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13042 results for: Keyword - John and Chr. Rich
We found 11034 matches on Author, 1735 matches on Performance Comments, 1508 matches on Event Comments, 352 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

226
24 January 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #167 3s

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: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John ThurmondRichard Jones
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

227
21 October 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Hero and Leander Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers, others
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

228
12 November 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #73 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 46 paid and 34 orders; balcony, 1 paid; pit 220 paid and 26 orders; slips, 17 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 203 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 97 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Related Works
Related Work: The False Friend Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne or The Burgo Master Trickd

Cast
Role: 4th Nymph Actor: Mrs Anderson
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John ThurmondRichard Jones
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

229
05 December 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #38 15s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 32 paid and 9 orders; pit, 83 paid and 18 orders; slips, 7 paid and 11 orders; first gallery, 112 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 120 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

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

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Hero and Leander Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers, others
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

230
07 January 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #147 5s. 6d. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Probable attendance: boxes, 194 paid and 20 orders; stage, 1 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 275 paid and 11 orders; slips, 38 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 406 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 165 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

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

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne or The Burgo Master Trickd

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John ThurmondRichard Jones
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

231
11 January 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #73 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 62 paid and 5 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 174 paid and 45 orders; slips, 6 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 216 paid and 33 orders; second gallery, 140 paid and 13 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Related Works
Related Work: The False Friend Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Hero and Leander Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers, others
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

232
02 November 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #47 5s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 43 paid and 9 orders; pit, 103 paid and 14 orders; slips, 4 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 119 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 137 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

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

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: DuPre, Miss LaTour
Role: Pierrot Man and Woman Actor: Pelling, Mrs Moreau
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Salle, Mrs Pelling
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

233
05 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #74 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turnd Fabulist

234
09 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #58 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turnd Fabulist

235
05 January 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #158 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country House

Related Works
Related Work: The Country House Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

236
12 January 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #96 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Related Works
Related Work: The False Friend Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

237
12 February 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Benefit J. Rich. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #177 7s. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Related Works
Related Work: Aesop Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Aesop, Part II Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

238
26 October 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh, Receipts: #93 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

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

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Good and Evil Spirts Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Seedo
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: DuPre, Mrs Legar
Role: Pierrot Man and Woman Actor: Salle, Mrs Bullock
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Glover, Miss LaTour
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Newhouse, Mrs Ogden
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

239
22 October 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #78 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

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

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: DuPre, Mrs Legar
Role: Pierrot Man and Woman Actor: Salle, Mrs Bullock
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Glover, Miss LaTour
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Newhouse, Mrs Ogden
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

240
18 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Allen, the Numberer [Rich's Register adds: the late Mr Wilks' Nephew.] Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Afterpiece: Intermix'd with Songs; taken from Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

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

Afterpiece Title: The Imaginary Cuckolds

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun; II: Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; III: Harlequin-Miss Brett; IV: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: The Flight-Essex, Miss Robinson

241
19 May 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentlewoman under Misfortunes. [Rich's Register states that it was a benefit for a Gentleman.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers .

242
20 October 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: As 10 Oct. To act Monday through Saturday: King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Henry V, and Richard III

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Ryan
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Bencraft, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young.d1739 10 10 cg Poitier, Mlle Roland.c1739 10 10 cg Written by George, Duke of Buckingham. With all the Music, Songs, Dances, Scenes, Machines, Habits, and other Decorations proper to the Play.
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 Necromancer or Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond

243
24 October 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh, and Colley Cibber Esq; Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

244
09 December 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Profits subscribed to the Veteran Scheme at Guildhall. Mrs Cibber to Garrick, 11 Dec.: Though Mr Rich had no performance at his house...Drury Lane Playhouse was not above half full till the latter account. Then it was a good house but not near so great as we had all last winter to the Orphan. He had built up the stage, but as nobody came there he shut in a flat scene to hide it, and the next day he played the Tender Husband to fifteen pounds.-Boaden, Private Correspondence of Garrick, I, 46

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Song: Lowe, Mrs Clive

Dance: Muilment, Mechel, Miss Mechel

245
07 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Rich's Entertainment call'd ye fair came out this Night at Cov. Garden (Cross). Paid Mr Kynaston 4 renter's shares 100 nights #46 13s. 4d.; Blandford (Tallow Chandler) #19 6s. 5d.; Wax and Brick dust 3s. 11d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #80 (Cross); #97 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Barry; Pyrrhus-Sowdon; Pylades-Havard; Phoenix-Winstone; Cleone-Mrs Green; Cephisa-Miss Cole; Andromache-Mrs Ward; Hermione-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

246
25 January 1751 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Whereas several Ungenerous aspersions have been cast on me, with respect to an Advertisement published in the London Gazetteer of Tuesday last, directed to the Friends of the Manager of Covent Garden Theatre, I declare that I was in no way consenting, or privy to the said Advertisement. John Rich (General Advertiser)

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: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John ThurmondRichard Jones
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

247
13 November 1751 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: 5 Furies Actor: Cooke, Villeneuve, Desse, Christian, Gardner
Role: Scaramouche Actor: Christian
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

248
08 December 1752 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Prologue, Epilogue and Pastoral Dialogue. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Addison. A New Pastoral Dialogue for the benefit of ye Author of ye Dialogue, Cook ye Poet (Cross). [The Prologue was on comic poetry (spoken by Ryan); the Epilogue was on the Comic Characters of Women (spoken by Mrs Bland). See published version (London, 1753 "to which is prefixed an Ode to John Rich, Esq:"--British Museum 11795 K 31).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer Or The Haunted House

Performance Comment: Treman-Ryan; Tinsel-Dyer; Fantome-Anderson; Lady Truman-Mrs Vincent; Vellum-Macklin; Butler-Mrs Marten; Coachman-Dunstall; Gardner-Cushing; Abigail-Mrs Macklin.
Cast
Role: Fantome Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Cast
Role: Steward Actor: Anderson

Entertainment: NNew Prologue, Epilogue, likewise a New Pastoral Dialogue (never perform'd before)-Lowe, Mrs Lampe; The music by Mr Arne-

Dance: LLes Chasseurs Allemandes, as17521207

249
13 November 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #115 9s. Paid Blackmore for the following Cloaths: A Blue velvet Coat & Breeches, with white sattin waistcoat emb. with gold, #18; a Light cloath coat & waistcoat (yellow) emb. with silver #12; A Blue & Silver stuff suit, #8; a crimson velt suit #6; a black velvet suit #4 10s.; a scarlet cloath suit trimm'd with black, #1 10s.; Paid into the hands of Mr Forrest [attorney] by John Rich #200. Mr Austin advanc'd 6d. each acting night form 29 Oct. for snuffing the candles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson
Role: Fairbank Actor: Anderson
Role: Richmore Actor: Ridout

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Loveit Actor: Anderson

Dance: As17591012 End II: a New Comic Dance-Granier, Miss Hillard; Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

250
20 March 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. Part of the Pit railed into Boxes and Stage will be formed into Amphitheatre, where servants will be admitted to keep places. Afterpiece: Farce of Two Acts never before acted. [MacMillan lists the characters from the Larpent MS and points out that no indication of assignment appeared: Sir John Bayfield , Sir Charles Freelove , Sir James Trueman , Mr Lovenight , Captain Squander , Lady Bayfield , Miss Croston , Lady Di Clatter , Miss Gibberish , Mrs Lovenight , Miss Prue , Mrs Goodfellow , and servants . Two deputy licensers seem to have been operating at this time, for Garrick sends his plays to Edward Capel, and Rich his to Chetwyn.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: Sancho-King; Don Carlos-Garrick; Lopez-Yates; Lorenzo-Palmer; Leonora-Mrs Pritchard; Jacintha-Mrs Clive, with Mrs Davies and Bransby in the bill also.
Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Clive, with Mrs Davies and Bransby in the bill also.
Related Works
Related Work: The Mistake Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Every Woman in Her Humour

Dance: TThe Cow Keepers, as17600313