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17848 results for: Keyword - Sir William Parsons
We found 11546 matches on Author, 7762 matches on Performance Comments, 1381 matches on Event Comments, 521 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

426
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

427
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

428
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

429
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

430
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

Related Works
Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

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

431
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

432
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

433
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

434
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
Related Works
Related Work: Sir Thomas Overbury Author(s): William Woodfall

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

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

435
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

436
29 April 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Sir Frederick?-Harris. See also March 1663@4.
Cast
Role: Sir Frederick? Actor: Harris. See also March 1663@4.
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

437
22 April 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Sir Oliver Cockwood-Dogget.
Cast
Role: Sir Oliver Cockwood Actor: Dogget.
Related Works
Related Work: She Would If She Could Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Music: As17040404

438
07 January 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Sir Frederick-Powell; Palmer-Estcourt; du Foy-a Person that never appear'd on the Stage before.
Cast
Role: Sir Frederick Actor: Powell
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Song: the best Performers

Dance: the best Performers

439
02 December 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Sir Frederick-Wilks; Widow Rich-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Sir Frederick Actor: Wilks
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

440
26 January 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Performance Comment: Sir Fopling-Cibber; Dorimant-Wilks; Old Bellair-Penkethman; Young Bellair-Ryan; Medley-Mills; Loveit-Mrs Oldfield; Harriet-Mrs Mountfort; Emilia-Miss Younger; Pert-Mrs Bicknell; Belinda-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Sir Fopling Actor: Cibber
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Dance: As17161112

441
22 January 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Performance Comment: Sir Fopling-Woodward; Dorimont-Ross; Medley-Havard; Old Bellair-Philips; Young Bellair-Palmer; Belinda-Mrs Davies; Emilia-Mrs Graham; Lady Townly-Mrs Bennet; Pert-Mrs Cross; Busy-Miss Minors; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Cibber; Harriet-Miss Haughton; Lady Woodvil-Mrs Havard.
Cast
Role: Sir Fopling Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: Proteus

442
22 August 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: THE SURRENDER OF CALAIS

Cast
Role: Sir Walter Manny Actor: Usher
Role: Carpenters Actor: Parsons, Burton.

Afterpiece Title: THE PURSE; or, Benevolent Tar

Performance Comment: William-Bannister Jun.; Baron-Benson; Theodore-Palmer Jun.; Edward Sedgwick; Page-Miss Menage//Sally-Mrs Bland .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): William Reeve

Song: In 2nd piece, as17940717

443
18 August 1795 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar

Performance Comment: William-Bannister Jun.; Edward-Davies (1st appearance in that character); Page-Miss Menage; Sally-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Modelove Actor: Waldron
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore

444
15 June 1796 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse; Or, Benevolent Tar

Performance Comment: William-Wathen; Edward-Davies; Baron-Caulfield; Theodore-Palmer Jun.; Page-Miss Menage; Sally-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Bannian Day

Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: R. Palmer

445
26 June 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse; Or, Benevolent Tar

Performance Comment: William-Wathen; Baron-Caulfield; Theodore-Palmer Jun.; Edward-Trueman; Page-Master Menage; Sally-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Legacy

446
15 June 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse; Or, Benevolent Tar

Performance Comment: William-Wathen; Baron-Caulfield; Theodore-Palmer Jun.; Edward-Trueman; Page-Master Chatterley; Sally-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

447
18 April 1792 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. [1st piece: Epilogue by Miles Peter Andrews.] 3rd piece [1st time; F 2, by Eliza Parsons, based on Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, by Moliere]. Morning Herald, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks, No. 8, Great Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #269 11s. 6d. (174.14.0; 4.16.6; tickets: 90.1.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before the Battle

Related Works
Related Work: The Soldier's Festival Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Intrigues of a Morning; or, An Hour in Paris

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Quick, Wilson, Fawcett, Macready, Thompson, Evatt, Rock, Rees, Munden; Miss Chapman, Mrs Mattocks. Cast from text (William Lane, 1792): Squire Lubberly-Quick; Physicians-Wilson, Thompson; Carlos-Fawcett; Erastus-Macready; 1st Tradesman-Evatt; Apothecary-Rees; Closefist-Munden; Julia-Miss Chapman; Nerina-Mrs Mattocks; Rock. Rock.
Related Works
Related Work: The Intrigues of a Morning; or, An Hour in Paris Author(s): Eliza Parsons

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

448
04 May 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare

449
02 December 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare

450
18 September 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare