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We found 23849 matches on Performance Comments, 8748 matches on Event Comments, 4828 matches on Performance Title, 3733 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: On Saturday Morning early died, after a few days Illness, Mr Francis Forcer, Master of Sadler's Wells, near Islington. He was a kind and indulgent Husband, a tender and loving Father, a generous Friend, and a Good Master. In short he had all the necessary Qualifications to render a Person a Compleat Gentleman, which makes his death universally lamented by all those who had the pleasure of his Acquaintance. We hear the usual Diversions will be carried on by his Widow

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Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive

Song: As17430413

Music: As17430416

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Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Woodward
Role: Regan Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: A Ball Dance concluding with, a Minuet-Dupre, a Young Gentleman

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: II: La Florana, as17430408

Song: III: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard, Lowe

Music: IV: New Violincello Concerto-Cervetto

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Mainpiece Title: The Triumphant Queen Of Hungary Or The French Defeated With A Lively Representation Of His Britannick Majestys Conquest At Dettingen

Afterpiece Title: The Wanton Maid or Lover Outwitted with Tricks of Harlequin

Dance: JJockey Dance-Adams

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Mainpiece Title: Roxana Or Alexander In India

Event Comment: At the Temple Punch House, Tony Aston, the oldest approv'd Actor in the three Kingdoms, being deni'd his bread in both Theatres, this Day exhibits his learned comic demonstrative Oratory on the Face, with English, Irish, Scotch, and Negroe Songs, in proper habits, Prologue and Epilogue, and all his own Pasquin Invention. 6 p.m. 1s. He is under Misfortunes, and desires the Company of the Ingenious and Humorous. [Repeated 29, 31 Dec.; and with some changes in wording on 2, 5, 9, 25 Jan., 6, 15 Feb. 1744.

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Event Comment: Advertisement by Mr Leveridge. To be sung to the tune of A Cobler there was, and he lived in a stall." [See 3 and 17 April.] I. Observing the papers for several days@Fill's up with a number of Benefit plays@My Muse smiling said, Dick, it will not be wrong@To sound an advertisement in Merry song,@Derry, down, down, down, derry down.@ II. And thus now I raised up my voice to the town@To move Your kind thoughts against My Day comes on@And then with your favours my play to promote,@That Leveridge may sing (when he offers his note)@Derry down, &c

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Mainpiece Title: Joseph And His Brethren

Music: Concerto on Organ-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bethnal Green With The Comical Humours Of Tom Stroud And His Man Gudgeon

Afterpiece Title: Representation of the Late Battle in the Meditteranean

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Cast
Role: Almeyda Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Morayma Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Johayma Actor: Mrs Mullart.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Jenny Cibber.
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Fifth Day. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet still continues to be acted...to crowded audiences, with great applause....We hear two principal Actresses from the Theatre Royal in Dublin, are speedily to appear on that Stage; as are some more Performers, who are disengaged from the other Theatres

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Jenny Cibber.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Balthazar Actor: Mrs Clark
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs George
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Hill.
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Jenny Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Love in Low Life or A Press Gang at Billingsgate

Event Comment: For the Future, the Plays...will be constantly advertised in the...Daily Post, the Daily Advertiser, and General Advertiser. The large Play Bills and Hand Play Bills will be posted and deliver'd out on the days of Performance only

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Cibber
Role: Indiana Actor: Miss Jenny Cibber, first time that part
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Elmy, from Dublin
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Hill
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Bailey
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Freeman

Afterpiece Title: Love in Low Life

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Balthazar Actor: Mrs Clark
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs George
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Hill.
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Jenny Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Event Comment: By Command of their Highnesses Prince George, Prince Edward, and the Lady Augusta, By A Company of Dutch children, join'd with the English, German and Italians. A Pantomime Entertainment. Boxes and Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6 p.m. We hear the Company of Dutch/Children join'd with the English, Germans and Italians, will perform this day, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday next, and will exhibit something new every night, and some people of Quality have engag'd Boxes for each night.--Daily Advertiser

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Mainpiece Title: Arlequino Triumphante

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Music

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Afterpiece Title: 1 The Miller of Mansfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore With Humours Of Capt

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artamene

Event Comment: The Subscribers to the Opera are desir'd to send their Silver Tickets on Saturday next, and the three succeeding Days of Performance, to the Opera Office, where a Half Guinea Ticket extraordinary will be delivered to each, or a proportionable Part of Money return'd as Equivalent for four representations, which the Season already too far advanced, cannot admit of being exhibited, thro' the absolute Necessity there was of postponing the proper Time of beginning the Opera. Forty-Two Representations are past

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antigone