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17798 results for: Keyword - Mr William Mills
We found 10808 matches on Author, 4705 matches on Performance Comments, 4673 matches on Event Comments, 841 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

17551
13 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: William Actor: Alfred

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Old Philpot-Suett; YoungPhilpot-Bannister Jun.; Sir Jasper Wilding-Burton; Young Wilding-Benson; Beaufort-Evatt; Dapper-Barrett; Quildrive-Waldron Jun.; William-Abbott; Maria-Mrs Goodall; Corinna-Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Abbott

17552
06 August 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Iii

Performance Comment: Richard (for that night only)-Kemble; King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master DeCamp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Duke of Buckingham-Benson; Earl of Richmond-Barrymore; Duke of Norfolk-Usher; Ratcliffe-Evatt; Tressel-Bland; Sir William Catesby-Davies; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir R. Brackenbury-Palmer Jun.; Sir James Blount-Lyons; Sir James Tyrrel-Abbott; Lord Mayor-Burton; Elizabeth-Mrs Whitfield; Lady Anne-Mrs Kemble; Duchess of York-Mrs Powell.
Cast
Role: Sir William Catesby Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: Crop (for that night only)-Huttley (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); Frederick-Bland; Endless-Suett; Robin-Bannister Jun.; William-Sedgwick (of dl); Dorothy-Miss DeCamp; Louisa-Miss Dall; Nelly-Mrs Hatton; Margaretta-Mrs Kemble (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: William Actor: Sedgwick

17553
16 August 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Bannister; Captain Belville-Davies; William-Bland; Rustic-Cooke; Irishmen-Benson, Waldron Jun.; Phoebe-Miss DeCamp; Dorcas-Mrs Powell; Rosina-Miss Copell [recte Gopell] (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); Sweet Echo-Miss Copell; accompanied on the violin-Shaw.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Bland

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Kenrick, Walker, Linton, Dorion, Dorion Jun., Miss Dall, Mrs Powell, Mrs Hatton, Mrs Masters, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Hale

Related Works
Related Work: Victorious Love Author(s): William Walker
Related Work: Marry; or Do Worse Author(s): William Walker

17554
24 September 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Performance Comment: King Henry-Kemble; Duke of Gloster-Palmer Jun.; Duke of Exeter-Aickin; Arch. of Canterbury-Hull (of cg); Bishop of Ely-Jones; Cambridge-Lyons; Scroop-Cooke; Grey-Bland; Erpingham-Waldron; Gower-Dignum; Nym-Burton; Fluellin-Baddeley; Pistol-Suett; Bardolph-Barrett; Boy-Master DeCamp; Williams-Benson; Bates-Waldron Jun.; King of France-Usher; Dauphin-Barrymore; Governor-Hollingsworth; Montjoy-Caulfield; Queen of France-Mrs Hopkins; Princess Katharine-Mrs Goodall; Hostess-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Benson

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Barrett; Charles Stanley-Barrymore; Harry Stukely-Benson; William-Lyons; Waiter-Cooke; Ostler-Waldron Jun.; Diggery-Parsons; Cymon-Burton; Watt-Usher; Miss Bridget-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Kitty Sprightly-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Lyons

17555
30 September 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Kemble; King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master DeCamp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Duke of Buckingham-Benson; Earl of Richmond-Barrymore; Duke of Norfolk-Usher; Sir R. Ratcliff-Dignum; Tressel-Bland; Sir William Catesby-Caulfield; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir. R. Brackenbury-Palmer Jun.; Sir James Blout-Lyons; Sir James Tyrrel-Jones; Lord Mayor-Wewitzer; Elizabeth-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Anne-Mrs Goodall; Duchess of York-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Sir William Catesby Actor: Caulfield

Afterpiece Title: The Prize; or, 2

17556
30 October 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Afterpiece Title: THE CITIZEN

Performance Comment: Old Philpot-Suett; Young Philpot-Bannister Jun.; Sir Jasper Wilding-Burton; Young Wilding-Benson; Beaufort-Bland; Dapper-Maddocks; Quildrive-Waldron Jun.; William-Lyons//Maria-Mrs Goodall; Corinna-Mrs Jones .
Cast
Role: William Actor: LyonsMaria-Mrs Goodall

17557
07 November 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Afterpiece Title: ROSINA

Performance Comment: Belville-Johnstone; Captain Belville-Incledon; William-Blanchard; Rustic-Davies; Irish Haymaker-Rock// Phoebe-Mrs Martyr; Dorcas-Mrs Leicester; Rosina-Miss Poole (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Blanchard

Dance: As17931015

17558
23 November 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The World In A Village

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Holman, Johnstone, Munden, Fawcett, Middleton, Hull, Cubitt, Macready, Powel, Rock, Thompson, Evatt, Farley, Quick II Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Fawcett, Mrs Platt, Mrs Esten. [Cast from text Q. Debrett (1793]): Grigsby-Lewis; Charles-Holman; Capt. Mullinahack-Johnstone; Jollyboy-Munden; Master Jack-Fawcett; William-Middleton; Willows-Hull; Capt. Vansluisen-Cubitt; Briars-Macready; Sir Henry Check-Powel; Hedgeworth-Evatt; Allbut-Quick; Edward-Miss Standen [in text: Miss Symonds]//Mrs Allbut-Mrs Mattocks; Maria-Mrs Mountain; Mrs Bellevue-Mrs Fawcett; Margery-Mrs Platt; Louisa-Mrs Esten. Rock, Thompson, Farley arc unassigned.] Prologue spoken by Holman. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Esten. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 12 performances only (see17940102).] hathi. Prologue spoken by Holman. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Esten. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 12 performances only (see17940102).] hathi.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Middleton

Afterpiece Title: TWO STRINGS TO YOUR BoOW

17559
09 December 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: NO SONG NO SUPPER

Performance Comment: As17931022, but Endless-Benson (1st appearance in that character); William-Cooke .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Cooke

17560
11 December 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: As17931120, but Lord William-Dignum; Lewis-Hollingsworth; Robert-Suett.
Cast
Role: Lord William Actor: Dignum

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

17561
11 December 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Young Meadows-Johnstone; Hawthorn-Bannister; Hodge-Blanchard; Sir William Meadows-Powel; Eustace-Davies; Carter-Reeve; Cook-Rock; Footman-Blurton; Justice Woodcock-Quick; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Madge-Mrs Wells; Lucinda-Mrs Mountain; Maid-Miss Stuart; Rosetta (1st time)-Mrs Ferguson.
Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Powel

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End II: The Irish Lilt, as17931020

17562
16 December 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: Lord William- Dignum; Baron of Oakland-Baddeley; Baron de Courcy-Caulfield; Robert-Suett; Charles-Sedgwick; Lewis-Bland; Martin-Cooke; Hugo-Benson; Edward-Bannister Jun.//Lady Elinor-Miss De Camp; Cicely-Mrs Bland; Maud-Mrs Booth; Adela-Sga Storace .
Cast
Role: Lord William Actor: Dignum

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

17563
21 January 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Young Meadows-Dignum; Hawthorn-Bannister; Sir William Meadows-Aiclcin; Hodge-Wewitzer; Eustace-Caulfield; Justice Woodcock-Suett//Lucinda-Mrs Follett (of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden); Margery-Mrs Bland; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Hopkins; Rosetta-Miss Leak (1st appearance on any stage) .
Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Aiclcin

Afterpiece Title: HARLEQUIN PEASANT

17564
11 February 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Bannister; Capt. Belville-Dignum (1st appearance in that character); Rustic-Cooke; Irishman-Benson; William-Mrs Harlowe (1st appearance in that character)//Phoebe-Mrs Bland; Dorcas-Mrs Booth; Rosina-Miss Leak (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs Harlowe

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

Afterpiece Title: THE PURSE

Cast
Role: William Actor: Waldron Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): William Reeve

17565
26 April 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Afterpiece Title: No SONG NO SUPPER

Performance Comment: Crop-Dignum; Frederick-Kelly; Endless-Suett; Robin-Bannister Jun.; William-Sedgwick; Servant-Webb//Dorothy-Mrs Bland; Louisa-Mrs Crouch; Margaretta-Sga Storace; Nelly-Mrs Bramwell .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Sedgwick

17566
03 June 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: ROSINA

Performance Comment: As17931107, but Belville (for that night only, with Old Towler)-Incledon; Captain Belville-Townsend; William (for that night only, with The Brown Jug)-Mrs Clendining//Rosina-Mrs Clendining's Sister (1st appearance on any stage [Miss Arnold]) .Miss Arnold]) .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs ClendiningRosina-Mrs Clendining's Sister

Afterpiece Title: THE SHIPWRECK

17567
09 July 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: THE SUIC IDE

Afterpiece Title: A L L THE WORLD'S A STAGE

Performance Comment: Diggery-Parsons; Charles Stanley-Barrymore; Harry Stukcly-Benson; William-Lyons; Waiter-Cooke; Ostler-Waldron Jun.; Cymon-Burton; Watt-Ledger; Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Barrett//Miss Bridget-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Kitty Sprightly-Mrs Gibbs .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Lyons

17568
14 July 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Piety In Pattens

Afterpiece Title: HEIGHO FOR A HUSBAND

Afterpiece Title: ROSINA

Performance Comment: Belville-Bannister; Capt. Belville-Davies; Rustic-Cooke; Irishman-Benson; William-Mrs Harlowe//Phoebe-Mrs Bland; Dorcas-Mrs Booth; Rosina-Miss Leak .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs HarlowePhoebe-Mrs Bland

17569
27 August 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard (for that night only)-Bannister Jun.; King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master De Camp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Duke of Buckingham-Benson; Earl of Richmond-Palmer; Duke of Norfolk-Abbot; Ratcliffe-Pindar; Tressel-Bland; Sir William Catesby-Davies; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir R. Brackenbury-Palmer Jun.; Sir J. Blount-Lyons; Sir James Tyrrel-Waldron Jun.; Lord Mayor-Burton//Elizabeth-Mrs Harlowe (1st appearance in that character); Lady Anne-Mrs Kemble; Duchess of York-Mrs Hopkins .
Cast
Role: Sir William Catesby Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: COMUS

17570
23 September 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Performance Comment: King Henry-Kemble; Duke of Gloucester-C. Kemble; Duke of Bedford-Dignum; Duke of Exeter-Aickin; Earl of Westmoreland-Sedgwick; Archbishop of Canterbury-Maddocks; B. of Ely-Jones; Earl of Cambridge-Webb; Lord Scroop-Cooke; Sir Thomas Gray-Bland; Sir T. Erpingham-Waldron; Gower-R. Palmer; Fluellen-Baddeley; Nym-Burton; Bardolph-Phillimore; Pistol-Suett; Boy-Master Chatterley; Williams-Whitfield; Bates-Banks; King Charles-Packer; Dauphin-Barrymore; Duke of Burgundy-Trueman; Constable-Benson; Governor of Harfleur-Hollingsworth; Montjoy-Caulfield; Quickly-Mrs Booth; Queen Isabel-Mrs Powell; Katharine-Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: Crop-Dignum; Frederick-Caulfield; Endless-Suett; Robin-Bannister Jun.; William-Sedgwick; Servant-Webb; Dorothy-Mrs Bland; Louisa-Miss DeCamp; Margaretta (1st time)-Miss Leak; Nelly-Mrs Bramwell.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Sedgwick

17571
24 September 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Johnstone; Capt. Belville-Incledon; Old Towler ,composed by Shield-Incledon; William-Townsend; Rustic-Davies; Irish Haymaker-Rock; Phoebe-Mrs Martyr; Dorcas-Mrs Davenport; Rosina-Miss Poole.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Townsend

17572
14 October 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Glorious First of June

Performance Comment: Commodore Broadside-Palmer; Endless-Suett; Tom Oakum-Bannister; William-C. Kemble; Robin-Barrymore; Ben-Sedgwick; Boy-Master Welsh; Busy-Benson; Splicem-Bland; Old Woman-Mrs Booth; Mary-Miss DeCamp; Susan-Miss Leak; Margaretta-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: William Actor: C. Kemble

Song: In afterpiece: Choruses-Cooke, Danby, Lyons, Maddocks, Welsh, Mrs Bramwell, Miss Granger, Miss Chatterley

17573
20 October 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: Lord William-Kelly; Baron of Oakland-Hollingsworth; Edward-Bannister Jun.; Baron de Courcy-Whitfield; Lewis-Suett; Robert-Dignum; Charles-Sedgwick; Hugo-Moody; Martin-Bland; Lady Elinor-Miss DeCamp; Adela-Sga Storace (1st appearance this season); Cicely-Mrs Bland; Maud-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Lord William Actor: Kelly

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

17574
27 January 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: As17941021, but Robin-Benson; William-Cooke; Louisa-Miss Leak.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Cooke

17575
21 February 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: England Preserv'd

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Holman, Pope, Farren, Harley, Middleton, Davies, Macready, Hull, Haymes, Richardson, Powel, Claremont, Thompson, Williamson, Miss Wallis. [Cast from text (T. N. Longman, 1795), and European Magazine, Mar. 1795, p. 197: Earl of Surrey-Holman; Earl of Pembroke-Pope; Earl of Chester-Farren; French Prince-Harley; Earl William Mareschal-Middleton; Earl of Lincoln-Davies; English Knight-Macready; Bishop of Winchester-Hull; Comte de Nevers-Haymes; Lord Robert Fitzwalter-Richardson; French Guard-Powel; Viscomte de Beaumont-Claremont; Heralds-Thompson, Williamson; John Plantaganet-Miss Standen; Lady Surrey-Miss Wallis; Prologue-Middleton; Address (instead of Epilogue)-Pope. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]
Cast
Role: Earl William Mareschal Actor: Middleton
Role: Heralds Actor: Thompson, Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Crotchet Lodge

Ballet: Dermot and Kathlane. As17950219