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2901 results for: Keyword - Beard
We found 3098 matches on Roles/Actors, 564 matches on Performance Comments, 532 matches on Performance Title, 85 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

151
13 December 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Performance Comment: Principal parts-Beard, Reinhold, Wilder, Mas. Mattocks, Miss Norris, Miss Clive. Robin Hood-Beard; Graspall-Reinhold; Glitter-Wilder; Leander-Mas. Mattocks; Clarinda-Miss Norris; Primrose-Mrs Clive; Scarlet-Bullbrick; Little John-Messink; To conclude with a New Forest Dance- (1st Edn.).
Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Beard, Reinhold, Wilder, Mas. Mattocks, Miss Norris, Miss Clive. Robin Hood-Beard
Role: Robin Hood Actor: Beard

152
29 March 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Tickets of Beard next door to Old Slaughter's Coffee House, St. Martin's Lane, and of Varney at stage door. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Amphitheatre on stage. Receipts: #280 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Song: Beard, Champnes

Music: A Piece on the Harp-Mr Evans

153
04 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Quin, Milward, Cibber, Mills, Hill, Mrs Cibber, with Vocal Parts-Beard, Mrs Clive, Mrs Arne, dances-Denoyer, Muilment, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson; but edition of 1738 lists: Comus-Quin; Lady-Mrs Cibber; Brothers-Milward, Cibber; Spirits-Mills, Hill; Euphrosyne-Mrs Clive; Sabrina-Mrs Arne; Attendant Spirits-Beard, Mrs Clive, Mrs Arne.
Cast
Role: with Vocal Parts Actor: Beard, Mrs Clive, Mrs Arne, dances-Denoyer, Muilment, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson
Role: Attendant Spirits Actor: Beard, Mrs Clive, Mrs Arne.

154
09 September 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

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

Performance Comment: Sir John-Beard; (with The Eearly Horn-Beard; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pritchard; Jobson-Harper; Nell-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard
Role: with The Eearly Horn Actor: Beard

155
03 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Beard. Tickets at Beard's House, New North Street, Red-Lion Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard
Role: with The Eearly Horn Actor: Beard

Dance: I: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Turkish Dance-Muilment; IV: Comic Dance-Poitier

Song: II: Wou'd You Taste the Noontide Air (from Comus)-Beard; IV: (By Desire,) Oh Happy Pair (out of Alexander's Feast)-

156
04 January 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosalinda

Performance Comment: Mrs Arne, Beard, Russel; A solo on the Violin-Festing; a Solo on the Violoncello-Caporale; and several Concertos-; but edition of 1740 lists: Rosalinda-Mrs Arne; Garcia-Beard.
Cast
Role: Garcia Actor: Beard.

157
09 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Beard. [Part of the Stage will be formed into Side-Boxes. Tickets at Beard's House, New North Street, Red Lion Square.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: 7400317 but Sir John Actor: Beard

Dance: I: Muilment; III: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Muilment

Song: II: See from the Silent Groves-Beard; IV: By particular Desire, a Song in the Character of a Sea Captain (as17400325-Beard

158
15 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades

Performance Comment: In which will be introduced Singing-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; particularly The Life of a Belle, in Imitation of The Life of a Beau, -Mrs Clive; Esop-Taswell; Mercury-Beard; Charon-Marten; Drunken Man-Macklin; Beau-Woodward; Attorney-Turbutt; Thomas-Raftor; Lady-Miss Bennet; Lucy-Mrs Clive; With a Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: In which will be introduced Singing Actor: Mr Beard, Mrs Clive
Role: Mercury Actor: Beard

Dance: II: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

159
21 November 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Cibber Jr; Smith-Delane; Johnson-Mills; Other Characters-Johnson, Macklin, Neale, Havard, Ridout, Taswell, Arthur, Turbutt, Winstone, Leigh, Green, Wright, Ray, Woodburn, Miss Woodman, Mrs Cross, Miss Story, Miss Cole; Vocal Parts-Beard, Lowe, Johnson, Ray, Raftor; Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Two Operatical Generals-Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe; With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Rais'd Troops-.
Cast
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Beard, Lowe, Johnson, Ray, Raftor
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe

Dance: I: Ballet, as17411015; II: Sailor's Dance, as17411015; III: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029; IV: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; V: The Swiss, as17410926

160
01 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Beard. Tickets and places to be had at Beard's lodgings in Red Lyon St., near Lamb's Conduit, and of Bradshaw at the Kings Arms, &c. Servants will be allow'd to keep Places on the stage, which will be carefully inclosed to prevent the ladies from taking cold. Receipts: #207

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchanal Actor: Beard

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

161
30 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: As17440418 but Goodwill-Rosco; Blister-Marten; Coupee-Woodward; Wormwood-Hayman; Thomas-Anderson; Quaver-Beard; a new Ballad-Beard.
Cast
Role: Quaver Actor: Beard
Role: a new Ballad Actor: Beard.

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124; Dance-Cooke

Song: TTo Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

162
28 March 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Beard. Play By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Prince Edward, and the Lady Augusta. Tickets of Beard in Red Lyon Square, and of Page at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Beard

Dance: Cooke, Lalauze, Picq, Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Song: (BBy Particular Desire) the song made on the Famous Sea Fight at La Hogue-Beard, in the characters of a sailor

163
10 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Music

Performance Comment: Part I Overture to Samson-; Airs: Total Eclipse in Samson-Beard; Preso al Caro amato Cido in Meraspe-Sga Galli; Return O God of Hosts from Samson-Miss Robinson; Myself I Shall Adore in Semele-Sga Francesina; Del Minacciar del Vento in Otho-Reinhold; Part II Concerto-Weideman; Airs: Per Pieta nell' Incostanza Delusa-Sga Frasi; O Ruddier than the Cherry in Acis and Galatea-Reinhold; O Sleep in Semele-Sga Francesina; Concerto-Sga Caporale; Air: Dirti ben Mio in Alexander in Persia-Miss Robinson; Part III Concerto-Miller; Airs: Tremende oscure atroci in Meraspe-Sga Galli; Why does the God of Israel Sleep in Samson-Beard; Scherza Quest' Alma Mia del Sig Lampugnani-Sga Frasi; Concerto-Vincent; Trio in Acis and Galatea-Sga Francesina, Miss Robinson, Reinhold; Handel's Grand Sonata-.
Cast
Role: Total Eclipse in Samson Actor: Beard
Role: Why does the God of Israel Sleep in Samson Actor: Beard

164
02 January 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17481031, but in Act II Singing-Beard; Scotch Cantata-_.
Cast
Role: in Act II Singing Actor: Beard
Role: In II a Scotch Cantata Actor: Beard.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Parts-Garrick, Woodward, Yates, Beard, Taswell, Winstone, King, Vaughan, Bridges, Mrs Green, Mrs Clive. [Poet, Frenchman, Drunken Man-Garrick; Fine Gentleman-Woodward; Taylor-Yates; Old Man-Taswell; Charon-Winstone; Tatoo-King; Aesop-Bridges; Mercury-Beard; Mrs Riot-Mrs Clive; Mrs Tatoo-Mrs Green.-Edition of 1749.]
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Garrick, Woodward, Yates, Beard, Taswell, Winstone, King, Vaughan, Bridges, Mrs Green, Mrs Clive.
Role: Mercury Actor: Beard

165
29 March 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Mrs Cibber first did Ophelia (Cross). Afterpiece: By particular desire. Five rows of Pit laid into Boxes and stage as on 7 March. Tickets and places of Hobson at the stage door. Receipts: #275 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Song: Beard

166
17 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Barry; Duncan-Mills; Macduff-Havard; Malcolm-Blakes; Banquo-Sowdon; Rosse-King; Lenox-Barnet; Seyward-Winstone; Donalbain-Master Mattocks; Hecate-Berry; Witches-Bridges, Neale, Yates; Young Seyward-Palmer; Fleance-Master Cross; Seyton-Ray; Angus-Simpson; Doctor-Taswell; Lady-Mrs Yates; Lady Macduff-Mrs Mills; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Pritchard; The Vocal Parts-Beard, Reinhold, Mrs Clive, Miss Norris.
Cast
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Beard, Reinhold, Mrs Clive, Miss Norris.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: As17490921, but Blister-_; Yates_; Beard_; Taswell_. Yates_; Beard_; Taswell_.
Cast
Role: Quaver Actor: Beard

167
24 March 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Part of Pit will be rail'd into Boxes, where servants may keep Places and on the Stage. Tickets to be had of Beard at his House in New North St., Red Lion Square, and of Hobson at the stage door. Rec'd front Cash #67 12s., plus #132 13s. in tickets. Total #200 5s. Paid Hobson for 2 suits of cloaths #21; Salary list #203 7s.; Norton for 1 chorus 5s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #205 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Cast
Role: Damon Actor: Beard.

Dance: III: L'Entree de Flore-Mlle Auretti

168
15 December 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Beard hoarse, Mr Garrick made Apology--but he sung very well--a little noise (Cross). Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Beard, Reinhold, Wilder, Mas. Mattocks, Miss Norris, Miss Clive. Robin Hood-Beard
Role: Robin Hood Actor: Beard

169
22 December 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: RRobin Hood was stop'd in ye Run by Mr Beard's Sickness (Cross). No admittance behind scene. Being the last time of performing till the Holidays. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Beard, Reinhold, Wilder, Mas. Mattocks, Miss Norris, Miss Clive. Robin Hood-Beard
Role: Robin Hood Actor: Beard

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

170
16 April 1751 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Part I Overture by Sg Paradies-; Airs Why does the God of Israel Sleep (Handel)-Beard; Infelice in van mi lagno (Chiampi)-Sga Frasi; Concerto-Pasquilano; Airs: False Imagine (Handel)-Sga Cuzzoni; Non pavento il pastorello (Resta)-Guadagni; Part II Concerto by DuBourg-DuBourg; Airs Father of Heaven (Handel)-Sga Galli; Se vedi nascere (Chinzer)-Sga Frasi; Concerto-Miller; Benche mi siu crudele (Handel)-Sga Cuzzoni; Pastorella io giurerei (Chiampi)-Sga Galli; Part III Concerto-Vincent; Airs Return O God of Hosts (Handel)-Sga Frasi; Varcan col' Vento istesso (Chiampi)-Sga Galli; Se non Timor allata (Chiampi)-Guadagni; Tune your Harps (Handel)-Beard; Duetto Piu amabile belta (Handel)-Sga Cuzzoni, Guadagni; A Grand Concerto of Handel's-.
Cast
Role: Airs Why does the God of Israel Sleep Actor: Beard
Role: Tune your Harps Actor: Beard

171
30 April 1753 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Part I: Overture by Chabran-; Sei si trove in Lacci stretto (Teradellas)-Sga Galli; Return O God of Hosts (Handel)-Guadagno; Concerto on violincello-Pasqualino; Sherno delli astri egioco (Conforti)-Frasi; Beneath that Shade (Dr Green)-Wass; Part II: Concerto on violin-Chabran; Sol ti chiedo O spero amato (Galluppi)-Frasi; O Lovely Fair and Faithful Youth (Dr Green)-Beard; Concerto on bassoon-Miller; No non sai (Pergolesi)-Galli; Il Pasto (Ciampi)-Guadagnio; Part III: Concerto on oboe-Vincent; Resarrena (Gluck)-Galli; Quella fiamma (Handel)-Frasi; Song-Guadagnio; Trio The Flocks shall leave the Mountains (Handel)-Frasi, Beard, Wass; Grand Concerto-Handel.
Cast
Role: O Lovely Fair and Faithful Youth Actor: Beard
Role: Trio The Flocks shall leave the Mountains Actor: Frasi, Beard, Wass

172
03 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Mossop; Banquo-Ross; Duncan-Berry; Macduff-Havard; Malcolm-Lacey; Ross-Davies; Angus-Simson; Lenox-Scrase; Seyward-Bransby; Donalbaine-Vernon; Hecate-Beard; Witches-Burton, Yates, Blakes; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Macduff-Mrs Mills; Vocal parts-Beard, Wilder, Mrs Clive; With proper decorations, particularly a Dance of the Furies-Devisse.
Cast
Role: Hecate Actor: Beard
Role: Vocal parts Actor: Beard, Wilder, Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: A Comic Dance-Devisse, Mlle Auguste

173
28 February 1754 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Part I: Overture by Ciampi-; Intennerir mi sento (Galluppi)-Serasini; Ti parli in seno amore (Perez)-Sga Frasi; Concerto violencello Pasqualini-; Lasciar t' amato bene from Nerone-Sga Visconti; Dal suo gentil sembiante (P. Pulli)-Albuzzi; Part II:Concerto-Dubourg; Sfogati o Ciel sereno (Hasse)-Passerini; Endless pleasure (Handel)-Beard; Concerto on bassoon-Miller; Puppille care from Nerone-Serasini; E Maggiore degn' altro Dolore from Nerone-Sga Visconti; Part III: Concerto on oboe-Vincent; Rasserani i mesta rai (Pescetti)-Albuzzi; Non vi piacque ingiusti Dei (Mazzoni)-Sga Frasi; Oh 'Tis Elysium All (Pasquali)-Beard; Compiangermi non sai (Braun)-Passerini; Duet Tu vuoi ch'io O cara (Vinci)-Sga Visconti, Serafini.
Cast
Role: Endless pleasure Actor: Beard
Role: Oh 'Tis Elysium All Actor: Beard

174
23 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The London Prentice

Performance Comment: Parts-Beard, Wilder, Vernon, Miss Thomas, Mrs Clive. [Emperor-Wilder; Vizir-Vernon; London Prentice-Beard; Humdrumeda-Miss Thomas; Princess Theoraze-Mrs Clive (MacMillan).]
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Beard, Wilder, Vernon, Miss Thomas, Mrs Clive.
Role: London Prentice Actor: Beard

Dance: Devisse, Mlle Auretti

175
28 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets at Beard's lodgings at Mrs Coleman's in East St., Red Lyon Square, and at the Stage Door. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Receipts: #280 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Loverule Actor: Beard

Song: I: Rise Glory, in the Opera Rosamond, by Arne-Beard; II: A Song-Miss Thomas; III: (By desire) a Ballad-Beard; IV: A Pastoral Dialogue by Arne-Miss Thomas, Beard