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7517 results for: Keyword - The Rev. Mr Smith
We found 4504 matches on Event Comments, 2929 matches on Performance Comments, 759 matches on Performance Title, 37 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6876
02 March 1765 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: The Music entirely new, composed by Mr Vento. There will be no rehearsal today as advertised yesterday by mistake

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demofoonte

Dance: As17650105

6877
18 March 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clive. Mainpiece: Not acted for 3 years. [See 21 March 1763.] Part of Pit laid into Boxes. No building on Stage. Farce never before acted. [Attributed to Mrs Clive, not printed.] Tickets and places to be had of Mrs Clive, at the Two Red Lamps, in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields, and of Mr Johnston at the Stage Door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Faithful Irish Woman

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17641011

6878
15 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Brent. Part of the Pit will be railed into the boxes. Ladies and Gentlemen, who have taken Boxes, or Places, before Miss Brent's Benefit was advertised, are requested to send for their tickets, otherwise such Boxes or Places cannot be insured. Tickets deliver'd for the 21st of March will be taken. No Person can be admitted behind the Scenes, Nor any money retuned after the curtain is drawn up. Books of the Opera to be sold at the Theatre. Tickets to be had of Miss Brent, in the Piazza, next the Church, Covent Garden; and of Mr Sarjant, at the stage-door of the theatre, where Places for the Boxes may be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Dance: II: A Tambourine, as17641015

6879
26 April 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Cast
Role: the Vocal Parts Actor: Vernon, Mrs Vincent, Miss Young
Role: a Dance incident to the piece, Actor: Giorgi, Berardi, Miss Wilkinson.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Pinchwife-Lee; Sparkish-King; Harcourt-Parsons; Dorilant-Packer; Mrs Pinchwife-Miss Slack; Alithea-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Dance: End: New Tambourine, as17640929

6880
29 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: a Masquerade Dance Actor: proper to the Play

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: III: A Scotch Dance-Mas. King, Miss Pitt; IV: The Drunken Peasant-Miles, Clown-Bennet; End: A Hornpipe-Mas. King

Performance Comment: King, Miss Pitt; IV: The Drunken Peasant-Miles, Clown-Bennet; End: A Hornpipe-Mas. King.
Cast
Role: The Drunken Peasant Actor: Miles, Clown-Bennet

6881
30 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: the Dances Actor: incident to the opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: I: A Wooden Shoe Dance-Leppie, Miss Pitt; End: (This night only) A Medley Hornpipe-Walker, from Drury Lane, Miss Pitt his scholar; End Opera: Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; End I Afterpiece: Rural Love, as17641212

6882
07 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Entertainment: II: By Desire, Bucks Have at ye All-Baddeley

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Lilt, as17641011

6883
17 January 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Cast
Role: Dorilas Actor: Cautherley

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Dodd, Parsons, Castle, Moody, Johnston, Keen, Watkins, West, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Bradshaw
Role: The Dances Actor: Aldridge, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Tassoni.

6884
20 January 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Fitzhenry hissed a little. Mr Dodd being ill, Master Burton played Fribble in the pantomime (Hopkins Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Dodd, Parsons, Castle, Moody, Johnston, Keen, Watkins, West, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Bradshaw
Role: The Dances Actor: Aldridge, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Tassoni.

6885
29 January 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Author's Day. Books of the Comedy to be had at the Theatre. N.B. The Author has generously given the profits of this day to a Fund, lately establish'd, by the Performers of the above Theatre, for the Maintenance of Decayed Actors and their Families. Public Advertiser, 3 Feb. 1766: The Performers of Covent Garden Theatre return their sincere thanks to Mr Cumberland for his generous donation of the profits of the 9th performance of The Summer's Tale, amounting to #74, for use of the newly established Theatrical Fund

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Summers Tale

Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Withers Actor: Shuter

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: I: Rural Love, as17651115; II: The Garland, as17651003

6886
30 January 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Jan. 30, 1766, died Mrs Cibber. Was Miss Arne, born 1715. Married Theo Cibber 21 April 1734. Brought to bed of a son 5 April 1736. Left stage 1738 with Mr Sloper, who was charged with damages. Acted Dublin 1741. Returned to Covent Garden and performed till 1747. Joined Garrick till 1750. Returned to cg till 1753. Returned to dl and remained till she died (Winston MS 9 from Burney's Actor's MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

6887
11 February 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Acted but once these 14 years. Miss Pitt's second appearance as an actress. [N.B. The celebrated Mr Foote is in a Fair way of Recovery (Public Advertiser).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Cast
Role: Carlos Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith

Afterpiece Title: Midas

6888
15 March 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years. To prevent mistakes, Ladies are desired to send their servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets and places to be had of Mr Sarjant, at the Stage Door and NO WHERE ELSE

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode Or Sir Foppling Flutter

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: As17660107, but Old Maid (New Dress'd)-Woodward (Being the first and, he believes, the last time of his appearing in that character). [But see17660401] .But see17660401] .

Dance: End: The Village Romps, as17651019

6889
15 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanter

Related Works
Related Work: The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic Author(s): John Christopher Smith

Song: II: An Air by Dr Arne-Miss Polly Young; IV: An Air by Sg Vento-Polly Young

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

6890
29 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Musical Lady Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Entertainment: End: Baddeley, By Particular Desire, will present Bucks Have at ye All-Baddeley

Dance: End I Farce: Hearts of Oak, as17660207

6891
02 May 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Master Burton. Tickets deliver'd by W. Yates and Miss Berkley will be taken. Afterpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 9 May 1764.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: The vocal parts Actor: Vernon, Champnes, Mrs Vincent, Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-King; Grumio-Yates; Tailor-Master Burton; Biondello-Baddeley; Baptista-Burton; Catherine-Mrs Abington (first time).
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: End: New Tambourine, as17660123

6892
13 May 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: II: A Song Call'd The Whistling Plowman-Kear

Dance: End: Tambourine, as17651004; End Farce: Hornpipe-Miss Watkins

6893
18 June 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: To begin at 7:00 p.m. Boxes 5s. Pits 3s. Gallery 2s. Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr Jewell at the Theatre. Vivant Rex et Regina. [Repeated in the bills. Note in St James Chronicle speaks of great crowd and of numbers turned away.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Mrs Cole-Foote; Sir Richard Wealthy-Aickin; Sir William Wealthy-Castle; The Minor-Davis; Loader-Palmer; Dick-M'George; Shift, Transfer, Squintum-Weston; Folly-Quick; Constables-Francis, Strutton; Smirk-Shuter; Lucy-a young Gentlewoman, first appearance on any stage.
Cast
Role: The Minor Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Entertainment: Dancing-

6894
12 July 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: This Week a Patent passed the Great Seal for the Establishment of a new Theatre, to Samuel Foote, Esq. only (Public Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 3). Mr Barry and Mrs Dancer from Dublin are said to be engaged for this summer at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket (Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 2, which corroborates the Foote patent)

Performances

6895
04 August 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: As17660715

6896
06 August 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Being the Last time of Mr Foote's performing This Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: The Minor Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: As17660715

6897
02 September 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Jewell, Treasurer. Afterpiece: By Desire. For the Entertainment of the Indian Chiefs and the Ladies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: The Minor Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: I: Arnaud, Miss Twist

Entertainment: End: (for that Night only) Post Haste Observations in his Journey to Paris-Shuter

6898
19 September 1766 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Dancer. By Permission. Being Positively the last Night of Performing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius Or The Force Of Love

Performance Comment: Varanes-Barry; Marcian-Bardin; Theodosius-Aickin; Attacus-Keen; Aranthes-Davis; Leontine-Hurst; Pulcheria-Mrs Johnston; Athenais-Mrs Dancer.
Cast
Role: Theodosius Actor: Aickin
Role: Aranthes Actor: Davis
Role: Athenais Actor: Mrs Dancer.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

6899
24 September 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Desire. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for Boxes may be taken of Mr Sarjant(Only)Book-Keeper at the Stage Door. No Money to be received at the stage door, nor any money returned after the curtain is up. [Customary note at foot of each bill during season. Only significant variations will be noted.] Present the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry, the Princesses Brunswick, Louisa and Caroline (Account Book). Receipts: #224 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Coronation

Cast
Role: The Procession from the Abbey Actor: at the Coronation
Role: the Ceremony of the Champion Actor: .

6900
26 September 1766 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: Tickets 3s. To begin at 6 p.m. By particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. The heavy loss Mr Lowe has sustained by the badness of the weather this season, he hopes will be a sufficient plea for his taking a particular night for himself. By the desire of several worthy Brethren, some Gentlemen will sing Brother Gilding's Ode in Honour of Masonry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea