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14311 results for: Keyword - John Roberts
We found 11805 matches on Author, 2649 matches on Performance Comments, 1393 matches on Event Comments, 416 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

12751
24 November 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Delane; Dumont-Giffard; Gloster-Bridges; Jane Shore-Mrs Giffard; Alicia-Mrs Roberts; Bellmour-W. Giffard; Ratcliff-Blakes; Catesby-Winstone.
Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: III, IV: Sullivan

Dance: II: Dance, as17431123

12752
03 December 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Quin; MacDuff-Ryan; Lady MacDuff-Mrs Stevens; King-Gibson; Banquo-Bridgwater; Malcolm-Hale; Donalbaine-Anderson; Lenox-Stephens; Seyward-Cashell; Seyton-Ridout; Hecate-Rosco; 1st Murderer-Marten; 2nd Murderer-Stoppelaer; Witches-Hippisley, Woodward, James; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; With the original Music-; The Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Roberts, Reinhold, Thompson, Bencraft, Mrs Vincent, Miss Hillyard.
Cast
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Leveridge, Roberts, Reinhold, Thompson, Bencraft, Mrs Vincent, Miss Hillyard.
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

12753
15 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Garrick; King-Mills; Ghost-Delane; Queen-Mrs Roberts; Laertes-Blakes; Horatio-Havard; Ostrick-Neale; Polonius-Taswell; Marcellus-Turbutt; Rosencraus-Woodburn; Guildenstern-Green; Player King-W. Giffard; Player Queen-Mrs Bennet; Grave Diggers-Yates, Ray; Ophelia-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts

Song: II: Song-Morland

Dance: IV: As17431123

12754
17 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Garrick; King Henry-Giffard; Buckingham-Mills; Richmond-Havard; King Edward V-Mrs Ridout; Duke of York-Miss Wright; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Roberts; Lady Anne-Mrs Mills; Duchess of York-Miss Bennet; Ratcliff-Woodburn; Tyrrel-Arthur; Lord Mayor-Taswell; Oxford-Green; Stanley-Winstone; Tressel-Blakes; Catesby-Turbutt; Lieutenant-Ray.
Cast
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Roberts
Related Works
Related Work: The English Princess; or, The Death of Richard III Author(s): John Caryll

12755
19 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love The Cause And Cure Of Grief Or The Innocent Murderer

Performance Comment: Prologue-Delane; Epilogue-Mrs Giffard; Weldon-Delane; Briar-Giffard; Young Freeman-Havard; Freeman-Bridges; Judge-Winstone; Servant-Woodburn; Charlotte-Mrs Giffard; Mrs Freeman-Mrs Roberts; Mrs Briar-Mrs Bennet [1st edition, but listed in order of actors given in London Daily Post and General Advertiser].1st edition, but listed in order of actors given in London Daily Post and General Advertiser].
Cast
Role: Mrs Freeman Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

12756
12 January 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Giffard; Col. Briton-Delane; Gibby-Blakes; Don Lopez-Collins; Soldier-Arthur; Violante-Mrs Giffard; Flora-Mrs Roberts; Lissardo-Yates; Alguzile-Morgan; Frederick-W. Giffard; Pedro-Dunstall; Isabella-Mrs E. Giffard; Inis-Mrs Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: II: Song-Morland

12757
14 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): John Philip Kemble

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: Jupiter Actor: Roberts

12758
03 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Quin; Elder Brother-Ryan; Young Brother-Cashell; 1st Spirit-Hale; 2nd Spirit-Ridout; Lady-Mrs Pritchard; Vocal Parts:-Euphrosyne-Mrs Clive; Bacchanal-Beard; Sabrina-Mrs Lampe; Followers of Comus-Leveridge, Reinhold, Messing, Roberts, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Young; Dancesproper to the masque-Cooke, Picq, Mlle Bonneval, Mlle Domitilla, Mrs Delagarde, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Destrade, Dupre, Mlle Fabres, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeFont.
Cast
Role: Followers of Comus Actor: Leveridge, Reinhold, Messing, Roberts, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Young
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John Milton

12759
23 April 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Brisk-Cibber Jun.; Sir Paul Plyant-Yates; Lady Froth-Mrs Mills; Maskwell-Berry; Mellefont-Havard; Careless-Mills; Lord Froth-Neale; Lord Touchwood-Winstone; Lady Plyant-Mrs Roberts; Saygrace-Turbutt; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Cross; Cynthia-Mrs Ridout.
Cast
Role: Lady Plyant Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance: Muilment, Mrs Auguste

Song: BBritons Strike Home-

12760
11 May 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Sir Charles Easy-Giffard; Lord Foppington-Cibber Jun.; Lord Morelove-Delane; Lady Betty Modish-Mrs Woffington; Lady Easy-Mrs Giffard; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Roberts; Edging-Mrs Ridout.
Cast
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: I, IV: Morland

Dance: III: Mlle Auguste

12761
29 September 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Sixth Day...at the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Daily Advertiser, 2 Oct.: Last Saturday Night the reviv'd Play of Romeo and Juliet...was acted...to a numerous and polite Audience, with Great Applause. There was an extraordinary fine appearance of Ladies in the Boxes; and every one allow'd Miss Jenny Cibber (who has given Proofs of an uncommon Genius) was greatly inprov'd in the character of Juliet. The Quality and Gentry were all safely guarded to the chairs and Coaches by the Lads of St. James's Market. [Hill was the stage name for Johnson.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17440911, but Fescalus-Charles; Capulet-Paget; Montague-Furnival; Mercutio-Barnard; Paris-Mozeen; Benvolio-Holtom; Tybalt-Naylor; Friar John-Michael; Alguazile-Wright; Apothecary-Richards; Balthazar-Mrs Clark; Page-Miss Charke; Friar Laurence-Hill; Lady Capulet-Mrs George; Nurse-Mrs Hill.
Cast
Role: Friar John Actor: Michael

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

12762
01 October 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Quin; Macduff-Ryan; King-Rosco; Banquo-Bridgwater; Malcolm-Hale; Donalbaine-Anderson; Lenox-Ridout; Seyward-Cashell; Seyton-Gibson; Hecate-Arthur; Murderers-Bencraft, Marten; Witches-Hippisley, Woodward, James; Lady Macduff-Mrs Stevens; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Pritchard; With the Original Music-; The Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Thompson, Roberts, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Vincent; With all the Dances-. Decorations proper to the play.
Cast
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Thompson, Roberts, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Vincent
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

12763
20 October 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Andromache-Mrs Roberts, first on that stage these twelve years; Pyrrhus-Mills; Orestes-Cibber; Hermione-Miss Jenny Cibber, first time in that part; Phoenix-Furnival; Pylades-Mozeen; Cephisa-Mrs Chetwood; Cleone-Miss Houghton.
Cast
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Roberts, first on that stage these twelve years

Afterpiece Title: The Gardeners Wedding

Music: Between the acts: Select Pieces of Musick-; Singing-Mrs Hill; III: The Noon Tide Air from Comus-Mrs Hill

12764
03 November 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Neocromancer

Performance Comment: As17441031, but Shade of Leander-Roberts.
Cast
Role: Shade of Leander Actor: Roberts.

12765
29 December 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Performance Comment: As17441020, but Lord Chamberlain-Rosco; Surveyor-Marten; Cromwell-Ridout; Anne Bullen-Mrs Horton; Vocal parts for Coronation scene procession -Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Roberts, Thompson, Mrs Clive, Mrs Lampe.
Cast
Role: Vocal parts for Coronation scene procession Actor: Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Roberts, Thompson, Mrs Clive, Mrs Lampe.

12766
08 January 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: I, IV: Lowe

Dance: V: Grand Dance-Sga Bettini

12767
11 January 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressed Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: Grand Dance, as17441217; V: Sga Bettini

12768
12 January 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: 1 The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17441218, but Chasseur Royal-Roberts; Mercury-_.
Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Roberts

12769
14 January 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Quin; Elder Brother-Ryan; Young Brother-Cashell; 1st Spirit-Hale; 2nd Spirit-Ridout; Lady-Mrs Pritchard; The Vocal Parts: Euphrosyne-Mrs Clive; Bacchanal-Beard; Sabrina-Mrs Lampe; Attendant Spirits on Comus-Leveridge, Reinhold, Messing, Roberts, Thompson, Mrs Wright; The Dance proper to the masque-Cooke, LaLauze, Picq, Sga Campioni, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Destrade, Dupre, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Duval, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Ozanne.
Cast
Role: Attendant Spirits on Comus Actor: Leveridge, Reinhold, Messing, Roberts, Thompson, Mrs Wright
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John Milton

12770
16 January 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Mills
Related Works
Related Work: The Contrast: A Tragi-Comical Rehearsal of Two Modern Plays: Match Upon Match; or, No Match at All, and the Tragedy of Epaminodas Author(s): John Hoadley

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: Grand Dance, as17441217

12771
25 January 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser; or, Wagner and Abericock Author(s): John Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Performance Comment: Pyramus-Beard; Lyon-Reinhold; Wall-Laguerre; Moonshine-Roberts; Thisbe-Mrs Lampe [edition of 1745]; The Dances-Cooke, LaLauze, Picq, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Duval (General Advertiser).
Cast
Role: Moonshine Actor: Roberts

12772
14 November 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not Or The Kind Imposter

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; Follower of Proserpine-Sga Campioni; 2nd Follower-Miss Vandersluys; 3rd Follower-Mrs LeBrun; 4th Follower-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Follower-Mrs Ozane; Follower of Ceres-Mrs Delagarde; Pluto-Leveridge; Demons-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Havard; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Vaughan; Gardeners-Destrade, Dupre; Elements: Earth-Destrade, Mrs Ozane; Air-Villeneuve, Miss Vandersluys; Fire-Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun; Water-Cooke, Sga Campioni.
Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts

12773
15 November 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Cashell; Madcduff-Ryan; Banquo-Bridgwater; Malcolm-Hale; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Macduff-Mrs Hale; King-Gibson; Lenox-Ridout; Seyward-Rosco; Donalbaine-Anderson; Seyton-Carr; Fleance-Miss Morrison; Hecate-Arthur; Witches-Woodward, James, Dunstall; Murderers-Bencraft, Marten; With the Original Music-; The Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Thompson, Roberts, Mrs Lampe; all the Dances-, decorations proper to the play.
Cast
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Thompson, Roberts, Mrs Lampe
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: As17451109

12774
28 December 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17451127, but King-Roberts; Ghost-Paget.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17451028

Song: Brett

12775
18 January 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Vii Or The Popish Imposter