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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.

1501
16 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Quin. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden, in Imitation of Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toyshop. [Tickets at Quin's Lodgings, The Sun, in Bedford-street, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: III: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Mrs Thompson; V: Muilment, Mrs Walter

1502
18 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Johnson. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: As17380316

1503
25 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Tickets at Milward's in Brownlow Street, dl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: I: French Peasants-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Song: BBallad of Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

1504
08 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. For the Entertainment of his Excellency Admiral Perez, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Emperor of Morocco. Mainpiece: As written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Phillip King of France Actor: Ryan
Role: Lewis the Dauphin Actor: A. Hallam

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: As17380407

Music: Kettle Drums-John Woodbridge; The celebrated Water Musick of Handel-; with Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Woodbridge

1505
13 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miller (The Miller of Mansfield). At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: I: Lilliputian Punch-Master Ferg; II: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; III: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Turkish Dance, as17380412 V: French Peasants-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

1506
17 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: II: Grand Dance of Moors-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Music: V: A new Concerto, composyd and performed on the Harpsichord-Mr Henry Burgess Jr; with Accompanyments-

1507
19 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By particular Desire, Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Music: III: As17390117

Dance: V: Grand Dance of Moors, as17390117

1508
20 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: III: Aethiopian Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

1509
01 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Song: Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Dance: Muilment

1510
09 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: Muilment

1511
07 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Poitier. [Tickets at Poitier's Lodgings, the Door before the New Bagnio in Great Suffolk Street, near the Haymarket.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Song: TThe Noontide Air (from Comus)-Beard

Music: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Poitier

Dance: Poitier

1512
09 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Song: II: The Noontide Air, as17390407

Dance: III: Grand Ballet-Muilment; V: Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

1513
10 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Giffard. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Tickets at Giffard's, No. 4, Craven Buildings, dl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: I: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Dutch Dance (new)-Baudoin, Miss Thompson; V: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Song: IV: By Desire, Oh Happy Pair (out of Alexander's Feast)-

1514
10 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17391204, but With the Original Epilogue-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: With the Original Epilogue Actor: Mrs Clive.
Role: the Dances Actor: Muilment
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Milward
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Wright
Role: With the Dances Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf, Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Davenport, Cook, Carney, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward, Mrs Davenport, Mrs Vallois.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

1515
11 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17391222, but Rose-Miss Jenny Hippisley (the first time of her appearance on any stage).

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: II: Scots Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; III: Grand Ballet-Muilment; IV: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

1516
06 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: I: Punches-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf alone; III: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

1517
02 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: II: L'Allemande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: IV: The Early Horn-Lowe

1518
20 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: With the usual Dances Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: II: As17401018; In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan

1519
24 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: With the usual Dances Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: I: Peasant-Nivelon; II: Desse; In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan; V: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

1520
22 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: II: Peasant Dance-Nivelon; IV: Desse

1521
24 February 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman who has wrote for the Stage. [Professor John B. Shipley of the University of Colorado has called to my attention a letter written by James Ralph to Thomas Birch, dated 14 February 1741, in which he states that this benefit is to be for Ralph. See B.M. Add. MSS. 4317, fol. 94.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: LLa Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

1522
12 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Tickets at Mrs Horton's, at the Angel, in Bedford Street. Receipts: money #78; seals #81 17s. (Account Book); #160 (Rylands MS.). [Mrs Horton received a Free Benefit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule; Or, Love And Empire

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: LLouvre-Signora Barberini; French Peasant-Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

1523
16 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By particular Desire. Benefit Ryan. Receipts: money #59 0s. 6d.; seals #100 6s. (Account Book); #150 (Rylands MS.) [Ryan received a Free Benefit. See also an Exchange of letters in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 9 and 10 March, concerning the alleged indecency of Blunt's undressing before the audience.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banished Cavaliers

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Tyrolean-Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

1524
08 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit E. Roberts and Mrs Chambers. Receipts: money #20 11s.; tickets #149 2s. (Account Book); #170 (Rylands MS.). [For pit, box, and gallery Roberts had 125, 407, and 177 tickets; Mrs Chambers, 93, 91, and 22 tickets. Each received half the value of his tickets.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber

Dance: MMuzette-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Song: Roberts, Mrs Chambers

1525
09 May 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Butler

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; III: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: La Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

Song: II: Noon Tide Air-Lowe; IV: The Happy Pair-Lowe