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5373 results for: Keyword - Robert and James Adam
We found 3039 matches on Author, 2103 matches on Performance Comments, 628 matches on Event Comments, 128 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

351
13 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Related Works
Related Work: The Duke of Milan Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: Pigmalion by Mlle Salle and Lally. Glover's Scotch Dance

352
15 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba; Or, Hannibal's Overthrow

Related Works
Related Work: Sophonisba Author(s): James Thomson

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Cast
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Music: Handel's Water Musick, with Preamble on Kettle Drum by Benj. Baker

Dance: La Coquette Francoise by Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Le Sac, Miss Baston, Delagarde, Mrs De l'Orme

Song: Tippling Philosophers by Leveridge

353
18 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Cast
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: Scot's Dance, as17350315

Song: Tippling Philosophers by Leveridge

354
24 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman under Misfortunes. [In London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 24 March, Ryan thanks the public for assistance at his benefit and adds that Sir William Saunderson engaged for Ryan "near a fourth Part of his Audience."]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Norsa

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Music: Solo on Violin by a Youth of 13 Years, who never performed in public before, a scholar of Signor Catanio

Dance: Scot's Dance, as17350311 By Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle

355
09 April 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: Loveless-Chapman; Amanda-Mrs Hallam; Elder Worthy-Hale; Young Worthy-Walker; Snap-Morgan; Sly-Mullart; Narcissa-Mrs Bullock; Hillaria-Mrs Buchanan; Flareit-Mrs Kilby; Maid-Miss Horsington; Sir Novelty-Neale; Sir William-Hippisley .
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Hallam

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Music: Preamble on the Kettle Drums by Job Baker

Dance: By Lally and Mlle Salle. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers .

356
10 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Cast
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: By Lally and Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance by Glover and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Scot's Dance by Glover and Miss Rogers .

357
14 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Michael Lally. By Command of Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. Tickets to be had at Mr Lally's House in Southampton-Row, Bloomsbury. Two Rows of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: English Maggot by S. Lally, De la Garde, Miss Baston. II: Grand Pastoral Dance by Lally, Mlle Salle, Miss Rogers, S. Lally, Le Sac, Delagarde, Duke, Mrs De l'Orme, Miss Baston, Miss Norsa. III: Glover's Scotch Dance. IV: Minuet by Lally and Mlle Salle. V: Pigmalion by Lally and Mlle Salle

Performance Comment: Lally, De la Garde, Miss Baston. II: Grand Pastoral Dance by Lally, Mlle Salle, Miss Rogers, S. Lally, Le Sac, Delagarde, Duke, Mrs De l'Orme, Miss Baston, Miss Norsa. III: Glover's Scotch Dance. IV: Minuet by Lally and Mlle Salle. V: Pigmalion by Lally and Mlle Salle .

358
17 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Glover. Tickets to be had at Glover's in Chandoisstreet, CG

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: Pierrots by Delagarde and Dukes. Grecian Sailors (from orestes) by Glover, Le Sac, S. Lally, Delagarde, Dukes. Ball Dance and Minuet by Glover and Miss Rogers. Grand Ballet of The Faithful Shepherd (from Pastor Fido) by Glover, Le Sac, Dukes, Delagarde, Dupre, Miss Rogers, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Delorme, Miss Baston, Mrs Villepierre. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Grecian Sailors (from orestes) by Glover, Le Sac, S. Lally, Delagarde, Dukes. Ball Dance and Minuet by Glover and Miss Rogers. Grand Ballet of The Faithful Shepherd (from Pastor Fido) by Glover, Le Sac, Dukes, Delagarde, Dupre, Miss Rogers, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Delorme, Miss Baston, Mrs Villepierre. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers .

359
19 April 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: The Medley; or, The Scene of a Drunken Man by Hippisley

Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): James Messink

Song: In Praise of Roast Beef

360
21 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wright and Mrs Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: The Grecian Sailors, as17350417 Also The Faithful Shepherd, as17350417

Song: By Leveridge and Mrs Wright

361
23 April 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Houghton and a Gentleman under Misfortunes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

362
30 April 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Dutch Skippers by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. III: La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward. V: Scotch Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, Vallois, Mrs Woodward, Tench, Miss Norman

Performance Comment: III: La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward. V: Scotch Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, Vallois, Mrs Woodward, Tench, Miss Norman .

Song: As17350429

363
30 April 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

364
01 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit John Hervey, Architect Painter. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: By Mlle Salle. Scots Dance, as17350311 Tambourine by Miss Rogers

Song: As17350422

365
02 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Cast
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Music: Select Pieces, particularly Mr Handel's Overture to Ariadne

Dance: By Mlle Salle. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. The Flanderkins (new) by Duke and Mrs Ogden. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c

Performance Comment: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. The Flanderkins (new) by Duke and Mrs Ogden. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c.

Song: By Leveridge and Mrs Wright, particularly Leveridge's Song in Praise of English Roast Beef

366
02 May 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Scotch Dance by Mrs Bullock. V: La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward

Performance Comment: V: La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward .

Song: III: A Song by Mrs Chambers. IV: Waterman's Song (in Britannia) by the Two Masters Hamilton

367
06 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ford and Mrs Forrester. [For a discussion of the production of plays, see Prompter, 6 May.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Cast
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Music: Handel's Overture to Ariadne

Dance: The Flanderkins by Duke and Mrs Ogden. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. Harlequin by Miss Norsa Jr. Scot's Dance, as17350311

Performance Comment: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. Harlequin by Miss Norsa Jr. Scot's Dance, as17350311.

Song: As17350422

368
07 May 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Song:

Dance:

369
10 May 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Farce. [R. Fabian.] By Their Majesties Command. Afterpiece: a Farce of Two Acts. Intermix'd with Songs. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 13 May: On Saturday Night last, during the Play time, one Mr Mechlin (alias Macloughlin) who lately belong'd to [DL], having had a Dispute with Mr Hallam, of the same Theatre, about a particular Wig, which the latter had from the Wardrobe, to wear in his Part that Night, in the Farce, and which he resign'd to Mr Mechlin; but reproved him for his Behaviour, and ill Language. Some time after Mr Mechlin, thrust a Crabtree Stick that was in his Hand, at the Face of Mr Hallam, which enter'd at his Left Eye, and penetrated into his brain, of which Wound he languish'd till Sunday Night 6 o'clock, when he died

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Trick for Trick

Performance Comment: Don Lopez-Berry; Don Fernand-Salway; Don Garcia-Shepard; Don Diego-Turbutt; Sancho-Mechlin; Guzman-Hallam; Elvira-Mrs Cantrel; Eugenia-Mrs Pritchard; Estifania-Master Arne. Edition of 1735 adds: Messinger-Cole .
Cast
Role: Don Fernand Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: Trick for Trick Author(s): Robert Fabian

Dance: Amorous Swain, as17350327

370
12 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Sancho Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Music: V: Handel's Water Musick, in which a Preamble will be beat on the Kettle Drums by Ben. Baker

Dance: I: Flanderkins by Dukes and Mrs Ogden. II: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: II: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers .

Song: III: As17350422

371
14 May 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Daniel Boyes and Thomas Lascells, who have been for many Years under Confinement for Debt

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

372
17 September 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance:

373
02 December 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. II: Dance of Sailors (Orestes) by Glover, Tench, Desse, Delagarde, Livier, Richardson. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. IV: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c

Performance Comment: II: Dance of Sailors (Orestes) by Glover, Tench, Desse, Delagarde, Livier, Richardson. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. IV: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c .

374
09 January 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: As17351231, but Cabinet-Ridout; Swagger-Mullart; Bumpkin-Hallam; Puzzle-Paget; Tatter-Bencraft; Rag-James; Mrs Farthingale-Neale; Kate Matchlock-M. Stoppelaer .
Cast
Role: Rag Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Clown by Nivelon. II: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, Tench, Livier, Desse, Dupre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Sandham, Miss Norman. IV: Harlequin by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Performance Comment: II: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, Tench, Livier, Desse, Dupre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Sandham, Miss Norman. IV: Harlequin by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme .

375
06 October 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: For a discussion of pantomime and the accident at cg, see Daily Journal, 6 Oct

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Alexander-Delane; Clytus-Stephens; Lysimachus-Ryan; Cassander-Walker; Hephestion-A. Hallam; Polyperchon-Marshall; Perdiccas-Ridout; Statira-Mrs Horton; Roxana-Mrs Hallam; Sysigambis-Mrs Mullart; Parisatis-Miss Bincks.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Delane
Role: Cassander Actor: Walker
Related Works
Related Work: Alexander the Great; or, The Conquest of Persia Author(s): James D'Egville

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: CClown-Nivelon; Misses Scott; Scot's Dance-Glover, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme