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6189 results for: Keyword - Bannister</i>.] Half past six went into ye Pit to see $<span class=
We found 4169 matches on Event Comments, 2324 matches on Performance Comments, 405 matches on Performance Title, 1 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

5101
12 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Princess Royal and Princess Amelia present. Receipts: money #92 19s.; tickets #38 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 117 by money and 154 by tickets; stage, 18 by money; pit, 244 by money; slips, 12 by money; first gallery, 151 by money; second gallery, 127 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

5102
13 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #36 4s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 26 paid and 6 orders; pit, 110 paid and 17 orders; slips, 6 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 74 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 97 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

5103
14 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #34 16s. Probable attendance; boxes, 35 paid and 8 orders; pit, 103 paid and 12 orders; slips, 2 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 69 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 60 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

5104
15 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #67 12s.; tickets #14 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 106 by money and 57 by tickets; stage, 1 by money; pit, 166 by money; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 102 by money; second gallery, 82 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

5105
18 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #32 6s.Probable attendance: boxes, 37 paid and 11 orders; pit, 56 paid and 21 orders; slips, 6 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 91 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 89 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

5106
20 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #51 8s. 6d.; tickets #13 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 50 by money and 55 by tickets; pit, 142 by money; slips, 9 by money; first gallery, 94 by money; second gallery, 115 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

5107
22 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #100 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 49 paid and 29 orders; pit, 259 paid and 14 orders; slips, 28 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 252 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 183 paid. [This is the last entry in the Harvard Manuscript which lists the receipts in various sections of the theater.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: See17281129.

5108
07 March 1729 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Lampe. Boxes 5s. Pit 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal consisting of several Favourite Italian Songs-; Four English Ballads-a Gentlewoman who never appear'd on any Stage before; accompanied-; with Instruments Concerto-wise, after an entire New Manner. The Instrumental consisting of great Variety for all, particularly several new Pieces for French Horns-

5109
19 September 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. [customary advanced charges]. Receipts: #54 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Legar; Sir Thomas-Hippisley; Friendly-Salway; Old Hob-Hall; Roger-Clarke; Dick-Pitt; Flora-Mrs Cantrell; Betty-Mrs Kilby; Hob's Mother-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Pitt

Dance:

5110
31 October 1729 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: By Authority. At 6 P.M. Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. [The opening night of the new theatre in Goodman's Fields. The Prologue and Epilogue were printed in Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 8 Nov.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance:

5111
28 January 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. For the Conveniency of the Author's Friends, the Pit and Boxes will be laid together

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timoleon

5112
19 February 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Boxes not being sufficient to answer the great Demand for Places, at the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality, the Pit and Boxes will be put together, for their better Accommodation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: See17291220, but Lothario-a Gentleman Highmore.

5113
06 May 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. The Boxes not equal to the great Demand for Places, at the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality, Pit and Boxes will be put together

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Performance Comment: See17300330.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

5114
01 June 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Lawrence (Boxkeeper), Rowland (Pit Doorkeeper), and Maine (Gallery Keeper). Written by Ben. Johnson. Receipts: money #14 7s.; tickets #152 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Song: YYe Nymphs and Sylvan Gods, Polwart on the Green-Miss Sukey Rogers

Dance: CChacone-Miss Betty Rogers; Tollet's Ground-Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden

5115
24 June 1730 @ Richmond

Event Comment: By a Company of Comedians From the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Dance: The Celebrated Dance in Momus, to the Black Joke Tune,-Nivelon

5116
18 September 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: 03 4 5 nefit Hewson. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s, Gallery 2s,

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: BBarbarous Cruel Man (the favourite Song)-Stoppelaer; Excell

Dance:

5117
10 November 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: A New Ballad Opera, [By George Lillo.] Receipts: #91 9s. 6d. Daily Courant, 12 Nov.: On Tuesday Night...Sylvia...was perform'd for the first Time...where there appeared a Set of People, who seem'd inclined to damn the whole Performance (if it had been in their Power)by their continual Hissing and Cat-Calls; notwithstanding which, the same was perform'd with Applause, by the general Approbation of the Pit and Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sylvia; Or, The Country Burial

5118
15 January 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Three Rows of the Pit to be rail'd into the Boxes, Receipts: money #47 5s. 6d,; tickets #95 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Periander

5119
25 March 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Benefit Mlle Salle. The Boxes being all taken, and many Places more demanded, the Pit and Boxes, at the Request of several Ladies of Quality, will be put together. Receipts: money #119 12s.; tickets #74 17s. [King, Queen, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Les Charactere de la Dance-Salle, Mlle Salle; II: Scottish Dance-Salle, Mrs Legar; III: New French Tambourin-Mlle Salle; After I Farce: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; II: French Peasant A@la@Mode de l'Opera-Poitier, Mlle Salle

5120
02 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Lesson on the Harpsichord-Smith; Solo on Hautboy-Kytch; Violin-Festing; Singing-Mrs Young

5121
06 May 1731 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Thomas Mountier, the Chichester Boy, who sung at Mr Smith's Concert in lif. At the Request of a great Number of Gentlemen and Ladies. Pit and Boxes will be laid together at 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

5122
17 May 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Moses (Pit Doorkeeper) and Sandford (Wardrobe Keeper)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performance Comment: See17310429.

Song: I: Mad Tom-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Music: V: Welch Harp-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper-; III: Scaramouch-Smith; V: Scaramouch and Harlequin-

5123
21 June 1731 @ Windmill Hill

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wilson. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. At the New Theatre on Wind-mill Hill. Pit and Boxes laid together by Desire at 2s. each

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

5124
20 August 1731 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Clarke, Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. 6d. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

5125
04 October 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #104 2s. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Mrs Seedo; Jupiter-Rochetti; Mercury-Legar; Sylvans-Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden; Gods of the Woods-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling; Sicilians-Dupre Jr, Delagarde Jr, Newhouse; Pluto-Leveridge; Daemons-Salle, Dupre, Newhouse, Pelling, Glover; Yeoman-Nivelon; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Miss LaTour; Countrymen and Lasses-Newhouse, Delagarde Jr, Pelling, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Rice; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Smith, Delagarde; Earth-Dupre; Air-Pelling; Fire-Poitier; Water-Salle; Females-Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Laguerre.
Cast
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Seedo
Role: Jupiter Actor: Rochetti