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22384 results for: Keyword - Mrs Griffith
We found 23413 matches on Performance Comments, 4278 matches on Event Comments, 4200 matches on Performance Title, 73 matches on Author, and 39 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
26 December 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Griffith.
Role: Betty Doxy Actor: Mrs Valois.
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Pitt
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Followers of Daphne Actor: Mrs Gondou, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Phillips, Mrs Henrie
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Lampe

Dance: As17521207

52
03 April 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Griffith.
Role: Betty Doxy Actor: Mrs Valois.
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Pitt
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17521028

53
30 April 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Cleone Actor: Mrs Griffith
Role: Hermione Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Lover His Own Rival

Cast
Role: Harriot Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Dance: II: A New Dance Il Guastatore-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; III: Grand Scots Ballet, as17521216; IV: Mock Minuet-Sg Bugiani, Sga Bugiani; V: Minuet, Louvre-Cooke, Miss Hilliard

54
23 January 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philoclea

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Smith, Ridout, Usher, Mrs Bland, Mrs Vincent, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Griffith, Miss Nossiter.
Role: Gynecia Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Cecropia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Griffith

55
24 January 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philoclea

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Smith, Ridout, Usher, Mrs Bland, Mrs Vincent, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Griffith, Miss Nossiter.
Role: Gynecia Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Cecropia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Griffith

56
25 January 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philoclea

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Smith, Ridout, Usher, Mrs Bland, Mrs Vincent, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Griffith, Miss Nossiter.
Role: Gynecia Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Cecropia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Griffith

57
29 January 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philoclea

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Smith, Ridout, Usher, Mrs Bland, Mrs Vincent, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Griffith, Miss Nossiter.
Role: Gynecia Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Cecropia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Griffith

58
31 January 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philoclea

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Smith, Ridout, Usher, Mrs Bland, Mrs Vincent, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Griffith, Miss Nossiter.
Role: Gynecia Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Cecropia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Griffith

59
02 February 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philoclea

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Smith, Ridout, Usher, Mrs Bland, Mrs Vincent, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Griffith, Miss Nossiter.
Role: Gynecia Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Cecropia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Griffith

60
04 February 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philoclea

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Smith, Ridout, Usher, Mrs Bland, Mrs Vincent, Miss Kennedy, Mrs Griffith, Miss Nossiter.
Role: Gynecia Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Cecropia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Griffith

61
11 November 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Vixen Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirits Actor: Mr and Mrs Granier
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dunstall

62
30 November 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Vixen Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer.
Role: Aerial Spirits Actor: Mr and Mrs Granier

63
31 December 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Armarillis Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Cloris Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Two Sing@song Dancing Spirits Actor: Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer.
Role: Aerial Spirits Actor: Mr and Mrs Granier

64
01 January 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Armarillis Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Cloris Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Two Sing@song Dancing Spirits Actor: Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer.
Role: Aerial Spirits Actor: Mr and Mrs Granier

65
06 January 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Vixen Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

66
20 January 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Vixen Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

67
11 February 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Armarillis Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Cloris Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Two Sing@song Dancing Spirits Actor: Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

68
25 February 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Armarillis Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Cloris Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Two Sing@song Dancing Spirits Actor: Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

69
14 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Armarillis Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Cloris Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Two Sing@song Dancing Spirits Actor: Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Dance: IItalian Peasants-Granier, Mrs Granier

70
22 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Griffiths
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Bellamy.

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: Lowe

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17550414 IV: Louvre and Minuet-Villeneuve, Sga Balbi; End of Play: Comic Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

71
31 March 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: For one Night Only Concert. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., after which will be perform'd (Gratis) a new Farce of Three Acts. To begin at 7 p.m. Tickets to be had of Mrs Hooper. [A new play by Mrs Hooper.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cyclopedia

Related Works
Related Work: The Cyclopedia Author(s): Mrs. Hooper

72
09 November 1749 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Queen Tragedy Restored

Performance Comment: Principal part-Mrs Hoper.
Cast
Role: Principal part Actor: Mrs Hoper.
Related Works
Related Work: Queen Tragedy Restored Author(s): Mrs. Hooper

73
11 November 1749 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hoper. The Second Night. Mrs Hoper's Prologue to the Town, By a Friend: @Tonight a Female author heads the stage@Warm'd by the grand productions of the age;@To shine among the modern Bards aspires,@As the Moon glisters midst the lesser fires:@Pants to be rank'd with Sapho, Phillips, Behn@And prove that women write as well as Men.@Bold in the drama's cause, attacks the fashion@Where Novelty appears the reigning passion,@With drooping spirits draws the Tragic Queen@Like your fine ladies troubled with the spleen:@Nor trusts her meaning to the strolling Elf@But represents the character herself.@ [Suggests her friends reproved her for turning player, but she thought it more honorable than going into debt.] @The Stage is innocent and brings no shame@Unless the players are themselves to blame@'Twas meant as Virtue's School;--Tis no disgrace@To act a virtuous part, in any Place.@ [Closes with appeal to audience to be charitable to "this firstling of her quill, to support her generously with applause. See Daily Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Queen Tragedy Restored

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Tragedy Restored Author(s): Mrs. Hooper

74
19 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Smith, Furkins, Roffe [sic], Miss Stede, Mrs Hartle. Tickets deliver'd by Morgan, Stephenson, Claridge, Bagg, Wilkinson, Whatley, Pullin, Miss Brown, Mrs Griffiths, and Mrs Walters will be taken. No charges. House received 1!2 value of Tickets and the Receipts. @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value 1!2 Value @T. Smith 10 48 75 #17 4s. #8 12s. @Furkins 10 20 24 #7 18s. #3 19s. @Rose 27 48 29 #6 17s. #8 8s. 6d. @Miss Stede 6 13 50 #8 9s. #4 4s. 6d. @Morgan 3 10 35 #5 15s. #2 17s. 6d. @Mrs Hartle 40 69 104 #30 15s. #15 7s. 6d. @Stephenson 21 66 129 #28 1s. #14 6d. @Claridge 15 16 19 #8 1s. #4 6d. @Bagg 3 4 9 #2 5s. #1 2s. 6d. @Wilkinson 30 13 5 #9 19s. #4 19s. 6d. @Whatley -- 4 33 #3 18s. #1 19s. @Pullen 2 41 64 #13 1s. #6 10s. 6d. @Miss Brown 11 37 31 #11 8s. #5 14s. @Mrs Griffiths -- 25 21 #5 17s. #2 18s. 6d. @Mrs Walters 2 19 83 #11 13s. #5 16s. 6d. @Money Value #48 5s. 6d. @Box 180 Pit 433 Gallery 711 Total House Value #229 6s. 6d. 1!2 Value #90 10s. 6d.@ [The house made no charges, but received the half value from each beneficiary as listed above (Account Book). About 1,324 Tickets given out. Capacity of the house must have been about 1,700 at this time. See 14 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: As17681227, but Harriet-Mrs Dyer.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Dyer.
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Mrs Wisely Actor: Mrs Ferguson
Role: Wheedle Actor: Mrs Evans
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Shade of Helen Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Lady Relish Actor: Mrs Dyer

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Stede, scholar to Fishar

75
14 May 1751 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Driscol, Banks, Barnard, Miss Davis, and Trott (Lobby Doorkeeper). Tickets deliver'd by Mlle Huette, Mrs Hanmeuze, Mrs Griffith will be taken. Tomorrow the Fair Penitent and on Friday Romeo and Juliet, being the last time of the Company's performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17510215, but abbreviated cast only listed: Polly-Miss Davis; Macheath-Lowe; Peachum-Arthur; Lockit-Dunstall; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Dunstall; Lucy-Miss Young; Hornpipe-Atkins.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Dolly Trull Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Hippisley
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: As17510511