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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.

1976
29 September 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Never [previously] performed at this Theatre [1st acted by the dl Company at king's, 18 Oct. 1792]. The new Scenes by Greenwood. The Musick composed principally by Attwood; rest from Mozart and Sarti. Receipts: #363 9s. (262.10; 99.2; 1.17)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Performance Comment: Sir David Daw-R. Palmer; Governor Tempest-King; Mr Penruddock-Kemble; Mr Woodville-Whitfield; Mr Sydenham-Palmer; Capt. Woodville-C. Kemble; Weazle-Suett; Servant to Woodville-Maddocks; Officer-Phillimore; Jenkins-Caulfield; Coachman-Hollingsworth; Mrs Woodville-Mrs Powell; Emily Tempest-Miss Farren; Dame Dunckley-Mrs Maddocks; Maid-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Governor Tempest Actor: King
Related Works
Related Work: The Wheel of Fortune Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Performance Comment: Marcos-Kelly; Bernardo-Dignum; Pasqual-Caulfield; Roberto-Suett; Lewis-Wewitzer; Narcisso-Master Welsh; Clara-Miss DeCamp; Theresa-Miss Leak; Nina-Mrs Bland; Juliana-Miss Menage; Chorus of Soldiers-Evans, J.? Fisher, Maddocks, Phillimore, Trueman, Welsh, Atkins, Burrows, Meyers, Caulfield Jun., Denman, Fisher, Tett, Aylmer, Dibble, Gallot, Potts, Annereau, Bardoleau, Walker, Willoughby, Peck.
Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Miss Leak
Role: Nina Actor: Mrs Bland

1977
02 January 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth [part I]

Performance Comment: As17961020, but Sir Richard Vernon-Waddy; Poins-Claremont; Westmorland-Townsend; Sir W. Blount-_; Bardolph-_; Douglas-_; Northumberland-_; Sheriff-_.
Cast
Role: Westmorland Actor: Townsend
Role: King Henry Actor: Murray
Role: Northumberland Actor: Davenport

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Oberon

Cast
Role: Principal Pantomime Characters Actor: Simpson, Follett, Delpini, Hawtin, Simmons, Powers, Wilde, Abbot, Thompson, Lee, Rayner, Cranfield, Claremont, Curties, Lewiss, Davies, Mlle St.Amand, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Norton, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Blurton
Role: Father Actor: Hawtin
Role: Colombine Actor: Mlle St.Amand. No other parts assigned.

1978
24 April 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains King, but he "being suddenly indisposed with the gout, his part was, after an apology, undertaken by Dowton, who performed it with considerable effect" (Morning Herald, 25 Apr.).] Receipts: #283 17s. (213.16.6; 67.1.0; 2.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: As17970419, but Sir Solomon Cynic-Dowton in place of King.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: Dowton in place of King.
Role: Mandeville Actor: Wroughton
Role: Albina Mandeville Actor: Mrs Jordan

Afterpiece Title: Katharine and Petruchio

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

1979
01 November 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [1st piece in place of The Merry Wives of Windsor; 2nd piece of Hartford Bridge, both advertised on playbill of 31 Oct.] Receipts: #162 16s. 6d. (158.6.0; 4.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, First Part

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Murray
Role: Northumberland Actor: Davenport
Role: Westmorland Actor: Clarke
Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Performance Comment: M'Gilpin-Quick; Shelty-Munden; Sandy-Incledon; Charley-Townsend; Serjeant Jack-Clarke; Capt. Dash-Claremont; Jenny-Mrs Mountain; Moggy-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Sandy Actor: Incledon

Afterpiece Title: England's Glory

Cast
Role: With pride we steer'd for England's Coast Actor: Townsend.
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: We've bade the restless Seas adieu Actor: Townsend, _Incledon

1980
05 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth [part I]

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Murray
Role: Northumberland Actor: Davenport
Role: Westmorland Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

1981
22 October 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of Buckingham Actor: Barrymore
Role: Duke of Norfolk Actor: Holland
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

1982
19 November 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of Buckingham Actor: Barrymore
Role: Duke of Norfolk Actor: Holland
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: The Captive of Spilburg

Cast
Role: Officers of the Emperor's Guards Actor: Maddocks, Trueman
Role: Moola Actor: Mrs Bland

Dance: As17981114

1983
19 September 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [The playbill assigns Claudius to Packer, but "Archer, on the sudden indisposition of Packer, put on the robes of majesty, which seemed to sit sufficiently easy upon him" (Monthly Mirror, Sept. 1799, p. 175.] "The agitation of Hamlet in the course of the Play which he prepares to try the King, and his violent transports on gaining the certainty of his uncle's villainy by the effect of the piece were strongly characterized" (Morning Chronicle, 20 Sept.). Receipts: #330 17s. (245.19; 84.14; 0.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Claudius-Archer; Hamlet-Kemble; Polonius-Dowton; Horatio-Holland; Laertes-C. Kemble; Rosencrantz-Clarke; Guildenstern-Trueman; Osrick-Palmer; Priest-Webb; Marcellus-Surmont; Bernardo-Wentworth; Francisco-Evans; Ghost of Hamlet's Father-Barrymore; Grave@diggers-King, Sparks; Players-Maddocks, Ryder; Gertrude-Mrs Powell; Ophelia-Miss Biggs (1st appearance in that character); Actress-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Horatio Actor: Holland
Role: Ghost of Hamlet's Father Actor: Barrymore
Role: Grave@diggers Actor: King, Sparks

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Goodall-Maddocks; Blister-Suett; Coupee-Bannister Jun.; Quaver-Dignum; Thomas-Fisher; Miss Lucy-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Mrs Bland.

1984
18 November 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of Buckingham Actor: Barrymore
Role: Duke of Norfolk Actor: Holland
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: The Pavilion

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Kelly, Wentworth, Surmont, Suett, Webb, Bannister Jun., Mrs Crouch, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Bland.

1985
06 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Delpini and King. Receipts: #322 8s. (89.0.6; 11.0.0; tickets: 222.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Related Works
Related Work: The Birth Day Author(s): August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter of Naples

Performance Comment: As18000527, but Henry-H. Johnston; Simpkin (with songs; 1st time)-King.
Cast
Role: Simpkin Actor: King.
Role: King Actor: Bologna
Role: Leonora Actor: the Late Miss Betterton
Role: Louisa's Father Actor: Lewiss
Role: Louisa's Mother Actor: Mrs Whitmore

Afterpiece Title: St

Cast
Role: the Author Actor: Lewis
Role: Sweepers of the Stage Actor: Mrs Whitmore, Mrs Norton
Role: The Old Shepherd Actor: Simmons
Role: The Battle of La Hogue Actor: Incledon

Song: End: the following songs illustrative of the Whims and Sports of Bartholomew Fair: Raro Raro-Delpini; The Wind blew fresh and fair-Townsend; By the gaily circling Glass-Linton; a New Song (composed by Walsh, and written in Commemoration of His Majesty's Providential Escape [from assassination; see dl, 15 May])-Incledon

1986
27 June 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Mrs King was from the Stamford theatre.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Cast
Role: Henry Moreland Actor: C. Kemble
Related Works
Related Work: The Heir at Law Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Performance Comment: Vapour-Farley; Gossip-Suett; Souffrance-Caulfield; Sir Matthew Medley-Davenport; Woodley-Trueman; Waiter-Chippendale; Servant-Atkins; Charlotte-Miss Gaudry; Florella-Mrs King (1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Sir Matthew Medley Actor: Davenport
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs King

1987
29 June 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance; see VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

1988
09 May 1687 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: The United Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@147, p. 361. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 351

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

1989
20 February 1688 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: The United Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@148, p. 145. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 351

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

1990
04 February 1691 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The United Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@151, p. 369: ye Q & a Box for ye Maids Honr Edward 3. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 352

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Edward The Third

1991
29 January 1701 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

1992
01 February 1701 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

1993
08 April 1701 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

1994
25 November 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Not Acted [there] these five Years. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth; Part I With The Humours Of sir John Falstaffe

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Dance: Cherrier

1995
28 November 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Song: As17041123

Dance: As17041023

1996
05 January 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Song:

Dance:

1997
03 May 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [This play was advertised on 1 May, not later, as "Not Acted these Four Years," but the performance may have been deferred by the apparent closing of the theatres until after May Fair.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth; With The Fall Of Cardinal Wolsey

1998
15 December 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth, Part I; With The Humours Of sir John Falstaff

Dance: As17051201

Song: Italian songs by Bononcini and best Masters, an English song by Purcell-Mrs del'Epine

1999
19 December 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth, Part I

Song: As17051016

Music: Flute Music,with The Echo-Gasperini, duRuel

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Moss, others

2000
02 March 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Not perform'd these Five Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur; Or, The British Worthy

Music: With all the Original Musick by the late Mr Henry Purcel-Leveridge, Hughs, Ramondon, Mrs Lindsey, the Boy

Dance: As17060110