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We found 11787 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 1129 matches on Roles/Actors, and 512 matches on Performance Title.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband Or A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Ryan; Lady Townly-Mrs Horton; Manly-Bridgwater; Lady Grace-Mrs Buchanan; Basset-Neale; Richard-James; Poundage-Mullart; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Mullart; Jenny-Miss Bincks; Trusty-Mrs Stevens; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Martin; Myrtilla-Mrs Templer; Sir Francis-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Hippisley.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Laguerre; Sir Thomas-Hippisley; Friendly-Salway; Old Hob-Mullart; Dick-James; Hob's Wife-Mrs Martin; Betty-Mrs Kilby; Flora-Miss Bincks.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Hippisley

Dance: CClown-Nivelon; Several dances-Two Misses Scott, Scholars of Nivelon

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by Ben. Johnson,

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Performance Comment: Morose-Johnson; Sir John-Cibber; Sir Amorous-Miller; Truewit-W. Mills; Epicoene-Mrs Butler; Clerimont-Mills; Dauphine-Milward; Otter-Shepard; Cutbeard-Oates; Lady Haughty-Mrs Cross; Mrs Otter-Mrs Grace; Mrs Centaure-Mrs Bennet; Dol Mavis-Miss Brett.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir Amorous Actor: Miller
Related Works
Related Work: Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Music: Select Pieces-; particularly the March in Zara-

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Philips, Mrs Anderson; III: Polonese-Essex, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Lady Dainty-Mrs Butler; Atall-Cibber; Clerimont-Milward; Careless-W. Mills; Bolus-Harper; Wilful-Miller; Sir Harry-Shepard; Strut-Oates; Finder-Macklin; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Clive; Clarinda-Mrs Thurmond; Sylvia-Miss Holliday; Wishwell-Mrs Grace; Situp-Mrs Bennet; Sir Solomon-Johnson.
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Shepard
Role: Sir Solomon Actor: Johnson.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Polonese-Essex, Mrs Walter; V: Last new Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Sir Tunbelly Actor: Mullart

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Countess

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; III: Peasant-Lalauze; accompanied-Desse, Dupre, Richardson, Baudouin, Miss Norman, Mrs Delorme, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Ogden; V: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. Part of [the Stage], for the better Accommodation of the Ladies, will be formed into Side boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: Lady Fanciful-Mrs Clive; Sir John-Quin; Constant-Milward; Heartfree-Mills; Razor-Macklin; Lady Brute-Mrs Thurmond; Belinda-Mrs Butler; Mademoiselle-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: DDublin Maggot-Philips; Tambourine-Mlle Roland; Russian Sailor-Denoyer

Song: TThe Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino (a new Ballad)-Mrs Clive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste Or The Guardians

Performance Comment: Man of Taste-Cibber; Freelove-Mills; Sir Humphrey-Harper; Cockade-Miller; Valentine-Milward; Dorinda-Mrs Thurmond; Maria-Mrs Clive; Angelica-Miss Holliday; Dorthea-Mrs Pritchard; Sir Positive-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Sir Humphrey Actor: Harper
Role: Dorthea Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Sir Positive Actor: Griffin.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood. Tickets for Mr and Mrs Marshall taken. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Sir Tunbelly Actor: Shepard

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restord

Music: Second Music-; The first Concerto-of Corelli; I: Song for the Bassoon-; II: Concerto for German Flutes-composed by Festin; III: Concerto of Geminiani's for the Hautbois-; IV: The March in Zara-; The Overture to the Entertainment: Handel's Water Musick-; with the Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benj. Baker

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; II: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve; III: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; IV: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Anderson; V: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband Or A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Ryan; Lady Townly-Mrs Horton; Manly-Bridgwater; Sir Francis-Hippisley; Basset-Chapman; Richard-Neale; Poundage-Mullart; Jenny-Miss Bincks; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Martin; Myrtilla-Mrs Templer; Trusty-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Hippisley
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Song: Roberts

Dance: A new Comic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrell; Je ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Dancing-Master. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater
Role: With the additional Scene Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: Glover, Mlle Roland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Lady Dainty-Mrs Butler; Atall-Cibber; Clerimont-Wright; Carless-Mills; Bolus-Harper; Wilful-Miller; Sir Harry-Turbutt; Strut-Woodward; Finder-Macklin; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Clive; Clarinda-Mrs Pritchard; Sylvia-Mrs Mills; Wishwell-Mrs Grace; Situp-Mrs Bennet; Sir Solomon-Johnson.
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Turbutt
Role: Sir Solomon Actor: Johnson.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; V: Scot's Dance, as17371110

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Performance Comment: Morose-Johnson; Sir John-Cibber; Sir Amorous-Miller; Truewit-Mills; Epicoene-Mrs Butler; Clerimont-Wright; Dauphin-Havard; Otter-Harper; Cutbeard-Macklin; Lady Haughty-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Otter-Mrs Grace; Mrs Centaur-Mrs Bennet; Doll Mavis-Mrs Brett.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir Amorous Actor: Miller
Related Works
Related Work: Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17371114

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Performance Comment: As17380105, but Sir Polidorus-_; Tradesmen-Winstone, Raftor.
Cast
Role: Sir Polidorus Actor: Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Event Comment: LLord Wentworth to the Earl of Strafford, 19 Jan.: We was at Covent Garden Play House last night, my mother was so good as to treat us with it, and the Dragon of Wantcliff was the farce. I like it vastly and the musick is excessive pretty, and tho it is a burlesque on the operas yet Mr Handel owns he thinks the tunes very well composed....and it has been acted 36 times already and they are always pretty full. The poor operas I doubt go on but badly, for tho every body praises both Cafferielli and the opera yet it has never been full, and if it is not now at first it will be very empty towards the latter end of the winter.--Wentworth Papers, p. 539

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass

Performance Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing, but Genest, III, 549, lists: Sir Philip-Ryan; Sir Paul-Hippisley; Tridewell-Hale; Anvil-Bridgwater; Widgin-Chapman; Bulfinch-Rosco; Pade-Arthur; Howdye-Neale; Widow Fitchow-Mrs Horton; Northern Lass-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Sir Philip Actor: Ryan
Role: Sir Paul Actor: Hippisley
Role: Northern Lass Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater
Role: With the additional Scene Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: As17380121

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Giffard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: Berinthia-Mrs Giffard; Foppington-Cibber; Loveless-Milward; Worthy-Mills; Sir Tunbelly-Harper; Young Fashion-Wright; Coupler-Johnson; Surgeon-Griffin; Shoemaker-Miller; Lory-Macklin; Amanda-Mrs Butler; Hoyden-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Tunbelly Actor: Harper

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: V: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater
Role: With the additional Scene Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: GGrand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland, Tench, Villeneuve, Desse, Mrs Moreau, Miss Norman, Miss Cantrel

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Butler. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: with The Early Horn Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: I: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Punch-Master Ferg; IV: Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: La Pieraite-Livier, Miss Thompson

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the Request of several Persons of Quality. [See dl, 17 March 1737, for a performance once intended for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste Or The Guardians

Performance Comment: Man of Taste-Macklin; Sir Humphrey-Harper; Sir Positive-Griffin; Freelove-Mills; Valentine-Milward; Cockade-Miller; Harcourt-Winstone; Horatio-Raftor; Lewis-Cross; Lady Henpeck-Mrs Grace; Maria-Mrs Clive; Dorothea-Mrs Pritchard; Angelica-Mrs Mills; Dorinda-Mrs Butler; Lisetta-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Sir Humphrey Actor: Harper
Role: Sir Positive Actor: Griffin
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restord

Song: In: the usual Songs-Mrs Clive, Beard; particularly The Life of a Beau-Mrs Clive, Beard; The Beaux Lamentation-Mrs Clive, Beard for the Loss of Faranelli; The Provident Damsel-Mrs Clive, Beard

Dance: III: Two Pierrots-Pelling, Vallois; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Event Comment: Benefit Vaughan, Boxkeeper, and Gwinn's Widow, late Pit Doorkeeper. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater
Role: With the additional Scene Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; III: Je ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; IV: Pantomime Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

Song: III: Chancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband Or A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Ryan; Lady Townly-Mrs Horton; Manly-Bridgwater; Sir Francis-Hippisley; Basset-Neale; Richard-James; Poundage-Mullart; Jenny-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Martin; Myrtilla-Mrs Templer; Trusty-Mrs Ware; Lady Grace-Mrs Bellamy; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Kilby.
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Hippisley
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Villeneuve, Miss Oates

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Sir Tunbelly Actor: Harper

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restord or Taste a la mode

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Cast
Role: Sir Polidorus Actor: Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Performance Comment: See17381211, but Kitty-Miss Wilson; Harlequin-Lun Jr; Beau Mordecai-Macklin; Old Debauchee-Turbutt; Constable-Marshall; Porter-Peploe; Mother Midnight-Hough; Bess Brindle-Leigh; Jenny-Miss Thynne; Pompey-Young Brooks; Justices-Winstone, Raftor, Cole; Ladies of Pleasure-Mrs Bennet, Miss Thynne; with Masquerade Dance-Leviez, Woodward, Pelling, Rector, Carney, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, Mrs Bennet, Miss Wilson, Mrs Vallois.
Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Ballet: Double Jealousy. As17381108

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Lady Dainty-Mrs Butler; Atall-Cibber; Clerimont-Wright; Carless-Mills; Sir Solomon-Johnson; Sir Harry-Turbutt; Bolus-Winstone; Wilful-Shepard; Strut-Woodward; Finder-Macklin; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Clive; Clarinda-Mrs Pritchard; Sylvia-Mrs Mills; Wishwell-Mrs Grace; Situp-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Actor: Johnson
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Turbutt

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Mrs Wright; III: Punch-Master Ferg; V: Aethiopian Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter