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3871 results for: Keyword - The Queen
We found 3495 matches on Roles/Actors, 1118 matches on Performance Comments, 759 matches on Performance Title, 429 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

3376
09 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-Powell; Lysimachus-Hurst; Thessalus-Aickin; Eumenes-Strange; Cassander-Havard; Clytus-Love; Polyperchon-Bransby; Perdiccas-Lee; Hephestion-Packer; Sysigambis-Mrs Bennet; Parisatis-Miss Plym; Statira-Mrs Palmer; Roxana (with an Epilogue)-Mrs Fitzhenry; With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Aickin
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Cast
Role: The Characters Actor: Parsons, _Ackman.
Role: The Characters Actor: Moody, Baddeley, Castle, Strange, Ackman, Watkins
Role: the Fairies Actor: Miss Rogers, Miss Ford, Mas. Cape, Miss Wright
Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Tale Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

3377
18 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Aickin
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Pinchwife-Lee; Sparkish-Dodd, first time; Margery-Miss Plym, first time; Dorilant-Packer; Harcourt-Aickin; Alithea-Mrs Lee.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Lee.

Dance: I: A Comic Dance-Miss Ford; End: The Irish Milk Maids=, as17651209

Entertainment: End: A New Epilogue-Miss Ford

3378
23 March 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets and Places to be taken of Mr Smith at his house in Beaufort Buildings, Strand; and of Mr Sarjant at the stage-door of the Theatre. Charges: #70 19s. 6d. [Profit to Smith #79 10s. 6d. plus #136 16s. from tickets (Box 388; Pit 198; Gallery 101).] Receipts: #150 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith, 1st time; Hephestion-Dyer; Lysimachus-Hull; Cassander-Clarke; Polyperchon-Perry; Perdiccas-Davis; Clytus-Gibson; Statira-Mrs Mattocks, 1st time; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Vincent; Roxana (with Epilogue in Character 1st time)-Mrs Bellamy; In Act II, The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: III: The Village Romps, as17661008; End: The Female Archer, as17661215

3379
30 March 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: By Desire. Benefit for Powell. Part of Pit laid into boxes. Send servants by 3 o'clock. House charges #74 10s. [Profit to Powell #207 5s.] Paid Johnston, under prompter #7; Five extra trumpets #1 5s.; 2 Flutes 10s.; Chorus singers #2 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #281 15s. (Treasurer's Book). Half past 4 walked to Drury Lane House. With every great difficulty got into the 2s. Gallery before; saw the Death of Alexander with his Triumphal Entrance into Babylonv and the Dance of the Vintage, for the benefit of Powell who played Alexander. Some reported that Garrick says he makes mistakes in the character exceedingly in the banquet scene, in which no one ever surpassed him. I cannot judge of the truth of this observation (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Powell; Clytus (for that night only)-Holland; Lysimachus-1st time, Bensley; Cassander-Havard; Statira-Mrs Palmer; Roxana (for that night only)-Mrs Yates; Perdiccas-Ackman; Aristander-Burton;Slave-Strange; Sysigambis-Mrs Bennet; Polyperchon-Bransby; Thessalus-Aickin; Eumenes-Keen; Hephestion-Packer; Parisatis-Miss Plym; Triumphal Entry-.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Vintage, as17661011

3380
24 April 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherley, 1st time

Dance: End: A Comic Dance-Duquesney, Mrs King, as17670302

3381
02 May 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Barry. House Charges #74 10s. [Profit to Mrs Barry #1 18s. 6d. Doubtless she had additional profit from tickets not listed in the Treasurer's Book.] The Indisposition of Mrs Yates obliges Mrs Barry to change her play. Tickets deliver'd for Jane Shore will be admitted. [Mainpiece advertised as for last time this season.] Paid salary list #435 19s. Chorus singers #2 10s. 6d.; Rec'd stopages #3 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: Dancing incident to the piece Actor: Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Reynolds, Tassoni, Miss Tetley, Miss Rogers.

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London, the Tombs of Westminster-Vernon

Dance: TThe Irish Lilt, as17670430

3382
25 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Charles Sarjant (book-keeper) and his Son (box-keeper). Tickets sold at doors not admitted. Afterpiece: For last time this season. Charges #89 6d. [Deficit to the Sarjants #11 16s., covered by income from tickets of #142 8s. (Box 346; Pit 260; Gallery 169).] Paid the Billsetters for Black Bills #4 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #77 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Cast
Role: Dragon Actor: the Giant

Dance: III: A New Tambourine(by Desire)-Mas. Blurton, as17670427 End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Cast
Role: the other Sailors Actor: Petro, Hussey, Martin, Reynald, Curtat, King
Role: other women Actor: Miss D. Twist, Miss S. Twist, Miss Barrowby, Miss Hilliard, Miss Daw, Mrs Viviez.

