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71 results for: Roles - Author

1
21 March 1678 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A True Widow

Cast
Role: Epilogue by the Author Actor: .

2
May 1681 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Cast
Role: by the Author Actor: .

3
August 1684 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Duke And No Duke

Cast
Role: Prologue by a Friend of the Authors Actor: Mr Jevon

4
04 December 1689 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Cast
Role: Sent to the Author By an Unknown Hand Actor: Mrs Mountfort

5
November 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Cast
Role: The Words fitted to the Notes by the Author Actor: Leveridge, Freeman, Pate, Miss Campion, Magnus's Boy, Miss Lindsey

6
16 February 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gibraltar; Or, The Spanish Adventure

Cast
Role: Second Epilogue written by the Author Actor: the Serjeant.

7
05 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: With a New Prologue by the Author of the Play Actor: .

8
07 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: by the Author of the Play Actor: .

9
08 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: by the Author of the Play Actor: .

10
10 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: by the Author of the Play Actor: .

11
15 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: by the Author of the Play Actor: .

12
19 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: And the Author's Original Prologue Actor: .

13
06 December 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

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Role: With a Prologue by the Author of the Play Actor: .

14
13 December 1716 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Consisting of an Ode design'd for the Prince's Birth/Day-; an Ode on the King-; and that Celebrated Piece of Mr Dryden, called the Feast of Alexander; All by Mr Tho. Clayton, Author of Arsinoe-

Cast
Role: Author of Arsinoe Actor: .

15
27 May 1719 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Hydaspes; Or, The Greshamite

Cast
Role: Harlequin the Author, Actor: Mrs Aubert

16
11 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Masqueraders

Cast
Role: With a new Epilogue to be spoke by the Author Actor: Mrs Aubin the Oratrix.

17
15 March 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Cast
Role: With a New Prologue to the Memory of the Author Actor: .

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; La Fette Ramsii-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre

Song: new Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Wright

18
24 April 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Cast
Role: New Prologue written to the Memory of the Author Actor: .

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; Scottish Dance-Glover, DuPre, Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

19
01 April 1737 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal part-Mrs Arne; late Miss Cecilia Young. With select Songs and Pieces of Musick; compos'd by Mr Arne, particularly, a New Ov e rture-; a new Concerto for Hautboys-; the March in Zara-; with a Comic Medley Overture-; two new Songs in English-; (by particular Desire) a Ballad Air call'd, Come and Listen to my Ditty-Mr Arne on the Violin, with many Variations; Also variety of Pieces by other Authors-; particularly the first and eighth Concertosof Corelli-; two Italian Songs-

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Role: Also variety of Pieces by other Authors Actor:

20
14 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Author's Triumph; or, The Manager Manag'd

Cast
Role: An Author Actor:
Role: the Author's Servant Actor:

Dance: End Afterpiece: Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde

Song: II: Dialogue by Purcell-the Masters Hamilton; III: Miss Jones; IV: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers

21
06 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Cast
Role: Prologue by the Author of Eurydice Actor: Quin

22
17 January 1747 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Epilogue by the author of the Prologue Actor: Mrs Pritchard

23
18 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Prologue to the Author Actor: Wilkinson

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Entertainment: By Desire, Lady Pentweazle's Scene from the Comedy Taste, Lady Pentweazle-Wilkinson; Carmine-Davis

Dance: LLes Charboniers-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

24
21 June 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Doctor Last In His Chariot

Cast
Role: Epilogue by the author Actor: a five year old girl

Afterpiece Title: The Captive

Dance: As17690515

25
27 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Monologue: Before: By Particular Desire, the eleventh night, New Occasional Prelude. Characters first listed: Manager-Dyer; Author-Kniveton; Young Actress-Miss Basanti; See 21 Sept.

Cast
Role: Author Actor: Kniveton