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7468 results for: Keyword - Mr Robert Roades
We found 4456 matches on Event Comments, 2165 matches on Performance Comments, 949 matches on Author, 619 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3326
14 February 1677 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. The Diary of Robert Hooke: Grace and Tom at Play Antony and Cleopatra

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antony And Cleopatra

3327
27 August 1677 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: The Diary of Robert Hooke: With John? Oliver saw tigre in Bartholomew fair 2d. Saw the child doe strange tricks

Performances

3328
30 August 1677 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: The Diary of Robert Hooke: Saw the Dutch woeman in Bartholomew fair, very strange

Performances

3329
01 September 1679 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: The Diary of Robert Hooke (p. 423): At Bartholomew fair Saw Elephant wave colours, shoot a gun, bend and kneel, carry a castle and a man

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

3330
03 September 1679 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: William Blaythwaite to Sir Robert Southwell, 4 Sept. 1679 [describing a visit made on 3 Sept. 1679 by Sir Edward Dering, Mrs Helena Percival, Miss Helena, Miss Betty, and himself]: What we saw was the dancing on the ropes performed first by Jacob Hall and his company, then by a Dutch dancer, who did wonderful feats. From thence we went to the Elephant, who I think was more terrible than pleasant to the young spectators (Morley, Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair, p. 192)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

3331
29 October 1679 @ The City, London

Performances

Mainpiece Title: London In Luster

Performance Comment: [Projecting Many bright beams of Triumph: Disposed with Several Representations of Scenes and Pageants. Performed with great Splendor on Wednesday, October XXIX. 1679] At the Initiation and Instalment of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clayton, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Dignified with divers delightfull Varieties of Presentors, with Speeches, Songs, and Actions, properly and punctually described. All set forth at the proper Cost and Charges of the Worshipful Company of Drapers. Devised and Composed by Tho. Jordan, Gent.

3332
31 August 1680 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Performance Comment: The Diary of Robert Hooke: At Barthemy fair saw fellow walk on Stilts 12 foot high.

3333
01 November 1680 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery

Performance Comment: Edition of 1681: Prologue-; Torrismond-Betterton; Bertran-Williams; Alphonso-Wiltshire; Lorenzo-Smith; Raymond-Gillo; Pedro-Underhill; Gomez-Nokes; Dominic-Lee; Leonora-Mrs Barry; Teresa-Mrs Crofts; Elvira-Mrs Betterton; Epilogue [by a Friend of the Author's [Robert Wolseley]-.

3334
10 October 1685 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: Samuel Pepys to Robert Southwell, 10 Oct. 1685: To night wee have had a mighty Musique--Entertainment at court for the welcoming home the King and Queen. Wherein the fraequent Returnes of the Words, Arms, Beauty, Triumph, Love, Progeny Peace, Dominion, Glory, &c. had apparently cost our Poet-Prophet more paine to finde Rhimes then Reasons (R. G. Howard, Letters and the Second Diary of Samuel Pepys [London, 1932], p. 171. [The entertainment for this occasion seems not to have survived.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

3335
16 February 1686 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: The United Company. The date of this Performance is stated as 16 Feb. (L. C. records) or 17 Feb. (Peregrine Bertie), but as Lent began on Wednesday 17 Feb., the performance probably occurred on Shrove Tuesday. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@147, P. 125. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 350. Peregrine Bertie to the Countess of Rutland, 17 Feb. 1685@6: To night will be the last play at court, they tell mee 'tis the Mocke Astrologer (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, p. 105). John Povey to Sir Robert Southwell, 18 Feb. 1685@6: Sir, the enclosed had been sent last post, had it not been detained late by a play at Court which ended our Carnival. The night before the King and Queen were entertained by the Lord President at a ball or masque in Lady Portsmouth's lodgings. The Masquers were twelve couples whose habits were of several nations' and prescribed by a picture sent to each of them from the Queen, and the least habit cost !bove a hundred Pounds, and some above three hundred pounds, besides jewels of which Mrs Fox and some others had above thirty thousand pounds value each (Savile-Finch Correspondence, Add. Mss. 28,569; I owe this quotation to Professor John Harold Wilson)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Evenings Love Or The Mock Astrologer

3336
30 April 1693 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: This celebration of the Queen's Birthday presumably was given on 30 April, her birthday. The music in the Royal Society of Music gives the singers as Mrs Ayliff, The Boy, Turner, Snow, Edwards, Howell, Bowman, Damascene, Bouchier, Williams, Woodeson, Roberts. See Purcell's Works, Purcell Society, XXIV (1926), ii

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

3337
03 September 1697 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: John Dryden to his sons, 3 Sept. 1697: After my return to Town, I intend to alter a play of Sir Robert Howards, written long since, & lately put by him into my hands: tis calld The Conquest of China by the Tartars. It will cost me six weeks study, with the probable benefit of an hunderd pounds. In the meane time I am writeing a Song for St Cecilia's feast, who you know is the Patroness of Musique. This is troublesome, & no way beneficiall: but I coud not deny the Stewards of the feast, who came in a body to me, to desire that kindness (Letters of John Dryden, p. 93)

Performances

3338
13 December 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre and Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: James Brydges, Diary: About 5 my Coz: Roberts & I went to ye Playhouse in Covent Garden, but not liking ye play, wee went to that in Lincolns inn fields, & staid till 'twas done. I saw Ld Normanby, Ld Willouby, Sir Rich. Samford &c. here (Huntington MS St 26)

Performances

3339
29 January 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: James Brydges, Diary: I went & din'd at ye fountain, after wch I went to ye Playhouse in Lincolns Inn fields, & saw my Cozen Hussys & Coz. Roberts there. I staid an act (Huntington MS St 26)

Performances

3340
28 May 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts, Wright, and Nailer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Music: Concerto on Little Flute-Baston

Dance:

3341
01 April 1726 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Robert. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m. His Excellency the Morocco Ambassador will be there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters

3342
12 June 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts, Boxkeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Dance: End II: Lads and Lasses-; III: Dutch Skipper-Sandham; IV: Shepherd's Holiday-Burny, Sandham, Eaton, Mrs Haughton, Mrs Mountfort, Miss Sandham

Song: End I: Miss Thornowets; IV: Miss Thornowets

3343
07 May 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts, Boxkeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: Sandham

Music: II: Welch Harp-a Gentleman for his Diversion; IV: Solo-Ravenscroft

3344
28 January 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit John Roberts, now Confin'd in the Fleet Prison. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance:

3345
04 March 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17311025, but Falstaff-Gentleman who perform'd it in Harry the Fourth; Rugby-Williams; Sir Hugh-Norris; Mrs Ford-Mrs Giffard? (Daily Advertiser) or Mrs Roberts (Daily Post).

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: LLes Amants-Burney, Mrs Wherrit

3346
08 May 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Berry, Roberts, Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding

Song:

Dance:

3347
27 September 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Post, 28 Sept.: Yesterday Morning [27 Sept.] between Nine and Ten o'Clock, Robert Wilks, Esq., one of the Patentees and Managers of his Majesty's Company of Comedians, died, at his House in Bow-street, Covent-Garden

Performances

3348
03 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Music: Second and Third Musick, as17331201 I as IV on 1 Dec

Dance: I: La Bagatelle by Essex and Miss Latour. III: Les Polichinelles by Janno and F. Tench. V: Watteau by Miss Robinson

Song: II: A Thousand Fairy Scenes (from Rosamond) by Master Arne. IV: An Air in Porus by Roberts

Performance Comment: IV: An Air in Porus by Roberts .

3349
03 April 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Perry. At 7 P.M.'Boxes 51. Pit is. Gallery 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Two Sonatas on the Harp by Perry. Also by the best Performers

3350
26 July 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Election Or Court And Country

Performance Comment: Parts by Mrs Roberts, Mrs Charke, Mrs Egerton, Mrs Talbot, Turbutt, Miss Jones, Jones, Hallam, Woodward, Woodburne, and Este .