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2920 results for: Keyword - Francis Wilson
We found 1822 matches on Performance Comments, 1040 matches on Author, 268 matches on Event Comments, 88 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2126
16 August 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Whitefield, Fearon, Eagan, Griffith, Wilson, Walker, Lloyd, Pierce, Walters, Jones, Chaplin, Weston.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Foote, Whitefield, Fearon, Eagan, Griffith, Wilson, Walker, Lloyd, Pierce, Walters, Jones, Chaplin, Weston.

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: Tambourine Dance-

2127
11 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Bannister, Wilson, Weston, Mrs Love, Miss Weller.

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

Monologue: Piety in Pattens. Butler-Weston; Squire-Fearon; Mrs Candy-Mrs Palmer; Polly-Mrs Wilson

Performance Comment: Butler-Weston; Squire-Fearon; Mrs Candy-Mrs Palmer; Polly-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Wilson.

2128
09 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson, first appearance on that stage; George Bevil-Wroughton; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; Consol-Quick; Robin-Wewitzer; Harry Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Maid-Mrs Poussin; Emily-Mrs Bulkley; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Grub Actor: Wilson, first appearance on that stage

2129
11 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson, first time; Tony-Quick; Marlow-Lee Lewes; Hastings (with a song)-DuBellamy; Sir Charles-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Hardcastle Actor: Wilson, first time

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: II: A New Grand Ballet, The Italian Gardeners-; End Comedy: [A New Dance call'd The Gamesters-Sg and Sga Zuchelli[, being their first appearance in England. [For Italian Gardeners see17740919.

2130
09 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: Henry-Clarke; Wolsey-Lee (first time); Buckingham-Wroughton; Cranmer-Hull; Cromwell-Young; Gardiner-Wilson (first time); Sands-Quick; Anne Bullen-Miss Ambrose; Patience (with song)-Miss Brown; Queen Catherine-Mrs Jackson (first time); In Act I, The Banquet-; with Dancing-Dagueville, Sga Vidini; in Act IV, The Procession from the Abbey at the Coronation of Anne Bullen-.
Cast
Role: Gardiner Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

2131
11 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's The Master

Performance Comment: As17751103, but Don Fernando-Wilson , first time; A Song-introduced into Mrs Mattocks ' Part; Isabella-Miss Leeson; a Dance-the charactersintroduced into Act III.
Cast
Role: Don Fernando Actor: Wilson , first time

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17750927

2132
13 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: Midas-Wilson; Apollo-Mattocks; Pan-Mahon; Jupiter-Fox; Damaetas-Wewitzer; Sileno-Baker; Juno-Mrs Poussin; Daphne-Mrs Jackson; Mysis-Mrs Green; Nysa-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Midas Actor: Wilson

2133
16 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: Razor-Woodward; Quidnunc-Dunstall; Pamphlet-Wilson, first time; Harriet-Miss Valois; Termagant-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Pamphlet Actor: Wilson, first time

Dance: End of Opera: The Gamesters, as17751011

2134
20 November 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Performance Comment: Sir William-Jackson; Patie-M'Donald; Roger-Belingham (first appearance); Symon-Middlemist; Glaud-Boyack; Bauldy-Walker; Peggy-Young Lady , first appearance on any stage; Jenny-Mrs Walker; Madge, Elson-Wilson; Mause-Hamilton; a New Occasional Prologue-Walker; Epilogue-Lady who performs Peggy; in III will be introduced The Scots Measure-Fishar; to conclude with a Dance-the Characters of the Play.
Cast
Role: Elson Actor: Wilson

Song: I: Favourite Song of Terry Woo-M'Donald

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Mas. Mills; IV: Hornpipe-Rawlins

2135
28 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Jerome Actor: Wilson
Role: Francis Actor: Fox

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Quick; Young Cape-Wroughton; Vamp-Wilson; Sprightly-Fearon; Governor-Davies; Robin-Thompson; Poet-Jones; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Lessingham , frist time.
Cast
Role: Vamp Actor: Wilson

Dance: End Opera: A New Spanish Dance, as17751121

2136
02 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Jerome Actor: Wilson
Role: Francis Actor: Fox

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Performance Comment: Sir Hector-Wilson; Brownlow-Wroughton; first time for both actors; Ormsby-Clarke; Buffora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; Lady Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley (playbill).
Cast
Role: Sir Hector Actor: Wilson

Dance: End Opera: A New Spanish Dance, as17751121

2137
15 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: Scapin-Wilson, first time; Thrifty-Cushing; Leander-Young; Octavian-Thompson; Shift-Wewitzer; Sly-Bates; Gripe-Quick; Lucia-Mrs Masters; Clara-Mrs Poussin.
Cast
Role: Scapin Actor: Wilson, first time

Dance: End Tragedy: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

2138
14 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: Glib-King; Sir Macaroni Virtue-Dodd; Wilson-Palmer; Mervin-Lamash; Sir Toby Fuz-Bransby; Carpenter-Moody; Orpheus-Vernon; Rhodope-Mrs Wrighten; Miss Fuz-Mrs Davies; Lady Fuz-Mrs Hopkins; Others-Packer, Norris, Wright, Cubitt, Legg, Fawcett, Kear, Griffiths, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Wilson Actor: Palmer

Entertainment: End: (for the last time) Comic Paraphrase on Shakespeare's Seven Ages-King

Dance: End Entertainment: The Irish Fair, as17751003

2139
03 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17760314 but Miss Fuz-Miss P. Hopkins; Wilson-Brereton; Manager-Packer; Others-Lamash, _Packer.
Cast
Role: Wilson Actor: Brereton

Dance: V: A Grand Chaconne-Como, Sga Crespi

2140
06 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Midas Actor: Wilson

Dance: II: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503

Monologue: Interlude. End: A Favourite Interlude (never perform'd there) call'd The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Mahon; Countryman-Wilson; Wife-Miss Dayes; Mother-Mrs Willems

Performance Comment: End: A Favourite Interlude (never perform'd there) call'd The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Mahon; Countryman-Wilson; Wife-Miss Dayes; Mother-Mrs Willems.
Cast
Role: Countryman Actor: Wilson

2141
13 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Wroughton; Campley-Lewis; Brumpton-Clarke; Trusty-Hull; Puzzle-Dunstall; Sable-Quick; Tom-Jones; Trim-Wilson, first time; Lady Harriet-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Tattleaid-Mrs Pitt; Fardingale-Mrs Green; Mademoiselle-Miss Valois; Lady Brumpton-Miss Barsanti.
Cast
Role: Trim Actor: Wilson, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Dance: End: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503

2142
17 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Roberts, Wilson, and Palmer. Tickets deliver'd by Humphreys will be taken. Paid subscription to charity school and Easter offering #2 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). [Probably to St Martin's Charity school #2 2s.; and Offering 10s. 6d., as indicated by payments in earlier 70's.] Receipts: #37 3s. 6d. Charges: #84. Deficit to Watson, Roberts, Wilson, and Palmer: #46 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

2143
26 August 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Capuchin

Afterpiece Title: The Metamorphoses

Performance Comment: Parts by: Bannister, Dibdin, Jackson, Griffith, Lloyd, A Gentleman first appearance, Mrs Love, Mrs Jewell. Don Pedro-Wilson; Lysander-Bret; Fabio-Bannister; Perez-Weston (?); Marcella-Mrs Jewell; Juletta-Mrs Weston (Edition of 1776).
Cast
Role: Don Pedro Actor: Wilson

Dance: The Venetian Regatta-

2144
27 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Cast
Role: Vellum Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mattocks; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Fox; Lucy-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Catley (1st appearance these 2 years).
Cast
Role: Peachum Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; George Bevil-Whitefield; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; Consol-Jones; Robin-Wewitzer; H. Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Grub Actor: Wilson

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford; To conclude with: Country Dance-the characters. [Both these were danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.

2145
07 October 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William-A Gentleman [unidentified]; Patie-McDonald; Roger-Burnat; Symon-Middlemist; Glaud (with the Cries of Edinburgh)-Boyack; Bauldy-Walker; Peggy-The Lady who performed it with universal Applause last February [Mrs Moss]; Jenny-Miss Ross; Madge, Elspa-Mr Wilson; Mause-Mr Hamilton; New Prologue-Walker.
Cast
Role: Elspa Actor: Mr Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Prejudice of Fashion

Song: End: The Birks of Invermay-the Lady who performs Peggy

2146
09 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Justice Woodcock-Wilson; Hawthorn-Reinhold; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Sir William Meadows-Fearon; Eustace-Mahon; Hodge-Dunstall; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Margery-Miss Dayes; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Miss Catley (1st appearance in that character these 2 years).
Cast
Role: Justice Woodcock Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Cast
Role: Peachum Actor: Wilson
Role: Grub Actor: Wilson

Dance: End II: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Matthews

2147
24 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Vellum Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: Razor-Woodward; Pamphlet-Wilson; Quidnunc-Dunstall; Rovewell-Davis; Belmour-Thompson; Harriet-Mrs Whitefield; Termagant-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Pamphlet Actor: Wilson

2148
02 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Mirabel-Lewis; Fainall-Wroughton; Witwou'd-Lee Lewes; Sir Wilful Witwou'd-Dunstall; Waitwell-Wilson; Messenger-Cushing; Coachman-Fox; Petulant-Woodward; Mrs Marwood-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Whitefield; Foible-Mrs Green; Mincing-Mrs Poussin; Betty-Mrs White; Lady Wishfort-Mrs Pitt; Millamant-Mrs Barry (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Waitwell Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Hardcastle Actor: Wilson

Dance: As17761023

2149
19 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Don Jerome Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: Mr Honeycombe-Quick; Scribble-Lee Lewes; Ledger-Booth; Mrs Honeycombe-Mrs Pitt; Nurse-Mrs Poussin; Polly Honeycombe (1st time)-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Polly Honeycombe Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17761031

2150
25 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Clarke; Cardinal Wolsey-Lee; Buckingham-Wroughton; Cranmer-Hull; Surrey-Ward; Cromwell-Whitefield; Gardiner-Wilson; Lord Sands-Wewitzer; Lord Chamberlain-Lee Lewes; Norfolk-Davis; Suffolk-Booth; Lord Chancellor-Fearon; Anne Bullen-Miss Ambrose; Patience (with a song)-Miss Dayes; Queen Catherine-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Gardiner Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Dance: I: the Banquet, with Dancing-Dumay, Miss Matthews