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3836 results for: Keyword - James White
We found 2140 matches on Author, 1389 matches on Performance Comments, 480 matches on Event Comments, 47 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2551
03 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mattocks; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Fox; Lucy-Miss Catley; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Jenny Diver-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitefield; Diana Trapes-Mrs White; Polly-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Dorilant Actor: Whitefield

Dance: As17760927

2552
02 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Performance Comment: General Savage-Wilson; Torrington-Quick; Connelly-Mahon; Capt. Savage-Lee Lewes; Leeson-Whitefield; Belville-Lewis; Mrs Belville-Mrs Jackson; Lady Rachel Mildew-Mrs Pitt; Miss Leeson-Miss Leeson [sic]; Mrs Tempest-Mrs Whitefield; Miss Walsingham-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Leeson Actor: Whitefield
Role: Mrs Tempest Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Afterpiece Title: The Clock-Case; or, Female Curiosity

Performance Comment: Face-Wilson; Square-Robson; Magnum Bonum-Fearon; Triangle-Cushing; Compass-Wewitzer; Perpendicular-Thompson; Mrs Magnum-Mrs White; Mrs Square-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: Mrs Magnum Actor: Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Dorilant Actor: Whitefield

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Humours of Leixlip, as17770425

2553
09 October 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coquette; Or The Mistakes Of The Heart

Afterpiece Title: The True-Born Irishman; or, The English Sailors and Soldiers in America

Performance Comment: Characters-Jackson, Dowson, Davis, Evans, Alfred, Russell, Williams, Jones, Miss Essex, Miss Walton, [Text (J. Williams, 1767) lists the parts: Indian King, English Captain, Macfinan, Ben, Ned, White Lady, Black Woman.]Text (J. Williams, 1767) lists the parts: Indian King, English Captain, Macfinan, Ben, Ned, White Lady, Black Woman.]

Dance: End IV: a Hornpipe-Miller

Entertainment: ImitationsEnd: Imitations, Vocal and Rhetorical,-Decastro ; several new ones, and those which Foote introduced him in before their Majesties

2554
20 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17771017, but Diana Trapes-Mrs White.
Cast
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs White.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End: As17771001

2555
19 November 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Hortensio-Davis; Taylor-Jones; Music Master-Fox; Biondello-Cushing; Pedro-Wewitzer; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Mrs Poussin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White

Dance: End II: As17771111; End: The Humours of Leixlip, as17771008

2556
23 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Clown-Cushing; Farmer-Messink; Mother Shipton-Mr Baker; Colombine-Sga Tinte; other Characters-Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.
Cast
Role: other Characters Actor: Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.

Dance: In: As17770929; In afterpiece: Langrish, Miss Besford [who danced in all subsequent performances]

Song: End IV: Solemn Dirge, as17770929, but _Reinhold, Battishill

2557
17 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Farrell; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Baker; Lucy (1st time)-Miss Weller; Diana Trapes-Mrs White; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Cushing, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Brunsdon, Wewitzer, Jones, Mahon, Baker, Painter, R.? Smith, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross, Mrs White, Sga Tinte.
Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): James Messink

Dance: III: a hornpipe-Miss Matthews

2558
01 December 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Hortensio-Robson; Taylor-Jones; Baptista-Thompson; Music@Master-Brunsdon; Pedro-Wewitzer; Biondello-Cushing; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Mrs Poussin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White

Dance: End II: As17780925

2559
21 December 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Spendthrift; or, A ChristmasGambol

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Quick, Whitfield, Dunstall, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Booth, Robson, Fearon, Jones, Cushing, Mrs Willems, Mrs White, Mrs Morton; Larpent MS 463 lists the parts: Sir Clement Courtly, Young Courtly, Save Charges, Plunder, Hazard, Bumper, Bondage, Bobbin, Trusty, Bottlerack, Marrowbone, Trip, Servants, Miss Worthy, Dorothy, Margery. New Prologue-Lee Lewes.
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Whitfield, Dunstall, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Booth, Robson, Fearon, Jones, Cushing, Mrs Willems, Mrs White, Mrs Morton

