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1575 results for: Keyword - the English
We found 2299 matches on Roles/Actors, 488 matches on Performance Title, 389 matches on Event Comments, 258 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

876
28 October 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry from Dublin, 1st appearance on English Stage

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

877
26 November 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry from Dublin, 1st appearance on English Stage

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

878
01 January 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry from Dublin, 1st appearance on English Stage

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

879
04 February 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry from Dublin, 1st appearance on English Stage

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Cook, Padouana, Salomon's Son

880
24 February 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry from Dublin, 1st appearance on English Stage

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

881
04 April 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Elmy. Tickets and places of Hobson, and of Mrs Elmy at her lodgings at the Star in Bow St., Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry from Dublin, 1st appearance on English Stage

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: Muilment; V: Sailor's Dance, as17470402

Song: IV: Lowe

882
10 April 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Lock Hospital. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s. where servants will be allow'd to keep places

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry from Dublin, 1st appearance on English Stage

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: I: Lowe; III: Duet-Mrs Clive, Mrs Mozeen

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Solomon, Sga Padouana, Solomon's Son; IV: The Mechels; V: Salomon, Sga Padouana

883
26 December 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The Afterpiece had been advertised on two previous days to be the Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Performance Comment: As17471219, but the part of Aura to contain the Original Sheep Shearing Song-.
Cast
Role: the part of Aura to contain the Original Actor: .
Role: Sir John English Actor: Bridges

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal-Beard; Merlin-Leveridge; Jupiter, in the character of Harlequin-Lun; Pluto (Punch)-Granier; Neptune (Pantaloon)-Dupre; Pan (Scaramouche)-Vandersluys; Hercules (Brighella)-Delagarde; Apollo (Mezzetin)-Villeneuve; Mars (Leander)-Desse; Doctor-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Dunstall; Pierot-LaLauze.
Cast
Role: in the character of Harlequin Actor: Lun

884
27 September 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Mossop his 1st appearance on the English stage

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: In the character of Sir John will be introduced th Actor: Sir John.
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

885
04 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: A Quarrel in ye Green room between old Cibber & Mrs Clive occasioned by his saying, the stage wanted a handsome Woman, &c. (Cross). Receipts: #70 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Ross first time on English stage

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Song: II: Mattocks

886
05 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts. #100 (Cross). General Advertiser: The tragedy of the Revenge is reviving at Drury Lane, and will be played there sometime next week, in which Mossop will play the part of Zanga. A Poem To Mr Ross, on his first appearance in the Character of Bevil : @Who can resist to pour the raptur'd praise@When such deserts as thine attention raise...@Bevil whose words still fire the Noble mind@Shines with new lustre to thy Merits joined...

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Mossop his 1st appearance on the English stage

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

887
16 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Entertainment in Italian Grotesque Characters. A blunder in the scenes of ye Entertainment & great noise as No more, Off, Off &c. (Cross). [Inspector No 195 appeared giving another favorable accolade to Mossop (Daily Advertiser and Literary Gazette).] Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Ross first time on English stage

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; others-Leviez, Blakes, Costollo, Shuter, The Little Swiss, Mrs Toogood, Mas. Vernon, Mad Mariet.
Cast
Role: others Actor: Leviez, Blakes, Costollo, Shuter, The Little Swiss, Mrs Toogood, Mas. Vernon, Mad Mariet.

Song: Mattocks

888
20 November 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Last night the Shepherd's Lottery was performed for the first time at Drury Lane, and met with universal applause. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Ross first time on English stage

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherd's Lottery

Song: Mattocks

889
17 December 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Arthur
Role: Country Dance Actor: incident to the play
Role: the Original Sheep Shearing Song Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

890
19 December 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Arthur
Role: Country Dance Actor: incident to the play
Role: the Original Sheep Shearing Song Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald

891
27 December 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Arthur
Role: Country Dance Actor: incident to the play
Role: the Original Sheep Shearing Song Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Demons in the following characters Actor: Harlequin, Pierrot, Mezzetin-Villeneuve, Gardner, Desse

892
04 January 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Ross first time on English stage

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Johnson, Mrs +Simpson.

893
22 January 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Arthur
Role: Country Dance Actor: incident to the play
Role: the Original Sheep Shearing Song Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Demons in the following characters Actor: Harlequin, Pierrot, Mezzetin-Villeneuve, Gardner, Desse

894
11 February 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: RRichd 3d (by Mossop) & Anatomist was put up but: Mossop being taken ill, after many Messages it was resolv'd to do ye Con. Lovers & Harl. Ranger. Small bills were printed & deliver'd at ye Doors to signify the Change & all went well. Mr Rich's Ent: of ye Sorcerer came out this day (Cross). Receipts: #120 (Cross). [The small bill referred to by Cross read as follows:] @Theatre Royal in Drury Lane@This night being the@11th of February@Richard the Third@(On Account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer)@Is Oblig'd to be Chang'd to@The Conscious Lovers@and@Harlequin Ranger@with Dancing@By Mad Auretti@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Ross first time on English stage

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Johnson, Mrs +Simpson.

895
22 February 1752 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of his Majesty. [The Assembly at the Temple of Taste in the Five Bell's tavern (see 20 Feb.) received a puff this day: 'On Thursday Night there was a brilliant appearance of Ladies and Gentlemen, at the opening of the Temple of Taste, who express'd much Satisfaction at the entertainment they met with, which was not only instructive, but extremely polite and pleasing; if any Complaint was made, it was that (nothwithstanding is lasted full three hours) instead of being tir'd with the Performance, as at many Publick exhibitions, they seem'd to think they had too little of it; As we are always glad to embrace any Opportunity of shewing our zeal for the Service of the Publick, we can but applaud an Undertaking than which nothing appears more rational and better calculated for the general good" (General Advertiser).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Performance Comment: As17511214, but the Original Sheep Shearing Song-_.
Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Arthur
Role: Country Dance Actor: incident to the play
Role: the Original Sheep Shearing Song Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

896
14 April 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Arthur
Role: Country Dance Actor: incident to the play
Role: the Original Sheep Shearing Song Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

897
28 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for a Widow and Family in Distress. Part of Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Receipts: #250 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Ross first time on English stage

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Sg Piettro, Mad Auretti

Song: II: Mattocks

898
29 November 1753 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [C$Cross again suggests Lottery as afterpiece, against advertisements in the Public Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Arthur
Role: With a Country Dance Actor: incident to the play.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

899
29 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Full Prices. Last time of the Company's performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Collins
Role: With a Country Dance Actor: incident to the play

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

900
10 January 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #92. Paid Ledley for 20 doz. wax candles at 31s. per dozen, #31; Paid for Insurance of the Wardrobe, &c. in the Sun Fire Office for 12 Months to 12 Jan. 1761, on #10,000, #25 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Collins
Role: With a Country Dance Actor: incident to the Play
Role: the Original Sheep@Shearing Ballad Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Cast
Role: Equilibrist on the Wire Actor: Saunders
Role: Spectators Actor: The Comedians
Role: The Dances Actor: Poitier Jr, Granier, Leppie, Desse, Gosly, Rochford, Dumai, Terrier, Mrs Granier, Mrs Jansolin, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Viviez, Mrs Terrier.
Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber