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17594 results for: Keyword - Sir William Leveson
We found 11784 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 512 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2476
21 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff (for that night only)-Mrs Webb; Hotspur-A Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); King-Bensley; Westmorland-Usher; Sir Walter Blunt-Riley; Prince John-Master Farley; Worcester-Gardner; Poins-R. Palmer; Vernon-Davies; Bardolph-Wewitzer; Francis-Barrett; Carriers-Parsons, Burton; Prince of Wales-Palmer; Hostess-Mrs Love; Lady Percy-Mrs Cuyler .
Cast
Role: Sir Walter Blunt Actor: Riley

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

2477
14 December 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of Sir Walter Ralegh

Performance Comment: Characters-Kemble, Aickin, Barrymore, Packer, Williames, Benson, Haymes, Webb, Bensley, Mrs Powell, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Ward. [Cast from European Magazine, Dec. 1789, p. 459: Raleigh [sic]-Kemble; Gundamor-Aickin; Young Raleigh-Barrymore; Salisbury-Packer; Wade-Williames; Carew-Benson; Sir Julius Caesar-Haymes; Lord Cobham-Webb; Howard-Bensley; Olympia-Mrs Powell; Florella-Miss Tidswell; Lady Raleigh-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Kemble, Aickin, Barrymore, Packer, Williames, Benson, Haymes, Webb, Bensley, Mrs Powell, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Ward.
Role: Wade Actor: Williames
Role: Sir Julius Caesar Actor: Haymes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

2478
16 August 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: After dinner my wife and I to the Duke's playhouse, where we saw the new play acted yesterday, The Feign Innocence, or Sir Martin Marr-all; a play made by my Lord Duke of Newcastle, but, as every body says, corrected by Dryden. It is the most entire piece of mirth, a complete farce from one end to the other, that certainly was ever writ. I never laughed so in all my life. I laughed till my head [ached] all the evening and night with the laughing; and at very good wit therein, not fooling. The house full, and in all things of mighty content to me

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2479
19 August 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's house, all alone, and there saw Sir Martin Marr-all again, though I saw him but two days since, and do find it the most comical play that ever I saw in my life

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2480
20 August 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: With my Lord Bruncker to the Duke's playhouse (telling my wife so at the 'Change, where I left her), and there saw Sir Martin Marr-all again, which I have now seen three times, and it hath been acted but four times, and still find it a very ingenious play, and full of variety

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2481
28 September 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw a piece of Sir Martin Marall, with great delight, though I have seen it so often

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2482
14 October 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's House, and there went in for nothing into the pit, at the last act, to see Sir Martin Marr-all, and met my wife, who was there, and my brother, and W. Hewer and Willett, and carried them home, still being pleased with the humour of the play, almost above all that ever I saw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2483
01 January 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: I after dinner to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw Sir Martin Mar-all; which I have seen so often, and yet am mightily pleased with it, and think it mighty witty, and the fullest of proper matter for mirth that ever was writ; and I do clearly see that they do improve in their acting of it. Here a mighty company of citizens, prentices, and others; and it makes me observe, that when I begun first to be able to bestow a play on myself, I do not remember that I saw so many by half of the ordinary prentices and mean people in the pit at 2s. 6d. a-piece as now; I going for several years no higher than the 12d. and then the 18d. places, though I strained hard to go in them when I did: so much the vanity and prodigality of the age is to be observed in this particular

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2484
25 April 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw Sir Martin Marr-all, which, the more I see, the more I like

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2485
22 May 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's house to a play, and saw Sir Martin Marr-all, where the house is full; and though I have seen it, I think, ten times, yet the pleasure I have is yet as great as ever, and is undoubtedly the best comedy ever was wrote

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2486
31 August 1672 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@141, p. 2: Sir Martin Marall. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 347

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2487
17 May 1682 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. The Loyal Protestant, 20 May 1682: May 18. Yesterday his Excellency the Morocco Embassador was entertain'd at His Royal Highness's Theatre with a Play, called, Sir Timothy Treat all. [See also True Protestant Mercury, 17-20 May 1682; Luttrell, A Brief Relation, I, 187; Wilson, More Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters," p. 59.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Heiress Or Sir Timothy Treatall

2488
21 November 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Mr Crown, Author of Sir Courtly Nice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wit Or Sir Mannerly Shallow

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Smith

2489
09 April 1714 @ Chancery Lane

Event Comment: Benefit William Turner. Tickets 3s. 6d. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music , all New; Compos'd by Mr William Turner-

2490
19 November 1660 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: Edward Gower to Sir R. Leveson, 20 Nov. 1660: Yesternight the King, Queen, Princess, &c. supped at the Duke of Albemarle's, where they had the Silent Woman acted in the cockpit (HMC, 5th Report, 1876, p. 200). The King's Company. Pepys, Diary, 20 Nov. 1660: This morning I found my Lord in bed late, he having been with the King, Queen, and Princess, at the cockpit all night, where General Monk treated them; and after supper a play, where the King did put a great affront upon John? Singleton's musique, he bidding them stop and bade the French musique play, which, my Lord says, do much outdo all ours. The prologue was printed in 1660: The Prologue to His Majesty at the first Play presented at the cock-pit in Whitehall, Being part of that Noble Entertainment which Their Majesties received Novemb. 19. from his Grace the Duke of Albemarle. [The Prologue has been reprinted by Wiley, Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 11-12. Bodleian Wood 398 has a MS note: By Sir Jo. Denham.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

2491
13 September 1660 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: The death of the Duke of Gloucester on this day apparently closed the theatres for a short time. Andrew Newport, writing on 15 Sept. 1660 to Sir Richard Leveson, stated: The court is in deep mourning and will continue so for 6 weeks (Sutherland MSS., HMC, 5th Report, Appendix, 1876, p. 156), but it is not until 27 Sept. 1660 that Rugg reported: playes are for present forbiden because of the death of the Duke of Gloucester (BM Add. Mss. 10116, folio 90v). The theatres may have opened on Monday 8 Oct. 1660; certainly they were acting by 11 Oct. 1660

Performances

2492
06 December 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Event Comment: See Herbert, Dramatic Records, p. 117. The King's Company. Andrew Newport to Sir Richard Leveson, 6 Dec. 1660: Plays at court every week (HMC, 5th Report, Part I, 1876, p. 158)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rollo Duke Of Normandy

2493
26 February 1661 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: Edward Gower to Sir R. Leveson, 26 Feb. 1660@1: No more plays at court after this night, and but three days this week at the playhouse (HMC, 5th Report, 1876, p. 202). Boswell (Restoration Court Stage, p. 279) accepts this as evidence that a play was acted at Court on this night. As this was Shrove Tuesday, Gower's statement may well reflect the restrictions upon plays during Lent

Performances

2494
05 May 1661 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: On Sunday Charles, Duke of Cambridge, the son of the Duke of York, died. On 7 May 1661, Francis Newport wrote to Sir Richard Leveson: The Duke of Cambridge dyed on Sunday in the afternoon and was buryed yesternight without any solemnity, noe mourning in the Court for him (HMC, Sutherland MSS, 5th Report, Appendix, 1876, p. 151). If the theatres were closed because of this death, the closure was for not more than ten days

Performances

2495
19 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission. Benefit for Williams, Mrs Weston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Weston (first time that part); Sir George Airy-Whitefield; Charles-Lane; Sir Jealous Traffic-Lewes; Whisper-Everard; Butler-Lloyd; Sir Francis's Servant-Thompson; Sir Jealous's Servant-Jackson; Patch-Mrs Gardner; Isabinda-Mrs Whitefield; Scentwell-Mrs Weston; Miranda-Mrs Williams.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Whitefield
Role: Sir Jealous Traffic Actor: Lewes
Role: Sir Francis's Servant Actor: Thompson
Role: Sir Jealous's Servant Actor: Jackson
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Williams.

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Performance Comment: Abel Drugger-Weston; Subtle-Griffith; Face-Fearon; Sir Epicure Mammon-Lloyd; Knowlife-Chaplin; Headlong-Ward; Miss Rantipole-Mrs Whitefield; Doll-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Sir Epicure Mammon Actor: Lloyd

Entertainment: End I of Farce: Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister

Monologue: End: A Scene from The Register Office. Gulwell-Lloyd; Little Girl-Miss Frances; new character-Mrs Gardner

2496
21 October 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Miss DeCamp; Duke of York-Miss Gawdry; Richard-Kemble; Duke of Buckingham-Barrymore; Earl of Richmond-Palmer; D. of Norfolk-Williames; Sir Rich. Ratcliff-Phillimore; Sir William Catesby-Packer; Tressel-Whitfield; Earl of Oxford-Fawcett; Sir Robert Brackenbury-Benson; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir James Blount-Haymes; Sir James Tyrrel-Jones; Lord Mayor-Hollingsworth; Elizabeth-Mrs Ward; Lady Anne-Mrs Powell; Dutchess of York-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: of Norfolk Actor: Williames
Role: Sir William Catesby Actor: Packer
Role: Sir Robert Brackenbury Actor: Benson
Role: Sir James Blount Actor: Haymes
Role: Sir James Tyrrel Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: William Actor: Sedgwick

2497
30 September 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Kemble; King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master DeCamp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Duke of Buckingham-Benson; Earl of Richmond-Barrymore; Duke of Norfolk-Usher; Sir R. Ratcliff-Dignum; Tressel-Bland; Sir William Catesby-Caulfield; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir. R. Brackenbury-Palmer Jun.; Sir James Blout-Lyons; Sir James Tyrrel-Jones; Lord Mayor-Wewitzer; Elizabeth-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Anne-Mrs Goodall; Duchess of York-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Sir William Catesby Actor: Caulfield
Role: Sir James Blout Actor: Lyons
Role: Sir James Tyrrel Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Prize or 2

2498
15 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Huddy. At the Particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: At the Particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Mr Gay, Author of the Beggars Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Performance Comment: Loveless-Giffard; Amanda-Mrs Giffard; Sir William-Collet; Sir Novelty-Bullock; Elder Worthy-Huddy; Young Worthy-W. Williams; Sly-R. Williams; Lawyer-Bardin; Narcissa-Mrs Seal; Hillaria-Mrs Purden; Flareit-Mrs Haughton; Snap-Penkethman.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Collet
Role: Sir Novelty Actor: Bullock
Role: Young Worthy Actor: W. Williams
Role: Sly Actor: R. Williams

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Song:

Dance:

2499
06 August 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Iii

Performance Comment: Richard (for that night only)-Kemble; King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master DeCamp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Duke of Buckingham-Benson; Earl of Richmond-Barrymore; Duke of Norfolk-Usher; Ratcliffe-Evatt; Tressel-Bland; Sir William Catesby-Davies; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir R. Brackenbury-Palmer Jun.; Sir James Blount-Lyons; Sir James Tyrrel-Abbott; Lord Mayor-Burton; Elizabeth-Mrs Whitfield; Lady Anne-Mrs Kemble; Duchess of York-Mrs Powell.
Cast
Role: Sir William Catesby Actor: Davies
Role: Sir James Blount Actor: Lyons
Role: Sir James Tyrrel Actor: Abbott

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: Crop (for that night only)-Huttley (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); Frederick-Bland; Endless-Suett; Robin-Bannister Jun.; William-Sedgwick (of dl); Dorothy-Miss DeCamp; Louisa-Miss Dall; Nelly-Mrs Hatton; Margaretta-Mrs Kemble (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: William Actor: Sedgwick

2500
27 August 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard (for that night only)-Bannister Jun.; King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master De Camp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Duke of Buckingham-Benson; Earl of Richmond-Palmer; Duke of Norfolk-Abbot; Ratcliffe-Pindar; Tressel-Bland; Sir William Catesby-Davies; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir R. Brackenbury-Palmer Jun.; Sir J. Blount-Lyons; Sir James Tyrrel-Waldron Jun.; Lord Mayor-Burton//Elizabeth-Mrs Harlowe (1st appearance in that character); Lady Anne-Mrs Kemble; Duchess of York-Mrs Hopkins .
Cast
Role: Sir William Catesby Actor: Davies
Role: Sir James Tyrrel Actor: Waldron Jun.

Afterpiece Title: COMUS