Toggle Sphinx Query
SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "New Theatre in the Hay Market"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "New Theatre in the Hay Market")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

Result Options

Download:
JSON XML CSV

Search Filters

Event

Date Range
Start
End

Performance

?
Filter by Performance Type










Cast

?
+
+

Keyword

?
New Search
8519 results for: Keyword - New Theatre in the Hay-Market
We found 5014 matches on Event Comments, 2829 matches on Performance Title, 1764 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

801
12 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: N.B. That the Ladies and Gentlemen may not be detained at the Theatre while Tickets are given them, they are desir'd to send for them to Mr Arne's House in Craven Buildings near Drury Lane, Number 17, or to Mr Bradshaw, Box-Keeper, at the Kings Arms in Great Russel St., where tickets may be had, and places taken. Boxes 6s. Pit 4s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d. Ladies are desir'd to send their servants to keep places by Four o'clock. NB: Mr Arne humbly hopes the Town will not be offended at this small advance of Prices, being at an extraordinary expence for copying all the Music, building the stage, additional instrumental performers, chorus singers, and erecting an Organ. [The attendance apparently was heavy. See note to repeated performance on 19 March.] Mainpiece: Written by Dryden and set to Music by Handel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Performance Comment: Written by Congreve, New Set by Mr Arne; Paris-Beard; Mercury-Lowe; Venus-Mrs Arne; Pallas-Mrs Clive; Juno-Mrs Edwards.
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

802
15 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pritchard. Servants will be admitted to keep Places on the stage, which for the better accommodation of the Ladies will be form'd into side boxes. Tickets and places to be had at Mrs Pritchard's, at the Blue Door in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields, or of Hobson at the stage door. Numbers of Counterfeit tickets on Benefit nights, having lately been sold in the passages leading to the Theatre, 'tis desired no Persons will buy any there, Care being taken to prevent all tickets so bought from being admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430303 but Kitty Pry-Mrs Pritchard; Sharp-Yates; a New Epilogue-_.

Song: II: Beard; IV: The Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: III: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129

803
06 February 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A Concert of Musick, after which will be acted Gratis the Tragedy. The Character of Othello will be new dress'd after the Custom of his Country. No Money will be taken at the Doors, nor any Person admitted but by printed Tickets, which will be deliver'd by Mr Macklin, at his House in Bow St., Covent Garden. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Iago-Macklin [see puff in Daily Advertiser, 23 Feb.]; Othello-a young Gentleman, first time any stage [Foote]; Montano-York [Hogan, Shakespeare in the Theatre, I, 367]; Lodovico-Hill [Genest, IV, 76].Genest, IV, 76].
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: a young Gentleman, first time any stage

804
12 June 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The New Theatre in the Haymarket will be open'd next Week, for the Summer Season, with the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark....The Company have several old Plays in Rehearsal which they intend to revive, and entertain the Town with twice a Week. Particular Care will be taken to have the House made cool and commodious

Performances

805
28 February 1745 @ Shepherd's Market, Mayfair

Event Comment: At the New Theatre. Benefit George. 2s., 1s. 6d., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

806
02 March 1745 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: We hear, that the company of Dutch/Children that are to perform to Tuesday next at the new theatre in the Haymarket, joyn'd with English, German, and Italian amount to above 25, and most of them excel either in Vocal or Instrumental Musick, Dancing Exercises, and playing of Pantomimes

Performances

807
02 March 1745 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Company of Children that are to perform next Tuesday at the New Theatre in the Haymarket, we hear excel anything of that sort ever seen here, for their great abilities in all sorts of exercises, Dancing, Music and Pantomimes, and are to perform but a few nights, they being oblig'd to return before Easter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'incostanza Deluza

808
01 April 1745 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Two Misses Scott. Pit and Boxes to be put together, 5s. Gallery 3s. To begin at half an hour after Six. No persons to be admitted but by printed tickets, which may be had of the two Misses Scott, at Mr Hind's, painter in Silver St., near Golden Square, and at the theatre where places may be taken. Several of the principal performers being engag'd for tomorrow night, the Misses Scott are oblig'd to take this night for their benefit, and humbly hope the Gentlemen and Ladies who intend them the honour of their company will excuse it, and the same tickets will be admitted. Note tickets deliver'd out for the Castle Tavern in Paternoster Row for the 14th of January will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Performance Comment: Vocal parts-Sg Palma, Sullivan; The favorite songs in the last New Opera, call'd L'Incostanza Deluza-the two Misses Scott; The Instrumental parts-the best masters; particularly a solo on the Violin-Sg Pasquali; a concerto on the Violincello-Sg Pasquali Jr.
Cast
Role: call'd L'Incostanza Deluza Actor: the two Misses Scott
Role: The Instrumental parts Actor: the best masters
Role: particularly a solo on the Violin Actor: Sg Pasquali
Role: a concerto on the Violincello Actor: Sg Pasquali Jr.

809
07 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Woodward. Mainpiece: An Historical Play, never acted there before [see 20 March 1738]. At the Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. As written by Shakespear. Containing the wars of Cymbeline with the Romansr, in the reign of Augustus Caesar; the various distresses and Adventures of Imogen the King's Daughter; the noble repulse the Romans met with, on their invading Britain; their defeat, and many other historical passages. Ladies are desired to send their servants early to prevent mistakes. To be Lett, and enter'd upon on Monday next, the 7th instant Commodious Places in the Front and Upper Boxes...for the excellent reviv'd play of Shakespear... For further Particulars enquire of Mr Woodward, at his house near the theatre [in advance bills]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline, King Of Britain

Performance Comment: Cymbeline-Cashell; Posthumus-Ryan; Jachimo-Hale; Bellarius-Johnson; Guiderius-Woodward; Arviragus (with the dirge set new by Mr Boyce)-Beard; Cloten-Chapman; Cornelius-Rosco; Pisanio-Bridgwater; Caius Lucius-Ridout; Philario-Anderson; Roman Captain-Bencraft; English Lord-Carr; French Gentleman-Hayman; Queen-Mrs James; Helena-Mrs Bland; Imogen-Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17460311 but Aerial Spirits-Mathews, Miss Vandersluys; Pluto-_; Rector-_; Neptune-_; Pan-_; Hercules-_; Apollo-_; Mars-_; Italian Peasants-_.
Cast
Role: Aerial Spirits Actor: Mathews, Miss Vandersluys
Role: a Ballet call'd the Italian Peasants Actor: .

Dance: BBird Catchers-Cooke, Sga Campioni

810
16 October 1746 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the New Theatre. 7 p.m. Boxes 2s. Pit 1s. Gallery 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

811
20 October 1746 @ Southwark

Event Comment: 1 At the New Theatre. Benefit Paget. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Related Works
Related Work: The Humours of Sir John Falstaff, Justice Shallow, and Ancient Pistol Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Afterpiece Title: 1 The Lying Valet

Song: 1 Cunningham

Dance: 1 Phillips

812
27 October 1746 @ Southwark

Event Comment: Benefit Costollo. At the New Theatre. 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: Russian Sailor-Phillips; V: Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Song: I: The Answer to the Fly-Cunningham; III: In Praise of their Wives-Master Butcher; IV: The Irish Trot-Costollo

813
16 February 1747 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: At the New Theatre. [This phrasing now used for the rest of the season.] Benefit Goodfellow. At the Particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. Note, It will be Moonlight. Prices 3s., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: III: Scotch Dance-Mr Miles, Mrs Miles; IV: Master Morgan, Miss Baker; V: Comic Dance-Mr Miles, Mrs Miles

Song: II: Brett

814
27 April 1747 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the New Theatre. Benefit Phillips

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: Phillips

815
04 May 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Simpson, Gray (Constable), Plummer (Box Keeper) (General Advertiser). Gray begs the Favour of those Gentlemen and Ladies that intend to honou him with their Company, to be at the Theatre by Four o'clock, that he may be able to accommodate them with good Places. [Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

Performance Comment: As17470303 but Steward-Simpson (General Advertiser); New Epilogue in Man's clothes-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: III: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: V: A Preamble on the Kettle-drums-Jo Woodbridge

816
22 September 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: PPrologue omitted. Garrick ill [Genest, IV, 232). We hear the Celebrated Old Comedy call'd Abumazar [sic] from which Johnson is suppos'd to have taken his Alchymist, is now reviving at Drury Lane Theatre, and will be acted some day next week (General Advertiser). Receipts: #160 (Cross); #146 3s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Barry; King-Sparks; Ghost-Delane; Horatio-Havard; Polonius-Taswell; Laertes-Blakes; Ostrick-Neale; Lucianus-Yates; Rosencraus-Simpson; Guildenstern-Usher; Gravediggers-Macklin, Ray; Marcellus-Bransby; Bernardo-Marr; Player King-Winstone; Player Queen-Mrs Yates; Queen-Mrs Bennet; Ophelia-Mrs Clive; New Occasional Epilogue-Mrs Woffington (By Particular Desire).
Cast
Role: New Occasional Epilogue Actor: Mrs Woffington

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

817
24 September 1747 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green. Benefit for Morrill (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Trick upon Trick; or, Harlequin Statue

Dance: SScaramouch Dance-Phillips

818
19 January 1748 @ Southwark

Event Comment: A concert, etc. at the new Theatre, Bowling Green. Benefit for Phillips (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song:

Dance:

819
01 August 1748 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. Benefit for Mr and Mrs Phillips. A Concert, etc. To begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Phillips

820
10 October 1748 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Benefit for Goodman. To begin at 7 p.m. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: MMad Tom-Platt

821
12 October 1748 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Benefit for a Person under very great Misfortunes (a blind man, initials A. M., now six years in prison). To begin (by particular Desire) at 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

822
24 October 1748 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A Concert, etc. Benefit for Mrs Morgan. Never acted there. Being positively the last Night of Acting in the Borough (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Music: solo on the violin called Ellen@a@Roon-Santhilla first Time of performing in Public

Song: V: Roratorio@or a Medley of the Cries of Dublin-Morgan

Dance: A Hornpipe-a Gentleman for his diversion

823
16 November 1748 @ The New Theatre, Mr Bradley's Distiller, Old Gravel Lane, Wapping

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

824
03 July 1749 @ James Street

Event Comment: Benefit for Charles James Gaylard. A Concert, etc. at the New Theatre, James St. Prices: 3s., 2s., 1s. (Daily Advertiser).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

825
23 August 1749 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At Phillips's Great Theatrical Booth opposite Cow Lane. With the surprising performances of an Englishman and a Citizen of London [Lort] who performs all the Equilibres on the Slack Rope that were performed by the muchfamed Turk. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. To begin at Twelve. [Time and prices the same at all booths.] Afterpiece: With the Escape of Harlequin into a Glass Bottle, also the last new additional Scene of Sig Jumpedo Jumping Down his own Throat. [An unhappy evening, for "last night the gallery of Phillips' booth fell down, with a great number of people in it, by which accident several persons were hurt, and some dangerously. This misfortune could be owing to nothing but the carelessness of the workmen, who upon such occasions deserve to be severely punished" (General Advertiser, 24 Aug.). The Daily Advertiser noted that Mr Stringellow, a goldsmith, in Aldersgate St., and Thomas Hodges, a journeyman-plaisterer in Golden Lane, were killed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bruodin; Duke-Platt; Anthonio-Reynolds; Ferdinand-Walker; Gonzalo-Hall; Ventoso-Smith; Stephano-Massey; Mustachio-Green; Caliban-Machen; Sycorax-Mrs Miller; Trincalo-Morgan; Miranda-Mrs Sandum; Ariel-Miss Platt; Hippolita-Mrs Morgan; Dorinda-Mrs Laguerre (Hogan), but Mrs Phillips from the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden (Daily Advertiser).

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Mordecai the Jew-Massey; Maid-Miss Berry; Colombine-Mrs Phillips.
Cast
Role: Mordecai the Jew Actor: Massey
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber