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7066 results for: Keyword - Mr Thompson
We found 4325 matches on Event Comments, 2619 matches on Performance Comments, 604 matches on Performance Title, 90 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2876
10 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit James. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq. [Tickets for Thompson and Haddock taken.] Receipts: money #18 16s.; tickets #126 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: I: Two Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon. III: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Sailors (from orestes), by Glover, &c

Song: II: By Roberts

2877
06 May 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Aston, A. Ryan, Thompson, Ogden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; IV: Fingalian-Smith, Mrs Ogden; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover; End Afterpiece: Hippisley's Drunken Man-

Song: I: The Lady's Lamentation, as17370414 III: Caelia has a Thousand Charms-Beard

2878
27 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets for Stoppelaer, Thompson, Boman, Miss Horsington, Miss Dancey taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Je ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Gates; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun

2879
11 November 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Gipsies-Bride, Green, Rayner, Gray; Gipsey Women-Miss Minors, Mrs Budgell, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Rayner; Young Rustick-Liviez; Colombine-Miss Mann; Colombine's Father-Leigh; Fidler-Gray; Mother-Mrs Phillips; Maid-Miss Story; John Trot-Hough; Concluding with a New Grand Entertainment of Dancing call'd A Voyage to the Island of Cytherea: Adonis-Desse; Venus-Mrs Walter; Pilgrims (men)-Liviez, Dumont, Baudouin, (women) Mrs Thompson, Miss Story, Miss Rayner; Cupid-Constantini.

Song: Between the acts: Beard, Lowe

2880
06 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stede, Thompson, Clarke, Mrs LeBrun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: As17420505

Entertainment: CCries of London-Salway

2881
29 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer, Thompson, Miss Hillyard, Tickets deliver'd out by Gardiner, Miss Morrison, and others will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: GGrand Ballet, as17421108; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

2882
21 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Thompson and Mrs Rowley. Mainpiece written by the late Mrs Centlivre. Tickets deliver'd out by Taylor and Wright will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

2883
06 May 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Laguerre, Rector, Thompson, Harrington [Prompter] and others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Cooke, Picq, LaLauze; particularly a Minuet-Rector, Delagarde

2884
30 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delagarde, Thompson, Burton. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs LeBrun, Miss Allen, &c will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; being last time of his performing. Also dancing-Cooke, Sga Campioni=

2885
15 May 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Benefit on basis of half value of tickets for eight beneficiaries]: James, Anderson, Thompson, Mrs LeBrun, Miss Ferguson, Mrs Gondou, Mrs LeFont, and Miss Morrison. Receipts at the door: #13 5s. /For Box Pit Gallery Value Half-Value/James 1 152 115 #34 11s. #17 5s. 6d./Anderson 10 89 84 #24 5s. #12 2s. 6d./Thompson .. 61 46 #13 15s. #6 17s. 6d./Mrs Lebrun 1 32 36 #8 13s. #4 6s. 6d./Mrs Gondou 6 57 60 #16 1s. #8 0s. 6d./Mrs Ferguson 9 34 58 #13 3s. #6 11s. 6d./Mrs Morrison 15 25 43 #11 16s. #5 18s./Mrs Le Font 8 60 49 #15 18s. #7 19s./Totals 50 510 491 #138 2s. #69 1s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

2886
21 March 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clive, Mainpiece: At the Desire of Several Ladies of Quality. Part of Pit rail'd into Boxes. Stage form'd into front and side Boxes. Send servants by 3. Tickets and places of Mrs Clive in Great Queen St., Lincolns Inn Fields, and of Hobson at the Stage Door. Cross: Ned Thompson dy'd. Receipts: #220 (Cross); house charges, #60 (Powel); cash #78; tickets, #94 10s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Song: By Particular Desire, the Irish Song, Ellen a Roon-Mrs Clive

2887
18 January 1749 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tomorrow will be publish'd at 1s. 6d., Coriolanus, a Tragedy; as it is now acting at Covent Garden, by the late James Thompson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

2888
25 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Thompson for 2 wigs in Faustus as per bill #4 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #166 11s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

2889
07 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: TThe Maid of the Mill oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Mrs Thompson's Indisposition. Receipts: #175 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

2890
17 July 1770 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magic Girdle

Performance Comment: Parts by Reinhold, Bannister, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Barthelemon .

Music: First violin and Concerto by Barthelemon; Concerto on Organ by Hook; Concerto on Trumpet by a young Gentleman Ten Years old

2891
20 July 1770 @ Ranelagh Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Parts: Dibdin, Bannister, Mrs Baddeley, Mrs Thompson .

