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6651 results for: Keyword - Thomas Griffith
We found 5508 matches on Author, 1007 matches on Performance Comments, 441 matches on Event Comments, 61 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6176
29 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park; Or, The Merry Citizens

Performance Comment: Sir Thomas-Hippisley; Worthy-Bridgwater; Dorinda-Mrs Mullart; Mrs Raison-Mrs Vincent; Young Reveller-Hale; Raison-Rosco; Sassafras-Mullart; Steward-Arthur; Violante-Mrs Bellamy; Lady Hazard-Mrs Cross; Aunt-Mrs James; Florella-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Hippisley

Dance: MMars and Venus-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; Tyrolean-Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

6177
07 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Young Valere-Hale; Angelica-Mrs Woffington; Sir Thomas-Rosco; Dorante-Hippisley; Hector-James; Lovewell-Gibson; Marquis of Hazard-Neale; Cogdie-Bencraft; Galloon-Clarke; Favourite-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Security-Mrs Martin; Mrs Topknot-Mrs James; Betty-Miss Dodson; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Rosco

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: A new Chaconne-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; The Matelots-Mechel, Mlle Mechel

6178
16 February 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: As17410202, but Goodwill-Julian; Blister-Dunstall; Coupee-Yates; Quaver-Hemskirk; Wormwood-Vaughan; Thomas-Crofts.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Crofts.

Dance: As17410214

6179
24 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: See17410207, but Young Valere-Hale; Angelica-Mrs Woffington; Sir Thomas-Rosco; Dorante-Hippisley; Hector-James; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Rosco

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

6180
17 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: As17410413 but Goodwill-Julian; Blister-Dunstall; Coupee-Yates; Quaver-Hemskirk; Wormwood-Vaughan; Thomas-Crofts.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Crofts.

6181
08 September 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Clive; Quaver-Lowe; Goodwill-Taswell; Blister-Turbutt; Wormwood-Woodburn; Coupee-Macklin; Thomas-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor.

6182
27 November 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pamela

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Aesop-W. Giffard; Charon-Julian; Attorney-Paget; Frenchman-Blakes; Irishman-Yates; Beau-Peterson; Mercury-Mrs Bishop; Drunken Man-Giffard; 1st Lady-Mrs Yates; 2nd Lady-Mrs Dunstall; Thomas-Crofts; Lucy-Mrs Hippisley; into which will be introduc'd a Song called The Life of a Belle-; that Scene being a Sequel to the Virgin Unmask'd. With Original Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Crofts

6183
02 January 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17411127, but Charon-_; Beau-_; Mercury-_; 1st Lady-_; 2nd Lady-_; Thomas-_.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Crofts

6184
22 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Hale; Angelica-Mrs Vincent; Sir Thomas-Rosco; Dorante-Hippisley; Hector-James; Lovewell-Gibson; Marquis-Woodward; Cogdie-Bencraft; Galloon-Clarke; Favourite-Mrs Hale; Mrs Security-Mrs Martin; Mrs Topknot-Mrs James; Betty-Miss Dodson; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Rosco

Dance: Entertainments, as17420220; Peasants, as17420220; Grand Ballet call'd Mars and Venus-Mars-Desnoyer, +Venus- Sga Barbarina, +Their followers- Villeneuve, Richardson, Delegarde, Dupre, Destrade, Davenport, Mrs Wright, Mlle Fabrez, Mrs LeBrun, Mlle Rhenos, Mlle Maudet, Mrs LeFont

Related Works
Related Work: The Noble Peasant Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420121

6185
06 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Clive; Zorobabel-Macklin; Signor Cantileno-Beard; Ballad-Ray; Thomas-Neale; Lord Bawble-Cross; Goodwill-Taswell; Mrs Haycock-Mrs Macklin; Tawdry-Mrs Bennet[from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in London Daily Post and General Advertiser].from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in London Daily Post and General Advertiser].
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Neale
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Madcap in London Author(s): Thomas Arne

6186
16 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Coupee-Macklin; Goodwill-Taswell; Wormwood-Woodburn; Quaver-Lowe; Blister-Turbutt; Thomas-Raftor; Lucy-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor

Entertainment: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burke Thumoth [on Flute]

6187
27 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Clive; Zorobabel-Macklin; Cantilino-Beard; Ballad-Lowe; Lord Bawble-Cross; Thomas-Neale; Mrs Haycock-Mrs Cross; Mrs Tawdry-Miss Bennet.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Neale
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Madcap in London Author(s): Thomas Arne

Song: I: Song-Beard

Dance: V: Turkish Seraglio, as17421025, but With New Habits and Decorations

6188
30 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Performance Comment: As17421027, but Thomas-Blakes; Goodwill-Taswell.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Blakes
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Madcap in London Author(s): Thomas Arne

6189
01 December 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Lucy-Miss Scott; Goodwill-Julian; Blister-Dunstall; Quaker-Hemskirk; Coupee-Peterson; Wormwood-Dighton; Thomas-Freeman.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Freeman.

6190
15 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The What D'Ye Call It

Performance Comment: Timothy Peascod-Neale; Sir Thomas-Green; Sir Roger-Morgan; Dorcas-Mrs Cross; Kitty-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Green

Song: III: Beard; IV: Gentle Parthenissa-Sullivan; V: Caesar and Urania-Beard, Lowe

Music: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

6191
29 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressed Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: As17430419 but Quaver-Lowe; Blister-Turbutt; Wormwood-Woodburn; Coupee-Yates; Goodwill-Taswell; Thomas-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor.

Song: As17430427

Music: V: Concerto-Burk Thumoth

6192
30 September 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom; or, The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Lucy-Miss Hippisley; Goodwill-Rosco; Blister-Marten; Coupee-Woodward; Quaver-Bencraft; Wormwood-Stoppelaer; Thomas-Anderson.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Anderson.

Dance: Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

6193
26 November 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Young Valere-Giffard; Hector-Yates; Angelica-Mrs Woffington; Sir Thomas-Taswell; Lovewell-W. Giffard; Marquis of Hazard-Blakes; Dorante-Collins; Count Cogdie-Neale; Galoon-Morgan; Boxkeeper-Cross; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Giffard; Favourite-Mrs Ridout; Mrs Topknot-Mrs Yates; Mrs Security-Mrs Egerton; Betty-Miss Horsington.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Taswell

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: II: Sullivan; IV: Bumper Squire Jones-Sullivan

Dance: III: Italian Masquerade-Muilment, Desse, Leviez, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thomson

6194
16 May 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Flora-Miss Budgell; Betty-Miss Cole; Sir Thomas-Collins; Dick-Cross; Friendly-Blakes; Old Hob-Dunstall; Hob's Mother-Mrs Dunstall; Hob-Ray.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Collins
Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Thomas Doggett

Dance: III: Mlle Auguste

6195
24 September 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discovered

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Lucy-Miss Hippisley; Goodwill-Rosco; Blister-Marten; Coupee-Woodward; Quaver-Bencraft; Wormwood-Stoppelaer; Thomas-Anderson.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Anderson.

6196
24 November 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Performance Comment: Timothy-Woodward; Sir Roger-Rosco; Thomas-James; Peter-Hippisley; Steward-Anderson; Kitty-Mrs Vincent; With the Song Twas When the Seas were Roaring-Mrs Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: James

Dance: As17441117

6197
01 May 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Laguerre; Sir Thomas-Hippisley; Friendly-Beard; Old Hob-Dunstall; Dick-Anderson; Flora-Mrs Vincent; Betty-Miss Hippisley; Hob's Mother-Mrs Martin.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Hippisley
Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Thomas Doggett

Dance: CComic Dance, as17450423 Scotch Dance, as17441012

Song: Scotch Ballad beginning And we are Gayly yet-Beard

6198
17 October 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Young Valere-Giffard; Sir Thomas-Taswell; Lovewell-Havard; Hazard-Blakes; Hector-Yates; Dorante-Collins; Cogdie-Neale; Galoon-Vaughan; Boxkeeper-Goodfellow; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Giffard; Favourite-Mrs Ridout; Mrs Topknot-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Security-Mrs Yates; Betty-Mrs Horsington; Angelica-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Taswell

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught

Dance: III: Grand Dance, as17451008

Song: IV: Lowe

6199
11 December 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Clive; Quaver-Lowe; Coupee-Yates; Blister-Turbutt; Wormwood-Woodburn; Goodwill-Taswell; Thomas-Bransby.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Bransby.

Dance: II: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: IV: Lowe

6200
11 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: Duke-Berry; Lucio-Macklin; Clown-Barrington; Isabella-Mrs Woffington; Angelo-Havard; Escalus-Winstone; Claudio-Mills; Father Peter-Bridges; Father Thomas-Simpson; Provost-Blakes; Abhorson-Collins; Elbow-I. Sparks; Barnardine-Ray; Mariana-Mrs Bennet; Juliet-Miss Pitt; Midnight-Mrs Bridges; Nun-Miss Cole.
Cast
Role: Father Thomas Actor: Simpson

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: III: Lowe; IV: Scotch Dialogue, as17460310

Dance: II: Muilment; V: Italian Peasants, as17460206