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5935 results for: Keyword - Mr Raftor
We found 4265 matches on Event Comments, 1462 matches on Performance Comments, 566 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

151
24 April 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: See17321125, but Ben-Miller; Tattle-Cibber Jr; Foresight-Johnson; Sir Sampson-Shepard; Valentine-Bridgwater; Scandal-W. Mills; Trapland-Griffin; Jeremy-Oates; Buckram-Jones; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Butler; Nurse-Mrs Willis; Angelica-Mrs Booth; Mrs Frail-Mrs Heron; Prue-Miss Raftor.
Cast
Role: Prue Actor: Miss Raftor.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Miss Raftor

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-LeBrun; The Flight-Essex, Miss Robinson; Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

152
21 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Prue Actor: Miss Raftor.

Afterpiece Title: Venus Cupid and Hymen

Performance Comment: Advance cast in Guildhall Library clipping and Daily Advertiser, 19 May, lists: Venus-Miss Raftor; Cupid-Young Cunningham; Hymen-Rainton; First Priest-E. Roberts; Chorus of Priests-Tenoe, Berry; Damon-Stoppelaer; Daphne-Mrs Seedo.
Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Raftor

Music: Between the Acts: Trumpets, Kettle Drums, French Horns-; With a new Overture (to the Masque) for two Vox Humanes- , a new invented Instrument

Song: II: Mrs Seedo, who never appeared on the stage before; III: (At the particular Request of Seedo's Friends) Signora Margherita (who has not performed on any theatre these 14 years)

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun; IV: The Watteau-Miss Robinson; End Afterpiece: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

153
09 June 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Performance Comment: As17350423 but Goodwill-Shepard; Blister-Harper; Quaver-Salway; Wormwood-Cross; Coupee-Laguerrc; Thomas-Raftor .
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor

Dance: By Command: II: French Peasants by Poirier and Mlle Roland. III: Pierots by Nivelon and Lalauze. V: Harlequin and Harlequine by Poirier and Mlle Roland

154
30 September 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Performance Comment: As17350909, but Coupee-Este; Thomas-Raftor .
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor

Dance: Jack of the Green (new) by Taylor and Miss Mann. Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson

155
22 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Roxana-Mrs Porter; Alexander-Milward; Clytus-Quin; Statira-Mrs Cibber; Cassander-Mills; Lysimachus-W. Mills; Hephestion-Este; Polyperchon-Cibber; Parisatis-Miss Holliday; Perdiccas-Berry; Phillip-Winstone; Thessalus-Cross; Eumenes-Raftor; Aristander-Turbutt; Meleager-Oates; Sysigambis-Mrs Cross; Ghosts of Darius and Statira-sung by Stoppelaer, Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Eumenes Actor: Raftor

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland

156
25 October 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Mrs Clive; Lucy-Mrs Pritchard; Peachum-Macklin; Lockit-Harper; Mat-Turbutt; Filch-Raftor; Ben-Marshall; Jemmy-Cole; Bagshot-Rolar; Jack-Leigh; Ned-Peploe; Wat-Woodburn; Beggar-Winstone; Player-Hill; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Marshall; Diana-Mrs Grace; Mrs Coaxer-Miss Tollet; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Grace; Dolly-Mrs Hill; Sukey-Mrs Brett; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Bennet; Molly-Miss Thynne; Betty-Mrs Woodward; Jenny-Miss Wilson; Macheath-Beard.
Cast
Role: Filch Actor: Raftor

Dance: Lilliputians , Scholars of Livier

157
25 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17371026, but Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Macklin; Lockit-Harper; Filch-Raftor; Polly-Mrs Clive; Lucy-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Marshall; Mat-Turbutt; Diana-Mrs Grace.
Cast
Role: Filch Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

158
23 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Performance Comment: Sir John Cockle-Miller; King-Cibber; Sir Timothy Flash-Beard; Greenwood-Hill; French Cooke-Woodward; Miss Kitty-Mrs Clive; Mrs Starch-Miss Tollett; Vintner-Turbutt; Joe-Marshall; Barber-Ray; Taylor-Gray; Attendants-Raftor, Woodburn, Leigh; Edition of 1738 adds: Prologue-Cibber; Epilogue-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Attendants Actor: Raftor, Woodburn, Leigh

