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335 results for: Keyword - Duquesney
We found 312 matches on Roles/Actors, 63 matches on Performance Title, 32 matches on Performance Comments, 8 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

1
26 January 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. [Duquesney not listed as a Demon in Public Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine, with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Miss Miller (first time); Proserpine-Miss Catley (first time); Jupiter-Mattocks; Mercury-Baker; Followers of Ceres-Sga Manesiere, Mrs Granier, Mrs Cook, Miss Pitt, Misses Dolly Twist and Sukey Twist, Miss Daw; Pluto-Legg; Daemons-Duquesney, Granier, Tassoni, Hussey, Dumay, Martin, Dufour; Harlequin-Miles; Clodpole-Shuter; Yeoman-Weller; Old Man-C. Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Pitt; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Elements, Earth-Tassoni, Miss Pitt; Air-Sg and Sga Maranesi; Fire-Granier and Mrs Granier; Water-Duquesney, Sga Manesiere (playbill).
Cast
Role: Daemons Actor: Duquesney, Granier, Tassoni, Hussey, Dumay, Martin, Dufour
Role: Water Actor: Duquesney, Sga Manesiere

2
14 February 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Under the Direction of Delpini. [In 2nd ballet Duquesney's part is not listed; for Miss L. Simonet's part see 29 Apr.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Peasant Metamorphosis

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: The Deserter-Mme Dagville; Skirmish-Miss Simonet; ?-Duquesney; [Henry -] Miss L. Simonet; Louisa-Mr Delpini .
Cast
Role: Actor: Duquesney

Dance: In 1st ballet, by Duquesney and the two Miss Simonets; After the Singing, Hornpipe by Baptist and a Comic Dance by Delpini

Song: End of 1st ballet a Serio-Comic Italian Song by Delpini. imitations. After the Dancing, as17850207

3
10 April 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: I: A Minuet-Duquesney, Miss Macklin; IV: Hornpipe-Miss Twist; End: The Knife Grinders, as17631012

Cast
Role: i>The Knife Grinders Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford. See17600417.

4
29 April 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Pantomime

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: As17850214, but specifying: Henry-Miss L. Simonet; omitted: Duquesney . omitted: Duquesney .
Cast
Role: Actor: Duquesney

Dance: End of pantomime The Devonshire Minuet by the two Miss Simonets. Imitations. After the Dancing, as17850207

5
17 February 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Armida

Dance: End I: Divertisement by D'Auberval-

Ballet: End II: an entire new Pantomime Ballet, in I act, composed by D'Auberval, Amphion et Thalie; ou, L'Eleve des Muses. Principal dancers-[Didelot, Duquesney, Vigano, Fialon, Duchesne, Rousseau, Boisgirard, St.Aumer, Schweitzer, [Mme Didelot, Mme Vigano, Mlle Theodore, [Mlle Gervaise Troche, Mlle Deligny, [Mlle L. Simonet, Mlle R. Simonet, Mlle Puisieux, [Mlle Bithmer Cadette, Mlle Bithmer, Mlle Rousseau, Mlle Vedie, Mlle Durand; [Cast from synopsis (H. Reynell [1791]:) Amphion (eleve des Muses)-Didelot; Bergers de la Phocide-Duquesney, Vigano; Thalie (Muse de la Comedie)-Mme Theodore D'Auberval; Jeune Nymphe de la Phocide (eleve de Terpsichore)-Mlle Gervaise Troche; Terpsichore (Muse de la Danse)-Mlle Leonore Simonet; Jeune Nymphe (favorite de Thalie)-Mlle Rosine Simonet; Melpomene (Muse de la Tragedie)-Mme Didelot; Clio (Muse de L'Histoire)-Mlle Augustine Bithmer; Erato (Muse de la Poesie Lyrique)-Mlle Bithmer; Euterpe (Muse de la Musique)-Mlle Rousseau; Uranie (Muse de l'Astronomie)-Mlle Jacobs; Calliope (Muse de l'Eloquence)-Mlle Birt; Polimnie (Muse de la Rhetorique)-Mlle Watson; Nymphes a la suite des Muses-Mlle Vedie, Mlle Durand, Mlle Berry, Mlle Bougier; Suite d'Amphion-Mme Fialon, Mme Duchesne, Mme Simonet, Mme Menage; Habitants de la Phocide-Mme Boisgirard, Mme Rousseau, Mme Omer, Mme Schweitzer

Performance Comment: Principal dancers-[Didelot, Duquesney, Vigano, Fialon, Duchesne, Rousseau, Boisgirard, St.Aumer, Schweitzer, [Mme Didelot, Mme Vigano, Mlle Theodore, [Mlle Gervaise Troche, Mlle Deligny, [Mlle L. Simonet, Mlle R. Simonet, Mlle Puisieux, [Mlle Bithmer Cadette, Mlle Bithmer, Mlle Rousseau, Mlle Vedie, Mlle Durand; [Cast from synopsis (H. Reynell [1791]:) Amphion (eleve des Muses)-Didelot; Bergers de la Phocide-Duquesney, Vigano; Thalie (Muse de la Comedie)-Mme Theodore D'Auberval; Jeune Nymphe de la Phocide (eleve de Terpsichore)-Mlle Gervaise Troche; Terpsichore (Muse de la Danse)-Mlle Leonore Simonet; Jeune Nymphe (favorite de Thalie)-Mlle Rosine Simonet; Melpomene (Muse de la Tragedie)-Mme Didelot; Clio (Muse de L'Histoire)-Mlle Augustine Bithmer; Erato (Muse de la Poesie Lyrique)-Mlle Bithmer; Euterpe (Muse de la Musique)-Mlle Rousseau; Uranie (Muse de l'Astronomie)-Mlle Jacobs; Calliope (Muse de l'Eloquence)-Mlle Birt; Polimnie (Muse de la Rhetorique)-Mlle Watson; Nymphes a la suite des Muses-Mlle Vedie, Mlle Durand, Mlle Berry, Mlle Bougier; Suite d'Amphion-Mme Fialon, Mme Duchesne, Mme Simonet, Mme Menage; Habitants de la Phocide-Mme Boisgirard, Mme Rousseau, Mme Omer, Mme Schweitzer.
Cast
Role: Bergers de la Phocide Actor: Duquesney, Vigano

6
27 January 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17630126, but Daemons-_Duquesney.
Cast
Role: Daemons Actor: _Duquesney.
Role: Water Actor: Duquesney, Sga Manesiere

Dance: II: The Dutch Skippers, as17630101

7
19 March 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17621019, but Minuet-Duquesney, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Minuet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Macklin.

Dance: I: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

8
21 September 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Ross; Capulet-Sparks; Fryar Lawrence-Hull; Mercutio-Woodward; Tybalt-Bennet; Benvolio-Davis; Paris-Perry; Escalus-Anderson; Montague-Redman; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Miss Hallam; Minuet-Duquesney, Miss Hallam; Masquerade Dance-proper to the Play; An Additional Scene will be introduc'd, representing the Funeral Procession of Juliet. Which will be accompanied with a Solemn Dirge-Beard, Mattocks, Miss Brent, Miss Polly Young, Legg, Baker, Roberts, Mrs Lampe, Miss Miller, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Minuet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Hallam

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

9
12 October 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: New Grand Comic Dance (Never Perform'd Before) call'd, The Amorous Knife Grinders. The Knife Grinders-Duquesney, Miss Wilford. See17600417.

Performance Comment: The Knife Grinders-Duquesney, Miss Wilford. See17600417.]
Cast
Role: i>The Knife Grinders Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford. See17600417.

10
14 January 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, the Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Mattocks; Cepheus-Legg; Aethiopian-Fawcett; Cassiope-Miss Miller; Andromeda-Miss Polly; Mercury-Baker; Magician-Dibdin; Infernals-Granier, George, Dumai, Hussey, Petreo, Curtete; Harlequin-Woodward; Hussar-Clarke; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Hussar's Servant-Cushing; Valet de Chambre-Holtom; Petit Maitre-Dyer; Concluding with a Grand Ballet-Duquesney, Miss Wilford.
Cast
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford.

11
20 January 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials

Performance Comment: As17640116, but concluding with a New Masque-; Colin-Beard; Phillis-Miss Hallam; Thyrsus-Duquesney; Daphne-Sga Manesiere; Cupid-Mas. Rogers; The Graces-Miss Wilford, Miss Valois, Miss Pitt; Hymen-Gallini. [New Cloaths and Scenes. [See17640119 for Pastoral Dialogue.]New Cloaths and Scenes. [See17640119 for Pastoral Dialogue.]
Cast
Role: Thyrsus Actor: Duquesney
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford.

12
29 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17631222, but Sir John Buck-Walker; Dan-Wignel; Minuel-Duquesney, Miss Macklin. [All characters listed as17631110 except Roger.]All characters listed as17631110 except Roger.]
Cast
Role: Minuel Actor: Duquesney, Miss Macklin.

Dance: TThe Calabrian Peasants, as17631222

13
02 April 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17631229, but Apothecary-Holtom; Juliet-Miss Ward, first appearance any stage; Minuet-Duquesney, Miss Twist; Solemn Dirge-Miss Poitier; Lady Capulet (that Night only)-Mrs Ward; +Occasional Prologue-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Minuet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Twist

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: TThe Calabrian Peasants, as17631222

14
05 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Duquesney, Mrs Stephens, Miss Helme

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Minuel Actor: Duquesney, Miss Macklin.

Dance: II: The Cudgell'd Husband, as17640502; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; IV: The Dutch Skippers-Duquesney, Miss Valois; V: A New Tambourine Dance-Duquesney

15
21 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherd's Artifice

Performance Comment: Parts-Mattocks, Dibdin, Fawcett, Miss Miller, Miss Poitier; Alexis-Mattocks; Strephon-Dibdin; Sylvia-Miss Hallam; Caelia-Miss Poitier (Genest, V, 58); Parts-Fawcett, Miss Miller playbill, however, does not list Miss Hallam; Dance incident to the Entertainment,-Duquesney, Miss Valois. Larpent MS 240 lists parts as Palemon, Strephon, Thyrsis, Caelia and Sylvia.
Cast
Role: Dance incident to the Entertainment, Actor: Duquesney, Miss Valois. Larpent MS 240 lists parts as Palemon, Strephon, Thyrsis, Caelia and Sylvia.

16
03 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Woodward; Sir John-Gibson; Lucinda (with song in character)-Miss Macklin; Dancing and a Minuet-Duquesney, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Dancing and a Minuet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Macklin.

Dance: End: A New Grand Comic Ballet call'd Blind Man's Buff-Arnauld, 1st appearance on the English Stage, Miss Valois

17
05 November 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer, with Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Miles; Pantaloon-Weller; Clown-Cushing; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Witches-Mattocks, Miss Weirman, Legg, Baker, Dibdin, Waylin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones; Shepherd-Mattocks; Shepherdess-Miss Weirman; Harvest Man-Dibdin; Harvest Woman-Mrs Lampe; Pluto-Legg; Proserpine-Miss Miller; The Dances-Duquesney, Miss Wilford, Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford, Miss Valois.

18
07 November 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Smith; 1st Spirit-Ross; Elder Brother-Clarke; Younger Brother-White; 2nd Spirit-R. Smith; Lady-Mrs Ward; Bacchanals-Beard, Mattocks; Bacchants-Miss Brent, Miss Miller; 3rd Spirit-Mattocks; Euphrosyne-Miss Miller; Sabrina, the Pastoral Nymph, the Song of Sweet Echo-Miss Brent; Chorusses-Legg, Baker, Dibdin, Waylin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones; Dances-Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford.
Cast
Role: Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

19
21 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Cunning Man

Performance Comment: Parts by: Vernon, Champness, Mrs Arne. The Dances-Duquesney, Sga Giorgi; Cunning Man-Champness; Colin-Vernon; Phoebe-Mrs Arne (Edition of 1766).
Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sga Giorgi

20
21 September 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Reddish, 2nd appearance here; Paris-Fawcett; Tibalt-Aickin; Mercutio-Palmer; Escalus-Bransby; Benvolio-Packer; Montague-Hurst; Peter-Weston; Capulet-Burton; Friar Lawrence-Havard; Lady Capulet-Mrs Johnston; Nurse-Mrs Cross; Juliet-Mrs Palmer; With the Funeral Procession-; Vocal Parts-Vernon, Champnes, Miss Young, Mrs Baddeley, Mrs Dorman; In Act I, a Masquerade Dance-Duquesney, Sga Giorgi; Minuet-Giorgi, Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: a Masquerade Dance Actor: Duquesney, Sga Giorgi

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

21
26 September 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: Harlequin-King; Others-Parsons, Dodd, Bransby, Moody, Baddeley, Burton, Weston, Hartry, J. Palmer, Ackman, Messink, Johnston, Strange, Castle, Fox, Mrs Johnston, Mrs Hippisley, Mrs Dorman, Mrs Smith, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Matthews, Miss Pope; The Dances-Duquesney, Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Collett.

22
10 February 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Afterpiece Title: The Cunning Man

Performance Comment: Parts-Vernon, Champness, Mrs Arne; Dances-Duquesney, Sga Giorgi; Cunning Man-Champness; Colin-Vernon; Phoebe-Mrs Arne.
Cast
Role: Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sga Giorgi

23
10 March 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deserter

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Performance Comment: Characters by Mme Dagville, Miss Simonet, Duquesney, Delpini. imitations. End of 1st ballet, as17850228.
Cast
Role: Actor: Duquesney

24
15 April 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Pantomime [don Juan]

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: As17850214, but omitted: Duquesney, Miss L. Simonet. imitations. End of 1st piece, as17850207.
Cast
Role: Actor: Duquesney

25
18 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Duquesney and Sga Manesiere. None admitted behind the Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: II: A New Pastoral Dance-Duquesney, a Young Gentlewoman, his scholar, who never appeared before; III: A Hornpipe-Sga Manesiere; IV: A Minuet-Duquesney, Sga Manesiere; End: A New Grand Ballet, call'd Les Caprices de Galatee-Duquesney, Leppie, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford, Miss Valois