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4263 results for: Keyword - J.
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.

2926
24 January 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #46 16s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 58 paid and 25 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 134 paid and 15 orders; slips, 1 paid; first gallery, 71 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 93 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Thomyris Queen Of Scythia

Related Works
Related Work: Thomyris Author(s): J.C. Pepusch

2927
29 January 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By John Gay.] Never Acted before. Receipts: #169 12s. Probable attendance: boxes, 247 paid and 3 orders; stage, 8 paid; balcony, 7 paid; pit, 301 paid and 1 order; slips, 56 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 437 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 191 paid. For the first night, see Schultz, pp. 1-5

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Edition of 1728 lists: Peachum-Hippisley; Lockit-Hall; Macheath-Walker; Filch-Clark; Jemmy Twitcher-H. Bullock; Crookfinger'd Jack-Houghton; Wat Dreary-Smith; Robin of Bagshot-Lacy; Nimming Ned-Pit; Harry Paddington-Eaton; Mat of the Mint-Spiller; Ben Budge-Morgan; Beggar-Chapman; Player-Milward; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Martin; Polly Peachum-Miss Fenton; Lucy Lockit-Mrs Egleton; Diana Trapes-Mrs Martin; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Holiday; Dolly Trull-Mrs Lacy; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Rice; Betty Doxy-Mrs Rogers; Jenny Diver-Mrs Clarke; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Morgan; Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Palin; Molly Brazen-Mrs Sallee.
Cast
Role: Peachum Actor: Hippisley
Role: Lockit Actor: Hall
Role: Macheath Actor: Walker
Role: Filch Actor: Clark
Role: Jemmy Twitcher Actor: H. Bullock
Role: Crookfinger'd Jack Actor: Houghton
Role: Wat Dreary Actor: Smith
Role: Robin of Bagshot Actor: Lacy
Role: Nimming Ned Actor: Pit
Role: Harry Paddington Actor: Eaton
Role: Mat of the Mint Actor: Spiller
Role: Ben Budge Actor: Morgan
Role: Beggar Actor: Chapman
Role: Player Actor: Milward
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Polly Peachum Actor: Miss Fenton
Role: Lucy Lockit Actor: Mrs Egleton
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Mrs Holiday
Role: Dolly Trull Actor: Mrs Lacy
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Rice
Role: Betty Doxy Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Mrs Clarke
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Morgan
Role: Sukey Tawdry Actor: Mrs Palin
Role: Molly Brazen Actor: Mrs Sallee.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2928
31 January 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 14s. Probable attendance: boxes, 239 paid and 7 orders; stage, 9 paid; pit, 292 paid; slips, 48 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 419 paid; second gallery, 162 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2929
01 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #143 17s. 6d.; tickets #18 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 168 by money and 75 by tickets; stage, 36 by money; pit, 286 by money; slips, 54 by money; first gallery, 356 by money; second gallery, 174 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2930
02 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #163 5s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 248 paid and 4 orders; stage, 16 paid; pit, 287 paid and 4 orders; slips, 44 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 402 paid and 4 orders; second gallery, 180 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2931
03 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #175 19s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 250 paid and 4 orders; stage, 45 paio; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 295 paid and 1 order; slips, 55 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 425 paid; second gallery, 184 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2932
05 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #173 11s.; tickets #16. Probable attendance: boxes, 209 by money and 64 by tickets; stage, 81 by money; balcony, 1 by money; pit, 282 by money; slips, 60 by money; first gallery, 432 by money; second gallery, 187 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2933
06 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #161 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 273 paid and 5 orders; stage, 2 paid; balcony, 5 paid; pit, 276 paid and 4 orders; slips, 42 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 401 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 193 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2934
07 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #157 19s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 228 paid and 2 orders; stage, 11 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 274 paid; slips, 53 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 424 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 188 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2935
08 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #153 7s.; tickets #12 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 184 by money and 49 by tickets; stage, 58 by money; balcony, 3 by money; pit, 281 by money; slips, 39 by money; first gallery, 381 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. Daily Journal, 8 Feb.: The Beggars Opera...meets with that universal Applause, that no one third Part of the Company that crowd thither to see it, can get Admittance: Which occasions a new Run to the Provok'd Husband at Drury-Lane; and so proves an equal Advantage to both Houses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2936
09 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #156 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 237 paid and 7 orders; stage, 8 paid; balcony, 5 paid; pit, 287 paid; slips, 54 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 370 paid and 4 orders; second gallery, 184 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2937
10 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #171 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 321 paid and 1 order; stage, 20 paid; pit, 282 paid and 1 order; slips, 62 paid; first gallery, 430 paid; second gallery, 181 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2938
12 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts. #170 5s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 306 paid and 2 orders; staoe, 46 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 263 paid and 2 orders; slips, 59 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 417 paid; second gallery, 180 paid. Daily Journal, 12 Feb.: The Beggar's Opera is continued acting...with the greatest Applause, and to an Audience as numerous as ever. And we are informed, That most of the Boxes are taken to the 25th Night. [See also Gay to the Earl of Oxford, 12 Feb., in Correspondence of Pope, II, 473.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2939
13 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #164 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 300 paid and 2 orders; stage, 15 paid; balcony, 5 paid; pit, 270 paid; slips, 57 paid; first gallery, 436 paid; second gallery, 189 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2940
14 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts; #171 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 230 paid and 10 orders; stage, 39 paid; balcony, 1 paid; pit, 290 paid; slips, 63 paid; first gallery, 428 paid; second gallery, 181 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2941
15 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #162 8s.; tickets #13 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 204 by money and 54 by tickets; stage, 43 by money; balcony, 2 by money; pit, 269 by money; slips, 58 by money; first gallery, 424 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. [For the fortunes of the play, see Gay to Swift, 15 Feb. in Correspondence of Pope, II, 473-74.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2942
16 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 11s.Probable attendance: boxes, 220 paid and 5 orders; stage, 14 paid; balcony, 3 paid; pit, 280 paid; slips, 61 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 427 paid; second gallery, 180 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2943
17 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #171 8s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 301 paid and 2 orders; stage 41 paid; balcony, 3 paid; pit, 281 paid and 4 orders; slips, 59 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 432 paid and 5 orders; second gallery, 185 paid. [For an essay on this play, see Craftsman, 17 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2944
18 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #163 16s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 207 paid and 8 orders; stage, 35 paid; balcony, 2 paid; pit, 294 paid and 5 orders; slips, 59 paid; first gallery, 435 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 190 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2945
19 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #158 13s. Probable attendance: boxes, 212 paid and 3 orders; stage, 26 paid; balcony, 3 paid; pit, 287 paid; slips, 48 paid; first gallery, 410 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 195 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2946
21 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 9s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 236 paid; stage, 44 paid; balcony, 2 paid; Pit, 290 Paid and 3 orders; slips, 47 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 419 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 189 paid. For a comment on the play by Thomas Edwards, see V. M. Gilbert, Unrecorded Comments on John Gay, Henry Travers, and Others, Notes and Queries, August 1953, pp. 337-38

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2947
22 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #163 14s. 6d. King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present. Probable attendance: boxes, 228 paid and 28 orders; stage, 11 paid and 1 order; pit, 302 paid and 1 order; slips, 43 paid and 24 orders; first gallery, 443 paid; second gallery, 199 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2948
23 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #163 17s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 222 paid and 3 orders; stage, 41 paid; balcony, 3 paid; pit, 281 paid and 1 order; slips, 52 paid; first gallery, 406 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 188 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2949
24 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #179 8s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 234 paid and 5 orders; stage, 47 paid; balcony, 1 paid; pit, 300 paid and 2 orders; slips, 56 paid; first gallery, 403 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 193 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam

2950
26 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #161 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 221 paid and 3 orders; stage, 13 paid; balcony, 7 paid; pit, 289 paid; slips, 56 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 424 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 199 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17280129.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John GayJ.C. Pepusch
Related Work: L'Opera du Gueux Author(s): M.A. Hallam