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27964 results for: Keyword - Mrs William Mills
We found 23725 matches on Performance Comments, 11039 matches on Author, 4681 matches on Event Comments, 4471 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4576
26 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces The Rivals, but "Bannister Jun. ill prevented The Rivals" (Kemble Mem., which lists the substitute play). "At Drury Lane. Saw Twelfth Night" (Reed, Diaries, 176). As afterpiece the playbill announces No Song No Supper, in which Bannister Jun. had a part. Kemble Mem. lists the substitute play. "Prologue, Mrs Jordan" (Reed, 176).] Receipts: #191 15s. 6d. (148.16.0; 37.17.6; 5.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: The Spoild Child

Cast
Role: Little Pickle Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Miss Pickle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Edwards

4577
07 March 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the playbill announces The Romp, but "Mrs Jordan ill" (Kemble Mem., which lists the substitute play).] Receipts: #245 4s. 6d. (202.8.0; 41.9.6; 1.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Lady Sneerwell Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Mrs candour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Heard.

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Related Works
Related Work: The Deaf Lover Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Device; or, The Deaf Doctor Author(s): William Shield

4578
24 February 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Powell: Miss Davies, Mrs Bramwell, G. D'Egville, Caulfield absent [from afterpiece], all Ill [their substitutes are not listed]; Miss Leak, Messrs Annereau, Bardoleau, Dorion Sen., Horsfall absent from the chorus. Receipts: #254 17s. (177.10; 73.7; 4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Lovers Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Cast
Role: Attendant Females Actor: Mrs Brigg, Miss +Wheatley.
Role: Thalestris Actor: Mrs Fialon
Role: Amazons Actor: Miss Collins, Miss Heard, Miss D'Egville, Miss Redhead, Miss Stageldoir, Miss Stuart, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Bramwell
Role: Sysigambis Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Parisatis Actor: Mrs Hedges
Role: Artemisia Actor: Mrs Butler

4579
15 February 1662 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Against Lovers

Performance Comment: [Altered from William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing by Sir William Davenant.] Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 26) and the edition of 1673 have no actors' names. But see16610218@2.
Related Works
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare

4580
18 April 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Williams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Horatio Actor: Mills
Role: Laertes Actor: Williams
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Booth.
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: WWhitson Holiday-Boval, Miss Tenoe; Polonese-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

4581
21 January 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17300109, but Guildenstern-_; 2d Gravedigger-R. Williams.
Cast
Role: 2d Gravedigger Actor: R. Williams.
Role: Laertes Actor: W. Williams
Role: Guildenstern Actor: R. Williams
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Haughton
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Giffard.
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: Miss Thornowets

4582
14 May 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17300420 but Hamlet-Giffard; Polonius-Collet; Ostrick-Bardin; 2d Gravedigger-R. Williams.
Cast
Role: 2d Gravedigger Actor: R. Williams.
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: Miss Thornowets

4583
18 November 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17300925, but Ghost-Rosco; Laertes-Barden; Rosencraus-R. Williams.
Cast
Role: Rosencraus Actor: R. Williams.
Role: Gravediggers Actor: Penkethman, R. Williams
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Haughton.
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

4584
25 November 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17301019, but Lodovico-R. Williams.
Cast
Role: Lodovico Actor: R. Williams.
Role: Cassio Actor: W. Williams
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Haughton.
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

4585
18 December 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17301118, but Rosencraus-_; Gravediggers-Morgan, R. Williams.
Cast
Role: Gravediggers Actor: Morgan, R. Williams.
Role: Rosencraus Actor: R. Williams.
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Haughton.
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Clown

4586
26 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island

Performance Comment: Prospero-Roberts; Hypolita-Miss Williams; Trincalo-Miller; Caliban-Johnson; Dorinda-Miss Raftor; Ariel-Miss Robinson (in Daily Post, 25 Dec.; Daily Post; 26 Dec., missing). Daily Post; 26 Dec., missing).
Cast
Role: Hypolita Actor: Miss Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Performance Comment: As17321222, but Tritons-Lally Jr, Tench, Charke, Davenport; Syrens-Mrs Walter, Mrs DeLorme, Miss Mears, Miss Mann; Mandarin Gormogons-Cox, Charke, Lally Jr, Tench; Chinese Guards-Jones, Wright, Grey, Burnet; Gardeners and Wives-Lally, Tench, Miss Mears, Miss Mann.
Cast
Role: Syrens Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs DeLorme, Miss Mears, Miss Mann
Role: Aurora Actor: Miss Williams
Role: Deities of Pleasure Actor: Essex, Mrs Booth
Role: Amphitrite Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Walter

4587
16 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: by Shakespear. Receipts: #90 7s. (Account Book); #90 (Rylands MS.). [For a discussion of this performacne, see a letter by William Shenstone, 21 Jan., in Letters of William Shenstone, p. 16.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Followers of Eurydice Actor: French Girl, Miss Oates, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Ozanne
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mrs Mannerly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Lasses Actor: Miss Oates, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve
Role: Villagers Actor: Waltz, Perry, Thompson, Roberts, Smith, Davies, Brett, Mrs Wright, Mrs Chambers, Miss Davies.

4588
06 February 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By particular Desire. Written by Shakespear. [In a letter dated 6 Feb., Shenstone discusses recent plays he has seen. See Letters of William Shenstone, pp. 17-18.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Duke Sr Actor: Mills
Role: William Actor: Ray
Role: Audry Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Rosalind Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: LLes Jardiniers Suedois, as17401229; Les Matelotes-Fausan, Signora Fausan

4589
03 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17411016, but Amiens-Roberts; Touchstone-Woodward; LeBeau-_; Jaques de Bois-_; Corin-_; Charles-_; William-_; Audrey-_.
Cast
Role: Phebe Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: William Actor: Vaughan
Role: Celia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Rosalind Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Amazons Actor: Mrs James, Mlle Renos, Mlle Moudet, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Wright, Mrs LeFont, Mrs Villeneuve
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby

4590
16 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17411015, but Charles-_; William-_.
Cast
Role: Duke Senior Actor: Mills
Role: William Actor: Ray
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Celia Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Rosalind Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: as originally, Actor: Lowe, Mrs Clive.
Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Cast
Role: Haymakers Actor: Barclay, Gray, Green, Miss Story, Mrs Rayner, Miss Jackson
Role: Ending with a Grand Ballet Actor: Desse, Leviez, Miss Story, Mrs Rayner.

Dance: I: The French Peasants-the Mechels; III: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; IV: Les Matelotes, as17411208

Song: II: Happy Pair-Beard

4591
20 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17420408 but William-Raftor; Corin-Arthur; Amiens-Beard; Charles-_.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Raftor
Role: Orlando Actor: Mills
Role: Duke Senior Actor: Mills
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Celia Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Rosalind Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: as originally, Actor: Lowe, Mrs Clive.
Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Haycock Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Tawdry Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: I: A Concerto, as17420105; IV: Le Boufon, as17420325

4592
17 December 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17441013, but Tybalt-Williams; Balthasar-Miss Charke; Page-Miss Thomson; with a prologue on Somebody-Nobody; Epilogue-Miss Cibber.
Cast
Role: Tybalt Actor: Williams
Role: Balthazar Actor: Mrs Clark
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs George
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Hill.
Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

4593
30 November 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: As17501129, but Williams-Bransby; Gower-Anderson; Chorus-Ryan; Bp. of Ely-_; Cambridge-_.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Bransby
Role: Queen of France Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Macklin
Related Works
Related Work: Henry V Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

4594
13 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17550218, but Adam-Davies; Le Beau-_; William-_; Charles-_; Audrey-_.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Phebe Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: William Actor: Vaughan
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Walker

4595
24 November 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: As17571105, but Macmorris-_; Williams (English Soldier)-Barrington; Jamy-Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Barrington
Role: Isabel Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Catharine Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Related Works
Related Work: Henry V Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

4596
25 April 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: As17590201, but Burgundy-Bennet; Gloster-_; Bedford-_; Salisbury-_; Westmoreland-_; Bishop of Ely-_; Scroop-_; Gower-_; Bardolph-_; Williams-_.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Barrington
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Dyer
Related Works
Related Work: Henry V Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Cast
Role: Fine Lady Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: III: (By Desire) a Ball Dance call'd La Mariee-Lalauze, Miss Toogood; concluding with: a Minuet-Lalauze, Miss Toogood, his Daughter, a Child between 5 and 6 years of age, her 1st appearance on any stage; IV: Fingalian Dance-Miss Toogood; End: The Threshers, as17581016

4597
22 November 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: As17681104, but MacMorris-Fox; Williams-Barrington.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Barrington.
Role: Isabel Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Related Works
Related Work: Henry V Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Coronation

4598
28 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17750124, but Oliver-L'Estrange; LeBeau-_; Sylvius-_; Corin-_; Charles-_; William-_; Phoebe-_; Audrey-_.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Rosalind Actor: Mrs Barry
Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Dance: I: The Frolick, as17741214

Entertainment: End Act III: The Cries of London-Shuter; End: an Epilogue, riding on an Ass-Shuter; After the Farce: (by Particular Desire) Observations in his Post Haste Journey to Paris-Shuter (playbill)

4599
20 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17741019, but Orlando-Brereton; William-Burton.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Burton.
Role: Celia Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Audry Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: and a Song Actor: Mrs Scott.
Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performance Comment: Honeycomb-Waldron; Mrs Honeycomb-Mrs Johnston; Nurse-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Miss Pope; Scribble-Dodd; Ledger-Bransby.
Cast
Role: Mrs Honeycomb Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: I: The Pirates, as17750422

4600
13 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Fearon
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Wilson.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: As17750807, but Harry-Williams.
Cast
Role: Harry Actor: Williams.
Role: Mrs Grub Actor: Mrs Gardner.
Related Works
Related Work: Cross Purposes Author(s): William O'Brien

Dance: The Haymakers-