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3815 results for: Keyword - Col. James Allen
We found 2140 matches on Author, 1490 matches on Performance Comments, 384 matches on Event Comments, 21 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1226
02 March 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Related Works
Related Work: Tancred and Sigismunda Author(s): James Thomson

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Dance: End I afterpiece: As17780925

1227
13 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: King-Aickin; Richard-R. Palmer; Lord Lurewell-Lamash; Joe (with a song)-Holcroft; Miller-Moody; Madge-Mrs Bradshaw; Kate-Mrs Davenett; Peggy-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Collett.

Song: II: a song-Gaudry

1228
15 March 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humours Of Oxford

Performance Comment: Gainlove-Harricks; Shamwell-King; Haughty-Johnson; Young Ape@all-Mills; Old Ape@all-Shatford; Dash-Curtis; Timothy-Middleton; Officer-Smith; Vice Chancellor-Bate; Conundrum-Swords; Colonel Truemore-Powell; Lady Science-Mrs Lefevre; Victoria-Miss Miller; Kitty-Miss Dudley; Wife-Miss Shelbourne; Maid-Miss Baker; Clarinda-Mrs Clifford; Occasional Prologue-Kennedy.
Cast
Role: Colonel Truemore Actor: Powell
Related Works
Related Work: The Humours of Oxford Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: A Mirror for the Ladies

Afterpiece Title: The Wrangling Lovers

Song: End III: Hunting Song-Miss Harris

Monologue: Vaudeville.Between Acts 3rd piece: a few Pantomimical Scenes. Harlequin-Best; Columbine-Miss Dudley

Performance Comment: Between Acts 3rd piece: a few Pantomimical Scenes. Harlequin-Best; Columbine-Miss Dudley.
Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Dudley.

1229
22 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: King Lear-Henderson (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Gloster-Aickin; Bastard-Palmer; Kent (1st time)-Hurst; Albany-Packer; Cornwall-Wrighten; Burgundy-Norris; Gentleman Usher-Burton; Physician-Wright; Old Peasant-Waldron; Servant to Cornwall-R. Palmer; Curan-Fawcett; Captain of the Guards-Chaplin; Edgar-Webster; Goneril-Miss Sherry; Regan-Mrs Colles; Arante-Miss Kirby; Cordelia-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Regan Actor: Mrs Colles

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

1230
10 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

1231
17 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: End I afterpiece: Double Hornpipe-the Miss Stageldoirs

1232
22 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Collett.
Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

Song: As17781006

1233
26 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: As17790417

Song: As17790313

1234
27 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: As17790417

1235
12 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: A Bold Stroke for a Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

1236
05 October 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Wright; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Clod-Holcroft; Silvio-Burton; Meagre-R. Palmer; Fat Cook-Nash; Watchman-Chaplin; Farmer-Philimore; Queen Mab-Miss Abrams; Colombine-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Collett.
Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1237
23 October 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Collett.
Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

1238
08 November 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Devil To Pay

1239
15 November 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders Of Derbyshire

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Wright, Grimaldi, Waldron, R. Palmer, Burton, Chaplin, Gaudry, Miss Simson, Miss Abrams, Miss G. Abrams, Mrs Love, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Kirby, Mrs Bradshaw, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss Collett.

1240
08 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Cast
Role: James Actor: Burton
Role: Colonel Mountfort Actor: Palmer
Role: Spitfire Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Mrs Williams Actor: Mrs Colles
Related Works
Related Work: Feudal Times; or, The Banquet Gallery Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Lamash; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Colles; Lady Bab-Mrs Davies; Kitty (with a song)-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Colles
Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

1241
03 January 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Wright, Grimaldi, Delpini, Burton, Wrighten, Philimore, Williams, Norris, Miss Kirby, Miss Collett; [Partial cast from playbill of 9 May: Harlequin-Wright; Clown-Grimaldi; Colombine-Miss Collett.] Principal Sailors [in Storming scene]-Vernon, Bannister.
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Wright, Grimaldi, Delpini, Burton, Wrighten, Philimore, Williams, Norris, Miss Kirby, Miss Collett
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Collett.

1242
06 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Harlequin-W.? Bates; Justice-Messink; Gypsies-Baker, Simpkinson, Mrs Morton; Pierrot-Delpini; Maid-Mrs Sharpe; Justice's Wife-Mrs Willems; Pierrot's Wife-Miss Matthews; Colombine-Miss Cranfield.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Cranfield.
Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

Dance: 3rd piece: Dancing-Dagueville, Langrish, Miss Besford, Miss Matthews

Entertainment: [Vaudeville.]3rd piece: a Leap through a Cask on Fire-

1243
08 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary

Afterpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Colonel Manly Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: The Double Gallant: or, The Sick Lady's Cure Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.
Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

Dance: 3rd piece: As17800506

Ballet: End IV 2nd piece: The Humours of New-Market; with the Poney Races. Jockies-Dagueville, Harris, Holloway, Holland; Ladies-Miss Matthews, Miss Valois

1244
10 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary

Afterpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.
Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

Dance: 3rd piece: Dancing, as17800506, but Miss _Matthews, Miss Valois

Song: As17800422

Ballet: End IV 2nd piece: The Humours of New-Market. As17800508

1245
16 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.
Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

Dance: End III: a new Tambourine Dance-; in which the Minuet de la Cour and Gavot-Harris, Miss Matthews; End IV: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Dagueville; a dew Minuet and Allemandecomposed by Dagueville-Holloway, Miss Lings; to conclude with: Quadrilles-; In afterpiece: Dancing, as17800510

Ballet: End: The Humours of New-Market. As17800508

1246
17 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.
Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

Dance: Dancing, as17800510

1247
20 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.
Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

Dance: Dancing, as17800510

1248
25 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: As17791208, but Lady Charlotte-Mrs Davies; Lady Bab-Mrs Colles; Philip-Waldron.
Cast
Role: Lady Bab Actor: Mrs Colles
Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

Dance: End: Dance, as17791122; II afterpiece: Mock Minuet, as17791208

1249
16 September 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Election

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Vernon, Gaudry, Bannister, Mrs Love, Miss Collett. Cast from text (T. Lowndes, 1780: Richard-Vernon; Trusty-Gaudry; John-Bannister; Wife-Mrs Love; Sally-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Collett.
Related Works
Related Work: The Election of Managers Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

Dance: In II 3rd piece: a Mock@minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope. [This was included, as here assigned, in both subsequent performances.

1250
25 September 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Harlequin-W. Bates; Justice-Messink; Gypsies-Baker, Simpkinson, Mrs Morton; Clown-Stevens; Justice's Wife-Miss Platt; Maid - Mrs Sharpe; Pierrot's Wife [in all subsequent bills: Clown's Wife]-Miss Matthews; Colombine-Mrs Ratchford.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Ratchford.
Related Works
Related Work: The Norwood Gypsies Author(s): James Messink

Dance: As17800921; Afterpiece: Dancing-Harris, Langrish, Miss Besford, Miss Matthews