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2134 results for: Keyword - the French
We found 1256 matches on Roles/Actors, 561 matches on Performance Title, 446 matches on Event Comments, 329 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

701
27 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Wewitzer.

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Cast
Role: The Storm Actor: Reinhold
Role: To conclude with a Dance Actor: Aldridge, others
Role: To conclude with several Catches and Gle Actor: the most eminent performers
Role: The Death of the Stag Actor:
Role: Give round the word Actor: Doyle
Role: They say there is an echo here Actor: Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Doyle
Role: whom she complains of the loss of her son She t Actor:
Role: The soldier tired of war's alarms Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: The Squire Actor: Mattocks

Song: As17810425

702
02 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer's Return From London

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Chit Chat

Cast
Role: French Officer Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: St. David's Day-Aldridge [for full cast see17810501]

703
09 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Chit Chat

Cast
Role: French Officer Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: Who'd have Thought It

Cast
Role: Hothead Actor: Quick

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Sports of the Green, as17810501

Song: As17810115

704
16 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Fearon, L'Estrange, Thompson & Stevens. Tickets delivered for The Funeral and a favourite Comedy will be admitted. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #265 18s. (75.10; tickets: 190.8) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Cast
Role: French Officer Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Cast
Role: French Officer Actor: Wewitzer

Ballet: End III 1st piece: St. David's Day. As17810501

Cast
Role: Squire of the Village Actor: Aldridge
Role: Landlady of the Harp Actor: Mr Besford
Role: accompanied by the ancient British instrument Actor:
Role: with a Country Dance Actor: the Characters.

705
18 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Wewitzer.

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: IV: Minuet de la Cour en Quatre-Holloway, Holland, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews; a Minuet-Harris, Miss Younge; End IV: a new Pastoral Dance-Harris, Miss Matthews

Ballet: End: St. David's Day. As17810501

Cast
Role: Squire of the Village Actor: Aldridge
Role: Landlady of the Harp Actor: Mr Besford
Role: accompanied by the ancient British instrument Actor:
Role: with a Country Dance Actor: the Characters.

Monologue: End II: The Humours of New-Market; with the Poney Races. Jockeys-Harris, Holland, Ratchford, Holloway; Ladies-Miss Besford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews

Performance Comment: Jockeys-Harris, Holland, Ratchford, Holloway; Ladies-Miss Besford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews.
Cast
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss Besford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews.

706
23 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Curteen, Condell & Colborne, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #203 4s. (54.5; tickets: 148.19) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Cast
Role: French Officer Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: As17810426

707
26 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Duplicity [announced on playbill of 25 Oct.] is again obliged to be postponed on account of Henderson's Illness. [Afterpiece in place of Comus, announced on playbill of 25 Oct. In mainpicce the playbill retains Mrs Mattocks as Mrs Racket and Miss Younge as Letitia, but "Miss Younge having yesterday lost a near Relation could not play her part in the Belle's Stratagem, in consequence of which an apology was made for her Absence ... To remedy the inconvenience Mrs Mattocks last night played the character of Miss Hardy, and Mrs Whitfield that of Widow Racket" (Morning Chronicle, 27 Oct.).] Receipts: #100 6s. (97/1/6; 3/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: As17811024

708
13 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: The Squire Actor: Mattocks

Dance: As17811101

709
21 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Middlesex-Hospital. Receipts: #141 11s. 6d. (91/4/6; tickets: 50/7/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Joules

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

710
15 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Joules

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Matthews
Role: Her Mother Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Pleasure Actor: Mrs Morton. Unassigned characters: Master of the Hotel, Waiters, Coachman, Chairmen, Masqueraders, Sailors, Mob, Birds, Beasts, Dancers, Ladies, &c

711
10 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Joules

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: End of mainpiece The Waterman by Jackson, Prosser, Eves, Miss Rowson

712
17 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

713
25 February 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Cast
Role: French Gentleman Actor: Fawcett

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Song: As17830218

714
25 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Man of the World [announced on playbill of 24 Mar.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Receipts: #212 10s. (207/19; 4/11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

715
06 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Reinhold. Afterpiece: The 1st Time in Character. The Music by Handel. With proper Chorusses, Scenery and Decorations. Receipts: #251 9s. 6d. (125/9/6; tickets: 126/0/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Joules

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Performance Comment: Acis-Brett; Damon-Mrs Kennedy; The Giant Polyphemus-Reinhold; Chloris-Mrs Martyr; Galatea-Mrs Bannister .
Cast
Role: The Giant Polyphemus Actor: Reinhold

Song: In the Masquerade Scene in mainpiece a favourite Burlesque Italian Medley Cantata by Reinhold; End of mainpiece several of the most favourite Catches and Glees by Reinhold, Champness, Brett, Reynoldson, Perry, Billington, Master Barthelemon, and several others

716
30 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #347 3s. 6d. (51/2/6; tickets: 296/1/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Joules

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: The Squire Actor: Mattocks

Dance: End of mainpiece The Rival Nymphs, as17830524

717
15 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Jones, Painter, Bates, Goodwin, Atkins, Mrs Davenett, Miss Francis, Mrs Branson, Mrs Sharpe, and the Widow of the late Dr Arne will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #229 3s. 6d. (46/11/6; 2/7/0; tickets: 180/5/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: French Servant Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece The Rival Nympbs, as17840318athi

Song: End of mainpiece Let not Age by a Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified])

718
17 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "The Drunken Butler is expunged" (Gazetteer, 18 Nov.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

Performance Comment: As17841029, but omitted: Prologue [and thereafter] .

719
18 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

720
20 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: As17841116

721
23 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

722
25 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: As17841001

723
27 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainebleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Dance: AS 22 Oct

724
30 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Written by Garrick. Not acted these 10 years [acted 21 Nov. 1775]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17841022

725
01 December 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: French Inn Actor: keeper-Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Ballet (composed by Harris) The Mountaineers; or, The Woodland Sports by Harris, Miss Matthews and Miss Besford