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2209 results for: Keyword - Lord Sandwich
We found 1657 matches on Performance Comments, 571 matches on Event Comments, 108 matches on Performance Title, 43 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2051
12 February 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Lord of the Manor [announced on playbill of 11 Feb.] is unavoidably deferred. [Afterpiece in place of The Citizen, announced on playbill of 11 Feb.] Receipts: #102 12s. 6d. (81/14/0; 20/11/0; 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: In Act IV of mainpiece a Dance by Henry, Miss Armstrong, &c

2052
18 March 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Stewart. Mainpiece: In its original state, as it was written by Allen Ramsay, in 1724 [recte 1725]. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2 (?)]: Taken [probably by the author] from The Students [by James Stewart. MS not in Larpent; not published]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. 'Tis hoped that none of Stewart's friends will expect to be admitted behind the scenes, as the audience will, and not without great reason, be much displeased at any such proceedings, nor will it upon any pretence whatever be complied with. No money returned after the curtain is drawn up. Ladies are requested to send their servants by Five to keep places. Tickets to be had at Walker's, the Globe, Pall-mall; the Edinburgh and Jamaica Coffee-houses, Cornhill; the St. Andrew, Wapping; of Denham, bookseller, No. 366, Hermitage Bridge, Wapping; at the Bouncing B Printing Office, Ratcliff Highway; at Stewart's china shop, No. 201, Ratcliff Highway, and at the Theatre, where places for the boxes may be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Exciseman Trick'd

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel, and Hornpipe by Master Holland, pupil to Holloway

Song: Hooly and Fairly, in character, by M'Donald; End of Act II The Huntsman's Sweet Halloo by Miss Hemet

2053
21 March 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece [1st time; c 5 (?), author unknown; perhaps an alteration of Love at a Venture, by Susannah Centlivre. MS not in Larpent; not published. Authors and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Afterpiece: As it was originally performed at this theatre [on 15 Oct. 1770]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. The above entertainments have been a long time in rehearsal, and care has been taken in getting them well up, and to have the principal parts supported by veterans

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love At A Venture; Or, The Rake Reclaim'd

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Monologue: 1782 03 21 End of mainpiece (never performed here) Phelimoguffinocarilocarneymacframe's Description of a Man of War and a Sea Fight, with Explanations, by Mrs Kennedy

2054
06 May 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published. Authors and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Afterpiece [1st time; F2 (?),author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Wife; Or, The Female Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyer Nonsuited

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Middleton

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms; End of Act V The Merry Roundelay, both by Miss Hemet

Monologue: 1782 05 06 End of afterpiece Bucks have at ye All by Middleton

2055
16 September 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Wilson. 3rd piece: Not acted these 4 years [not acted since 1 July 1776]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of Common Sense

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Village

Cast
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Monologue: 1782 09 16 End of 2nd piece Joe Haynes's Epilogue, riding on an Ass, by Wilson

2056
18 September 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Massey. Tickets delivered by Painter, Kenny, Mrs Lefevre will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Cast
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Wilson

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe [performer not listed]; In afterpiece, as17820826

Song: In afterpiece The Tobacco Box by Brett and Miss Morris

2057
19 September 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Cast
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Wilson

Dance: As17820826

Song: As17820918

2058
20 September 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Cast
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Wilson

Dance: As17820826

2059
21 September 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Davis. Mainpiece: Altered from Fielding. Not acted these 60 years [acted at GF 27 Apr. 1736. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin precisely at 7:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Temple Beau; Or, The Intriguing Sisters

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Middleton

2060
31 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Wild [prompter] for 3 licenses [from Lord Chamberlain, to act new plays] #6 6s. Receipts: #147 7s. (142/9; 4/18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: As17821009

2061
25 November 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. [Authors and speakers of Prologues and Epilogue unknown; they are printed in Public Advertiser, 30 Nov. Ryder was not Thomas Ryder, who at this time was acting at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin.] The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe (over 12 eggs blindfold) by Middleton

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Coxe; End of Act IV a favourite song by Miss Hemet

Monologue: 1782 11 25 After the Hornpipe John Bull, Half Seas Over (a new Scene) by Ryder

2062
30 December 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Gardner. Afterpiece: From The Devil upon Two Sticks, written by the late Samuel Foote, Esq. [Mrs Mills is identified in Morning Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1783. For remarks on this night's performance, including references to Dunstan by Charles Lamb, see Theatre Notebook, VIII, 5.] Gardner having unavoidably been obliged to postpone his night from the 26th to the 30th, he thinks it his duty to inform his friends that tickets delivered for the 26th will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Fourth Act of The Merchant of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Dr Lasts's Examination BEFORE THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

2063
01 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Lord Mayor's Day, announced on playbill of 31 Dec. 1782.] Receipts: #201 8s. (199/0/6; 2/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2064
17 September 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. 1st piece [1st time; c 5, author unknown. Authors and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. 2nd piece [1st time; m.int i, author unknown]. 3rd piece [1st time; f 2, by Walley Chamberlain Oulton, altered from The Letter Writers, by Henry Fielding. MSS of none of these pieces in Larpent; none of them published]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheapside; Or, All In The City

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Sheet Anchor

Afterpiece Title: A New Way to Keep a Wife at Home

Dance: In 2nd piece The Merry Sailors and The Wapping Landlady (perfomers not listed for either dance)

Monologue: 1783 09 17 End of Act III of 1st piece The Farmer's Blunder by Kenrick

2065
08 November 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Lord of the Manor [announced on playbill of 7 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Afterpiece: In which will be introduced an Air Balloon. [This was included in all subsequent performances.] Receipts: #154 4s. (108/3/0; 45/8/6; 0/12/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: Afterpiece to conclude with a Dance by Second, Ferrere and the Miss Stageldoirs. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

2066
13 December 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: Jack Stocks (alias Lord Lace)-Bannister Jun.; Mr Stocks-Suett; Lovemore-Barrymore; Whisk-Burton; Irishman-Phillimore; Coachman-Wilson; Jenny-Miss Barnes; Chloe (alias Lady Lace)-Mrs Wilson .

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17831204

2067
21 January 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. By Desire of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, who on this occasion will attend in proper cloathing, and the different Regalias of their Order. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, author unknown. MS: Larpent 685; not published. Author of Prologue unknown]. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had at the Globe in Pall-mall; the Black Horse, Coventry-street; the Castle, in Castle-Court, Cornhill; the Rose Coffee-house in the Old Bailey; the Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside; and at the Theatre, where places for the boxes may be taken. Great care will be taken to have the House well aired

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Word To The Wise

Afterpiece Title: The Talisman

Song: End of mainpiece a song by Brett

Monologue: 1784 01 21 End of Act III of mainpiece a Masonic Address by a Brother [unidentified]

2068
09 February 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. At the request of several of the Scotch Nobility. Benefit for Raeburn. Mainpiece: In its original state, as it was written by Allan Ramsay in 1724 [recte 1725]. The Characters to be entirely new dressed. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00. No persons to be admitted behind the scenes, nor any money returned after the curtain is drawn up. Ladies are requested to send their servants by Five to keep places. Tickets to be had of Raeburn, No. 4, Gloucester-court, St. James's; of Walker, the Globe, Pall-mall; of Mackintosh, the George, East Harding-street, Shoe-lane; of Watson, the Fleece, Little Windmill-street (being the original Scotch house); of Mrs Shaw, the St. Andrew, near the Armitage-bridge, Wapping

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel (performers not listed); In Act IV a Hornpipe by Middleton

Monologue: 1784 02 09 The Edinburgh Buck by a Genleman [unidentified]

2069
23 February 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5 (?), author unknown. It was 1st advertised in Morning Chronicle, 15 Dec. 1783, for performance on 26 Jan. 1784, as "A new Comedy called The Artful Patriot; or, The Rage of the People." Prologue by Thomas Stewart (Morning Post, 23 Feb., which also gives names of T. Davis and Miss Hemet. Author of Epilogue unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England

2070
03 March 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Oratorio: Composed by the late Dr Arne. At Playhouse Prices [see 10 Mar.]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets for the Boxes to be had at Messrs Longman and Broderip's, in Cheapside and the Haymarket; and at the Stage Door of the Theatre, in Suffolk-street, where Places may be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judith

Music: End of Act I concerto on the organ (composed by Dr Arne) by [Michael] Arne; End of Act II concerto on the violin by Barthelemon

2071
08 March 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Watts. Mainpiece: Written by Mrs Centlivre; Not acted these 40 years [not acted since 27 Apr. 1731, at Goodman's Fields]. Prologue written by a Gentleman [unidentified; printed in Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1784, p. 214. The playbill for this performance is as printed in Morning Chronicle, 8 Mar. Gazetteer, 8 Mar., assigns Captain Constant to Reynolds, Laura to Miss Beaufield, Maria to Mrs Green, Belinda to Miss Johnson]. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had of Connolly, at the King's Head Tavern, Fenchurch-street; of Watts, No. 2, Upper James-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: End of mainpiece Hornpipe by Rothery

Song: Between the Acts Singing [singer not listed]

2072
10 March 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: As17840303athi

2073
17 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Leonard Macnally; words to some of the songs by Edward Lysaght]: With new Music, Scenes and Dresses. The Music composed by Shield [with selections from Sacchini, Bertoni, Lord Mornington, &c. (Public Advertiser, 19 Apr.); overture by Baumgarten, being the same as that used by him in William and Nanny at CG, 12 Nov. 1779 (Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1784, p. 171)]. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Oct. 1784: This Day is published by J. Almon Robin Hood [listing cast for season of 1784-85] (1s. 6d.). [In the season of 1789-90 this was reduced to an afterpiece of 2 acts.] Receipts: #206 4s. (204/3; 2/1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood; Or, Sherwood Forest

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Dance: End of mainpiece a New Dance by Le Bccuf and Mlle Constance (from the King's Theatre in Paris; 1st appearance)

2074
30 April 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Delpini. The Band from the Opera-house. Play: In 3 acts [i.e. reduced from the original 5]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: End of Act I a new pantomimical, operatical, farcical interlude, The Peasant Metamorphosed; or, Delpini's Voyage from Dublin in an Air Balloon, in which Delpini will introduce a specimen of singing in French, Italian and English, and which will conclude with a new Hornpipe by the celebrated Blake (by permission of the Managers of the Opera-house; his 1st appearance on that stage); End of Act II a comic pantomime dance, The Country Squabble, by Delpini, Mrs Dagville, Miss Parish, Duquesney Jun.; End of play a new pantomimical dance, The Rival Clowns, by Delpini, Blake, &c, in which the famous rondo of Orpheo, in Italian, by Delpini, and to conclude with an Allemande in a new comic stile

Song: End of Acts II and III, by a Young Gentlewoman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified])

2075
03 May 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: A Pasticcio

Cast
Role: Lord Hartwell Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke

Performance Comment: Trappolin (an Usurper transformed by Magic to the Duke of Florence)-Palmer; Brunetto (Prince of Savoy)-R. Palmer; Barbarino and Alberto (Lords and Counsellors to the Duke)-Wilson and Phillimore; Officer-Spencer; Captain of the Guards-Alfred; Count Gulcardi (under the Character of Magosa Magician)-Wrighten; Puritan-Suett; Mason-Fawcett; Whip (the Coachman)-Chaplin; Jailer-Kenny; Supernatural Agents, Attendants upon Trappolin: Eo-Master Whitty; Meo-Master Purser; and Little Fred-Master J. Whitty; Lavinio (the Grand Duke of Tuscany)-Staunton; Officer's Widow-Mrs Love; Old Woman-Mrs Booth; Flametta (Mistress to Trappolin)-Miss Barnes; Prudentia (sister to the Duke)-Miss Tidswell; Isabella (Duchess of Tuscany)-Mrs Hedges .