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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.
Event Comment: Receipts: #210 17s. 6d. (202.6.6; 8.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Horse And The Widow

Performance Comment: As17990504.

Afterpiece Title: The Birth Day

Performance Comment: As17990408, but Prologue-; Epilogue-_ [and thereafter].and thereafter].

Afterpiece Title: Albert and Adelaide

Performance Comment: As17990504, but Principal Characters-_Claremont.

Dance: As17990504

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Performance Comment: As17990708.

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Performance Comment: As17990713.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Performance Comment: Selwyn-Trueman; Harry Hawser-Wathen; Goto-Palmer; Stave-Suett; Shark-Caulfield; Dick-Mrs Edward; Angelica Goto-Miss Griffiths; Fanny-Miss DeCamp; Sally Shamrock-Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Performance Comment: As17990620.

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Performance Comment: As17990716.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: The new Musick with an appropriate Overture by Dr Arnold. The Scenery by Marinari. Books of the Songs, &c., to he had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cambro-britons

Performance Comment: Llewellyn-Barrymore; Shenkin-Aickin; Cadwall-Palmer; Gwyn-Suett; O'Turloch-Johnstone; Bard-Clarke; King Edward-Davies; Prince David-C. Kemble; Dynevor-Trueman; Mortimer-Caulfield; Herefore-Davenport; Edwin-Abbot; Elinor-Miss DeCamp; Lady Griffith's Shade-Mrs Gibbs; Winifred-Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Performance Comment: As17990716.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham; Or, Days Of Old

Performance Comment: Gondibert-Barrymore; Barton-Aickin; La Varenne-Clarke; Marquis of Montague-Caulfield; Egbert-Abbot; Duke of Somerset-Lyons; Prince of Wales-Master Chatterley; Fool-Palmer; Corporal-Wathen; Drummer-Trueman; Fifer-Chippendale; Robbers-Bannister, Davies, Abbot, Ledger; Gregory Gubbins-Fawcett; Adeline-Mrs Harlowe; Villagers-Mrs Bland, Mrs Edward, Miss Menage; Queen Margaret-Miss Chapman (1st apperance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Performance Comment: As17990716.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In Good Humour

Performance Comment: As17990717 but Robin-_; Crop-_; Sophia-_; Mrs Chagrin-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Jew

Performance Comment: As17990718.

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Performance Comment: As17990716.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Performance Comment: As17990708.

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Performance Comment: As17990716.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In Good Humour

Performance Comment: As17990717.

Afterpiece Title: The Jew

Performance Comment: As17990718.

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Performance Comment: As17990620.
Event Comment: Receipts: #389 13s. 6d. (366.9.6; 23.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17991107, but Alicia-Miss Betterton; Servant-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991223.
Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Suspicious Husband, advertised on playbill of 26 Dec.] Receipts: #312 11s. (301.12; 10.19)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Performance Comment: As17991026, but Verdun-Simmons (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991223, but The Other Pantomime Characters-Lee; Attendants on Floridel-Miss +Burnett; Irish Ship@builder-_.
Event Comment: Receipts: #335 12s. 6d. (312.19.0; 22.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wise Man Of The East

Performance Comment: As17991203, but Prologue-_; Epilogue-_ [and thereafter].and thereafter].

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991227.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #350 7s. (339.18; 10.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth [part I]

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Fawcett; King Henry-Murray; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Sir Richard Vernon-Waddy; Worcester-Hull; Poins-Whitfield; Francis-Knight; Sir Walter Blount-Mansel; Bardolph-Thompson; Douglas-Farley; Northumberland-Davenport; Westmorland-Claremont; Gadshill-Wilde; Peto-Street; Carriers-Emery, Rees; Hotspur-Holman; Hostess-Mrs Davenport; Lady Percy-Miss Chapman.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991227, but Old Beau-_; Hermit-_.
Event Comment: Receipts: #202 9s. 6d. (181.6.0; 21.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Performance Comment: As17991018.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991230.
Event Comment: Receipts: #154 16s. 6d. (145.14.0; 9.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Management

Performance Comment: As17991112.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991230.
Event Comment: Receipts: #173 9s. (159.2.6; 14.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wise Man Of The East

Performance Comment: As17991203.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991230.
Event Comment: Receipts: #177 9s. 6d. (169.2.6; 8.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Performance Comment: As17991002, but Marker-_; Sheriff's Officer-_; Tradesmen-_; Milliner-_; Mantua@maker-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991230.
Event Comment: Receipts: #235 17s. (220.8.6; 15.8.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Performance Comment: As17991021.

Afterpiece Title: The Horse and the Widow

Performance Comment: As17991018.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991230.
Event Comment: [The playbill retains Fawcett as Trudge, but "On account of the sudden indisposition of Fawcett the part of Trudge was last night assigned to Knight, who supported it with sufficient correctness and humour. The Theatre was but indifferently attended" (True Briton, 7 Jan.).] Receipts: #163 1s. 6d. (147.15.6; 15.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: As17991216, but Trudge-Knight; Sailors-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991230.

Dance: As17991216

Event Comment: "Lewis, with the exception of those repeated pauses and breaks in the middle of his sentences, which form a characteristic defect in his performance, and which, we fear, time and habit have rendered too inveterate to leave any hopes of reform, was very happy in his delineation of Archer. He possesses from nature a peculiar vein of sprightliness and gaiety, which admirably accords with characters of this description" (Dramatic Censor, I, 49). Receipts: #209 9s. 6d. (200.18.6; 8.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17991011, but Cherry-Miss Mills (from the Southampton Theatre; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As17991230, but Attendants on Floridel-Mrs _Castelle, Miss _Burnett.
Event Comment: Receipts: #195 9s. (178.7; 17.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17990920, but Bellamy-Claremont; Jacintha-Mrs Mills; Chairmen-_; Milliner-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000107.
Event Comment: Receipts: #188 5s. 6d. (180.15.0; 7.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Performance Comment: As17991021.

Afterpiece Title: The Horse and the Widow

Performance Comment: As17991018.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000107.
Event Comment: Receipts: #194 15s. 6d. (187.12.0; 7.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Performance Comment: As17991016.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000107, but The Other Pantomime Characters-_Mills, _Wilkins, _Webb, _Letteney, _Griffiths, Mrs _Watts.
Event Comment: Receipts: #221 14s. 6d. (212.0.0; 9.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Performance Comment: Harcourt-Incledon; Sir Simon Flourish-Emery; Captain O'Neill-Johnstone; Old Testy-Munden; Young Flourish-Fawcett; Young Testy-Knight; Bluff-Gardner; Snare-Claremont; Tipstaff-Simmons; Kitty-Mrs Martyr; Lady Flourish-Mrs Litchfield; Miss Hartley-Mrs Atkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000110.
Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Pope as Charles Stanley, but "The part of Charles Stanley this night devolved upon Claremont. It were to be wised that this gentleman would suffer the austerity of his features to relax, when he acts the lover. A continual frown ill accords with the soft workings of the tender passion" (Dramatic Censor, I, 78).] Receipts: #207 15s. (197.5; 10.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Performance Comment: As17991017, but Charles Stanley-Claremont.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000110.
Event Comment: Receipts: #236 11s. 6d. (230.8.6; 6.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Performance Comment: As17991021.

Afterpiece Title: The Horse and the Widow

Performance Comment: As17991018.

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000110.