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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Betty Turner"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Betty Turner")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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903 results for: Keyword - Betty Turner
We found 797 matches on Performance Comments, 77 matches on Event Comments, 51 matches on Performance Title, 3 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
24 July 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote, Part Ii

Song: Turner, Mrs Bowman; particularly Genius of England-; Purcell Pastoral Dialogue-

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

Dance: The Original Song and Dance by Milkmaids-; The Wedding Dance-Prince, Birkhead

27
04 October 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Song: Turner

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

28
22 October 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Song: Turner, Mrs Boman

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

Dance: As17161009; with a Mimic Night Scene after the Italian Manner, between Harlequin, Scaramouch and Dame Ragonde, being the same that was perform'd with great Applause, by the Sieurs Alard, 14 Years ago-

29
02 January 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Turner, Mrs Fitzgerald

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

Dance: As17161204; Mimic Night Scene after the Italian Manner-

30
09 January 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Song: Turner, Bowman

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

Dance: Mimic Night Scene after the Italian Manner between a Harlequin, a Scaramouch, and Dame Ragonde-

31
04 February 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Song: Turner, Mrs Fitzgerald, Mrs Boman

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

Dance: As17161009

32
30 March 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Song: Turner, Boman, Mrs Fitzgerald

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

Dance: As17161210

33
04 July 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: Turner; particularly Genius of England-

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner

Dance: Birkhead, Mrs Willis

34
07 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Betty

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Raftor

Dance: LLes Bergeries, as17321019

35
08 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Betty

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Raftor

Dance:

36
09 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: Betty

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Raftor

37
21 February 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never Acted before. [By John Hewitt.] Preface to edition of 1737: This Comedy made it's Appearance under many Disadvantages:...It was read for the first Time to the Performers, Tuesday the 15th, and acted Monday the 21st. Mrs Giffard, who had been Ill the Whole Season, undertook the Character of Lady Betty Manly, but finding herself indisposed, returned the Part on Thursday Evening. It was then given to Mrs Hamilton, who on Saturday about one in the Afternoon declared she could not do it unless it was cut, which the Nature of that Part not admitting, there was a Necessity to ask the Favour of Miss Hughes to undertake it, who with a great deal of good Nature, studied and played it perfect, tho' at so short a Warning

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Tutor For The Beaus; Or, Love In A Labyrinth

Performance Comment: Parts by Johnson, Wright, Bardin, W. Giffard, Penkethman, Rosco, Woodward, Lyon, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Marshall, Miss Hughes, Mrs M. Giffard, Miss Tollett, Miss Jones; but edition of 1737 lists: Lord Modely-Bardin; Lord Manly-Rosco; Sir Charles Freelove-Johnson; Belville-Wright; Heartly-W. Giffard; Young Manly-Woodward; Blunt-Lyon; Tom-Penkethman; Lady Betty Manly-Miss Hughes; Lady Worthy-Mrs Marshal; Harriot-Mrs Roberts; Finesse-Miss Tollett; Plaitwell-Miss Jones; Pinup-Mrs M. Giffard; Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Lady Betty Manly Actor: Miss Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Hymen's Triumph

38
23 October 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMiss Pritchard did Lady Betty, & had great applause (Cross). Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Foppington-Woodward; Lord Morelove-Palmer; Lady Betty Modish-Miss Pritchard, 1st time; Lady Easy-Mrs Pritchard; Edging-Mrs Clive; Sir Charles-Havard; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Lady Betty Modish Actor: Miss Pritchard, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

39
05 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. [In afterpiece the playbill assigns Charlotte to Mrs Morton, but "On the illness of Mrs Morton Miss Ambrose, whom many must remember on the stage, was applied to--and undertook the part. Long disuse to it had made her timid [she had retired from the stage in May 1782], but she was well received by the public, and performed well" (World, 7 May). Mrs Morton is also listed as Betty Hint in mainpiece; her substitute in that part is not known.] World, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Macklin, No. 6, Tavistock-row, Covent Garden. Receipts: #335 1s. 6d. (173.19.6; 2.11.0; tickets: 156.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: As17861215, but Counsellor Plausible-Cubitt; Betty Hint-.
Cast
Role: Betty Hint Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

40
06 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer, Russell & Dowton. 1st piece [1st time; B 1, by Edward Henry Iliff. The title-page has "by Edmund Spenser, Ynger." On his copy, now in Huntington Library, J. P. Kemble has written, "Iliffe [sic] is the real Name of the Authour"; he has made a similar notation on the playbill]: Founded on the 17th Number of The Spectator. 3rd piece [1st time; MF 1. Larpent MS 1219; not published. The characters are all taken from previous plays by John O'Keeffe, as follows: Sadboy (The Young Quaker); Signor Arionelli and Bowkitt (The Son-in-Law); Motley (The Dead Alive); Tully (The London Hermit); Lingo and Cowslip (The Agreeable Surprise); Ephraim Smooth (Wild Oats); Nipperkin (Sprigs of Laurel); Jemmy Jumps and Betty Blackberry (The Farmer); Mrs Casey (Fontainbleau)]: Written by Mr O'Keeffe. Times, 4 June: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 2, Queen's-row, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 19, Martlet-court, Bow-street; of Dowton, No. 5, Strand-lane, Surry-street, Strand. Receipts: #413 11s. 6d. (76.17.6; 37.7.0; 1.0.0 tickets: 298.7.0) (charge: #215 10s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ugly Club

Afterpiece Title: The Castle-Spectre

Afterpiece Title: A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places

Performance Comment: Sadboy-Palmer; Signor Arionelli-Miss DeCamp; Motley-Hollingsworth; Tully-R. Palmer; Lingo-Dowton; Ephraim Smooth-Wewitzer; Nipperkin-Wathen; Jemmy Jumps-Russell; Bowkitt-Bannister Jun.; Mrs Casey-Mrs Sparks; Betty Blackberry-Miss Mellon; Cowslip-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Betty Blackberry Actor: Miss Mellon

41
01 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Betty; or, The Country Bumpkins

42
02 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Betty

43
04 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Betty

44
27 January 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: Betty

45
21 March 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Solomon Single

Performance Comment: Betty-Miss Mountfort.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Mountfort.

46
16 October 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Mannerly Shallow; Or, The Country Wit

Performance Comment: Betty Frisk-Miss Mountfort, who speaks a new Epilogue.
Cast
Role: Betty Frisk Actor: Miss Mountfort, who speaks a new Epilogue.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: Spinning Wheel Dialogue-Cook, another

Dance: Chacone-Miss Evans

47
14 June 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Solomon Single; Or, The Cautious Coxcomb

Performance Comment: Betty-Mrs Mountfort; and an Epilogue-Mrs Mountfort upon her first appearance on this Stage.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Mountfort

Song:

Dance:

48
18 May 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Clown's Stratagem; or, A New Way to get a Wife

Performance Comment: Betty-Mrs Roberts; Old Gizzard-Hallam Sr; Constable Wrangle-Norris; Squeak-Wetherilt Jr; Jerry-A. Hallam; Mazzard-Rosco; Richard-Berry; Mrs Stubble-Mrs Wetherilt.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Roberts

Music: III: Sonata of Corelli, proper to the Play-

Song: End III: A New Ballad to the tune of the Second Joke,-Mrs Roberts

Dance: IV: La Matellote-Miss Robinson; V: Last new Comic Dance-Rainton, Mrs Walter

49
31 January 1702 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The First Anthem, Compos'd by Dr William Turner-; The Second Anthem Compos'd by Dr John Blow-; The Third Anthem, Compos'd by Dr William Turner-

Entertainment: The Introductory Poem Upon Musick, Written by Mr Tate, Poet-Laureat to her Majesty-; The Oration-; The Second Poem, Written by Mr Tate-

50
15 October 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Metamorphosis; Or, The Old Lover Outwitted

Performance Comment: Sir Credulous Mammon-Reynolds; Old Traffick-Giffard; Young Traffick-Adams; Lovemore-Withers; Crafty-Nicholls; Trickwell-Symonds; Nickum-Hill; Cheatley-Turner; Sly-Pearce; Roger-Williams; Carolina-Mrs Taylor; Emilia-Miss Man; Martina-Mrs Elsam.
Cast
Role: Cheatley Actor: Turner

Afterpiece Title: The Craftsman; or, The Weekly Journalist

Performance Comment: No cast in bill or edition of 1728, but second edition of 1729 lists: Sir Whimsical Watchit-Giffard; D'Anvers-Adams; Mactawdry-Williams; Trap-Symonds; Lookout-Hill; Widow Speedy-Mrs Elsam; Melissa-Mrs Purden; Betty-Mrs Gill; Prologue-; Epilogue-Symonds.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Gill

Dance: Cleveland, Turner, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Turner

Related Works
Related Work: Presumptuous Love Author(s): William Turner