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1565 results for: Keyword - The Little? Boy
We found 589 matches on Event Comments, 561 matches on Performance Title, 519 matches on Performance Comments, 3 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

126
16 May 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Cibber.

127
05 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Mrs Younger.

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Chacone-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; III: Clown-Nivelon; IV: Two Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; V: Grand Dance, as17310503

128
26 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Ford (Numberer) and Gwinn. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #16 2s. 6d.; tickets #123 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Mrs Younger.

Dance: III: French Peasant-Mrs Laguerre; IV: Saraband, Tambourin-Miss Rogers, Scholar to Salle; After I afterpiece: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Song: II: Miss Rogers; V: Mrs Wright

129
05 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Teague-James; Elder Woudbe-Hallam; Young Woudbe-Bridgwater; Trueman-Cibber; Richmore-Hale; Alderman-Hippisley; Subtleman-Rosco; Fairbank-Roberts; Balderdash-Mullart; Clearaccount-Arthur; Jack-Bencraft; Poet-Gibson; Constance-Mrs Vincent; Aurelia-Mrs Bellamy; Mrs Clearaccount-Mrs James; Mother Midnight-Stoppelaer.
Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Stoppelaer.

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Cibber.

Song: I: Roberts; In III: Arra my Judy-a Gentleman

Dance: II: Faithful Lovers-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: By Desire, The Britain (Ball Dance), Minuet-Dupre, Mrs Ozanne; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

130
07 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Cibber.

Dance: I: Tambourine-the French Girl; II: Comic Dance-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; III: Miss Morrison; IV: A new Serious Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

131
01 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Performance Comment: As17401023, but Major Rakish-Hippisley; Young Rakish-Hale; Friendly-Gibson; Father Benedict-James; Tom-Anderson; Lady Manlove-Mrs Martin; Lettice-Miss Burgess; Betty-Miss Davies.
Cast
Role: Father Benedict Actor: James
Role: School Boy Actor: Cibber.

Dance: As17401027

132
19 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentlewoman under Misfortunes. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: money #74 5s.; tickets #46 14s. (Account Book); #120 (Rylands MS.). [According to the Account Book, the individual for whom it was a benefit received half the value of the ticekts.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Woffington, the first time of her performing upon that stage.

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: Father Benedict Actor: James
Role: School Boy Actor: Cibber.

Dance: CComic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Wooden Shoe-Mechel; Drunken Peasant-Phillips; Le Bergeres Fidelle (new)-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

133
24 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Garrick

Dance: TThe Leek-David and Winifred apShenkin

134
25 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: alias Don Dismallo Thickscullo de Halfwitto Actor: the Gentleman who perform'd King Richard

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Garrick

Dance: A new Scots Dance-Master Granier, Miss Granier

135
26 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pamela

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Garrick

Dance: As17420213

136
22 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Beard...Tickets and Places to be had at Beard's lodgings on the North Side of Red Lyon Square. Those Ladies who have already taken places, are humbly requested to send for Tickets. Tickets and places also to be had of Hobson at the stage door. Stage will be form'd into side boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Garrick.

137
16 December 1758 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Shuter

Dance: As17581111

138
02 January 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Shuter

Ballet: TThe Feast of Bacchus. As17581116

139
26 February 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: a Masquerade Dance Actor: proper to the play
Role: representing the Funeral Procession of Juliet Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Shuter

Dance: As17581016

140
29 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brent1st time.a1759 10 10 cg The Lying Valet. As17591008d1759 10 10 cg CCountry Dance-the characters of the play
Role: d1759 10 10 cg CCountry Dance Actor: the characters of the play
Role: a Hornpipe Actor: Miles.c1759 10 10 cg No persons to be admitted behind the scenes. Receipts: #188 11s. 6d.

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Shuter

Dance: AAs 23 Oct

141
14 November 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts. #132 18s. 6d. British Chronicle: Rich has cleared #5000 besides his Expenses by the run of The Beggar's Opera (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brent1st time.a1759 10 10 cg The Lying Valet. As17591008d1759 10 10 cg CCountry Dance-the characters of the play
Role: d1759 10 10 cg CCountry Dance Actor: the characters of the play
Role: a Hornpipe Actor: Miles.c1759 10 10 cg No persons to be admitted behind the scenes. Receipts: #188 11s. 6d.

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Shuter

Dance: As17591113

142
17 August 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Neville MS Diary: Shuter is a comical dog, a disturbance arising among the gods, he was obliged to stop and looking up to the Gallery asked, Well, are all affairs settled above?" During the noise Filch went off after singing--the gods encored the song. Shuter said You have frightened him so that he has lost his voice" but beckoning to Weston to return and sing. Weston steals Doll Trapes scarf in a new manner; he makes her drop it, etc. and pretending to do something about his knee, till she is out of sight, takes it up, saying I take it with all my spirit. When Macheath went to trial, Shuter cried, "Clear the way there--knock down that old woman with the apples.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Weston
Role: Father Benedict Actor: Quick

Dance: FFingalian-; New Hornpipe, as17670805

143
24 August 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Second Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Weston
Role: Father Benedict Actor: Quick

144
29 July 1768 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twenty-second Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: School Boy Actor: Weston

Dance: As17680530

145
05 May 1677 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@141, p. 359: Scaramucha & Harlakyn. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346. There is no certainty that this performance is the premiere, but the entry of the play in the Term Catalogues for July 1677 makes probable a first performance in May 1677

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scaramouch A Philosopher; Harlequin A School-boy, Bravo, Merchant And Magician

146
26 March 1701 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Dean and Mr Manshipp. To begin exactly at 8 a Clock, by reason the Performance will be somewhat longer than usual in that Place

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental, with new Pieces of Musick-; and particular Performances of Instrumental Musick-Mr Dean; And likewise an Extraordinary Italian Song-a Boy, lately arriv'd from Italy, being the first time of his Singing in Publick in England

147
24 February 1703 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Italian and English Masters; an Italian Sonata on the Trumpet-a Boy of about Eight Years of age, who never yet perform'd in Publick

148
30 April 1703 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: Being the last Time of Acting till after May Fair. To begin at Five so that all may be done by Nine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals; or, The School Boy

Music: As17030423

Dance: The Devonshire Girl, being now upon her Return to the City of Exeter, will perform three several Dances, particularly her last New Entry in Imitation of Mademoiselle Subligni, Whip of Dunboyn by Mr Claxton, her Master-The Devonshire Girl; ...And at the desire of several Persons of Quality (hearing that Mr Pinkeman hath hired the two famous French Girls lately arriv'd from the Emperor's Court), They will perform several Dances on the Rope upon the Stage, being improv'd to that Degree, far exceeding all others in that Art.-two famous French Girls; Newest Humours of Harlequin , as perform'd by him before the Grand Signior at Constantinople-father of two famous French Girls; Also the Famous Mr Evans, lately arriv'd from Vienna, will shew you Wonders of another kind, Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, being the greatest Master of that kind in the World-Mr Evans

Performance Comment: ..And at the desire of several Persons of Quality (hearing that Mr Pinkeman hath hired the two famous French Girls lately arriv'd from the Emperor's Court), They will perform several Dances on the Rope upon the Stage, being improv'd to that Degree, far exceeding all others in that Art.-two famous French Girls; Newest Humours of Harlequin , as perform'd by him before the Grand Signior at Constantinople-father of two famous French Girls; Also the Famous Mr Evans, lately arriv'd from Vienna, will shew you Wonders of another kind, Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, being the greatest Master of that kind in the World-Mr Evans.
Cast
Role: far exceeding all others in that Art. Actor: two famous French Girls
Role: as perform'd by him before the Grand Signior at Actor: father of two famous French Girls
Role: being the greatest Master of that kind in the Worl Actor: Mr Evans.

149
07 July 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Rivals; Or, The School Boy

Afterpiece Title: The Old Batchelor (Act IV only)

Afterpiece Title: The Angry Doctor and the Doubting Philosopher (last Act of Le Medicin Malgre Luy)

Song:

Dance:

150
16 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals; or, The School Boy

Song: As17031102

Dance: duRuel, others