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2169 results for: Keyword - Betty
We found 2203 matches on Roles/Actors, 728 matches on Performance Comments, 24 matches on Event Comments, 12 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

501
02 January 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Colonel Feignwell-Ryder; Obadiah Prim-Booth; Sir Philip Modelove-Wewitzer; Tradelove-Thompson; Sackbut-Fearon; Freeman-Davies; Aminadab-Stevens; Simon Pure-Kennedy; Periwinkle-Quick; Mrs Prim-Mrs Pitt; Betty-Mrs Davenett; Mask'd Lady-Miss Brangin; Ann Lovely-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Davenett

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

502
30 April 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: Doctor Cantwell-Simpson; Colonel Lambert-Curtis; Maw@Worm-A Young Gentleman; Old Lady Lambert-Mrs Bakewell; Young Lady Lambert-Mrs Fox; Betty-Miss Leserve; Charlotte-Mrs Rivers (late of cg).
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Leserve

Afterpiece Title: Taste; or, Lady Pentweazel sitting for her Picture

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Song: End III: Bow wow wow (from Patrick in Prussia [i.e. Love in a Camp])-the Gentleman who plays Maw-Worm; In 3rd piece: a duet, The Hermit[, taken from part of Goldsmith's Hermit,-the Young Lady, the Gentleman who performs Maw-Worm

503
19 September 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Colonel Feignwell-Ryder; Obadiah Prim-Booth; Sir Philip Modelove-Wewitzer; Tradelove-Thompson; Sackbut-Fearon; Freeman-Davies; Aminadab-Stevens; Simon Pure-Brown; Periwinkle-Quick; Mrs Prim-Mrs Pitt; Betty-Mrs Davenett; Mask'd Lady-Miss Brangin; Ann Lovely-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Davenett

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

504
26 September 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Performance Comment: Captain Crevelt-Lewis; Sir Oliver Oldstock-Quick; Caleb-Edwin; Colonel Talbot-Aickin; Mandeville-Farren; Count Pierpoint-Wewitzer; Wilkins-Fearon; Johnson-Brown; Amber-Thompson; Harriet-Mrs Wells; Mrs Wilkins-Mrs Brown; Lady Oldstock-Mrs Webb; Nancy-Miss Rowson; Betty-Miss Stuart; Charlotte-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End: Leap Year-; or, A New Way of Wooing [see17880128]

505
09 October 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Lord Ogleby-King; Sterling-Parsons; Sir John Melvil-Whitfield; Lovewell-Bannister Jun.; Serjeant Flower-Packer; Traverse-Phillimore; Trueman-Fawcett; Canton-Baddeley; Brush-R. Palmer; Miss Sterling-Miss Pope; Fanny-Mrs Brereton; Chambermaid-Mrs Wilson; Betty-Miss Tidswell; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: Comus

506
17 October 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: Doctor Cantwell-Aickin; Colonel Lambert-Lewis; Seward-Macready; Sir John Lambert-Hull; Mawworm-Edwin; Darnley-Farren; Lady Lambert-Mrs Inchbald; Old Lady Lambert-Mrs Webb; Betty-Miss Brangin; Charlotte-Mrs Abington (1st appearance this season).
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia

507
31 October 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Edwin, Johnstone, Blanchard, Fearon, Thompson, Darley, Booth, Mrs Martyr, Miss Rowson, Mrs Platt, Mrs Mattocks. [Cast from O'Keeffe's Dramatic Works, IV (T. Woodfall, 1798): Jemmy Jumps-Edwin; Valentine-Johnstone; Rundy-Blanchard; Colonel Dormont-Fearon; Farmer Stubble-Thompson; Farmer Blackberry-Darley; Fairly-Booth; Counsellor Flummery-Rock; Landlord-Ledger; Molly Maybush-Mrs Martyr; Louisa-Miss Rowson [in text: Mrs Mountain (see17871107)]; Landlady-Mrs Platt; Betty Blackberry-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Betty Blackberry Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

508
18 January 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: Sir Pertinax Macsycophant-Macklin; Lord Lumbercourt-Thompson; Sydney-Aickin; Melville-Hull; Counsellor Plausible-Brown; Serjeant Eitherside-Booth; Tomlins-Stevens; Sam-Ledger; John-Helme; Egerton-Lewis; Constantia-Miss Tweedale; Betty Hint-Mrs Morton; Lady Macsycophant-Mrs Platt; Nanny-Mrs Davenett; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Betty Hint Actor: Mrs Morton

Afterpiece Title: The Dumb Cake

509
08 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton; Or, Follies Of Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Ryder; Sir ThomasTesty-Fearon; Dick-Brown; Old Hob-Booth; Friendly-Davies; Hob's Mother-Mrs Pitt; Betty-Miss Stuart; Flora-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Stuart

510
24 September 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer (40th [recte 37th] Time [i

Performance Comment: e. in continuation of the reckoning for the previous season]). Jemmy Jumps-Edwin; Valentine-Johnstone; Rundy-Blanchard; Colonel Dormant-Fearon; Fairly-Booth; Farmer Blackberry-Darley; Farmer Stubble-Gardner; Molly Maybush-Mrs Martyr; Louisa-Mrs Mountain; Landlady-Mrs Platt; Betty Blackberry-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Betty Blackberry Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: End: As17880915

511
26 November 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: Sir Pertinax Macsycophant-Macklin; Lord Lumbercourt-Thompson; Sydney-Aickin; Melville-Hull; Counsellor Plausible-Cubitt; Serjeant Eitherside-Booth; Tomlins-Stevens; Sam-Ledger; John-Helme; Egerton-Lewis; Constantia-Miss Tweedale; Betty Hint-Mrs Rock; Lady Macsycophant-Mrs Platt; Nanny-Mrs Davenett; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Betty Hint Actor: Mrs Rock

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Betty Blackberry Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

512
08 January 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: Doctor Cantwell-Aickin; Colonel Lambert-Lewis; Seward-Macready; Sir John Lambert-Hull; Mawworm-Edwin; Darnley-Farren; Lady Lambert-Mrs Inchbald; Old Lady Lambert-Mrs Webb; Betty-Miss Brangin; Charlotte-Mrs Abington (1st appearance this season).
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

513
15 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Performance Comment: Captain Crevelt-Lewis; Sir Oliver Oldstock-Quick; Caleb-Edwin; Col. Talbot-Aickin; Mandeville-Farren; Count Pierpoint-Wewitzer; Wilkins-Fearon; Johnson-Bernard; Amber-Thompson; Harriet-Mrs Wells; Mrs Wilkins-Mrs Rock; Lady Oldstock-Mrs Webb; Nancy-Miss Rowson; Betty-Miss Stuart; Charlotte-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Davenett.

514
25 August 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club

Afterpiece Title: Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard

Performance Comment: [Principal Characters by R. Palmer, Iliff, Rees (with variety of Imitations), Abbott, Moss, Miss Francis, Mrs Taylor. Cast from text (Brightelmston: W. and A. Lee [1789]): Dermot O'Dogherty-R. Palmer; Ensign Frederick-Iliff; Tim Thimble-Rees; Waiter-Abbott; Sir Brimmer Bountiful-Moss; Betty-Miss Francis; Sophia Bountiful-Mrs Taylor.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Francis

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Entertainment: Monologue End 3rd piece: As17890617

515
14 September 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performance Comment: Jemmy Jumps-Edwin; Valentine-Johnstone; Rundy-Blanchard; Col. Dormant-Hull; Fairly-Thompson; Farmer Blackberry-Darley; Farmer Stubble-Gardner; Molly Maybush-Mrs Martyr; Louisa-Mrs Mountain; Landlady-Mrs Platt; Betty Blackberry-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Betty Blackberry Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Song: End IV: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; With Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Bannister, Johnstone, Cubitt, Darley, Rock, Letteney, Reeve, W. Thompson, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Gray, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, Mrs Masters, Mrs Powell, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Martyr

516
15 September 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Mirable-Kemble; Fainall-Bensley; Sir Wilful Witwou'd-Moody; Petulant-Baddeley; Waitwell-Suett; Witwou'd-Dodd; Lady Wishfor't-Mrs Hopkins; Marwood-Mrs Ward; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Wilson; Foible-Miss Pope; Mincing-Miss Collins; Betty-Miss Barnes; Peg-Mrs Heard; Millamant-Mrs Goodall.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Barnes

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

517
24 September 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Captain Macheath-Kelly; Filch-Suett; Lockit-Fawcett; Mat o' th' Mint-Williames; Ben Budge-Burton; Beggar-Maddocks; Player-Benson; Peachum-Moody; Lucy (1st time)-Mrs Edwards; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Hopkins; Diana Trapes-Mrs Booth; Jenny Diver-Miss Barnes; Polly-Mrs Crouch; Edition of 1791 (John Bell) adds: Jemmy Twitcher-Webb; Crook@finger'd Jack-Lyons; Wat Dreary-Alfred; Robin of Bagshot-Haymes; Nimming Ned-Chapman; Harry Paddington-Phillimore; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Fox; Dolly Trull-Mrs Davies; Betty Doxey-Mrs Shaw; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Tidswell; Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Heard; Molly Brazen-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Mrs Shaw

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Keen

518
24 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Captain Macheath-Bannister; Peachum-Ryder; Lockit-Cubitt; Mat o' the Mint-Darley; Ben Budge-Rock; Filch-Blanchard; Lucy-Mrs Martyr; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Webb; Jenny Diver-Miss Stuart; Polly-Mrs Billington. [Edition of 1791 (John Bell) adds: Jemmy Twitcher-Evatt; Crook@finger'd Jack-Milburne; Wat Dreary-Letteney; Robin of Bagshot-Blurton; Nimming Ned-Lee; Harry Paddington-Painter; Drawer-Farley; Mrs Coaxer-Miss Francis; Dolly Trull-Miss Rowson; Mrs Vixen-Miss Brangin; Betty Doxey-Mrs Lloyd; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Rock; Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Masters; Molly Brazen-Mrs Lefevre.]
Cast
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Mrs Lloyd

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Dance: In III: Hornpipe in character-Byrne

519
05 November 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: Doctor Cantwell-Aickin; Colonel Lambert-Lewis; Seward-Macready; Sir John Lambert-Hull; Mawworm-Edwin; Darnley-Farren; Lady Lambert-Mrs Bernard; Old Lady Lambert-Mrs Webb; Betty-Miss Brangin; Charlotte-Mrs Abington (1st appearance this season).
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

520
27 November 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Lord Ogleby-King; Lovewell-Holman; Sir John Melvil-Macready; Canton-C. Powell; Brush-Bernard; Serjeant Flower-Powel; Traverse-Thompson; Trueman-Evatt; Sterling-Quick; Miss Sterling-Mrs Mattocks; Fanny-Miss Brunton; Betty-Mrs Wells; Chambermaid-Mrs Rock; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Webb.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Wells

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

521
02 December 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: Doctor Cantwell-Moody; Sir John Lambert-Packer; Darnley-Wroughton; Seyward-Barrymore; Colonel Lambert-Whitfield; Officer-Maddocks; Servant-Lyons; Maw@worm-Parsons; Lady Lambert-Mrs Kemble; Old Lady Lambert-Mrs Hopkins; Betty-Miss Tidswell; Charlotte-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

522
10 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marian

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Ryder; Sir ThomasTesty-Thompson; Dick-Farley; Old Hob-C. Powell; Friendly-Davies; Hob's Mother-Mrs Pitt; Betty-Miss Stuart; Flora-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Stuart

Dance: As17891021

523
04 June 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: As17891202, but Maw@worm-Suett; Charlotte-Mrs Goodall; Officer-_; Servant-_; Betty-_.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: As17900308

524
04 August 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: Inkle and Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard

Performance Comment: Sir Brimmer Bountiful-Moss; Dermot O'Dogherty-R. Palmer; Ensign Frederick-Iliff; Tim Thomble (with Imitations, Serious, Comic, and Rhetorical)-Rees; Betty-Miss Palmer; Sophia-Mrs Taylor.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Palmer

525
29 September 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: Sir Pertinax Macsycophant-Wilson (1st appearance on this stage these 6 years); Lord Lumbercourt-Thompson; Sydney-Aickin; Melville-Hull; Counsellor Plausible-Cubitt; Serjeant Eitherside-Macready; Tomlins-Evatt; Sam-Farley; John-Rock; Egerton-Lewis; Constantia-Mrs Mountain; Lady Macsycophant-Mrs Platt; Betty Hint-Mrs Rock; Nanny-Mrs Davenett; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Betty Hint Actor: Mrs Rock

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier