV: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. muSIC V: Preamble on Kettle Drums by Poitier .

1969
30 April 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: A new Pantomime Dance called Damon and Phillida: Damon-Phillips; Phillida-Miss Mann; Cimon-Pelling; Mopsus-Davenport. II: Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. III: Drunken Peasant by Phillips. IV: Black and White Joak by Phillips and Miss Mann. V: The Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c

Performance Comment: II: Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. III: Drunken Peasant by Phillips. IV: Black and White Joak by Phillips and Miss Mann. V: The Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c .

1970
05 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Morocco Servant Actor: Poitier

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .

1971
31 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Cast
Role: Pierot Actor: Poitier

Afterpiece Title: Taste a la Mode

Cast
Role: Pierot Actor: Poitier

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: II: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

1972
15 May 1740 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Master Charles Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Olimpia In Ebuda

Dance: As17400408

1973
07 March 1749 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Roland and Master & Miss Jenny Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orazio

Dance: NNew Dances-

1974
27 April 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Poitier. Farce By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: I: A Serious Dance-Miss Wilford (1st appearance on any stage), others; II: A Tambourine-Delaistre, Mlle Capdeville, Miss Wilford; III: A New Dance call'd Le Badinage-Miss Wilford, others; IV: A New Comic Dance call'd The Prussian Rope@Makers-Delaistre, Mlle Capdeville; V: (By Desire) a Minuet-Delaistre, Mlle Rousselet

1975
02 April 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17631229, but Apothecary-Holtom; Juliet-Miss Ward, first appearance any stage; Minuet-Duquesney, Miss Twist; Solemn Dirge-Miss Poitier; Lady Capulet (that Night only)-Mrs Ward; +Occasional Prologue-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Solemn Dirge Actor: Miss Poitier

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: TThe Calabrian Peasants, as17631222