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2595 results for: Keyword - Company of Children
We found 1972 matches on Event Comments, 440 matches on Performance Title, 253 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

826
05 May 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: By the children (Cross). See17560327 but Parts-Mt Simson, Mt Perkins, Mt Wallace, Mt Martin, Mt Cautherley, Mas. Hanyours, Miss Pope, Miss Simson; With a New Occasional Prologue-.

Dance: IV: The Louvre and Minuet-Mas and Miss Simson

Song: I: Hooly and Fairly (by Desire)-Beard

827
10 May 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17560115 By Children (Cross).

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Harrison

828
25 September 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Performance Comment: By the children. Cross Master Simson, Miss Pope, Miss Simson, Miss Poplin. [See17551218.]

829
12 November 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Benefit of the Wid. Kraus & her children whose Husband was murder'd by Robbers near Chelsea (Cross). Tickets to be had at White's Chocolate House, and the St James Coffee House, St James St.; at Allmack's Coffee House, Halfmoon St.; The Mount Coffee House, Grosvenor St.; Sam's Coffee House and The Jerusalem Coffee House, Exchange Alley; of Mrs Kraus, at her house in Halfmoon St., Picadilly, and of Mr Varney at the stage Door, where places may be taken. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

830
03 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command. Afterpiece: Written by Mr Garrick. Acted by children. Prince of Wales & 4 more went off very well (Cross). New Scenes, Habits and Decorations. Full prices. Prologue-writ by Garrick, spoken by Woodward; Epilogue-Lady Flimnap. [The run of seventeen performances of the afterpieces seems to contradict the judgement of the author of the Theatrical Examiner (1757, p. 89): Lilliput is, I think, the most petit, trifling, indecent, immoral, stupid parcel of rubbish, I ever met with; and I can't help judging it a scandal to the public, to suffer such a thing to pass a second night, which at best was alone calculated to please boys and girls, and fools of fashion; it may gratify them; the manager to debauch the minds of infants, by putting sentiments and glances in their breasts and eyes, that should never be taught at any years, which are sufficiently bad when naturally imbibed. The question of Gulliver, in answer to the infant lady's gross adresses, is horrid, if we allow an audience a common share of delicacy, what should we do with her? and what the devil does it mean. Finally where is the instruction, or even tolerable language, to gild the dirt over. O tempora! O mores!"] Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: a new farce call'dLa new farce call'dLilliput

831
08 December 1756 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Widow Jona and her Five Children. Tickets to be had at Arthur's Chocolate House, St James's St.; Prince of Orange's Coffee House, Haymarket; Forrest's Coffee House, Charing Cross; the Rainbow Coffee House in Cornhill; and Places for Boxes to be taken of Mrs Jona in Little Warwick St., Charing Cross, and of Mr Crudge at the stage Door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: As17561023

832
09 December 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for a Widow in Distress, with Four Children (Public Advertiser). Benefit for Mrs Calvert. Receipts: #57 7s. Income from tickets #112 13s. (boxes 113; pit 318; gallery 361). Charges #84 (Account Book). [The Account Book shows a profit again of #31 9s. 6d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: JJovial Coopers, as17571107

833
15 December 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: FFingalian Dance, by Desire, as17571013

834
01 May 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for a Distressed Widow with 4 small children. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: TheFrenchified Lady

Dance: TThe Italian Peasants, as17571004

835
10 May 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Simson and 3 Children. Afterpiece: At the Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Being the last time of performing it this season. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: III: A Minuet, Louvre-Master Simson, Miss Simson

836
12 May 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Verney [Housekeeper]. Tickets to be had of Verney at the Stage Door. Afterpiece: By Desire (Public Advertiser), done by Children (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-Walker

837
16 May 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Performance Comment: By Children (Cross). As17580512, but Louvre-_; Minuet-_.

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Morris

838
03 October 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

839
13 December 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Author's Night. Tancred and Sigismunda, for the Benefit of Widow Jona and her Children, is obliged to be deferr'd till further Notice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: As17581111

840
21 December 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Widow Jona and Her Children

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: As17581111

841
18 April 1759 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By children not above thirteen years of age. By Authority. Benefit for Miss Valois and Miss Burn. 6:30 p.m. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. The House will be lighted with Wax Candles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Song:

Dance: A Minuet-Miss Valois, Miss Burn

842
20 April 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: By Children (Cross). As17590405.

843
08 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for a Widow Gentlewoman and her Children, who have suffered the loss by Two Ships, to the amount of #2000. Urged at the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets to be had at Mr Harper's at the Corner of Avemary Lane; Mount's Coffee-House, Grosvenor St.; Smyrna Coffee-House, Pall Mall; Sam's Coffee-House in Change Alley, Cornhill; and of Sarjant at the Stage Door, where Places for the Boxes may be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: TThe Milkmaid's Holiday, as17590421

844
23 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: By Children, As17590405.

Dance: II: Louvre, Minuet-Master Simson, Miss Simson

845
24 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: By Children, As17590405.

Song: III: Miss Young

846
12 April 1760 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: SSga Asselin being recovered will dance this evening, and both the children are to dance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arminio

847
11 October 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Mr Ross advanc'd [i.e., received a raise in salary] from 22 Sept. 3s. 4d. per day. Mr Leppy enter'd this day at 8s. 10d. per day; Mrs Leppy enter'd at 5s. per day; Mrs Viviez enter'd at 6s. 8d. per Day. Paid Boys and Girls attendance in the Opera 10s. Memo: Walker enter'd as Constable the 6th instant inclusive in place of Mr Barnes who resign'd (Account Book). [Only #28 5s. 6d. in the Boxes (Account Book). This charge of 10s. for children supers in the Beggar's Opera, occurs regularly throughout the remainder of the season.] Receipts: #114 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: As17600924; The Pedlar Trick'd, as17601010-Sg and Sga Maranesi

848
29 March 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Florizel And Perdita

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17620127 *uö›dl The Farmer's Return from London. As17620320 but Children, Master Pope, Miss Cape, Miss Heath.

849
27 April 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: III: The song of Sweet Bird-Mrs Vincent; accompanied on the Violin-Mr Pinto

Dance: The Provancalle, as17631014

850
23 May 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Children who perform'd in the Fairy Tale (Hopkins)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Tale

Dance: II: A Double Hornpipe-Mas. Cape, Miss Rogers; III: The Gypsies-Mas. Clinton, Miss Street (Gerhardi's Scholars); V: A Minuet-the two Miss Rogers's (Mr Noverre's Scholars); End: A Dance call'd The Carpenters and the Fruit Dealers-Miss Street, Mas. Gherardy, first appearance on English Stage