The London Stage Database team will be retiring the Legacy Search on May 1, 2025. Please take a moment before that date to reproduce any pre-2021 searches and export any resulting datasets you may wish to preserve for future use. We are making this change in order to free up computational resources for new features and data, currently in development with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Watch this space for more updates and, coming soon, new ways to keep up with the latest project developments!
Toggle Sphinx Query
SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Lanyon"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Lanyon")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

Result Options

Download:
JSON XML CSV

Search Filters

Event

Date Range
Start
End

Performance

?
Filter by Performance Type










Cast

?
+
+

Keyword

?
New Search
403 results for: Keyword - Lanyon
We found 475 matches on Roles/Actors, 56 matches on Performance Title, 39 matches on Performance Comments, 6 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

26
20 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Houghton, Lanyon, Papillon. Receipts: money #13 8s. 6d.; tickets #164 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 14 by money and 279 by tickets; stage, 4 by money; pit, 13 by money and 390 by tickets; slips, 1 by money; first gallery, 22 by money and 361 by tickets; second gallery, 43 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Bedlam

Cast
Role: Mad Astrologer Actor: Lanyon

Dance: End I: Fingalian-; II: French Peasants and their Lasses-; III: A new Ball Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; V: Grand Dance of Moors-; Kettle Drums-Poitier

27
14 October 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer; With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Witches-Leveridge, Papillion, Harrison, Mrs Chambers; 1st Bird Catcher-Pelling; 2d Bird Catcher-Spiller; Petit Maitre-Legar; Italian Italian-Rochetti; Pluto-Leveridge; Proserpine-Mrs Seedo; Sysiphus-Dupre Jr; Prometheus-Newhouse; Ixion-Lanyon; Clotho-Miss LaTour; Lachesis-Mrs Pelling; Atropos-Mrs Ogden; Furies-Dupre, Moreau, Pelling.
Cast
Role: Ixion Actor: Lanyon

28
26 October 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Spirits-Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers; 1st Fury-Salle; Harlequin Man and Woman-DuPre, Miss LaTour; Pierrot Man and Woman-Pelling, Mrs Moreau; Mezzetin Man and Woman-Salle, Mrs Pelling; Scaramouch Man and Woman-Lanyon, Mrs Ogden; Punch-Pelling; Miller's Wife-Mrs Moreau.
Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

29
10 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: As17290926, but Punch-Nivelon; Infernal Spirits-Legar, Mrs Chambers; 1st Fury-Salle; Harlequin Man and Woman-DuPre, Mrs Legar; Pierrot Man and Woman-Salle, Mrs Bullock; Mezzetin Man and Woman-Lanyon, Mrs Ogden; Miller's Wife-Mrs Legar.
Cast
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

30
01 November 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer; With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Clown-Nivelon; Servant-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Laguerre; Witches-Leveridge, Salway, Harrison, Mrs Chambers; Birdcatchers-Hippisley, Pelling; Petit Maitre-Legar; Italian-Rochetti; Pluto-Leveridge; Proserpine-Mrs Barbier; Sysiphus-Dupre Jr; Prometheus-Newhouse; Ixion-Lanyon; Clotho-Mrs Ogden; Lachesis-Mrs Hill; Atropos-Miss LaTour; Furies-Poitier, Dupre, Pelling.
Cast
Role: Ixion Actor: Lanyon

31
13 May 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Huddy and Lanyon. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With the usual Dances and Decorations. Receipts: money #15 8s.; tickets #108 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Dance: Dupre, Glover, Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, Mrs Rogier, Mrs Cross, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; particularly a new Peasant-Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

32
13 February 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Barbier; Proserpine-Mrs Chambers; Jupiter-Rochetti; Mercury-Legar; Sylvans-Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Ogden; Gods of the Woods-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling; Sicilians-Glover, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr; Pluto-Leveridge; Demons-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse; Harlequin-Lun; Yeoman-Nivelon; Old Man-Smith; Clodpole-Spiller; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Miss Latour; Countrymen, Lasses-Newhouse, Dupre, Lanyon, Mrs Vincent, Miss Fenton, Mrs Rice; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Poitier, Pelling; Elements: Earth-Dupre; Air-Glover; Fire-Poitier; Water-Salle; Females-Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Salle.
Cast
Role: Sicilians Actor: Glover, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr
Role: Lasses Actor: Newhouse, Dupre, Lanyon, Mrs Vincent, Miss Fenton, Mrs Rice

33
09 May 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit de St.Luce and Lanyon. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #26 17s.; tickets #67 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: In Flora: Wrestling Dance-Lanyon, Newhouse; Entr'acte: French Peasant-de St.Luce; French Sailors-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Pierrot-de St.Luce; Flag Dance-Nivelon

Music: Preamble on Kettle Drum-Job Baker

34
09 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Lanyon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: Master Davey, Scholar to Mr Lanyon, who never appeared on any stage before

35
04 January 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Amadis; or, The Loves of Harlequin and Colombine

Performance Comment: Amadis-Dupre; Oriana-Mrs Wall; Enchanter-Pelling; Furies-F. Nivelon, L. Nivelon, Glover, Lanyon; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Rogier; Clown-Spiller.
Cast
Role: Furies Actor: F. Nivelon, L. Nivelon, Glover, Lanyon

36
05 October 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Amadis; or, The Loves of Harlequin and Colombine

Performance Comment: Amadis-Dupre; Oriana-Mrs Wall; Enchanter-Pelling; Furies-Nivelon, Glover, Lanyon; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Legar; Clown-Spiller.
Cast
Role: Furies Actor: Nivelon, Glover, Lanyon

37
12 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Salle; 1st Nymph-Mrs Bullock; 2d-Mrs Pelling; 3d-Mrs Ogden; 4th-Mrs Anderson; Daphne-Mrs Laguerre; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Legare; Slumber-Salway; Burgomaster-Nivelon; Boor Servant-Spiller; Scaramouch-Newhouse; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Harlequin-Lun; Peasants-Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon; Women Peasants-Mrs Vincent, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Rice; Venus-Mrs Seedo; Diana-Mrs Chambers; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Salway; Pan-Legare; Zephyrus-Salle; Spaniard-Dupre; Polonese-Pelling; Frenchman-Poitier; Spanish Woman-Mrs Bullock; Polonese Woman-Mrs Pelling; French Woman-Mrs Anderson; Flora-Mrs Laguerre.
Cast
Role: Peasants Actor: Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon

38
23 November 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Salle; Nymphs-Mrs Vincent, Miss LaTour, Miss Warren, Miss Holiday; Daphne-Mrs Pelling; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Papillon; Slumber-Salway; Burgomaster-Laguerre; Servant-Spiller; Scaramouch-Newhouse; Colombine-Mrs Moreau; Harlequin-Lun; Peasants-Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, Mrs Benson, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Rice; Concluding with the Triumphs of Love: Venus-Mrs Barbier; Diana-Mrs Chambers; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Salway; Pan-Papillon; Zephyrus-Salle; Spaniards-Dupre, Miss LaTour; French-Moreau, Mrs Moreau; Polonese-Pelling, Mrs Vincent; Flora (an Inconstant)-Mrs Pelling.
Cast
Role: Peasants Actor: Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, Mrs Benson, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Rice

39
15 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Salle; Nymphs-Mrs Bullock, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden, Miss Hill; Daphne-Mrs Laguerre; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Laguerre; Slumber-Salway; Harlequin-Lun; Burgo@master-Nivelon; Boor Servant-Hippisley; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Scaramouch-Newhouse; Peasants-Newhouse, Lanyon, Pelling, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Rice.
Cast
Role: Peasants Actor: Newhouse, Lanyon, Pelling, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Rice.

Afterpiece Title: With The Triumphs of Love

40
02 January 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country House

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted

Performance Comment: Perseus-Mrs Barbier; Cepheus-Leveridge; Mercury-Laguerre; Stheno-Salway; Cassiope-Mrs Seedo; Andromeda-Mrs Chambers; Medusa-Mrs Wright; Euryale-Papillion; Ethiopians-Thompson, Harrison; Cyclops-Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, St.Luce, Smith; Amazons-Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour; Infernals-Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Poitier; Spanish Servant-Hippisley; Valet de Chambre-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Spaniard-Nivelon.
Cast
Role: Infernals Actor: Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon

41
25 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: End I: Saraband-Delagarde, Miss Wherrit; Scholar to Newhouse, being the first Time of her appearing in that Character on the Stage. II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon

Performance Comment: II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon.
Cast
Role: Wrestling Dance Actor: Newhouse, Lanyon.

42
17 March 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

43
21 March 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

44
24 March 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

45
11 April 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

Song: As17240409

46
18 April 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Belisarius

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

47
01 May 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

Song: Mrs Barbier

48
21 May 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

Song: Mrs Barbier

49
30 May 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

50
05 June 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

Song: As17240604