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24294 results for: Keyword - Mr and Mrs Melmoth
We found 23600 matches on Performance Comments, 7597 matches on Event Comments, 4621 matches on Performance Title, 27 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

21076
02 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Will. Mills. N.B. Mrs Booth being very ill and not able to perform the part of Hellena , the Tickets delivered out for The Rover will be taken at this Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Berinthia Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Duplessis, Haughton, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

21077
22 October 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Wilks; Caelia-Mrs Oldfield; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenant-Miller; King-Thurmond; Lysimachus-Watson; Seleucus-Bowman; Ptolomy-Cory; Menippus-Shepard; Charinthus-Norris; Leucippe-Harper.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Song: As17261001

21078
29 October 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: As17261025, but Diana-Mrs Booth.
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.

21079
05 November 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #37 0s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 18 paid and 14 orders; Pit, 133 paid and 21 orders; slips, 17 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 134 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 92 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: As17261104, but Selima-Mrs Bullock; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Berriman

21080
18 November 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #18 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 13 paid and 8 orders; pit, 35 paid and 21 orders; slips, 10 paid and 11 orders; first gallery, 86 paid and 56 orders; second gallery, 60 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-Boheme; Glocester-Quin; Edgar-Ryan; Edmund-Walker; Kent-Ogden; Albany-Diggs; Cornwall-Milward; Cordelia-Mrs Younger; Gentleman Usher-Spiller.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Younger

21081
24 November 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: As17261029, but Diana-Mrs Robinson.
Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Robinson.
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.

21082
29 November 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mithridates, King Of Pontus

Performance Comment: Mithridates-Mills; Ziphares-Wilks; Semandra-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Semandra Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: As17261124, but Diana-Mrs Booth.
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.

21083
06 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Performance Comment: As17260906, but Florinda-Mrs Heron.
Cast
Role: Florinda Actor: Mrs Heron.
Role: Hellena Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Valeria Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Dance: Thurmond, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

21084
09 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Performance Comment: See17261027, but Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's 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.

21085
13 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Performance Comment: Isabella-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's 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.

21086
03 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: See17260910, but Fondlewife-Cibber; Laetitia-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Laetitia Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

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

21087
14 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: See17260927, but Lady Betty-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Lady Betty Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

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

21088
21 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Polydor-Booth; Castalio-Wilks; Chamont-Mills; Monimia-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Monimia 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

21089
26 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: As17261226, but Diana-Mrs Booth.
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.

21090
07 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: See17261006, but Lady Dainty-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Lady Dainty 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.

21091
16 March 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. The Pit and Boxes to be laid together by printed tickets at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Porter.

Dance: As17260924

21092
11 April 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: See17260908, but Fair Penitent-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Fair Penitent Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Triumph

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

21093
12 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Vincent and Mrs Laguerre. Receipts: money #25 10s. 6d.; tickets #102 1s. Probable attendance: boxes, 30 by money and 160 by tickets; stage, 7 by money; pit, 41 by money and 345 by tickets; first gallery, 45 by money and 103 by tickets; second gallery, 54 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Nivelon, Poitier

21094
21 August 1727 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore: Containing The Death Of King Edward Iv, The Penance Of Jane Shore, And Her Miserable Fall Under Richard The Protector

Performance Comment: King Edward-Cory; Richard the Protector-Smith; Shore-Milward; Sir Robert Brackenbury-Oates; Jane Shore-Mrs Mottett; Flora-Miss Sherburn.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Mottett

Afterpiece Title: With The Comical Humours of Anthony Noodle, His Man Weazle, and Captain Blunderbuss

Afterpiece Title: The Wheel of Life; or, Harlequin's Death

21095
06 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #78 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 71 paid and 22 orders; pit, 2U2 paid and 9 orders; slips, 8 paid and 9 orders; first gallery, 205 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 165 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: As17270922, but Mezzetin Woman-Mrs Anderson.
Cast
Role: Mezzetin Woman Actor: Mrs Anderson.
Role: Good and Evil Genius Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: Dupre, Mrs Pelling
Role: Pierrot Man and Woman Actor: Pelling, Mrs Bullock
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Glover, Mrs Younger
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyan, Mrs Laguerre
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Mrs Laguerre.

21096
13 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Performance Comment: Varanes-Booth; Athenais-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Athenais 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.

21097
19 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #28 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 34 paid and 15 orders; pit, 60 paid and 20 orders; slips, 6 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 113 paid and 50 orders; second gallery, 88 paid and 5 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-Boheme; Gloucester-Quin; Edgar-Ryan; Edmund-Walker; Kent-Ogden; Albany-Milward; Cornwall-Chapman; Cordelia-Mrs Younger; Gentleman Usher-Spiller.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Younger

21098
26 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Shakespear. Daily Journal, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud, and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death, and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also Daily Post, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by John Rich for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-Daily Journal, 31 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Performance Comment: King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Porter.

21099
08 December 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #30 2s. Probable attendance: boxes, 28 paid and 1 order; pit, 42 paid and 15 orders; slips, 6 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 109 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 77 paid and 6 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17271021, but Fop-Chapman; Queen-Mrs Berriman; With the Burlesque on the Ceremonial Coronation of Anna Bullen as performed at Drury Lane-.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Vincent

21100
14 March 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Quin. Receipts: money #82 7s. 6d.; tickets #106 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 128 by money and 250 by tickets; stage, 45 by money; pit, 66 by money and 260 by tickets; slips, 12 by money; pidgeon holes, 3 by money; first gallery, 180 by money and 49 by tickets; second gallery, 119 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: With The Humours of Bedlam

Performance Comment: Mad Soldier-Poitier; Mad Dancing Master-Glover; Mad Gamester-Pelling; Mad Taylor-Newhouse; Mad Astrologer-Lanyon; Mad Lady-Mrs Legar.
Cast
Role: Mad Lady Actor: Mrs Legar.

Song: Miss Fenton