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684 results for: Keyword - Court of Chancery
We found 593 matches on Event Comments, 64 matches on Performance Title, 42 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
10 October 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Wilks
Role: Standard Actor: Mills
Role: Smuggler Actor: Johnson
Role: Clincher Sr Actor: Penkethman
Role: Clincher Jr Actor: Miller
Role: Dicky Actor: Norris
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Santlow
Role: Parly Actor: Mrs Saunders.

Dance: As at Hampton Court yesterday Shaw, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Lindar

27
24 October 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Leon Actor: Mills
Role: Captain Actor: Wilks
Role: Cacafogo Actor: Leigh
Role: Margarita Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Old Woman Actor: Norris.

Dance: With the same Entertainments of Dancing that were perform'd Yesterday before His Majesty at Hampton-Court-Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Lindar

28
12 February 1719 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Esprit Follet

Cast
Role: A new Prologue between Harlequin and Colombine Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Le Divorce

Entertainment: Dancing and Tumbling-; particularly Dancing-Mr Glover being the first Time of his Performance in publick since his return from the Court of Paris; Salle, Mlle Salle

29
25 August 1722 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distress'd Beauty; Or, The London Prentice

Cast
Role: London Prentice Actor: Penkethman
Role: Wantbrains Actor: Miller
Role: Achmet Actor: Oates
Role: Haly Actor: Parler
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Parler
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Middleton
Role: Amurath Actor: Boheme.

Dance: Newhouse, Mrs Willis, Mrs Middleton, Miss Francis

Song: Mrs Boman, Mrs Willis; particularly a Mimick Song in Praise of a Country Life between a Court Lady and a Country Nymph-

30
09 March 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Dance: Pierro Courting a Bottle or The Drunken Pierro-Russau; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Two Scholars of Russau

31
08 April 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Invisible in the Emperor of China's Court

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: a Gentlemanwho never appear'd in England before.

Dance: Flag Dance-Nivelon Sr; Two Pierrots-Nivelons; Myrtillo-Dupre, Nivelon, Glover, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden

32
23 May 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: French Consort of Musick-two Ladies who have had the Honour to sing in several Courts of Europe with great Applause

33
01 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Greatest Glory Of A Prince Is The Conquest Of His Own Passions

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Buffoon at Court, a Dumb Spy, and Condemned to the Stirpado

Dance: Serious Dances-Poitier, others

34
08 September 1730 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood And Little John; Shewing How He Was Banish'd By The Instigation Of The earl Of Pembroke, For The Love Of The Fair matilda; His Bold Adventures With His Man little John; And The band Of Outlaws; On Which Information the King Went With His Army To pembroke, And robin Hood's Happy Return To Court: With The Comical Adventures Of Little John And The pindar's Wife

Cast
Role: King Actor: Chapman
Role: Robin Hood Actor: Hulett
Role: Pembroke Actor: Lacy
Role: Little John Actor: Ray
Role: Pindar Actor: Harper
Role: Matilda Actor: Mrs Lacy
Role: Marina Actor: Mrs Morgan
Role: Pindar's Wife Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Afterpiece Title: (at 8 p

35
19 October 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Balance Actor: Mills
Role: Plume Actor: Wilks
Role: Brazen Actor: Cibber
Role: Worthy Actor: Watson
Role: Kite Actor: Harper
Role: Bullock Actor: Shepard
Role: Pearmain Actor: Cibber Jr
Role: Appletree Actor: Wetherilt Jr
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Jobson Actor: Harper
Role: Sir John Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Servants Actor: Berry, Oates, Fielding, Miss Williams, Miss Oates.

Dance: Dancing-The same that were perform'd with this Play before the Royal Family last Night at Hampton-Court

36
26 July 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Election; Or, Court And Country

37
15 October 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Penkethman
Role: Scaramouch Actor: Rosco
Role: Balliardo Actor: Lyon
Role: Cinthio Actor: Giffard
Role: Charmante Actor: Havard
Role: Keplair Actor: Woodward
Role: Galileus Actor: Dove
Role: Clerk Actor: Hamilton
Role: Officer Actor: Norris
Role: Bellemante Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Claria Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Role: Mopsophil Actor: Mrs Roberts

Music: A New Medley Overture, composed by Prelleur

Dance: New Dances adapted to the Opera, particularly A Dance of Court Cards: King of Spades-Ray; Queen of Spades-Mrs Dove; Knave of Spades-Norris; King of Hearts-Presgrave; Queen of Diamonds-Miss Hughes; Knave of Clubs-Hamilton. Other dances by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, Vallois, Mrs Woodward, Le Sac, Mrs Vallois

Song: [In it] the Original Songs, set to Musick by Mr Prelleur, and sung by Kelly, Mrs Chambers, Miss Jones

38
23 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Cast
Role: Jaffier Actor: Milward
Role: Pierre Actor: Quin
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Renault Actor: Cibber
Role: Priuli Actor: Boman
Role: Duke Actor: Cross
Role: Bedamar Actor: Hill
Role: Eliot Actor: Winstone
Role: Spinosa Actor: Turbutt.

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Cast
Role: Sir John Cockle Actor: Miller
Role: King Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir Timothy Flash Actor: Beard
Role: Greenwood Actor: Hill
Role: French Cooke Actor: Woodward
Role: Miss Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Starch Actor: Miss Tollett
Role: Vintner Actor: Turbutt
Role: Joe Actor: Marshall
Role: Barber Actor: Ray
Role: Taylor Actor: Gray
Role: Attendants Actor: Raftor, Woodburn, Leigh
Role: Prologue Actor: Cibber
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: V: Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Miss Thompson

39
25 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Quin
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Brabantio Actor: Milward
Role: Cassio Actor: Wright
Role: Iago Actor: Mills
Role: Roderigo Actor: Miller
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Butler.

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Cast
Role: Sir John Cockle Actor: Miller
Role: King Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir Timothy Flash Actor: Beard
Role: Greenwood Actor: Hill
Role: French Cooke Actor: Woodward
Role: Miss Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Starch Actor: Miss Tollett
Role: Vintner Actor: Turbutt
Role: Joe Actor: Marshall
Role: Barber Actor: Ray
Role: Taylor Actor: Gray
Role: Attendants Actor: Raftor, Woodburn, Leigh

Dance: I: Saraband, Minuet-the Elder Miss Scott; II: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

40
28 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Oroonoko Actor: Milward
Role: Aboan Actor: Quin
Role: Blandford Actor: Mills
Role: Driver Actor: Johnson
Role: Daniel Actor: Cibber
Role: Imoinda Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Charlot Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Stanmore Actor: Winstone
Role: Governor Actor: Turbutt
Role: Jack Stanmore Actor: Ray
Role: Hotman Actor: Hill
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Tollett.

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Cast
Role: Sir John Cockle Actor: Miller
Role: King Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir Timothy Flash Actor: Beard
Role: Greenwood Actor: Hill
Role: French Cooke Actor: Woodward
Role: Miss Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Starch Actor: Miss Tollett
Role: Vintner Actor: Turbutt
Role: Joe Actor: Marshall
Role: Barber Actor: Ray
Role: Taylor Actor: Gray
Role: Attendants Actor: Raftor, Woodburn, Leigh

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg; with two new Minuets for Trumpets and other Instruments-

Dance: II: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

41
29 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Sciolto Actor: Wright
Role: Horatio Actor: Quin
Role: Lothario Actor: Milward
Role: Altamont Actor: Mills
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lucilla Actor: Miss Brett.

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Miller
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive.

Music: III: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter; IV: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

42
02 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Mills
Role: Foppington Actor: Macklin
Role: Morelove Actor: Wright
Role: Lady Betty Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lady Easy Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Edging Actor: Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Miller
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: I: A new Serious Dance-Muilment; II: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; III: Pastoral-Muilment; IV: La Pieraite-Livier, Mrs Thompson; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

43
28 December 1741 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pamela

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

44
05 April 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry
Role: Iago Actor: Macklin
Role: Brabantio Actor: Sparks
Role: Cassio Actor: Ridout
Role: Roderigo Actor: Dyer
Role: Lodovico Actor: Anderson
Role: Gratiano Actor: Redman
Role: Duke Actor: Marten
Role: Montano Actor: Bransby
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Lowe
Role: Fretful Actor: Collins
Role: Matchwood Actor: Bennet
Role: Frederick Actor: Cushing
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pitt
Role: Harriot Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Song: New Cantata call'dThe Court of Comus set by Worgan-Lowe

Dance: GGrand Scots Ballet, as17521216

45
19 September 1754 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory

Afterpiece Title: [The Birth of Harlequin; or, The Old Woman's Whim

Dance: To conclude with A Dance in the Ancient British Taste-Choice Spirits from Comus's Court

Music: [NNew Concerto for the Tambour de Basque-

46
03 September 1759 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Shipwrecked Lovers; Or, Friendly Perfidy Punished

Song: tragi-comic song in the Welch Taste call'd% Hugh Morgan's Lamentation-a Choice Spirit from Common's Court

Dance: Conclude: a song, dance-

Music: An extraordinary Band of Musick is furnished such as you don't hear every day

47
06 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Cast
Role: Sir Gilbert Actor: Yates
Role: Frankly Actor: Wroughton
Role: Granger Actor: Hull
Role: Witling Actor: Dyer
Role: Cook Actor: Quick
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Lady Wrangle Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Sophronia Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Shuter
Role: Clytus Actor: Reinhold
Role: Lysimachus Actor: Baker
Role: Porus Actor: Barnshaw
Role: Jupiter Actor: Fox
Role: Parisatis Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Thais Actor: Mrs Pinto
Role: Mercury Actor: Wormall

48
08 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Gravediggers Actor: Saunders, _Dunstall.
Role: Hamlet Actor: Smith
Role: King Actor: Gibson
Role: Ghost Actor: Bensley
Role: Horatio Actor: Hull
Role: Ostrick Actor: Dyer
Role: Laertes Actor: Davis
Role: Polonius Actor: Shuter
Role: Ophelia Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Shuter
Role: Clytus Actor: Reinhold
Role: Lysimachus Actor: Baker
Role: Porus Actor: Barnshaw
Role: Jupiter Actor: Fox
Role: Parisatis Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Thais Actor: Mrs Pinto
Role: Mercury Actor: Wormall

49
10 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Cast
Role: Mirza Actor: Fox.
Role: Cyrus Actor: Wroughton
Role: Cambyses Actor: Smith
Role: Astyages Actor: Clarke
Role: Harpagus Actor: Hull
Role: Mithranes Actor: Bensley
Role: Officer Actor: R. Smith
Role: Aspasia Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Shuter
Role: Clytus Actor: Reinhold
Role: Lysimachus Actor: Baker
Role: Porus Actor: Barnshaw
Role: Jupiter Actor: Fox
Role: Parisatis Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Thais Actor: Mrs Pinto
Role: Mercury Actor: Wormall

50
11 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macduff Actor: Clarke
Role: Lenox Actor: Hull
Role: Malcolm Actor: Perry.
Role: MacDuff Actor: Hull
Role: Witches Actor: Dunstall, _Cushing
Role: Add Vocal Parts Actor: Mattocks, DuBellamy, Baker, Barnshaw, Legg, Fox, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith, first time
Role: Banquo Actor: Bensley
Role: Duncan Actor: Gibson
Role: Seyton Actor: Gardner
Role: Hecate Actor: Reinhold
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: With a Dance of the Furies Actor: Arnauld.

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander's

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Shuter
Role: Clytus Actor: Reinhold
Role: Lysimachus Actor: Baker
Role: Porus Actor: Barnshaw
Role: Jupiter Actor: Fox
Role: Parisatis Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Thais Actor: Mrs Pinto
Role: Mercury Actor: Wormall