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We found 23532 matches on Performance Comments, 7497 matches on Event Comments, 5323 matches on Performance Title, 63 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Sea Voyage

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Half an Hour

Performance Comment: Edition of 1716 lists: Captain Courtal-Ogden; Tagg-Pack; Aminadab-Bullock Jr; Drawer-Frisby; Mrs Tagg-Mrs Schoolding.
Cast
Role: Mrs Tagg Actor: Mrs Schoolding.

Song: As17160317

Dance: As17151104

Event Comment: [By Susanna Centlivre.] Never Acted before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cruel Gift Or The Royal Resentment

Performance Comment: Edition of 1717 lists: King of Lombardy-Mills; Duke of Milan-Bowman; Lorenzo-Booth; Antenor-Quin; Learchus-Ryan; Cardono-Walker; Agonistus-Wilks; Leonora-Mrs Oldfield; Antimora-Mrs Porter; Prologue by Sewell-Wilks; Epilogue by Rowe-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Antimora Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Epilogue by Rowe Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Event Comment: Ndt acted these Eight Years [but see dl 15 July 1712]. Written by the late Mr Crown, Author of Sir Courtly Nice. Receipts: #25 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politicks

Performance Comment: Parts-Leigh, Smith, Spiller, Bullock, Bullock Jr, Hall, Mrs Bullock Jr [late Miss Rogers Jr], Mrs Spiller.late Miss Rogers Jr], Mrs Spiller.

Dance:

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty Years. Written by the late Mr Shadwell, then Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scowrers

Performance Comment: Sir William-Ryan; Wildfire-Wilks Jr; Tope-Bickerstaff; Sir Humphrey-Shepard; Whackhum-Miller; Rant-Quin; Lady Maggot-Mrs Hunt; Eugenia-Mrs Seymour; Clara-Mrs Willis Jr.
Cast
Role: Lady Maggot Actor: Mrs Hunt
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Willis Jr.

Dance: As17170809

Event Comment: [By Colley Cibber.] Never Acted before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Performance Comment: edition of 1718 lists: Sir John Woodvil-Mills; Colonel Woodvil-Booth; Hearty-Wilks; Doctor Wolf-Cibber; Charles-Walker; Lady Woodvil-Mrs Porter; Maria-Mrs Oldfield; Prologue (written by N. Rowe)-; Epilogue-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Lady Woodvil Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: Pan and Syrinx

Performance Comment: Pan-Leveridge; Syrinx-Mrs Barbier; Edition of 1718 adds: 1st Sylvan-Pack; 1st Nymph-Mrs Thurmond; Diana-Mrs Spiller.
Cast
Role: Syrinx Actor: Mrs Barbier
Role: 1st Nymph Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Spiller.
Event Comment: [By Edward Young.] Never Acted before. With new Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Busiris King Of Egypt

Performance Comment: Edition of 1719 lists: Busiris-Elrington; Myron-Booth; Nicanor-Mills; Memnon-Wilks; Rameses-Walker; Syphoces-Thurmond; Pheron-Williams; Auletes-W. Mills; Myris-Mrs Thurmond; Mandane-Mrs Oldfield; Prologue-Booth; Epilogue-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Myris Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Event Comment: [By Francis Tolson.] Never Acted before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick Or The British Exile

Performance Comment: Edition of 1719 lists: Earl Douglas-Cory; Lord Douglas-Walker; Earl of Bedford-Williams; Earl of Warwick-Mills; Bernard-Thurmond; Eliza-Mrs Thurmond; Maria-Mrs Baker; Prologue-Mills; Epilogue-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Eliza Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Thurmond.
Event Comment: [By John Dennis.] Never Acted before. [See the Dedication of the 1720 edition for Dennis' grievances in the presentation of his play. The receipts this night, he states, were: near a hundred Pound.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Invader Of His Country Or The Fatal Resentment

Performance Comment: Edition of 1720 lists: Caius Martius Coriolanus-Booth; Ausidius-Mills; Menenius-Corey; Cominius-Thurmond; Sicinius-W. Wilks; Brutus-Walker; 1st Citizen-Bickerstaff; 2d Citizen-Penkethman; 3d Citizen-Johnson; 4th Citizen-Miller; 1st Citizen of Sempronius Party-Norris; 2d Citizen of Sempronius Party-Cross; 1st Servant-Penkethman; 2d Servant-Norris; 3d Servant-Miller; Volumnia-Mrs Porter; Virgilia-Mrs Thurmond; Prologue-Mills; Epilogue written by Cibber-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Volumnia Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Virgilia Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Cibber Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Event Comment: Not Acted these Five Years. All the Characters being new dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers Or Marriage A La Mode

Performance Comment: Palamede-Wilks; Rhodophil-Booth; Celadon-Cibber; Melantha-Mrs Bicknell; Doralice-Mrs Thurmond; Florimel-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Melantha Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Doralice Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Florimel Actor: Mrs Booth.
Event Comment: Never Acted there before. Receipts: #49 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-Boheme; Edgar-Ryan; Kent-Ogden; Gloster-Quin; Bastard-Leigh; Gentleman Usher-Spiller; Regan-Mrs Parker; Goneril-Mrs Giffard; Cordelia-Mrs Seymour.
Cast
Role: Regan Actor: Mrs Parker
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Seymour.
Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty Years. Written by Mr Wilson. Receipts: #59 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats

Performance Comment: Scruple-Griffin; Whitebroth-Bullock; Mopus-Harper; Double Dilgence-Bullock Sr; Tito-Pack; Mrs Whitebroth-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Mrs Whitebroth Actor: Mrs Giffard.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chimera Or An Hue And Cry To Change Alley

Performance Comment: Edition of 1721 lists Lord Gracebubble-Boheme; Selfroth-Bullock; Hide@and@seek-Hall; Sir NicholasNinnyhammer-Bullock; Teartext-Pack; Captain Scout-Barnes; Scrawl-Egleton; Snap-Spiller; Lady Meanwell-Mrs Seymour.
Cast
Role: Lady Meanwell Actor: Mrs Seymour.

Afterpiece Title: The Emperor of the Moon

Performance Comment: Parts-Ryan, Quin, Bullock Sr, Spiller, Mrs Bullock, Miss Purden, Mrs Giffard.

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

Event Comment: [Written by Colley Cibber.] Never Acted before. Whincop, p. 197: Mr Cibber's Enemies shew'd themselves very warmly at the Representation of this Piece, and I think without much Discretion; for they began to hiss it before they had heard it, and I remember very well, began their Uproar, on the first Night, as soon as he appeared to speak the Prologue

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal Or The Ladys Philosophy

Performance Comment: Edition of 1721 lists: Sir Gilbert Wrangle-Penkethman; Granger-Booth; Frankly-Wilks; Witling-Cibber; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Bicknell; Sophronia-Mrs Oldfield; Charlotte-Mrs Booth; Prologue-Cibber; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Lady Wrangle Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Sophronia Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Booth
Event Comment: [By Eliza Haywood.] Never Acted before. Receipts: #37 12s. 6d. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 4 March: Since the late Riot at the New Playhouse, his Majesty has been pleased to order that Company the same Number of Guards they have at Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Captive

Performance Comment: Edition of 1721 lists: Mustapha-Quin; Ozmin-Leigh; Achmat-Egleton; Haly-Boheme; Alphonso-Ryan; Pedro-Diggs; Irene-Mrs Gifford; Daraxa-Mrs Forrester; Isabella-Mrs Seymour; Prologue-Boheme; Epilogue-Aaron Hill.
Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Mrs Gifford
Role: Daraxa Actor: Mrs Forrester
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Seymour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ryan; Sir Novelty-C. Bullock; Elder Worthy-Quin; Young Worthy-Leigh; Sly-Bullock Sr; Snap-Spiller; Sir William-Griffin; Amanda-Mrs Seymour; Narcissa-Mrs Cross; Flareit-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Flareit Actor: Mrs Egleton.
Event Comment: [By William Phillips.] Never Acted before. The Characters all new Dress'd. Receipts: #57 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hibernia Freed

Performance Comment: Edition fo 1722 lists: O'Brien-Boheme; O'Neill-Ryan; Herimon-Hulet; O'Connor-Egleton; Eugenius-Rogers; Turgesius-Quin; Erric-Walker; Sabina-Mrs Seymour; Agnes-Mrs Bullock; Prologue-Quin; Epilogue-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Sabina Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Agnes Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Bullock.
Event Comment: [By Ambrose Phillips.] Never Acted before. With new Habits. [See also Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 24 Feb., and Freeholder's Journal, 21 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Briton

Performance Comment: Vanoc-Booth; Ivor-Wilks; Didius-Thurmond; Valens-Mills; Alan-Williams; Cartismande-Mrs Porter; Gwendolen-Mrs Booth; Edition of 1722 adds Idwall-W. Mills; Ebranc-Bowman; Messenger-Roberts; Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Cartismande Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Gwendolen Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Younger.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Domitian Or The Roman Actor

Performance Comment: Domitian-Boheme; Augusta-Mrs Seymour; AElius-Leigh; Junius Rusticus-Diggs; Aretious-Smith; Parthenius-Ogden; Philargus-Phipps; 1st Tribune-Hulet; Domitilla-Mrs Spiller; Julia-Mrs Parler; Paris-Walker.
Cast
Role: Augusta Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Domitilla Actor: Mrs Spiller
Role: Julia Actor: Mrs Parler
Event Comment: Not Acted these Thirty Years. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Receipts: #79 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Curate

Performance Comment: Curate-Bullock Sr; Bartolius-Boheme; Sexton-Egleton; Don Henrique-Quin; Don Jamie-Ryan; Leandro-Walker; Milanes-Leigh; Arsenio-Diggs; Ascanio-Ward; Amarante-Mrs Seymour; Jacinta-Mrs Bullock; Violante-Mrs Egleton; Parishioners-Morgan, Hall, Hippisley, Phipps.
Cast
Role: Amarante Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Jacinta Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Violante Actor: Mrs Egleton

Dance:

Event Comment: Not Acted these Seven Years. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens Or The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland

Performance Comment: Norfolk-Wilks; Davison-Booth; Morton-Mills; Cecil-Williams; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Porter; Queen of Scots-Mrs Oldfield; Dowglass-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Queen of Scots Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Dowglass Actor: Mrs Booth.
Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty Years [i.e., at dl]: Written by late Mr Farquhar. [For an essay on this play, see Pasquin, 22 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him

Performance Comment: Inconstant-Wilks; Old Mirabel-Penkethman; Duretete-Miller; Dugard-Bridgwater; Petit-Th. Cibber; Oriana-Mrs Booth; Bisarre-Mrs Thurmond; Lamorce-Mrs Heron.
Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Bisarre Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Lamorce Actor: Mrs Heron.
Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Moliere. Receipts: #36 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Contrivance

Performance Comment: Octavio-Leigh; Belmie-Ogden; Selfwell-Bullock; Sir Toby-Hall; Martin-Morgan; Belliza-Mrs Vincent; Lucinda-Mrs Cantrell; Martin's Wife-Mrs Morgan.
Cast
Role: Belliza Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Cantrell
Role: Martin's Wife Actor: Mrs Morgan.

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats

Dance: Newhouse, Pelling, James, Ogden; particularly Swedish Dal Karle-; Spinning Wheel Dance-

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virtue Betrayd Or Anna Bullen

Performance Comment: Henry VIII-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Northumberland-Thurmond; Piercy-Wilks; Rochford-Will. Mills; Anna Bullen-Mrs Oldfield; Diana-Mrs Johnson; Elizabeth-Mrs Horton; Young Princess Elizabeth-Miss Robinson Jr.
Cast
Role: Anna Bullen Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Johnson
Role: Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Horton
Event Comment: Not Acted these Fifteen years [i.e., at dl]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba Or Hannibals Overthrow

Performance Comment: Hannibal-Mills; Maherbal-Thurmond; Bomilcar-Bridgwater; Scipio-Williams; Lelius-Will. Mills; Massinissa-Booth; Trebellius-Roberts; Massina-Mrs Booth; Menander-Cory; Sophonisba-Mrs Porter; Rosalidda-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Massina Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Sophonisba Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Rosalidda Actor: Mrs Thurmond.