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8350 results for: Keyword - New Theatre in the Haymarket
We found 4951 matches on Event Comments, 2716 matches on Performance Title, 1711 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

7051
17 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Farce [By T. Cooke]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Eunuch; or, The Darby Captain

7052
18 May 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: A new Opera. [Text by A. Salvi. Music by Handel.] By His Majesty's Command, [Their Majesties expect to attend.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Berenice

7053
21 May 1737 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: a new Comic Interlude. [Apparently not published. Composer not known.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sabrina

Afterpiece Title: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

7054
24 May 1737 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera. [Composed by Egidio Duni Nepolitano.] 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demofoonte

7055
25 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson, Wright, Hobson. Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere. [Tickets for Gillibrand, Fulwood, Lee also taken.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law

Performance Comment: As17361112, but Agnes-Miss Wright, the first time of her appearing on the stage.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Wright, the first time of her appearing on the stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: As17370423 A new Prologue, Epilogue to the Farce, -Miss Wright.

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; II: Russian Sailor-Denoyer's@Prentice; III: Two Pierrots-Livier, Villeneuve; IV: Punch's Dance, as17370519; V: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve

7056
30 August 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Egerton 2320: Berry, Oats & Shepard discharg'd much noise in ye Pit for ye restoring of Oats. Griffin at Rotterdam, Jack Ray did his part. Milward's [?] a good one--the first night of Beard's playing--his success great. Receipts: #115. [For performances at the Fairs, see season of 1736-1737.] Daily Advertiser, 22 Aug.: The House [dl] is neatly decorated, and a very large Lobby prepar'd for the Servants that keep Places, with two Fire Places, Seats, near the Boxes, where a Person is to attend to call them, whe wanted by their Masters or Ladies. There is also a new Passage to the Pit, which will make it much more convenient for the Audience

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

7057
01 September 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway. At Common Prices. 6 p.m. N.B. There is a new Passage to the Pit.,. also a large Lobby for the Servants that keep Places. Receipts: #65. Egerton 2320: ye first night of Mr Right's appearance. Cato given out, but cou'd not be play'd, Mrs Cibber not being ready in Maria we cou'd play no Play but the Orphan Mrs Thurmond having left us

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Performance Comment: Orphan-Mrs Cibber; Castalio-Milward; Polydore-Mills; Chamont-Quin; Chaplain-Turbutt; Page-Miss Cole; Serina-Miss Holliday; Florella-Mrs Brett; Acasto-Wright, the first time of his appearance on that stage.
Cast
Role: Acasto Actor: Wright, the first time of his appearance on that stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Beard, the second time of his appearing on that stage in any speaking character; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pritchard; Jobson-Harper; Nell-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard, the second time of his appearing on that stage in any speaking character
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

7058
29 October 1737 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Salvi. Altered by Rolli.] Pit and Boxes together at half a guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. [Their Majesties present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsaces

7059
19 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. With New Habits, Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: All the Characters by Lilliputians. Burgomaster-Master Ferg; Harlequin-Master Holman; Boor Servant-Master Hamilton Jr; Scaramouch-Master Brooks Jr; Colombine-Miss Wright; Country Lads and Lasses, Tabor, and Pipe-Master Hamilton Sr, Master Brooks Sr, Master Harper, Master Case, Miss Cole, Miss Morrison, Miss Edwards; with The Shepherd's Mount-all the Characters (likewise performed by Lilliputians).
Cast
Role: with The Shepherd's Mount Actor: all the Characters
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald

7060
26 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: a new Dramatick Piece: Intermix'd with Songs in Character. [By James Miller.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: The Coffee House

Dance: V: Ballet, as17380120

7061
28 January 1738 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Giovanni Battist Pescetti.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Conquista Del Vello D'oro

7062
21 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 Feb.: Since my distant Relation Tomo Chachi was pleas'd, through your Means, to give his Reason for the Town's Condemnation of the Two first licensed Dramatick Performances since the new Act,-I desire to have his Opinion concerning the Fate of the Third-call'd Art and Nature:-I presume he cannot assign for Cause what he did before, for that this Piece did not receive the Indulgence of being heard at all....Adomo Tomo

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter; III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter

7063
23 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway. Afterpiece: A new Dramatick Piece of One Act: Being the Sequel to the King and the Miller of Mansfield. [By Robert Dodsley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Dance: V: Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Miss Thompson

7064
25 February 1738 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera. [Text possibly by Zeno. Music, a Handel pasticcio.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alessandro Severo

7065
14 March 1738 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Francis Veracini.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Partenio

7066
26 March 1738 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: At the New Oratory, in Villars Street, York Buildings. The Doors will be open'd at Six, and the Oration begin at Seven o'clock. In Regard to the Expences of the late Prosecution the Seats will be 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Oration

Performance Comment: On a Passage from St. Matthew-Lacy.
Cast
Role: Matthew Actor: Lacy.

7067
15 April 1738 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Handel.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Xerxes

7068
08 November 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Afterpiece: With Additional Scenes, particularly a new one for the Conclusion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Cast
Role: Father to Colombines Actor: Pelling

Ballet: III: A Comic Ballet called Double Jealousy. Miller-Poitier (the first time of his appearing on that stage these two years); Miller's Wife-Mlle Roland; Coquette-Mrs Walter

Performance Comment: Miller-Poitier (the first time of his appearing on that stage these two years); Miller's Wife-Mlle Roland; Coquette-Mrs Walter.

7069
09 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Burlesque Opera. [By Henry Carey.] Being the Sequel to the Dragon of Wantley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Margery; or, A Worse Plague than the Dragon : Being the Sequel to the Dragon of Wantley

Performance Comment: More of Morehall-Salway; Margery More-Mrs Lampe; Gaffer Gubbins-Laguerre; Margery Mauxalinda-Miss Esther? Young; but edition of 1738 adds: Herald-Reinhold; First Guest-Roberts.
Cast
Role: Margery Mauxalinda Actor: Miss Esther? Young

Dance: With Dances, incident to the Opera,-Glover, Lalauze, Haughton, Mlle Roland, Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Thompson, Miss Oates, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Bullock

7070
16 January 1739 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Oratorio. [By Handel.] Pit and Boxes put together at half a guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. [The King, Duke, and the princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Saul

7071
13 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: A new Tragedy. [By David Mallet. See Pope to Hill, 14 Feb., in Pope, Correspondence, IV, 165-66.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mustapha

7072
27 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman [who states that he is in danger of losing vision in one eye. Tickets at Chapman's House, the Corner of Bow Street cg.] London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 27 March: Last Week died, after a most tedious and expensive Illness, at Chelsea, Mrs Laguerre, formerly a celebrated Dancer on the Stage. Daily Post, 29 March: During the Rehearsal [on 27 March], of a new Tragedy, written by Mr Thompson, call'd Edward and Eleonora, (which was to have been acted on this Day) he receiv'd, to his great Surprise, a Message from the Lord Chamberlain, absolutely forbidding the acting of the said Play. No Objection having been made to the Whole or any Part of it, we must conclude it was consider'd as immoral or seditious

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, The Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: GGrand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland; Two Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

7073
03 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Beard. Tickets at Beard's House, New North Street, Red-Lion Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: with The Eearly Horn Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: I: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Turkish Dance-Muilment; IV: Comic Dance-Poitier

Song: II: Wou'd You Taste the Noontide Air (from Comus)-Beard; IV: (By Desire,) Oh Happy Pair (out of Alexander's Feast)-

7074
11 April 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Interlude. [Apparently not published.] 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Angelica And Medoro

Afterpiece Title: L'Asilo D'Amore

7075
14 April 1739 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Serenata. The whole set to Musick by Mr Galliard. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Folly

Performance Comment: Intermix'd with the Choruses to the Tragedy of Julius Caesar-.
Cast
Role: Intermix'd with the Choruses to the Tragedy of Jul Actor: .