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3710 results for: Keyword - James Bencraft
We found 2178 matches on Author, 1351 matches on Performance Comments, 362 matches on Event Comments, 35 matches on Performance Title, and 32 matches on Roles/Actors.

2451
25 February 1743 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Flora or Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Legar; Testy-Boaman; Friendly-Bencraft; Old Hob-Mr Dunstall; Dick-Vaughan; Flora-Mrs Dunstall; Hob's Mother-Mrs Mullart; Betty-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Friendly Actor: Bencraft

2452
08 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Abhorson Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Miss Hillyard; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; 1st Sylvan-Mlle Auguste; 2nd Sylvan-Delagarde; 3rd Sylvan-Mrs LeBrun; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Sylvan-Mrs LaFont; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Columbine-Mrs Kilby; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Jackson, Mlle Maudet, Mrs Fawkes; Gardeners-Dumont, Destrade; Earth-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Water-Picq, Mlle Auguste.
Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

2453
13 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: Harlequin-; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Doctor-Bencraft; Pierrot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Tambourine-Cooke; Peasants, as17421230

2454
20 May 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; Aerial Spirits-Villeneuve, Mlle Auguste; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Doctor-Bencraft; Pierot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

Dance: Cooke, the Aurettis

2455
28 September 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Ryan; King Henry-Bridgwater; Richmond-Hale; Tressel-Chapman; Prince Edward-Miss Hippisley; Duchess of York-Mrs Woodward; Lady Anne-Mrs Hale; Buckingham-Cashell; Stanley-Rosco; Norfolk-Stevens; Catesby-Gibson; Tyrrel-Carr; Lord Mayor-Marten; Ratcliff-Anderson; Lieut-Ridout; Oxford-Bencraft; Duke of York-Miss Morrison; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Oxford Actor: Bencraft

2456
30 September 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: Lucy-Miss Hippisley; Goodwill-Rosco; Blister-Marten; Coupee-Woodward; Quaver-Bencraft; Wormwood-Stoppelaer; Thomas-Anderson.
Cast
Role: Quaver Actor: Bencraft

Dance: Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

2457
04 November 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Ryan; Bajazet-Stephens; Moneses-Hale; Axalla-Gibson; Omar-Cashell; Prince of Tanais-Carr; Dervise-Rosco; Stratocles-Ridout; Haly-Bencraft; Zama-Anderson; Mirvan-Mozeen; Selima-Mrs Vincent; Arpasia-Mrs Horton; With the Usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Haly Actor: Bencraft

Dance: As17431026

2458
21 November 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Heartwell-Bridgwater; Belmour-Ryan; Belinda-Mrs Walter; Fondlewife-Hippisley; Sir Joseph-Woodward; Noll Bluff-Rosco; Sharper-Hale; Vainlove-Gibson; Setter-Chapman; Barnaby-Bencraft; Araminta-Mrs Hale; Silvia-Mrs Vincent; Lucy-Mrs Mullart; Betty-Miss Hillyard; Laetitia-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Barnaby Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

2459
20 December 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal-Beard; Merlin-Leveridge; Diana-Miss Hillyard; Aerial Spirits-Picq, Mlle Domitilla, Mrs Delagarde, Mlle Fabres, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LeFont; Jupiter (Harlequin)-Woodward; Mercury-Reinhold; Doctor-Bencraft; Colombine-Mlle Bonneval; Pluto (Punch)-Lamound; Neptune (Pantalon)-Dupre; Pan (Scaramouche)-Destrade; Hercules (Brighella)-Delagarde; Apollo (Mezzetin)-Villeneuve; Mars (Leander)-Picq; Pierrot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

2460
26 December 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Cast
Role: Roger Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer or Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; Infernal Spirit-Leveridge; 1st Fury-Picq; 2nd Fury-Newtone; 3rd Fury-Delagarde; 4th Fury-Dupre; 5th Fury-Destrade; Shade of Leander-Beard; Shade of Hero-Mrs Clive; Miller-Bencraft; Miller's Wife-Mrs Delagarde; Doctor's Man-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Bencraft

2461
14 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: Duke-Quin; Claudio-Ryan; Lucio-Chapman; Escalus-Rosco; Angelo-Cashell; Clown-Hippisley; Provost-Ridout; Abhorson-Bencraft; Barnardine-Stoppelaer; Mariana-Mrs Hale; Juletta-Miss Hillyard; Francisca-Mrs Mullart; Bawd-Mrs Martin; Isabella-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Abhorson Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Proserpine

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Mrs Lampe; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; Followers of Proserpine-Mlle Domitilla, Mrs Fabres, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Mlle LeFont; A Follower of Ceres-Mrs Delegarde; Pluto-Leveridge; Demons-Villeneuve, Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Destrade, Delagarde, Miss Jackson, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Norman; Gardeners-Dupre, Destrade; the Elements- Earth-Destrade, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Villeneuve, Mrs Fabres; Fire-Delagarde, Mrs Delagarde; Water-Picq, Mlle Domitilla.
Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

2462
14 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: Orpheus-Beard; Rhodope-Mrs Clive; Eurydice-Miss Young; Nymphs follower of Eurydice-1, Mlle Domitilla; 2, Mrs Fabres; 3, Mrs LaFont; 4, Mrs LeBrun; 5, Mrs Villeneuve; Pluto-Leveridge; Ascalax-Reinhold; Demons-Picq, Villeneuve, Delagarde; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Pantaloon-Rosco; Squire Gawkey-Bencraft; Mrs Mannerly-Mrs Martin; Goody Gurton-Marten; Drudge-Hippisley; Woman dwarf-Young Ferg; Country Lads-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Country Lasses-Mrs Fabres, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LaFont; A Rural Swain, Nymph-Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; Villagers-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Fabres, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LaFont; Intermix'd with a new Pantomime in Grotesque Characters, call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin-.
Cast
Role: Squire Gawkey Actor: Bencraft

2463
06 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17431219, but Caius-James; Pistol-Vaughan.
Cast
Role: Caius Actor: James
Role: Simple Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal-Beard; Mercury-Leveridge; Diana-Miss Hillyard; Aerial Spirits-Cooke, Delagarde, Destrade, Dupre, Mlle Fabres, Mrs Lebrun, Mrs Villeneuve; Jupiter (Harlequin)-Woodward; Mercury-Reinhold; Doctor-Bencraft; Columbine-Mlle Bonnevile; Pierrot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

2464
13 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17440209, but Macbeth-Sheridan; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Pritchard; 2nd Murderer-Bencraft; The Vocal Parts-Mrs _Clive.
Cast
Role: 2nd Murderer Actor: Bencraft
Role: Witches Actor: Hippisley, Woodward, James

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

2465
24 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Villeneuve, Bencraft, Delagarde

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Daniel Actor: James
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

Dance: SScotch Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Louvre, Minuet-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Song: A Cantata-Beard

2466
01 May 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: 2nd Murderer Actor: Bencraft
Role: Witches Actor: Hippisley, Woodward, James

Afterpiece Title: Flora or Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Friendly-Beard; Flora-Mrs Vincent; Sir ThomasTesty-Hippisley; Old Hob-Marten; Dick-Anderson; Roger-Bencraft; Hob's Mother-Mrs Martin; Betty-Miss Hippisley; Hob-Philips.
Cast
Role: Roger Actor: Bencraft

Dance: GGrand Ballet, as17440423

2467
24 September 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: Lucy-Miss Hippisley; Goodwill-Rosco; Blister-Marten; Coupee-Woodward; Quaver-Bencraft; Wormwood-Stoppelaer; Thomas-Anderson.
Cast
Role: Quaver Actor: Bencraft

2468
01 November 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: Duke-Quin; Claudius-Ryan; Lucio-Chapman; Clown-Hippisley; Angelo-Cashell; Escalus-Rosco; Provost-Ridout; Abhorson-Bencraft; Barnardine-Stoppelaer; Mariana-Mrs Hale; Juletta-Mrs Bland; Francisca-Mrs Mullart; Bawd-Mrs Martin; Isabella-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Abhorson Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Neocromancer

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Bencraft

2469
05 November 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Ryan; Bajazet-Quin; Moneses-Hale; Axalla-Gibson; Omar-Cashell; Prince of Tanais-Carr; Dervise-Rosco; Stratocles-Ridout; Haly-Bencraft; Zama-Anderson; Mirvan-Hayman; Selima-Mrs Vincent; Arpasia-Mrs Pritchard; With the Usual Prologue-; The song beginning To thee O Gentle Sleep originally designed for the play-Beard.
Cast
Role: Haly Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

2470
08 December 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maids Tragedy

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Mrs Lampe; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; Followers of Proserpine-Sga Campioni, Mrs Duval, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Ozane; Followers of Ceres-Mrs Delagarde; Pluto-Leveridge; Demons-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Gardeners-Destrade, Dupre; Country Lads, Lasses-Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Jackson, Mrs Vaughan; The Elements: Earth-LaLauze, Mrs Duval; Air-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Fire-Picq, Mrs LeBrun; Water-Cooke, Sga Campioni.
Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

2471
01 January 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: Orpheus-Beard; Rhodope-Mrs Clive; Eurydice-Mrs Lampe; 1st Nymph, Follower of Eurydice-Sga Campioni; Pluto-Leveridge; Ascalax-Reinhold; Demons-Picq, Villeneuve, Delagarde; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Pantaloon-Rosco; Squire-Bencraft; Mrs Mannerly-Mrs Martin; Goody Gurton-Marten; Drudge (servant to Pantaloon)-Hippisley; Woman Dwarf-a French Boy; Country Lads-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Country Lasses-Mrs Duval, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Ozane; a Rural Swain, Nymph-Cooke, Sga Campioni.
Cast
Role: Squire Actor: Bencraft

2472
18 March 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Performance Comment: As17441027, but Antonio-Cibber Jun.; Morayma-Mrs Clive; Merchant-Bencraft.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Bencraft.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: (by particular Desire) The Charms of Polly Willis-Mrs Clive; IV: Beard

Dance: III: Cooke, Sga Campioni; V: LaLauze, Sga Campioni

2473
04 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Papal Tyranny

Afterpiece Title: What DYe Call It

Performance Comment: As17441124, but Filbert-Beard; Kitty-Mrs Lampe; Dorcas-Mrs Dunstall; Justice, Prologue, Ghosts, Countrymen, Soldiers, Constables-Laguerre, Bencraft, Rosco, Marten, Arthur, Carr, Stoppelaer, Hayman, Vaughan, Anderson, Dunstall; Timothy-Cibber; Sir Roger-_; Steward-_.
Cast
Role: Constables Actor: Laguerre, Bencraft, Rosco, Marten, Arthur, Carr, Stoppelaer, Hayman, Vaughan, Anderson, Dunstall
Role: Thomas Actor: James

Dance: Cooke

2474
29 October 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Performance Comment: Ramble-Ryan; Townly-Hale; Wiseacre-Hippisley; Doodle-Marten; Dashwell-Woodward; Loveday-Chapman; Eugenia-Mrs Hale; Peggy-Miss Hippisley; Aunt-Mrs Martin; Roger-James; Engine-Mrs Bland; Jane-Mrs Dunstall; Lady No-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Roger Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royale-Beard; Merlin-Leveridge; Aerial Spirits-Cooke; Jupiter Harlequin-Woodward; Mercury-Reinhold; Doctor-Bencraft; Columbine-Mrs Havard; Pierrot-Lalauze; Pluto (Punch)-Rector; Neptune (Pantaloon)-Dupre; Pan (Scaramouche)-Destrade; Hercules (Brighella)-Delagarde; Apollo (Mezzetin)-Villeneuve; Mars (Leander)-Picq.
Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft

2475
04 November 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Ryan; Bajazet-Cashell; Moneses-Hale; Axalla-Gibson; Omar-Rosco; Prince of Tanais-Carr; Dervise-Bridgwater; Stratocles-Ridout; Haly-Bencraft; Zama-Anderson; Selima-Mrs Hale; Arpasia-Mrs Pritchard; With the Usual Prologue-; Song Beginning To Thee O Gentle Sleep, originally designed for the play, -Beard.
Cast
Role: Haly Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Bencraft