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1864 results for: Keyword - Bencraft
We found 2155 matches on Roles/Actors, 439 matches on Performance Comments, 34 matches on Event Comments, 17 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

101
26 November 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Wolfort-Rosco; Hemskirk-Cashell; Hubert-Hale; Vandunk-Mullart; Prince Prigg-Woodward; Orator Higgen-Hippisley; Prince Ferrit-Stoppelaer; Gincks-Bencraft; Merchant-Gibson; Boors-James, Smith, Marten; Bertha-Mrs Bellamy; Jaqueline-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Gincks Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Salway; Cephus-Leveridge; Aethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Mrs Lampe; Mercury-Vincent; Amazons-Mrs James, Mlle Renos, Mlle Moudet, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Wright, Mrs LeFont, Mrs Villeneuve; Infernals-Leveridge, Villeneuve, Dupre, Richardson, Delagarde, Davenport, Destrade; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Lalauze; Hussar-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet de Chambre-James; Giant-a Tall Man from Finland; Concluding With the Grand Dance in Momus-; With The other parts as usual. With The other parts as usual.
Cast
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft

102
18 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Pilgrim-Ryan; Alphonso-Hippisley; Roderigo-Bridgwater; Curio-Cashell; Seberto-Gibson; Governor-Lascelles; Old Pilgrim-Roberts; Mad Scholar-Hale; Mad Englishman-Rosco; Mad Welchman-James; Mad Priest-Bencraft; Mad Taylor-Woodward; Master of Mad House-Marten; Lopez-Mullart; Jaques-Stevens; Alinda-Mrs Vincent; Fool-Miss Ferguson; Juletta-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Mad Priest Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17411215

103
02 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Hale; Lord Brumpton-Roberts; Campley-Woodward; Sable-Hippisley; Trusty-Bridgwater; Cabinet-Gibson; Puzzle-Rosco; Tom-James; Trim-Chapman; Bumpkin-Marten; Clump-Harrington; Tatter-Bencraft; Rag-Clark; Matchlock-Stevens; Kate Matchlock-Stoppelaer; Lady Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Stevens; Mlle D'Epingle-Mrs Mullart; Mrs Farthingal-Miss Hillyard; Tattleaid-Mrs Martin; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Tatter Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Squire Gawky Actor: Bencraft

104
05 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

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

Performance Comment: 1st Sylvan-Mlle Bonneval; Pluto-Leveridge; Fury-Picq; Harlequin-Lun; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Fire-Lalauze, Mlle Auguste.
Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

105
22 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Hale; Angelica-Mrs Vincent; Sir Thomas-Rosco; Dorante-Hippisley; Hector-James; Lovewell-Gibson; Marquis-Woodward; Cogdie-Bencraft; Galloon-Clarke; Favourite-Mrs Hale; Mrs Security-Mrs Martin; Mrs Topknot-Mrs James; Betty-Miss Dodson; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Cogdie Actor: Bencraft

Dance: Entertainments, as17420220; Peasants, as17420220; Grand Ballet call'd Mars and Venus-Mars-Desnoyer, +Venus- Sga Barbarina, +Their followers- Villeneuve, Richardson, Delegarde, Dupre, Destrade, Davenport, Mrs Wright, Mlle Fabrez, Mrs LeBrun, Mlle Rhenos, Mlle Maudet, Mrs LeFont

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420121

Cast
Role: Pastors Actor: Richardson, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Bencraft

106
06 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Performance Comment: Muckworm-Hippisley; Gaylove-Salway; Sapskul-Woodward; Slango-Bencraft; Blunder-Marten; Arabella-Miss Hillyard; Combursh-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Slango Actor: Bencraft

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17420212; Chacone, as17411230; The Peasants, as17420210

107
29 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Bencraft and Dupre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Squire Gawky Actor: Bencraft

Dance: LLouvre, Minuet-Dupre, a scholar of his

108
06 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Heartwell-Quin; Belmour-Ryan; Belinda-Mrs Horton; Fondlewife-Hippisley; Sir Joseph-Woodward; Setter-Chapman; Sharper-Hale; Vainlove-Gibson; Araminta-Mrs Hale; Silvia-Mrs Vincent; Noll Bluff-Rosco; Barnaby-Bencraft; Lucy-Mrs Mullart; Betty-Miss Hillyard; Laetitia-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Barnaby Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: TThe Happy Lovers-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; A New Dance call'd La Villageoise-Dumont, Mlle Auguste, Mrs Delagarde

109
13 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Quin; King Henry-Bridgwater; Richmond-Hale; Tressel-Chapman; Prince Edward-Miss Hippisley; Duchess of York-Mrs Woodward; Lady Anne-Mrs Cibber; Buckingham-Cashell; Stanley-Rosco; Norfolk-Stephens; Catesby-Gibson; Ratcliff-Harrington; Lieut-Ridout; Oxford-Bencraft; Duke of York-Miss Morrison; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Oxford Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: HHappy Lovers, as17421006; La Villageoise, as17421006

110
16 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; Infernal Spirit-Leveridge; 1st Fury-Richardson; 2nd Fury-Villeneuve; 3rd Fury-Delagarde; 4th Fury-Dupre; 5th Fury-Destrade; Helen-Miss Hillyard; Shade of Leander-Salway; Shade of Hero-Miss Davis; Miller-Bencraft; Miller's Wife-Mrs Wright; Doctor's Man-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Bencraft

111
27 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; Ford-Ryan; Mrs Ford-Mrs Horton; Shallow-Chapman; Slender-Woodward; Page-Cashell; Fenton-Gibson; Caius-Stoppelaer; Host of Garter-Rosco; Pistol-James; Simple-Bencraft; Bardolph-Harrington; Mrs Page-Mrs Bellamy; Ann Page-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Quickly-Mrs James; Robin-Miss Morrison; Sir Hugh-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Simple Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: As17421026

112
04 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Ryan; Bajazet-Quin; Moneses-Hale; Selima-Mrs Vincent; Axalla-Gibson; Omar-Cashell; Prince of Tanais-Ridout; Dervise-Rosco; Stratocles-Harrington; Haly-Bencraft; Zama-Carr; Mirvan-Anderson; Arpasia-Mrs Horton; With the Usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Haly Actor: Bencraft

Dance: PPeasants, as17421102; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Serious Ballet, as17421025

113
25 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: Duke-Quin; Claudio-Ryan; Lucio-Chapman; Escalus-Rosco; Angelo-Cashell; Clown-Hippisley; Provost-Ridout; Abhorson-Bencraft; Barnardine-Evans; Mariana-Mrs Hale; Juletta-Miss Hillyard; Francisca-Mrs Bland; Bawd-Mrs Martin; Isabella-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Abhorson Actor: Bencraft

Dance: LLes Bourgeoise-Dumont, Mlle Auguste, Mrs Delagarde; Grand Ballet, as17421108; Characters of Dancing, as17421025

114
07 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Pilgrim-Ryan; Alphonso-Hippisley; Roderigo-Bridgwater; Mad Scholar-Hale; Curio-Cashell; Seberto-Gibson; Old Pilgrim-Harrington; Verdugo-Goodall; Mad Englishman-Rosco; Mad Welchman-James; Mad Priest-Bencraft; Mad Taylor-Woodward; Master of Madhouse-Marten; Lopez-Carr; Jaques-Anderson; Fool-Miss Ferguson; Alinda-Mrs Vincent; Juletta-Miss Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Mad Priest Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; La Villageoise, as17421006; The Happy Lovers, as17421006; Characters of Dancing, as17421025

115
15 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-Quin; Edgar-Ryan; Gloster-Bridgwater; Bastard-Hale; Kent-Rosco; Albany-Gibson; Cornwall-Cashell; Burgundy-Bencraft; Gentleman Usher-Woodward; Goneril-Mrs Woodward; Regan-Mrs Mullart; Cordelia-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Burgundy Actor: Bencraft

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Comic Dance between Pantaloon and his Enamorata-Picq, Mlle Auguste; Grand Ballet, as17421108

116
21 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

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

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Miss Hillyard; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; A Sylvan-Mlle Domitilla; 2nd Sylvan-Mrs Delagarde; 3rd Sylvan-Miss Hillyard; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Sylvan-Mrs LeFont; Follower of Ceres-Mlle Auguste; Demons-Villeneuve, Dumont, Delagarde, Dupre; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Dodson, Mlle Maudet, Miss Short; Gardeners-Dumont, Destrade; Earth-Destrade, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Fire-Dumont, Mlle Auguste; Water-Picq, Mlle Domitilla.
Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

117
08 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Salway; Cepheus-Leveridge; Aethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Miss Hillyard; Mercury-Reinhold; Infernals-Villeneuve, Dumont, Richardson, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Harlequin-Woodward; Hussar-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Petit Maitre-Dugrande; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet de Chambre-James; Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus-.
Cast
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft

118
18 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Manley-Quin; Plausible-Hippisley; Novel-Chapman; Freeman-Hale; Widow Blackacre-Mrs Woodward; Jerry Blackacre-Woodward; Vernish-Cashell; Petulant-Bencraft; Serjeant Ploden-Stoppelaer; Fidelia-Mrs Stevens; Eliza-Mrs Hale; Lettice-Miss Hillyard; Olivia-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Petulant Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft

119
04 February 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royale-Salway; Merlin-Leveridge; Diana-Miss Hillyard; Aerial spirits-Villeneuve, Mlle Auguste; Jupiter in character of Harlequin-Woodward; Mercury-Reinhold; Doctor-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Pluto (Punch)-Dumont; Neptune (Pantaloon)-Dupre; Pan (Scaramouche)-Destrade; Hercules (Brighella)-Delagarde; Apollo (Mezzitin)-Villeneuve; Mars (Leander)-Richardson; Pierrot-LaLauze.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

Dance: PPantaloon and his Enamorata, as17421215; Tambourine-Cooke

120
18 February 1743 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Sir Sampson-Marten; Valentine-Gibson; Scandal-Ridout; Tattle-Woodward; Ben-Yates, with hornpipe; Foresight-Arthur; Jereny-Vaughan; Trapland-Laguerre; Buckram-Bencraft; Angelica-Mrs Mullart; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Dunstall; Mrs Frail-Mrs Yates; Miss Prue-Miss Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Buckram Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

121
25 February 1743 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Flora; or, Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Legar; Testy-Boaman; Friendly-Bencraft; Old Hob-Mr Dunstall; Dick-Vaughan; Flora-Mrs Dunstall; Hob's Mother-Mrs Mullart; Betty-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Friendly Actor: Bencraft

122
08 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Abhorson Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Miss Hillyard; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; 1st Sylvan-Mlle Auguste; 2nd Sylvan-Delagarde; 3rd Sylvan-Mrs LeBrun; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Sylvan-Mrs LaFont; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Columbine-Mrs Kilby; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Jackson, Mlle Maudet, Mrs Fawkes; Gardeners-Dumont, Destrade; Earth-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Water-Picq, Mlle Auguste.
Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

123
13 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: Harlequin-; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Doctor-Bencraft; Pierrot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Tambourine-Cooke; Peasants, as17421230

124
20 May 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; Aerial Spirits-Villeneuve, Mlle Auguste; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Doctor-Bencraft; Pierot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

Dance: Cooke, the Aurettis

125
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The French Doctor Outwitted; With The Comical Humours Of Sly Boots The Sham Physician

Performance Comment: Old Fumble-Hippisley; Sly Boots-Chapman; M le Medicine-Blakes; Constant-Bencraft; Simon-Berry; Dry Broots-Morgan; Angelica-Mrs Dodson; Miss Humility-Mrs Lamball; Jenny-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Bencraft

Song: Bencraft, Davis; an entire new Ballad-Mr Bencraft, in the character of the valiant Dragoon who retook the Standard at the Battle of Dettingen

Dance: I: Austrian Dance-Bencraft, Adams; II: Highland Dance-Bencraft, Adams