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5057 results for: Keyword - J. Lewis
We found 2003 matches on Performance Comments, 1148 matches on Author, 563 matches on Event Comments, 102 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1376
01 March 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramide

Dance: End I: Hylas et Temire, as18000201; End Opera: Le Mariage Mexicain-Deshayes, Laborie, Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot

1377
21 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-DuBellamy; Peachum-Follet; Lockit-Lewis; Mat-Chaplin; Filch-Jacobs; Lucy-Young Gentlewoman, first time on any stage; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Diana Trapes-Mrs Johnston; Polly-Mrs Weller; in Act III a Hornpipe-Everard; the Freemason's Prologue-brother L'Estrange.
Cast
Role: Lockit Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Monologue: Interlude: Scene from The Register Office. Gulwell-Lloyd; Little Girl-Miss Frances; New Character-Mrs Gardner

Entertainment: Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister

1378
16 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Captain Macheath-Miss Catley (1st appearance in that character [in London], and 1st this season); Peachum-Miss Ambrose; Lockit-Mrs Webb; Mat o' the Mint-Miss Morris; Wat Dreary-Mrs Inchbald; Ben Budge-Miss Stuart; Jemmy Twitcher-Miss Cranfield; Bagshot-Miss Francis; Nimming Ned-Mrs Ratchford; Harry Paddington-Miss Brangin; Drawer-Miss Painter; Filch-Mrs Wilson; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Peachum-Mrs Davenett; Diana Trapes-Mrs Pitt; Jenny Diver-Mrs Martyr; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis; Dolly Trull-Mrs Morton; Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Whitfield; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Invill; Betty Doxey-Mrs Sharpe; Molly Brazen-Mrs Branson; Polly-Miss Harper. hathi.
Cast
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: Dick-Lewis; Wingate-Fearon; Simon-Stevens; Gargle-Thompson; Charlotte-Mrs Morton .
Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Lewis

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford

1379
22 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Machcath-Brett (1st appearance in that character); Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Booth; Mat o' the Mint-Mahon; Jemmy Twitcher-Webb; Wat Dreary-Jones; Crook finger'd Jack-Doyle; Ben Budge-Ledger; Harry Paddington-Darley; Jailer-Stevens; Drawer-Helme; Filch-Mrs Wilson; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Davenett Diana Trapes-Mrs Pitt; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis; Dolly Trull-Miss Morris; Sukey Tawdry-Miss Cleland Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Molly Brazen-Miss Stuart; Betty Doxey-Miss Francis; Polly-Miss Harper. hathi.
Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis
Role: Miss Platt Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Miss Matthews

1380
14 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Macheath-Johnstone; Peachum-Booth; Lockit-Thompson; Mat o' the Mint-Mahon; Ben Budge-Ledger; Jemmy Twitcher-Painter; Crook finger'd Jack-Bates; Wat Dreary-Jones; Harry Paddington-Darley; Jailor-Stevens; Drawer-Helme; Filch-Doyle; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Webb; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis; Dolly Trull-Mrs Chalmers; Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Inchbald; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Molly Brazen-Miss Stuart; Betty Doxey-Miss Brangin; Polly-Mrs Bannister. hathi.
Cast
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: End of Act I The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford

1381
06 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Partridge (hosier) #36 15s.; Lowe & Lewis (woollen drapers) #22 1s. (Account Book). Receipts: #167 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

1382
31 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces Percy, but "Lewis being suddenly taken extremely ill...Percy cannot be performed this Evening; instead of which Mrs Farrell will appear in the character of Macheath in The Beggar's Opera. The other characters as usual" (printed slip attached to BM playbill).]Receipts: #143 5s. (141.13; 1.12)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: As17771229

1383
04 June 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Sherratt, Gibson, Gilles, W. Purser, Lyon, Pilsbury, Brady, Dowglas, Street, Gardner, Bayne, Standen, Mrs Brigg, Mrs Finney, Mrs Lewis will be admitted. Receipts: #284 19s. 6d. (36.2.0; 7.19.6; 0.15.0; tickets: 240.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Dance: As17861205; End: Minuet and Cotillion-Master Warburton, Miss Taylor, others

Song: As17861205

1384
02 June 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: II: A Dance, as17730506

1385
27 November 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Harlots Process

1386
14 February 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Imprisonment of Harlequin

1387
30 December 1745 @ New Wells, London Spa, Clerkenwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

1388
02 October 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: II: New Tambourine, as17640929

1389
13 October 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Dance: TThe Vintage, as17661011; II: The Italian Bakers, as17661011

1390
29 April 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

Dance: II: The Wake, as17680220

1391
19 November 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

1392
15 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor

1393
28 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Entertainment: V: Bucks Have at ye All-Mas. Palmer

1394
26 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

Dance: V: The Drunken Peasant-Philips, the original

1395
12 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Dance: Other dances-Atkins, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have at ye All-Palmer; by Desire

1396
04 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

1397
10 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: As It Should Be

Dance: End: As17890525; III: Hornpipe-Menage

1398
07 November 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

1399
22 December 1746 @ New Wells, London Spa, Clerkenwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

1400
11 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest