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8140 results for: Keyword - Sir Ralph Verney
We found 6077 matches on Performance Comments, 1635 matches on Author, 970 matches on Event Comments, 465 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

126
06 November 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

Performance Comment: Sir Oliver-Hippisley; Sir Joslin-Mullart; Courtall-Ryan; Freeman-Walker; Rakehell-Chapman; Lady Cockwood-Mrs Hallam; Ariana-Mrs Bullock; Gatty-Miss Bincks; Sentry-Mrs Stevens .
Cast
Role: Sir Oliver Actor: Hippisley
Role: Sir Joslin Actor: Mullart
Related Works
Related Work: She Would If She Could Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine: With the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

127
29 December 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Cibber Sr .
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Cibber Sr

Dance: II: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. V: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Gnome; or, Harlequin Underground Author(s): Ralph Wewitzer

128
17 April 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly Nice-Neale; Bellguard-Bridges; Farewell-Mills; Curly-Berry; Hothead-Morgan; Testimony-Taswell; Merchant-Woodburn; Aunt-Mrs Cross; Violante-Mrs Bennet; Leonora-Mrs Ridout.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Nice Actor: Neale

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed

Performance Comment: Jobson-Turbutt; Nell-Mrs Dunstall; Sir John Loverule-Morland; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Morland

Song: II: Morland

Dance: IV: Mlle Auguste

129
25 January 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Cibber; Belguard-Cashell; Farewell-Hale; Surly-Bridgwater; Crack-Chapman; Hothead-Woodward; Testimony-Hippisley; Aunt-Mrs James; Violante-Mrs Horton; Leonara-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke

Song: TThe Flocks shall leave the Mountains a Trio from Acis and Galatea by Handel-Beard, Reinhold, Mrs Lampe

Dance: LLes Allemandes, as17451109

130
14 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Foote. Mainpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly Nice-Foote; Hothead-[I.] Sparks; Testimony-Taswell; Crack-Cross; Surly-Berry; Leonora-Mrs Clive; Violante-Mrs Bennett; Belguard-Bridges; Farewell-Mills; Waitwell-Usher; Valet-Marr; John-Simpson; Betty-Mrs King; Aunt-Mrs Cross; In Act III Cantata-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Nice Actor: Foote

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: II: Muilment; IV: Italian Peasants, as17460206

131
27 September 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly Nice-Cibber Jun; Crack-Yates; Farewel-Mills; Aunt-Mrs Cross; Bellguard-Bridges; Hothead-Sparks; Testimony-Taswell; Surley-Berry; Waitwell-Usher; Valet-Leigh; John-Simpson; Violante-Mrs Bennet; Betty-Mrs Pitt; Leonora-Mrs Clive. In Act III, Singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Nice Actor: Cibber Jun

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

132
24 November 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Woodward; Bellguard-Cashell; Farewell-Havard; Crack-Chapman; Surly-Bridgwater; Hothead-Marten; Testimony-Hippisley; Aunt-Mrs James; Violante-Mrs Horton; Leonora-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

133
10 April 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Cibber; Farewell-Ridout; Surly-Bridgwater; Hothead-Dunstall; Testimony-Arthur; Crack-Waistkum, who never appeared on that stage before; Aunt-Mrs Dunstall; Violante-Mrs Horton; Leonora-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Arthur

Dance: I: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

134
17 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Woodward; Belguard-Blakes; Farewell-Palmer; Surly-Berry; Hothead-Winstone; Testimony-Taswell; Crack-Yates; Aunt-Mrs Cross; Violante-Mrs Willoughby; Leonora-Mrs Clive; Waitwell-Simson; Valet-Atkins; John-Vaughan; Betty-Mrs Simson; In Act III Singing-Beard.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore-Mad Auretti; Peasant Dance-Matthews, Mad Janeton Auretti

135
24 November 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Foote; Testimony-Taswell; Crack-Yates; Belguard-Blakes; Farewell-Palmer; Surly-Berry; Leonora-Mrs Clive; Hothead-Bransby; Aunt-Mrs Cross; Violante-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Foote

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: III: Beard

Dance: SSpanish Dance, as17581014

136
24 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Dyer; Surly-Sparks; Bellguard-Gibson; Farewell-Ridout; Crack-Shuter; Testimony-Collins; Hothead-Dunstall; Violante-Mrs Vincent; Aunt-Mrs Pitt; Leonora-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Dyer

Afterpiece Title: Flora; or, Hob in the Well

Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Collins

Song: III: Lowe

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17600421 End: The Lamp Lighters, as17600318

137
27 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Woodward; Lord Belguard-Walker; Farewell-Clarke; Hothead-Dunstall; Testimonly-Gibson; Crack-Shuter; Surly-Sparks; Violante-Mrs Vincent; Aunt-Mrs Pitt; Leonora-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Performance Comment: Timothy Peascod-Woodward; Sir Roger-Marten; Justice Statute-Redman; Corporal-R. Smith; Sir Humphrey-Wignel; Peter Nettle-Bennet; Soldier-Holtom; ThomasFilbert-Shuter; Steward-Anderson; Stave-Costollo; Dorcas-Miss Helm; Constable-Lewis; Aunt-Mrs Copin; Joyce-Master Besford; Kitty Carrot-Miss Elliot; first time, with the song 'Twas when the seas were roaring-.
Cast
Role: Sir Roger Actor: Marten
Role: Sir Humphrey Actor: Wignel

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; End: New Grand Ballet, as17640320

Song: III: Will be a Duette-Mattocks, Miss Polly Young

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London-Shuter

138
16 January 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Acres-Dodd; Capt. Absolute-Palmer; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; David-Parsons; Fag-Baddeley; Coachman-Carpenter; Faulkland-Reddish; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Julia-Mrs Baddeley; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Lydia Languish-Mrs Abington; The Original Epilogue-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

139
24 September 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Performance Comment: Sir ThomasOverbury-Lewis; Somerset-Wroughton; Northampton-Hull; Elvis-Whitfield; Lieutenant-Thompson; Countess of Somerset-Mrs Jackson; Cleora-Miss Leeson; Isabella-Mrs Hartley; By Particular Desire the New Occasional Prologue which was spoken on Monday will be repeated-Lewis (for this Night only).
Cast
Role: Sir ThomasOverbury Actor: Lewis
Role: By Particular Desire the New Occasional Prologu Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: The Shepherd's Wedding-Harris, Miss Matthews

140
12 March 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; David-Parsons; Fag-Baddeley; Coachman-Carpenter; Faulkland-Webster (1st appearance in that character); Capt. Absolute-Palmer; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Julia-Mrs Baddeley; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Lydis Languish-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

141
20 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; David-Parsons; Fag-Baddeley; Coachman-Carpenter; Faulkland-Webster; Captain Absolute-Palmer; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Julia-Mrs Baddeley; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Lydia Languish-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: later called Sir Harry Bouquet] Actor: Dodd

142
22 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; David-Parsons; Fag-Baddeley; Coachman-Griffiths; Faulkland-Brereton (1st appearance in that character); Captain Absolute-Palmer; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Julia-Mrs Baddeley; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Lydia Languish-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

143
02 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; David-Parsons; Fag-Baddeley; Faulkland-Brereton; Capt. Absolute-Palmer; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Julia-Mrs Baddeley; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Lydia Languish-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

Dance: End: The Irish Fair, as17800930

144
28 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seventeen Hundred And Eighty One; Or, The Cartel At Philadelphia

Afterpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly Nice-Lewis; Hothead-Quick; Testimony-Edwin; Belguard-Peile; Farewell-Davies; Surly-Fearon; Waytwell-W. Bates; Crack-Wilson; Violante-Mrs Inchbald; Aunt-Mrs Pitt; Maid-Miss Stewart; Leonora-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Nice Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Who'd have Thought It

145
14 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-Bannister Jun.; Captain Absolute-Wroughton; Faulkland-Kemble (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; Fag-R. Palmer; David-Baddeley; Coachman-Phillimore; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Lydia Languish-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in that character); Julia-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character); Lucy-Mrs Wilson; Maid-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Dance: As17900323

146
01 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Captain Absolute-Palmer; Faulkland-Kemble; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; Fag-R. Palmer; David-Hollingsworth [Public Advertiser: Baddeley]; Coachman-Phillimore; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Lydia Languish-Mrs Jordan; Julia-Miss Farren; Lucy-Mrs Williames.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17901026

147
01 October 1791 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Poor Old Drury

Afterpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Captain Absolute-Palmer; Faulkland-Kemble; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; Fag-R. Palmer; David-Hollingsworth; Coachman-Phillimore; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Lydia Languish-Mrs Jordan; Julia-Miss Farren; Lucy-Mrs Edwards.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

148
02 August 1792 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-Wilson; Captain Absolute-Palmer; Faulkland-Williamson; Acres-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character); Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Johnstone; Fag-R. Palmer; David-Edwin; Coachman-Usher; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Webb; Lydia Languish-Mrs Goodall; Julia-Mrs Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Lucy (1st time)-Mrs Whitfield.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: Wilson
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

Performance Comment: Sir Walter Weathercock-Wilson; Edward-Davies; Dennis-Usher; Motley (1st time)-Edwin; Degagee-Wewitzer; Coachman-Johnson; Servants-Abbott, Ledger, Lyons; Miss Hebe Wintertop-Mrs Webb; Caroline Sandford-Mrs Bannister; Comfit (1st time)-Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: Sir Walter Weathercock Actor: Wilson

149
07 November 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-Munden (1st appearance in that character); Captain Absolute-Farren; Faulkland-Holman; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Johnstone; David-Blanchard; Fag-Macready; Coachman-Thompson; Acres-Quick; Julia-Mrs Esten (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Webb; Lucy-Miss Stuart; Lydia Languish-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to Your Bow

150
01 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Captain Absolute-Palmer; Faulkland-Kemble; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; Fag-R. Palmer; David-Hollingsworth [Public Advertiser: Baddeley]; Coachman-Phillimore; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Lydia Languish-Mrs Jordan; Julia-Miss Farren; Lucy-Mrs Williames.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Absolute Actor: King
Role: Sir Lucius O'Trigger Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Rivals Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17931026