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9969 results for: Keyword - The king
We found 10005 matches on Roles/Actors, 2634 matches on Performance Title, 2610 matches on Performance Comments, 1593 matches on Event Comments, and 23 matches on Author.

851
24 October 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Particular Desire of Several Foreign Ministers Tomorrow, Romeo and Juliet. On Thursday will be reviv'd The Silent Woman-dress'd in the Habits of the Times. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: King Actor: Berry
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross
Role: Cromwell Actor: Mozeen. With an exact Representation of the Coronation, and the ceremony of the Champion in Westminster Hall.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Other parts Actor: Leviez, Blakes, Vaughan, Shuter, the Little Swiss, Miss Rayner, Master Reinhold, Mlle Mariet, Pietro.

852
24 November 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Palmer
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

853
02 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [L+Letter from Henry Woodward, Comedian, The Meanest of all Characters To Dr John Hill, Inspector-General of Great Britain, the greatest of all characters completely damns Hill as unsuccessful player, apothecary, doctor, scholar, writer, and gentleman. It ran to three editions in the year.] We hear great interest is being made to succeed Mr Serjeant Shore, deceased, as Serjeant Trumpet to his Majesty, which is in the gift of his Grace the Duke of Grafton as Lord Chamberlain; and that the contest lies chiefly between that excellent performer, Mr. Valentine Snow, Trumpet to the First Troop of Horseguards; Mr. Debourg, the violin; and Mr Beard, of the theatre Royal in Drury Lane (Public Advertiser). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: King Actor: Berry
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross
Role: Cromwell Actor: Mozeen. With an exact Representation of the Coronation, and the ceremony of the Champion in Westminster Hall.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: AA Dutch Dance, as17521125

854
18 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17521124, but Richard-Mossop; Richmond-Palmer; Buckingham-Burton; Duke of York-Master Simson.
Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Burton
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Cast
Role: other characters Actor: Shuter, Blakes, Leviez, Little Swiss, Master Simson, Miss Minors, Mlle Mariet

855
05 February 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: King Actor: Berry
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross
Role: Cromwell Actor: Mozeen. With an exact Representation of the Coronation, and the ceremony of the Champion in Westminster Hall.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Cast
Role: other characters Actor: Shuter, Blakes, Leviez, Little Swiss, Master Simson, Miss Minors, Mlle Mariet

856
23 February 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: RRichard by Mr Brown from Bath very bad but no hissing (Cross). The Genii oblig'd to be deferred till Tomorrow (Winston MS 8). Receipts: #50 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Burton
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: Mlle Auretti

857
28 February 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: King Actor: Berry
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross
Role: Cromwell Actor: Mozeen. With an exact Representation of the Coronation, and the ceremony of the Champion in Westminster Hall.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Cast
Role: other parts Actor: Shuter, Blakes, Leviez, Little Swiss, Master Simson, Miss Minors, Mlle Mariet

858
07 April 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17530223, but Richard-Garrick; Buckingham-Palmer; Richmond-Havard.
Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Palmer
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: A Comic Dance, as17530402 V: A Hornpipe-Mathews, a Child of five years old his scholar

859
02 May 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: King Actor: Berry
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: MMinuet-Piettro, Miss Batcheldor

860
09 May 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dickenson; W. Vaughan & Ackman. black Guard Audience-(poor Mossop) (Cross). Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #230 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Palmer
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: Wilder

861
11 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: In Act IV a Song Actor: Miss Thomas, proper to the play.

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

862
26 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Palmer
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Leviez, Blakes, Ackman, Atkins, Little Swiss, Mrs Toogood, Master Reinhold, Mlle Mariet, Dennison, Mad Lussant.

863
09 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: In Act IV a Song Actor: Miss Thomas, proper to the play.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Leviez, Blakes, Ackman, Atkins, Little Swiss, Mrs Toogood, Master Reinhold, Mlle Mariet, Dennison, Mad Lussant.

Song: IV: Miss Thomas, proper to the play

864
22 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Prince of Wales & 5 Chil. (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mlle Mariet, Dennison, Mlle Lussant, LeFevre, Mlle Proudhomme, Granier.

865
28 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Palmer
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

866
17 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Ross
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: In Act IV a Song Actor: Miss Thomas, proper to the play.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: With the Ceremony of the Drawing Scene in the Guil Actor:

867
18 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Palmer
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

868
09 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Palmer
Role: King Edward V Actor: Miss Minors
Role: King Henry Actor: Berry

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: and with a New Dance Actor: for the Conclusion
Role: Others Actor: Mlle Mariet, Phillips, Clough, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste, Mrs Jefferson, Blakes, Miss Minors, Devisse, Denison, Mlle Lussant.
Role: The Dances Actor: Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste, Dennison, Mlle Lussant, others.

869
26 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Garrick better in his health (Cross). [Gray's Inn Journal contained this day two full pages of satiric comment upon pantomimes inprogress at both houses, nothing Blakes' entrance in Fortunatus with a hare and a brace of partriges, and Cook's use of a hare and a gun at Covent Garden, as encouragements to poaching and in violation of the game laws.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Mossop, 1st time
Role: the Bastard Actor: Garrick, 1st time
Role: King Philip Actor: Davies

Music: As17540123

Dance: Devisse, Mlle Auguste

870
28 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Mossop, 1st time
Role: the Bastard Actor: Garrick, 1st time
Role: King Philip Actor: Davies

Music: As17540123

Dance: Mlle Auretti, Dennison, Mlle Lussant

871
31 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command. Prince of Wales, Princess Dowager Prince Ed: & another Girl with. (Cross). A person last Tuesday in the playhouse at Drury Lane, that had some difference with another (whom he don't know) about a seat in the Pit, would be glad of a private conference, to be convinced who was in the fault; the publisher hereof may be seen 'Change at the usual hours every day this week to appoint a place for said conference (Public Advertiser). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Mossop, 1st time
Role: the Bastard Actor: Garrick, 1st time
Role: King Philip Actor: Davies

Music: As17540123

Dance: Several Entertainments-Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste

872
02 February 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Mossop, 1st time
Role: the Bastard Actor: Garrick, 1st time
Role: King Philip Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

873
06 February 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Mossop, 1st time
Role: the Bastard Actor: Garrick, 1st time
Role: King Philip Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

874
08 February 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Mossop, 1st time
Role: the Bastard Actor: Garrick, 1st time
Role: King Philip Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

875
18 February 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke