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2977 results for: Keyword - W. and A. Lee
We found 2066 matches on Performance Comments, 608 matches on Author, 489 matches on Event Comments, 62 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2451
10 July 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: Taste or The Diversions of the Morning

Monologue: A Modern, Operatical, Sentimental, Crying, Tragedy call'd Purity [sic] in Pattens. Butler-Parsons; Squire-Fearon; Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell

Performance Comment: Butler-Parsons; Squire-Fearon; Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Candy Actor: Mrs W. Palmer

Dance: The Haymakers-

2452
24 July 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

2453
16 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jewell. By Permission. A Tragedy for Warm Weather, not acted these ten Years, written after the manner of the worst as well as the best English Poets [author unknown] Containing, amongst a Variety of Particulars curious, entertaining, and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Tailors, their Military Preparations and Election of a Chief, their Skirmishes, Ambushes, Sieges, Councils and Combats; their Division into Flints, and Dungs; with the Defection of the Dungs, at the Pass of Butcher Row and total Overthrow of the Flints at the famous Battle of Temple Bar; together with the Captivit and End of their valiant leader. [Colman's shortened version of the 1767 play (Biographia Dramatica).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Entertainment: The Cries of London-Shuter

2454
25 September 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii With The Fall Of Cardinal Wolsey

Performance Comment: King Henry-A Gentleman (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh [unidentified]); Duke of Buckingham-Stacy; Duke of Norfolk-Comerford; Duke of Suffolk-Kenny; Earl of Surry-Garland; Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury)-Lewis; Gardiner (Bishop of Winchester)-Massey; Lord Sands-Ware of Deptford; Lord Chamberlain-Johnson; Cardinal Campeius (the Pope's Legate)-Sparrow; Cromwell (Gentleman Usher)-W. Smith; Doctor Butts (Physician to the King)-Ward; Cardinal Wolsey-Stokes; Queen Katherine-Miss Reynolds; Anne Bullen-Mrs West; Patience (with a song in character)-Mrs Davies; Dame Prattle-Mrs Ross; Lady of the bed chamber [to Queen Katherine-Miss C. Reynolds.
Cast
Role: Earl of Surry Actor: Garland
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Ware of Deptford

Afterpiece Title: Miss Hoyden or The Man of Quality

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Quality Author(s): John Lee

Dance: A Hornpipe-Mrs Marklew

Song: Between Acts: Singing-Mrs Davies

2455
31 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Cast
Role: Scander Actor: Bannister

2456
30 May 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Foote, Parsons, Fearon, Massey, R. Palmer, Griffiths, Jackson, Bransby, Egan, T. Davis, Stevens, Peirce, Palmer, Mrs Hunter, Miss Hale, Mrs W. Palmer, Mrs Gardner. [Morning Chronicle, 3 June: Sir Matthew Mite-Foote; Mr Mayor-Palmer. Edition of 1778 (T. Cadell), which assigns the cast for season of 1772, lists the other parts: Sir John Oldham, Mr ThomasOldham, Young Oldham, Touchit, Antiquarians, Secretary, Rapine, Nathan, Moses, James and Putty, Conserve, Waiter, Lady Oldham, Sophy, Mrs Match'em, Crocus.] Prologue as17770515. Prologue as17770515.

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

2457
02 June 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tailors

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

2458
30 June 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Polly

Cast
Role: Vanderbluff Actor: Massey

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

2459
15 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: As17770707

2460
04 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Performance Comment: As17770611 but Mrs Candy-Mrs W. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Mrs Candy Actor: Mrs W. Palmer.

2461
19 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Performance Comment: Don John-Henderson (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Petruchio-Aickin; Duke-Fearon; Peter-Blissett; Anthony-Massey; Francisco-Jackson; Surgeon-Griffiths; Antonio-Parsons; Don Frederick-Davies; 1st Constantia-Mrs Hunter; Landlady-Mrs Love; Nurse-Mrs W. Palmer; Kinswoman-Miss Hale; Mother-Miss Platt; 2nd Constantia-Miss Barsanti.
Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End Monologue: a Dance-

Entertainment: MonologueEnd: The Picture of a Playhouse or Bucks have at Ye All-Palmer

2462
17 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Mrs Jewell. The Out-standing Tickets of Mr Jewell [from his benefit on 3 Sept.], and those issued for King Richard III will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-

Entertainment: ImitationsEnd: New Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Hutton

2463
19 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Occasional Prelude

Related Works
Related Work: A New Occasional Prelude Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

2464
21 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Song: End: Hunting@song-Griffin

2465
18 September 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Mrs Jewell. The out-standing Tickets of Jewell's, for September the 2d, will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Digges; Manly-Usher; Count Basset-Taylor; Squire Richard-Everard; John Moody-Massey; James-Davis; Poundage-Brownsmith; Constable-Summers; Sir Francis Wronghead-Blissett; Lady Grace-Mrs Hitchcock; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Standen; Miss Jenny-A Young Lady (5th appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Mrs Motherly-Mrs Everard; Trusty-Mrs W?. Palmer; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Standen

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Performance Comment: Butler-Usher; The Squire-Everard; Mrs Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly Pattens-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Mrs Candy Actor: Mrs W. Palmer

2466
21 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: King Henry the Fifth

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Cast
Role: Trappanti Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Rosara Actor: Miss Leeson

Dance: End: The Shepherd's Wedding-Harris, Miss Matthews

2467
08 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P 2, attributed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan (see G. W. Williams in Studies in Philology, XLVII, 1950, 619-28). Synopsis of action (W. Randall, 1779) lists no parts]: The Overture and Music entirely new. With new Scenes, Machines, Dresses and Decorations. All the Scenery, Machinery, &c. designed by DeLoutherbourg and executed under his direction. Nothing under Full Price will be taken. [For a discussion of this pantomime see Theatre Survey, II, 54-66.] Public Advertiser, 24 Feb. 1779: This Day is published an Account of The Wonders of Derbyshire and the Songs (6d.). Receipts: #225 19s. (223.18.0; 2.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire or Harlequin in the Peak

2468
19 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Landlord Actor:

2469
04 June 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors A Tragedy for Warm Weather

Dance: As17790531

2470
10 June 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: End: The Country Wake, as17790609

2471
14 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Related Works
Related Work: Summer Amusement; or, An Adventure at Margate Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

2472
16 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lee Lewes

2473
04 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

2474
13 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Catherine And Petruchio

Dance: As17791022

2475
26 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Dance: As17791123