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22301 results for: Keyword - Mrs Whitefield
We found 23333 matches on Performance Comments, 4255 matches on Event Comments, 4199 matches on Performance Title, 157 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

76
26 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Cast
Role: Arethusa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Galatea Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Bellario Actor: Mrs Melmoth

Afterpiece Title: No One's Enemy but His Own

Performance Comment: The Characters-Woodward, Shuter, Hull, Wroughton, Booth, Lee Lewes, Quick, Cushing, Mrs Lesingham, Miss Barsanti.
Cast
Role: The Characters Actor: Woodward, Shuter, Hull, Wroughton, Booth, Lee Lewes, Quick, Cushing, Mrs Lesingham, Miss Barsanti.

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; III: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge [See17731007]; End: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

77
16 November 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Borachio Actor: Whitefield
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Pallas Actor: Mrs Baker

78
17 November 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Hull

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Baker, others.
Role: Spirit Actor: Whitefield
Role: The Lady with the Song Sweet Echo Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Dance: III: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

79
26 November 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Albany Actor: Whitefield
Role: Regan Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Green

Dance: End: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

80
10 December 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Borachio Actor: Whitefield
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, DuBellamy, Fox, Mas. Loader, Mas. George, Miss Dayes, Mrs Baker, Mrs Ogilvie, Mrs Willems, Miss Brown, Pantomime Characters-Lee Lewes, Fearon, Banks, Cushing, Holingsworth, Thompson, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Whitefield, Mrs White, Miss Wilde
Role: Pantomime Characters Actor: Lee Lewes, Fearon, Banks, Cushing, Holingsworth, Thompson, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Whitefield, Mrs White, Miss Wilde
Role: The Dances Actor: Aldridge, Helm, Harris, Blurton, Miss Valois, Mrs Stephens, Mas. Holland, Mas. Scriver, Miss Armstrong, Daiguville, Sga Vidini
Role: Graces Actor: Mrs Baker, Mrs Ogilvie, Mrs Willems

81
20 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17750112, but Lucy-Miss Mattocks; Polly-a Young Lady; first appearance any stage. Mrs Slammekin-_.
Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Mrs _Whitefield, Miss Besford
Role: Pantomime Characters Actor: Mrs _Whitefield, Miss +Besford.

82
21 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17750420 but Mat-Fox; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Green.
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Mrs _Whitefield, Miss Besford
Role: Pantomime Characters Actor: Mrs _Whitefield, Miss +Besford.

83
11 August 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Lyar Actor: Whitefield
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Whitefield.

Dance: The Medley-

84
30 August 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Lyar Actor: Whitefield
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Whitefield.

Dance: Tambourine Dance-

85
06 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lame Lover

Cast
Role: Secret Actor: Whitefield
Role: Mrs Circuit Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Mrs Simpson Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Lyar Actor: Whitefield
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Whitefield.

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

86
12 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Colonel Actor: Whitefield
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Teresa Actor: Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: A Tambourine Dance-

87
15 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Mrs Cole Actor: Foote

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Lyar Actor: Whitefield
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Whitefield.

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

88
28 May 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Bankrupt

Performance Comment: As17760520, but new listing of Actors-Foote, Whitefield, Fearon, Aickin, R. Palmer, Griffith, Palmer, L'Estrange, Lloyd, Bannister, Stephens, Walters, Baddeley, Miss Sherry, Miss Ambrose, Miss Platt, Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: new listing of Actors Actor: Foote, Whitefield, Fearon, Aickin, R. Palmer, Griffith, Palmer, L'Estrange, Lloyd, Bannister, Stephens, Walters, Baddeley, Miss Sherry, Miss Ambrose, Miss Platt, Mrs Jewell.
Role: Lydia Actor: Mrs Jewell

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs W. Palmer
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Whitefield.

Dance: The Haymakers-

89
19 June 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cozeners

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Edwin (first time that stage), Aickin, Bannister, Griffith, Stephens, Parsons, Baddeley, Burton, Jackson, Miss Sherry, Miss Platt, Mrs Love, Mrs Jewell.

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs W. Palmer
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Whitefield.

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

90
23 August 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Capuchin

Cast
Role: Mrs Minnikin Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Mrs Clack Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Jenny Minnikin Actor: Mrs Jewell

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Whitefield.
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs W. Palmer

Dance: The Venetian Regatta-

91
12 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Brisk Actor: Whitefield
Role: Cynthia Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Lady Plyant Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Mrs Bundle Actor: Fearon
Role: Wilhelmina Actor: Mrs Jewell.

Dance: The Venetian Regatta-

92
09 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna; Or, The Double Elopement

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Robson, Quick, Wilson, Reinhold, Mahon, Wewitzer, Fox, Baker, Leoni, Miss Brown, Mrs Green, Mrs Mattocks. Cast from playbill of 29 Oct. 1777 and Genest, V, 515: Ferdinand-Robson; Isaac-Quick; Don Jerome-Wilson; Antonio-Reinhold; Father Paul-Mahon; Lopez-Wewitzer; Friars-Fox, Baker; Carlos-Leoni; Clara-Miss Brown; The Duenna-Mrs Green; Louisa-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Termagant Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Valois

93
29 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Mrs Trusty Actor: Mrs Willems.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Whitefield
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: As17761123

94
20 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Young Belmont Actor: Whitefield
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Tippet Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Marmalet Actor: Mrs Willems
Role: Tattle Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bulkley

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Cook Actor: Mrs White
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17761015

95
27 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Hull; Ferdinand-Mattocks; Stephano-Wilson; Trincalo-Quick; Caliban-Dunstall; Gonzalo-Fearon; Alonzo-L'Estrange; Sebastian-Robson; Antonio-Booth; Master-Thompson; Boatswain-Bates; Miranda-Miss Brown; Juno-Miss Dayes; Ceres-Miss Valois; Ariel-Mrs Farrell.
Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Mrs Farrell.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Dance: In: Aldridge, Miss Valois, others [the dance was composed by Aldridge (Morning Chronicle, 26 Nov. 1779), and danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances]; In afterpiece: as17761226

96
30 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Mrs Farrell.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Dance: As17761226

97
31 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Mrs Farrell.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Dance: As17761226

98
01 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Dance: End II: Mirth and Jollity, as17761015; In afterpiece: Rural Dance, as17761226

99
02 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Wrangle-Macklin; Frankly-Lewis; Granger-Mahon; Witling-Lee Lewes; Cook-Dunstall; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Green; Sophronia-Mrs Lessingham; Maid-Miss Ambrose; Charlotte-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lady Wrangle Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Sophronia Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Dance: IV: Minuet-Mahon, Miss Macklin; In afterpiece: as17761226

100
04 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Dance: As17761226