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5919 results for: Keyword - Mr. Johnston
We found 4290 matches on Event Comments, 1499 matches on Performance Comments, 532 matches on Performance Title, 20 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1676
24 January 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Tassie
Role: Mause Actor: Mr Blair
Role: Madge Actor: Mr M'Nab
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Raeburn. A new Occasional Prologue, written and spoken by ThomasStewart

Afterpiece Title: The Double Amour

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece the Sbeep shearing Song [Come, come, my good shepherds] by Mrs Raeburn; End of mainpiece, by Permission of the Caledonian Society, their Constitution Song, set to music by an eminent Master, by a Gentleman [unidentified]. imitations. Following 2nd song, a variety of Imitations by a Gentleman who performed for Bannister's Benefit [on 26 Aug. 1784], and others, with universal applause, being his 4th appearance [Kean]

1677
25 July 1785 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day; Or, The Marriage Of Figaro

Cast
Role: Marcelina Actor: Mrs Monk
Role: Agnes Actor: Mrs Benson
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Wellman

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Kathleen Actor: Mrs Benson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Wellman. IMITATIONS. End of Act II of 1st piece a Variety of Theatrical Imitations by the Gentleman

1678
04 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Cast
Role: Lady Euston Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lady Harriet Cyprus Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Bloom Actor: Mrs Riley

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Wells

1679
14 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Sagely Actor: Mrs Booth

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Gillian Actor: Mrs Forster
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Love

Song: In Act II a song in character by Mrs Crouch. [This was For tenderness formed, adapted by Linley Sen. from Saper bramate in; Barbiere di Siviglia by Paisiello. It was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

1680
11 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton

Song: As17860223

1681
28 September 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Sagely Actor: Mrs Booth

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Cast
Role: Mause Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Madge Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Forster.

Dance: End I afterpiece: Highland Reel-Mills, the Miss Stageldoirs. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Song: II: song (in character)-Mrs Crouch. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1682
28 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Baddeley
Role: Maid Actor: Mr Waldron

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Laurette Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Matilda Actor: Mrs Jordan.

1683
20 October 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Sagely Actor: Mrs Booth

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Sweet Echo Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Mrs Forster
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Crouch.

Song: II: song in character-Mrs Crouch. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1684
05 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Wilson.
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Forster
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Siddons.

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Mrs Coke Actor: Mr King.

Dance: End III: As17870920; End IV:a Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return-Mills, the Miss Stageldoirs

1685
14 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Sagely Actor: Mrs Booth

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education

Afterpiece Title: 'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Baddeley, Moody, Suett, Barrymore, Whitfield, R. Palmer, Lamash, Waldron, Burton, Bates, Hollingsworth, Fawcett, Phillimore, Wilson, Jones, Benson, Alfred, Spencer, Lyons, Bannister Jun., Miss Collins, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Mrs Wilson.

Dance: End: a Minuet-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet

1686
06 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Margardtta Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Baddeley
Role: Maid Actor: Mr Waldron

Afterpiece Title: Le Matin, Midi, et le Soir

Cast
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Crouch.

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Cast
Role: Lady Treacle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Crouch.

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Conjugal Frolick, as17880221

1687
02 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Cast
Role: Lady Dunder Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Mrs Peery Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Packet and Coach Passengers Actor: Miss Francis, Mrs Gaudry
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Kemble

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner; or, Quality Binding

Cast
Role: Mrs Level Actor: Mrs Brooks.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Maud Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Mayoress Actor: Mrs Webb

1688
09 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sword Of Peace; Or, A Voyage Of Love

Cast
Role: Miss Louisa Moreton Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Mrs Tartar Actor: Mrs Lefevre
Role: Mrs Garnish Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Gobble Actor: Mrs Edwin
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss Francis, Miss Palmer, Mrs Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs Webb.

1689
15 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Election

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Bannister, Chapman, Davies, Mrs Love, Miss Collett.
Role: Wife Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Inkle and Yarico

Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Mrs Lefevre.
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs Webb.

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Mrs Cole Actor: Mr Bannister.

Dance: End 2nd piece: The British Soldier Triumphant-Byrn, Ratchford, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Goodwin

1690
27 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natured Man

Cast
Role: Mrs Croaker Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Olivia Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Garnet Actor: Mrs Edwin
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Miss Richland Actor: Mrs Brooks.

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Cast
Role: Fadladinida Actor: Mrs Edwin
Role: Venus Actor: Mr Mathews
Role: Cupid Actor: Mr Painter.

Song: End III: Four@and@twenty Perriwigs all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin

1691
09 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Sagely Actor: Mrs Booth

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Philidel Actor: Mrs Forster
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Crouch

Song: In II: song in character-Mrs Crouch [who sang it in all subsequent performances]

1692
29 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Bernard
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Quick
Role: Maid Actor: Mr Painter
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Patrick Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Dermot Actor: Johnstone
Role: Kathlane Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Norah Actor: Mrs Mountain.

1693
05 November 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Baddeley
Role: Maid Actor: Mr Waldron

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Anna Actor: Mrs Crouch.

1694
07 February 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ifigenia In Aulide

Dance: As17890131 Les Fetes Provencales here called A Divertissement

Song: II: song-Marchesi

1695
08 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Widows

Cast
Role: Mrs Worldly Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Rock
Role: Lady Charlotte Richmore Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Edwin, Bannister, Johnstone, Blanchard, Cubitt, Davies, Miss Reynolds, Miss Fontenelle.

1696
14 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alscrip Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Lady Emily Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Feast of Anacreon

Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Bannister, Johnstone, Blanchard, Davies, Darley, Cubitt, Edwin
Role: Mrs Highman Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Bannister, Johnstone, Blanchard, Davies, Darley, Cubitt, Edwin
Role: Mrs Highman Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Entertainment: Monologue. End IV: A Comic Description of the Curiosities in the Tower of London-Edwin

1697
25 May 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Brooks
Role: Mrs Wisely Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Barresford.

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Chambers, Reeve, Mathews, Chapman, Miss George, Mrs Iliff, Mrs Plomer, Mrs Powell, Mrs Bannister

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Cast
Role: Miss Tabitha Actor: Mrs Barresford
Role: Mrs Sturdy Actor: Mrs Edwin
Role: Miss Sukey Actor: Mrs Taylor.

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Graces-the Miss Simonets

1698
04 June 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Cast
Role: Lady Dinah Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Bella Actor: Mrs Goodall.

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Mrs Cole Actor: Mr Kean

Song: Between acts: Miss Barnes

Entertainment: Monologue. As17890527

1699
30 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sword Of Peace; Or, A Voyage Of Love

Cast
Role: Miss Louisa Moreton Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Mrs Tartar Actor: Mrs Whitfield
Role: Mrs Garnish Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Miss Eliza Moreton Actor: Mrs Rivers.

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

1700
09 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Bannister
Role: Patty Actor: Mrs Edwards
Role: Yarico Actor: Mrs Kemble.

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Mrs Cole Actor: Mr Bannister.