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2844 results for: Keyword - Theatre at Exeter
We found 2486 matches on Event Comments, 409 matches on Performance Comments, 53 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

876
August 1701 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Charles Johnson. Date of premiere unknown. Published 15 Jan. 1702.] Preface: It stole into the Theatre in the very Heat of last Summer (as if it would cunningly avoid the Critics, who instead of carping here were at Tunbridge, Bath, etc) was study'd in a Hurry, and play'd by what they call the Young Company

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentleman Cully

877
24 January 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Will Bowen. Whereas Will Bowen has deliver'd several Tickets to his Friends, in order to see the Committee...and the Gentlemen that have the Directions of Affairs relating to the Theatre Royal, have thought it adviseable to change that Play for the Funeral...which is a Comedy equally receiv'd by the Town

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

878
13 May 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Queen Theatre in Dorset-Garden is now fitting up for a new Opera; and the great Preparations are made to forward it and bring it upon the Stage by the beginning of June, adds to every body's Expectation, who promise themselves mighty Satisfaction from so well-order'd and regular an Undertaking as this is said to be, both in the Beauties of the Scenes, and Varieties of Entertainments in the Musick and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Campion, Mrs Shaw

Dance: DuRuell, others

879
06 October 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: And whereas the Audiences have been incommoded by the Plays usually beginning too late, the Company of the said Theatre do therefore give notice, that they will constantly begin at Five a clock without fail, and continue the same Hour all the Winter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Song:

Dance:

880
02 August 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As it was perform'd several times at court, by Persons of Great Quality, before his late Majesty King Charles II. With all the Scenes Which were originally Presented in it when acted at the Theatre, particularly the Fleet of Shipsv and the Hell Scenev, in which the Masquerade was perform'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Empress Of Morocco

Song:

Dance:

881
27 November 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Note, That the Theatre in Dorset-Garden being now repair'd from the Damage done by the late great Winds, the same will be ready by the latter end of this Week to Act in, or for Entertainments of Musick and Danceing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Music: Several Italian sonatas on the violin-Gasperini

Dance: Spanish Dance, Punchanello-Cherrier; Other Dances-Mrs Lucas, Mrs Bicknell

882
01 December 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. And on Wednesday next a Play will be Acted at the Theatre in Dorset-Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs duRuel, Laferry, Mrs Bicknell

883
31 March 1705 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: [The theatres, closed during Passion Week, did not act again until Monday, 9 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Passion Week

884
03 May 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [This play was advertised on 1 May, not later, as "Not Acted these Four Years," but the performance may have been deferred by the apparent closing of the theatres until after May Fair.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth; With The Fall Of Cardinal Wolsey

885
18 March 1706 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Passion Week

Performance Comment: [The theatres were closed Monday 18 through Saturday 23. Passion Week.]

886
24 October 1706 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 22 and 23 Sept., the advertisements bore the heading: "By the deserted Company of Comedians of the Theatre Royal."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Mrs Tofts

Dance:

887
16 November 1706 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: Being the last time of performing at this Theatre till after Lady-day next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Song: As17061030

Dance: As17061102

888
28 October 1708 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: The theatres remained closed until 14 Dec

Performances

889
06 June 1709 @ Greenwich

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies in Greenwich and from London. At Mr Penkethman's New Theatre in Greenwich. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fine Ladies Airs

890
19 July 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bowen, who will be (in a most particular Manner) Honour'd that Night with the Presence of L'Madam Signiora Fount, Native de Barselona Di Cala Qualificatta, being the first time of her appearance in the English Theatre; and by reason the Queen's Box will be taken up by the Foreign Ministers, The Spanish Lady will be in one of the Stage-Boxes in the Habit of of her Country

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

891
08 October 1710 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Performance Comment: The theatres were closed until 4 Nov.

892
21 May 1711 @ Greenwich

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Baxter. At Mr Penkethman's New Theatre in Greenwich. At 5 p.m., several People returning to London the same Night, it being Moonlight Nights

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pastor Fido; Or, The Faithful Shepherd

Dance: Dances with Swords to Admiration-A girl of five

Song: Between the Acts: Singing-

893
10 January 1713 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [Text by N. F. Haym. Music by G. F. Handel.] Colman's Opera Register: Mr O. Swiny ye Manager of ye Theatre was now setting out a New Opera, Heroick. all ye Habits new & richer than ye former with 4 New Scenes, & other Decorations & Machines. Ye Tragick Opera was called Theseus. Ye Musick composed by Mr Handel....ye Opera being thus prepared Mr Swiny would have got a Subscription for Six times, but could not.--he then did give out Tickets at half a Guinea each, for two Nights ye Boxes lay'd open to ye Pit, ye House was very full these two Nights

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theseus

894
20 April 1715 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Nicholas Rowe.] Never Acted before. The Medley, 22 April: Whereas Nicodemus Somebody, Esq; alias The Merry Mr Pack, belonging to the Play-house in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, was on Wednesday Night last very noisy and troublesome in the first Gallery of Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane, he's desir'd hereby, when out of his own House, to behave himself with a little more Manners and Discretion, and not distinguish himself again by his ill-natur'd Gestures and frequent Hissings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Music: In: a cantata, The Meditation by Pepusch-Mrs del'Epine, Mrs Barbier

895
07 May 1715 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By Command. Admission as 23 Oct. 1714. At 6 p.m. Daily Courant 11 May: Whatever Persons paid for Box-Tickets for the Opera of Hydaspes, which was perform'd on Saturday the 7th Instant, by reason of several Persons of Quality (who could not be denyed) coming in without Tickets; those who had taken them, and could not find Room, may send their Tickets to the Theatre-Office...and their Money will be repaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hydaspes

896
20 June 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Five Years. N.B. There will be Acting at that Theatre every Wednesday and Friday, till the 24th of August. Receipts: #17 3s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of The Shrew; Or, Sawny The Scot

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross; particularly Dutch Skipper-

897
06 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Ryder, Diary, pp. 359-60: Went to see the tragedy of Tamerlane which was acted with a new prologue in honour of King William and in memory of what he did for us. The play itself is good....Mills who acted the part of Bajazet did it mighty well and expressed that furiousness and rage and malice and ambition admirably well in his gesture at the end, but, which is his distinguishing character, very well kept up throughout. I observed in the general that the manner of speaking in our theatres in tragedy is not natural. There is something that would be very shocking and disagreeable and very unnatural in real life. Persons would call it theatrical, meaning by that something stiff and affected

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

898
06 December 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. The Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 8 Dec.: Last Thursday Night his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was at the Theatre in Drury-Lane, when one Mr Freeman, a mad Gentleman of 2000l. per Ann. offering to go into the Boxes, and being stopt by one of the Centries in the Passage, he shot him above the Shoulder; however the Centry knockt him down, and securing him, 2 or 3 more loaded Pistols were found in his Pockets....The sudden Discharge of Mr Freeman's Pistol put the Ladies and others withinside the Playhouse into some Consternation at first....The Gentlemen about the Prince, and almost throughout the House, drew their Swords upon the Occasion of this Disorder, which was soon over

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

899
18 June 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. An exact Computation being made, how many the Pit and Boxes will hold, with ease; they are to be put together, and such a Number of Tickets will be printed, and no more; to be deliver'd this present Tuesday, at Boman's Chocolate-House in Bridges-Street, no Money being to be taken at the Theatre, but for the Gallery. N.B. By desire the Play is not to begin till 9 a Clock, by reason of the Heat of the Weather; Nor the House to be open'd till Eight

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Dance: As17170524

900
05 August 1717 @ Tottenham Court

Event Comment: From the Theatre Royal, Leigh and Jubilee Dicky, alias Norris, At the great Theatrical Booth at Tottenham Court, during the time of the Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History Of Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Pleasant and Comical Adventures of Sir Anthony Noodle and His Little Man Weazle