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6015 results for: Keyword - Mr Ray
We found 4259 matches on Event Comments, 1552 matches on Performance Comments, 555 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1776
01 November 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17961029, but Villagers-Mrs _Thompson

1777
02 November 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

1778
01 February 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

1779
04 March 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were, And Maids As They Are

Afterpiece Title: The Wicklow Mountains

1780
16 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: Sir Pertinax Macsycophant-Fawcett (1st appearance in that character); Egerton-Holman; Sidney-Murray; Melville-Hull; Lord Lumbercourt-Thompson; Counsellor Plausible-Waddy; Serjeant Eitherside-Macready; Sam-Ledger; John-Wilde; Tomkins-Abbot; Betty Hint-Mrs Martyr; Constantia-Miss Mansel (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Lady Macsycophant-Mrs Platt; Nanny-Mrs Norton; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt-Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sidney Actor: Murray

Afterpiece Title: An Entremets

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

1781
19 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Afterpiece Title: The Village Fete

Performance Comment: As17970518, but unassigned-_Haymes, _Linton, _Street, _Gray.
Cast
Role: unassigned Actor: _Haymes, _Linton, _Street, _Gray.

Song: End: Wigs-, including His own Wig, Doctor's Wig, Coachman's Wig; The Storm-Incledon; In 3rd piece: Chorusses, As17970518

1782
27 May 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse

Afterpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

1783
15 June 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

1784
02 October 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Richard to Holman, but "Holman being indisposed, Murray assumed the arduous part of Richard this evening. (Monthly Mirror, Oct. 1797, p. 238).] Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Account-Book: Paid Music #9 1s. 8d.; Properties #12 8s.; Kettle Drum 5s.; Chorus Singers #1 10s.; Wardrobe #6 10s. 3d.; Supernumeraries #3 11s.; Sloper [master carpenter] for Scenemen #40 13s. 4d.; Phillips and Creswell #4 4s.; Lupino #2 14s. 6d.; Hollogan #2. Receipts: #286 17s. (282.15; 4.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Murray; King Henry-Hull; Buckingham-Clarke; Stanley-Thompson; Tressel-Wheatley (2nd appearance [see17970925]); Prince Edward-Miss Standen; Duke of York-Master Standen; Lieutenant-Waddy; Catesby-Claremont; Ratcliffe-Abbot; Lord Mayor-Powel; Oxford-Farley; Norfolk-Davenport; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Mrs Litchfield; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Murray

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Performance Comment: Speaking Characters-Johnstone, Incledon, Townsend, Powel, Simmons, Gray, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Clendining, Mr Rees; [Cast adjusted from playbill of 7 Oct. 1795: Capt. Frederick-Johnstone; +Thicket-Incledon; +Clueline-Townsend; +Sir Fidget Fearful-Powel; +Gregory-Simmons; +Flambeau-Gray; +Peggy-Mrs Martyr; +Sophia-Mrs Clendining; +Whim-Mr Rees.] With Dialogue-; [to introduce the following favorite Songs, selected, written and composed (with new Accompaniments) by $Dibdin: The Lamplighter, I'm jolly Dick the Lamplighter-Gray; [Peggy Perkins, Let Bards elate-Simmons; [Irish Drinking Song, Of the Ancients its speaking-Johnstone; [The Greenwich Pensioner 'Twas in the good ship Rover-Townsend; [Taffy and Griddy, Abergavenny is fine-Mrs Martyr; [Hunting Song, To Batchelor's Hall, [and Poor Jack, Go Patter to Lubbers, [and The Portrait, Come Painter with thy happiest flight-Incledon; Rural Masquerade-; [Indian Song, Dear Yanco say and true he say-Mrs Mountain; [Sea Song, A Sailor's life's a life of woe-Mrs Clendining; [The Masquerade, Sure an't the world a Masquerade-Johnstone, Chorus.
Cast
Role: Speaking Characters Actor: Johnstone, Incledon, Townsend, Powel, Simmons, Gray, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Clendining, Mr Rees
Role: Flambeau Actor: Gray
Role: I'm jolly Dick the Lamplighter Actor: Gray

Dance: In afterpiece: a Ballet-Blurton, Mrs Watts, Mlle St.Amand

1785
11 October 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Soldiers

Afterpiece Title: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

1786
12 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Chimney Corner

1787
27 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Entertainment: Monologue.As17971016; An Occasional Address-Wroughton

1788
17 November 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to the Nore

1789
20 July 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Song: As17980705

1790
31 January 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

1791
04 February 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

1792
02 March 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Secret

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

1793
17 April 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

1794
27 August 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zorinski

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Song: End II: Crazy Jane-Mrs Bland; End: a favorite Mock Italian Song-Fawcett

1795
28 September 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

1796
16 November 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Secret

Afterpiece Title: The Pavilion

1797
13 March 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Egyptian Festival

Cast
Role: Egyptians Mustapha Muley Bey Actor: Raymond

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

1798
19 August 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: What A Blunder

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

1799
11 October 1660 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Moore Of Venice

1800
March 1663 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats