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17723 results for: Keyword - Thomas and John Baston
We found 15616 matches on Author, 2277 matches on Performance Comments, 1448 matches on Event Comments, 424 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4001
12 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Oates and Miss Oates. Tickets at Oates', within two Doors of Mitre Tavern, James Street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover Or The Banishd Cavaliers

Related Works
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: Thomaso; or, The Wanderer Author(s): Thomas Killigrew

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: I: A Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II: Je ne scay quoi-Villeneuve, Oates Jr, Miss Oates; III: Minuet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

4002
22 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bradshaw (Boxkeeper), Hobson (House Keeper and Stage Doorkeeper). Afterpiece: Written by the Author of Pasquin. [Tickets for Rumball taken.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Related Works
Related Work: The Squire of Alsatia Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: I: Pierots-Lalauze, Liviez; II: Muilment; III: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Hornpipe-Yates; V: French Peasants-Leviez, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

Song: II: The Noon Tide Air-Miss Edwards

4003
24 September 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #57 15s. (Account Book); #70 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman

Related Works
Related Work: The Honest Thieves; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Thomas Knight

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: Scapin-Hippisley; Thrifty-Rosco; Gripe-Arthur; Leander-Hallam; Octavian-Hale; Shift-Jones; Sly-Smith; Clara-Mrs Vincent; Lucia-Mrs Hale.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Hallam
Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: MMiller and Wife, The Swiss-French Boy and Girl

4004
03 October 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #52 14s. 6d. (Account Book); #50 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush

Performance Comment: Royal Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Woolfort-Rosco; Hemskirk-Hale; Hubert-Hallam; Vandunck-Mullart; Prig-Neale; Higgen-Hippisley; Ferret-Stoppelaer; Gincks-Bencraft; Merchant-Gibson; Boors-James, Smith, Anderson; Bertha-Mrs Bellamy; Jaqueline-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Vandunck Actor: Mullart
Role: Boors Actor: James, Smith, Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Bush Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Hallam
Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: TThe Swiss, Peasants-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

4005
07 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor

Dance: II: L'Allemande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

4006
09 October 1740 @ Southwark

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Phillips. At the Playhouse on the Bowling Green. The plays to be acted gratis. The Doors to be open'd at Four, and to begin precisely at Seven

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; II: A new Miller's Dance-Phillips; V: Scene of the Skeleton, with the Skeleton-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Song: III: A new Whimsical Welsh Song-Hemskirk

Music: By particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies, the Quaker's Sermon on the Violin-Phillips

4007
18 October 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd Or A Plot Discoverd

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

4008
20 October 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Walker; Aboan-Giffard; Blandford-Nelson; Governor-Paget; Stanmore-Linnet; Driver-Dunstall; Daniel-Yates; Imoinda-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Nelson
Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Related Works
Related Work: Wonders in the Sun, or, The Kingdom of the Birds Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

4009
30 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Vandunck Actor: Shepard
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull
Related Work: The Beggar's Bush Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports

4010
31 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Vandunck Actor: Shepard
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull
Related Work: The Beggar's Bush Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Low, the first time of his appearance on any stage
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: II: Ballet of Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Ballet: End Afterpiece: Grand Ballet. Diana-Mlle Chateauneuf; Apollo-Muilment; Mars-Desse; Hercules-Nivelon; Pallas-Mrs Thompson; Mercury-Carney; Pan-LaPierre; Ceres-Mrs Walter; Bacchus-Livier

4011
03 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by George Duke of Buckingham. Receipts: #75 9s. 6d. (Account Book); #60 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Ryan
Related Works
Related Work: The Contrast: A Tragi-Comical Rehearsal of Two Modern Plays: Match Upon Match; or, No Match at All, and the Tragedy of Epaminodas Author(s): John Hoadley

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Hallam
Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: TThe Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

4012
07 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies. Benefit Henry Plowman. Receipts: Money #34 14s. 6d.; Tickets #85 7s. (Account Book); #150 (Rylands MS.). [Account Book states that Plowman was charged #80 for his benefit. See a letter by Plowman in Daily Advertiser, 7 Nov., on his acting in this play.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: PPeasants-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Drunken Peasant-Phillips

4013
17 November 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: III: New dance-Master Matthews; IV: Comic Dance-Davenport

4014
05 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: John Trot Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Female Fortune Teller Author(s): Charles Johnson

Dance: As17401204

4015
05 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks Or The Yeoman Of Kent

Related Works
Related Work: Tunbridge-Walks: or, The Yeoman of Kent Author(s): Thomas Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Crofts

Dance: III: A new dance-Master Matthews; IV: Les Berges-Mr and Mrs Davenport; V: Drunken Peasant and Clown-Master Matthews, Master Shawford

4016
08 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

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

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: As17401201

4017
10 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Alter'd from Milton's Masque at Ludlow-Castle, and now adapted to the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: I: La Tambourin Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: Grand Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

4018
11 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: John Trot Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Female Fortune Teller Author(s): Charles Johnson

4019
13 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: I: The Lunaticks (new)-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Ballet: V: The Enchanted Garden (new). Harlequin Man and Woman-Fausan, Signora Fausan; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; Scaramouch Man and Woman-Desse, Mrs Walter; Pierot Man and Woman-Nivelon, Miss Thompson; Petit Maitre-Macklin

Performance Comment: Harlequin Man and Woman-Fausan, Signora Fausan; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; Scaramouch Man and Woman-Desse, Mrs Walter; Pierot Man and Woman-Nivelon, Miss Thompson; Petit Maitre-Macklin.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: Fausan, Signora Fausan
Role: Shepherd and Shepherdess Actor: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Desse, Mrs Walter
Role: Pierot Man and Woman Actor: Nivelon, Miss Thompson

4020
17 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: John Trot Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Female Fortune Teller Author(s): Charles Johnson

4021
18 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Pedro-Milward; Roderigo-Quin; Alphonso-Johnson; Mad Scholar-Chapman; Mad Englishman-Winstone; Mad Welshman-Macklin; Mad Taylor-Vaughan; Mad Priest-Raftor; Old Pilgrim-Woodburn; Drunken Servant-Ray; Stuttering Servant-Woodward; Lopez-Shepard; Jaquez-Turbutt; Curio-Cashell; Seberto-Ridout; Master of Mad House-Taswell; Keeper-Grey; Alinda-Mrs Mills; Juletta-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Alphonso Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): Thomas Killigrew

Dance: II: The Lunaticks, as17401213

Ballet: V: The Enchanted Garden. As17401213

Cast
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: Fausan, Signora Fausan
Role: Shepherd and Shepherdess Actor: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Desse, Mrs Walter
Role: Pierot Man and Woman Actor: Nivelon, Miss Thompson

4022
26 December 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #136 19s. (Account Book); #120 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull
Related Work: The Beggar's Bush Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Followers of Eurydice Actor: French _Girl, Mlle Roland.
Role: Nymph Actor: Haughton, Mlle Roland.

4023
30 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Imprisonment

4024
06 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: See17401218., but Pedro-Milward; Roderigo-Quin; Alphonso-Johnson; Mad Welshman-Macklin; Mad Scholar-Chapman; Mad Englishman-Winstone; Mad Taylor-Woodward; Alinda-Mrs Mills; Juletta-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Alphonso Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): Thomas Killigrew

Dance: I: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Grand Serious Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; In IV: The Lunaticks, as17401213; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17410102

4025
15 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: As 4 Dec. 1740. Benefit Mrs Porter. Pit and Front Boxes together at 5s. N.B. All imaginable Care will be taken to keep the House warm; in order to which only one Door will be open in the Front-Boxes, where Tickets will be delivered. Receipts: money #90 16s. 6d.; seals #78 10s. (Account Book); #180 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage Or The Innocent Adultery

Performance Comment: Isabella-Mrs Porter; Villeroy-Ryan; Biron-Delane; Fernando-Hippisley; Carlos-Rosco; Baldwin-Roberts; Frederick-Hallam; Fabian-Gibson; Jaqueline-Neale; Belford-Anderson; Sampson-Mullart; Julia-Mrs Ware; Nurse-Mrs Martin; Victoria-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Fernando Actor: Hippisley
Role: Belford Actor: Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: Nancy

Dance: Glover, Mlle Roland, Mechell, Mlle Mechell