3383
31 July 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander; Or, The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-Barry; Hyphestion-Palmer; Cassander-Gardner; Polyperchon-Bannister; Lysimachus-Davis; Thessalus-Smith; Clytus-Sowdon; Aristander-Thompson; Eumenes-Keen; Perdiccas-Strange; Roxana-Mrs Burden; Sisigambis-Mrs Johnston; Parisatis-Mrs Jeffreys; Statira-Mrs Dancer.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: As17670729 but Italian Peasant-Dulm ($Neville)

3384
15 March 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Dancer. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Send servants to hold places at 3 o'clock. Afterpiece: Never performed there. [This seems to MacMillan to be the adaptation of Shakespeare's Winter's Tale by McNamara Morgan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Barry; Clytus-Holland (that night only); Aristander-Burton; Slave-Strange; Polyperchon-Bransby; Perdiccas-Ackman; Cassander-Havard; Thesalus-Aickin; Eumenes-Keen; Hephestion-Packer; Lysimachus-Hurst; Roxana-Mrs Hopkins; Sisigambis-Mrs Johnston; Parisatis-Miss Simson; Statira-Mrs Dancer; With the Triumphal Entry-.
Cast
Role: Thesalus Actor: Aickin
Role: With the Triumphal Entry Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Autolicus-King; Florizel-Cautherly; Polixines-Hurst; Camillo-Packer; Antigonus-Aickin; Vocal Parts-Vernon, Mrs Dorman, Miss Young; Perdita (with song)-Mrs Dancer; With a Dance- incident to the piece.
Cast
Role: Florizel Actor: Cautherly
Role: With a Dance Actor: incident to the piece.

Dance: End: The Wake, as17680220

3385
28 September 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Reddish, 1st time; Clytus-Jefferson, 1st time; Perdiccas-Ackman; Thessalus-Aickin; Cassander-Palmer; Polyperchon-Bransby; Eumenes-Keen; Hephestion-Packer; Lysimachus-Hurst; Roxana-Mrs Hopkins; Parisatis-Mrs Reddish; Sysigambis-Mrs Johnston; Statira-Mrs W. Barry; With the Triumphal Entry-.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Aickin
Role: With the Triumphal Entry Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

3386
07 October 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: TThe Countess of Salisbury oblig'd to be deferr'd till Tuesday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Aickin
Role: With the Triumphal Entry Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: other characters Actor: Miss Matthews

3387
24 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. To prevent confusion Servants are desired to be at the theatre by 4 o'clock. Charges #73 19s. Balance to Smith #62 3s. plus income from tickets #141 9s. (Box 413; Pit 162; Gallery 139). Paid Miss Potts for walking 12 nights in Man and Wife #1 10s. and Mrs Morris for walking 26 nights in Harlequin's Jubilee #3 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #136 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Hephestion-Dyer; Lysimachus-Hull; Cassander-Clarke; Polyperchon-Perry; Thessalus-R. Smith; Perdiccas-Davis; Clytus-Gibson; Roxana-Mrs Bellamy; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Ogilvie; Statira (for that night only)-Mrs Yates , first time; With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R. Smith
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Whim, as17691123

3388
17 April 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R. Smith
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Reel, as17700329 I of the Farce: A Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley

3389
28 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Cast
Role: In Which will be introduc'd an Interlude of Dan Actor: the Music entirely new
Role: The Dance Actor: The Daiguevilles, Sga Vidini.

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Song: I: A Cantata call'd Queen Mab or the Fairies' Jubilee-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: V: Minuet, Allemande-Daigueville, Miss Ross [as17700427

3390
09 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Bensley; Cassander-Clarke; Hephestion-Wroughton; Lysimachus-Hull; Polyperchon-Perry; Roxana-Miss Miller, first time; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Pearce; Statira-Mrs Yates (that night only); With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander-into Babylon.
Cast
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: The Dance Actor: Aldridge.

