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15099 results for: Keyword - Charles Williams
We found 12662 matches on Author, 2676 matches on Performance Comments, 721 matches on Event Comments, 137 matches on Performance Title, and 6 matches on Roles/Actors.

14751
20 May 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Performance Comment: Plainwell-Moss; Wealthy-Kemble; Lord Simper-Iliff; Colonel Modish-Johnson; John-Chapman; William-Abbott; Lovel-Williamson; Mrs Lovel-Mrs Brooks.
Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: Dominick-Kemble; Gomez-Moss; Alphonso-Johnson; Pedro-Chapman; Lorenzo-Williamson; Duenna-Mrs Lefevre; Elvira-Mrs Brooks.
Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

14752
05 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: As It Should Be

Cast
Role: Winworth Actor: Williamson

Dance: End II: As17890525; End I: Statute Dance-the Characters

14753
15 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Cast
Role: Winworth Actor: Williamson
Role: Mr Bentley Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Cast
Role: Winworth Actor: Williamson
Role: Mr Bentley Actor: Williamson

14754
09 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

14755
01 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Performance Comment: English: King Henry-Kemble; Exeter-Aickin; Westmorland-R. Palmer; Duke of Bedford-Dignum; Duke of Gloucester-Benson; Pistol-Suett; Erpingham-Waldron; Bardolph-Alfred; Williams-Whitfield; Nym-Burton; Gower-Williames; Archbishop of Canterbury-Maddocks; Ely-Jones; Grey-Lamash; Scroop-Wilson; Cambridge-Webb; Bates-Banks; Boy-Master Gregson; Fluellen-Baddeley; Hostess-Mrs Booth; French: King-Packer; Duke of Burgundy-Phillimore; Constable-Fawcett; Montjoy-Haymes; Governor-Hollingsworth; Dauphin-Barrymore; Princess Catharine-Miss Collins; Queen of France-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

14756
20 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Dance: End II: Divertissement, as17891002

14757
03 December 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Sedgwick

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

14758
11 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: As17891021

14759
16 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Bourk

14760
18 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: Taste; or, Frolicks of Fancy

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Entertainment: Monologue. Previous: British Loyalty, as17900423; to conclude with: God save the King-Dignum, Williames, Danby

14761
14 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Man

Performance Comment: Lord Lovemore-R. Palmer; Sir John Classick-Bannister Jun.; Mr Classick-Aickin; Mr Tradewell Classick-Kemble; Dorimant-Williamson; William-Barrett; Lady Classick-Mrs Kemble; Emily-Mrs Brooks; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield.
Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Performance Comment: Mr Sturdy-Kemble; Bentley-Williamson; Captain Berry-Iliff; Frank-Barrett; Miss Tabitha-Mrs Webb; Mrs Sturdy-Mrs Powell; Miss Eliza Sturdy-Miss Heard; Nanny-Miss Prideaux; Miss Sukey-Mrs Taylor.
Cast
Role: Bentley Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Entertainment: Monologue. Before: Occasional Address-Bensley

14762
16 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Aickin; Sir William Douglas-Bensley; Lord Falbridge-Williamson; Owen-Usher; Officer-Chapman; La France-Baddeley; Spatter-Bannister Jun.; Lady Alton-Mrs Whitfield; Molly-Mrs Wells; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Webb; Amelia-A Gentlewoman (1st appearance on any stage [Mrs Brown]).Mrs Brown]).
Cast
Role: Lord Falbridge Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Entertainment: Monologue. As17900615

14763
13 August 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Taste and Feeling: A Dramatic Caricature

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Cast
Role: Random Actor: Williamson

Entertainment: Monologue. End I 3rd piece: Liberty; or, Two Sides of the Water-Bannister Jun

14764
04 September 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Liar

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Basket Maker

14765
04 October 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

14766
21 October 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

14767
01 December 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17901026

14768
11 December 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Sedgwick

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

14769
11 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End II: The Irish Lilt, as17901020

14770
25 January 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Belgrade

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor

Performance Comment: Monsieur le Medicin-Baddeley; Crispin-Dodd; Old Gerald-Suett; Young Gerald-Bland; Simon Burly-Moody; Martin-Burton; Doctor's Wife-Mrs Booth; Angelica-Miss Collins; Waiting Woman-Miss Tidswell; Beatrice-Mrs Williams.
Cast
Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Williams.

14771
28 April 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: End II: Negro Dance-

Song: End: some of the most favourite Catches and Glees-Bannister, Incledon, Blanchard, Davies, Williamson, Johnstone [for specific songs probably sung, see17910517]

Related Works
Related Work: The Lawyer Author(s): James Brow Williamson

Entertainment: Monologue. After singing: A Description of the Tombs in Westminster Abbey (after the manner of the late Mr Edwin)-the Young Gentleman who performs Trudge

14772
24 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of the World Author(s): Charles Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Primrose Green; or, Love in the Country

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Incledon, Blanchard, Munden, Bernard, Williamson, Wilson, Mrs Harlowe, Miss Williams, Mrs Warrell. [Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Jeremiah Laurel, Abram, Standard, Scipio, Rural, Collin, Lucy, Peggy, Maria.]Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Jeremiah Laurel, Abram, Standard, Scipio, Rural, Collin, Lucy, Peggy, Maria.]
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Incledon, Blanchard, Munden, Bernard, Williamson, Wilson, Mrs Harlowe, Miss Williams, Mrs Warrell.

Dance: After Monologue: The Jockies, as17910507

Song: End II: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Dissertation on Hobby@Horses: The Statesman's Hobby; The Soldier's Hobby; The Beau's Hobby; The Lady's Hobby; The Fidler's Hobby; Mrs Mountain's Hobby; The Manager's Hobby; and His Own Hobby-Bernard

14773
27 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: As17910512, but Rustic-Williamson; William (1st time, and for that night only)-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Rustic Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Farren; Principal Bacchanals-Bannister, Incledon; with Give me Wine rosy Wine (composed by Hook)-Incledon; Bacchanals-Cubitt; Williamson; The Lady-Mrs Wells; Principal Bacchant-Mrs Mountain; Pastoral Nymph-Miss Broadhurst; Sabrina-Miss Williams; Euphrosyne-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Sabrina Actor: Miss Williams

Song: End I: The Musical Courtship, as17910506; End II 2nd piece: Say Bonny Lass, as17910506; In 3rd piece: Sweet Echo-Mrs Mountain; accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke; Nor on beds of fading flowers (1st time these 7 years)-Incledon; O! thou wert born to please me (1st time at this theatre)-Incledon, Mrs Mountain

14774
16 June 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Performance Comment: Mr Level-Williamson; Colonel Modish-Davies; Lord Simper-R. Palmer; Wealthy-Kemble; Plainwell-Aickin; John-Phillimore; William-Abbott; Mrs Level-Mrs Brooks.
Cast
Role: Mr Level Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

14775
25 June 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Afterpiece Title: The Kentish Barons