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24338 results for: Keyword - Mr and Mrs Massey
We found 23624 matches on Performance Comments, 7614 matches on Event Comments, 4624 matches on Performance Title, 27 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

17701
15 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Wilks; Queen-Mrs Porter; Southampton-Mills; Rutland-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Rutland Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Booth.
Role: Wife Actor: Hallam, Mrs Wetherilt
Role: With a Grand Masque of Heathen Deities Actor:
Role: Iris Actor: Mrs Brett
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Walter.

17702
21 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Mills; Lorenzo-Wilks; Dominic-Shepard; Gomez-Norris; Queen-Mrs Porter; Elvira-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Booth.

17703
04 January 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #35 13s.Probable attendance: boxes, 18 paid and 5 orders; stage, 1 paid; pit, 100 paid and 36 orders; slips, 6 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 174 paid and 26 orders; second gallery, 91 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; King-Quin; Ghost-Boheme; Polonius-Hippisley; Horatio-Diggs; Laertes-Walker; Fop-W. Bullock; Queen-Mrs Berriman; Ophelia-Mrs Vincent; Gravediggers-Bullock, Spiller.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Vincent

17704
05 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Performance Comment: Sir Novelty-Cibber; Narcissa-Mrs Oldfield; Loveless-Wilks; Amanda-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Miller's Wife and Daughter Actor: Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe
Role: rais'd to entertain Harlequin Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter
Role: Country Lads Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Mrs Young
Role: Pomona Actor: Mrs Booth

17705
16 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Pyrrhus-Booth; Orestes-Mills; Andromache-Mrs Oldfield; Hermione-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Hermione Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Miller's Wife and Daughter Actor: Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe
Role: rais'd to entertain Harlequin Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter
Role: Country Lads Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Mrs Young
Role: Pomona Actor: Mrs Booth

17706
25 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: As17270119, but Sempronius-Mills; Juba-Wilks; Syphax-Cibber; Portius-Williams; Marcus-Bridgwater; Marcia-Mrs Horton; Lucia-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lucia Actor: Mrs Porter.

17707
02 February 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #34 6s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 14 paid and 4 orders; stage, 1 paid; p1t, 107 paid and 15 orders; slips, 2 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 147 paid and 22 orders; second gallery, 110 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Viiith

Performance Comment: King Henry-Quin; Buckingham-Ryan; Wolsey-Boheme; Queen Katherine-Mrs Berriman; Anne Bullen-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Mrs Bullock.

17708
09 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Booth; Jane Shore-Mrs Oldfield; Gloucester-Cibber; Alicia-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne or Harlequins Metamorphoses

Cast
Role: Pigmy Dancing Master Actor: Sandham
Role: Pantalon's Daughters Actor: Mrs Young, Mrs Paulet
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Bowman
Role: Nymph Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Young.

17709
14 April 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Norris and Young Rainton. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: As17270313 but Phenix-Boman; Cephisa-Mrs Heron; Cleone-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Cleone Actor: Mrs Butler.
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Hermione Actor: Mrs Porter.

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre-; A new Dance, Le Jeuness-

17710
28 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Diggs' Widow. Receipts: money #19 12s.; tickets #94 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 7 by money and 163 by tickets; stage, 6 by money; pit, 43 by money and 211 by tickets; first gallery, 37 by money and 182 by tickets; second gallery, 57 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Performance Comment: As17261110, but Angelica-Mrs Berriman; Florinda-Mrs Morgan.
Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Florinda Actor: Mrs Morgan.
Role: Hellena Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Valeria Actor: Mrs Rice
Role: Moretta Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

Performance Comment: See17261029, but Jupiter-Lun; Mercury-Legar; Clown-Spiller; Colombine-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Egleton.

17711
15 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wright and Penkethman's Widow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Performance Comment: As17270105, but Sir William-Johnson; Elder Worthy-Williams; Worthy-Mills; Snap-Cibber Jr; Sly-Miller; Narcissa-Mrs Thurmond; Hillaria-Mrs Heron; Flareit-Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Hillaria Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: MMatlose-Lally, Miss Tenoe; La Jeunesse-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Turkish Dance-Lally, Essex, others; Drunken Man-Harper

Music: Select Pieces-; particularly a Trumpet Sonata on the Stage-; Concerto on Little Flute-John Baston

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife. As17270505

Cast
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe.

17712
30 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #66 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 40 paid and 22 orders; stage, 3 paid; pit 181 paid and 25 orders; slips, 11 paid and 11 orders; first gallery, 170 paid and 24 orders; second gallery, 157 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: As17261205, but Mezzetin Man and Woman-Salle, Mrs Younger; Miller's Wife-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Salle, Mrs Younger
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Mrs Younger.
Role: Harlequin Woman Actor: Mrs Pelling
Role: Mezzetin Woman Actor: Mrs Legar.
Role: Hero and Leander Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers, others
Role: Woman Actor: Dupre, Mrs Legar
Role: Woman Actor: Pelling, Mrs Bullock
Role: Woman Actor: Lally, Mrs Pelling
Role: Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

17713
12 September 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Booth; Bertran-Williams; Lorenzo-Wilks; Fryar-Shepard; Gomez-Norris; Queen-Mrs Thurmond; Elvira-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Booth.

17714
18 September 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #41 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 33 paid and 8 orders; Pit, 148 paid and 21 orders; slips, 11 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 142 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 80 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Boheme; Prince of Wales-Ryan; Hotspur-Walker; Carriers-Bullock, Hall; Francis-Spiller; Kate-Mrs Bullock; Hostess-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Kate Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Egleton.

17715
23 September 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Wilks; King-Wm. Mills; Ghost-Booth; Horatio-Mills; Polonius-Griffin; Laertes-Williams; Fop-Cibber Jr; Gravedigger-Johnson; 2d Gravedigger-Ray; Queen-Mrs Porter; Ophelia-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Booth.

17716
30 September 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. With all the Songs, Dances and Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Mills; Macduff-Wilks; Banquo-Williams; Malcolm-Wm. Mills; Lenox-Cibber Jr; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Porter; Lady Macduff-Mrs Horton; Hecate-Johnson; Witches-Norris, Griffin, Hallam.
Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Mrs Horton

17717
03 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar With The Death Of Brutus And Cassius

Performance Comment: Julius Caesar-Williams; Brutus-Booth; Cassius-Mills; Antony-Wilks; Octavius Caesar-Watson; Citizens-Johnson, Miller, Harper, Norris; Calphurnia-Mrs Butler; Portia-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Calphurnia Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Thurmond.

17718
17 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Wilks; Estifania-Mrs Oldfield; Leon-Mills; Duke-Watson; Juan-Wm. Mills; Cacofogo-Harper; Margarita-Mrs Horton; Old Woman-Norris.
Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Margarita Actor: Mrs Horton

Music: Between the Acts: Music-

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre-

17719
18 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Booth; Marcia-Mrs Horton; Lucia-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lucia Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Cast
Role: Shopkeeper and Wife Actor: Hallam, Mrs Haughton
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Iris Actor: Mrs Brett
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Walter.

17720
21 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Marc Antony-Booth; Ventidius-Mills; Alexas-W. Mills; Dolabella-Williams; Cleopatra-Mrs Oldfield; Octavia-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Porter.

17721
21 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #29 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 11 paid and 8 orders; pit, 97 paid and 10 orders; slips, 15 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 131 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 73 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; King-Quin; Ghost-Boheme; Horatio-Milward; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-Walker; Fop-W. Bullock; Queen-Mrs Buchanan; Ophelia-Mrs Vincent; Gravediggers-Bullock, Spiller.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Vincent

17722
25 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #53 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 56 paid and 14 orders; pit, 145 paid and 28 orders; slips, 9 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 109 paid and 25 orders; second gallery, 104 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: As17270911, but Dorilant-Chapman; Alithea-Mrs Moffett.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Moffett.
Role: Country Wife Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Morgan
Role: Mrs Dainty Actor: Mrs Rice
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Fenton.

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: As17271006, but Harlequin Man and Woman-Dupre, Mrs Anderson; Mezzetin Man and Woman-Glover, Mrs Pelling.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: Dupre, Mrs Anderson
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Glover, Mrs Pelling.
Role: Mezzetin Woman Actor: Mrs Anderson.
Role: Good and Evil Genius Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers
Role: Pierrot Man and Woman Actor: Pelling, Mrs Bullock
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyan, Mrs Laguerre
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Mrs Laguerre.

17723
27 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #34 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 34 paid and 11 orders; stage, 1 paid; pit, 72 paid and 17 orders; slips, 3 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 87 paid and 24 orders; second gallery, 83 paid and 7 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa or The Intrigues of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Lun; Mercury-Legar; Leander (Mars)-Dupre; Scaramouch (Pan)-Lanyon; Mezzetin (Apollo)-Glover; Punch (Pluto)-Newhouse; Doctor (Neptune)-Dupre Jr; Pierrot (Hercules)-Pelling; Europa-Mrs Legar; Clown-Spiller; Colombine-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Dupre
Role: Europa Actor: Mrs Legar
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Egleton.

17724
31 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #41 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 31 paid and 9 orders; stage, 3 paid; pit, 118 paid and 24 orders; slips, 4 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 141 paid and 46 orders; second gallery, 147 paid and 5 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus King Of Thebes

Performance Comment: Oedipus-Boheme; Adrastus-Walker; Creon-Quin; Phorbas-Ryan; Haemon-Milward; Aegeon-Chapman; Tiresias-Ogden; Citizens-Bullock, Spiller, Hall, Hippisley, H. Bullock; Jocasta-Mrs Berriman; Eurydice-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Jocasta Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Eurydice Actor: Mrs Bullock.

17725
04 November 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Booth; Bajazet-Mills; Moneses-Wilks; Axalla-Williams; Arpasia-Mrs Thurmond; Selima-Mrs Booth; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Booth