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7153 results for: Keyword - King and the Queen of Bohemia
We found 3386 matches on Performance Title, 3187 matches on Performance Comments, 1889 matches on Event Comments, 23 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1876
12 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: As17800410, but Richmond-Palmer; Lieutenant of the Tower-Fawcett.
Cast
Role: Lieutenant of the Tower Actor: Fawcett.
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: the other Characters Actor: _Chaplin, Delpini

Entertainment: Vaudeville. Jump through a Tub of Fire, as17800509, but _Wright, Spencer

1877
26 December 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Henderson
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Hull
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Inchbald.

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

1878
22 January 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

1879
08 March 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: Lieutenant of the Tower Actor: R. Palmer
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Don Ferolo Whiskerandos Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Puff Actor: King

1880
26 March 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: St

1881
16 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Banquet and Procession as 30 Oct. 1780, but Christening omitted. Receipts: #158 18s. (157.10; 1.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Jones
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Song: As17801030

1882
18 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: Lieutenant of the Tower Actor: R. Palmer
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End: The Butterfly, as17800921

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: Bucks have at ye All-Master Pulley; End afterpiece: an Epilogue-Master Benson

1883
22 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Song: As17811019, but Sga Prudom in place of Mrs Wrighten; omitted: Miss Phillips, Miss Stageldoir

1884
24 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Palmer; Grumio-Baddeley; Baptista-Wright; Biondella-Lamash; Taylor-Burton; Catherine-Mrs Wrighten .
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Song: As17811022

1885
26 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Lyar, announced on playbill of 25 Oct.] Receipts: #112 1s. (82/4/0; 29/12/6; 0/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Song: As17811022

1886
08 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #263 1s. (253/6/0; 9/12/6; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Song: As17811022

1887
10 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; mf 2, by Isaac Jackman; music by William Shield. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Account-Book, 1 Apr. 1782: Paid Jackman in full for the Divorce #50. Receipts: #207 3s. 6d. (186/9/0; 20/3/6; 0/11/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Parsons, Suett, Phillimore, Griffiths, Helme, Moody; Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Farren. [Cast from text (G. Kearsly, 1781): Sir Harry Trifle-Palmer; Qui Tarn-Parsons; Tom-Suett; Timothy-Phillimore; Sambo-Griffiths; Servant-Helme; Dennis Dogherty-Moody; Biddy-Mrs Wrighten; Mrs Annaseed-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Harriet Trifle-Miss Farren.] Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi. Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi.

Song: As17811022

1888
16 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Song: As17811022

1889
11 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Dance: As17811019, but omitted: Henry [and thereafter]

Song: As17811022

1890
01 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Carnival of Venice [announced on playbill of 31 Dec] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of Dodd. Receipts: #104 3s. 6d. (70/5/0; 33/6/0; 0/12/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Smith
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Putf Actor: King
Role: Italians Actor: Miss Field, the Miss Stageldoirs. Characters of the Tragedy: Lord Burleigh-Chaplin
Role: Master of the Horse Actor: Griffiths
Role: Don Ferolo Whiskerandos Actor: Bannister Jun.

Song: As17811022

1891
06 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Jones
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Miss Cleland
Role: Queen Katherinc Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: Another Irishman Actor: Mahon

Song: As17821230

1892
24 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

1893
26 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Brandon, box-book and house-keeper. Receipts: #319 17s. (80/4; tickets: 239/13) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Jones
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Miss Cleland
Role: Queen Katherinc Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: End of mainpiece The Humours of Newmarket by Harris, Ratchford, Byrne, Miss Byrne, Miss Matthews

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Tally bo!, as17830516; End of Act IV Kate of Aberdeen by Master Bartheiemon

Performance Comment: , as17830516; End of Act IV Kate of Aberdeen by Master Bartheiemon .

1894
03 November 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Henderson
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Buckingham Actor: Hull
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Bates

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

1895
10 November 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Kemble
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: of the Tower Actor: R. Palmer
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss M. Stageldoir. The other Characters by Chaplin, Burton, Spencer, Wrighten, Phillimore, Wilson, Williamson, Kenny, Newbold

1896
13 December 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "Particular Commendation is to be given to the death of Arthur; it is very bold, and well disposed of. The jump is the highest we ever saw" (Public Advertiser, 15 Dec). Afterpiece: Not acted these 8 years. Receipts: #257 4s. (230/7; 26/7; 0/5; tickets not come in: 0/5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Kemble
Role: The Bastard Actor: Smith
Role: King Philip Actor: Aickin
Role: Pandulph Actor: Packer
Role: Queen Elinor Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17831204

1897
16 December 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Kemble
Role: The Bastard Actor: Smith
Role: King Philip Actor: Aickin
Role: Pandulph Actor: Packer
Role: Queen Elinor Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: 2nd Brother Actor: Phillimore
Role: Brothers Actor: Farren, R. Palmer
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

1898
05 January 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Henry the Eighth [announced on playbill of 3 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred, on Account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer. Receipts: #209 6s. (205/18; 3/8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: King Lear Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: Friar Bacon

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Chalmers. Other parts from Larpent MS and from Morning Chronicle, 24 Dec.: Head, Councillors in Lilliput, Cryer, Lord Mayor, Alderman, Clerk, Lawyer, Judge, Sailor, Country Squire, Watchman, Clown, Father

1899
09 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Staunton as King John, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes L'Estrange.] Receipts: #223 13s. (211/18; 11/15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

Performance Comment: As17841020, 1783 but King John-L'Estrange [of CG] .of CG] .
Cast
Role: 83 but King John Actor: L'Estrange

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss M. Stagedoir. Playbill of 10 Nov. 1788 lists the other parts: Harlequin, German Officer, French Gentleman, Valet, Miller, Landlord, Cook, Daemon, Taylor

1900
12 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Buckingham Actor: Aickin
Role: of the Tower Actor: R. Palmer
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss M. Stagedoir. Playbill of 10 Nov. 1788 lists the other parts: Harlequin, German Officer, French Gentleman, Valet, Miller, Landlord, Cook, Daemon, Taylor