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1552 results for: Keyword - Nathaniel Lee
We found 843 matches on Performance Comments, 607 matches on Author, 231 matches on Event Comments, 31 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

476
02 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Entertainment: End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Quick

Dance: After Entertainment: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

477
22 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Lee Lewes; Old Wilding-Fearon; Sir James Eliot-Davies; Papillion-Quick; Miss Godfrey-Mrs Whitefield; Kitty-Miss Pearce; Miss Grantham-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Lee Lewes

Dance: III: The Vintage Festival, as17741007; End: The Frolick, as17741214; End II Afterpiece: A Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley

478
15 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Cast
Role: Justice Credulous Actor: Lee Lewes

Dance: III: A Minuet-King, Miss Brown

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue-Miss Brown, Mrs Baker, Reinhold, Mattocks; Dances-Aldridge

479
13 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: True-Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Poney Races, as17780421

Song: As17780511

480
23 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: True-Blue

Afterpiece Title: Comus

481
24 November 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Cast
Role: Razor Actor: Lee Lewes

Song: Principal Vocal Parts-Davies, Mrs Morton, Miss Morris. [The music by Purcell.

482
12 January 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Junius Brutus

Related Works
Related Work: Lucius Junius Brutus, Father of His Country Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Junius Brutus Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: The Patriot, or The Italian Conspiracy Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Dance: End of Act I Divertisement Dance, as17811117; End of Act II Le Triomphe de l'Amour Conjugal, as17820110

483
31 January 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Junius Brutus

Related Works
Related Work: Lucius Junius Brutus, Father of His Country Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Junius Brutus Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: The Patriot, or The Italian Conspiracy Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Dance: End of Act I Divertisement Dance, as17811117, but omitted: Gardel; End of Act II Les Petits Riens, as17811211, but omitted: Gardel, Mme Simonet

484
26 February 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Junius Brutus

Related Works
Related Work: Lucius Junius Brutus, Father of His Country Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Junius Brutus Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: The Patriot, or The Italian Conspiracy Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement Dance, as17820216; End of Act II Rinaldo and Armida, as17820223

485
23 February 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Song: In mainpiece Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett; Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Bannister

486
23 February 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Song: End: The Noon Tide Airfrom Comus-Mrs Farrer; The Soldier tired of War's Alarms-Mrs Nathan

Entertainment: Monologue. After Singing: A Monody on the Death of the late Mr Henderson (2nd time)-Baker

487
20 January 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Dignum, Sedgwick, Cooke, Wentworth, Maddocks, Welsh, Grimaldi, Evans, J. Fisher, Gregson, Tett, Mrs Butler, Mrs Maddocks, Mrs Granger, Mrs Roffey, Mrs Gawdry, Mrs Benson, Mrs Menage

488
21 January 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Song: As17970120

489
23 January 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Song: As17970120

490
26 January 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Song: As17970120

491
28 January 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Related Works
Related Work: Theodosius; or, The Force of Love Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Song: As17970120

492
14 October 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee
Related Work: Alexander Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Pillar

Dance: As17991007

Song: In afterpiece: As17991011

493
10 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Lee Lewes's 1st recorded appearance as Falstaff was at Manchester, 19 Dec. 1777. Miss Farren's 1st appearance as Mrs Ford was at the HAY, 24 Aug. 1781.] Receipts: #277 2s. (273/15; 3/2; ticket not come in: 0/5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Mr Ford-Smith; Sir Hugh Evans-Parsons; Dr Caius-Baddeley; Mr Page-Packer; Host of the Garter-Moody; Justice Shallow-Waldron; Fenton-Phillimore; Simple-Burton; Bardolph-Wright; Pistol-Alfred; Nym-Wilson; Slender-Dodd; Falstaff-[Lee] Lewes (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Mrs Page-Miss Pope; Ann Page-Miss Wheeler; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Hopkins; Mrs Ford-Miss Farren(1st appearance in that character [at this theatre]) .at this theatre]) .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

494
16 July 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Extra night] Benefit for Lee Lewes. [Mrs Saunders is identified in Diary, 19 Nov. 1790.] Receipts: none listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Impostor

Performance Comment: Don Manuel-Waldron; Don Philip-Benson; Octavio-Bland; Soto-Rock; Trappanti-Lee Lewes; Flora-Mrs Collins; Rosa-Mrs Rock; Viletta-Mrs Lee Lewes; Hyppolita-A Young Lady (1st appearance in London [Mrs Saunders]).Mrs Saunders]).
Cast
Role: Trappanti Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Viletta Actor: Mrs Lee Lewes

Afterpiece Title: A Merry Sketch of Folly and Fashion

Performance Comment: Lee Lewes. In which will be exhibited Characters and Caricatures, many of them entirely new, and others selcted from Subjects of the most approved Wit and Humour. Two very astonishing figures will be introduced, of the late King of Prussia, and his General Ziethen; also the Propagation of a Lie, in Characters as large as life, with several whimsical Paintings in Transparency. The whole prepared for the East Indies, at a prodigious expense. The above two figures cost at Berlin 275 guineas.

495
06 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Lee is identified in Monthly Mirror, June 1799, p. 366.] Receipts: #176 13s. 6d. (171.3.0; 5.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance [Lee]); King Henry-Murray; Buckingham-Clarke; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Mansel; Prince Edward-Miss Sims; Duke of York-Miss Gilbert; Lieutenant-Waddy; Catesby-Claremont; Ratcliffe-Klanert; Lord Mayor-Thompson; Terrel-Abbot; Norfolk-Davenport; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Mrs Litchfield; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Miss Chapman.

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak

496
07 March 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain, and also under the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and the Duke of Clarence. Benefit for Lee Lewes. The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Lee Lewes, at Mr Brough's, No. 18, Portland-street, Soho. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by James Fennell. Larpent MS 924; not published. Synopsis of plot in Morning Post, 8 Mar.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lee Lewes; Sir Francis Gripe-Wewitzer; Sir Jealous Traffic-Frost; Whisper-Gull; Charles-Everard; Sir George Airy-Fennell; Patch-Mrs Lee Lewes; Isabinda-Mrs Day; Miranda-Miss Atherton (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Marplot Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Lee Lewes

Afterpiece Title: The Advertisement; or, A New Way to Get a Husband

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Lee Lewes, Wewitzer, Fennell, Mrs Lee Lewes, Mrs Day, Mrs Everard, Miss Brown; Larpent MS lists the parts: Alderman Goslin, Young Goslin, Harry, Thomas, Peruque, Mrs O'Trigger-Mrs Lee Lewes (Oracle, 8 Mar.) Mrs Courtney, Kitty, Mrs Snip, Betty.
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Lee Lewes, Wewitzer, Fennell, Mrs Lee Lewes, Mrs Day, Mrs Everard, Miss Brown
Role: Mrs O'Trigger Actor: Mrs Lee Lewes

Entertainment: MonologuesEnd IV: The late King of Prussia and General Ziethen-Lee Lewes; End: A Whimsical Dissertation upon Law-Lee Lewes

497
12 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time in London; co 3, 1st acted at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 30 Jan. 1784. MS: Larpent 703, not published]: Written by [Robert] Jephson [with lyrics by Sir Nathaniel Barry (Larpent MS). In 1787 abridged by John O'Keeffe as Love and War]. With new Scenes and Decorations. A new Overture by the celebrated Haydn. The Airs by David Rizzio, [J. C] Bach, Paisiello, Duni, Carolan, Shield and Tenducci [i.e. "The Music partly compiled by Tenducci; the new Airs composed by Shield" (notice on playbill of 11 May)]. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [Afterpiece in place of The Lying Valet, announced on playbill of 11 May.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaign; Or, Love In The East Indies

Related Works
Related Work: The Campaign; or, Love in the East Indies Author(s): Sir Nathaniel Barry

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: As17841116

498
27 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lee Lewes. Doors open half past 5. To begin at half past 6 o'clock. Afterpiece: Never performed there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Lewis; Tattle-Woodward; Scnadal-Hull; Jeremy-Lee Lewes; Sir Sampson-Dunstall; Foresight-Quick; Trapland-Cushing; Ben (with song)-Wilson; Mrs Frail-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Prue-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Foresight-Miss Ambrose; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Angelica-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Jeremy Actor: Lee Lewes

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: Thomas(to be imitated after the manner of Weston)-A Young Gentleman, first appearance on any stage; Whittle-Wilson; Kecksey-Lee Lewes; Sir Patrick-Mahon; Bates-Fearon; Nephew-Young; Widow Brady (with an Epilogue Song)-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Kecksey Actor: Lee Lewes

Monologue: Interlude. Taken from The Register Office. End of Play, By Particular Desire and for that night only. The New Character-Mrs Gardener , her first appearance here these 2 years; Melpomene-Miss Francis

Entertainment: After Interlude: Epilogue-Lee Lewes in the character of Harlequin (Written by late Dr Goldsmith) which will conclude with an escape thro' the Tub, as in the Pantomime of Mother Shipton

Dance: End Epilogue: The Merry Sailors, as17760314

499
30 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Cast
Role: Fag Actor: Lee Lewes
Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great Author(s): Nathaniel Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Performance Comment: Foppington-Woodward; Young Fashion-Lee Lewes; Sir John Friendly-Young; Bull-Booth; Lory-Cushing; Coupler-Thompson; Porter-Fearon; Shoemaker-Jones; La Varole-Wewitzer; Taylor-Bates; Mendlegs-Ledger; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy-Wilson; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Sempstress-Mrs White; Miss Hoyden (with a Song)-Mrs Wilson , first appearance that stage.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Lee Lewes
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Quality Author(s): John Lee

Dance: End: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

500
23 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Performance Comment: Woodville-Lewis; Lord Glenmore-Aickin; CG Grey-Hull; Vane-Lee Lewes; Governor Harcourt-Fearon; Captain Harcourt-Whitfield; Jacob-Edwin; Cecilia-Miss Satchell; Miss Mortimer-Mrs Inchbald; Warner-Mrs Davenett; Bridget-Mrs Wilson .
Cast
Role: Vane Actor: Lee Lewes
Related Works
Related Work: The Chapter of Accidents Author(s): Sophia Lee

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Song: End of mainpiece Four and Twenty Fidlers all on a Row by Edwin

Monologue: 1782 04 23 After the song A Prologue on Everybody, to be spoken by Somebody in the Character of No-body