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12308 results for: Keyword - William Gard
We found 10791 matches on Author, 1666 matches on Performance Comments, 438 matches on Event Comments, 51 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

10651
09 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Afterpiece Title: Paul and Virginia

Cast
Role: Friars and Muleteers Actor: _Gardner
Related Works
Related Work: Paul and Virginia Author(s): William Reeve

Dance: As18000503

Song: As18000503

10652
11 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate

Performance Comment: As17991118, but Gardner_.
Cast
Role: Old Maythorn Actor: Gardner
Related Works
Related Work: The Turnpike Gate Author(s): William Reeve

Dance: End: New Hornpipe-a Young Lady (1st appearance in public [Miss Rogers]); End I afterpiece: A Scotch Pas Deux-Jackson, Miss Bologna

Song: After 1st dance: The Little Farthing Rushlight-Master Standen

10653
12 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Under the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Duke of Clarence, Duke of Cumberland, and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York [and] the Duchess of Devonshire and the Duchess of Gordon. Benefit for O'Keeffe, the Unfortunate Author of the following successful Dramatic Pieces: The Son in Law, Agreeable Surprise, Peeping Tom, Dead Alive, Young Quaker, Life's Vagaries, Castle of Andalusia, Czar, Tony Lumpkin in Town, Poor Soldier, Modern Antiques, Basket Maker, Wild Oats, Wicklow Mountains, French Grenadier [never acted], Positive Man, Love in a Camp, Tantara Rara Rogues all, Beggar on Horseback, Toy, London Hermit, Highland Reel, Blacksmith of Antwerp, Man Milliner, Irish Mimic, Little Hunchback, World in a Village, Fontainbleau, Magic Banner, Farmer, Doldrum, Sprigs of Laurel, Birth Day, Prisoner at Large, &c. &c. Tickets delivered for The Belle's Stratagem will be admitted. [O'Keeffe is referred to as being unfortunate because he was totally blind. In delivering his Poetical Composition, which is printed in Dramatic Censor, II, 265-67, the Monthly Mirror, June 1800, p. 367, reports that he was led on and off the stage by Lewis. It also notes that "Mrs Jordan...came from Drury-Lane, where she had performed the Child of Nature, to officiate at Covent-Garden as the handmaid of charity."] The Last Night of the Company's performing this season. Receipts: none listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lie Of The Day

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Paul and Virginia

Cast
Role: Friars and Muleteers Actor: _Gardner
Related Works
Related Work: Paul and Virginia Author(s): William Reeve

Song: In Course Evening: The Storm-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue End II: personal address to the Audience in a Poetical Composition-O'Keeffe (written by Himself for the Occasion); End: Imitations-Rees

10654
17 June 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Related Works
Related Work: The Follies of a Day Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): William Shield

Song: In course evening: The Soldier tir'd of War's alarms-Miss Stephens; End I afterpiece: Crazy Jane-Mrs Bland

10655
26 August 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield

Song: In course evening: Sweet Echo-Mrs Mountain; accompanied on the Hautboy-Forster=; The Soldier Tir'd-Mrs Mountain

10656
11 September 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Review

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Related Works
Related Work: The Deaf Lover Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Obi

Cast
Role: Belgardo Actor: Farley

10657
10 December 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Resolution

Performance Comment: William-Baker; Mary-Mrs Beaumont.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Baker

Dance: A new Ballad Dance-Leppi

10658
24 September 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: New Brooms

Afterpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: May Day; or, The Little Gipsy

Performance Comment: William-Vernon; Clod-Bannister; Dozey-Waldron; Cryer-Wrighten; Furrow-Parsons; Dolly-Mrs Wrighten; The Little Gipsy-Miss Abrams.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Vernon

10659
01 May 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. 1st piece [1st time; INT 1, by John Cartwright Cross. Larpent MS 1213; not published]. Genest, VII 365, states that the Epilogue Address "was in all probability the Epilogue to Alonzo [by David Garrick]." 3rd piece: conclude with a Rural Procession: Four Lads bearing Streamers-Plough decorated with Flowers-Four Countrymen bearing a May-day Garland-Four Lasses Bearing Implements of Husbandry-Country Girls leading a Lamb, decorated with Flowers-Four Lasses bearing a Garland-a Chorus and Finale. Tickets delivered for Every One has His Fault will be admitted. Times, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks, No. 8, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Receipts: #259 16s. 6d. (124.7.0; 2.13.0; tickets: 132.16.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: They've Bit The Old One; Or, The Scheming Butler

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: May-Day; or, The Little Gipsey

Performance Comment: William-Incledon; Old Towler-Incledon; Sally in our Alley-Incledon; Clod-Farley; Furrow-Powel; Cryer-Rees; Dozey-Munden; Dolly-Mrs Martyr; The Little Gipsey-Mrs Clendining.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: an Epilogue Address portraying the Characteristic Jealousies of the Spaniard, the Italian, the Dutchman, the Frenchman, & the Englishman,-Mrs Mattocks

10660
09 November 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Management

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Afterpiece Title: The Mouth of the Nile

Performance Comment: William-Emery; Jack Junk-Townsend; Michael-Hill; Old Peasant-Simmons; Pat-Macartney; French Officer-Wilde; Peasants-Linton, Street, Thompson; Adela-Mrs Sydney; Susan-Miss Sims.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Emery

10661
22 April 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natured Man

Performance Comment: Lofty-Lewis; Honeywood-Pope; Old Croaker-Munden; The Bailiff-Knight; Leontine-H. Johnston; Sir William Honeywood-Murray; Little Flannagan-Emery; Postboy-Simmons; Jarvis-Thompson; Butler-Abbot; Mrs Croaker-Mrs Mattocks; Olivia-Miss Murray; Garnet-Mrs Mills; Miss Richland-the Late Miss Betterton [i.e. now Mrs Glover].i.e. now Mrs Glover].
Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Murray

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: William-Incledon; Gage-Munden; O'Daub-Johnstone; Serjeant Drill-Townsend; Sir Harry Bouquet-Betterton; Monsieur Bluard-Farley; Recruits-Emery, Simmons; Nell-Mrs Chapman; Nancy (with the Manual Exercise)-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Incledon
Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: Hartford Bridge; or, The Skirts of the Camp Author(s): William Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Hermione

Cast
Role: Sir Toby Fuz Actor: Gardner

Song: End: A Chapter of Fashions (never performed; written by T. Dibdin Jun.)-Munden; The Tight Little Lads of the Ocean (never performed; written by the Author of The Bundle of Proverbs)-Fawcett

10662
09 March 1671 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: William Cartwright's The Lady Errant was licensed by Sir Henry Herbert to the Duke's Company on this date. See Bentley, Jacobean and Caroline Stage, III, 128-32

Performances

10663
03 September 1679 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: William Blaythwaite to Sir Robert Southwell, 4 Sept. 1679 [describing a visit made on 3 Sept. 1679 by Sir Edward Dering, Mrs Helena Percival, Miss Helena, Miss Betty, and himself]: What we saw was the dancing on the ropes performed first by Jacob Hall and his company, then by a Dutch dancer, who did wonderful feats. From thence we went to the Elephant, who I think was more terrible than pleasant to the young spectators (Morley, Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair, p. 192)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

10664
02 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lady; Or, Harlequin's Opera: In The Manner Of A Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Part-Penkethman, Bullock, Lacy, W. Giffard, W. Williams, Huddy, Smith, Collet, Bardin, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Mountfort, Mrs Giffard, Mrs Palmer; but edition of 1730 lists: Ballad-Penkethman; Meanwell-W. Giffard; Modely-Bullock; Drama-Lacey; Mrs Foible-Mrs Mountford; Mrs Sprightly-Mrs Giffard; Prattle-Mrs Palmer; Merit-W. Williams; Smooth-Mrs Thomas; Hackum-Huddy; Whim-Smith; Trifle-Collet; Voice-Bardin; Harlequin-Burney.
Cast
Role: Part Actor: Penkethman, Bullock, Lacy, W. Giffard, W. Williams, Huddy, Smith, Collet, Bardin, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Mountfort, Mrs Giffard, Mrs Palmer
Role: Merit Actor: W. Williams

Dance: Burny, Sandham, Eaton, R. Williams as Harlequin, Scaramouch, Punch, Pantalon

Performance Comment: Williams as Harlequin, Scaramouch, Punch, Pantalon.

10665
22 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: William and Nanny [announced on playbill of 20 Nov.] is unavoidably postponed on account of Moody's Indisposition. Receipts: #117 16s. 6d. (116.13.0; 1.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

10666
31 January 1702 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The First Anthem, Compos'd by Dr William Turner-; The Second Anthem Compos'd by Dr John Blow-; The Third Anthem, Compos'd by Dr William Turner-

Entertainment: The Introductory Poem Upon Musick, Written by Mr Tate, Poet-Laureat to her Majesty-; The Oration-; The Second Poem, Written by Mr Tate-

10667
May 1696 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King William's Happy Deliverance And Glorious Triumph Over His Enemies; Or, The Consultation Of The Pope, Devil, French King And The Grand Turk , With The Whole Form Of The siege Of Namurv, And The Humours Of A renegade French-man And brandy Jean, With The Conceits Of A scaramouch And harlequin

Related Works
Related Work: Tell Truth and Shame the Devil Author(s): William Dunlap

10668
18 March 1706 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: New Vocal and Instrumental music-the best Masters and Voices; with pieces for trumpet and violins composed by William Corbett-

10669
19 March 1707 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music by William Corbett-; with several pieces for Flutes-; Concerti Grossi-; including a new Italian solo-Corbett, being his first public appearance

10670
03 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: The Ballad Margaret's Ghost Appearing to William-Mrs Barbier , with the Original Scotch Tune; The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; The Cobler's Lamentation Warning Every Soul Against Love telling it will bring them All to an End at the Last-Leveridge

Music: Concerto-the French Boy and Girl

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Dance of Milk Maids-

10671
04 May 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Dance: End I: The Provinciaile (new)-Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: Pieraite-Roger, Mlle Delorme; III: A new Chacone-Lally, Essex, Rainton, Haughton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme, Miss Williams; IV: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; V: Myrtillo-Lally, Mrs Booth, Boval, Mrs Mills, Rainton, Mrs Walter

Music: End III: Trumpet Sonata-; In IV: Concerto with Flutes-

10672
09 September 1730 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Free-mason; Or, The Constant Lady

Performance Comment: Squire Noodle-Berry; King of Tunis-Fielding; Mirza-Paget; Sebastian-Oates; Clerimont-Woodward; Sir Jasper-Burnett; Doodle-Young Bencraft; Davy-Excell; Queen-Mrs Kilby; Maria-Miss Oates; Caelia-Mrs Grace; Jacinta-Miss Williams; Jenny-Mrs Stevens; Lettice-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Jacinta Actor: Miss Williams

Dance: Smith, Young Clark, Miss Williams; particularly French Peasant, Black Joke-

10673
26 August 1731 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Banish'd General; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Song: Evans, Miss Williams, Young Bencraft

Dance: Evans, Miss Williams, Young Bencraft

10674
22 February 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Modern Husband

Dance: LLe Chasseur Royal-Desnoyer, Mrs Booth, Lally, Essex, Thurmond, Houghton, Lally Jr, Tench, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Miss Williams, Miss Mears, Miss Ambrose, Mrs Roger; All the Habits entirely New

10675
17 March 1732 @ Chancery Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: When the fine Overture compos'd by the late ingenious Mr William Babell, for St. Cecilia's Day, will be perform'd with Trumpets, Hautboys, Violins, and Bassoons, with several other Pieces of Mr Handel's Composition, for Trumpets, French Horns by the best Masters. I: Mr Wm. Babell's Overture-; Overture Ptolomy-; Concerto Violin-; Hautboys Solo-; Concerto French Horns-; II: Overture Siroe-; Solo Flute-; Concerto Hautbois-; Seventh Concerto Corelli-; Concerto French Horns-; Several flute Pieces-Mr John Baston