Entertainment: The Words and Music by the author of The Padlock

2892
24 July 1770 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Performance Comment: Cast not listed, but in the Concert the vocal parts by Reinhold, Bannister, Mas. Cheney, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Barthelemon, with Musical imitations by Bannister .

2893
29 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17701226, but Characters-Thompson, +Walters, _Stoppelaer.
Cast
Role: Characters Actor:

2894
21 February 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: [As17710129 but to avoid confusion full cast listed]. Lewes, Quick, Morris, Rayner, King, Holtom, Hamilton, Thompson, Wild, Banks, Bates, Walters, Baker, DuBellamy, Miss Twist; Dances-Fishar, Hamoir, Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir.
Cast
Role: Characters Actor:

2895
03 August 1771 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For Dotage

Performance Comment: Reinhold, Bannister, Miss Thomas, Mrs Thompson.

Entertainment: Singing-Miss Catley; Medley Cantata-Reinhold, By Particular Desire after the first part; Musical Imitations-Bannister; Song (By Desire) Water Parted from the Sea, after the manner of the original-Miss Catley; Concerto on Organ-Reinhold; Solo on Violin-Reeves

2896
23 February 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzuma

Performance Comment: Smith, Bensley, Hull, Gardiner, Perry, Miss Pearce, Mrs Willems, Miss Miller, Mrs Hartley Alzuma-Smith; Don Carlos-Bensley; Pizarro-Hull; Gonzalez-Gardner; Ozmar-Perry; Orazia-Miss Miller; Orellana-Mrs Hartley; Virgins of the Sun-Miss Pearce, Mrs Willems; In Act II, a Procession of the Virgins of the Sun-; principal vocal parts-Miss Wewitzer, Miss Brown (Edition of 1773, which also lists Ezmont-$Thompson, whose name does not appear on the bills).
Cast
Role: which also lists Ezmont Actor: Thompson, whose name does not appear on the bills.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Gruel Actor: Thompson.

2897
23 November 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for reviv'd Main piece. In addition, on 15 March 1774, he was given a gratuity by the managers which brought his profit up to #78 8s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #142 16s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profit to Capt. Thompson: #58 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

2898
02 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: As17750123, but Thessalus-Whitefield; Perdicas-_ (playbil); Public Advertiser lists Thessalus-$Thompson; Perdiccas-$Whitefield.
Cast
Role: Public Advertiser lists Thessalus Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: St Patricks Day or The Scheming Lieutenant

Performance Comment: The Characters by: Clinch, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Fearon, Fox, Thompson, Cushing, Bates, Chaplin, Hollingsworth, Wewitzer; Mrs Pitt and Miss Brown, in whose character will be introduced a Song; With a Prologue-; Lieut. O'Connor-Clinch; Dr Rosey-Quick; Justice Credulous-Lee Lewes; Serjant Trounce-Dunstall; Bridget-Mrs Pitt; Lauretta-Miss Brown (Genest, V, 467).

Dance: End: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

2899
19 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece : A New Farce [by Joseph Reed] from a Story in Gil Blas, never perform'd (Larpent MS 409). Tickets deliver'd for the Double Gallant will be taken. [The Westminster Magazine for March lists Alguazil-Thompson; Alphonso-Lewis; Inis-$Mrs Willems, tells the story for the play, and concludes: "The story is professedly taken from Gil Blas, and although we cannot pay the Dramatist any great compliment either on his diction, the management of his fable, the sublimity of his allusions, or in a word, on the excellence of his tout ensemble; it would be unjust were we not to say, that the farce provok'd most hearty peals of laughter; it may therefore serve as well as any other such Bartholomew-fair-like droll for a heel-piece to the performance on a benefit night."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Imposters or A Cure for Credulity

Performance Comment: Principal parts- Woodward, Wilson, Wroughton,Thompson, Lewis, Mrs Pitt,Mrs Willems; Miss Dayes, with a Prologue-Woodward; Larpent MS 409 lists parts: Credello, Pedro, Alphonso, Lopez, Alguazil, Two Gentlemen, Two Servants, Jacinta, Florentine, Iris. Genest, V, 519, lists Lopez-Woodward; Don Creduloso-Wilson; Pedro-Wroughton; Jacintha-Mrs Pitt; Florentine-Miss Dayes.
Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Woodward, Wilson, Wroughton,Thompson, Lewis, Mrs Pitt,Mrs Willems

Dance: I: A New Hornpipe-Miss Besford; End Comedy: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

2900
04 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Event Comment: Benefit for Harrison and Thompson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Song: As17760925

Entertainment: Imitations.As17760930