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13572 results for: Keyword - John Kemble
We found 11054 matches on Author, 2530 matches on Performance Comments, 1568 matches on Event Comments, 328 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1301
27 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Cast
Role: Beverley Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pharo Table Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Arthur Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): John Dryden

1302
29 March 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Kemble. Tickets delivered for The Careless Husband will be taken. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion, Ladies are desired to send their Servants at half past Four o'Clock. [Mrs Siddons's 1st appearance as Lady Restless was at Manchester, 17 Feb. 1777.] Public Advertiser, 12 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Kemble, No. 16, Charles-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #293 12s. 6d. (148.16.0; 15.3.0; 0.7.6; tickets: 129.10.0) (charge: #105 11s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Sir John Restless-King; Belmont-Barrymore; Blandford-Packer; Sir William Belmont-Staunton; Robert-Waldron; Brush-Burton; Footman-Spencer; Servant-Alfred; Beverley (for this night)-Kemble; Lady Restless-Mrs Siddons (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Clarissa-Miss Collins; Tattle-Mrs Wilson; Tippet-Miss Barnes; Marmalet-Miss Tidswell; Belinda-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Sir John Restless Actor: King
Role: Beverley Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1303
26 October 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5]: Altered from Beaumont and Fletcher, by Dryden [by Thomas King. The original alteration, 1700, was by Sir John Vanbrugh, not by Dryden. The present alteration has been attributed to John Philip Kemble, but in his copy of the play, now in the Huntington Library (K-D 95), he has written "by Thomas King"]. Public Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787: This Day is published, as now revived with material Additions, The Pilgrim (1s.). Receipts: #85 9s. 6d. (72.5.0; 13.4.6; 0.0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Pedro-Kemble; Roderigo-Barrymore; Seberto-Williames; Curio-Benson; Lopez-Suett; Jaquez-Burton; Outlaws-Spencer, Alfred; Stammering Servant and Mad Englishman-R. Palmer; Mad Scholar-Whitfield; Mad Taylor-Waldron; Old Pilgrim-Packer; Mast. of the Madhouse-Chaplin; Gentleman-Wilson; Beggar-Jones; Drunken Servant-Bates; Porter-Fawcett; Peasants-Lamash, Phillimore; Alphonso-Baddeley; Alinda-Mrs Taylor; Fool-Miss Collins; Juletta-Mrs Jordan.
Cast
Role: Pedro Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Dance: End I: a New Dance-Hamoir, Ferrere, the Miss Stageldoirs; End III: The Capricious Lovers, as17870920; End IV: another New Dance-Hamoir, Ferrere, the Miss Stageldoirs

1304
30 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kemble [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill.] Mainpiece: Not acted these 5 years. Receipts: #92 14s. (70.12; 21.3; 0.19; tickets: non listed) (charge: #106 9s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedick-Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Claudio-Barrymore; Don Pedro-Whitfield; Don John-Aickin; Balthazar (with a song)-Williames; Antonio-Packer; Dogberry-Parsons; Town@Clerk-Baddeley; Verges-Burton; Leonato-Bensley; Hero-Mrs Kemble; Beatrice-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Benedick Actor: Kemble
Role: Don John Actor: Aickin
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado about Nothing Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Dance: In II: a Masquerade and Dance-proper to the Play

Entertainment: Monologue. End: The Passions an Ode to Music-Kemble

Performance Comment: End: The Passions an Ode to Music-Kemble.
Cast
Role: The Passions an Ode to Music Actor: Kemble.

1305
20 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Manly-Bensley; Count Basset-Dodd; John Moody-Moody; Squire Richard-Suett; Sir Francis Wronghead-Parsons; Lady Grace-Mrs Ward; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Jenny (with songs)-Mrs Forster; Trusty-Miss Heard; Myrtilla-Miss Barnes; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Love; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Lord Townly Actor: Kemble
Role: John Moody Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Arthur Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): John Dryden

1306
03 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): John Burgoyne

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1307
04 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Leon Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Arthur Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): John Dryden

1308
05 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1309
20 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Cromwell Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Song: In IV: song-Miss Romanzini

1310
14 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1311
22 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Cast
Role: Zanga Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1312
27 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Sir John Restless Actor: Palmer
Role: Beverley Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Arthur Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): John Dryden

1313
06 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Impostors

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1314
13 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1315
23 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1316
12 March 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Related Works
Related Work: The Confederacy Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1317
31 March 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mary Queen Of Scots

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Kemble, Aickin, Barrymore, Whitfield, Packer, Williames, Fawcett, Phillimore, Wilson, Jones, Chaplin, Benson, Wroughton Mrs Ward, Mrs Farmer, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Siddons.
Role: Norfolk Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Mary Queen of Scots Author(s): John St. John

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1318
29 April 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Cardinal Wolsey Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1319
02 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Cast
Role: haracters Actor: Wroughton, Suett, Whitfield, Fawcett, Phillimore, Alfred, Aickin, Mrs Kemble, Mrs Jordan. Cast from text
Role: Sir John English Actor: Fawcett
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

1320
06 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Cast
Role: Zanga Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Cast
Role: haracters Actor: Wroughton, Suett, Whitfield, Fawcett, Phillimore, Alfred, Aickin, Mrs Kemble, Mrs Jordan. Cast from text
Role: Sir John English Actor: Fawcett
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

1321
12 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Appearances

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Kemble, Wroughton, Bannister Jun., R. Palmer, Parsons, Mrs Crouch, Miss Pope, Mrs Kemble, Miss Farren. Cast from tex t
Role: Marquis Actor: Kemble
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Cast
Role: haracters Actor: Wroughton, Suett, Whitfield, Fawcett, Phillimore, Alfred, Aickin, Mrs Kemble, Mrs Jordan. Cast from text
Role: Sir John English Actor: Fawcett
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

1322
05 November 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Wild Goose Chase Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Arthur Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): John Dryden

1323
15 February 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Performance Comment: Lord Foppington-Dodd; Young Fashion-Bannister Jun.; Loveless-Wroughton; Col. Townly-Barrymore; Sir Tunbelly Clumsey-Moody; Probe-Waldron; Lory-Baddeley; Le Varole-Maddocks; Shoemaker-Alfred; Taylor-Fawcett; Hosier-Webb; Jeweller-Phillimore; Berinthia-Miss Farren; Amanda-Mrs Kemble; Mrs Coupler-Mrs Booth; Nurse-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Hoyden-Mrs Jordan.
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

1324
14 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-Bannister Jun.; Captain Absolute-Wroughton; Faulkland-Kemble (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; Fag-R. Palmer; David-Baddeley; Coachman-Phillimore; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Lydia Languish-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in that character); Julia-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character); Lucy-Mrs Wilson; Maid-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Faulkland Actor: Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Ladies Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Rival Kings; or, The Loves of Oroondates and Statira Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: John Actor: Burton
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Dance: As17900323

1325
23 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Dance: As17900308

Entertainment: MonologuePrevious: his being the Anniversary of His Majesty's Happy Recovery, British Loyalty; or, a Squeeze for St. Paul's-Bannister Jun

Song: After which: the Stage being decorated and illuminated in the same Superb Stile which it was for the Reception of his Majesty on Dec. the 16 last, God save the King-Dignum, Sedgwick, Alfred, Danby, Fawcett, Haymes, Hollingsworth, Lyons, Maddocks, Phillimore