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6221 results for: Keyword - the King's Scholars
We found 2904 matches on Performance Title, 2741 matches on Performance Comments, 1615 matches on Event Comments, 23 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4826
22 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years [acted 15 May 1776]. Receipts: #123 1s. 6d. (90/1/0; 31/15/0; 1/5/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Impostor

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: As17820112

4827
04 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Matthews
Role: Her Mother Actor: Mrs Pitt

4828
11 April 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Miss Glassington's 1st appearance on the stage was at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, 15 Mar. 1781, also as Rosalind (Hibernian Magazine, Mar. 1781, p. 146).] Receipts: #103 12s. (73/6/0; 30/1/6; 0/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Brereton; Amiens (with songs')-Du-Bellamy; Duke Senior-Aickin; Adam-Moody; Oliver-Packer; Duke Frederick-Chaplin; Jaques-Palmer; Caelia (1st time, with the Cuckow song)-Miss Wheeler; Audrey-Mrs Wrighten; Rosalind-A Young Lady (1st appearance on the [London] stage [Miss Glassington]) .London] stage [Miss Glassington]) .

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17820223

Song: In Act V of mainpiece song by Miss Field

4829
07 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wright. Account-Book adds: "Mrs Sharp [who was at first advertised as sharing in the benefit] having sold her 1/2 to Miss Wright." Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 6 Apr. 1780]. Receipts: #244 17s. 6d. (67/17/0; 18/9/6; 0/11/0; tickets: 158/0/0) (charge: #107 13s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17820223

4830
08 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton, Williames & Harwood, prompter. Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Harwood, Blackmoor Street, Clare-market [others not listed]. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. [The playbill assigns the song in Act II to Williames, but a MS annotation on the Kemble playbill substitutes Du-Bellamy.] Receipts: #252 19s. (66/15; 34/7; 0/11; tickets: 151/6) (charge: #106 9s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Linco's Travels

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpicce a Minuet and Gavot by Zuchelli and Miss M. Stageldoir

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a song by Du-Bellamy; End of Act III The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms, as17820420

4831
10 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Zuchelli, Delpini & the Miss Stageldoirs. Mainpiece: With Alterations [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan]. Afterpiece [1st time; P 2, author unknown]: The whole under the direction of Delpini and Zuchelli. The Music by the celebrated Chevalier Clough. An Historical Account of the Pantomime, with the Songs, may be had at the Theatre. Morning Herald, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Zuchelli, No. 81, Hay-market; Ibid, 30 Apr.: of the Miss Stageldoirs at their house, No. 26, Crown-street, Little Russel-street, Covent-garden [Delpini not listed]. Receipts: #226 13s. (67/7; 28/12; 0/3; tickets: 130/11) (charge: #120 16s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Zuchelli, Menage, Lemercier, Duprez, Chaplin, Phillimore, Dclpini; Miss Simson, Miss Romanzini, the two Miss Stageldoirs. [Cast from scenario (G. Bigg, 1782): Don Juan Tenorio-Zuchelli; Don Henriques-Menage; Don Pedro-Duprez; Governor-Chaplin; Covielo [on playbill the only assigned part, called The Clown]-Delpini; Leonora-Miss Simson. Lemercier, Phillimore, Miss Romanzini, the two Miss Stageldoirs are unassigned.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: called The Clown] Actor: Delpini
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Simson. Lemercier, Phillimore, Miss Romanzini, the two Miss Stageldoirs are unassigned.

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new Masquerade Dance, in which a Minuet by Zuchelli and Miss M. Stageldoir; Afterpiece to conclude with a Dance of Furies (performers not listed)

Song: In Masquerade Dance a favorite song by Miss Romanzini, and to conclude with a Serious and Comic Air by Delpini

4832
19 September 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Young Bevil to Smith, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Brereton's.] Receipts: #141 9s. 6d. (106/19/0; 34/6/6; 0/4/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17820917

Song: In Act II of mainpiece song by Miss Field

Monologue: 1782 09 19 As 17 Sept

4833
26 September 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Lady Sneerwell to Miss Sherry, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Whitfield. Miss Sherry was ill; she died early in October.] "Sheridan has also despised the faults of another school, trap claps. Not a word in The School for Scandal is to be found in praise of Laws, Jack Tars, Innocence, an Englishman's castellum, or Liberty" (Reynolds, II, 227). Receipts: #193 13s. 6d. (155/11/0; 37/12/6; 0/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17820921

Song: In Act III of mainpiece song by Williames. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 10 Dec]

4834
27 September 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Sciolto-Clarke; Lothario-Lewis; Altamont-Whitfield; Rossano-Davies; Horatio-Aickin; Lavinia-Miss Cleland; Lucilla-Mrs Poussin; Calista-A Gentlewoman (1st appearance at this theatre and 3rd on any stage [Mrs Wheatley]) .Mrs Wheatley]) .

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820925

4835
28 September 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Brereton; Amiens (with songs)-Williames; Duke Senior-Aickin; Adam-Moody; Oliver-Packer; Duke Frederick-Chaplin; Silvius-R. Palmer; Jaques de Bois-Lamash; Corin-Waldron; Charles-Wrighten; William-Burton; Le Beu-Phillimore; Jaques-Palmer; Caelia (with the Cuckow song)-Miss Wheeler; Audrey-Mrs Wrighten; Phoebe-Miss Wright; Rosalind-Mrs Bulkley .

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: In Act v of mainpiece song by Miss Field

4836
01 October 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "When Brabantio speaks to Iago and Roderigo from the Window, Aickin should not show to the audience that he stands upon a Ladder, which he manifestly does, by getting down first, and pulling the Window down after him ... Mrs Ward and Mrs Hopkins seemed to have forgot their Engagement on the Stage, and dressed themselves for a Card Party ... frizzed, hooped and fly-capp'd" (Public Advertiser, 4 Oct.). [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman, the elder.] Receipts: #152 0s. 6d. (107/7/0; 44/11/0; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Farren; Roderigo-Dodd; Cassio-Palmer; Brabantio-Aickin; Lodovico-Packer; Duke-Chaplin; Montano-Norris; Gratiano-Wrighten; Iago-Bcnsley; Emilia-Mrs Hopkins; Desdemona-Mrs Ward .
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Farren

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Performance Comment: Sir John Trotley (with the original Prologue)-King; Colonel Tivy-Brereton; Davy-Parsons; Jessamy-Lamash; Lord Minikin-Dodd; Lady Minikin-Miss Pope; Gymp-Miss Simson; Miss Tittup-Miss Farren .

4837
05 October 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 26 Apr. 1779]-Receipts: #164 8s. 6d. (121/16/0; 42/2/6; 0/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: The Capricious Lovers

Performance Comment: Hobbinol-Suett; Astolpho-Phillimore; Damon-Waldron; Fabian-Norris; Colin-Williames; Phoebe-Miss Wheeler; Emily-Miss Wright; Clara-Miss Simson; Lisetta (with the mock Italian song)-Mrs Wrighten .

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece The Irish Fair by Blurton, Miss M. Stageldoir

4838
14 October 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years [not acted since 16 Apr. 1773]. Receipts: #128 8s. 6d. (103/15/0; 24/7/0; 0/6/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17820921

4839
29 October 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

4840
12 November 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 19 Apr. 1779]. Receipts: #97 11s. 6d. (67/7/0; 29/17/0; 0/7/6)

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece The Devonshire Minuet, as17821003

4841
02 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

4842
30 December 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Gardner. Afterpiece: From The Devil upon Two Sticks, written by the late Samuel Foote, Esq. [Mrs Mills is identified in Morning Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1783. For remarks on this night's performance, including references to Dunstan by Charles Lamb, see Theatre Notebook, VIII, 5.] Gardner having unavoidably been obliged to postpone his night from the 26th to the 30th, he thinks it his duty to inform his friends that tickets delivered for the 26th will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Lothario-A Gentleman (1st appearance on the stage [unidentified]); Sciolto-Gardner; Altamont-Wetherhead; Rossano-Spencer; Horatio-Usher; Lavinia-Miss King; Lucilla-Miss Painter; Calista-A Lady (1st appearance on the stage [Mrs Mills]) .Mrs Mills]) .
Cast
Role: Altamont Actor: Wetherhead

Afterpiece Title: The Fourth Act of The Merchant of Venice

Performance Comment: Antonio-Usher; Bassanio-The Gentleman who plays Lothario; Duke-Roberts; Gratiano-Wetherhead; Shylock-Gardner; Nerissa-Miss Painter; Portia-The Lady who plays Calista .
Cast
Role: Bassanio Actor: The Gentleman who plays Lothario
Role: Gratiano Actor: Wetherhead
Role: Portia Actor: The Lady who plays Calista

Afterpiece Title: Dr Lasts's Examination BEFORE THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

Performance Comment: The Devil-Wetherhead; Secretary-Roberts; Dr Calomel-Cooke; Dr Camphire-Corne; Dr Last-Sir Jeffery Dunstan, the present Worthy Mayor of Garrat (1st appearance on any stage) .
Cast
Role: The Devil Actor: Wetherhead
Role: Dr Last Actor: Sir Jeffery Dunstan, the present Worthy Mayor of Garrat

4843
03 January 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17820917

4844
10 January 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

4845
24 January 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years [not acted since 20 Sept. 1766]. Receipts: #127 13s. (124/12; 3/1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

4846
03 February 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for King [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #152 19s. (148/19; 4/0; tickets: none listed) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

4847
07 February 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair American

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

4848
22 February 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 5 years [acted 14 May 1779]. Paid Barratt, Wax Chandler, on Acct. #100. Receipts: #126 15s. 6d. (126/6/0; 0/7/0; ticket not come in: 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17820917; End of Act IV, as17821005

4849
03 March 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. Receipts: #97 16s. (89/6; 2/15; tickets not come in: 5/15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Dance: In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade and Dance proper to the Play

4850
18 March 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Siddons [who had 1st acted Zara at Liverpool, 21 Oct. 1776]. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Part of the Pit will be laid into Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by Half past Four o'clock. Receipts: #329 16s. 6d. (154/17/0; 3/4/6; 0/0/0; tickets: 171/15/0) (charge: #108 17s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Smith; Gonzalez-Packer; Garcia-Farren; Heli-R. Palmer; Selim-Fawcett; Alonzo-Wrighten; Perez-Norris; The King-Aickin; Almcria (1st time)-Miss Kemble; Leonora-Miss Tidswell; Zara-Mrs Siddons (1st appearance in that character [in London]) .in London]) .
Cast
Role: The King Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage