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We found 13950 matches on Performance Comments, 4403 matches on Performance Title, 2151 matches on Event Comments, 455 matches on Roles/Actors, and 3 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Smith 1st time; Myrlte-Ryan; Sir John-Anderson; Cimberton-Arthur; Humphrey-Wignel; Daniel-Collins; Tom (with a song in character)-Dyer; Sealand-Sparks; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Phillis-Mrs Green; Indiana-Mrs Hamilton; In Act II Song-Mrs Chambers.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Ferguson

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: I: Dutch Peasant, as17570512; IV: Country Lass, as17570512; V: Lamplighters, as17570429

Event Comment: Benefit for Baker, Robinson, Goodwin. No building on Stage. Tickets delivered for The Revenge will be taken. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: As17570228, but Aboan-Berry; Imoinda-Miss Haughton.
Cast
Role: Imoinda Actor: Miss Haughton.
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Minors
Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Minors.

Dance: HHornpipe-Walker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: As17570119, but Isabella-Miss Pritchard; Elbow-Taswell.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Morgan, the Oldest Actor in England. Last time of the company's performing this season. Tickets to be had at the Bedford Coffee House and of Mr Crudge at the Stage Door. [This charitable performance included a composite group from Drury Lane and Covent Garden.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17570413 but Lockit-Berry; Player-Walker; Beggar-Marr; Filch-Clough; Twitcher-H. Vaughan; Sukey Tawdry-Miss Bradshaw.

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Performance Comment: As17561117, but Young Rakish-Cross; Friendly-Walker; Tom-R. Smith; Benedict-Stoppelaer; Lettice-Miss Helme; Major Rackish-Morgan,his 1st appearance here these 10 years.

Dance: I: Country Lass, as17570512; II: Dutch Sailor, as17570525; III: Dutch Peasant, as17570512

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Medley Concert

Performance Comment: As17570902, but Introduction-_; Mr Lauder_; Blind Man's Buff-_; When all the Attic Fire was fled-_; a Voluntary on the Cymbalo-Mr Noel Sr; Favourite English Song-Miss Gaudry.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First GallerY 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr Varney at the Stage Door. No Persons to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any money to be returned after the Curtain is drawn up. [Customary note in bills throughout the season.] House Open'd. Receipts. #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Yates; Lockit-Berry; Filch-Raftor; Mat of the Mint-Blakes; Beggar-Walker; Player-Mozeen; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Cross; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Polly-Miss Macklin; Diana Trapes-Mrs Havard; In Act III a Hornpipe-Mathew; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the Opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard III-Mossop; Buckingham-Davies; Richmond-Havard; Stanley-Bransby; King Henry-Berry; Catesby-Usher; Duke of York-Master Cautherly; Edward V-Master Simson; Lady Anne-Mrs Davies; Queen-Mrs Pritchard; Trellel-Blakes; Lieutenant-Mozeen; Duchess of York-Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Gayless-Jefferson; Melissa-Mrs Jefferson; Kitty Pry-Miss Minors; Sharp-Yates.
Cast
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Miss Minors

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Impromptu Faragolio

Performance Comment: See17570914, but Comic Oration-Miss Dorothy Midnight; Comic Epilogue-_.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Mossop; Selim-Walker; Perez-Mozeen; Zara-Mrs Pritchard; Garcia-Usher; King-Berry; Gonzales-Havard; Heli-Blakes; Alonzo-Burton; Leonora-Mrs Bennet; Almeria-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Almeria Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: Dick-Woodward; Wingate-Yates; Gargle-Burton; Catchpole-Vaughan; Scotchman-Blakes; Irishman-Jefferson; Charlotte-Miss Minors; Simon-Vaughan.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Minors

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: Thrifty-Bennet; Gripe-Costollo; Leander-Gibson; Shift-Dunstall; Octavian-Anderson; Sly-R. Smith; Clara-Miss Mullart; Lucia-Mrs Baker; Scapin-Shuter.
Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Mullart

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buick-Woodward; Lucinda-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Macklin.
Event Comment: Receipts: #65 19s. 6d. [First payroll of the season for 103 actors, actresses, servants, and dancers, covering four performances, was #112 9s. (Account Book).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Shuter; Ford-Ryan; Page-Ridout; Fenton-Gibson; Silence-Bennet; Caius-Stoppelaer; Rugby-C. Smith; Sir Hugh-Arthur; Shallow-Collins; Mrs Page-Mrs Barrington; Ann Page-Mrs Baker; Simple-Costollo; Robin-Miss Mullart; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Pitt; Pistol-Cushing; Nym-Holtom; Bardolph-Wignel; Host-Marten; Mrs Ford-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Robin Actor: Miss Mullart

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Performance Comment: Loveless-Lowe; Gripe-Collins; Fanfaron-Holtom; Isabella-Miss Young; Phelim-Barrington.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Young
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Being the Death of the Duke of Buckinghamv; the Trial and Divorce of Queen Catherinev; the Death of Cardinal Wolseyv; The Christening of Princess Elizabethv; and many other Historical Passages. [This customary note accompanying each subsequent announcement this season will not be repeated further.] Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: Henry-Berry; Wolsey-Mossop; Buckingham-Austin; Norfolk-Palmer; Surrey-Davies; Lord Chamberlain-Bransby; Suffolk-Blakes; Cromwell-Mozeen; Cranmer-Havard; Gardiner-Taswell; Sands-Phillips; Anne Bullen-Mrs Jefferson; Patience (with a proper Song)-Miss Young; Queen Catherine-Mrs Pritchard; With an exact representation of the Coronation-; the Ceremony of the Champion in Westminster Hall-.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Performance Comment: Hardy-Ridout; Brumpton-Anderson; Campley-Dyer; Puzzle-Marten; Tom-Collins; Cabinet-White; Trusty-Gibson; Sable-Arthur; Trim-Shuter, in which (by Desire) will be introduc'd the Cries of London; Swagger-Barrington; Tatter-Bencraft; Rag-Bennet; Matchlock-Redman; Bumpkin-R. Smith; Kate Matchlock-Stoppelaer; Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Charlotte-Mrs Barrington; Fardingale-Mrs Dunstall; Mademoiselle-Miss Mullart; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Miss Mullart

Afterpiece Title: A Lover His Own Rival

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Ross, his first appearance on this stage; Burleigh-Sparks; Southampton-Dyer; Queen-Mrs Hamilton; Raleigh-Anderson; Nottingham-Mrs Vincent; Rutland-Miss Condill, the first time.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I; With The Humours Of Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Shuter; King-Sparks; Lancaster-Miss Mullart; Northumberland-Redman; Westmorland-Holtom; Douglas-Anderson; Wales-Ryan; Worcester-Ridout; Blunt-Cushing; Peto-R. Smith; Gadshill-Bencraft; Francis-Collins; Vernon-Gibson; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; 1st Carrier-Arthur; Bardolph-Stoppelaer; 2d Carrier-Dunstall; Sheriff-Wignel; Lady Piercy-Mrs Vincent; Hotspur-Smith.
Cast
Role: Lancaster Actor: Miss Mullart

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross; Sir John-Burton; Cimberton-Taswell; Indiana-Mrs Cibber; Lucinda-Miss Minors; Myrtle-Palmer; Tom-Woodward; Phyllis-Mrs Clive; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Sealand-Berry; Humphrey-Blakes; In Act II, Singing-Beard.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: II: The Italian Peasants, as17571004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ross, 1st time; King-Sparks; Horatio-Ridout; Rosencraus-Bennet; Guildenstern-White; Marcellus-Anderson; Bernardo-R. Smith; Laertes-Dyer; Ostrick-Cushing; Lucianus-Collins; Francisco-Holtham; Player King-Redman; Player Queen-Miss Ferguson; Polonius-Arthur; Gravediggers-Shuter, Stoppelaer; Ghost-Ryan; Ophelia-Mrs Chambers; Queen-Mrs Elmy.
Cast
Role: Player Queen Actor: Miss Ferguson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Jaques-Sparks; Orlando-Smith; Frederick-Redman; Oliver-Anderson; Sylvius-Bennet; Charles-Buck; Duke Sr-Ridout; Touchstone-Shuter; Corin-Dunstall; Le Beau-White; Jaques de Bois-Holtom; William-Collins; Amiens (with songs in character)-Lowe; Adam-Gibson; Phebe-Miss Cockayne; Audrey-Mrs Pitt; Caelia-Mrs Vincent; Rosalind-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Phebe Actor: Miss Cockayne

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John-Garrick; Lady Brute-Mrs Cibber; Constant-Havard; Heartfree-Palmer; Bully (with Proper Songs)-Beard; Razor-Yates; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Clive; Mademoiselle-Mrs Cross; Belinda-Miss Haughton.
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Haughton.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: II: The Italian Peasants, as17571004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Wou'dbe-Clarke; Young Wou'dbe-Dyer; Balderdash-Marten; Clearaccount-Collins; Fairbank-Anderson; Comic-Cushing; Trueman-Smith; Richmore-Ridout; Subtleman-Dunstall; Constable-Bennet; Captain-Stoppelaer; Fristure-Holtom; Alderman-Arthur; Teague-Barrington; Mrs Midnight-Mrs Copin; Mrs Clearaccount-Miss Ferguson; Constance-Mrs Vincent; Aurelia-Mrs Hamilton.

Afterpiece Title: Merlin (Harlequin Skeleton)

Event Comment: MMr Foote Play'd (Cross). Receipts: #120 (Cross). [The Theatrical Review, 1757-58, p. 48, comments on the afterpiece]: I read the farce before I could see it performed; the judgment I then passed on it was not in its favor, and the exhibition did not make any material alteration in my way of thinking. I laughed indeed much more than I had done in reading it, but on recollection I was not a little displeased to find that I was laughing at an individual not at a species

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Performance Comment: Dorilas-Holland; Ismene-Miss Hippisley; High Priest-Bransby; Polyphontes-Havard; Narbas-Berry; Merope-Mrs Pritchard; Euricles-Blakes; Erox-Burton. With a Procession and a Sacrifice.
Cast
Role: Ismene Actor: Miss Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Austin; Arabella-Miss Barton; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Clive; Vamp-Yates; Governor Cape-Bransby; Robin-Jefferson; Printer's Devil-Vaughan; Sprightly-Usher; Poet-Walker.
Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Barton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Smith; Francisco-Ridout; Hairbrain-Bencraft; Fountain-Anderson; Bellmore-White; Lovegood-Dunstall; Lance-Arthur; Shorthose-Shuter; Merchant-Marten; Ralph-Bennet; Humphrey-Cushing; Roger-Costollo; Lucy-Miss Sledge; Isabella-Mrs Barrington; Widow-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Sledge

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Froth-Blakes; Lady Pliant-Miss Barton; Maskwell-Mossop; Sir Paul-Foote; Brisk-Woodward; Careless-Palmer; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Froth (with a song in character)-Mrs Clive; Touchwood-Davies; Saygrace-Clough; Cynthia-Mrs Davies; Mellefont-Havard.
Cast
Role: Lady Pliant Actor: Miss Barton

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Barton
Event Comment: Tomorrow will be reviv'd the Tempest, as written by Shakespear. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Garrick; Cob-Mozeen; Mrs Kitely-Mrs Davies; Young Knowell-Usher; Matthew-Vaughan; Clement-Taswell; Old Knowell-Berry; Wellbred-Palmer; Bobadill-Woodward; Master Stephen-Yates; Downright-Bransby; Brainworm-Blakes; Cash-Jefferson; Bridget-Miss Minors.
Cast
Role: Matthew Actor: Vaughan
Role: Bridget Actor: Miss Minors.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Miss Barton
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Minors.

Dance: II: The Italian Peasants, as17571004