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Results not only include performances of plays known to be by 'Richard Griffith', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.
51
30 October 1775
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love In A Village
Afterpiece Title:
The Tobacconist
Entertainment:
A Variety of New Theatrical
Imitations
-Hutton
Song:
End Opera: Several celebrated
Catches and Glees
by
Dr Arne
-
52
12 April 1776
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
As You Like It
Afterpiece Title:
The Waterman
Dance:
I:
The Sailors Revels
, as17751220
Entertainment:
A Variety of New
Imitations
, vocal and rhetorical-Bannister
53
24 March 1778
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King Richard Iii
Afterpiece Title:
The Deuce is in Him
Song:
A variety of Entertainments of Singing, particularly
The Soldier tir'd
-a Lady [unidentified]
Entertainment:
Monologue
. End: an occasional
Address
-Master Benson
54
16 May 1778
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
She Stoops To Conquer
Afterpiece Title:
Poor Vulcan
Dance:
End II:
New Dance
-; in which the
Minuet de la Cour
,
Gavot
-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV:
Le Minuet a Quatre
-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; with a variety of new
Quadrilles
-
Ballet:
End:
The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth
. As17780502
55
03 January 1780
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Modish Wife
Afterpiece Title:
Wit's Last Stake
Dance:
End II: Miller
Entertainment:
End: Variety of
Rhetorical Imitations
-a Gentleman (1st appearance [unidentified])
56
02 August 1780
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Bonduca
Afterpiece Title:
Midas
Entertainment:
End: (for that night only) a Variety of
Imitations
-G. Saville Carey
57
17 August 1780
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet
Afterpiece Title:
The Quaker
Dance:
II afterpiece: As17800615
Entertainment:
End: a Variety of
Imitations
-Bannister Jun
58
31 August 1780
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Maid Of The Mill
Afterpiece Title:
The Son-in-law
Dance:
End: As17800615
Entertainment:
After the dance: a Variety of
Imitations
, vocal and rhetorical, and (never attempted before) several in Dialogue-Messrs Bannister
59
26 March 1781
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love And A Bottle
Afterpiece Title:
The Padlock
Dance:
End:
Minuet de la Cour
,
Allemande
-Master Byrne, Miss Byrne
Song:
End I, IV: a variety of select
Catches
and
Glees
-
60
26 February 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
The Gentle Shepherd
Related Works
Related Work:
The Gentle Shepherd
Author(s):
Richard
Tickell
61
28 February 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
Comus
62
02 March 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
The Divorce
Related Works
Related Work:
The Platonic Wife
Author(s):
Elizabeth
Griffith
Dance:
End of mainpiece, as17820223
63
04 March 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
Robinson Crusoe
64
05 March 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
The Gentle Shepherd
Related Works
Related Work:
The Gentle Shepherd
Author(s):
Richard
Tickell
65
07 March 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
The Maid of the Oaks
Dance:
End of Act I of afterpiece New Dance, as17820121, but omitted: Miss Armstrong
66
09 March 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
The Gentle Shepherd
Related Works
Related Work:
The Gentle Shepherd
Author(s):
Richard
Tickell
67
12 April 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Variety
Related Works
Related Work:
Variety
Author(s):
Richard Griffith
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Dance:
End of Act I of afterpiece the Minuet de la Cour, as17820104
68
13 February 1783
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Il Trionfo Della Costanza
Dance:
End of Act I Le Tuteur Trompe, as17830111, with two Pas de Deux, in a stile entirely new, called Pas de Lapons; or, Laplanders' Dance, by Slingsby and Mlle Theodore; End of Act II a new Pastoral Ballet by the principal Dancers, with a variety of Pas Seuls and a Pas de Deux by Slingsby and Mlle Theodore, and to conclude with a Grand Allemande by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Mlle Theodore
69
24 May 1783
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Alexander The Great
Afterpiece Title:
The Golden Pippin
Dance:
End of Act III of mainpiece Diversion a-la-Mode, as17821211, in which The Devonshire Minuet, as17821129, and variety of new Quadrilles, composed by Harris; End of Act iv, as17820925; End of mainpiece new Dance, composed by Harris, The Rival Nymphs, by Byrne, Ratchford, Harris, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Byrne, Miss Matthews
Song:
As17821227, but Mrs Bannister [i.e. formerly Miss Harper (see17830129)]; omitted: Bannister
70
08 January 1787
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love In A Village
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil upon Two Sticks
Entertainment:
End: a variety of Theatrical and Senatorial
Imitations
-Kean
71
26 March 1787
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Orphan Of China
Afterpiece Title:
Barnaby Brittle; or, A Wife at her Wit's End
Entertainment:
End: a variety of
Imitations
-Kelly;
Monologue
. After which:
A Monody on the late Mr Henderson
-the Gentleman who performs Zamti
72
17 July 1790
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
L'usurpator Innocente
Dance:
End I:
Divertisement
, as17900515 at
hay
; End Opera:
La Bergere des Alpes
, as17900107 at hay; after which a variety of new
Dances
-
73
03 June 1795
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Country Girl
Afterpiece Title:
Hob in the Well
Afterpiece Title:
Britain's Glory; or, A Trip to Portsmouth
Song:
In 3rd piece:
Within a mile of Edinburgh
-Mrs Bland;
Rule Britannia
-
Dance:
Piece to conclude:
Dance of Sailors
-
Entertainment:
Monologue
End: (by permission of the Author [
John Taylor
])
Monsieur Tonson
-Palmer; [
Imitations
End II: a
Variety of Imitations
-Caulfield
74
02 June 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Way To Get Un-married
Afterpiece Title:
The School for Arrogance
Afterpiece Title:
Dr Last's Examination before the College of Physicians
Afterpiece Title:
The Shipwreck
Dance:
In 4th piece:
Dance
, as17951026, but
Holland; in which dance Bells-Lawrence that inimitable Performer, will introduce accompaniments on his Bells
Song:
In:
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon; In 3rd piece:
All on Hobbies
-Williamson; In 4th piece:
Rule Britannia
-Townsend
Entertainment:
3rd piece: a variety of
Imitations
-Rees
75
22 May 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Village Fete
Related Works
Related Work:
The Village Fete
Author(s):
Richard
Cumberland
Afterpiece Title:
The School for Wives
Afterpiece Title:
Oscar and Malvina
Song:
In: Chorusses, as17970518; End II 2nd piece:
The Sea Storm
by
G. A. Stevens
(
Cease rude Boreas blust'ring railer
)-; End IV:
Black Ey'd Susan
-Incledon; In 3rd piece:
Come every jovial Fellow
-Gray, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain;
O ever in my bosom live
-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain
Entertainment:
End 2nd piece: a variety of
Imitations
-Rees (1st appearance this season [i.e. as imitator])
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