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5223 results for: Keyword - Henry the 8th
We found 3375 matches on Author, 1223 matches on Performance Title, 660 matches on Performance Comments, 431 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3401
13 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Cast
Role: Giles Actor: Mathews
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Burnett

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Related Works
Related Work: The Flitch of Bacon Author(s): Henry Bate

3402
15 June 1786 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: End of Act I L'Amour Jardinier, as17860406; End of Opera Les Deux Solitaires, as17860523

Cast
Role: Thetis Actor: Mlle Mozon.

3403
19 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Justice Woodcock-Edwin; Hawthorn (1st time)-Mathews; Sir William Meadows-Aickin; Hodge-Wewitzer; Eustace-Davies; Young Meadows-Meadows [sic]; Lucinda-Miss Burnett; Madge-Mrs Wells; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Love; Rosetta-Miss George .
Cast
Role: Hawthorn Actor: Mathews

Afterpiece Title: Hunt the Slipper

Related Works
Related Work: Hunt the Slipper Author(s): Henry Knapp

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece a Divertissement by Byrn, Master Giorgi, Miss Byrn, the two Miss Simonets

3404
22 June 1786 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: End of Act I Les Amans Surpris, as17860620 End of Opera Les Deux Solitaires, as17860523

3405
24 June 1786 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: End of Act I Les Amans Surpris, as17860620 End of Opera La Fete Marine, as17860427

3406
01 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Related Works
Related Work: The Flitch of Bacon Author(s): Henry Bate

Dance: As17860627

3407
08 July 1786 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: End of Act I Let Deux Solitaires, as17860523; End of Opera La Fete Marine, as17860427

Cast
Role: Thetis Actor: Mlle Mozon.

3408
07 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Renter's Interest #30 [this sum entered daily in the Account-Book]; Their Majesties' Yeomen and Servants [for 5 Oct.] #5 8s. 7d. Receipts: #172 0s. 6d. (128.10.0; 43.0.0; 0.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Performance Comment: Arthur-Kemble; Oswald-Barrymore; Merlin-Aickin; Conon-Packer; Osmond-Staunton; Aurelius-Phillimore; Grimbald-Bannister; Matilda-Miss Barnes; Emmeline-Miss Farren; Philidel-Mrs Forster; Venus-Mrs Crouch; The Rest of the Vocal Parts-Williames, Danby, Fawcett, Wilson, Chaplin, Alfred, Newbold, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Cranford.
Cast
Role: The Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Williames, Danby, Fawcett, Wilson, Chaplin, Alfred, Newbold, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Cranford.
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Henry Purcell

3409
23 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: Tom Thumb Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): Henry Fielding

3410
15 March 1787 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: As17870120

3411
22 March 1787 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Perignon. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mme Perignon, in the Court, No. 83, Pall-mall. Receipts: not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: End I: a new Divertissement in the Pastoral Style, La Jardiniere-; in which a new Pas de Trois-Goyon, Mlle Mozon, Mme Perignon; End Opera: an entirely new ballet, composed by Hus, Sylvie-Goyon, Gricourt, Laborie, Mlle Mozon, the two Miss Simonets, Mme Perignon

3412
27 March 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Ryder. Public Advertiser, 7 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Ryder, No. 68, Dean-street, Soho. 2nd piece: Written by Foote. 3rd piece: Not acted these 10 years [not acted since 29 Oct. 1773]. Receipts: #274 16s. (176.3.6; 5.3.6; tickets: 93.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Lady Pentweazle in Town

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Related Works
Related Work: The Intriguing Chambermaid Author(s): Henry Fielding

Song: II: a song-King

3413
17 April 1787 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A Serious Opera; the music by Tarchi. Mme Mara being indisposed, the new serious Opera, L'Amore Protetto dal Cielo; o sia, La Vestale, is unavoidably postponed; and Sga Benini will appear this evening for the first time in the character of Virginia. Receipts: #104 0s. 6d. [non-subscription]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Performance Comment: See17870322but Principal Parts-Rubinelli, Mengozzi, Balelli, Cremonini, Sga Schinotti, Sga Benini. Larpent MS 731 lists the parts: Icilius, Lucius Virginius, Appius Claudius, Publius, Tullia, Virginia.
Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Rubinelli, Mengozzi, Balelli, Cremonini, Sga Schinotti, Sga Benini. Larpent MS 731 lists the parts: Icilius, Lucius Virginius, Appius Claudius, Publius, Tullia, Virginia.
Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: End I: Divertissement, as17870116; End Opera: La Jardiniere, as17870322

3414
21 April 1787 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Rubinelli, Mengozzi, Balelli, Cremonini, Sga Schinotti, Sga Benini. Larpent MS 731 lists the parts: Icilius, Lucius Virginius, Appius Claudius, Publius, Tullia, Virginia.
Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: As17870417

3415
24 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. 2nd piece [1st time; O 1, by John Wolcot. Larpent MS 770; not published]: Being a Translation from the French Opera of that name [Nina; ou, La Folle par Amour, by Benoit Joseph Marsollier des Vivetieres], now performing at Paris with universal applause. With the original Music [by Nicolas Dalayrac, adapted by William Shield and William Thomas Parke. Two other versions of this opera, both unacted, were published this year: one anonymous, and one by George Monck Berkeley]. Receipts: #300 8s. 6d. (150.0.0; 2.18.0; tickets: 147.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: Henry Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Related Works
Related Work: The Intriguing Chambermaid Author(s): Henry Fielding

Song: Between acts 1st piece: an entire new song, The Nymph's Refusal-Mrs Martyr

3416
28 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Annette and Lubin

Cast
Role: Lord of the Manor Actor: Helme

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Related Works
Related Work: The Intriguing Chambermaid Author(s): Henry Fielding

3417
03 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kennedy, [Miss Reynolds is identified in London Chronicle, 4 May. Afterpiece in place of The Cheats of Scapin, announced on playbill of 2 May.] Tickets delivered for the 13th of April will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kennedy at her house, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #312 6s. (181.8; 1.5; tickets: 129.13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Genius of the Wood Actor:
Role: Master of the Quay Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Related Works
Related Work: The Intriguing Chambermaid Author(s): Henry Fielding

3418
05 June 1787 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: End I: Divertissement, as17870428; End Opera: La Jardiniere, as17870322

3419
09 June 1787 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Related Works
Related Work: Virginia Author(s): Henry Crisp

Dance: As17870605

3420
19 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Browne. [Miss Eccles, who was from the York theatre, is identified in European Magazine, July 1787, p. 64.] Public Advertiser, 16 July: Tickets to be had of Browne, No. 13, King-street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Related Works
Related Work: The Flitch of Bacon Author(s): Henry Bate

Entertainment: Monologue End: a monody, The Shadows of Shakespeare; or, Shakespeare's Characters doing Homage to Garrick (written by Samuel Jackson? Pratt)-Browne

3421
14 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. 2nd piece: Taken from The Devil upon Two Sticks. 3rd piece: Never performed here. Public Advertiser, 8 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Jewell, No. 26, Great Suffolk-street, Hay-market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Related Works
Related Work: Tit for Tat, or One Dish of his own Chocolate Author(s): Henry Woodward
Related Work: Tit for Tat Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Dr Last's Examination

Performance Comment: Dr Last-Edwin; The Devil-Moss.
Cast
Role: The Devil Actor: Moss.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Related Works
Related Work: The Intriguing Chambermaid Author(s): Henry Fielding

Afterpiece Title: The Day

Performance Comment: Morning. Champaign Country The Early Horn-Miss George; How sweet in the Woodlands-Davies, Miss George; Noon. Skirts of a Wood Sweet Echo-Mrs Bannister; Dance Shepherd's Wedding-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets; Prithee Susan-Meadows, Mrs Forster; Afternoon. A Drawing-Room Time has not thinn'd-Meadows, Mrs Bannister; Where the Bee sucks-Davies, Mathews, Miss George, Mrs Bannister; Night. A Country Church-yard My Lucy alas is no more-Chapman, Mrs Forster, Mrs Edwards; dance Fairies Sporting-young D'Egville, Giorgi's Scholars, Miss DeCamp; Musical Epilogue-Meadows, Chapman, Mathews, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Forster.
Cast
Role: Champaign Country The Early Horn Actor: Miss George
Role: How sweet in the Woodlands Actor: Davies, Miss George
Role: Dance Shepherd's Wedding Actor: Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets
Role: Prithee Susan Actor: Meadows, Mrs Forster
Role: Where the Bee sucks Actor: Davies, Mathews, Miss George, Mrs Bannister
Role: Musical Epilogue Actor: Meadows, Chapman, Mathews, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Forster.
Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Day Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old Author(s): George Colman, the younger

3422
18 October 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Books of the Songs [in mainpiece] to be had at the Theatre. [London Chronicle, 19 Oct. lists the new songs: in Act I Charming Clorinda by Bowden; in Act II When spring has chac'd the winter's snow by Mrs Wells and When generous wine by Bowden; in Act III The morn, who night adorning and Bright Sol now darts by Mrs Billington.] Receipts: #284 18s. 6d. (283.7.6; 1.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood; Or, Sherwood Forest

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Related Works
Related Work: The Intriguing Chambermaid Author(s): Henry Fielding

3423
29 March 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Captain Macheath-Mrs Kennedy (last appearance in that character); Peachum-Booth; Lockit-Thompson; Mat o' the Mint-Darley; Ben Budge-Ledger; Filch-Wewitzer; Lucy-Mrs Martyr; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Webb; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Diana Trapes-Mrs Pitt; Polly-A Young Lady (2nd appearance on any stage [Mrs Ferguson]).Mrs Ferguson]).
Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Darley

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: Tom Thumb Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): Henry Fielding

Dance: End: As17871129; III: a Hornpipe-Mrs Ratchford

3424
11 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. [1st piece in place of Look before You Leap, advertised on playbill of 10 Apr. This new farce was withdrawn from cg, and 1st acted at the hay, 22 Aug. 1788.] 2nd piece: In 3 acts. General Advertiser, 5 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 28, Great Pultney-street. Receipts: #260 17s. (152.9; 3.17; tickets: 104.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Afterpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: Tom Thumb Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): Henry Fielding

Song: End: The new Four@and@Twenty Fidlers-Edwin; In II 2nd piece: Come come my good Shepherds-Mrs Martyr

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: A Description of the Curiosities in the Tower-Edwin

Performance Comment: End 2nd piece: A Description of the Curiosities in the Tower-Edwin.
Cast
Role: A Description of the Curiosities in the Tower Actor: Edwin.

3425
05 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Linco's Travels

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: Tom Thumb Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): Henry Fielding