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We found 23337 matches on Performance Comments, 4909 matches on Event Comments, 4210 matches on Performance Title, 45 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.
Event Comment: This Day is Publish'd The Roman and English Comedy consider'd and compared. With Remarks on the Suspicious Husband; and an examen into the Merits of the present Comic Actors by S. Foote, Esq. This day is publish'd in Two Volumes a Companion to the Theatre or a View of our most celebrated dramatic pieces. In which the Plan, Characters and Incidents, of each are particularly explained. Interspersed with remarks Historical, Critical, and Moral. Price Bound 6s. Printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, over against Katherine St. in the Strand

Performances

Event Comment: Last time of playing this Season. [On Easter Monday the theatre will revert to rope dancing and pantomimes.] Prices 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: Brett

Dance: As17461124

Event Comment: [Benefit for twelve on basis of varying percentages of tickets.] Benefit Banks, Trott, Carney, and Bianchini. Tickets deliver'd out by Sadler, Elliot and others will be taken. /For Pit Gallery Value Half-Value/Ruby 145 48 20 #45 9s. #22 14s. 6d./Banks 6 127 144 #34 19s. #17 9s./Carny 8 42 65 #13 11s. #6 15s. 6d./Bianchini 10 38 46 #12 16s. #6 8s. (two-thirds)/Sadler ... 11 28 #4 9s. #2 4s. 6d. (two-thirds)/Elliott 1 20 45 #7 15s. #3 17s. 6d. (two-thirds)/Mrs Hayman 4 22 35 #7 16s. #3 18s./Mrs Russell 7 27 26 #8 8s. #4 4s./Mrs Keene 3 20 23 #6 1s. #3 0s. 6d. (whole)/Mrs Hales ... 16 13 #3 14s. #1 17s./Mrs Hanmore 1 11 16 #3 10s. #1 15s./Mrs Griffiths ... 7 14 #2 9s. #1 4s. 6d./Totals 180 389 475 #150 17s. #75 8s. 6d./ (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Paid Woodfall, printer part of his bill for last season #52 12s. Paid Servandoni #10 10s., and Price (a Smith) for work at lif #9 5s. (Account Books, Egerton 2268)

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Havard.
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Silvia Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Event Comment: HHussey's Great Theatrical Booth in the George Inn Yard. 12 p.m. Prices 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. [Notice repeated 24, 25, 26 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane The Great In Which Will Be Interspersd The Humourous Scenes Of A Wife Well Managd

Entertainment: Equilibres on the Slack Rope-Mahomet Acmed Vizaro Mussulmo, just arrived from Constantinople

Song: Batt Platt

Music: Grand Band of Music

Event Comment: CChettle's Great Theatrical Booth, opposite Greyhound Inn. To begin at 12 o'clock. Prices 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. Italian Fireworks. [Notice repeated 24, 25, 26 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bf Miss In Her Teens

Afterpiece Title: Frolicksome Lasses or Harlequin Fortune Teller

Song:

Dance: NNew Hornpipe-Chettle

Music: A Grand Band of Musick

Event Comment: LLee, Yeates and Warner's Booth. A droll...The Cloaths, Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations entirely new, and according to the Taste of the Ancient Greeks. Prices 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. To begin at twelve Noon. [Notice repeated 24, 25, 26 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Troy

Song:

Dance:

Music: Grand Band of Music

Event Comment: At the Tiled Booth, Black heath. Lee and Yeates will perform a Droll, During the Time of the Fair. This Droll was performed at Bartholomew Fair and Southwark Fair with Universal Applause. The Machinery is inexpressibly Fine, especially the Temple Scene and the Burning of Troyv (Daily Advertiser). [Prices as 9 Sept. Notice repeated 29, 30 Sept., 1, 2 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Troy

Event Comment: A Concert, etc. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 2s. A New Farce of Three acts. 12 p.m. Tickets deliver'd out for 31 March will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyclopedia

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

Afterpiece Title: The Poet Buskin will give Chocolate

Event Comment: A Concert, etc. Mainpiece: writ by E. Young, LLD. Benefit for a great Sufferer in Trade. Prices: 3s., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar Comic Scenes

Song: Corbet; V: The Power of Gold- a song from the Fool in the Gazetteer, set by a Gentleman, and never performed before

Event Comment: Benefit for Stevens, a bookseller. A Concert, etc. Prices: 3s., 2s., 1s. To begin at 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: At Hussey's Great Theatrical Booth facing the Hospital Gate. A new Droll...during the short time of the Fair. Prices: 2s., 1s., 6d. [Notice repeated 25, 26, 27 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Quaker Or The Humours Of Wapping

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Frolicks or The Rambles of Covent Garden

Song:

Dance: tween acts: Cunningham, Master Mattocks, Master Harrison, Mme Dominique; Foote's Vagaries-Master Harrison, Mme Dominique; Italian Fireworks-

Event Comment: At the Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. Benefit for Yeates, Jun will be perform'd a Comedy. Prices: #2s., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. Tickets delivered out by Daniel and Sturgess will be taken. This is the last Time of performing there this Season. [No concert formula.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, at Mr Bradley's, Distiller, in Old Gravel Lane, Wapping. A Concert, etc. Prices: 2s., 1s. To begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmasked

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Karver. A Concert, etc. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d. To begin at 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: Particularly by Desire Women and Wine-Miss Karver who sang some years ago at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane; since at Mr Foote's Theatre in the Haymarket

Event Comment: By Particular desire at the New Wells, Shepherd's Market, Mayfair. A Concert, etc. Prices: 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Event Comment: Benefit for a Family under Misfortune, a Concert, etc. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d. To begin at six o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: A Concert, etc. Benefit for a Family under great Necessity. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d. [Announced for 21 and 24 Jan., but postponed because of damage to the theatre until a nobleman paid for some repairs. See Daily Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Event Comment: At the Old Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Benefit for Adams and Daniel. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses Or Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Columbine Courtezan

Event Comment: A concert, etc. Benefit for a Person under Misfortune. By Desire of several Persons of Distinction. To begin at six o'clock. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: A Country Dance-

Event Comment: [M$Macklin apparently gave this lecture four times and advertised a fifth as follows]: @W 1 March 1749, at the Black Bull, Pudding Lane, 7 p.m., 1s.@F 3 March, Globe Tavern, Fleet St. (The Subsequent Lectures will conclude with a Rehearsal of some favourite Scenes taken from the Plays therein treated of.)@M 6 March, James St. at twelve o'clock.@W 8 March, Queens Arms, Spittlefields, at seven o'clock.@M 13 March, James St. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s. "it is no Joke" at half past twelve.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dramatic Lecture

Event Comment: At the Desire of the Loyal Regiment of Hungarian Volunteers, For the Benefit of a Brother Volunteer, M'Kenna, and Daniel. A concert, etc. Prices: 3s., 2s., 1s. (General Advertiser, 25 March)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Event Comment: A Concert, etc. Prices: 3s., 2s., 1s. To begin at five o'clock. Benefit Mr Davies, Printer, with a large family in distress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: Benefit of a Citizen of London. Prices: 3s., 2s., 1s. A Concert, etc. By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Frederick Shlagel, who on the 4th instant had the misfortune to have his House broke open and robb'd. Prices: 5s., 2s. 6d. To begin at 7 p.m. (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert Of Musick

Event Comment: Benefit Sir Gregory Gazette and his Son Tim, viz. Messrs. Shuter and Costollo. To begin exactly half an hour after six. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Knights

Afterpiece Title: The Auction