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18225 results for: Keyword - Mr and Miss Betterton
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16501
07 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Miss Ambrose, Sga Tinte and Branson will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #201 11s. (127.6.6; 2.9.6; tickets: 71.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End: The Poney Races, as17780421

16502
09 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Peile. Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. Tickets delivered by Dagueville will be taken. Public Advertiser, 1 May and 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Peile at his house in North-street, Westminster; of Dagueville, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #149 2s. 6d. (56.14.6; tickets: 92.8.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Peile [1st appearance in that character]; Governor-Whitfield; Blandford-Hull; Captain Driver-Dunstall; Stanmore-Robson; Jack Stanmore-Booth; Hotman-L'Estrange; Daniel-Quick; Aboan-Aickin; Charlotte Weldon-Miss Ambrose; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Imoinda-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Hull
Role: Charlotte Weldon Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End II: new dance, The Arts and Sciences-Dagueville, Dagueville's pupils; End: new pantomimical dance, The Russian Light Infantry and Cossack Camp-Dagueville, Sga Tinte, Sga Vidini (1st appearance this season), fifty more performers

Song: End IV: a song-Mrs Farrell

16503
11 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Performance Comment: King Henry (1st time)-Wroughton; Archbishop of Canterbury-Hull; Exeter-L'Estrange; Gower-Bowles; Williams-Booth; Capt. Fluellin-Wilson; Burgundy-Robson; French Soldier-Wewitzer; Capt. Jamy-Dunstall; Bishop of Ely-Thompson; Salisbury-Cushing; Capt. MacMorris-Mahon; Bardolph-Fox; Nym-Jones; Pistol-Quick; King of France-Fearon; Dauphin-Whitfield; Boy-Miss Francis; Mountjoy-Baker; High Constable-Clarke; Westmoreland-Smith; Q. of France-Mrs Poussin; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks; Original Chorus-Hull.
Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Miss Francis
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: Grace Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Maudlin Actor: Miss Brown

Song: End I: new song, The Cottage on the lawn (composed by Michael? Arne)-Mrs Farrell

Ballet: End Procession: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

Cast
Role: Molly Topknot Actor: Miss Besford
Role: Susan Constant Actor: Miss Valois
Role: and Hornpipe Dancing Actor: in an entire new stile.

16504
12 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: As17780312but Julia-Miss Hopkins.
Cast
Role: 780312but Julia Actor: Miss Hopkins.
Role: Faulkland Actor: Webster
Role: Lydis Languish Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Miss Walpole

Dance: End I afterpiece: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

16505
15 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Gaudry, Griffiths, Norris & Miss Armstrong. Receipts: #211 12s. (31.15; 11.11; 0.10; tickets: 167.16) (charge: #67 19s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon.
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Field
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Miss Tittup Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: IV: New Dance, as17771125; End I afterpiece: The Minuet de la Cour, as17771111

Song: In: He's Aye Kissing Me, as17780428

16506
16 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: As17770923, but Simkin-Fawcett; Louisa-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Collett.

16507
19 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17780228, but Archer-Wroughton (1st appearance in that character); Aimwell-Whitfield; Dorinda-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: As17780507

16508
23 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: As17780422, but Statira-Miss Moore (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Statira Actor: Miss Moore
Role: Alexander Actor: Wroughton
Role: Cassander Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: True-Blue

Cast
Role: 780330but Characters Actor: Mrs Morton, late Miss _Dayes
Role: Characters Actor: Reinhold, Mahon, Baker, Miss Dayes.
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Dayes.
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Dayes.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

16509
01 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Lord Hastings-Cooke; Gloster-Newton; Dumont-Bowles; Bellmour-Russell; Ratcliffe-Massey; Catesby-Bailey; Alicia-Mrs Burden; Jane Shore-Miss Glassington.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Miss Glassington.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: Hornpipe-Everard

Song: End II: Master Nelson

16510
03 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Sir George Airy-West; Charles-Cooke; Sir Francis Gripe-Newton; Sir Jealous Traffick-Bailey; Whisper-Everard; Butler-Massey; Marplot-Russell; Isabinda-Miss Brown; Patch-Mrs Russell; Scentwell-Mrs Heard; Miranda-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Burden.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed

Song: End: Master Nelson

Entertainment: Monologue. Before: Address to the Town, in the character of Marplot-Russell

16511
08 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Lord Ogleby-Russell; Sir John Melville-West; Sterling-Burnett; Canton-Everard; Brush-Bailey; Serjeant Flower-Newton; Miss Sterling-Mrs Burden; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Russell; Betty-Mrs West; Chambermaid-Mrs Bailey; Housekeeper-Mrs Newby.
Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Mrs Burden

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cured

Performance Comment: Gregory (the Mock Doctor)-Newton; Sir Jasper-Burnett; Squire Robert-West; Leander-Glassington; James-Bailey; Doctor Hellebore-Fildew; Harry-Cooke; Welch Davy-Russell; Dorcas-Mrs Russell; Charlotte-Mrs Bailey.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Glassington

Dance: As17780601

Song: II: Master Nelson

16512
10 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Afterpiece [1st time; INT 1, by Horace Walpole. Text 1st Published in Walpole's Works, vol. II (G. G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards, 1798)]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17780603 but Lucinda-Mrs Hitchcock; Rosetta-Miss Harper. Prologue as17780518.
Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Harper. Prologue as17780518.
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Twist

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail: A Dramatic Proverb

Dance: As17780518

16513
10 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-West; Mercutio-Russell; Tibalt-Cooke; Capulet-Newton; Benvolio-Glassington; Prince-Massey; Peter-Bailey; Paris-Everard; Friar Laurence-Burnett (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh); Lady Capulet-Mrs Newby; Nurse-Mrs Russell; Juliet-Miss Glassington.
Cast
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Glassington.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17780601

Song: Between Acts: Master Nelson; End IV: Solemn Dirge and the Funeral Procession of Juliet to the Monument of the Capulets. Vocal Parts-Master Nelson, Mrs Russell, Mrs Fowler

16514
12 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Cast
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: Midas-Edwin; Apollo-Brett; Sileno-Massey; Jupiter-Legg; Damaetas-Blissett; Pan-Bannister; Daphne-Mrs Hitchcock; Juno-Mrs Poussin; Mysis-Mrs Love; Nysa-Miss Twist.
Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: End II: The Merry Lasses, as17780518; End afterpiece: Provencalle Dance, as17780518

16515
21 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Maid of the Mill [announced on playbill of 20 July] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of Miss Harper. [Afterpiece in place of Tony Lumpkin in Town, announced as above.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Cast
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Buxom Joan

Cast
Role: Buxom Joan Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: As17780623

16516
22 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Hale
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performance Comment: Leander-Brett; Pantaloon-Edwin; Colombine-Mrs Hitchcock; Isabel-Miss Twist.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Brett
Role: Isabel Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: As17780624

16517
30 July 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Event Comment: [These performances were held in a temporary booth erected following the destruction of the theatre by fire (see 26 June). In August King Lear, with Everard as Lear and Cooke as Edgar, was acted here three times [Edward Cape Everard, Memoirs of an Unfortunate Son of Thespis [Edinburgh, 1018], p.78). Everard states that the booth was kept open for about six weeks, but no further records of what was acted have survived.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Machin; Launcelot-Everard; Jessica-Mrs Nost; Portia-Miss Taylor.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Taylor.

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

16518
06 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Twist
Role: Patty Actor: Miss Harper

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Bannister; Sir Jacob Jollup-Massey; Bruin-Webb; Heel@tap-Davis; Lint-Kenny; Roger-Stevens; Snuffle-Peirce; Jerry Sneal-Parsons; Mrs Bruin-Miss Platt; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Webb.
Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Miss Platt

Dance: End I: As17780624 End: The Gardeners, as17780618

16519
27 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: Dick (with the original Prologue, and a variety of Imitations)-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance on any stage); Gargle-Gardner; Simon (1st time)-Stevens; Irishman-Egan; Scotchman-Walker; Watchman-Jackson; Porter-Silvester; Wingate-Dunstall (of cg); Charlotte-Miss Walton.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Walton.

Dance: As17780615

16520
16 September 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Miss Farren

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Hale
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Cast
Role: Eliza Actor: Miss Harper.

Dance: As17780624

16521
25 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Digges (1st appearance on this stage); Heartfree-Aickin; Col. Bully (with a song)-Mattocks; Razor-Brunsdon; Ld. Rake-Robson; Constant-Wroughton; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Mattocks; Belinda-Miss Leeson; Mademoiselle-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Brute (1st time)-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Leeson

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Cast
Role: Rosara Actor: Miss Leeson
Role: Mrs Dimity Actor: Miss Weller

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge

16522
10 October 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Lady Sneerwell Actor: Miss Sherry

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: Henry-Vernon; Russet-Bannister; Simkin-Carpenter; Flint-Wright; Skirmish-Parsons; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten; Margaret-Mrs Love; Louisa-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Collett.

Song: As17781006

16523
15 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Lewis; Justice Ballance-Hull; Worthy-Whitfield; Serjeant Kite-Fearon; Bullock-Dunstall; Recruits-Quick, Jones; Capt. Brazen-Lee Lewes; Melinda-Miss Ambrose; Rose-Mrs Morton; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Sylvia-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Melinda Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Cushing, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Brunsdon, Wewitzer, Jones, Mahon, Baker, Painter, R.? Smith, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross, Mrs White, Sga Tinte.

16524
16 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Clarke; Buckingham-Wroughton; Crammer-Hull; Lord Chamberlain-Lee Lewes; Cromwell-Farren; Gardiner-Wilson; Lord Sands-Quick; Norfolk-Peile; Suffolk-Booth; Abergavenny-R.? Smith; Cardinal Wolsey-Digges; Anne Bullen-Mrs Morton; Patience (with a song)-Mrs Farrell; Queen Catherine-Miss Younge (of dl).
Cast
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Quick
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Cushing, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Brunsdon, Wewitzer, Jones, Mahon, Baker, Painter, R.? Smith, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross, Mrs White, Sga Tinte.

Dance: I: The Banquet, with Dancing-Dagueville, Sga Tinte

16525
17 October 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Henderson; Antonio-Bensley; Gratiano-Dodd; Lorenzo (with songs)-Vernon; Launcelot-Parsons; Duke-Packer; Bassanio-Palmer; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Morton (of cg); Nerissa-Mrs Davies; Portia-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Commander@in@Chief at the Camp Actor: Farren
Role: Lady Sash Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Walpole.

Dance: End III: The Force of Love, as17781003