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2926 results for: Keyword - Prince and Princess
We found 1193 matches on Event Comments, 773 matches on Performance Comments, 661 matches on Performance Title, 402 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

326
25 November 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Song: I: Beard; III: A Duet-Beard, Lowe

Related Works
Related Work: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard Author(s): James Sanderson

Dance: II: Grand Comic Dance, as17421117; IV: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, as17421122

327
27 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces by Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

328
03 February 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces by Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Donalbain Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17421105; Dutch Skipper, as17421025; Peasants, as17421230

329
14 February 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Stage enclos'd and form'd into an amphitheatre. Send servants by three o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albion Queens

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

330
03 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Garrick. By Command of Prince and Princess of Wales. [Winston MS. from Dyer MS.: A prodigious audience] Farce never acted there. Seven rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes. Stage to be form'd into side boxes where servants may keep places. Tickets of Mr Valliant, Bookseller, Strand; or at Garrick's, Bow St., Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Garrick, 1st time; Dumont-Delane; Belmour-Mills; Jane Shore-Mrs Pritchard; Alicia-Mrs Woffington (Daily Advertiser), Mrs Roberts (London Daily Post and General Advertiser); Duke of Gloster-Macklin; Catesby-Winstone; Ratcliff-Blakes.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Garrick; Kitty-Mrs Clive; with a New Epilogue written and-Garrick.
Cast
Role: with a New Epilogue written and Actor: Garrick.

Song: IV: Beard

331
08 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Servants will be admitted to keep places on the stage, which for the better accommodation of the Ladies, will then be form'd into an Amphitheatre. Ladies are desir'd to send their servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets and Places to be had of Mrs Clive, at her house in Great Queen St, Lincoln's Inn Fields; and of Hobson at the stage door of the theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Boromeo, Desse, Mlle Bonneval

332
14 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: It is Humbly desir'd that Ladies who have taken Places, will please to send for their Tickets to Mrs Cibber's Lodgings, at Mr Salt's, at Henrietta St., Covent Garden. Benefit Mrs Cibber. By Command of their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales. Stage formed into an amphitheatre, and to prevent the ladies's catching cold ciel'd after the manner of the Oratorios. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Ballet, as17421108

333
22 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Beard...Tickets and Places to be had at Beard's lodgings on the North Side of Red Lyon Square. Those Ladies who have already taken places, are humbly requested to send for Tickets. Tickets and places also to be had of Hobson at the stage door. Stage will be form'd into side boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

334
06 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Anne Auretti. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets to be had of Anne Auretti at Mr Chisholm's, the Golden Head in Great Newport St., near Long Acre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Delamain, Anne Auretti; II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Characters of Dancing, as17421025; IV: Un Pas de Deux-Anne and Janneton Auretti; V: L'Aimable Vainqueur, Minuet-Picq, Anne Auretti

335
05 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Cervetto. Mainpiece by Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets deliver'd out by Arthur for The Recruiting Officer will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: II: La Florana, as17430408

Song: III: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard, Lowe

Music: IV: New Violincello Concerto-Cervetto

336
03 October 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Gloster-Ryan; Hastings-Hale; Dumont-Bridgwater; Belmour-Gibson; Ratcliff-Rosco; Catesby-Anderson; Alicia-Mrs Woodward; Jane Shore-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Catesby Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Anderson.

Dance: II: Serious Ballet-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; V: New Scotch Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde, Richardson, Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LeFont

337
11 October 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Giffard; Aimwell-Delane; Bonniface-Bridges; Scrub-Yates; Sullen-Winstone; Foigard-Taswell; Gibbet-Neale; Sir Charles-Anderson; Dorinda-Mrs E. Giffard; Cherry-Mrs Ridout; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Egerton; Gipsy-Miss Horsington; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson

338
22 December 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

339
16 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for a Gentleman in Misfortune. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

340
09 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Donalbaine Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: Cooke

341
12 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Written by Mr Dryden. Benefit Quin. By command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. For the better accomodation of the ladies, the stage will be enclos'd and form'd into an Amphitheatre, where servants will be allow'd to keep places. Ladies send servants by three

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Performance Comment: Don Sebastian-Ryan; Dorax-Quin; Antonio-Chapman; Mufti-Hippisley; Almeyda-Mrs Pritchard; Morayma-Mrs Clive; Muley Moluch-Cashell; Benducar-Bridgwater; Mustapha-Rosco; Muley Zeydan-Anderson; Alvarez-Ridout; Orchan-Hayman; Johayma-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Muley Zeydan Actor: Anderson

342
28 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Beard. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Afterpiece: By Command a Ballad Farce not acted these 3 years [see 30 Nov. 1742]. Amphitheatre on Stage. Send servants by three. Tickets to be had of Beard in Red Lion Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: II: New Song by Handel-Beard; IV: To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

Related Works
Related Work: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard Author(s): James Sanderson

Dance: III: Scotch Dance, as17431124; V: Ballet-Cooke, Mlle Domitilla

343
02 November 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A concert. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Mrs Clive

Performances

344
19 January 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Both pieces: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Temple of Dulness

345
06 February 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Dance: II: Serious Dance-Muilment; III: Grand Dance, as17450108; IV: Peasant Dance-Muilment

346
06 March 1745 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Last night the Dutch Children performed before their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and to a most numerous and polite audience, with universal applause; but by command were oblig'd to shorten their performance, and leave out several things that they will exhibit this night and the few nights they are to perform.--Daily Advertiser, 7 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequino Triumphante

347
09 March 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Garrick. Boxes and Pit laid together at 5s. Victor to Garrick: My closest attention was never more commanded than by you last night in Othello....I was most inclined to fear for you in your address to the Senate, but there, even there, you excelled your present rival (Quin) whose merit lies chiefly in declamation-I found you had very judiciously applied your study to the great and striking passages in the character--the trance had a fine effect, your manner of falling into it, and recovery from it, was amazingly beautiful...it would be ridiculous to doubt of your ability to act this part in the utmost perfection; but to arrive at that point there are some things to be done.--Genest, IV, 147

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Dance: II: Muilment

Song: III: A Cantata-Lowe

348
16 March 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Cibber. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Servants admitted to keep places on the stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Song: II: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne; IV: Vo Solcando a Favourite song of Farinelli's-Mrs Arne

Dance: III: a Serious Dance-Muilment; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

349
15 January 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Song: GGenius of England, God Save the King-Beard

350
06 February 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: Lowe, Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards

Dance: I: Italian Peasants-the Mechels; III: Muilment; V: Grand Dance-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott, Picq, Miss Hilliard