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We found 3113 matches on Roles/Actors, 740 matches on Performance Comments, 325 matches on Event Comments, 102 matches on Performance Title, and 8 matches on Author.
Event Comment: A concert, etc. at the new Theatre, Bowling Green. Benefit for Phillips (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

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Event Comment: [For the Relief of the Sufferers by a late Calamity...at his Auction-Room late the Little Theatre in the Hay-Market Mr Foote will exhibit for the satisfaction the curious a choice Collection of Pictures, all warranted Originals, and entirely new. To begin at twelve noon. [Cross, Fielding, II, 89, states that Foote mimicked Fielding as "Trottplaid" on this date.] Daily Advertiser, 28 April: It being represented unto this Court, that several Common Players of Interludes, Gamesters...have for several Years used and accustomed to assemble and meet together at several Fairs or pretended Fairs, held in this County of Middlesex, not warranted by Law, to wit, Tottenham Court Fair, Hampstead Fair, in Holborn Division, the Shepherd's Bush Fair in Kensington Division, Mile-End Fair and Bow-Fair, commonly called Green-Goose Fair, in the Tower Division, and May Fair in Westminster Division

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Collection Auction Of Pictures

Event Comment: At the Great Til'd Booth, Bowling Green, Benefit for Jay [no concert formula used]. To begin at 7 p.m. At the Desire of Several Gentlemen and Ladies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cur'd

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. Benefit for Mr and Mrs Phillips. A Concert, etc. To begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Phillips

Event Comment: At Bridges, Cross, Burton, and Vaughan's Great Theatrical Booth on the Bowling Green, Southwark, (with a company from the theatres) during the short time of the Fair will be presented an Historical Drama (lately acted in Bartholemew Fair with universal applause) the Northern Heroes with the Loves of Count Gillensternia, a Swedish General, and the fair Ellimira a Russian Princess, containing the most remarkable events of that time; and concluding with the memorable battle of Putlowav, and Charles's retreat into the Turkish dominionsv. Interspersed with a comic interlude, The Volunteers. Also the comical humours and amours of Corporal Garbage and Serjeant Slim, with Mrs Vanspriggen the Swedish Sutler's widow, the merry pranks of her foolish son Janny, and several other diverting incidents. As the Fair will be of so short continuance, we shall begin very early each day (General Advertiser). [See 24 Aug. 1748, bf]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Northern Heroes; Or, The Bloody Contest Between Charles The Twelfth, King Of Sweden, And Peter The Great, Czar Of Muscovy

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers; or, The Adventures of Roderick Random and His Friend Strap

Dance: Particularly a Hornpipe-

Event Comment: At Phillips's Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. Taken from celebrated Shakespear. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. To begin at Twelve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Imprison'd; or, The Country Wake

Dance: GGrand Dance of Furies-D'Esser, Le Mont, Gramont, Fribourg; First Fury-Phillips

Event Comment: At Lee, Yeates Sen & Jun and Warner's Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. [Prices and description as 24 Aug. bf.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents; Or, The Fair Maid Of The West

Song: SSailor's Song-Cunningham

Dance: The Three Wild Cats of the Woods; Hornpipe-Adams; The Black Joke-Smith, Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: At Bridges, Cross, Burton and Vaughan's Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Northern Heroes

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers

Event Comment: At Lee, Yeates Sen & Jun and Warner's Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents; Or, The Fair Maid Of The West

Event Comment: At Mr Phillips New Theatre at the Bowling Green. To begin at seven o'clock. Benefit for Phillips and Mrs Phillips (Daily Advertiser), but benefit for Morgan and Mrs Morgan (Hogan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: New Pantomime Entertainment

Song: III: Genius of England-; End: New Mad Tom-Platt Sen

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Benefit for Goodman. To begin at 7 p.m. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: MMad Tom-Platt

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Benefit for a Person under very great Misfortunes (a blind man, initials A. M., now six years in prison). To begin (by particular Desire) at 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A Concert, etc. Benefit for Mrs Morgan. Never acted there. Being positively the last Night of Acting in the Borough (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Music: solo on the violin called Ellen@a@Roon-Santhilla first Time of performing in Public

Song: V: Roratorio@or a Medley of the Cries of Dublin-Morgan

Dance: A Hornpipe-a Gentleman for his diversion

Event Comment: At the Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. Benefit for Yeates, Jun will be perform'd a Comedy. Prices: #2s., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. Tickets delivered out by Daniel and Sturgess will be taken. This is the last Time of performing there this Season. [No concert formula.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. For one night only. Benefit for Mrs Yeates. A concert, etc. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d. To begin at six o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Last time of performing. To begin exactly at six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. Benefit for Mrs Morgan. A concert, etc

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Trick upon Trick; or, Vintner in the Suds

Event Comment: At the Old Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Benefit for Adams and Daniel. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Columbine Courtezan

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. A concert, etc. Benefit for Morgan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Bottle Conjurer Outdone; or, The Power of Magick, and the Escape of Harlequin into a Quart Bottle

Event Comment: Benefit for Lawrence, Condell and Green (Box-keepers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: V: Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Event Comment: [At Lee, Yeates and Warner's Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark Fair. [Time, entertainments, prices and description as 23 Aug., bf.] The Proprietors have been at a great Expense in having their Booth repair'd and surveyed, in order to accommodate the Gentry and others in an agreeable Manner, and to prevent any Accident that might happen through the Carelessness of the Workmen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of Whittington

Event Comment: At Phillips's Great Theatrical Booth, Bowling Green. [Time, prices, entertainments and description as 23 Aug., bf.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Industrious Lovers; Or, The Yorkshireman Bit

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Event Comment: At Phillip's Theatrical Booth, Bowling Green. Benefit for Lort. A Concert, etc. To begin at seven o'clock. Prices: Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. [Customary data appearing in the rest of the bills, but not repeated here.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The True And Antient History Of George Barnwell

Entertainment: EEquilibres on the Slack Rope-Lort

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Event Comment: At the Phillip's Theatrical Booth, Bowling Green. Benefit for Mrs Morgan (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore; Or, The Penitential Fair

Afterpiece Title: Mr Foote's Tit for Tat

Dance: HHornpipe-Atkins from Covent Garden; Equilibres on the Slack Rope-Lort