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5565 results for: Keyword - the young Captain
We found 3967 matches on Performance Comments, 826 matches on Performance Title, 753 matches on Author, 624 matches on Event Comments, and 2 matches on Roles/Actors.

2276
25 April 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: As17290122, but Widow-Mrs Butler; Poet-_; Captain-_.
Cast
Role: Young Loveless Actor: Wm. Mills
Role: Captain Actor: Harper

Afterpiece Title: The Strollers

Dance: CClown-Weaver; Drunken Peasant-Roger

2277
26 August 1729 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Maudlin, The Merchant's Daughter Of Bristol: With The Comical Humours Of Roger, Antonio's Man

Performance Comment: Antonio-Oates; Great Turk-Giffard; Merchant-Burnet; Captain-Hall; Boatswain-Downes; Sailor-Clark; Merchant's Wife-Mrs Willis; Maudlin-Mrs Templer; Roger-Penkethman.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Hall

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding

2278
04 October 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Wilks; Estifania-Mrs Oldfield; Leon-Mills; Duke-Watson; Juan-W. Mills; Cacafogo-Shepard; Margarita-Mrs Horton; Altea-Mrs Grace; Old Woman-Norris.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance:

2279
07 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Giffard; Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Duke-W. Williams; Leon-Huddy; Juan-Bardin; Alonzo-Lacy; Sanchio-Bullock; Old Woman-Collet; Cacafogo-Penkethman; Margaretta-Mrs Haughton; Altea-Mrs Seal; Clara-Mrs Thomas; With a New Prologue to the Town-Smith.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Giffard
Role: With a New Prologue to the Town Actor: Smith.

Dance: TTurk's Dance-Burny, Miss Sandham; Scaramouch-Sandham; Pierrots-Burny, Eaton

2280
23 April 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Roger, the Pierrot. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A New Pantomime Entertainment. Composed by Monsieur Roger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: See17291004, but Estifania-Mrs Oldfield; Copper Captain-Wilks.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks.

Afterpiece Title: Diana and Acteon

Performance Comment: Diana-Mrs Booth; Acteon-Lally; Companions of Acteon-Essex, Rainton, Boval, Houghton; Followers of Acteon-Burnet, Grey, Wright, Wetherilt Jr; Followers of Diana-Mrs Roger, Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Williams.
Cast
Role: Followers of Acteon Actor: Burnet, Grey, Wright, Wetherilt Jr

2281
28 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit R. Williams. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Twenty Years. On this day the Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen of the City presented a petition to the King seeking the suppression of the theatre in Goodman's Fields. Thomas Odell, Master of the Theatre, also appeared before His Majesty and sought royal leave to continue acting.--See Grub St. Journal, 7 May, for a summary of the events, but see also Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer and London Journal, 2 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Performance Comment: Faithful-Giffard; Captain Constant-W. Williams; Lovely-Huddy; Manage-W. Giffard; Trusty-Bardin; Sir David Watchum-Penkethman; Clinch-Collet; Roger-R. Williams; Slouch-Pearce; Old Constant-Mynns; Squire Num-W. Bullock; Belinda-Mrs Haughton; Laura-Mrs Seal; Maria-Mrs Mountfort; Dorothy-Mrs Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Captain Constant Actor: W. Williams
Related Works
Related Work: Merlin; or, The Devil of Stone-Henge Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: Blue Devils Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turn'd Dancing-Master

Dance: TThe White Joke (new)-Eaton

2282
12 May 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Performance Comment: As17291204, but Captain-W. Williams; With a New Prologue- to the Town.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: W. Williams
Role: With a New Prologue Actor: to the Town.

Song:

Dance:

Music: A Lesson on the Harpsicord-Burny from Oxford

2283
08 July 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: See17300407 but Copper Captain-Giffard; Leon-Huddy; Cacafogo-Penkethman; Margaretta-Mrs Haughton; Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Altea-Mrs Palmer; Old Woman-Collet.
Cast
Role: 7300407 but Copper Captain Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Palmer.

2284
20 August 1730 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Free Mason; Or, The Constant Lady: With The Comical Humours Of squire Noodle And His Man doodle

Performance Comment: King of Tunis-Barcock; Mirza-Paget; Sebastian-Oates; Clerimont-Fielding; Sir Jasper-Burnett; Squire Noodle-Berry; Doodle-Smith; Davy-Excell; Captain-Brogden; Queen-Mrs Kilby; Maria-Miss Oates; Caelia-Mrs Grace; Jacinta-Miss Williams; Jenny-Mrs Stevens; Lettica-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Brogden

Dance: St.Luce, Mlle Delorme; particularly Wooden shoe, Pierrot and Pierraite, Black Joke-

2285
02 November 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Duke-W. Williams; Juan-Bardin; Captain-Giffard; Cacagofo-Penkethman; Sanchio-Bullock; Alonzo-Smith; Leon-Huddy; Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Margaretta-Mrs Haughton; Clara-Mrs Mountfort; Altea-Mrs Woodward; Old Woman-Collet, .
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

2286
20 January 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [by Theophilus Cibber. The Dedication speaks of "Tumult" on the first night, and Grub St. Journal, 21 Jan., has a satiric comment upon the events of the night.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lover

Performance Comment: edition of 1730 lists: Sir John Trueman-Williams; Eustace-Mills; Eugenio-Watson; Captain Smart-Cibber Jr; Squire Timber down-R. Wetherilt; Granger-W. Mills; Modely-Bridgwater; Loveless-A. Hallam; Hardhead-Berry; Constable-Harper; Inanthe-Mrs Cibber; Harriet-Mrs Heron; Laetitia-Mrs Thurmond; Isabel-Mrs Butler; Beatrice-Mrs Shireburn; Lettice-Mrs Grace; Prologue design'd to be spoken by Mills. Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-the Author, the Author's Wife.
Cast
Role: Captain Smart Actor: Cibber Jr
Role: Squire Timber down Actor: R. Wetherilt
Role: Inanthe Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Epilogue Actor: the Author, the Author's Wife.

2287
15 March 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. Afterpiece: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Wilks; Leon-Mills; Margaretta-Mrs Horton; Estifania-Mrs Heron; Duke-Watson; Juan-W. Mills; Cacafogo-Harper; Old Woman-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: Afterpiece: With the Original Song-Miss Raftor

Dance: Rainton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson

2288
08 September 1731 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: LLee-Harper Booth, on the Bowling Green

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Whittington

Performance Comment: Whittington-Morgan; Madge-Harper; Emperor-Rosco; Merchant-Jones; Captain-Hulett; Factor-Mullart; Mrs Fitzwarren-Mrs Taylor; Mrs Grace-Mrs Mullart; Giflurt-Mrs Morgan; Bawd-Mrs Coker; Britannia-Mrs Spiller.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Hulett

Song: MMad Tom of Bedlam-Platt; Thames and Augusta-Platt, Papillon

2289
02 October 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Wilks; Leon-Mills; Margarita-Mrs Horton; Estifania-Mrs Heron; Duke-Watson; Juan-W. Mills; Cacafogo-Harper; Old Woman-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd

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

2290
12 November 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Estifania-Mrs Giffard; Captain-Giffard; Leon-Huddy; Medina-Havard; Castro-Bardin; Sancho-Bullock; Alonzo-Smith; Margaritta-Mrs Haughton; Altea-Mrs Morgan; Clara-Mrs Palmer; Old Woman-Collett; Maid-Williams; Cacafogo-Morgan; With the Epilogue-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Giffard
Role: With the Epilogue Actor: Mrs Giffard.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

2291
30 December 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Performance Comment: Pembroke-Delane; Lady Jane Gray-Mrs Giffard; Northumberland-Rosco; Suffolk-Huddy; Dudley-Giffard; Sussex-Bardin; Gardiner-W. Giffard; Sir John-Williams; Lieutenant-Havard; Captain-Jenkins; Dutchess of Suffolk-Mrs Haughton.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Jenkins

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance:

2292
14 January 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: See17311002, but Copper Captain-Wilks (Burney).
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

2293
27 March 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Rosco. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Performance Comment: Numps-Miller; Sir Harry-Morgan; Tipkin-Norris; Clerimont Sr-Delane; Captain Clerimont-Giffard; Pounce-Rosco; Mrs Clerimont-Mrs Roberts; Aunt-Mrs Palmer; Fainlove-Mrs Morgan; Jenny-Mrs Tollet; Biddy-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Captain Clerimont Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

2294
05 October 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Performance Comment: Pembroke-Delane; Lady Jane Gray-Mrs Giffard; Northumberland-Rosco; Suffolk-Huddy; Dudley-Giffard; Sussex-Bardin; Gardiner-W. Giffard; Sir John-Winstone Williams in Daily Advertiser; Lieutenant-Havard; Captain-Jenkins; Duchess of Suffolk-Mrs Haughton.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Jenkins

Dance: Valois and Mlle Valois, Mrs Bullock, Jones, Hind

2295
02 January 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Mills; Captain-Wm. Mills; Margaretta-Mrs Horton; Estifania-Mrs Heron; Cacafogo-Harper; Old Woman-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Wm. Mills

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

2296
26 January 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Roberts; Captain Clerimont-Wm. Mills; Sir Harry-Harper; Humphrey-Miller; Tipkin-Griffin; Pounce-Shepard; Mrs Clerimont-Mrs Horton; Biddy-Mrs Heron; Mrs Tipkin-Mrs Shireburn; Fainlove-Mrs Charke.
Cast
Role: Captain Clerimont Actor: Wm. Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: As17330125

2297
05 February 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Decoy; Or, The Harlot's Progress

Performance Comment: Edition of 1733 lists: Sir Francis Firebriecks-Lyon; Mr Xenodocky-Stoppelaer; Sir Ralph Reformage-Huddy; Justice Hamper-Penkethman; Justice Touchmore-Excell; Justice Bridleman-Collet; Mr Lookout-Rosco; Captain Wou'dbe-Bardin; Sir ThomasPairnails-James; Squire Spendthrift-Jenkins; Skinflint-Norris; ThomasDrivewell-Norris; Mrs Haverly-Hulett; Mrs Clarkwell-Pearce; Mrs Frisk-Mrs Williamson; Mrs Stroaker-Mrs Houghton; Mrs Fulmore-Mrs Christian; Jenny Ogle-Mrs Roberts; Henriette Shuffle-Miss Wherrit; Sukey Slattern-Mrs Purden; Mary Licklips-Mrs Vallois; Diana Stepwell-Mrs Morgan; Betty Drostlepate-Miss Sandham.
Cast
Role: Captain Wou'dbe Actor: Bardin
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

2298
29 May 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman, Morgan, Wetherilt. Being absolutely the last Night of the Company's acting this Season. At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Performance Comment: See April 30, but Clerimont Sr-Delane; Captain Clerimont-Giffard; Biddy-Mrs Giffard; Sir Harry-Morgan; Tipkin-Wetherilt; Pounce-Rosco; Mrs Clerimont-Mrs Christian; Fainlove-Mrs Morgan; Aunt-Mrs Wetherilt; Numps-Penkethman; A new Epilogue to be spoken-Wetherilt, Morgan, Penkethman, riding on three Asses.
Cast
Role: Captain Clerimont Actor: Giffard
Role: Tipkin Actor: Wetherilt
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Wetherilt
Role: A new Epilogue to be spoken Actor: Wetherilt, Morgan, Penkethman, riding on three Asses.

Dance:

2299
23 August 1733 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At Miller-Mills-Oates Booth, over against the Hospital Gate

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore; With The Comical And Diverting Humours Of Sir Anthony Noodle And His Man Weazle

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony-Miller;Weazle-Norris; King Edward IV-Ridout; Gloucester-Winstone; Sir Robert Brockenbury-Turbutt; Jane Shore-Miss Oates; Flora-Mrs Clarke; Mrs Blake-Mrs Bennet; Shore-Wm. Mills; Captain Aires-Bardin; Dick Dreary-Bencraft; Tom Padwell-Clarke; Gibbet-Excell; Forgewell-Tenoe; Timothy Stampwell-Oates; Blunderbuss-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Captain Aires Actor: Bardin

Afterpiece Title: The Gardens of Venus; or, The Truimphs of Love

Performance Comment: Cupid-Young Cunningham; Venus-Miss Price; Deities of Pleasure-Vallois, Davenport; Followers of Cupid-E. Roberts, Excell; Graces: Aglaia-Mrs Vallois; Euphrosyne-Mrs Chapman; Thalia-Mrs Bennet; Shepherds-Clark, Bencraft, Olbeldiston; Rival Swains-Jones, Jano.
Cast
Role: Cupid Actor: Young Cunningham

Dance: I: La Brone and La Blonde-Vallois and Mlle Vallois; II: Hornpipe-Jones Sr, Jones Jr

2300
19 September 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Performance Comment: Pembroke-Delane; Lady Jane Gray-Mrs Giffard; Northumberland-Rosco; Suffolk-Huddy; Dudley-Giffard; Sussex-Bardin; Gardiner-Lyon; Sir John-Morris; Lieutenant-Havard; Captain-Jenkins; Dutchess of Suffolk-Mrs Haughton .
Cast
Role: Captain Actor: Jenkins

Dance: By Vallois and Mrs Bullock