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We found 2783 matches on Roles/Actors, 876 matches on Performance Comments, 447 matches on Event Comments, 94 matches on Performance Title, and 12 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17330125, but Harry-Dove; Diana-_.

Dance: HHornpipe-Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17330126.

Dance: HHornpipe-Jones

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17330126.

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

Performance Comment: As17330113.

Dance: As17330129

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Daily Post missing, but Polly-Mrs Clive i.e., Miss Raftor in Burney.

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Performance Comment: See17330206.
Event Comment: Benefit Woolley and Mrs James. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay. Afterpiece: By particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Sandham; Polly-Miss Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Pullen; Peachum-Pullen; Lockit-Hicks; Filch-Young Stevens.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Dorcas-Mrs Pullen; Dumb Lady-Mrs James the first time of her appearing on any stage.

Dance: HHornpipe-R. Jones , from gf

Performance Comment: Jones , from gf.
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Love Runs All Dangers

Performance Comment: As17330320 but Squire-Mynitt; Pedlar-Brown.
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Applebee's, 31 March: On Thursday 7-Night last at the Performance of...Love runs all Dangers...one of the Commedians took the Liberty to throw out some Reflections upon the Prime Minister and the Excise, which were not design'd by the Author; Lord Walpole being in the House, went behind the Scenes, and demanded of the Prompter, whether such Words were in the Play, and he answering they were not, his Lordship immediately corrected the Comedian with his own Hands very severely

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Love Runs All Dangers

Performance Comment: As17330321 but Squire-Hicks.

Dance: End of Mainpiece: Hornpipe-Jones Sr; Concluding with a Dutch Skipper-Jones Sr, Jones Jr

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Gay. Receipts: #51 6s. [See Daily Advertiser, 26 March, for a letter from Francis Nivelon to the author of The Married Philosopher, to be acted on 27 March for the benefit of Nivelon.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17321227, but Jenny-Mrs Lacy; Lucy-Miss Binks.

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers

Event Comment: Receipts: #71 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17321227.

Dance: As17330109

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17330125, but Polly-Mrs Thurmond; Macheath-Hulett; Lucy-Mrs Roberts; Peach'em-Rosco; Lockit-Huddy; Filch-Jenkins; Mrs Peach'em-Mrs Williamson.

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

Performance Comment: See17330203.

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Mons and Mademoiselle Vallois

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Norsa. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Gay. Receipts: money #55 4s.; tickets #86 19s. [For a discussion of Rich's treatment of The Mock Lawyer, see Grub St. Journal, 26 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17330326 but Jenny-Mrs Forrester.

Dance:

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Gay. Being the last time but one of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #44 6s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17330326 but Polly-Miss Norsa; Mackheath-Walker; Peachem-Hippisley; Lockit-Hall; Player-Paget; Beggar-Chapman; Mat-Salway; Filch-Clarke; Mrs Peachem-Mrs Martin; Jenny-Mrs Forrester; Sukey-Mrs Templer; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Kilby; Lucy-Miss Binks.

Dance: SScotch Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 30 May: We hear that Mr Cibber, Jun. one of the present Directors of his Majesty's Company of Comedians together with Mr Mills, Sen Mr Johnson, Mr Miller, Mr Harper, Mr Griffin, Mr Mills, jun. Mr Shepard, Mr Hallam, jun. Mrs Horton, Mrs Heron, Mrs Butler, and others of the Company, waited Yesterday on his Grace the Duke of Grafton...to deliver...an humble Petition, and they met with gracious Reception

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Advertised, but not given.
Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Gay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Walker; Peach'em-Hippisley; Lockit-Hall; Mat-Salway; Polly-Miss Norsa; Lucy-Miss Binks; Mrs Peach'em-Mrs Martin .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Mrs Thurmond; Macheath-Hulett; Lucy-Mrs Roberts; Peachum-Rosco; Lockit-Huddy; Filch-Jenkins; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Haughton; Mrs Vixen-Miss Tollett; Diana-Stoppelaer .

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

Performance Comment: As17330924.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Mrs Clive; Macheath-Stoppelaer; Lucy-Miss Atherton; Mrs Peach'em-Mrs Mullart. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: As17331010.

Dance: I: A Grand Ballad called La Badine by Lally Sr, Mlle Grognet, from the Opera at Paris, being the first time of her performing on the Engl1sh Stage, Boval, S. Lally, Le Brun, Davenport, Mrs Walter, Miss Mears, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport; With new Habits. II: Tambourine by Mlle Grognet. In III: Hornpipe by Le Brun

Performance Comment: Lally, Le Brun, Davenport, Mrs Walter, Miss Mears, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport; With new Habits. II: Tambourine by Mlle Grognet. In III: Hornpipe by Le Brun .
Event Comment: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17331012 .

Dance: I: La Badine, as17331012, but Olbeldiston added. II: Tambourine by Mlle Grognet. In III: Hornpipe by Le Brun

Performance Comment: II: Tambourine by Mlle Grognet. In III: Hornpipe by Le Brun .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: As17331010, but Bethun replaces Fielding in Countrymen .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17331008, but Mat-Morgan; Jemmy-Collet; Bagshot-Excell; Nimming-Lyon; Budge-Morris; Player-Woodward; Beggar-Dove; Dreary-Williams; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Wetherilt; Betty-Miss Sandham; Jenny-Miss Wherrit; Sukey-Mrs Vallois; Molly-Mrs Dove; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Morgan. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

Performance Comment: As17330924.
Event Comment: For the Entertainment of their Excellencies Jusep Hogia and Sidi Mohammed, Ambassadors from the Bey of Tunis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Mrs Clive; Macheath-Stoppelaer, but see17331012 .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: As17331015.

Music: Solo on German Horn, composed by Signior Quantz and performed by Burk Thumoth

Performance Comment: hathi.

Dance: Hornpipe by Le Brun

Performance Comment: hathi.
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17331022 .

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Performance Comment: As17331024.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17330918.

Dance: By Mlle Salle. The Nassau, as17331112

Performance Comment: The Nassau, as17331112.
Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17330918, but Player-Lacy; Beggar-Chapman; Filch-Clarke; Jenny-Mrs Forrester; Sukey-Mrs Templer; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Kilby. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17331124.

Dance: By Malter and Mlle Salle

Performance Comment: hathi.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Mrs Clive; Macheath-Stoppelaer; Lucy-Miss Atherton; Peachum-Paget; Lockit-Mullart; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Mullart, but see17331022 .

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Performance Comment: As17331211.
Event Comment: By particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Hulett; Peach'em-Rosco; Lockit-Huddy; Filch-Jenkins; Mat-Eyres; Jemmy-Collet; Bagshot-Excell; Nimming Ned-Lyon; Budge-Morris; Player-Woodward; Beggar-Dove; Wat-Pearce; Polly-Mrs Thurmond; Lucy-Mrs Roberts; Mrs Peach'em-Mrs Monlass; Diana-Monlass; Mrs Coaxer-Miss Norman; Mrs Vixen-Miss Tollet; Betty-Miss Sandham; Jenny-Miss Gerrard; Sukey-Mrs Vallois; Molly-Mrs Dove; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Wherrit; but see17331017 . but see17331017 .

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17331011.

Dance: Dutch Skipper by d'Vallois and Mrs Bullock

Performance Comment: hathi.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17331201. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17340101.