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990 results for: Keyword - Isabella, Countess of Denbigh
We found 812 matches on Performance Comments, 162 matches on Performance Title, 82 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

851
22 November 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Performance Comment: Sifroy-Kemble; Beaufort Sen-Aickin; Beaufort Jun-Barrymore; Paulet-Whitfield; Child-Miss Granger; Glanville-Bensley; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Cleone-Mrs Siddons.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

852
24 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Performance Comment: Ferdinand [later called: Fernando]-Johnstone; Spado-Quick; Pedrillo-Edwin; Ramirez-Davies; Sanguino-Darley; Scipio-Booth; Philippo-King; Rapino-Cubitt; Don Juan-Fearon; Alphonso-Mrs Kennedy; Victoria-Miss Wilkinson; Isabella-Miss Platt; Catalina-Mrs Brown; Lorenza-Mrs Billington.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

853
30 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Lewis; Colonel Briton-Farren; Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Booth; Gibby-Fearon; Soldier-Helme; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Ryder; Isabella-Mrs Lewis; Flora-Mrs T. Kennedy; Inis-Mrs Morton; Violante-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

854
27 March 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Bevil-Holman; Myrtle-Farren; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Quick; Humphry-Thompson; Daniel-Kennedy; Tom (for that night only)-Ryder; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Lucinda-Miss Wilkinson; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Webb; Isabella-Miss Platt; Indiana-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: Lady Pentweazle in Town

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: II: a song-King

855
03 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces Isabella, with Mrs Siddons as Isabella. But she was indisposed, and "the play was changed into The Winter's Tale" (World, 4 May).] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Charles Stuart. Prologue by the author (Public Advertiser, 17 May)]. Receipts: #137 17s. 6d. (93.2.0; 43.7.6; 1.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Distress'd Baronet

856
24 October 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Col. Briton-Wroughton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Waldron; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Jones; Vasquez-Phillimore; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Violante-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: Comus

857
04 February 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Bevil-Pope; Myrtle-Farren; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Quick; Humphry-Thompson; Daniel-Wewitzer; Tom-Lewis; Indiana-Miss Brunton (1st appearance in that character); Lucinda-Miss Tweedale; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Webb; Isabella-Mrs Platt; Phillis-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: End: As17880124; I afterpiece: a Dance-Byrne, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

Song: II: a song-Mrs Kennedy

858
08 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton; Or, Follies Of Fashion

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Quick, Aickin, Johnstone, Pope, Farren, Wewitzer, Bernard, Fearon, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Wells, Miss Brunton, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Morton, Mrs Pope. [Cast from text (T. Hookham, 1788): Captain Daffodil-Lewis; Ben Levy-Quick; Villiers-Aickin; Macpharo-Johnstone; Lord Ormond-Pope; Lord Raymond-Farren; Lord Bonton-Wewitzer; Pink-Bernard; Trusty-Fearon; Lady Bonton-Mrs Mattocks; Clara-Mrs Wells; Lady Clairville-Miss Brunton; Mrs Tender-Mrs Bernard; Mademoiselle-Mrs Morton; Lady Raymond-Mrs Pope; Prologue-Farren; Epilogue-Mrs Wells ["who, at the end of the epilogue, after a proper preparation, favoured the house with an imitation of Mrs Siddons in a passage of Isabella" (London Chronicle, 9 Apr.)]."who, at the end of the epilogue, after a proper preparation, favoured the house with an imitation of Mrs Siddons in a passage of Isabella" (London Chronicle, 9 Apr.)].

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

859
14 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Stone Eater

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke

Performance Comment: Trappolin-Palmer; Brunetto-R. Palmer; Barbarino-Wilson; Alberto-Phillimore; Mago-Fawcett; Puritan-Suett; Lavinio-Williames; Flametta-Miss Barnes; Prudentia-Miss Tidswell; Isabella-Mrs Cuyler.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Cuyler.

860
03 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Ryder; Don Carlos-Macready; Don Alvarez-Gardner; Don Manuel-Evatt; Don Alonzo-Farren; Isabella-Miss Stuart; Leonora-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: As17880924

861
25 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Parsons, Kelly, Bannister Jun., Suett, Sedgwick, Burton, Dodd, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Booth, Mrs Crouch. Cast from text (C. Dilly, 1788): Thomaso-Parsons; Carlos-Kelly; Juan-Bannister Jun.; Dr Bilioso-Suett; Guzman-Sedgwick; Perez-Burton; Sturmwald-Dodd; Isabella-Miss Romanzini; Theresa-Mrs Booth; Anna-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Romanzini

862
01 November 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Pope; Myrtle-Farren; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Quick; Humphry-Thompson; Daniel-Wewitzer; Tom-Lewis; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Lucinda-Miss Tweedale; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Webb; Isabella-Mrs Platt; Indiana-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Platt

Afterpiece Title: Marian

Song: In II: a song-Mrs Kennedy

863
31 December 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Lewis; Colonel Briton-Farren; Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Booth; Gibby-Fearon; Soldier-Bonville; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Ryder; Isabella-Mrs Lewis; Flora-Mrs Mattocks; Inis-Mrs Rock; Violante-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

864
01 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Kemble; Col. Briton-Palmer; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Waldron; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Jones; Vasquez-Phillimore; Lissardo-Bannister Jun.; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Violante-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

865
19 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Kemble; Carlos-Barrymore; Alvarez-Packer; Manuel-Phillimore; Alonzo-Wroughton; Isabella-Miss Tidswell; Leonora-Mrs Farmer.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

866
31 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performance Comment: Leander-Davies; Pantaloon-Reeve; Columbine-Mrs Iliff; Isabella-Miss George.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss George.

Entertainment: Imitations End: Theatrical Imitations Serious, Comic, Vocal, and Rhetorical,-Rees; Duologue End afterpiece: Hobby@Horses Describing the Statesman's Hobby, the Ladies' Hobby, the Lawyer's Hobby, the Physician's Hobby, the Manager's Hobby, and R. Palmer's own Hobby,-R. Palmer, Iliff

867
18 September 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Holman; Myrtle-Farren; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Hull; Cimberton-Quick; Humphrey-Thompson; Daniel-Blanchard; Tom-Lewis; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Lucinda-Mrs Mountain; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Powell; Isabella-Mrs Platt; Indiana-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Platt

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Song: In II: song-Mrs Martyr

868
24 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Performance Comment: Characters by Kemble, Bannister Jun., Barrymore, R. Palmer, Packer, Wroughton, Miss Pope, Mrs Goodall, Miss Farren. Cast from European Magazine, Nov. 1789, p. 378: Don John-Kemble; Lopez-Bannister Jun.; Don Guzman-Barrymore; Galindo-R. Palmer; Don Felix-Packer; Don Pedro-Wroughton; Jacintha-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Goodall; Leonora-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Goodall

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Performance Comment: Carlos-Dignum; Doctor Bilioso-Suett; Thomaso-Waldron; Capt. Sturmwald-Hollingsworth; Guzman-Sedgwick; Perez-Burton; Juan-Bannister Jun.; Isabella-Miss Romanzini; Theresa-Mrs Booth; Anna-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Romanzini

869
11 February 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing; Or, Florizel And Perdita

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-King, Holman, Ryder, Farren, Rock, Thompson, Miss Chapman, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Pope. [Cast from playbills of 12 May and 15 Oct. 1790: Sancho-King; Don Carlos-Holman; Lopez-Ryder; Don Lorenzo-Farren; Don Alvarez-Rock; Don Felix-Thompson; Angelina-Miss Chapman; Isabella-Mrs Bernard; Jacintha-Mrs Mattocks; Leonora-Mrs Pope.]
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bernard

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End 1st piece: Tamborine Dance, as17891021

Song: In II 1st piece: Come come my good Shepherds-; and trio, Get you hence!-

Entertainment: Monologue. After dancing: A Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Seven Ages (Written by the late George Alexander Stevens)-King

870
29 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Adventure; Or, Stop Her Who Can

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Holman, Bernard, Farley, Macready, Thompson, Mrs Achmet, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Powell, Mrs Martyr. Cast from European Magazine, May 1790, p. 386: Don Lewis-Holman; Gil Blas-Bernard; Pedro-Farley; Don Felix-Macready; Don Gabriel-Thompson; Aurora-Mrs Achmet; Isabella-Mrs Bernard; Bernarda-Mrs Pitt; Beatrice-Mrs Powell; Laura-Mrs Martyr; Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bernard

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Dance: Following Imitations at end: As17891021; In afterpiece: Dances, as17900409

Entertainment: End II: Tragic Imitations [of Mrs Siddons in Belvidera's 1st scene in Venice Preserved, I.i., and of Mrs Crawford in Lady Randolph's 1st speech in Douglas]-Mrs Wells; End III: Comic and Vocal Imitations [of Mrs Abington as Widow Belmour in The Way to Keep Him, and of Mrs Martyr, Mrs Jordan, Sga Storace, Sga Sestini]-Mrs Wells; End: A Scene from Isabella [The "ring speech" in II.ii] (Above identified in World, 29 Apr.)-Mrs Wells

Performance Comment: i., and of Mrs Crawford in Lady Randolph's 1st speech in Douglas]-Mrs Wells; End III: Comic and Vocal Imitations [of Mrs Abington as Widow Belmour in The Way to Keep Him, and of Mrs Martyr, Mrs Jordan, Sga Storace, Sga Sestini]-Mrs Wells; End: A Scene from Isabella [The "ring speech" in II.ii] (Above identified in World, 29 Apr.)-Mrs Wells.

871
11 May 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: The Female Adventure [The Female Pursuit]

Performance Comment: Don Lewis-Holman; Gil Blas-Bernard; Pedro-Farley; Don Felix-Macready; Don Gabriel-Thompson; Aurora-Mrs Achmet; Isabella-Mrs Bernard; Bernarda-Mrs Pitt; Beatrice-Mrs Powell; Laura-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bernard

Afterpiece Title: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House

Entertainment: Monologue. End I 2nd piece: A Dissertation on Hobby@Horses (The Stateman's Hobby, The Soldier's Hobby, The Fidler's Hobby, The Beaux Hobby, The Ladies' Hobby, The Monster's Hobby [see under dl, 11 May], His own Hobby)-Bernard

872
15 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau; Or, Our Way In France

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Performance Comment: Sancho-Quick; Don Carlos-Holman; Lopez-Ryder; Don Lorenzo-Farren; Don Alvarez-Rock; Don Felix-Thompson; Angelina-Miss Chapman; Isabella-Mrs Bernard; Jacintha-Mrs Mattocks; Leonora-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bernard

873
23 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Holman; Myrtle-Farren; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Hull; Cimberton-Quick; Humphrey-Thompson; Daniel-Blanchard; Tom-Lewis; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Lucinda-Mrs Mountain; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Webb; Isabella-Mrs Platt; Indiana-Mrs Esten.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: Afterpiece conclude: Dance-

Song: In II: song-Incledon; In I afterpiece: a new Duet- (composed by Stevens)

874
26 October 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroyed

Performance Comment: Don Antonio-Williames; Don Ferdinand-Dignum; Don Juan-Palmer; Don Guzman-Benson; Carlos-Haymes; Perez-Bland; Pedrillo-Banks; Lopez-Lyons; Gomez-Alfred; Vasquez-Fawcett; Host-Chapman; Masaniello-Fairbrother; Scaramouch (with a song)-Dubois; Alguaziles-Burton, Jones, Webb; Boatswain (with a song)-Sedgwick; Sailors-Phillimore, Danby, Maddocks; Donna Anna-Miss Collins; Isabella-Miss Heard; Inis-Miss Palmer; Katharina-Mrs Edwards; Viletta-Mrs Bland; Vocal Parts-Dignum, Sedgwick, Mrs Bland, Mrs Edwards, Miss Hagley; Edition of 1790 (C. Lowndes) adds: Waiter-Fairbrother (i.e. doubled Masaniello); 4th Sailor-Reynoldson.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Heard

Dance: In afterpiece: under the Direction of D'Egville, Hamoir, Bourk, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp, Edition of 1790 adds: Fairbrother, Whittow, Kirk, Whitmell, Walker, Bidotti, Nicolini, Mrs Davis, Mrs Brooker, Mrs Haskey, Mrs Brigg, Mrs Barrett, Mrs Harris, Mrs K. Davis, Miss Bourk

875
06 November 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Pursuit; Or, Stop Her Who Can

Performance Comment: Don Lewis-Holman; Gil Blas-Bernard; Don Felix-Macready; Don Gabriel-Thompson; Pedro-Farley; Melchion-Letteney; Aurora-Miss Chapman; Isabella-Mrs Bernard; Bernarda-Mrs Pitt; Beatrice-Mrs Powell; Laura-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bernard

Afterpiece Title: The Fugitive

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook