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3235 results for: Keyword - Edward Philips
We found 1929 matches on Author, 1040 matches on Performance Comments, 284 matches on Event Comments, 155 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
15 April 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wells. Public Advertiser, 9 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 417, Strand. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham, with incidental music by James Hook. Prologue-Epilogue by Edward Topham {Public Advertiser, 21 Apr.)]. Morning Herald, 25 Apr. 1786: This Day is published The Fool (1s.)-Receipts: #174 15s. 6d. (45/3/0; 20/14/6; 0/2/0; tickets: 108/16/0) (charge: #108 13s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Fool

Related Works
Related Work: The Fool Author(s): Edward Topham

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17850307athi

27
07 March 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Edward Young.] Never Acted before. With new Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Busiris, King Of Egypt

Related Works
Related Work: Busiris Author(s): Edward Young

28
27 April 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Afterp1ece [Edward Phillips]. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: A Farcical Ballad Opera. Receipts: money #44 7s. 6d.; tickets #32 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Related Works
Related Work: The Mock Lawyer Author(s): Edward Phillips

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Scottish Dance, as17330424

29
31 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Afterpiece: A new Farce. [By Edward Phillips.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips

30
15 May 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Peacopp (Housekeeper), Mayle, Walker, Edwards, Pritchard (Officer-Keeper). Tickets deliver'd for Saturday last will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: III: Mlle Auguste

31
08 February 1752 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. We hear that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with Prince Edward will be this night at Covent Garden, to see the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, and Harlequin Skeleton. On Tuesday 3 March, will be reviv'd a Tragedy call'd Macbeth (as written by Shakespear) the part of Macbeth by Barry, and Lady Macbeth by Mrs Cibber, being the first time of her appearing in that character. To which will be added the Oracle, a new Dramatic piece (of one act) taken from the French, the Principal Part to be perform'd by Mrs Cibber. Pit and boxes laid together

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips

32
09 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Letter to Woodward from Samson Edwards, The Merry Cobler of Haymarket. Answer to Henry Woodward's reply on Hill's Letter, 6d. Ironical defense of Hill casting further opprobrium upon him.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

33
26 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Masque [by Capt. Edward Thompson] never perform'd. With New Music, Dresses, Scenery, and Decorations. The Music composed by Fisher. The Scenes painted by Dall and Carver. Books of the songs to be had at the Theatre. [The Westminster Magazine for March also lists Boreas -Reinhold; Carlos -DuBellamy; Traverse -Mahon; Druid -L'Estrange, and tells the story of the play. The reviewer did not approve of the piece, since for him it lacked unbounded fire of fancy, originality of idea, language, and character. He approved of Fisher's music.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): Edward Thompson

34
14 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With a New Scene and New Dresses. Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin and Edward Thompson. Thompson's name does not appear on the title-page of the text; it has been added by J. P. Kemble on the half-title of his copy now in the Huntington Library]: The Music chiefly composed by Dibdin [Public Advertiser, 15 Nov.: Three of the airs and the finale were composed by Samuel Arnold; one air by John Abraham Fisher]. With New Scenes [ibid: by Dall, Richards, and Carver], Dresses and Decorations. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Account-Book, 7 Feb. 1777: Paid Dibdin in full for copyright of the Seraglio #20; ibid, 2 June 1777: Received of Cooper for Songs & Books sold of The Seraglio #19 10s. 9d. [Mrs Ward was from the Birmingham theatre]. Receipts: #221 11s. 6d. (219.7.0; 2.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ethelinda; Or, The Royal Convert

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Music: V: the Original Music for the Sacrifice by Purcell-

35
11 March 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Younge. Interlude [1st time; M. INT I, by Edward Jerningham]: Interspersed with Music [by James Hook. Text 1st published in Jerningham's Poems, vol. I (J. Robson, 1786)]. Public Advertiser, 20 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Miss Younge at Thelwall's, Silk Mercer, King-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #222 9s. (80.14; 18.10; 1.19; tickets: 121.6) (charge: #65 17s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Margaret of Anjou

Related Works
Related Work: Margaret of Anjou Author(s): Edward Jerningham

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End V: The Irish Fair, as17761031

36
28 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dickinson, 1st gallery office-keeper. Afterpiece [F 2, by Edward Thompson, 1st acted at Richmond, 1 Aug. 1776; not published; Prologue probably by the author]: Never performed there. Public Advertiser, 17 May: Tickets to be had of Dickinson, No. 5, Wild-court, Wild-street, near Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #276 17s. (21.14; 7.10; 0.0; tickets: 247.13) (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: St Helena; or, The Isle of Love

Related Works
Related Work: St Helena; or, The Isle of Love Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: End II: a Hornpipe, as17770430

37
17 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Leonard Macnally; words to some of the songs by Edward Lysaght]: With new Music, Scenes and Dresses. The Music composed by Shield [with selections from Sacchini, Bertoni, Lord Mornington, &c. (Public Advertiser, 19 Apr.); overture by Baumgarten, being the same as that used by him in William and Nanny at CG, 12 Nov. 1779 (Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1784, p. 171)]. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Oct. 1784: This Day is published by J. Almon Robin Hood [listing cast for season of 1784-85] (1s. 6d.). [In the season of 1789-90 this was reduced to an afterpiece of 2 acts.] Receipts: #206 4s. (204/3; 2/1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood; Or, Sherwood Forest

Related Works
Related Work: Robin Hood; or, Sherwood Forest Author(s): Edward Lysaught

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Dance: End of mainpiece a New Dance by Le Bccuf and Mlle Constance (from the King's Theatre in Paris; 1st appearance)

38
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

Afterpiece Title: Small Talk; or, The Westminster Boy

Related Works
Related Work: Small Talk; or, The Westminster Boy Author(s): Edward Topham

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

39
01 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wells. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham. Larpent MS 772; not published; synopsis of plot in Public Advertiser, 3 May. Prologue by George Monck Berkeley (European Magazine, June 1787, p. 411)]. Public Advertiser, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 417, Strand. Receipts: #257 3s. 6d. (160.4.6; 5.7.0; tickets: 91.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement; or, The Loves of Bengal

Related Works
Related Work: Bonds without Judgement; or, The Loves of Bengal Author(s): Edward Topham

Dance: As17870217

40
18 March 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Duke of Bedford 1 Yrs. Rent #343 5s. 1d. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Morris. Author of Prologue unknown]: With new Dresses and Decorations. Public Advertiser, 8 Apr. 1790: This Morning is published The Adventurers (1s.). Receipts: #260 8s. (226.5.0; 31.16.0; 2.4.6; ticket not come in: 0.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Cast
Role: Edward Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Adventurers

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventurers Author(s): Edward Morris

Dance: As17891204

41
18 March 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. 2nd piece: Written by Edward Jerningham, Esq., with Alterations and Additions (interspersed with Music, after the manner of Rousseau's Pygmalion). The Music composed by Hook. The subject of the above Performance is taken from a remarkable incident in the Life of Margaret . Morning Herald, 2 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Pope at her house, No. 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #368 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: Margaret of Anjou

Related Works
Related Work: Margaret of Anjou Author(s): Edward Jerningham

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Cast
Role: Edward Actor: Fawcett

Song: In 3rd piece: a Planxty descriptive of Ireland,-Johnstone

42
13 November 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; T 4, by Edward Jerningham. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (see text)): With new Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Times, 24 Dec. 1793: This day is published THE SIEGE OF BERWICK (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #284 6s. 6d. (258/10/6; 25/16/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Berwick

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Berwick Author(s): Edward Jerningham

Afterpiece Title: ANNETTE AND LUBIN

Afterpiece Title: THE SCHOOL FOR ARROGANCE

43
05 December 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 2nd piece: With Alterations. "On the first night Ethelberta died; at the succeeding representations her life was spared" (Edward Jerningham and his Friends, ed. Lewis Bettany, 1919, p. 97). 3rd piece: In 3 acts. Receipts: #219 13s. 6d. (202/11/6; 17/2/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Cast
Role: Edward Actor: Miss Standen

Afterpiece Title: THE SIEGE OF BERWICK

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Berwick Author(s): Edward Jerningham

Afterpiece Title: THE MISER

44
10 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. At the particular Desire of his Excellency the Ambassador [see 7 May] from the Sublime Porte:. 3rd piece: At End of Act I of the DIVERTISEMENT. Written by Edward Jerningham, Esq., with Alterations and Additions, interspersed with Music, after the manner of Rousseau's PYGMALION. Morning Chronicle, 19 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Pope, Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #231 17s. (138/14; 3/3; tickets: 90/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: A DIVERTISEMENT

Afterpiece Title: MARGARET OF ANJOU

Related Works
Related Work: Margaret of Anjou Author(s): Edward Jerningham

Song: In Act V of 1st piece, as17931216; End of 1st piece Black-Eyed Susan by Incledon

45
17 April 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Edward Jerningham. Prologue by John Taylor. Epilogue by Henry Seymour Conway (see text)]. Morning Chronicle, 22 May 1795: This Day is published The Welch Heiress (2s.). Receipts: #309 12s. 6d. (246.1.6; 51.15.6; 11.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Welch Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Welch Heiress Author(s): Edward Jerningham

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

46
06 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer, Russell & Dowton. 1st piece [1st time; B 1, by Edward Henry Iliff. The title-page has "by Edmund Spenser, Ynger." On his copy, now in Huntington Library, J. P. Kemble has written, "Iliffe [sic] is the real Name of the Authour"; he has made a similar notation on the playbill]: Founded on the 17th Number of The Spectator. 3rd piece [1st time; MF 1. Larpent MS 1219; not published. The characters are all taken from previous plays by John O'Keeffe, as follows: Sadboy (The Young Quaker); Signor Arionelli and Bowkitt (The Son-in-Law); Motley (The Dead Alive); Tully (The London Hermit); Lingo and Cowslip (The Agreeable Surprise); Ephraim Smooth (Wild Oats); Nipperkin (Sprigs of Laurel); Jemmy Jumps and Betty Blackberry (The Farmer); Mrs Casey (Fontainbleau)]: Written by Mr O'Keeffe. Times, 4 June: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 2, Queen's-row, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 19, Martlet-court, Bow-street; of Dowton, No. 5, Strand-lane, Surry-street, Strand. Receipts: #413 11s. 6d. (76.17.6; 37.7.0; 1.0.0 tickets: 298.7.0) (charge: #215 10s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ugly Club

Related Works
Related Work: The Ugly Club Author(s): Edward Iliff

Afterpiece Title: The Castle-Spectre

Afterpiece Title: A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places

47
02 March 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Edward Morris. Prologue by Charles Morris; Epilogue by George Colman, ynger (see text)]: With new Dresses and Decorations. Morning Chronicle, 14 Mar. 1799: This Day is published The Secret (2s.). Receipts: #371 18s. 6d. (319.17.0; 49.14.6; 2.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Secret

Related Works
Related Work: The Secret Author(s): Edward Morris

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

48
09 November 1791 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Cast
Role: Katharina Actor: Mrs Edwards
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Dignum, Sedgwick, Mrs Bland, Mrs Edwards, Miss Hagley

Dance: See17911105 [i.e. not listed on playbill]

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Danby, Mrs Crouch, Mrs Bland, Miss Hagley, Mrs Edwards; V: the Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite-Neptune Sedgwick,; Amphitrite Mrs Edwards

49
13 December 1792 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Song: Vocal Parts-Kelly, Dignum, Danby [Public Advertiser: Caulfield], Cooke, Mrs Bland, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Shaw

Related Works
Related Work: Love's Triumph; or, The Royal Union Author(s): Edward Cooke

Opera: V: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Caulfield; Amphitrite-Mrs Edwards

Performance Comment: Neptune-Caulfield; Amphitrite-Mrs Edwards.
Cast
Role: Amphitrite Actor: Mrs Edwards.

50
10 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Philips, the Harlequin. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [Tickets at Philips' Lodgings, at the Harness Maker's in Bedford Court, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Philips; Flash-Livier; Conjurer-Beard; Colombine-Mrs Walter; with a Grand Ballet-Lilliputians, scholars to Livier.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Philips

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: A new Hornpipe-Philips; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

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