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5001 results for: Keyword - Widow of the late Dr Arne
We found 2524 matches on Event Comments, 1134 matches on Performance Comments, 913 matches on Performance Title, 897 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1026
23 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Mattocks; 1st Spirit-L'Estrange; Brothers-Robson, J. Bates; The Lady (with Sweet Echo, accompanied on the hautboy by Sharp)-Miss Harper; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Martyr; 2nd Bacchant-Mrs Morton; Sabrina-Miss Morris; 1st Bacchant and Euphrosyne-Miss Catley .
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Robson, J. Bates
Role: The Lady Actor: Miss Harper
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

1027
24 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Palmer; Grumio-Baddeley; Baptista-Wright; Biondella-Lamash; Taylor-Burton; Catherine-Mrs Wrighten .
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Song: As17811022

1028
26 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Lyar, announced on playbill of 25 Oct.] Receipts: #112 1s. (82/4/0; 29/12/6; 0/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Song: As17811022

1029
08 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #263 1s. (253/6/0; 9/12/6; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: As17811022

1030
10 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; mf 2, by Isaac Jackman; music by William Shield. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Account-Book, 1 Apr. 1782: Paid Jackman in full for the Divorce #50. Receipts: #207 3s. 6d. (186/9/0; 20/3/6; 0/11/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Parsons, Suett, Phillimore, Griffiths, Helme, Moody; Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Farren. [Cast from text (G. Kearsly, 1781): Sir Harry Trifle-Palmer; Qui Tarn-Parsons; Tom-Suett; Timothy-Phillimore; Sambo-Griffiths; Servant-Helme; Dennis Dogherty-Moody; Biddy-Mrs Wrighten; Mrs Annaseed-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Harriet Trifle-Miss Farren.] Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi. Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi.

Song: As17811022

1031
16 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: As17811022

1032
07 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #129 14s. 6d. (100/10/0; 29/2/0; 0/2/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Circassian

Cast
Role: Crisanthe Actor: Miss Simson

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Farren, R. Palmer
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Sharp
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

1033
11 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Dance: As17811019, but omitted: Henry [and thereafter]

Song: As17811022

1034
01 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Carnival of Venice [announced on playbill of 31 Dec] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of Dodd. Receipts: #104 3s. 6d. (70/5/0; 33/6/0; 0/12/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Italians Actor: Miss Field, the Miss Stageldoirs. Characters of the Tragedy: Lord Burleigh-Chaplin
Role: Master of the Horse Actor: Griffiths

Song: As17811022

1035
24 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

1036
23 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: The Fathers; or, The Good Natur'd Man Author(s): Michael Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

Dance: As17820221

1037
28 February 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #215 13s.(183/13/0; 31/2/6; 0/17/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Variety

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Farren, R. Palmer
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Sharp
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

1038
16 March 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. Monody: Not performed these 3 years [performed 28 Mar. 1781]. With Vocal and Instrumental Music [by Thomas Linley Sen.]. Receipts: #187 10s. 6d. (136/2/0; 51/7/0; 0/1/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #76 14s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: A Monody on the Death of Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Farren, R. Palmer
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Sharp
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

1039
26 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17820121, but Dumont [here called Shore]-Trew (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Barnes's name listed in playbill; omitted: Derby . Mrs Barnes's name listed in playbill; omitted: Derby .

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17811023, but Comus-Trew; added: Bacchanals-Reinhold, &c; Principal Bacchanal (with the songs of Comus)-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]) .unidentified]) .
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Robson, J. Bates
Role: The Lady Actor: Miss Harper
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece the song of Arionelli from The Son-in-Law, as17820419; In afterpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo, as17820226

1040
13 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Brandon, box-book and house-keeper. [The playbill announces as mainpiece King Henry the Eighth, and as afterpiece Barnaby Brittle, but the Account-Book has, "Alter'd to the Count of Narbonne" and "Alter'd to Comus."] Receipts: #300 8s. (66/2; tickets: 234/6) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Lewis
Role: Officers of the Count Actor: Fearon, J. Bates, Painter, &c.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

1041
22 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #294 l8s. (41/10; tickets: 253/8) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Robson, J. Bates
Role: The Lady Actor: Miss Harper
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

Dance: As17811211

1042
24 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wifes Relief

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Robson, J. Bates
Role: The Lady Actor: Miss Harper
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

1043
06 March 1783 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Pacchierotti. Opera: Not acted these 3 years. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Pacchierotti, No. 8, Great Marybone-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lolimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End of Act II New Divertistment, as17821130, but added: Mme Simonet; End of Act III Le Tuteur Trompe, as17830128

Song: Opera: With a new set of Airs, and an additional Scene, with a song from the celebrated Sarti, by Pacchierotti

Monologue: 1783 03 06 End of Opera an Address in English to the Audience, with a song from Handel, by Pacchierotti

1044
15 March 1783 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lolimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End of Act II Il Riposo del Campo, as17830313End of Act III Le Tuteur Trompe, as17830128

Song: New set of Airs, as17830306athi

1045
07 April 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture; or, Cuckold in Conceit Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Palmer; Principal Bacchanals-Barrymore, Staunton, Williames; 1st Spirit-Aickin; Brothers-Farren, R. Palmer; The Lady-Mrs Brereton; Euphrosyne and Principal Bacchant (with Sweet Echo, accompanied by Parke)-Mrs Wrighten; Pastoral Nymph-Miss Wright; Sabrina-Miss Field .
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Farren, R. Palmer
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece, as17821016; End of mainpiece, as17820917

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece A Soldier for Me (composed by Hook for The Best Bidder) by Mrs Wrighten

1046
10 April 1783 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Rossi. Tickets to be had of Mme Rossi, No. 80, near the Opera-house, Hay-market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lolimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End of Act II Le Tuteur Trompe, as17830128, but added: Mme Simonet, and in which the following Novelties: Sequedilla by Lepicq and Mme Rossi; Fandango by Mme Rossi alone; Pas de Deux by Mme Rossi, in Man's Cloaths, and Mlle Baccelli; End of Opera an entire new Ballet, composed by Lepicq, The Amours of Alexander and Roxana (the music entirely new composed by Barthelemon), by Mlle Baccelli (with 2 Pas Seals), Slingsby, Lepicq, Henry, Zuchelli, Sga Crespi, Miss Simonet, Mlle Theodore

Song: New set of Airs, as17830306athi

1047
01 May 1783 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lolimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End of Act II an entirely new ballet, composed by Simonet, Le Dejeuner Espagnol, in Part I of which Sento ch' in Seno by Giordani, sung by Miss Theresa Simonet, only 8 years old, and who will dance a Minuet with her Father, and in Part II the Minuet de la Cour by Lepicq and Mme Simonet, a Gavotte by Henry and Mlle Theodore, a Chaconne, composed by Simonet, by Miss Theresa Simonet, a Fandango and two Pas Seuls, both as17830410; End of Opera Let Ruses de l'Amour, originally composed by Noverre, by Lepicq, Henry, Zuchelli, Sga Crespi, Mlle Theodore, Mme Rossi, in which Mme Simonet, in Man's Cloaths, will dance a Pas de Deux, incident to the Ballet, with Mlle Theodore, and another ballet, Les Caprices de Galatee, with Mlle Baccelli. The part of Cupid in the above Ballet by Miss De Camp, daughter to the celebrated Flute Player of that Name

Performance Comment: The part of Cupid in the above Ballet by Miss De Camp, daughter to the celebrated Flute Player of that Name .

Song: New set of Airs, as17830306athi

1048
08 May 1783 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Theodore. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mlle Theodore, No. 46, Rupert-street, Hay-market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lolimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End of Act II Les Ruses de l'Amour (performers not listed, but see17830501), in which two Pas de Deux, as17830501, Sequedilla and Fandango, as17830410, and a Minuet and Gavotte, of her own composing, by Mlle Theodore; End of Opera an entire new Ballet, Tragi-Comic, La Dame Bienfaisante (performers not listed) [Public Advertiser, 10 May: composed by Lepicq], the story taken from a French Opera, the music by Floquet, with two Pas Seuls, as17830410

Song: New set of Airs, as17830306athi

1049
16 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Mattocks; Spirit-Thompson; Brothers-W. Bates, Helme; Bacchanals-Reinhold, Davies, Brett; The Lady (with Sweet Echo, accompanied on the hautboy by Sharp)-Mrs Bannister; Pastoral Nymph and Sabrina-Miss Morris; Principal Bacchant and Euphrosyne-Mrs Martyr (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: W. Bates, Helme
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Bannister
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Tally Ho!; In afterpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hallo!, both by Mrs Martyr

Performance Comment: ; In afterpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hallo!, both by Mrs Martyr .

1050
20 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Jealous Wife Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: W. Bates, Helme
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Bannister
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elderThomas Arne

Dance: As17830512