2560
21 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy

Performance Comment: Captain Mizen-Dodd (of dl); Captain Worthy-Wroughton; Sir Charles Pleasant-Whitfield; Lieut. Cribbage-Booth; Lieut. Easy-Fearon; Binnacle-Wilson; Hatchway (with songs)-Mahon; Commodore Flip-Lee Lewes; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Belinda-Miss Leeson; Jenny Private-Miss Platt; Jiltup-Mrs White; Dorcas Zeal-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Jiltup Actor: Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: In Naval Review: Dance of Sailors-Aldridge, others

Song: End Dance: the Air [in The Comedy of Errors see17790122]-Mrs Kennedy

2561
18 October 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Touchstone Of Invention; Or, The Soldier's Fortune

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Holmes, Williams, Horwell, Master Woodward, Dugdale, Bates, Decastro, Wright, Munden, Noble, Barrett, Miss Dudley, Miss Bowles, Miss White, Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Holmes, Williams, Horwell, Master Woodward, Dugdale, Bates, Decastro, Wright, Munden, Noble, Barrett, Miss Dudley, Miss Bowles, Miss White, Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: Henry And Emma

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Dance: 2nd piece: With a Hornpipe-Lonsdale

Song: End I: two part song, Damon and Clora-Leach, Miss Mitchell (1st appearance); End III: My sweet pretty Mogg-Wright

2562
13 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Catherine And Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Hortensio-Robson; Taylor-Jones; Baptista-Thompson; Music@Master-Brunsdon; Pedro-Wewitzer; Biondello-Cushing; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Mrs Poussin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White

Dance: As17791022

2563
25 January 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Henderson; Duke-Whitfield; Cacafogo-Booth; Juan-L'Estrange; Sanchio-Robson; Alonzo-Fearon; Copper Captain-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Margaritta-Mrs Jackson; Clara-Miss Platt; Altea-Mrs Whitfield; Old Woman-Mrs Pitt; Maid-Mrs White; Estifania-Miss Younge (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

2564
08 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Kennedy; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Booth; Filch (1st time)-Doyle; Mat o' the Mint-Robson; Lucy-Miss Catley; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Jenny Diver-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Diana Trapes-Mrs White; Polly-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

2565
24 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17800222, but Principal Characters-W. _Bates, Miss _Morris, Mrs _Poussin, Mrs _Webb, Mrs _White.
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: W. _Bates, Miss _Morris, Mrs _Poussin, Mrs _Webb, Mrs _White.

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Dance: As17791013

2566
26 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17800222, but Principal Characters-Wewitzer in place of _Edwin, Brunsdon in place of Wewitzer, +Stevens, in place of W. _Bates, Miss _Morris, Mrs _Webb, Mrs _White.
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

2567
15 December 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Islanders

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Hortensio-Robson; Taylor-Jones; Baptista-Thompson; Music Master-Newton; Pedro-Wewitzer; Biondello-W. Bates; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Mrs Poussin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White

2568
24 March 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Second Thoughts Are Best

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Lee Lewes, Quick, Wilson, Edwin, Wewitzer, Robson, Miss Younge, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Satchell, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Morton, Miss Platt, Mrs White, Mrs Davenett, Miss Langrish, Mrs Yates; [Cast adjusted from playbill of 24 Feb. and from London Chronicle, 26 Mar.: Sir Charles Danvers-Lewis; Fairfax-Lee Lewes; Grub-Quick; Col. Sparwell-Wilson; Bronze-Edwin; von Irkin-Wewitzer; Le Rouge-Robson; Molly Gurb-Miss Younge; Mrs Sparwell-Mrs Mattocks; Sidney Grub-Miss Satchell; French Countess-Mrs Wilson; Lady Danvers-Mrs Yates; [Mrs Morton, Miss Platt, Mrs White, Mrs Davenett, Miss Langrish are unassigned.] Prologue-Lee Lewes.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: As17801107

2569
06 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Mirabel-Lewis; Fainall-Wroughton; Witwou'd-Lee Lewes; Petulant-Booth; Waitwell-Quick; Sir Wilful Witwou'd-Yates (1st appearance at this Theatre these 10 years); Mrs Marwood-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Morton; Foible-Mrs Wilson; Mincing-Mrs Poussin; Betty-Mrs White; Lady Wishfor't-Mrs Pitt; Millamant-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End of mainpiece Diversion a-la-Mode by Harris, Byrne, Miss Byrne, Miss Besford, in which The Devonshire Minuet by Harris and Miss Besford

Related Works
Related Work: The Giant Defeated; or, The Reward of Valour Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: Nootka Sound; or Britain Prepar'd Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: The Provocation! Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: Oscar and Malvina; or, The Hall of Fingal Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: The Governor; or, The Creolian Insurrection Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, French Ingratitude Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: The Fall of Martinico; or, Britannia Triumphant Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: Hercules and Omphale Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: The Tythe Pig Author(s): James Byrne

Song: In Act III of mainpiece song by Brett

2570
29 January 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Chalmers; Sea Captain-Bannister; Friar Bacon-Davies; Father-Fearon; Friar Bungy-Darley; Clown-Stevens; Sportsmen-Mahon, Booth; Hunchback Barber-Edwin; Abbess-Mrs Templeton; Mother-Mrs White; Waiting Woman-Mlle Semini; Columbine-Mlle Bithmere. Musical and Other Characters by Johnstone, Thompson, Doyle, Rayner, Jones, Helme, Bates, Ledger, Painter; Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Martyr. The Lilliputians, Blefuscudians and Brobdignagians by New Performers . Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Martyr. The Lilliputians, Blefuscudians and Brobdignagians by New Performers .
Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs White

2571
20 September 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Chalmers; Friar Bacon-Davies; Father-Fearon; Friar Bungy-Darley; Clown-Stevens; Hunchback Barber-Edwin; Abbess-Mrs Templeton; Mother-Mrs White; Colombine-Mrs Goodwin. The other Characters by Doyle, Rayner, Jones, Helme, Bates, Ledger, Painter; Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett . Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett .
Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs White

2572
28 September 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Biondello-Chalmers; Music Master-Stevens; Hortensio-Helme; Tailor-Jones; Pedro-Gaudry; Haberdasher-Besford; Nathaniel-Ledger; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Mrs Poussin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Bates .
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White

2573
17 October 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Related Works
Related Work: The Roman Father Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Biondello-Kennedy; Music Master-Stevens; Hortensio-Helme; Pedro-Swords; Tailor-Wewitzer; Haberdasher-Newton; Nathaniel-Ledger; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Miss Brangin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Bates .
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White

Song: In Act v of mainpiece a Roman Ovation. The Music composed by Shield, with a Grand Chorus ["taken from Caractacus" (Public Advertiser, 21 Oct.)] by Dr Arne. Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Davies, Cubitt, Palmer, Darley, Meadows, Doyle; Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Gray, Miss Orme, Miss Francis, Miss Browning, Mrs Bannister. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

2574
16 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: Annette and Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Quick, Edwin, Booth, Fearon, Macready, Davies, Miss Rowson, Mrs White, Mrs Morton.
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Edwin, Booth, Fearon, Macready, Davies, Miss Rowson, Mrs White, Mrs Morton.

Entertainment: Monologue Before: Mother Shipton's Review of the Audience (Written By D. Garrick, Esq., with Alterations and Additions) (for that night only)-Quick

2575
22 November 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Hortensio-Evatt; Biondello-Rock; Pedro-Helme; Taylor-Wewitzer; Music@master-Stevens; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Miss Brangin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White

Dance: As17881107

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