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15130 results for: Keyword - John Palmer
We found 11035 matches on Author, 4952 matches on Performance Comments, 1426 matches on Event Comments, 371 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

14051
27 January 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Rivals [announced on playbill of 25 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of Palmer's Illness. Receipts: #153 19s. 6d. (133.14.0; 18.19.0; 1.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Dance: As17770124

14052
30 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Critic [announced on playbill of 29 Mar.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Palmer's sudden Illness.Receipts: #90 0s. 6d. (76.3.0; 11.19.6; 1.18.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: As17791126

14053
06 July 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Cast
Role: Shuffle Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Whod Have Thought It

Performance Comment: Characters by Wilson, Lamash, Wewitzer, R. Palmer, Webb, Kenny, Barrett, Painter, Ledger, Bannister, Mrs Wilson, Miss Hale, Mrs Webb. [Cast from Public Advertiser, 7 July: Strap-Wilson; Spangle-Lamash; Ishmael-Wewitzer; Pillage-Webb; Harry Horsfar [recte Hawser]-Bannister; Broadhem-Mrs Wilson; Miss Strap-Miss Hale [unassigned by Public Advertiser]; Mrs Strap-Mrs Webb; [Larpent MS 556 also lists: Lord George Willmore-; Clinker-; Clod-; Box-; Frank-.

Dance: End I: a Dance-Master Byrn, Miss Byrn; End I afterpiece: [another] Dance-Master and Miss Byrn

14054
12 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Circassian

Cast
Role: Osmyn Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Almoran Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Luns Ghost

Performance Comment: As17820108, but added: R. Palmer .

Dance: In afterpiece, as17820111

14055
03 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Performance Comment: As 11 Mar. but R. Palmer (of DL) in place of Lee Lewes .
Related Works
Related Work: Lingo’s Opinions on Men and Manners (A Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody) Author(s): John Edwin

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

14056
12 June 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Polly

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Performance Comment: Characters by Wilson, Edwin, Staunton, Egan, Usher, Wewitzer, Darley, Davis, Barrett, Painter, Kenny, Massey, Webb, Stevens, Swords, Ledger, Parsons; Miss Morris, Mrs Webb. Cast not known. Prologue spoken by Palmer .

Dance: As17820611

14057
04 November 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Cast
Role: Herald Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Dionysius Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe or Harlequin Friday

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Wright, Grimaldi, Delpini, Suett, R. Palmer, Spencer, Phillimore, Williames, Waldron, Fawcett, Alfred, Chaplin; Miss Collett. Cast not known .

Dance: As17820921

14058
26 December 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth or Harlequins Wedding

Performance Comment: Characters of the Pantomime by Wright, Grimaldi, Delpini, Suett, Fawcett, Waldron, Wrighten, Burton, R. Palmer, Chaplin, Norris, Spencer, Alfred, Mister Wilson; Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Granger, Miss Simson, Miss Barnes, Miss Collett. Vocal Parts by Chapman, Barrymore, Williames, Phillimore; Miss Field, Miss Wright, Mrs Wrighten. [Partial cast from European Magazine, Jan. 1783, p. 67, and Town and Country Magazine, Supp. 1782, p. 716: Harlequin-Wright; Clown-Grimaldi; Pantaloon-Delpini; Magician-Chaplin; Columbine-Miss Collett; Mirth-Miss Field; Diana-Mrs Wrighten.] hathi. hathi.

14059
13 October 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Ostrick Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth or Harlequins Wedding

Performance Comment: Characters by Wright, Grimaldi, Burton, Suett, Fawcett, Ferrere, Wrighten, Williamson, R. Palmer, Chaplin, Wilson, Kenny, Spencer, Alfred; Mrs Burnett, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Miss M. Stageldoir. Cast not known .

Song: In afterpiece the vocal Parts by Chapman, Barrymore, Williames, Phillimore; Miss Field, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Wrighten

14060
07 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Packer
Role: Tom Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior or The Magis Cestus

Performance Comment: Characters by Wright, Williamson, Burton, Staunton, Williames, R. Palmer, Waldron, Chaplin, Phillimore, Wilson, Alfred, Spencer, Kenny, Grimaldi; Mrs Burnett, Miss Burnett, Miss Tidswell, Miss Barnes, Miss Cranford, Miss M. Stageldoir. [Partial cast from Parker's General Advertiser, 8 Jan.: Old Harlequin-Wright; Magician-Staunton; Sailor-Williames; Clown-Grimaldi; Spirit-Miss Cranford; Colombine-Miss M. Stagedoir. Playbill of 10 Nov. 1788 lists the other parts: Harlequin, German Officer, French Gentleman, Valet, Miller, Landlord, Cook, Daemon, Taylor; Old Colombine, French Ladies.] hathi. Old Colombine, French Ladies.] hathi.

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a song by Miss Phillips

14061
13 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Performance Comment: Characters by Hamoir, Williamson, Burton, Barrymore, Williames, R. Palmer, Waldron, Fawcett, Chaplin, Phillimore, Wilson, Alfred, Spencer, Chapman, Wright; Mrs Burnett, Miss Burnett, Miss Tidswell, Miss Barnes, Miss Cranford, Miss M. Stageldoir [for cast, etc., see17840107] .

14062
12 July 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted here. [The playbill lists R. Palmer as Rodolpho in mainpiece, and as Young Clackit in afterpiece, but he "was prevented appearing either in the tragedy or entertainment, having had the misfortune to break his arm" Chondon Magazine, July 1784, p. 75). For Egan and Riley as his substitutes see 14 July. Miss Woollery is identified on playbill of 24 July. Prologue by George Colman, the elder (Colman, Prose, III, 254). Miss Kemble was from DL.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

14063
17 October 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): John Lacy

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.]

Performance Comment: 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.] hathi.

14064
11 May 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bird In A Cage

Cast
Role: Dondolo Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Small Talk or The Westminster Boy

Performance Comment: Principal Parts by Quick, Booth, Palmer, Brown, Wewitzer, Fearon, Davies, Edwin; Mrs Webb, Miss Brangin, Mrs Wells. Cast not known. Prologue spoken by Holman .

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Grand Dance, as17860424; End of Act I of afterpiece Leap Year, as17860227

14065
14 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Lacy; Cassio-Bannister Jun.; Brabantio-Aickin; Roderigo HAY R. Palmer; Duke-Gardner; Lodovico-Usher; Montano-Riley; Iago-Bensley; AEmilia-Mrs Bates; Desdemona-Miss Woollery .

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Cast
Role: Young Wilmot Actor: Palmer
Role: Eustace Actor: R. Palmer
Role: John Actor: Swords
Role: Idle Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Johnny Atkins Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17860706

14066
20 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: King Henry the Eighth [advertised on playbill of 19 Jan.] is, on Account of the Indisposition of Mrs Siddons, deferred 'till Sturday next (after which it will be laid aside from some Time, on Account of Preparations for Coriolanus [see 7 Feb.]) with The Critic [also advertised on playbill of 19 Jan.]. Kemble Mem.: Palmer imprisoned [seemingly for debt]. Receipts: #129 13s. (108.3; 19.19; 1.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

14067
02 February 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agmunda Huniades

Performance Comment: As Huniades 18 Jan., but Christian Characters-Bensley; Kemble_; R._ Palmer; Barrymore_; Mahometan Characters-Phillimore; Epilogue-Bannister Jun., Suett.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: John Actor: Banks.

14068
12 November 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [This was Baddeley's last appearance on the stage (see 19 Nov.).] Powell: R. Palmer Ill, Benson Trip [as in playbill]; Banks Servt to Joseph Surface for Benson. School for Lovers rehearsed at 10; Mithridates at 12 [but this play not acted at this or any other London theatre between 1738 and 1800], Receipts: #329 1s. (259.0.6; 68.9.0; 1.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Scandal Scandaliz'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Song: III: a song-Sedgwick

14069
12 July 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Performance Comment: Octavian-Barrymore; Virolet-C. Kemble; Kilmallock-Johnstone; Roque-Aickin; Lope Tocho-Suett; Goatherds-Ledger, Chippendale; Muleteers-Bannister, Davies, Trueman; Bulcazin Muley-Caulfield; Ganem-[J.] Palmer; Pacha-Clarke; Ali Beg-Abbot; Sadi-Wathen; Zorayda-Miss Heard; Floranthe-Miss DeCamp; Agnes-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Kilmallock Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Fortunes Frolick

Cast
Role: Rattle Actor: Palmer

14070
13 September 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Cast
Role: Dick Dowlas Actor: H. Johnston
Role: Kenrick Actor: Johnstone
Role: John Actor: Abbot

Afterpiece Title: Fortunes Frolick

Performance Comment: As17990620 but Rattle-Trueman (1st time) in place of Palmer.

14071
05 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bologna Sen., Mrs Follett & Sloper. [Mainpiece: Epilogue by Thomas Palmer.] Receipts: #445 (95.4; 7.17; tickets: 341.19)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lovers Vows

Cast
Role: Anhalt Actor: H. Johnstone
Role: Agatha Friburg Actor: Mrs Johnson
Role: Amelia Wildenhaim Actor: Mrs H. Johnston.

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina

Song: End II: The Fox Stag and Hare (written by T. Dibdin, and composed by Davy)-Incledon; End IV: The Anchor Smiths-Townsend; End: The Red Cross Knight-Incledon, Linton; afterpiece: I am a jolly gay Pedlar, as18000308Come every jovial fellow, as18000308O ever in my bosom live-Miss Wheatley, Mrs Atkins

Entertainment: End: a Variety of Imitations-Rees

14072
23 August 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Performance Comment: Octavian-Barrymore; Virolet-Trueman; Kilmallock-Johnstone; Roque-Davenport; Lope Tocho-Suett; Goatherds-Ledger, Chippendale; Muleteers-Bannister, Klanert; Bulcazin Muley-Caulfield; Ganem-[J.] Palmer; Sadi-Wathen; Zorayda-Miss Chapman; Floranthe-Miss DeCamp; Agnes-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Kilmallock Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: In course evening: Little Taffline; or, The Silken Sash-Mrs Bland

14073
03 January 1662 @ Lincoln's Inn

Event Comment: [The edition of 1662 suggests that this was a ballet, the text offering description or synopses of the entries. Edition of 1662: Being part of that Magnificent Entertainment by the Noble Prince, DelaGrange, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolns Inn. Presented to the High and Mighty Charles II, Monarch of Great Britain, France and Ireland. On Friday 3 of January 1662. Evelyn, Diary: After Prayers I went to Lond: invited to the solemn foolerie of the Prince de la Grange at Lincolne Inn: where came also the King, Duke, &c.: beginning with a grand Masquev and a formal Pleading before the mock-princes (Grandes), Nobles & Knights of the Sunn: He had his L. Chancelor, Chamberlaine, Treasurer, & other royal officers gloriously clad & attended, which ended in a magnificent Banquet: one Mr John? Lort, being the young spark, who maintained the Pageantrie. Pepys, Diary: While I was there, comes by the King's life-guard, he being gone to Lincoln's Inn this afternoon to see the Revells there; there being, according to an old custom, a prince and all his nobles and other matters of sport and charge. John Ward (notebooks, 6 Jan.): I saw a Leopard and the same day as strange a sight which was the mock prince of Lincolnes' Inne his Nobels his Knights of the Garter and his other officers (Shakespeare Quarterly, XI [1960], 494)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greek Words Universal Motion

14074
September 1662 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: In the notebooks of John Ward, between 1 and 25 Sept. 1662, appears The Alchemist [by Ben Jonson]. See A. L. D. Kennedy-Skipton, "A Footnote to John Ward and Restoration Drama," Shakespeare Quarterly, XII (1961), 353. For an early cast, see Dec. 1660

Performances

14075
January 1664 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pompey The Great

Performance Comment: Edition of 1664: wo actors' names. Prologue At the House-; Epilogue at the House-; Epilogue to the King at Saint James's-; Epilogue To the Dutchess at Saint James's-; [One Epilogue was written by Sir Edward Deering.] [At the end: After which a grand Masque [is Danc'd before Caesar and Cleopatra[, made (as well as the other Dances and the Tunes to them) by Mr John Ogilby-.
Cast
Role: Mr John Ogilby Actor: .