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1837 results for: Keyword - Widow Robinson
We found 884 matches on Performance Title, 711 matches on Performance Comments, 426 matches on Event Comments, 5 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1101
21 January 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Word To The Wise

Performance Comment: Sir George Hastings-Smith; Sir John Dormer-Shatford; Captain Dormer-A Gentleman (1st appearance on this stage [unidentified]); Villars-Johnston; Mr Willoughby-L'Estrange; Mrs Willoughby-Mrs Lefevre; Miss Willoughby-Mrs Beaufield; Miss Dormer-Mrs Robinson; Miss Montague-Mrs Johnson. hathi.
Cast
Role: Miss Dormer Actor: Mrs Robinson

Afterpiece Title: The Talisman

Song: End of mainpiece a song by Brett

Monologue: 1784 01 21 End of Act III of mainpiece a Masonic Address by a Brother [unidentified]

1102
15 March 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Captain Macheath-Dighton; Peachum-L'Estrange; Lockit-Connell; Filch-Dutton; Ben Budge-Owen; Waiter and Gaoler-Besford; Mat o' th' Mint-Gaudry (of CG); Lucy-Mrs Greville; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Henley; Diana Trapes-Mrs Connell; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Elcock; Jenny Diver-Mrs Waldron; Molly Brazen-Miss Barrymore; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Robinson; Polly-Mrs Pinto (last appearance on the stage [but see CG 22 Apr.]). hathi.but see CG 22 Apr.]). hathi.
Cast
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Mrs Robinson

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford (of CG)

Monologue: 1785 03 15 End of mainpiece Shuter's Post-haste Observations in a journey to Paris by Dutton

1103
11 January 1794 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Matrimonio Segreto

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Rovedino, Braghetti, Morelli//Sga Pastorelli, Sga Casentini [Borghi]. [Cast from libretto (C. Clarke [1794)): Geronimo-C. Rovedino; Paolino-Braghetti; Il Conte Robinson-G. Morelli//Elisetta-Sga G. Pastorelli; Carolina-Sga C[asentini] Borghi; Fidalma-Sga Schinotti.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Il Conte Robinson Actor: G. MorelliElisetta-Sga G. Pastorelli

Dance: End of Act I a new Divertisement, composed by Noverre [performers not listed]; End of Act II a new Pantomimic Ballet, composed by Noverre, Adelaide; ou, La Bergere des Alpes, by Aumer, Gentili, Mme Del Caro, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mme M. L. Hilligsberg Sen

1104
19 March 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Life's Vagaries

Performance Comment: Characters by Lewis, Quick, Johnstone, Munden, Fawcett, Bernard, Townsend, Farley, Thompson, Rees, Davenport, Burton, Rock, Follett, Cross, Williamson, Ledger, Wilde, Blurton, Abbot, Miss Wallis, Mrs Lee (1st appearance on this stage), Miss Stuart, Mrs Platt, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Mrs Pope. [Cast from text (T. N. Longman, 1795), and O'Keeffe's Dramatic Works, Vol. I (T. Woodfall, 1798), and playbill of 27 Nov. 1795: Arthur D'Aumerle-Lewis; Dickins-Quick; Timolin-Johnstone; Sir Hans Burgess-Munden; George Burgess-Fawcett; Lord Torrendel-Bernard; Robin Hoofs-Townsend; L'Oeillet-Farley; Coachman-Thompson; Tradesmen-Davenport, Follett, Cross, Williamson; John-Ledger; Constable-Blurton; Robinson-Abbot; Thomas-Simmons; Augusta-Miss Wallis; Fanny-Mrs Lee; Miss Clare-Miss Stuart; Landlady-Mrs Platt; Fruit Woman-Mrs Watts; Martha-Miss Leserve; Lady Torrendel-Mrs Pope; unassigned-Rees, Burton, Rock, Wilde; Prologue-Middleton [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.; An Address by way of Epilogue [not listed on playbill,-Lewis [(Pocket Magazine, Mar. 1795, p. 195. It was probably intended to introduce Mrs Lee.].(Pocket Magazine, Mar. 1795, p. 195. It was probably intended to introduce Mrs Lee.].
Cast
Role: Robinson Actor: Abbot

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: In: I can dance and sing-Mrs Lee. [Not listed on playbill, but see BUC, p. 619.

1105
22 February 1796 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Ozmyn-Miller; Manuel-Williams; Gonzalez-Clifford; Garcia-Robinson; Perez-Harley; Alonzo-Sadler; Heli-Herbert; Selim-Adcock; Zara-Mrs Sidney; Leonora-Mrs Forster; Almeria-Mrs Gooch.
Cast
Role: Garcia Actor: Robinson

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Song: End: The Soldier Tired-Miss Crow

Entertainment: Monologue Previous: an Occasional Address-Miller

1106
21 April 1798 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Matrimonio Segreto

Performance Comment: [Principal Characters by Benelli (from Naples; 1st appearance in this country), Morelli, Rovedino, Sga Angelelli. Cast from libretto (E. Jackson [1798]): Paolino-Benelli; Il Conte Robinson-Morelli; Geronimo-Rovedino; Carolina-Sga Angelelli; Elisetta-Sga Pastorelli; Fidalma-Sga Colombati.
Cast
Role: Il Conte Robinson Actor: Morelli

Dance: End I: A New Divertisement, as17980419; End Opera: La Vengeance de l'Amour-; Pas de Quatre de Panurge-

1107
09 April 1799 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Matrimonio Segreto

Performance Comment: Mme Allegranti (1st appearance in England [since 13 May 1783]). See17990413 [Cast adjusted from libretto (E. Jackson [1798]): Il Conte Robinson-Morelli; Geronimo-Rovedino; Paolino-Benelli; Carolina-Mme Allegranti; Elisetta-Sga Pastorelli; Fidalma-Sga Rovedino.]
Cast
Role: Il Conte Robinson Actor: Morelli

Dance: As17990330

1108
27 April 1664 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: [See16640300 The Prologue-; The Epilogue-the Widow?, Wheadle?; Lord Beanford-Betterton?; Colonel Bruce-Smith?; Lovis-Morris?; Sir NicholasCully-Nokes?; Palmer-Underhill?; Wheadle-Saunford?; Graciana-Mrs Betterton?; Aurelia-Mrs Davies?; Widow-Mrs Long?; Sir Frederick Frolick-Harris?; Dufoy-Price?.
Cast
Role: The Epilogue Actor: the Widow?, Wheadle?
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Long?

1109
11 December 1676 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Edition of 1677: Prologue-; Epilogue-Widow-Blackacre; Manly-Hart; Freeman-Kynaston; Vernish-Griffin; Novell-Clark; Major Oldfox-Cartwright; Lord Plausible-Haines; Jerry Blackacre-Charlton; Olivia-Mrs Marshall; Fidelia-Mrs Boutell; Eliza-Mrs Knep; Letice-Mrs [Ursula or Frances] Knight (see below); Widow Blackacre-Mrs Cory.
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Widow-Blackacre
Role: Widow Actor: Blackacre
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Cory.

1110
22 August 1741 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Duke; Or, The Conjuror's Bastard; With The Comical Humours Of Captain Tipple

Performance Comment: Conjuror's Bastard-Chapman; Duke Lavinio-Winstone; Mago-Cross; Prince Brunetto-Ware; Barberino-Bembridge; Alberto-Richards; Captain-Spackman; Clout-Gray; Flout-Clough; Isabella-Mrs Cross; Prudentia-Miss Ferguson; Flametta-Miss Dodson; 1st Widow-Mrs Taylor; 2d Widow-Mrs Powel; Miss Sol@Fa-Mrs Booth; Drunken Captain-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: 1st Widow Actor: Mrs Taylor
Role: 2d Widow Actor: Mrs Powel

Afterpiece Title: The Matrimonial Squabble; or, A Cure for Jealousy

Ballet: TThe Infernals (Grand Ballet). 1st Fury-Bencraft; Attendants-Clough, Richards, Gray, Wright, Bembridge, Spackman

1111
17 November 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow and Four Small Children of the late Henry Carey. Tickets at the stage door, or at the Widow Carey's in Cross St., Hatton-Garden; at Langbourn-Ward Coffee House; and of Mrs Suertt, at the Apple Tree in Cold Bath Fields. N.B. The Unfortunate Widow humbly hopes that the Good Nature and Humanity of her Friends will admit her melancholy circumstances, and the shortness of time, as a sufficient excuse for not waiting on them, and continue the favours, formerly shown to her late Husband, to her and her Distress'd Family, being left entirely destitute of any provision

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

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

1112
22 March 1744 @ Temple Bar

Event Comment: TTony Aston's program as 26 Feb., but Widow Motteux as Widow as in scene from Plain Dealer. Benefit Widow Motteaux

Performances

1113
21 October 1661 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Honour

Performance Comment: Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, pp.21-22): Prince Alvaro-Betterton; Prince Prospero-Harris; Lionel-Joseph Price; Duke-Lilliston; Evandra-Mrs Hester? Davenport. [Possibly Peg Fryer acted the Old Widow; when she appeared at lif on 11 Jan. 1720, she was announced as having appeared in Love and Honour when she was young. As she was 85 in 1720, she was about 26 at this time.]Possibly Peg Fryer acted the Old Widow; when she appeared at lif on 11 Jan. 1720, she was announced as having appeared in Love and Honour when she was young. As she was 85 in 1720, she was about 26 at this time.]

1114
April 1693 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Very Good Wife

Performance Comment: Edition of 1693: Prologue [By Mr Congreve-Mr Hains; Epilogue-Mrs Knight; Courtwitt-Powell; Wellborn-Hodgson; Bonavent-Alexander [Verbruggen]; Squeezwit-Bowen; Venture-Bright; Hickman-Trafusis; Sneaksby-Hains; Aminadab-Cibber; Jeremy-Lee; Crack-Lawson; Annabella-Mrs Mountfort; Widow Lacy-Mrs Knight; Carroll-Mrs Lassels; Mrs Sneaksby-Mrs Lee.
Cast
Role: Widow Lacy Actor: Mrs Knight

1115
November 1695 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Edition of 1696: Prologue to Oroonoko [Sent by an Unknown Hand,-Mr Powell; Oroonoko-Verbruggen; Aboan-Powell; Lieutenant Governor-Williams; Blanford-Harland; Stanmore-Horden; Jack Stanmore-Mills; Captain Driver-Ben Johnson; Daniel-Mich. Lee; Hottman-Sympson; Imoinda-Mrs Rogers; Widow Lackit-Mrs Knight; Charlot Welldon-Mrs Verbruggen; Lucy Welldon-Mrs Lucas; Epilogue to Oroonoko [Written by Mr Congreve, edition of 1699]-Mrs Verbruggen.
Cast
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Knight

1116
June 1697 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The World In The Moon

Performance Comment: Edition of 1697: Prologue-Girl; Frank Wildblood-Powel; Ned Stanmore-Mills; Palmerin Worthy-Williams; Sir Dottrel Fondlove-Johnson; Old Stanmore-Disney; Tom Dawkins-Pinkethman; Jacintha-Mrs Verbruggen; Widow Dawkins-Mrs Powel; Mrs Susan-Mrs Andrews; Prologue- Set to Musick by Mr Jeremy Clark. I:; Within this happy World above- set by Mr Jeremy Clark. II:; Joe Haynes meets 'em-; II: The Entertainment Composed by Mr Daniel Purcel Come all you Nymphs of Cynthia's Train-; II: A Dialogue In all our Cynthia's shining sphere-Mr Leveridge, Mrs Cross; III: The Musick set by Mr Daniel Purcel Look round and here behold-; A Dialogue Oh dear sweet sir you look so gay-Mrs Cross, Mrs Lucas; IV: A Song set by Mr Purcel Young Strephon met me t'other Day-Miss Anon; IV: The Ceremony of a Nuptial Entertainment perform'd. Bride-Mrs Cross; Bridegroom-Mr Leveridge; The Musick set by Mr D. Purcel, The Nymphs of the Plain-; V: Set by Mr D. Purcel, Come Strephon Phyllis come let's troth-; Epilogue-Miss Denny Chalk; Dress'd with a great Wig like a Beau. In The Single Songs in the New Opera call'd The World in the Moon (1697), in addition to some of the pieces listed above, are the following ones: A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell: Then come kind Damon-Mrs Lindsey; A Song Sett by Mr J. Clark: Smile then with a beam divine-Mrs Cross; A Song Sett by Mr J. Clark: Divine Astrea hither flew to Cynthia's brighter Throne-; A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell: Young Strephon hee has woo'd me long-; A New Song: Let those Youths who freedom prize-.
Cast
Role: Widow Dawkins Actor: Mrs Powel

1117
March 1698 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pretenders; Or, The Town Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Edition of 1698: Lord Courtipell-Thurmond; Sir Wealthy Plainder-Underhill; Sir Bellamour Blunt-Kynaston; Vainthroat-Bowman; Breakage-Trefuse; Captain Bownceby-Bright; Nickycrack-Bowen; Prim-Baily; Widow Thoroshift-Mrs More; Minx-Mrs Peryng; Ophelia-Mrs Bowman; Sweetny-Mrs Lee; Nibs-Mrs Lawson; Doll-Mrs Willis; Prologue-Mrs Bowen coming upon the Stage in a great huff, follow'd by a Prompter, with a Paper in his hand, and a Boy with a Bottle and Glass; Epilogue-Mrs Moor.
Cast
Role: Widow Thoroshift Actor: Mrs More

1118
23 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vice Reclaim'd; Or, The Passionate Mistress

Performance Comment: Edition of 1703 lists: Sir Feeble Goodwill-Johnson; Wilding-Wilks; Gainlove-Williams; Fondle-Bullock; Apish-Bickerstaff; Ralph-Norris; Widow Purelight-Mrs Kent; Lucia-Mrs Temple; Annabella-Mrs Rogers; Mrs Haughty-Mrs Knight; Malapert-Mrs Lucas; Betty-Mrs Cox; Mrs Rhenish-Mrs Powel; Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-Norris.
Cast
Role: Widow Purelight Actor: Mrs Kent

1119
14 December 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Beaufort-Bowman; Brace-Verbruggen; Lovis-Booth; Sir Frederick-Wilks; Dufoy-Bowen; Sir Nicholas-Norris; Wheadle-Keen; Palmer-Bullock; Widow-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

1120
10 June 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met

Performance Comment: Sir Wm. Wealthy-Bullock; Elder Wealthy-Mills; Young Wealthy-Wilks; Sham Town-Pack; Littlegood-Bowman; Spruce-Norris; Maria-Mrs Oldfield; Sophia-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Sly-Mrs Lee; Mrs Spruce-Mrs Bicknel.
Cast
Role: Widow Sly Actor: Mrs Lee

1121
31 October 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters

Performance Comment: Sir William-Bullock; Elder Wealthy-Mills; Young Wealthy-Wilks; Shamtown-Pack; Littlegad-Fairbank; Spruce-Norris; Maria-Mrs Oldfield; Sophia-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Sly-Mrs Powel; Mrs Spruce-Mrs Bicknel.
Cast
Role: Widow Sly Actor: Mrs Powel

1122
27 March 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Savil-Dogget; Elder Loveless-Powell; Young Loveless-Mills; Welford-Booth; Roger-Cibber; Morecraft-Bullock; Scornful Lady-Mrs Barry; Martha-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow-Mrs Moor.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Moor.

1123
19 April 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Wilks; Aboan-Powell; Governor-Keene; Blandford-Bickerstaffe; Driver-Johnson; Stanmore-Smith; Jack Stanmore-Fairbank; Daniel-Pinkethman; Hotman-Corey; Widow Lackit-Mrs Knight; Imoinda-Mrs Rogers; Charlot-Mrs Bradshaw; Lucy-Mrs Bicknell.
Cast
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Knight

1124
03 January 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Elder Loveless-Powell; Young Loveless-Mills; Welford-Booth; Savil-Johnson; Morecraft-Bullock; Roger-Cibber; Lady-Mrs Knight; Martha-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow-Mrs Moor; Abigail-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Moor

1125
18 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Sir Frederick-Wilks; Beaufort-Mills; Bruce-Booth; Lovis-Bickerstaffe; Wheadle-Keene; Sir Nicholas-Norris; Palmer-Estcourt; Dufoy-Bowen; Graciana-Mrs Rogers; Aurelia-Mrs Porter; Widow Rich-Mrs Knight; Betty-Mrs Mills; With a new Epilogue-Wilks.
Cast
Role: Widow Rich Actor: Mrs Knight