Dance: IV: The Old ground Young, as17701123

3391
22 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lewes; Infernal Spirit-Legg; Shade of Helen-Mrs Baker; Furies-Hamoir; Sir Epicure-Wignell; Miller-Morris; Gambler-Quick; Faustus's Man-Banks; Miller's Wife-Miss Twist; French Cook-Holtom; Lady Relish-Mrs Dyer; The Dances-Hamoir, Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Hamoir, Miss Valois.

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady and Double Hornpipe. As17710412Landlady-Mrs White

3392
11 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17710509 with Double Hornpipe, as17710509

3393
21 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Hamoir, Miss Valois.

3394
07 April 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. The Young Gentleman who was to have performed the part of Lysimachus in the tragedy of Alexander...for the benefit of Mr Mattocks, being much indisposed, cannot appear in that character as was intended, it will therefore be performed as usual by Mr Hull (Winston, MS 10, newsclipping inserted). Charges #74 7s. Profit to Mattocks #108 10s., plus #38 10s. from tickets (Boxes 121; Pit 55) (Account Book). Receipts: #182 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Younger; Cassander-Clarke; Hephestion-Wroughton; Lysimachus-Hull; Polyperchon-Perry; Thessalus-R. Smith; Roxana-Mrs Mattocks; 1st time; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Parisatis-Miss Pearce; Statira (that night only)-Mrs Yates; With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R. Smith
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Monologue: True Blue. As 18 Jan., but Principal Parts-Mrs Baker, Mrs _Mattocks

3395
30 April 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R. Smith
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: To Conclude with The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, as17720312.
Role: other Actor: Miss Twist, Mrs _Dyer.
Role: The Characters Actor: _Lewes
Role: The Two Additional Scenes as exhibited in Harle Actor: Dunstall.
Role: The Dance Actor: Fishar, Hamoir, Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir.

Dance: End: The Old ground Young, as17711030

3396
19 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R. Smith
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: New Dance, as17720409

3397
22 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hartry and Fawcett. Paid 2 Clarinets overcharged the 8th inst. #1 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #205 4s. Charges: #64 15s. Profits to Hartry and Fawcett: #116 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Song: I: A Cantata, Queen Mab; or the Fairies Jubilee-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

3398
16 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 7 Oct. 1768.] Mr Clinch made his first appearance in the part of Alexander tolerable figure & Voice a Little too much upon the Brogue, he is very wild & Aukward-but was receiv'd with Applause (Hopkins Diary). [Macmillan note from Kemble differs slightly.] Paid Dr Arne as per order #31 8s.; Mr Stacie for drawing leases, #3 3s. Tallow chandler's first bill #29 13s. 3d.; Mr Jefferson on note, #200 (Treasurer's Book). [Reviewer for Town and Country Magazine more favorable to Clinck's performance than is Hopkins.] Receipts: #149 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great; Or, The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-A Young Gentleman [Clinch] first appearance in this character; Hephestion-Packer; Lysimachus-Hurst; Polperchon-Bransby; Thessalus-J. Aickin; Slave-Griffiths; Aristander-Wright; Perdiccas-Ackman; Eumenes-Keen; Clytus-Aickin[, first time; Cassander-Palmer; Statira-Miss Mansell; Roxana-Miss Young[, first time; Sysgambis-Mrs Johnston; Parisatis-Miss Ambrose; [In Act II, The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: J. Aickin
Role: The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babyl Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

3399
30 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Clarke. Mainpiece: Not Acted this season. Charges #72 11s. 6d. Profit to Clarke #55 8s., plus #117 11s. from tickets (Box 239; Pit 284; Gallery 152). Paid Mr Murphy the balances for his 1, 2 & 3 nights of Alzuma #271 17s. (Account Book). Receipts: #122 19s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Clarke; Lysimachus-Hull; Hephestion-Wroughton; Cassander-Gardner; Thessalus-R. Smith; Polyperchon-Perry; Roxana-Miss Miller; Parisatis-Miss Pearce; Sysigambis-Mrs Vincent; Statira-Mrs Hartley (first time); Triumphal Entry into Babylon-.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End II: New Dance, as17730206

3400
21 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger. Tickets deliver'd by Miss Helme will be taken. Tomorrow (the Eight Time) the New Comedy She Stoops to Conquor, with (for the last time this season) The Golden Pippin. Charges #71 16s. 6d.; Profit to Younger #74 13s., plus #65 19s. from tickets (Box 116; Pit 149; Gallery 146) (Account Book). Receipts: #146 9s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: The Witches Actor: _Legg.
Role: a representation of the Pantheon Actor:
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17721012