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6051 results for: Keyword - Mr. Handel
We found 4410 matches on Event Comments, 1294 matches on Performance Comments, 695 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 6 matches on Roles/Actors.

1476
22 September 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Melhnda Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Hippisley
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Clive.

1477
12 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Cast
Role: Lady Betty Lambton Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Mrs Harley Actor: Mrs Dancer
Role: Miss Marchmont Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Miss Rivers Actor: Mrs Jeffries

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

1478
10 January 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Cast
Role: Lady Betty Lambton Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Miss Marchmont Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Miss Rivers Actor: Mrs Jeffries
Role: Mrs Harley Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs Baddeley, Mrs _Scott.
Role: Parts Actor: King, Moody, Parsons, Ackman, Hurst, Waldron, Castle, Wheeler, W. Palmer, Wright, Keen, Hartry, Mesink, Clough, Booth, J. Burton, Mas. Cape, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Lowe. The Vocal Parts-Vernon, Dibdin, Bannister, Champnes, Fawcett, Kear, Miss Radley, Mrs Baddeley
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Vernon, Dibdin, Bannister, Champnes, Fawcett, Kear, Miss Radley, Mrs Baddeley
Role: The Dances Actor: Dagueville, Mrs King, Sga Vidini, Miss Rogers
Role: Country Girls Actor: Mrs Baddeley, Miss Radley
Role: Margery Jervis Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs W. Barry
Role: Tragic Muse Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Comic Muse Actor: Mrs Abington

1479
14 November 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Reddish
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

1480
04 December 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Cast
Role: Evanthe Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Cast
Role: Lady Scrape Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Laundress Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

1481
29 April 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Fitzgerald

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Egerton

Entertainment: V:(By Desire,) Cupid's Remonstrance, as17720427

1482
17 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Cast
Role: Euphrasia Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Cast
Role: Miss Harlow Actor: Mrs Cross

1483
21 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Cast
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Sutton

1484
09 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wrighten, first time.
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Sutton

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17720922

1485
23 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Witches Actor: Dunstall, Mrs Pitt, Quick
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Mrs Thompson, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox, Mrs Baker, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Thompson

1486
07 January 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Cast
Role: Miss Walsingham Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Lady Rachel Mildew Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Tempest Actor: Mrs Greville
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Millidge

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Millidge
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Jefferson, first appearance on this stage.

1487
03 March 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sethona

Cast
Role: Sethona Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

1488
30 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: No Performance

1489
09 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler; or, a Wife of Ten Thousand

Cast
Role: Mrs Nipikin Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Alice Actor: Mrs Wrighten

1490
01 February 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Cast
Role: the Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs _Scott from Epithalamium.
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Yates

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Baddeley

1491
03 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Floretta Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Love

1492
07 October 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Greville
Role: Foible Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: a Cantata Actor: Mrs Scott.

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Cast
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Comedy Actor: Mrs Wrighten.

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Smith.

1493
24 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Wrighten, frist time
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Jewell, first appearance on this stage
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

1494
12 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: and a Song Actor: Mrs Scott.

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Mrs Bundle Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Miss Wilelmina Actor: Mrs Jewell

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

Entertainment: A Variety of New Imitations, vocal and rhetorical-Bannister

1495
13 December 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: The other Characters Actor: Baddeley, Moody, Parsons, Burton, Hurst, R. Palmer, Waldron, Lamash, Chambers, Holcroft, Chaplin, Carpenter, Griffiths, Norris, Wrighten, Wright, Legg, Master Pulley, Mrs Colles, Miss Collett, Mrs Davies. With an Additional Reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Raised Troops
Role: Cloris Actor: Mrs Colles
Role: Amaryllis Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Pallas Actor: Mr Parsons.

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Cast
Role: Robinette Actor: Mrs Wrighten

1496
19 February 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Cady of Bagdad

Cast
Role: see17780221] Actor: Mr Waldron
Role: Cacafatadri Actor: Mr Wrighten
Role: Zemroude Actor: Mrs Baddeley.

Dance: In II: Masquerade Scene Dancing-Blurton, Henry; End III: The Provincalle, as17780128

Song: Masquerade Scene As17771031

1497
19 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day

Cast
Role: Page Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Countess Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Marcelina Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Apollo Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Midas Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Mysis Actor: Mr Johnstone
Role: Juno Actor: Mr Wewitzer
Role: Nysa Actor: Mr Quick
Role: Daphne Actor: Mr Edwin

1498
28 December 1792 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's Othello

Cast
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Siddons
Role: Aemilia Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: The Patron

1499
29 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Cast
Role: Miss Wooburn Actor: Mrs Esten
Role: Mrs Placid Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Miss Spinster Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Lady Eleanor Irwin Actor: Mrs Pope
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Molly Maybush Actor: Mrs Harlowe
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Blanchard
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Betty Blackberry Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

1500
15 September 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, Drury-lane And Covent-garden

Cast
Role: Empress Drury Lane Actor: Mr Fawcett
Role: Queen Covent Garden Actor: Mr Munden
Role: Mrs Town Actor: Mrs Fawcett

Afterpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Lucetta Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Milliner Actor: Mrs Lloyd
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

Cast
Role: George Streamer Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Mary Actor: Mrs Clendining.