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We found 1843 matches on Event Comments, 833 matches on Author, 211 matches on Performance Title, 141 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Ever studious for Public Amusement, I...strayed last Week, to a place near the Haymarket in Westminster, and Temple Bar in Middlesex, call'd James's St., where at the New Theatre, a Play called the Miser, with an Entertainment called the Old Man Bit, or Harlequin Skeleton, I saw rehears'd. J. W. Gray's Inn 12 Oct.-Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library. Benefit Julian Late of Goodman's Fields Theatre. At the New Theatre in James St., near Haymarket...a Concert. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6 p.m. Note, Mr Julian taken this Opportunity to acquaint his Friends, that these Performances will be done with the utmost Regularity and Decoration, most of the Performers having belong'd to the Theatres. [This customary notice about the concert, time and prices will not be included unless changed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Mock Doctor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Ballet-Cook, Anne Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Song: I: Beard; III: Lowe

Related Works
Related Work: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard Author(s): James Sanderson

Dance: II: Turkish Seraglio, as17421112; IV: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie-Torinese, Signora Aquilanti, Boromeo, Mlle Bonneval

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: II: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, as17421126; IV: La Recrue des Houssars, as17421221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: Mrs Dunstall

Event Comment: Benefit Anderson, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Bland, Miss Ferguson. Tickets deliver'd out for Mrs Fawkes will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Performance Comment: Worthy-Ryan; Sir Charles-Hale; Cribbidge-Anderson; Mizen-Woodward; Flip-Rosco; Arabella-Mrs Vincent; Belinda-Mrs Bland; Rovewell-Cashell; Easy-Gibson; Purser-Harrington; Jenny Private-Mrs Wright; Jiltup-Mrs Martin; Advocate-Miss Ferguson;Barmaid-Mrs Fawkes; Sailors-Hippisley, James, Marten, Carr; Fair Quaker-Mrs Hale.
Cast
Role: Cribbidge Actor: Anderson
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: TThe Happy Lovers, as17421006; Tambourine-Cooke

Event Comment: Benefit Rivers, Sadler, Trott. Tickets deliver'd out by Quay, Connor, Randall, &c will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Grand Comic Ballet, as17430407 Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217

Event Comment: HHenry Carey died. We are informed, General Theophilus Cibber arriv'd in Town on Saturday Morning. He made a Campaign this last summer in Dublin, where he maintained the Field, with great reputation against the illustrious Count Sheridan. We further hear the ioung Gentleman has taken up his Winter Quarters in the Territories of Covent Garden; but his scene of action, 'tis said, will be Drury Lane. Tis rumored he will be soon join'd by some Auxiliaries, draughted from the Forces on the Irish Establishment, who are to supply vacant commissions of the present Theatrical Mutineers and Deserters--Daily Advertiser

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Performance Comment: Schoolboy-Yates; Major Rakish-Bridges; Young Rakish-Cross; Friendly-Anderson; Father Benedict-Taswell; Lady Manlove-Mrs Cross; Lettice-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Friendly Actor: Anderson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: LLes Paisans Moisonneurs, as17431026

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Performance Comment: Sir William Belfond-Phillips (from the Theatre Royal Dublin); Squire-Chapman; Sir Edward Belfond-Bridgwater; Belfond Jun-Hale; Lolpoop-Hippisley; Truman-Cashell; Attorney-Ridout; Scrapeall-James; Capt Hack'em-Marten; Cheatly-Rosco; Shamwell-Gibson; Termagant-Anderson; Teresia-Mrs Hale; Isabella-Mrs Vincent; Lucia-Miss Hippisley; Mrs Hack'em-Stoppelaer; Ruth-Mrs Martin; Mrs Termagant-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Termagant Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Tickets to be had at his lodgings in Hanover Street, the third door on the right hand from Long Acre, and of Page at the stage door of the theatre. The Man in the Moon, about nine at night Will wait you all home, with his fullness of light

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Song: I: A new song The Cure for all Grief-Leveridge; III: The Favourite song in Il Penseroso, beginning The Trumpet's Loud Clangor excites us to Arms by $Handel-Beard; IV: The Miser's Passport-Leveridge; V:A New song call'd Advice to all Britons-Leveridge; followed with To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Beard, Reinhold

Dance: II: Serious Dance-Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; V: Grand Ballet, as17440404

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: TThe Rapture-; and a favorite song out of Solomon called Tell me Gentle Shepherd Where-Miss Talbot

Event Comment: Benefit Stede, Hayman, and Richard Neale. Tickets deliver'd out by Miss Ferguson and Miss Morrison will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Cast
Role: Termagant Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Event Comment: Benefit Cervetti, Collins, Gray, Miss Bradshaw and the two Miss Scotts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Morland

Dance: II: Mlle Auguste

Song: IV: Miss Scott

Music: V: Concerto on Violincello-Cervetti

Event Comment: Benefit Dukes. 5s., 3s., 2s. At the General Session...for Courts of Middlesex...on Thursday the 10th Day of May, 17 George II....This Court being informed, that several common Players of Interludes have for several Years used and accusdomed to assemble and meet together at or near a certain place called Tattenhoe, alias Tattenhall, alias Tottenham Court, in the Parish of St.@Pancras in this County, and to erect Booths, and act or exhibit Drolls and other Shews...whereby great Numbers of His Majesty's Subjects have been encouraged to assemble and to commit Riots and other Misdemeanors, in breach of His Majesty's Peace, and to the disturbance of the Neighborhood, of that Place; and that some of the said Players of Interludes, and other evil disposed Persons, are now seeking out and contracting for ground in or near the Place aforesaid, to build Booths for showing and acting said Plays and Drolls...and whereas all such Players of Interludes are deemed and declared Rogues and Vagabonds, and the Acting of such Plays, Drolls and Shews, are contrary to the Inns and Statues of the Realm...require the High Constable to apprehend all and every Players of Interludes, Plays, and Drolls.--Daily Advertiser, 17 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Macklin; Sir Jasper-French; Charlotte-Miss Jarvis; Leander-Newman; Hellebore-Clark; James-Nelson; Harry-Townly; Dorcas-Mrs Macklin.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Newman
Event Comment: Benefit Mines (Gallery-Office Keeper); Lawrence, Cooper and Mason (Box-Keepers); Tickets deliver'd out by Verhuyc, Emmet, and Palmer will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Hayman
Role: James Actor: Anderson

Dance: Cooke

Event Comment: Afterpiece With the Scene of the Drawing. [William Hint in a Letter on Managers (Daily Gazetteer 26 Oct.) laments that Dunstall was cast as Sir William Belfond in the mainpiece and that Hippisley was cast in an inferior part. He thought Hippisley would have done better as Sir William.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Performance Comment: Squire-Chapman; Belfond Jun.-Hale; Sir Edward Belfond-Bridgwater; Sir William Belfond-Dunstall; Lolpoop-Hippisley; Trueman-Cashell; Attorney-Ridout; Scrapeall-James; Cheatly-Rosco; Shamwell-Gibson; Capt Hackem-Marten; Termagant-Anderson; Teresia-Mrs Hale; Isabella-Mrs Vincent; Lucia-Miss Hippisley; Ruth-Mrs Martin; Mrs Hackem-Stoppelaer; Mrs Termagant-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Termagant Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: LLe Gondalier-Cooke, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Rector, Destrade, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Norman, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve; La Provencale-Picq, Mlle Duval

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Hippisley; Ramilie-Chapman; Frederick-Hale; Clermont-Cashell; Decoy-Marten; James-Woodward; Mariana-Mrs Hale; Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Martin; Wheedle-Mrs Bland; Lappet-Mrs Clive; in which character will be introduced a song call'd The Life of a Beau-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Wheedle Actor: Mrs Bland

Dance: As17441117

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17441210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Wheedle Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach