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7866 results for: Keyword - Mr Robert Griffin
We found 4496 matches on Event Comments, 2639 matches on Performance Comments, 976 matches on Author, 620 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

201
10 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Scruple Actor: Roberts

Song: II: Bacchus Triumphant-Leveridge, Salway; IV: Trio of True Happiness-Leveridge, Roberts, Miss Young; V: An Epilogue in Music, addressed to the Audience,-Leveridge, Salway, Mrs Lampe

Dance: III: The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

202
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: FFawkes and Pinchbeck's Great Theatrical Booth, facing the Hospital Gate, West Smithfield. Taken from Shakespear. [Possibly a puppet show.] The occasion is the Retaking the English Standard belonging to Sir Robert Rich's Regiment of Horse by George Darraugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ephesian Duke Or Blunder Upon Blunder Yet Alls Right At Last

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Dettingen

Dance: WWooden@Shoe Dance-LaPierre, never performed by any but himself; Le Paisans Leger-LaPierre, Mlle Mariette

Song: Blogg, Miss Atherton; The Whole to conclude with a Song made upon that Occasion, set to Musick, and-Mr Blogg

203
18 May 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for several: Master Cape, C. Roberts, West, Tomlinson, Mortimer. Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken. [Tomlinson's Epilogue in Larpent MS 213.] The mute speaks again, and mimics tragedians and comedians [See 20 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Master Cape (Scholar to Walker); IV: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Song: III: If o'er the Cruel Tyrant Love, as17620513

Entertainment: New Sketch of his own picture drawn from the life by way of Epilogue-Mr Tomlinson, his second time of attempting to speak on the Stage

204
04 May 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre and Roberts on a one-half value of tickets and minimum charge basis. Receipts: #12 6s. 6d. leaving a deficit for the minimum charge of #14 11s. 6d. Tickets: Dupre #45 13s. (Boxes 36; Pit 191; Gallery 80); Roberts #78 19s. (Boxes 50; Pit 359; Gallery 126). Half value of total #62 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: II: Liberty Alone-(from the Oratorio of Judas Maccabaeus sung by Roberts); IV: Come Smiling Liberty-Roberts

Dance: III: Peasant Dance-Matthews, Miss Vandersluys; V: The English Boy, English Girl

205
21 April 1750 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. Charges #80. Deficit to Roberts #49 8s., covered by income from tickets of #116. Receipts: #30 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: II: Roberts; IV: Roberts

Dance: III: Tambourine-Jardin; End of Play: Grand Scots Dance-Cooke, Miss Hillyard

206
26 April 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ellis Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Brumpton Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: WWar he sung is Toil and Trouble (out of Alexander's Feast)-Roberts; English Cantata-Roberts

Dance: JJe ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Music: Concerto on the Harp-Parry

207
09 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Hallam. Tickets for Roberts also taken. Tickets at Hallam's House next the Chapel in Great Queen Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

Music: End Afterpiece: Solo on Harp-Parry

Song: II: Roberts; IV: Roberts

208
27 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts. Mainpiece: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Song: II: Go Rose my Chloe's Bosom Grace-Roberts; V: War he sung is Toil and Trouble (in Alexander's Feast)-Roberts

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17450423

209
12 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: II: Come Rosaline O come and see-Roberts; IV: a New Cantata-Roberts

Dance: III: The Peasants, as17460405 V: Drunken Tyrolese, as17460405

210
26 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit fo r Roberts. No Building on stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: II: Roberts; IV: A Song-Roberts; accompanied on the Welsh harp-Rice

Dance: V: Comic Dance-Granier and Mrs Granier

211
04 May 1756 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. No building on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Dance: LLes Paisans Gallants, as17551203

Song: II: A Ballad-Roberts; IV: A Cantata-Roberts

212
06 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts, and Sarjant, House Keeper. Receipts: #46 7s. 6d. Charges #64 5s. Deficit to each #16 16s. 3d., covered by income from tickets: Sarjant #45 14s. (Boxes 50; Pit 178; Gallery 65); Roberts #82 9s. (Boxes 100; Pit 293; Gallery 135). Total income #174 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Dance: II: The Threshers, as17591005; IV: The Lamp Lighters, as17600318

Song: III: Song-Roberts

Music: III: accompanied on the Harp-Evans; after which, By Desire, A Lass that was Laden with Care, with variations -Evans

213
14 May 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts, Stede, Mrs Mullart, and Page (Housekeeper). Receipts: #120 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Brumpton Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: II: Roberts

Dance: III: Pierots-Richardson, Delagarde; IV: The Swiss-Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Music: V: Handel's Water@Musick, Preamble on the Kettle Drum-Jo. Woodbridge

214
23 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit E. Roberts and Destrade. Tickets deliver'd out by Reinhold and Mrs Hale will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17420213, but Amiens-Roberts; Celia-Mrs Hale.
Cast
Role: Amiens Actor: Roberts

Dance: I: The Peasants, as17420210; III: Minuet (by desire)-Destrade, Mlle Auguste; New Comic Dance, Pantaloon and Enamorata, as17420420

Song: II: Ruddier than the Cherry, out of Acis and Galetea (Set by Handel),-Reinhold; IV: True Blue-Roberts

215
19 April 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Villeneuve and Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Song: III: Roberts

Dance: IV: Louvre, Minuet-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

216
18 April 1749 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17481128, but Tom-Cibber; Song in II, Lothario-Roberts; Song-_Lowe.
Cast
Role: Lothario Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Song: IV: The Smiling Hours-Roberts

Dance: V: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

217
11 May 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. No Building on stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Song: II: Roberts; IV: Mrs Chambers

Dance: V: As17561023

218
29 April 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. Receipts: #33 17s. 6d. Charges: #80. Deficiency covered by income from tickets, #115 9s. Two New Renters came in a 1 share each: Mrs Tabitha Mendez, and Mrs Susan White. [This addition brought the total of New Renters' shares to 50, which equalled the holdings of the Old Renters] (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: Country Lass-Miss Vallois; V: Comic Ballet, as17580428

Song: II, IV: Roberts

219
05 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. No Building on Stage. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: II: A Song-Roberts; III: A Piece on the Welch Harp-Evans

Dance: V: Fingalian Dance, as17581111

220
06 May 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. Receipts: #23 14s. plus #87 15s. from tickets (Box 116; Pit 295; Gallery 145 (Account Book). Charges: #80 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Song: II: A Song-Roberts, accompanied on a Welch Harp by Evans; IV: A Piece on the Welch Harp-Evans

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17601215

221
06 March 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast With Coronation Anthems

Music: First Violin-Mr Ximene; with a Solo on the Violincello-Mr Janson, lately arrived from Paris, (Who has never performed in Public in England)

222
29 March 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Particularly a Sonata for a Flute and a Violin-Signior Gasperini, Mr Paisable; And likewise a Sonata for two Flutes-Mr Paisable, Mr Banister; the whole being entirely New. Margaretta Gallia mention'd in my former Bills, has since got a Cold, and is very much indispos'd, therefore will not venture to Sing; but in her room Several Pieces of the late Mr Henry Purcell-Mrs Lindsey, Mrs Hudson, Mr Hughes, Mr Laroone

223
13 July 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Several Comical Dialogues-Mr Dogget, Mr Leveridge; And other Entertainments of Ballad/Singing after the true English manner. Compos'd by Mr Estcourt-Mr Estcourt, in Honour of the Great and Glorious Successes of her Majesty over her proud French Foes

224
28 May 1715 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)

225
10 May 1732 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting of Church Musick- for six or eight Voices, by Mr DeFesch; Several Songs in Italian-Mrs De Fesch, the first Time of he performing in publick since her Arrival in England; a new Concert on the Violon-Mr DeFesch; a Solo , composed, and perform'd on the Bass Viol-Mr St.Helene; Solo on the Violoncello-Mr St.Helene the first Time of his performing in Publick