Dance: V: Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Miss Thompson

159
27 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17380204, but Macheath-Beard; Polly-Mrs Clive; Lucy-Mrs Pritchard; Peachum-Macklin; Lockit-Harper; Mat-Turbutt; Filch-Raftor; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Marshall; Diana-Mrs Grace.
Cast
Role: Filch Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Punch-Master Ferg; II: Muilment, Mrs Walter; Hornpipe-Philips

160
11 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17380909, but Jobson-Turbutt; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Butler Actor: Raftor.

161
25 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Polly-Mrs Clive; Lucy-Mrs Pritchard; Peachum-Macklin; Lockit-Turbutt; Mat-Ray; Filch-Raftor; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Marshall; Diana-Mrs Grace.
Cast
Role: Filch Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Cast
Role: Justices Actor: Winstone, Raftor, Cole

Dance: HHornpipe-Phillips

162
26 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress or The Ridotto Al Fresco

Performance Comment: Kitty-Mrs Clive; Harlequin-Woodward; Beau Mordecai-Macklin; Debauchee-Turbutt; Constable-Marshall; Porter-Peploe; Jenny-Miss Thynne; Mother Midnight-Hough; Bess Brindle-Leigh; Pompey-Young Brooks; Justices-Taswel, Raftor, Cole; Ladies of Pleasure-Mrs Bennet, Miss Thynne; concluding with a new Masquerade Dance-Leviez, Woodward, Pelling, Rector, Carney, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thomson, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Vallois.
Cast
Role: Justices Actor: Taswel, Raftor, Cole

Dance: As17390920

163
15 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: An Hospital for Fools

Performance Comment: Edition of 1739 lists: Aesculapius-Berry; Mercury-Macklin; Father-Penkethman; Daughter-Mrs Clive; Son-Cashell; Rake-Ridout; 1 Husband-Woodburn; 2 Husband-Raftor; Wife-Mrs Marshall; Friend-Green; Beau-Yates; Poet-Woodward; Statesman-Turbut; 1 Man-Gray; 2 Man-Cole; 3 Man-Marshall; Wiseman-Taswell.
Cast
Role: 2 Husband Actor: Raftor

164
03 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Pedro-Milward; Roderigo-Quin; Alphonso-Johnson; Alinda-Mrs Mills; Juletta-Mrs Pritchard; Mad Scholar-Havard; Mad Englishman-Winstone; Mad Welshman-Reed; Mad Taylor-Woodward; Mad Priest-Raftor; Old Pilgrim-Woodburn; Drunken Servant-Ray; Stuttering Servant-Yates; Lopez-Shepard; Jacques-Turbutt; Curio-Cashell; Seberto-Ridout; Master of Madhouse-Taswell; Keeper-Marshall.
Cast
Role: Mad Priest Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; II: L'Allamande-Mlle Chateauneuf

165
17 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17391009, but Sir John-Stoppelaer; Butler-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Butler Actor: Raftor.

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; In IV: Muilment; V: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: III: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards

166
14 March 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Performance Comment: Liberia-Mrs Clive (with the Original Songs); Protheus-Quin; Gratiano-Milward; Bellario-Mills; Joculo-Macklin; Lucentius-Shepard; Byron-Berry; Gromio-Winstone; Asino-Taswell; Porco-Raftor; Lucilla-Mrs Butler; Delia-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Porco Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: The Favourite Airs out of L'Allegro il Penseroso by Handel-Miss Edwards; I: Miss Edwards; IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: II: L'Arlequine deux visages-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: La Tambourine Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

167
28 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Acasto-Winstone; Castalio-Havard; Polydore-Mills; Chamont-Delane; Ernesto-Ridout; Chaplain-Raftor; Monimia-Mrs Mills; Serina-Mrs Ridout; Florella-Mrs Bennet; Cordelio-Miss Cibber.
Cast
Role: Chaplain Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; II: Sweet Bird from Milton-Mrs Arne; III: A Ballad-Lowe; IV: War he sung was Toil and Trouble-Mrs Clive

Dance: V: A New Running Footman's Dance-Phillips

168
10 May 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17500503, but Mat@o@Mint-Shuter; Filch-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Filch Actor: Raftor.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17500503; III: Black Joke, as17500420

169
28 September 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Garrick, 1st time; Escalus-Winstone; Capulet-Berry; Paris-Scrase; Benvolio-Mozeen; Tibalt-Blakes; Friar Lawrence-Havard; Old Capulet-Wright; Friar John-Paddick; Gregory-W. Vaughan; Sampson-James; Balthazar-Ackman; Abram-Marr; Mercutio-Woodward; Apothecary-Simpson; Peter-Vaughan; Officer-Raftor; Page-Master Cross; Lady Capulet-Mrs Bennet; Nurse-Mrs James; Juliet-Miss Bellamy[, 1st time of appearing on that stage. [The 1750 ed. adds Montague-$Burton.]
Cast
Role: Officer Actor: Raftor

170
30 October 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Alphonso-Yates; Pedro (the Pilgrim)-Havard; Roderigo-Berry; Curio-Scrase; Seberto-Mozeen; Jaques-Blakes; Lopez-Vaughan; Master of the Mad House-Bridges; Governor-Raftor; Porter-W. Vaughan; Drunken Servant-Shuter; Mad Scholar-Sowdon; Mad Taylor, Stuttering Cook-Woodward; Mad Englishman-Winstone; Mad Welchman-James; 1st Outlaw-Ackman; 2nd Outlaw-Paddick; 3rd Outlaw-Marr; Gentleman-Simson; Peasant-Blakey; Keeper-Costollo; Alinda-Mrs Willoughby; Fool-Mrs Pitt; Julietta-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Governor Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: Secular Masque

Dance: New Running Footman's Dance, as17501020

171
16 March 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: A Lick at the Town

Performance Comment: Parts-Woodward, Palmer, Blakes, Shuter, Mrs Clive, Miss Pitt, Miss Minors, Cross, James, Raftor; Prologue-Woodward; Epilogue-Garrick.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Woodward, Palmer, Blakes, Shuter, Mrs Clive, Miss Pitt, Miss Minors, Cross, James, Raftor

172
08 September 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Yates; Lockit-Berry; Mat o Mint-Blakes; Filch-Raftor; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Cross; Diana Trapes-Mrs Havard; Polly-Mrs Davies; In Act III a Hornpipe-Matthews, others; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the opera.
Cast
Role: Filch Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

173
14 September 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Frederick-Havard; Clerimont-Bransby; Ramilie-Palmer; Decoy-Simson; James-Clough; Miser-Yates; List-Marr; Furnish-Raftor; Mariana-Mrs Mills; Harriet-Mrs Davies; Wheedle-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Cross; Lappet-Mrs Clivein which character will be introduced The Life of a Beau song.
Cast
Role: Furnish Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Song: III: The School of Anacreon-Beard

174
10 September 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Yates; Lockit-Berry; Filch-Raftor; Mat of the Mint-Blakes; Beggar-Walker; Player-Mozeen; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Cross; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Polly-Miss Macklin; Diana Trapes-Mrs Havard; In Act III a Hornpipe-Mathew; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the Opera.
Cast
Role: Filch Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

175
19 November 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Lovegold-Yates; Frederick-Havard; Ramilie-Palmer; Mariana-Miss Bride; Furnish-Raftor; List-Marr; Decoy-Weston; James-Clough; Sparkle-Ackman; Wheedle-Mrs Bennet; Harriet-Mrs Davies; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Cross; Clerimont-Packer; Lappet-Mrs Clive. Mrs Clive will sing in her character The Life of a Beau.
Cast
Role: Furnish Actor: Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Italian Gardiners-Grimaldi, Miss Baker