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8088 results for: Keyword - Sir Wil. D'Avenant
We found 6040 matches on Performance Comments, 1620 matches on Author, 963 matches on Event Comments, 462 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8076
02 January 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mary Queen Of Scots

Performance Comment: Duke of Norfolk-Kemble; Sir W. Cecil-Aickin; Lord Herries-Barrymore; Davison-Packer; Earl of Shrewsbury-Holland; Beton-Whitfield; Queen Mary-Mrs Siddons; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Powell; Lady Douglas-Miss Miller; Lady Scrope-Miss Tidswell.

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Wild , late Miss Simonet

8077
06 March 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [Mrs Worthington is identified in MS list in Kemble playbills of new performers for this season.] Ballet: 1st time; composed by Giacomo? Gentili. Afterpiece [1st time: ENT 1, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; acted in place of The Prize, advertised on playbill of 4 Mar. Text (C. Lowndes, 1797)]: Altered from a Dramatick Entertainment performed 1794 [The Glorious First of June]. In the course of which will be introduced a representation of the late Glorious Engagement between the British and Spanish Fleets on the Fourteenth of February [1797, under Sir John Jervis, off Cape St. Vincent]. Receipts: #253 9s. (151.2.6; 100.17.0; 1.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Related Works
Related Work: Cymbeline Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Injured Princess; or, The Fatal Wager Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Cape St

Performance Comment: Vincent; or, British Valour Triumphant. Commodore Broadside-Palmer; Splicem-Kelly; Endless-Suett; Robin-Barrymore; Tom Oakum-Bannister; William-C. Kemble; Ben-Sedgwick; Busy-Caulfield; Boys-Master Welsh, Master Chatterley; Mary-Miss DeCamp; Susan-Miss Leak; Old Woman-Mrs Booth; Nancy-Miss Menage. [Text adds Cottager-Maddocks, and specifies Tom-Master Welsh; Bill-Master Chatterley.]
Cast
Role: William Actor: C. Kemble

Song: III: a Masquerade Scene-; with Hark! the Lark at Heaven's Gate sings-Sedgwick, Dignum, Welsh, Master Welsh

Ballet: End: The Labyrinth; or, The Country Madcap. Joseph-Gentili; Robert-Grimaldi; Philip-Master Menage; Rosina-Sga Bossi DelCaro; Countess-Mrs Wild; Lauretta-Miss S. DeCamp

Performance Comment: Joseph-Gentili; Robert-Grimaldi; Philip-Master Menage; Rosina-Sga Bossi DelCaro; Countess-Mrs Wild; Lauretta-Miss S. DeCamp.
Cast
Role: Countess Actor: Mrs Wild

8078
18 May 1797 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Widows and Orphans of the Brave Men who perished, and for those who were wounded, in the Glorious Action on the 14th of February last [off Cape St. Vincent], under Admiral Sir John Jervis. Patrons: His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. Stewards: Duke of Leeds, Duke of Bedford, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Cardigan, Earl Spencer, Lord Kinnaird, Charles Grey Esq., Thomas Tyrwhitt Esq., William Lushington Esq., William Manning Esq., John Thomson Esq., John Julius Angerstein Esq.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alceste

Ballet: End Opera: Sapho et Phaon. As17970406

8079
24 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Performance Comment: As17970714 but La Gloire-Wathen; Harcourt-_; Sir Walter Manny-_; Serjeant-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Tar; or, Which is the Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Sir Matthew Medley Actor: Davenport
Role: Sir Felix Friendly Actor: Suett

Song: 1st piece: Vocal Parts, as17970623 but _Caulfield Jun., _Walker, _Willoughby, Mrs _Butler, Mrs _Masters, Mrs _Norton, Miss _Menage, Mrs _Wall, Mrs _Benson, Miss _Leserve

Performance Comment: , _Walker, _Willoughby, Mrs _Butler, Mrs _Masters, Mrs _Norton, Miss _Menage, Mrs _Wall, Mrs _Benson, Miss _Leserve.

8080
18 September 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit the Widow of a Baronet [Sir Richard Perrott] and a large Infant Family. [Address by John Taylor (True Briton, 21 Sept.).] Tickets to be had of the Widow, No. 28, Spring-street, Portman-square [and see 28 Jan. 1799]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Occasional Address-the Widow (see below); After which: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs G. Aickin

8081
28 December 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Aimwell-Whitfield; Father Foigard-Johnstone; Boniface-Davenport; Sullen-Powel; Gibbet-Townsend; Sir C. Freeman-Claremont; Scrub-Quick; Cherry-Mrs Martyr; Dorinda-Miss Mansel; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Quixotte

Cast
Role: Principal Pantomime Characters Actor: Bologna Jun., Bologna, Follett, Dyke, Hawtin,Blurton, Abbot, Wilde, Curties, Findlay, Cranfield, Parsloe, Davis, Master Blackmore, Mrs Parker, Mlle St.Amand, Mrs Follett, Mrs Norton, Miss Leserve, Mrs Henley
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin and Quixotte; or, The Magic Arm Author(s): William Reeve

8082
22 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17971228, but Aimwell-Pope; Sir C. Freeman-Clarke; added: Lady Bountiful-Mrs Platt; Gipsey-Mrs Gilbert.

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina

Cast
Role: Male Domestics Actor: Blurton, Platt, Wilde, Dyke, T. Cranfield, Gourion, Pitman, Parsloe
Related Works
Related Work: Oscar and Malvina; or, The Hall of Fingal Author(s): William Shield

8083
23 April 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for the Widow of a Baronet [Sir Richard Perrott], and a large Infant Family. Tickets to be had of Lady Perrott, No. 28, Spring-street, Portman-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African

Related Works
Related Work: The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African Author(s): William Macready

Entertainment: Monologue An Occasional Address-a Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentifield])

8084
23 May 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Anacreontic Society Revived [i

Performance Comment: e. The Sons of Anacreon]. President-Sedgwick; who will introduce the celebrated [Anacreontic] Song The Silver'd Waters Roam-Sedgwick [, from The Pirates (composed by Storace); Our Tars so Fam'd in Story- (1st time; composed by Stevens); O bring me Wine- (composed by Shield); Sweet Lillies of the Valley- (composed by Hook); a new Loyal Song (written by Captain Morris and composed by Sir William Parsons)-Dignum; [To conclude with a Glee and Chorus-.

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Performance Comment: Major Benbow-Suett; Justice Benbow-Packer; Captain Greville-Kelly; Captain Wilson-Sedgwick; Tipple (for that night only)-Bannister Jun.; Eliza-Miss Leak.
Cast
Role: Captain Wilson Actor: Sedgwick
Related Works
Related Work: The Flitch of Bacon Author(s): William Shield

8085
17 September 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan; or, A Peep into the Seraglio

Performance Comment: Ismene (with songs)-Mrs Edward; Roxalana (with From England, Sir, I came, from Amarath the Fourth)-Mrs Harlowe.

Afterpiece Title: The Giant and Dwarf; or, Columbine Captive

Entertainment: Vaudeville. A Pasticcio, consisting of: From Shades of Night[, composed by Storace for Mahmoud,-D'Arcy; [The first Strophe, Epode, and Antistrophe of Gray's Bard-a Young Gentleman [, aged 10 years [unidentified]; Cheap Experience [; or, Cheats of London, composed by Dibdin,-Waldron Jun

8086
28 January 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for the large Infant Orphan Family of a Man of Fashion [Sir Richard Perrott]. The mother of these helpless, unprotected infants, in contemplating the benevolence of a humane Public, throws herself with implicit confidence on the commiserating patronage of those who are ever ready to afford it for the relief of suffering innocence. Tickets to be had of Lady Perrott, No. 28, Spring-street, Portman-square [and see 18 Sept. 1797]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

8087
06 April 1799 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Mme Allegranti continuing so seriously indisposed, as in opinion of Sir George Baker, to render her immediate appearance [in Il Matrimonio Segreto, advertised in Morning Chronicle, 5 Apr.] extremely dangerous [see 9 Apr.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Frascatana

Dance: As17990330

8088
29 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Egyptian Festival

Cast
Role: Chorusses Actor: _Bardoleau, _Willoughby, _Elliot, _Aylmer, _Clarke, _Mead, _Dibble, _Gallot, _Caulfield Jun., _Tett, _Sawyer, Ms _Jacobs, Ms _Benson, Ms _Butler, Ms _Chippendale, Ms _Coates, Ms _Gawdry.

Afterpiece Title: The Strangers at Home

Performance Comment: Aldobrand-Suett; Regnalto-Caulfield; Octavio-Dignum; Montano-Trueman; Fabio-Chippendale; Firelock (with a new Song composed by Florion [recte Florio], and O Bring me Wine, composed by Shield)-Sedgwick; Lawrence-Bannister Jun.; Viola-Miss B. Menage; Laura-Miss Leak; Alice-Miss DeCamp; Rosa (with When First I began, Sir, to Ogle the Ladies)-Mrs Jordan.

Dance: In: a favorite Pas Seul-Sga Bossi DelCaro