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18305 results for: Keyword - Mr and Miss Betterton
We found 14445 matches on Performance Comments, 5749 matches on Event Comments, 4855 matches on Performance Title, 378 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

9651
26 January 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: First Piece: A Dramatic Satire on the Times. Third Piece: A Farce of two Acts. N.B. As Mr Green could not possibly be sure of the House till Monday Night late, he hopes the Shortness of Time will plead his Excuse for not waiting on his Friends, and that they will favour him with their Company notwithstanding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mirrour

Afterpiece Title: The Defeat of Apollo

Afterpiece Title: The Mob in Despair

9652
26 January 1737 @ Loriner's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Precieuses Ridicules

9653
05 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage Or The Innocent Adultery

Performance Comment: Isabella-Mrs Porter; Baldwin-Rosco; Villeroy-Mills; Biron-Quin; Carlos-Cibber; Fernando-Griffin; Sampson-Harper; Jaqueline-Miller; Frederick-Este; Belfort-Winstone; Victoria-Mrs Thurmond; Julia-Mrs Pritchard; Nurse-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Fernando Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; In III: Muilment; V: Denoyer

9654
10 February 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Rogers.
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Bincks

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Amazons Actor: Miss Norman.
Role: Andromeda Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus Actor: Glover

9655
16 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland

9656
18 February 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Delane
Role: Cassander Actor: Walker
Role: Parisatis Actor: Miss Bincks.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

9657
22 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Kate Actor: Miss Brett.

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; In III: Muilment; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

9658
24 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Written by the late Mr Congreve. The Pit and Front Boxes will be laid together at 5s. Servants may keep Places on the Stage, Side-Boxes, and the two Corner Front-Boxes on each Side of the Pit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

9659
25 February 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

9660
05 March 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

9661
22 March 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: EEgmont, Diary, II, 375: I went...to see The Historical Register, wrote by Mr Fielding. It is a good satire on the times and has a good deal of wit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: The Historical Register

9662
30 March 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses. Written by Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast

Cast
Role: With Concertos on the Organ Actor: , and other Instruments.
Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): George Frideric Handel

9663
02 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Constance Actor: Miss Hollyday

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Serious Dance-Muilment; III: Grand Dance of Sailors-Mlle Roland; IV: Turkish Dance-Muilment, Villeneuve, Livier; End Afterpiece: Harlequin-Mlle Roland

Music: II: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Poitier

9664
11 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: dances Actor:
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Este
Role: Hippolito Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Cole

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restord

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Pistolet Actor: Miss Cole

Dance: In II: Dance of Winds-Muilment, Thurmond; In IV: Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits (in Grostesque Characters)-Thurmond, Villeneuve, Levier, Pelling; In V: Waterman's Dance-Harper; with a Grand ballet of Sailors-Mlle Roland

9665
14 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: dances Actor:
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Este
Role: Hippolito Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Cole

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restord

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Pistolet Actor: Miss Cole

Dance: As17370411

9666
15 April 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the Author of Pasquin. Afterpiece: Giving an Account of the Rise, Progress, Greatness, and Downfall of Mr Pillage, the Author; his Followers and Friends at his Levee; his Friend Who begs to be excus'd from coming there; his Schemes to cram down Farces, and raise Prices; with his excellent Company shewn in a proper Distribution of Parts; a fine Love-Scene between him and his Muse; his crawling up the Pinnacle upon All-Fours; the terrible Hissing and Cat-calling of his favourite Face; with the dreadful Consequences and Catastrophe of the whole, Note, The Play will not begin till Half an Hour past Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Historical Register

Afterpiece Title: Eurydice Hissd

9667
25 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: dances Actor:
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Este
Role: Hippolito Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Cole

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Kate Actor: Miss Brett.

Dance: As17370411

9668
25 April 1737 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 26 April: Signior Rolli's new Opera Call'd Sabrina, was rehears'd Yesterday Morning in Mr Heidegger's Apartments, to a numerous and very splendid Audience of Ladies and Gentlemen. The Signora Antonia Maria Marchesini, lately arriv'd from Italy, perform'd in it with universal Approbation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sabrina

9669
26 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: EEnglish Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; Drunken Peasant-Philips; Russian Sailor-Denoyer

9670
05 May 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Family in Distress. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 5 May: To be Sold: The Interest of the Theatre and Materials in Goodman's Fields. Inquire of Mr Giffard at his House in Grange-Court, in Cary-Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Standard Actor: Havard
Role: Tom Errand Actor: Hamilton

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Wilson.

Dance: I: Clown-Vallois; V: Two Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde

Song: IV: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers

9671
14 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and the Daughters of the late Mr Farquhar. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Tickets for Karney also taken.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; IV: Wooden Shoes-Livier, Villeneuve; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer's Prentice

9672
25 May 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The hay advertised for 30 May and later two plays which never got staged: Macheath turn'd Pyrate; or, Polly in India. An Opera. Very much taken, if not improv'd from the famous Sequel of the late celebrated Mr Gay. With a New Prologue, proper to the Occasion. And after the Run of that, the Town will be entertain'd with a new Farce of two Acts, call'd The King and Titi; or, The Medlars. Taken from the History of Prince Titi, Originally written in French, and lately translated into English

Performances

9673
31 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bradshaw, Tyldesley, Boxkeepers. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. [Tickets for Cooper, Gillibrand also taken.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Brett.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Punch's Dance, as17370519; IV: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve; V: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice

9674
25 June 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Written by Mr Dryden. The Pit will be floor'd over, and laid to the Boxes. [For further comment on the Licensing Act, see Daily Gazetteer, 24 June, and Craftsman, 25 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): George Frideric Handel

9675
06 October 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Egerton 2320: Receipts: #80. A quarrel betwixt Mr Quin and Mrs Cibber about dressing in ye Green Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd