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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.

21426
05 May 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: The Forty-fifth Day. Benefit Mrs Charke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick

Performance Comment: As17360429 but Stars-Master Sherwin and Miss Roberts .
Cast
Role: Stars Actor: Master Sherwin and Miss Roberts
Role: Clymene Actor: Mrs Charke
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Schoolmistress Actor: Mrs Egerton

21427
08 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mlle Anne Roland. By Command of Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. [Tickets at Mrs Anne Roland's, Golden Ball and Dove, Great Newport Street.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Cast
Role: Lady Wou'dbe Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Butler

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Clive

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: In I: Venetian Gondolier by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale by Roland, Father of Mlle Roland and Mlle Anne Roland. In In: Biscaien (new) by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. IV: German Peasant by Roland. V: By Denoyer's Prentice

Performance Comment: II: Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale by Roland, Father of Mlle Roland and Mlle Anne Roland. In In: Biscaien (new) by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. IV: German Peasant by Roland. V: By Denoyer's Prentice .
Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

21428
11 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Bisarre Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lamorce Actor: Mrs Kilby

Music: Overture to Ariadne. Select Pieces between the Acts. V: Handel's Water Musick, in which Benj. Baker will play the Kettle-Drums, accompanied with Trumpets and French Horns

Performance Comment: Select Pieces between the Acts. V: Handel's Water Musick, in which Benj. Baker will play the Kettle-Drums, accompanied with Trumpets and French Horns .
Cast
Role: . Baker will play the Kettle Actor: Drums, accompanied with Trumpets and French Horns

Dance: I: Le Depit Amoureux by Desse and Mlle Delorme. II: Comic Dance by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. IV: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. V: The Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, Tench, Desse, Dupre, Livier, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Norman, Mrs Kilby

Performance Comment: II: Comic Dance by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. IV: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. V: The Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, Tench, Desse, Dupre, Livier, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Norman, Mrs Kilby .

Song: I: Chancon a Boire, as17360504. II: The Confession sung by Roberts and Miss Hillyard. III: The opinion of the Ancients, as17360412

Performance Comment: II: The Confession sung by Roberts and Miss Hillyard. III: The opinion of the Ancients, as17360412.

21429
17 May 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A New Comedy. [By Mrs E. Cooper. Apparently not printed. The characters named in the bill are: Lord Belamour, Sir Roger Wrangle, Sir Charles Cumberland, Froward, Wary, Young Wrangle, Peinter, Snare, Lady Cumberland, Felicia, Ready. See also a puff by Mrs Cooper in Daily Advertiser, 17 May.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nobleman; Or, Family Quarrel

21430
21 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson, Supervisor and Sub-Treasurer. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets for Gillibrand, Fullwood, and Leigh taken.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17351121, but Simple, Nym, Rugby, Robin, and Pistol omitted .
Cast
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Cantrell
Role: Mrs Page Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Mrs Quickly Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Arethusa Actor: Mrs Clive

Dance: I: Damon and Phillida, as17360430 II: By Denoyer's Prentice. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Amorous Clowns, as17360514. V: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Performance Comment: III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Amorous Clowns, as17360514. V: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c .

21431
25 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mines, Gallant, Mrs Atkins. Mainpiece: Written by Sir J. Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #6 15s.; tickets #125 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Camillo Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Templer
Role: Jacinta Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Two Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon

Performance Comment: Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Two Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon .

21432
27 May 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Being a True Story in Common Life, and the Incidents extremely affecting. Written by the Author of George Barnwell [George Lillo]. N.B. This is much the coolest House in Town. At Common Prices, viz. Boxes 5s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d. [For a puff, see Daily Advertiser, 25 May.] Daily Advertiser, 28 May: Last Night . . . Guilt its own Punishment . . . was acted . . . with the greatest Applause that has been shewn to any Tragedy for many Years. The Scenes of Distress were so artfully work'd up, and so well perform'd, that there scarce remain'd a dry Eye among the Spectators at the Representation; and during the Scene preceding the Catastrophe, an attentive Silence possess'd the whole House, more expressive of an universal Approbation than the loudest Applauses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Guilt Its Own Punishment; Or, Fatal Curiosity

Performance Comment: Cast not listed, but edition of 1737 lists: Old Wilmot-Roberts; Young Wilmot-Davis; Eustace-Woodburn; Randal-Blakes; Agnes-Mrs Charke; Charlot-Miss Jones; Maria-Miss Karver. Prologue written by Fielding and spoken by Roberts .
Cast
Role: Randal Actor: Blakes
Role: Agnes Actor: Mrs Charke
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Karver. Prologue written by Fielding and spoken by Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick

21433
31 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: As17360325 but Mrs Farthingale-Neale; Mlle D'Epingle-Miss Bincks .
Cast
Role: Mrs Farthingale Actor: Neale
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lady Harriet Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs Stevens

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers .

21434
03 June 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Receipts: #38 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bullock

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17360126, but Miss Horsington replaces Mrs Kilby as Country Lass; Endymion-Roberts .
Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Ambrose
Role: Graces Actor: Miss Norman, Miss Sandham, Mlle Delorme
Role: Hour Actor: Mrs Ogden
Role: Rural Swain and Nymph Actor: Lally, Mlle D'Hervigni
Role: Doctor's Wife Actor: Mrs Stevens

21435
04 June 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: As17360429 but Hoyden-Miss Binks; Nurse-Mrs Martin .
Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Berinthia Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Hallam

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Music: End Afterpiece: Handel's Water Musick, with Preamble on Kettle Drum by Benj. Baker

Dance: II: Peasant Dance by Tench and Miss Rogers. IV: Harlequin, Punch, and Colombine by Nivelon, Lalauze, and Mlle De L'Isle. End Afterpiece: Glover's Sailors Dance

Performance Comment: IV: Harlequin, Punch, and Colombine by Nivelon, Lalauze, and Mlle De L'Isle. End Afterpiece: Glover's Sailors Dance .

Song: I: Mock Italian Song by Roberts. III: Dialogue by Leveridge and Mrs Wright. V: Praise of old English Beer by Leveridge, &c

Performance Comment: III: Dialogue by Leveridge and Mrs Wright. V: Praise of old English Beer by Leveridge, &c .

21436
08 June 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: As17360323 but Lady Wronghead-Mrs Kilby .
Cast
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

21437
08 June 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Havard; Lady Townly-Mrs Roberts; Lady Wronghead-Penkethman .
Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

21438
01 July 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Prince and Princess present. For a discussion of the raising of admission charges at pantomimes, see Grub St. Journal, 1 July.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzira

Cast
Role: Alzira Actor: Mrs Giffard. Prologue spoken by Giffard. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Le Sac; Doctor-Ray; Pierrot-Bencraft; Dropsical Servant-Aston; Doctor's Servant-Dove; Maid-Miss Jones; Colombine-Mrs Woodward .
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Woodward

21439
02 August 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit a New Polly Peachum, just arrived from the Island of Obscurity, who will make her Publick Entry in that Character. Afterpiece: A new Comi-Tragical Interlude. Written by Jack Juniper, a Distiller's Apprentice, just turn'd Poet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Charke. hathi.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Mrs Charke. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: The Deposing and Death of Queen Gin

21440
09 September 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Mills; Macduff-Milward; Banquo-W. Mills; Lenox-Cibber; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Butler; Hecate-Johnson; Duncan-Boman; Malcolm-Cross; Seyward-Winstone; Seyton-Berry; 1st Murderer-Harper; Lady Macduff-Miss Hollyday; Witches-Miller, Griffin, Shepard.
Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Butler

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Ladies of Pleasure Actor: Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett
Role: Shepherd and Shepherdess Actor: Villeneuve, Mrs Walter
Role: Dutchman and Frow Actor: Thurmond, Miss Mann
Role: Peasant Man and Woman Actor: Dukes, Mrs Pelling

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; proper to the Play. The Vocal Parts-Stoppelaer, Mrs Clive

Performance Comment: The Vocal Parts-Stoppelaer, Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Stoppelaer, Mrs Clive.

Dance: Thurmond, Dukes, Levier, Villeneuve

Related Works
Related Work: The Duke of Milan Author(s): Richard Cumberland

21441
28 September 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Cast
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Villeneuve
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mrs Hackum Actor: Oates
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Termagant Actor: Mrs Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Cibber; Leander-Stoppelaer; Dorcas-Mrs Clive; Sir Jasper-Shepard; James-Winstone; Harry-Leigh; Davy-Mechlin; Hellebore-Cole; Charlotte-Miss Brett.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Clive

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; IV: Double Jealousy, as17360907; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

21442
07 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Mills; Prince-W. Mills; Hotspur-Milward; Glendower-Cibber; Kate-Miss Holliday; Hostess-Mrs Cross; Carries-Johnson, Miller.
Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

21443
11 October 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Delane; Pierre-Ryan; Duke-Paget; Bedamar-Walker; Priuli-Bridgwater; Renault-Chapman; Spinosa-Houghton; Elliot-Marshall; Antonio-Hippisley; Belvidera-Mrs Hallam.
Cast
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Hallam.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Sylvans Actor: Mrs Laguerre, Mlle Delorme, Mrs Ogden, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Countrymen and Lasses Actor: Dupre, Bencraft, Ferguson, Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Brunette
Role: Females Actor: Mrs Moreau, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme.

21444
23 October 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; Ghost-Delane; King-Paget; Ostric-Chapman; Horatio-Marshall; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-A. Hallam; Queen-Mrs Hallam; Ophelia-Miss Bincks; Gravediggers-Bridgwater, Mullart.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hallam

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Sylvans Actor: Mrs Laguerre, Mlle Delorme, Mrs Ogden, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Countrymen and Lasses Actor: Dupre, Bencraft, Ferguson, Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Brunette
Role: Females Actor: Mrs Moreau, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme.

21445
27 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Quin; Sempronius-Mills; Juba-W. Mills; Syphax-Cibber; Portius-Milward; Marcus-Este; Lucius-Berry; Decius-Winstone; Marcia-Mrs Thurmond; Lucia-Miss Holliday.
Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Ballad Singers Actor: Stoppelaer, Mrs Pritchard.

21446
04 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Her Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq; Poet-Laureat. The Queen, Duke, and Princesses present. [See Daily Gazetteer, 4 Nov., for a discussion of the need of a paper devoted to the theatre, with some comments on theatrical conditions.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Quin; Bajazet-Mills; Moneses-Milward; Axalla-Cibber; Arpasia-Mrs Thurmond; Selima-Miss Holliday; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett.

Dance: III: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

21447
04 November 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Delane; Bajazet-Walker; Moneses-Ryan; Axalla-A. Hallam; Arpasia-Mrs Hallam; Selima-Miss Bincks; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Hallam

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Laguerre
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Delorme, Miss Norman
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Women Peasants Actor: Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Dancy
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Spanish Woman Actor: Mrs Moreau
Role: Polonese Woman Actor: Mrs Ogden
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Laguerre.

21448
18 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17360909, but Lady Macbeth-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Roland.
Role: Terra Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Clymene Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Venus Actor: Mlle Roland
Role: with a Grand Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Roland.

Dance: Mons Muilment, laterly arrived from Paris, the first time of his performance in England

21449
04 December 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Performance Comment: As17360922, but Octavia-Mrs Hallam.
Cast
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Hallam.
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Andromeda Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus Actor: Glover

21450
20 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Performance Comment: Flash-Este; Longbib-Stoppelaer; John Trot-Hough; Harlequin-Philips; Colombine-Miss Mann; Mlle La Modestie-Harlequin Phillips; Ballad Qingers-Stoppelaer, Mrs Pritchard; Somerset-Roberts; Roundall-Hough; Equilibrist-Peters; With a New Burlesque Tragi-Comic-Farcical Interlude: Tiddi@Doll, Director of the Gingerbread Company-Master Green; Pistolet-Miss Cole; with a Comic Medley Overture by Arne-.
Cast
Role: Ballad Qingers Actor: Stoppelaer, Mrs Pritchard