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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.

1376
29 September 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

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

Dance: In afterpiece a Mock Minuet by Palmer and Miss Pope

1377
06 October 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman, the elder.] Receipts: #282 3s. 6d. (253/3/0; 26/6/6; 1/11/6; tickets not come in: 1/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

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

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, Colonel Tivy-Barrymore; Davy-Parsons; Jessamy-Burton; Lord Minikin-Dodd; Lady Minikin-Miss Pope; Gymp-Miss Tidswell; Miss Tittup-Miss Farren

1378
12 November 1785 @ 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 Quaker

1379
15 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

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

Dance: End of mainpiece The Market-Day, as17851024; In afterpiece a Mock Minuet, as17850929

1380
09 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1381
10 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Related Works
Related Work: The Humourist; or, Who's Who? Author(s): James Cobb

Dance: As17851103

1382
12 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

1383
13 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1384
15 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Related Works
Related Work: The Humourist; or, Who's Who? Author(s): James Cobb

Dance: As17851103

1385
20 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Miss Collins

1386
22 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Miss Collins

1387
23 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1388
31 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: Hurly-Burly

Related Works
Related Work: Hurly-Burly; or, The Fairy of the Well Author(s): James Cobb

1389
12 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: Hurly-Burly

Related Works
Related Work: Hurly-Burly; or, The Fairy of the Well Author(s): James Cobb

1390
04 February 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1391
13 February 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1392
21 February 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1393
18 March 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: End of mainpiece The Lucky Return, as17860105

1394
11 May 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wells. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham, with incidental music by Shield. MS not in Larpent; not published. Prologue by George Colman, the younger (European Magazine, May 1786, p. 370)]. "An old and established rule among the youth of Westminster [School will] not permit any exhibition on the stage reflecting upon their body ... In the second act Mrs Wells made her appearance in the dress of a Westminster scholar, when a general uproar [instigated by the scholars] took place, and the [rest of the] piece was prevented from being heard" (Town and Country Magazine, May 1786, p. 235). Public Advertiser, 8 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 188, Oxford-street. Receipts: #282 17s. (166/0/6; 21/19/6; tickets: 94/17/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bird In A Cage

Related Works
Related Work: The Bird in a Cage; or, Money Works Wonders! Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Bird in a Cage; or, The Beauties Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Small Talk; or, The Westminster Boy

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Grand Dance, as17860424; End of Act I of afterpiece Leap Year, as17860227

1395
16 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1396
27 May 1786 @ 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: Arthur and Emmeline

1397
23 September 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehears'd

1398
25 September 1786 @ Covent Garden

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 Romp

1399
26 September 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Performance Comment: Loveless-Smith; Young Fashion-Palmer; Sir Tunbelly Clumsey-Moody; Col. Townly-Barrymore; Probe-Waldron; Lory-Baddeley; Lord Foppington-Dodd; Miss Hoyden-Mrs Jordan; Amanda-Mrs Brereton; Nurse-Mrs Love; Berinthia-Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

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

Dance: In afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1400
05 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

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

Afterpiece Title: The Critic