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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.

1201
19 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15 [see 27 Oct.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Digges

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Cushing, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Brunsdon, Wewitzer, Jones, Mahon, Baker, Painter, R.? Smith, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross, Mrs White, Sga Tinte.
Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1202
23 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Commander@in@Chief at the Camp Actor: Farren
Related Works
Related Work: First Faults Author(s): Maria Theresa De Camp

1203
09 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Wright, Grimaldi, Waldron, R. Palmer, Burton, Griffiths, Holcroft, Philimore, Kenny, Fawcett, Chaplin, Nash, Bannister, Miss Simson, Miss Abrams, Miss G. Abrams, Mrs Love, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Kirby, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss Collett.

1204
14 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Robinson. Public Advertiser, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Robinson, Great Piazza, the corner of Russel Street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #210 14s. (75.0.0: 21.2.6; 0.17.6; tickets: 113.14.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson
Role: Captain of the Guards Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Commander@in@Chief at the Camp Actor: Farren
Related Works
Related Work: First Faults Author(s): Maria Theresa De Camp

1205
04 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson
Role: Captain of the Guards Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

1206
18 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Chaplin, Griffiths, Holcroft & Miss Field. Tickets delivered by Stevens, Collins and the Miss Stageldoirs will be taken. Receipts: #253 8s. (30.5; 13.7; 2.22.12; tickets: 207.4) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: In: Master Morey, 3 Miss Stageldoirs

1207
06 December 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Henderson
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror

1208
03 January 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Fatal Falshood [announced on playbill of 1 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of Mrs Hartley. Receipts: #189 2s. (186.14; 2.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

1209
10 January 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "As soon as the Play was over at Covent Garden Theatre yesterday evening, Reinhold walked forward and told the audience that 'It would be esteemed a particular mark of their Kindness and Favour if they would accept Miss Cranfield's performance of Colombine, Miss Brown having been taken extremely ill"' (Morning Chronicle, 11 Jan.). Receipts: #195 2s. (193.6; 1.16)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Henderson
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

1210
10 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: Lieutenant of the Tower Actor: R. Palmer
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Performance Comment: As17800111, but Puff-King in place of Palmer.
Cast
Role: Puff Actor: King in place of Palmer.

1211
12 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: As17800410, but Richmond-Palmer; Lieutenant of the Tower-Fawcett.
Cast
Role: Lieutenant of the Tower Actor: Fawcett.
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: the other Characters Actor: _Chaplin, Delpini

Entertainment: Vaudeville. Jump through a Tub of Fire, as17800509, but _Wright, Spencer

1212
26 December 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Henderson
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

1213
01 January 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece Fearon is assigned to both the King and Marcellus. Marcellus was probably acted by Booth, as on 19 Mar.] Receipts: #235 19s. (234.10; 1.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17801026, but King-Fearon; Queen (1st time)-Mrs Green; Ophelia-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Fearon
Role: Player King Actor: L'Estrange

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

1214
22 January 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

1215
08 March 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: Lieutenant of the Tower Actor: R. Palmer
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Puff Actor: King

1216
26 March 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: St

1217
16 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Song: As17801030

1218
18 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: Lieutenant of the Tower Actor: R. Palmer
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End: The Butterfly, as17800921

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: Bucks have at ye All-Master Pulley; End afterpiece: an Epilogue-Master Benson

1219
22 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Song: As17811019, but Sga Prudom in place of Mrs Wrighten; omitted: Miss Phillips, Miss Stageldoir

1220
24 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Palmer; Grumio-Baddeley; Baptista-Wright; Biondella-Lamash; Taylor-Burton; Catherine-Mrs Wrighten .
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Song: As17811022

1221
26 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Lyar, announced on playbill of 25 Oct.] Receipts: #112 1s. (82/4/0; 29/12/6; 0/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Song: As17811022

1222
08 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #263 1s. (253/6/0; 9/12/6; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Song: As17811022

1223
10 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; mf 2, by Isaac Jackman; music by William Shield. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Account-Book, 1 Apr. 1782: Paid Jackman in full for the Divorce #50. Receipts: #207 3s. 6d. (186/9/0; 20/3/6; 0/11/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Parsons, Suett, Phillimore, Griffiths, Helme, Moody; Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Farren. [Cast from text (G. Kearsly, 1781): Sir Harry Trifle-Palmer; Qui Tarn-Parsons; Tom-Suett; Timothy-Phillimore; Sambo-Griffiths; Servant-Helme; Dennis Dogherty-Moody; Biddy-Mrs Wrighten; Mrs Annaseed-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Harriet Trifle-Miss Farren.] Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi. Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi.

Song: As17811022

1224
16 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Song: As17811022

1225
11 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Dance: As17811019, but omitted: Henry [and thereafter]

Song: As17811022