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We found 1254 matches on Performance Comments, 1100 matches on Event Comments, 402 matches on Author, 364 matches on Performance Title, and 4 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: At Mr Pinkethman's New Theatre at Richmond. The First Time of Acting. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

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Dance:

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command at the Opening of Mr Penkethman's New Theatre at Richmond. At 6 p.m. [The Prologue was printed in the Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 13 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Chit Chat

Afterpiece Title: The Island Princess (the Comedy in the last Act)

Dance: Salle, Mlle Salle; Shepherdess-; Turkey Cock-; Mimic Song of an Old Woman-; The Irish Trot-Mrs Willis

Event Comment: Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 8 Aug.: On Monday last the young Princesses were at the Consort of Musick at the Theatre at Richmond, where were present a large Number of Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: At the Great Room, Richmond Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: A choice Collection of extraordinary Musick-

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. At Penkethman's Theatre. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: a diverting Droll. Box Tickets at Penkethman's House in Richmond. Daily Post, 5 Sept.: Mr Penkethman...had the Honour to divert their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with Entertainments of Acting and Tumbling perform'd to Admiration; Likewise with his Picture of the Royal Family, down from the King of Bohemia to the young Princesses, in which is seen the Nine Muses playing on their several Instruments, in Honour of that August Family. There were present Nobility, Gentry and Ladies upwards of 200

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyramus And Thisbe

Afterpiece Title: The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green; or, The Woman Never Vex'd

Music: Concerto on small Flute-John Baston

Dance: Several surprizing Entertainments of Rope Dancing-a Young Lad lately come from France, who flourishes the Colours, plays on the Violin, and turns several Times on the Rope without a Pole; Ladder Dancing-the greatest Performer in the World, who stands on the Top Round of the Ladder, drinks a Glass of Wine, with his other Hand above his Head in the Middle of the Stage; Dancing , both Serious and Comic,-Monsieur De Long Dents, Monsieur De Long Dents'@two@children , just arrived from Paris; To which will be added, Variety of Tumbling-Mons Tollard, others, just arrived from Madrid

Related Works
Related Work: The Dancing Master Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
Related Work: The French Dancing Master Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At Mr Penkethman's Theatre in Richmond. By a Company of Comedians from the Theatre Royal. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. In proper Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces- , accompany'd with the Harpsicord, Flutes, and Hautboys

Song: The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Dance: The Drunken Man-Harper

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 24 Sept.: On Monday last died at Richmond Mr Penkethman, the famous Comedian

Performances

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #106 7s. 6d. Rich's Register: Bespoke by the Dutchess of Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; French Peasant-Poitier; Grand Dance in Momus Turned Fabulist-

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 4 June: There is building, and almost finish'd here [in Richmond], a small, but very neat and regular Theatre, a little higher on the Hill than where the late Mr Penkethman's stood. We hear it will be open'd next Week by a Company...from...Lincoln's Inn Fields, and that their first Play will be the Recruiting Officer...and that they design to perform three or four Times a Week during the Summer Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 26 Oct.: On Tuesday last...the Prince of Wales and the Princess Caroline, were at the Theatre in Richmond, to see the Busy Body

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 8 June: We hear that Part of the Company of Comedians from [lif] will open their Theatre at Richmond the latter End of this Week; and tho' they were well approved of last Season, yet have laid out considerable Sums in new Scenes and Cloaths; and...have strengthened their Company...particularly [with] the pleasant and facetious Mr Hippisley

Performances

Event Comment: On Monday Night last died, at his Lodgings in Richmond, Mr John Ogden, one of the Comedians...in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Daily Journal, 5 July

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit the Famous Signiora Violante. At the Request of several Persons of Quality. At the Great Assembly Room at Richmond Wells. 3s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Entertainment: As at hay, 11 Sept. Signora Violante; Harlequin-Master LaFevre, Miss Violante; Louvre in Boys' Clothes-Miss Violante; Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Tobin

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The Royal Family present.] Daily Post, 23 Nov.: We hear the King and all the Royal Family remove from Richmond...and are to be at ...Drury Lane [Friday] Evening; a List of Plays, &c. having been sent to Richmond by his Majesty's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Afterpiece Title: The Country Revels

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance, as17340920 Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Scot's Dance, as17340920 Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: The Nassau. Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: By Mlle Salle. The Medley by S. Lally, De la Garde, Miss Baston. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: The Medley by S. Lally, De la Garde, Miss Baston. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: La Coquette Francoise by Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance, as17350311 Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance, as17350311 Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers .

Song: Tippling Philosophers by Leveridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. In II: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. End of Afterpiece: Scot's Dance by Haughton and Mrs Bullock

Performance Comment: In II: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. End of Afterpiece: Scot's Dance by Haughton and Mrs Bullock .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sauny The Scot

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: I: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. III: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. IV: English Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Bullock

Performance Comment: III: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. IV: English Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Bullock .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sauny The Scot

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: II: Scot's Dance by Mrs Bullock. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward

Performance Comment: IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sauny The Scot

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: II: English Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Bullock. III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward

Performance Comment: III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward .
Event Comment: Not Acted these Forty Years. Written by Mr Dryden. And new Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations, particularly An Exact Representation of Merlin's Cave, as in the Royal Gardens at Richmond. Boxes and Balconies on the Stage 5s. Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d. No After-Money will be taken. [According to edition of 1736, the Prologue and Epilogue were written by Mr Sterling.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur; Or, Merlin The British Enchanter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave: With Jupiter and Europa

Entertainment: [Words by Phillips.] The Characters New Drest. With New Scenes, representing the exact Views of the Hermitage, and Merlin's Cave, as taken in the Royal Gardens of Richmond. Receipts: #185 4s. 6d

Performance Comment: ] The Characters New Drest. With New Scenes, representing the exact Views of the Hermitage, and Merlin's Cave, as taken in the Royal Gardens of Richmond. Receipts: #185 4s. 6d .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: II: Scot's Dance by Mrs Bullock. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward

Performance Comment: IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward .

Song: III: Song by Miss Jones. V: An Italian Song by Mrs Chambers