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We found 2769 matches on Performance Title, 988 matches on Performance Comments, 422 matches on Event Comments, 99 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: MMr Jefferson played Buckingham for the first Time, as a tryal, and is engaged for the next season. --Pretty well (Hopkins MS Notes)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Event Comment: MMr Bannister made his first appearance on this stage in Merlin with a new Song introduced.--He was received with applause, --is a tall figure, good voice and sings well (Hopkins MS Notes). [The grand procession of the orders of chivalry hereafter a regular feature of Cymon.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Event Comment: MMr Barry's 1st appearance this season.--A quarrel in the Green Room between Mrs Barry and Mr Aickin (Hopkins Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Event Comment: MMr Aickin hissed for being imperfect.--This night was introduced at the end of the Pantomime a Grand Masquerade in imitation of that given by the King of Denmark at the Opera House, and lighted up after the same manner--Every performer belonging to the House was on, even Mr Garrick and his brother.--The dresses were very elegant, and the whole very striking,--and gave pleasure to the Audience (Hopkins Diary). [The masquerade remained a part of Queen Mab and was also attached to Fortunatus. It evoked the following verse in Lloyd's Evening Post, Nov. 21-23]: One night last week a merry blade,@Who'd seen the Royal Masquerade,@And paid ten guineas for admission,@Began to damn the imposition;@His friend reply'd, "You may complain,@For I last Night at Drury Lane,@Saw full as much for eighteen pence,@As you got at such vast expence."-- G.S. C y

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Event Comment: MMr Garrick is out of danger (Winston MS 10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Event Comment: MMr Holland Dyed this Morning (Cross Diary). [Born 1733 came to dl 1755 (Winston MS 10).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Margery Jervis Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Falstaff Actor: Love
Event Comment: MMr King--Richard 3d as you might expect (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: A New Tambourine Dance-Atkins, Mrs King; IV: The English Gardeners, as17691206

Event Comment: Love for Love [announced on playbill of 2 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of two principal Performers. Receipts: #186 18s. (137.13.0; 44.6.6; 4.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Love
Event Comment: Love for Love is obliged to be deferred. Receipts: #261 14s. (241.11; 20.3; 0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Belphegor

Dance: As17780109

Event Comment: Love for Love [announced on playbill of 24 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Receipts: #128 14s. (103/12/0; 22/19/6; 0/5/0; tickets not come in: 1/17/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Queen's Mask

Performance Comment: [Love's Mistress] .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Queen's Mask

Performance Comment: [Love's Mistress] .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Schoole Of Complements

Performance Comment: [Love Tricks, by James Shirley.] Edition of 1667: The Prologue-; [No actors' names. Epilogue-. [As it is now Acted by His Royal Highnesse the Duke of York's Servants at the Theatre in Little Lincolns Inn Fields.As it is now Acted by His Royal Highnesse the Duke of York's Servants at the Theatre in Little Lincolns Inn Fields.
Event Comment: Love in a Village oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Event Comment: Love a-la-Mode [announced on playbill of 16 Mar.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer. Receipts: #222 11s. (220/9; 2/2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Rosin a

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17830917; End of Act IV The Rival Symphs, as17831119, but Mrs Goodwin [i.e. formerly Miss Byrn]

Event Comment: Love in a Village [advertised on playbill of 8 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred. Receipts: #210 10s. 6d. (202.11.6; 7.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Lover's Servant Actor: Platt
Role: Lover Actor: Farley

Dance: As17891231

Event Comment: Love in a Village [advertised on playbill of 18 Mar.] is obliged to be deferr'd on Account of a Principal Performer's Indisposition. Receipts: #153 9s. 6d. (147.0.6; 6.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Event Comment: Love in a Village [advertised on playbill of 23 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred, on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. [2nd piece in place of The Death of Captain Cook; 3rd piece of The Little Hunchback, both advertised on playbill of 23 Apr. But there may have been still a third change: the Account-Book for this night lists The Castle of Andalusia and Poor Vulcan; no corroboration of their having been acted has, however, come to light.] Receipts: #111 14s. (100.0.6; 11.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Afterpiece Title: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor

Event Comment: Love in a Village [advertised on playbill of 15 Oct.] is obliged to be deferred on account of a Performer's Indisposition. Receipts: #195 18s. (190.15; 5.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: End I: The Play of Love-Leveridge; II: The Wheel Turn'd To Some Tune (new)-Leveridge; III: Singing-Mrs Chambers; V: A Piece of Musick between a Fop and a Toper: In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: II: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; III: French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; IV: French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 7 Love For Love

Dance: By Nivelon, Essex, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, particularly The Black and White Joke and Revellers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-King; Stockwell-Aickin; Major O'Flaherty-Moody; Captain Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Brereton; Fulmer-Baddeley; Varland-Parsons; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Louisa Dudley (1st time)-Mrs Brereton; Housekeeper-Mrs Bradshaw; Lucy-Mrs Love; Mrs Fulmer-Miss Sherry; Charlotte Rusport-Miss Farren (1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: End II: The Power of Love The Force of Love, as17781003

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Son-in-law

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Dance: End 1st piece: a new dance, Love for Love-the two Miss Simonets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Performance Comment: Tobine-Bannister Jun.; Tabby-Aickin; Wingrave-Edwin; Catchpenny-Baddeley; Squib-R. Palmer; Bounce-Gardner; Juggins-Johnson; Dr Truby-Usher; John-Wewitzer; Waiters-Burton, Barret, Lyons; Ranter-Davies; Mrs Grogram-Mrs Webb; Peggy-Mrs Poussin; Nancy Lovel-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Nancy Lovel Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: End I: Love for Love, as17870625 End III: The Scheming Jockey and the Fortune Teller, as17870613

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: End: Love for Love, as17870625