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459 results for: Keyword - Amelia
We found 295 matches on Roles/Actors, 160 matches on Event Comments, 66 matches on Performance Comments, 18 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

351
01 January 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariadne

352
07 March 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Majesties' Command. Pit and Front Boxes put together at 51. [Duke, Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Mary, and Louisa present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Cast
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Queen Mary Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Norfolk Actor: Marshall
Role: Davison Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Morton Actor: Hewitt
Role: Cecil Actor: Roberts
Role: Giffard Actor: Turbutt
Role: Douglass Actor: Miss Hollyday

Dance: La Badine by Lally, Mlle Grognet, S. Lally, Le Brun, Davenport, Olbeldiston, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Davenport (with new Habits)

353
13 May 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: attempted by Cibber
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Iago Actor: A. Hallam
Role: Roderigo Actor: Mrs Charke
Role: Cassio Actor: Hewitt
Role: Duke Actor: Cross
Role: Lodovico Actor: Turbutt
Role: Brabantio Actor: Boman
Role: Montano Actor: Winstone
Role: Gratiano Actor: Corey, but see HAY, 1 Feb

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Valentine Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Bluff Actor: Macklin, but see17340121

Music: A new Comic Medley Overture composed by Charke

Dance: III: By Nivelon and Miss Mann. End of Afterpiece: English Maggot by S. Lally and Mrs Walter

Song: I: A Teneri Affeti by Mrs Cibber and Mrs Barbier. II: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Mrs Barbier. IV: Amelia wishes when she dies by Mrs Cibber. V: A new Favourite Italian Song by Mrs Barbier

Performance Comment: II: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Mrs Barbier. IV: Amelia wishes when she dies by Mrs Cibber. V: A new Favourite Italian Song by Mrs Barbier .

354
06 July 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Their Majesties, Princess of Orange, and Princesses Amelia and King's Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pastor Fido

355
01 November 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Moliere. [Princess of Orange and Princesses Amelia and Caroline present. For a letter on this night's performance, see Grub St. Journal, 7 Nov.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avare

Afterpiece Title: La Reun1on des Amours

356
02 November 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia present.] Lord Hervey to Henry Fox, 2 Nov.: No place is full but the Opera; and Farinelli is so universally liked, that the crowds there are immense. By way of public spectacles this winter, there are no less than two Italian Operas, one French play house, and three English ones. Heidegger has computed the expense of these shows, and proves in black & white that the undertakers must receive seventy-six thousand odd hundred pounds to bear their charges, before they begin to become gainers. Ilchester, Lord Hervey and his Friends, p. 211

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

357
05 November 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 6 Nov.: The King, the Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia, were again to . . . Artaxerxes, in which Signor Farnelli continues to sing to a crowded Audience, with all imaginable Applause. Egmont, Diary, II, 132: Went to the opera, where I heard the finest voice that Europe affords, Faranelli, lately come over. Norwich Gazette, 9 Nov.: We hear that both Operas (occasion'd by their dividing) are at a vast expence to entertain the Nobility and Gentry for the ensuing Season; the Opera House in the Haymarket are reckon'd to stand near 12000l. and Mr Handell at near 9000l. for the Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

358
06 November 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Princess Amelia and Princess Caroline. [King, Duke, and all the Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Le Misantrope

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Francisque

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Hulla

Song:

Dance:

359
09 November 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: First Piece: A new Dramatick Entertainment in Musick. [Music by Handel.] Second Piece: An Opera. With several Additions, intermix'd with Choruses. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. First Gallery 4s. Upper Gallery 21. 6d. [King and Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Terpsicore

Cast
Role: : Apollo Actor: Carestino
Role: Erato Actor: Signora Strada
Role: Terpsichore Actor: Mlle Salle

Afterpiece Title: Pastor Fido

Cast
Role: : Mirtillo Actor: Carestino
Role: Amarillis Actor: Signora Strada
Role: Silvius Actor: Beard
Role: Dorinda Actor: Signora Catterina Negri
Role: Eurilla Actor: Signora Rosa Negri
Role: Tirenius Actor: Waltz

360
14 November 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Princesses Amelia and Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Astrologue, Statue, Enfant, Ramoneur, Perroquet: With The Scene Of The Moor

Afterpiece Title: Les Amours de Nanterre

Music: Mr Job Baker will perform a Preamble on the Kettle Drums, accompanied by other Instruments

361
22 November 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Intermix'd with Songs and Dances. [The Duke and Princesses Amelia, Mary, and Louisa present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Misantrope

Afterpiece Title: Le Carillon de Maitre Gervaise et Dame Alison

Cast
Role: Dame Alison Actor: Francisque, unmask'd

362
25 November 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Cast
Role: Bellmour Actor: Walker
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Bullock

Afterpiece Title: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife

Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Leon Actor: Ryan
Role: Copper Captain Actor: A. Hallam
Role: Duke Actor: Hale
Role: Cacafogo Actor: Mullart
Role: Margarita Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Old Woman Actor: Hippisley
Role: Juan Actor: Ridout
Role: Sancho Actor: Aston
Role: Alonzo Actor: Wignell
Role: Altea Actor: Mrs Stevens

Dance: Glover's Scot's Dance. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Song: By Leveridge

363
05 December 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Princess Amelia and Princess Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'embarras Des Richesses

Afterpiece Title: Le Francois a Londres

Dance:

364
10 December 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Their Majesties, Prince, Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

365
02 January 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Highnesses the Princess Amelia and Princess Caroline. [Daily Advertiser lists Granier instead of the Gentleman in The Frolick.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Balourd

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Francisque
Role: Leandre Actor: Le Sage Sr
Role: Doctor Actor: Dessessars
Role: Geronte Actor: Verneuil
Role: Pierot Actor: Malter
Role: Scaramouch Actor: Cochoy
Role: News Cryer Actor: Dubuisson
Role: Rare Actor: Show Man-De Lisle
Role: Show Man Actor: De Lisle
Role: Marinette or Countess Leonora Actor: Mrs Malter
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Mimie
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Francisque

Afterpiece Title: La Serenade

Dance: The Frolick, as17341226. L'Allemande by Miss Chateauneuf

366
08 January 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by A. Salvi. Music by Handel. King, Queen, Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariodante

Cast
Role: : Il Re di Scozia Actor: Waltz
Role: Ginevra Actor: Signora Strada
Role: Ariodante Actor: Carestini
Role: Lurcanio Actor: Beard
Role: Dalinda Actor: Miss Young
Role: Polinesso Actor: Signora Maria Caterina Negri
Role: Odoardo Actor: Stoppelaer

367
09 January 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke, their Highnesses the Princess Amelia, the Princess Caroline, the Princess Louisa, and the Princess Maria. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Voltaire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zaire

Cast
Role: Zaire Actor: Mrs Fompre
Role: Orosmane Actor: Le Sage Sr
Role: Lusignan Actor: Verneuil
Role: Nerestan Actor: Le Sage Jr
Role: Chatillon Actor: Dessessars
Role: Corasmin Actor: Dubuisson
Role: Meledor Actor: De Lisle
Role: Fatime Actor: Mrs Mimi

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance:

368
01 February 1735 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Text by Paul Rollo. Music by Nicholas Porpora.] A New Opera. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 3 Feb.: On Saturday Their Majesties ...the Prince of Wales, and the Princesses Amelia and Carolina . . . saw the Opera of Polifemo, which was perform'd to one of the greatest Audiences that hath King's been known this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Polifemo

Cast
Role: : Polifemo Actor: Montagnana
Role: Aci Actor: Farinello
Role: Galatea Actor: Signora Cuzzoni
Role: Ulisse Actor: Senesino
Role: Calipso Actor: Signora Bertolli
Role: Nerea Actor: Signora Segatti

369
03 February 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Double Inconstance; Or, Harlequin A Courtier Against His Will

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Empereur dans la Lune

Dance:

370
10 February 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke, their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Double Inconstance

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Sauvage

Dance:

371
27 February 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Francisque. By Their Majesties' Command. N.B. Places may be taken next the Boxes built on the Stage for their Royal Highness the Princess Amelia and Princess Caroline. [King, Queen, and rest of the Royal Family present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Astrologue, Statue, Enfant, Ramoneur, Negre & Skelette: With Two New Scenes, Viz, The Elbow-chair And The Dog

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin always Harlequin

372
14 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Michael Lally. By Command of Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. Tickets to be had at Mr Lally's House in Southampton-Row, Bloomsbury. Two Rows of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: I: English Maggot by S. Lally, De la Garde, Miss Baston. II: Grand Pastoral Dance by Lally, Mlle Salle, Miss Rogers, S. Lally, Le Sac, Delagarde, Duke, Mrs De l'Orme, Miss Baston, Miss Norsa. III: Glover's Scotch Dance. IV: Minuet by Lally and Mlle Salle. V: Pigmalion by Lally and Mlle Salle

373
21 April 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke, their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Mary, and Louisa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tartuffe

Cast
Role: Tartuffe Actor: Francisque, but see17341120

Afterpiece Title: Attendez Moy Sous l'Orme

Cast
Role: Dorante Actor: Francisque

Dance:

374
28 April 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Duke, their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia, Carolina, Maria and Louisa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Astrologer, Infant, Ch1mney-sweeper, Statue, Parrot, & Skeleton

Cast
Role: with the Scene of the Elbow Actor: Chair

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Hulla

Music: Select Pieces. Solo on the German Flute by Burk Thumoth

Dance:

375
01 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit John Hervey, Architect Painter. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Belmour Actor: Walker
Role: Vainlove Actor: Ryan
Role: Fondlewife Actor: Hippisley
Role: Sharper Actor: Marshall
Role: Bluff Actor: Mullart
Role: Sir Joseph Actor: Neale
Role: Setter Actor: Chapman
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Templer
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Laetitia Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Sylvia Actor: Miss Norsa
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: By Mlle Salle. Scots Dance, as17350311 Tambourine by Miss Rogers

Song: As17350422