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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.

2376
27 September 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Brute-Bridgwater; Constant-Hale; Heartfree-Ryan; Col Bully-Beard, (in which character he introduc'd the songs proper to the play); Rake-Gibson; Justice-Marten; Razor-Woodward; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Vincent; Belinda-Mrs Hale; Mademoiselle-Miss Hippisley; Lady Brute-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Col Bully Actor: Beard,

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

2377
18 October 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Written by Colley Cibber, Poet Laureate. Never acted there before. Characters all New Dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Performance Comment: Dr Wolf (the Nonjuror)-Chapman; Sir John-Johnson; Col Woodvil-Cashell; Heartly-Hale; Charles-Woodward; Lady Woodvil-Mrs Horton; Maria-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Col Woodvil Actor: Cashell
Related Works
Related Work: The Nonjuror Author(s): Colley Cibber

Song: GGenius of England (composed by the late Henry Purcell)-Beard

Dance: Cooke

2378
01 November 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Foote; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Woffington; Parly-Mrs Macklin; Col Standard-Delane; Smuggler-Taswell; Beau Clincher-Yates; Clincher Jun.-Neale; Vizard-Havard; Dicky-Ray; Tom Errand-Leigh; Constable-Turbutt; Angelina-Mrs Mills; Lady Darling-Mrs Bridges.
Cast
Role: Col Standard Actor: Delane

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Song: II: Lowe; V: Britons never will be Slaves-Lowe, Mrs Arne

2379
26 November 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Performance Comment: Brute-Macklin; Heartfree-Delane; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Clive; Lady Brute-Mrs Woffington; Constant-Havard; Col Bully-Lowe (with Songs proper to the Character); Rake-Blakes; Justice-Woodburn; Razor-Neale; Taylor-Collins; Constable-Ray; Belinda-Mrs Ridout; Mademoiselle-Mrs Macklin; Cornet-Mrs Horsington.
Cast
Role: Col Bully Actor: Lowe
Role: Taylor Actor: Collins

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: Grand Comic Dance, as17450926

Song: V: The Subscription-Lowe

2380
02 December 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet Laureate. Receipts: #46 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Performance Comment: Dr Wolf (the Nonjuror)-Chapman; Sir John Woodvil-Ridout; Col Woodvil-Cashell; Heartly-Havard; Charles-Woodward; Lady Woodvil-Mrs Horton; Maria-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Col Woodvil Actor: Cashell
Related Works
Related Work: The Nonjuror Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

2381
26 December 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humours Of The Army; Or, The Female Officer

Performance Comment: Female Officer-Mrs Woffington; Major Youngfox-Mills; Capt Wildish-Delane; Wilmot-Sparks; Bisket-Yates; Col O/goghegegagogan-Barrington; Capt MacHighland-Neale; M Capitaine les Mathematiques-Blakes; Capt Cadwallader-Macklin; Brigadier Bloodmore-Berry; Lt Plunder-Bridges; Capt Hearty-Winstone; Serj File/off-I. Sparkes; Corp Henroost-Taswell; Corp Pilfer-Collins; Knapsack-Ray; Advocate-Bridges; Provost-Usher; Clerk-Bransby; Lady Bloodmore-Mrs Cross; Victoria-Mrs Mills; Jenny Firelock-Miss Minors; Nine Husbands-Miss Pitt; Leonora-Mrs Bennet; Clara-Miss Cole.
Cast
Role: Col Ogoghegegagogan Actor: Barrington
Role: Corp Pilfer Actor: Collins
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Cole.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Song: II: Lowe

Dance: V: As17461216

2382
27 January 1747 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17461205, but Lady Brute-Mrs Pritchard; Col Bully (with songs in character)-Beard.
Cast
Role: Col Bully Actor: Beard.
Role: Taylor Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

2383
05 May 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Collins, Roger, Mrs Sibella and Mrs Toogood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Macklin; Constant-Mills; Heartfree-Delane; Col Bully (with proper songs)-Lowe; Rake-Blakes; Razor-Collins; Taylor-Leigh; Justice-Winstone; Constable-Ray; Lady Francis-Mrs Clive; Belinda-Mrs Ridout; Mademoiselle-Mrs Macklin; Lady Brute-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Col Bully Actor: Lowe
Role: Razor Actor: Collins

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Colley Cibber

2384
01 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: Lettice-Mrs Clive; Drunken Col.-Macklin.
Cast
Role: Drunken Col. Actor: Macklin.

Dance: II: New Dance-Cooke

2385
24 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair (by Desire)-Mrs Woffington; Col Standard-Delane; Smuggler-Taswell; Beau Clincher-Yates; Clincher Jun-Neale; Vizard-Havard; Dickey-Ray; Tom Errand-Leigh; Constable-Winstone; Angelica-Mrs Mills; Lady Darling-Mrs Cross; Parley-Mrs Green; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Col Standard Actor: Delane

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

2386
14 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: As17480128, but Col Standard-Lee.
Cast
Role: Col Standard Actor: Lee.

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Related Works
Related Work: The School-Boy: or The Comical Rivals Author(s): Colley Cibber

Dance: I: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; II: New Dance-Matthews, Mrs Addison; III: Dutch Dance, as17471128; IV: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Hornpipe (By Desire)-Matthews

2387
11 December 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: As17501017, but only Lettice-Mrs Clive; Drunken Col.-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Drunken Col. Actor: Woodward.
Role: Drunken Colonel Actor: Woodward.

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

2388
16 April 1751 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Part I Overture by Sg Paradies-; Airs Why does the God of Israel Sleep (Handel)-Beard; Infelice in van mi lagno (Chiampi)-Sga Frasi; Concerto-Pasquilano; Airs: False Imagine (Handel)-Sga Cuzzoni; Non pavento il pastorello (Resta)-Guadagni; Part II Concerto by DuBourg-DuBourg; Airs Father of Heaven (Handel)-Sga Galli; Se vedi nascere (Chinzer)-Sga Frasi; Concerto-Miller; Benche mi siu crudele (Handel)-Sga Cuzzoni; Pastorella io giurerei (Chiampi)-Sga Galli; Part III Concerto-Vincent; Airs Return O God of Hosts (Handel)-Sga Frasi; Varcan col' Vento istesso (Chiampi)-Sga Galli; Se non Timor allata (Chiampi)-Guadagni; Tune your Harps (Handel)-Beard; Duetto Piu amabile belta (Handel)-Sga Cuzzoni, Guadagni; A Grand Concerto of Handel's-.
Cast
Role: Varcan col' Vento istesso Actor: Sga Galli

2389
03 February 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Performance Comment: Principal parts by: Garrick, Holland, O'Brien, Fox, Watkins, Sheridan, Mrs Yates, Miss Pope, Mrs Palmer, Miss Bride, Mrs Pritchard. New overture and new music between the acts. Prologue and Epilogue Lord Medway-Sheridan; Sir Anthony Branville-Garrick; Sir Harry Flutter-Obrien; Col Medway-Holland; Lady Medway-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Flutter-Miss Pope; Mrs Knightly-Mrs Yates; Miss Richly-Mrs Palmer; Louisa Medway-Miss Bride; Servants-Fox, Watkins; Prologue-Garrick; Epilogue-Mrs Pritchard (Edition of 1763).
Cast
Role: Col Medway Actor: Holland

2390
12 July 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: This Week a Patent passed the Great Seal for the Establishment of a new Theatre, to Samuel Foote, Esq. only (Public Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 3). Mr Barry and Mrs Dancer from Dublin are said to be engaged for this summer at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket (Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 2, which corroborates the Foote patent)

Performances

2391
10 March 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: Drunken Col.-Woodward; Goodall-Dunstall; Oldcastle-Hallam; Lettice-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Drunken Col. Actor: Woodward

Dance: End of Opera: The Provenzales, as17680301

2392
11 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: Drunken Col.-Yates; Goodall-Dunstall; Oldcastle-Quick; Charlotte-Miss Helme; Mrs Highman-Mrs Ferguson; Lettice-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Drunken Col. Actor: Yates

Dance: End: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Miss Twist, Fishar, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon

2393
17 April 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Performance Comment: Teague (With Songs)-Moody; Col. Careless-Jefferson; Col. Blunt-J. Aickin; Abel-Burton; Committeemen-Waldron; Bailiff-Griffiths; Bookseller-Carpenter; Day's Servant-Everard; Jack-Master Blanchard; Mrs Day-Mrs Bradshaw; Lt Story-Fawcett; Mr Day-Baddeley; Obadiah-Parsons; Arabella-Miss Jarratt; Ruth-Miss Pope; Porter-Wrighten; Coachman-Keen; In Act IV, Rhetorical Description of a Man of War and Sea Fight-Moody.

Afterpiece Title: Phebe; or, The Beggar's Wedding

2394
21 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Performance Comment: Teague (with songs)-Moody; Col. Blunt-Aickin; Mr Day-Baddeley; Obadiah-Parsons; Abel-Burton; Lieut. Story-Philimore; Committee@Men-Waldron; Col. Careless-Brereton; Mrs Day-Mrs Hopkins; Arabella-Miss P. Hopkins; Ruth-Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Belphegor

Cast
Role: Colin Actor: Davies

Dance: As17780409

2395
29 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Performance Comment: Teague (with songs)-Moody; Col. Blunt-Aickin; Mr Day-Baddeley; Obadiah-Parsons; Abel-Burton; Lieut. Story-Philimore; Committee@Men-Waldron; Col. Careless-Brereton; Mrs Day-Mrs Hopkins; Arabella-Mrs Brereton; Mrs Chat-Mrs Booth; Ruth-Miss Pope.

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.

2396
08 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Performance Comment: Teague (with songs)-Moody; Col. Blunt-Aickin; Mr Day-Baddeley; Obadiah-Parsons; Abel-Burton; Lieut. Story-Phillimore; Committee@Men-Holcroft; Col. Careless-Brereton; Mrs Day-Mrs Hopkins; Arabella-Mrs Brereton; Mrs Chat-Mrs Booth; Ruth-Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

2397
29 March 1787 @ Red-Lion Inn, Lordship Road, Stoke Newington

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer; Or, The Mistakes Of A Night

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Performance Comment: Sir John Trotley-Simpson; Col Tivy-Russel; Davy-Sidney; Jessamy-Wilson; Lord Minikin-Marriot; Lady Minikin-Mrs Simpson; Gymp-Mrs Fowler; Miss Tittip-Mrs Marriot.
Cast
Role: Col Tivy Actor: Russel

Entertainment: Monologue. Entertainments: An Epilogue describing the Furor Dramatica, Epilogue to The Lying Valet [by David Garrick], Paul Prigg's Description of his Journey thro' Gravesend Rochester Boulogne Amiens and Chantilly, Prologue to Bon Ton [describing the Folly and Fashions of the Times by George Colman elder], Bucks have at Ye all, An Occasional Address of Thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen [by Marriot, Johnny Gilpin's Account of his Journey thro' Stoke Newington Edmonton to Ware shewing how he went farther than he intended and arrived safe Home at last-Marriot

Performance Comment: Entertainments: An Epilogue describing the Furor Dramatica, Epilogue to The Lying Valet [by David Garrick], Paul Prigg's Description of his Journey thro' Gravesend Rochester Boulogne Amiens and Chantilly, Prologue to Bon Ton [describing the Folly and Fashions of the Times by George Colman elder], Bucks have at Ye all, An Occasional Address of Thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen [by Marriot, Johnny Gilpin's Account of his Journey thro' Stoke Newington Edmonton to Ware shewing how he went farther than he intended and arrived safe Home at last-Marriot.

2398
07 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Performance Comment: Teague (with songs)-Moody; Col. Careless-Whitfield; Col. Blunt-Williames; Obadiah-Suett; Abel-Burton; Lieut. Story-Phillimore; Committee@Man-Waldron; Porter-Jones; Servant-Chaplin; Jailor-Wilson; Coachman-Alfred; Soldier-Spencer; Mr Day-Baddeley; Mrs Day-Mrs Hopkins; Arabella-Mrs Kemble; Mrs Chat-Mrs Booth; Ruth-Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Cast
Role: Lesbia Actor: Miss Collett
Related Works
Related Work: Selima and Azor Author(s): Sir George Collier

2399
06 November 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Performance Comment: The Characters-Quick, Edwin, Bannister, Aickin, Johnstone, Blanchard, Davies, Fearon, Booth, Miss Reynolds, A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Miss Fontenelle]); Cast from O'Keeffe's Dramatic Works, Vol. IV (T. Woodfall, 1798), and World, 7 Nov: M'Gilpin-Quick; +Shelty-Edwin; +Serjeant Jack-Bannister; +Laird of Col-Aickin; +Sandy-Johnstone; +Charley-Blanchard; +Captain Dash-Davies; +Croudy-Fearon; +Laird of Raasay-Booth; +Benin-Farley; +Jenny-Miss Reynolds; +Moggy-Miss Fontenelle; +Prologue-Lewis.
Cast
Role: Laird of Col</a> Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

2400
28 September 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Performance Comment: M'Gilpin-Quick; Shelty-Ryder; Serjeant Jack-Bannister; Sandy (or Young Donald)-Johnstone; Charley-Blanchard; Captain Dash-Davies; Donald Laird of Col-Gardner; Croudy-Cubitt; Laird of Raasay-Thompson; Jenny-Mrs Mountain; Moggy-Mrs Martyr (Their 1st appearance in those characters).
Cast
Role: Donald Laird of Col</a> Actor: Gardner