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5334 results for: Keyword - Edward and Charles Dilly
We found 3306 matches on Author, 1745 matches on Performance Comments, 505 matches on Event Comments, 163 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2726
01 April 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Cast
Role: Lord Randolph Actor: Farren
Role: Lady Randolph Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Candidates Author(s): Charles Thomas Carter

Dance: As17840311athi

2727
19 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Mlle Bithmere. Musical and Other Characters by Johnstone, Thompson, Doyle, Rayner, Jones, Helme, Bates, Ledger, Painter

Dance: As17840417

2728
20 April 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Rival Candidates, announced on playbill of 19 Apr.] Receipts: #210 8s. (193/15; 15/1; 1/12)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Williames
Related Works
Related Work: The Padlock Author(s): Charles Dibdin

2729
20 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: As17840417

2730
22 April 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Cast
Role: Evander Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Candidates Author(s): Charles Thomas Carter

2731
27 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kennedy. Public Advertiser, 26 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kennedy at her house in Great Queen-street. [The Jubilee anticipated the official Handel Commemoration held at Westminster Abbey on 26 May.] Receipts: #320 9s. 6d. (213/4/6; tickets: 107/5/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel

Performance Comment: Overture from Samson. Scene I. Collins's Ode on the Passions read by Whitfield. In which will be introduced: From the dread scene (from Judas Maccabaeus) by Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Bannister; The smiling dawn (from Jephtha) by Johnstone; Revenge! Timotheus (from Alexander's Feast) by Reinhold; Mirth, admit me of thy crew (from L'Allegro il Penseroso) by Mrs Kennedy; As when the Dove (from Acis and Galatea) by Mrs Bannister. To conclude with the Chorus From Harmony (from Dryden's Ode). Scene II. The Pantheon. To Song and Dance (from Samson) by Chorus; Let's imitate her Notes above (from Alexander's Feast) by Mrs Martyr and Mrs Kennedy. The Muse Euterpe-Mrs Bates .

Afterpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Mr Shandy Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Related Works
Related Work: Rose and Colin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: 1st piece to conclude with a Grand Ballet by Harris, Byrn, Miss Besford, Mrs Goodwin, &c

Related Works
Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): Charles Bonnor
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

2732
30 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: St

Related Works
Related Work: St Helena; or, The Isle of Love Author(s): Edward Thompson
Related Work: The Fair of St. Germain Author(s): Charles Rivière Dufresny

Dance: End of mainpiece The Rival Nymphs, as17840318athi

2733
03 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Mlle Bithmere. Musical and Other Characters by Johnstone, Thompson, Doyle, Rayner, Jones, Helme, Bates, Ledger, Painter

2734
04 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Related Works
Related Work: Rose and Colin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Cast
Role: Sabrina and Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Field
Role: Principal Bacchant and Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Martyr

Afterpiece Title: Bribery on both Sides

Dance: End of mainpiece The Poney Races (performers not listed; see17840428)

2735
05 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

2736
07 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield. 2nd piece: Written by George Colman, Esq. Not acted these 10 years [acted 20 Dec. 1777]. After which, a Grand Procession of the principal Characters of Shakespeare, as exhibited at the Jubilee at Stratford upon Avon [in Sept. 1769]. Public Advertiser, 5 May: Tickets to be had of Whitfield at his house, Leicester Court, Castle Street, Leicester Fields. Receipts: #114 4s. (45/18; tickets: 68/6) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Related Works
Related Work: The Wives Revenged Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: Marcourt-Whitfield; Kitchen-Thompson; Frankly-Davies; Cross-Fearon; Charlotte-Mrs Whitfield; Sally-A Very Young Lady, the same that performed it in the Haymarket [on 18 June 1783] (1st appearance on this stage [Miss Logan]); Landlady-Mrs Davenett; Lettice-Mrs Morton; Mrs Cross-Mrs Webb .
Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Davenett

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Related Works
Related Work: Poor Vulcan! Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: End of 2nd piece The Poney Races, as17840504

Song: Procession to conclude with a new Theatrical Glee, composed by Shield, by Reinhold, Brett, Johnstone

Related Works
Related Work: Buthred Author(s): Charles Johnstone

2737
08 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mons and Mme Bithmere, and Le Baruf, Composers and principal Performers of the Dramatic Romance of The Rival Knights. Gazetteer, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Mons and Mme Bithmere and of Le Boeuf at Stacy's, colourman, corner of Long-acre. Receipts: #101 8s. 6d. (73/0/6; tickets: 28/8/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Cast
Role: Mr Shandy Actor: Hull
Related Works
Related Work: Rose and Colin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece a Dramatic Romance, Adelaide de Brabant; or, The Triumph of Virtue. Principal Characters by Bithmere, Le Boeuf, Mme Bithmere. ["An infant son of Grimaldi (i.e. Joseph, aged 6) performs in an astonishing manner" (Gazetteer, 12 May).] End of Act IV an Allemande and Dance, called Malbrough (composed by Vestris Jun.) by Le Boeuf and Mme Bithmere

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Bithmere, Le Boeuf, Mme Bithmere. ["An infant son of Grimaldi (i.e. Joseph, aged 6) performs in an astonishing manner" (Gazetteer, 12 May).] End of Act IV an Allemande and Dance, called Malbrough (composed by Vestris Jun.) by Le Boeuf and Mme Bithmere .

2738
11 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End of mainpiece Rural Merriment by Jackson and Mrs Ratchford, to conclude with a Caledonian Reel by Eves and Mr and Mrs Ratchford

2739
12 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Chalmers and J. Ledger will be admitted. Receipts: #176 3s. 6d. (116/9/0; 3/16/6; tickets: 55/18/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Performance Comment: Sir Charles Racket-Lewis; Lovelace-Chalmers; Woodley-Davies; Drugget-Quick; Mrs Drugget-Mrs Pitt; Nancy-Mrs Whitfield; Lady Racket-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Racket Actor: Lewis

Dance: End of mainpiece Adelaide de Brabant, as17840508

2740
13 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Dance: As17840512

2741
14 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #279 19s. (275/15; 4/4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Song: In afterpiece Old ThomasDay, as17840424

2742
19 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performance Comment: Diggery-Edwin; Charles Stanley-Whitfield; Harry Stukley-Davies; Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Booth; Cymon-Stevens; Kitty Sprightly-Mrs Wilson; Miss Bridget Pumpkin-Mrs Webb .
Cast
Role: Charles Stanley Actor: Whitfield

Dance: As17840504

2743
20 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of the World Author(s): Charles Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

2744
21 May 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: scene I. Hornpipe, as17840517; Poor ThomasDay by Chapman, Wilson, Barry more, scene III. Thou hast gone awa' from me Mary by Miss Phillips. scene III. As scene III, 26 Apr., but added: Wilson. scene IV. An Italian Air, as17840412 To conclude with a Dance [probably The Sportsmen's Return] by Mr and Miss Hamoir .
Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: R. Palmer
Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Candidates Author(s): Charles Thomas Carter

2745
24 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Wilson, Darley, Thompson, Helme, Mrs Hamilton, and the Orchestra will be admitted (Account-Book). [Afterpiece in place of The Positive Man, announced on playbill of 22 May.] Receipts: #254 7s. 6d. (89/16/6; 1/2/0; tickets: 163/9/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

2746
31 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Mlle Bithmere. Musical and Other Characters by Johnstone, Thompson, Doyle, Rayner, Jones, Helme, Bates, Ledger, Painter

Song: As17840514

2747
31 May 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Ben Jonson. Afterpiece: With a New Overture by Dr Arnold. With Italian, French, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and English

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fox

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Wilson, Gaudry, Swords, Egan, Barrett, Ledger, Painter, Bannister; Sga Sestini, Mrs Webb, Miss Morris, Mrs Bannister. [Cast adjusted from text (T. Cadell, 1783) and Larpent MS 634: Rory-Wilson; Crack-Swords; Capt. Tipperary-Egan; Landlord-Ledger; Anvil-Painter; Capt. Gorget-Bannister; Signora Figurante-Sga Sestini; Lady Pedigree-Mrs Webb; Miss Plumb-Miss Morris; Maria-Mrs Bannister. Gaudry, Barrett are unassigned.] New Begging Prologue, in a Musical Medley from The Beggar's Opera, sung by Wilson. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi. New Begging Prologue, in a Musical Medley from The Beggar's Opera, sung by Wilson. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi.
Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Ledger
Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): Charles Stuart

Music: [Prologue by George Colman, the elder.]

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17840528

2748
05 June 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Afterpiece Title: The Election of the Managers

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Ledger
Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): Charles Stuart

2749
10 June 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [On this night Edwin, Miss Morris and Mrs Bannister appeared both at CG and the HAY.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing: A Dramatic Proverb

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Ledger
Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): Charles Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Election of the Managers

2750
17 June 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Afterpiece Title: Fatal Curiosity

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Bannister Jun., R. Palmer, Bensley; Mrs Bates (1st appearance on this stage), Miss Hooke, Mrs Bulkley. [Cast adjusted from text (T. Cadell, 1783): Young Wilmot-Palmer; Randal-Bannister Jun.; Eustace-R. Palmer; Old Wilmot-Bensley; Agnes-Mrs Bates; Maria-Miss Hooke; Charlotte-Mrs Bulkley.] Occasional Prologue spoken by Palmer . Occasional Prologue spoken by Palmer .
Cast
Role: Randal Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Ledger
Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): Charles Stuart

Song: In Act I of mainpiece a song in character by Miss Hooke