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11987 results for: Keyword - John Highmore, Esq
We found 9825 matches on Author, 1714 matches on Performance Comments, 1394 matches on Event Comments, 328 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

10276
01 July 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Eminent Citizens. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Lillo. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere, by H. Fielding, Esq. At Common Prices. 6:30 P.M. [Tickets for Grey, Peploe, Mrs Moor taken. The Doorkeepers are ordered not to take tickets sold by Orange Women.] London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 3 July: The Play of George Barnwell, and the Farce of the Mock Doctor . . . was perform'd to a Crowded Audience, with Great Applause . . . The Revival of the above-mentioned Play seems welltim'd, when so many fine Ladies of Pleasure make their Appearance, with unusual Equipages, and their Gallants run the most extraordinary Lengths, to their own Ruin, and Grief of their Friends

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces. II: A Concerto for two Hautboys performed by Woodbridge and Neale

Dance: I:Jenny come tie me; or, The Neu, Way of Wooing by Davenport and Miss Brett. III: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. V: Pierot by Davenport and Cox. End Afterpiece: A new Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson

Song: IV: As17350603

10277
20 September 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Music: Select Pieces

10278
27 September 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespeare by N. Tate, Esq. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And H1s Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

10279
04 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq; Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: II: Grand Serious Ballet by Denoyer and others. IV: Revellers, as17351103 End Afterpiece: Le Chasseur Royal by Denoyer and Mlle Roland

10280
05 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq; Poet-Laureat. [Their Majesties and the rest of the Royal Family present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: I: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. III: Minuet (in Modern Habits) by Denoyer and Miss Anderson. V: Revellers, as17351103 End Afterpiece: As17351104

Related Works
Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: Neptune's Address to His Most Sacred Majesty Charles the Seond: King of England, Scotland, rance and Ireland &c. Congratulating His Happy Coronation Celebrated the 22th Day of Aprill, 1661 Author(s): John Tatham
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger

10281
19 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet Laureat. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: Grand Serious Ballet by Denoyer and others. III: Grand Ballet by Mlle Roland, Mlle Anne Roland, and others. IV: Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson. V: Le Badinage de Provence, as17351117

10282
24 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear by N. Tate, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And H1s Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

10283
26 November 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq. And New Scenes and Clothes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France By The English

Performance Comment: King Henry-Johnson; Dauphin-Giffard; King of France-W. Giffard; Bourbon-Richardson; Orleans-Woodward; Exeter-Rosco; York-Lyon; Scroop-Havard; Cambridge-Hamilton; Sir Thomas-Ray; Princess Catherine-Mrs Giffard; Harriet-Mrs Roberts; Charlotte-Miss Tollett. With a New Prologue, addressed to the City .
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Pat1e and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling

10284
27 November 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance:

10285
28 November 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward

10286
29 November 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Johnson

Dance: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde

10287
01 December 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: Scot's Dance by Mrs Bullock

10288
02 December 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: As17351128

10289
03 December 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock

10290
13 December 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

10291
16 December 1735 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 15 Dec: The Opera of Adriano, now performing with great Applause, particularly for some fine Songs in it, compos'd for Signior Farinello, having been thought by the King to be rather too long, M. Veracini has shorten'd it, and his Majesty has declar'd his Intention of being present at it [Tuesday 16]. We hear, that after this Opera has had its run, there will be a new one call'd Mithridates, the Drama of which is wrote in English by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet Laureat, and translated from thence into Italian

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adriano

10292
17 December 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq. [Prince present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: I: Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson. II: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland

10293
18 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq. Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: John Trot Actor: Hough

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Rover, as17360214

10294
25 March 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman. Nunc aut Nunquam. Mainpiece: Written by Henry Fielding, Esq; Author of the Miser. [Tickets at Penkethman's, overagainst the Three Tuns, Ayliff Street.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Temple Beau

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. III: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. V: English Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Bullock

Song: IV: By Mrs Chambers

10295
15 April 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Buchanan. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq; Poet-Laureat. Receipts: money #46 2s. 6d.; tickets #151 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: Peasant by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni

10296
01 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Thurmond. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

10297
10 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit James. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq. [Tickets for Thompson and Haddock taken.] Receipts: money #18 16s.; tickets #126 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: I: Two Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon. III: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Sailors (from orestes), by Glover, &c

Song: II: By Roberts

10298
12 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq. [Prince and Princess present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: John Trot Actor: Hough

Dance: Miller and his Wife by Poitier and Mlle Roland. Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

10299
18 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Gwinn, Guise, and Warriner, Boxkeepers. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. Receipts: money #9 7s. 6d.; tickets #136 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Related Works
Related Work: Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or, Hob's Wedding Author(s): John Hippisley
Related Work: Hob's Opera Author(s): John Hippisley

Dance: I: Comic Ballet, as17360417 III: A new Serious Dance by Scholar of Nivelon. IV: A new Comic Dance by a Little Miss, Scholar of Nivelon. V: A new Comic Dance in Character of a Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. End Afterpiece: A new Comic Dance by Nivelon and another of his scholars

Song: II: By Leveridge

10300
27 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Boxkeeper. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. [Tickets for Cooper also taken.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: By Denoyer's Apprentice. IV: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson