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2925 results for: Keyword - Marquis and Duke of Queensberry
We found 1313 matches on Performance Comments, 1051 matches on Event Comments, 402 matches on Author, 334 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

876
01 December 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Comus

877
04 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Cast
Role: Scander Actor: Barrymore

878
14 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2 (?), author unknown. Public Advertiser, 16 Apr. has synopsis of plot; assigns Toby Todman-and lists, unassigned: Mr Stockfield, Sir William Matchem, Mr Harland, Lucetta. Not in Larpent MS; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at Odiham, Hants, on 9 Jan.]. Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley">R. Palmer; Billy Dibley-$Bannister Jun.; and lists, unassigned: Mr Stockfield, Sir William Matchem, Mr Harland, Lucetta. Not in Larpent MS; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at Odiham, Hants, on 9 Jan.]. Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley, No. 10, New Store-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #323 11s. [107.6.0; 10.2.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 205.9.0) (charge: #109 4s. 2ds.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education

Afterpiece Title: 'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham

Dance: End: a Minuet-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet

879
24 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Don Ferolo Whiskerandos Actor: Bannister Jun.

880
08 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dignum. 3rd piece: To conclude with a Grand Representation of a Regatta. [This was included in both subsequent performances.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Dignum, Red Lion-Square, the corner of Leigh-Street. Receipts: #243 16s. 6d. (62.9.0; 17.18.0; 0.9.6; tickets: 163.0.0) (charge: #107 9s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Le Matin, Midi, et le Soir

Cast
Role: The Tale of Edwin and Angelina Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Song: End II 1st piece: The Race Horse (composed by Dibdin)-Dignum

881
12 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Ward. The Clandestine Marriage [advertised on playbill of 9 May] is obliged to be deferred, on Account of the Indisposition of Parsons. Receipts: #209 18s. 6d. (36.13.0; 12.11.6; 0.10.0; tickets: 160.4.0) (charge: #109 15s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: As17880313

882
09 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: Sir Clement Flint-Bensley (1st appearance in that character); Lord Gayville-Palmer; Alscrip-Parsons; Chignon-Baddeley; Mr Blandish-Bannister Jun.; Mr Rightly-Aickin; Prompt-R. Palmer; Chairman-Chaplin; William-Wilson; Clifford-Wroughton (1st appearance in that character); Miss Alscrip-Miss Pope; Miss Alton-Mrs Crouch; Mrs Blandish-Mrs Wilson; Mrs Sagely-Mrs Booth; Tiffany-Miss Tidswell; Lady Emily-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Song: In II: song in character-Mrs Crouch [who sang it in all subsequent performances]

883
23 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Comus

884
03 November 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

885
03 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Don Ferdinand Actor: Barrymore

886
16 April 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

887
08 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrymore. [Afterpiece in place of Arthur and Emmeline, advertised on playbill of 7 May.] Public Advertiser, 5 May: Tickets to be had of Barrymore, No. 1, Southampton-street, Strand. Receipts: #251 4s. (44.18.0; 16.13.6; 1.12.6; tickets: 188.0.0) (charge: #107 4s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Dance: As17890507

888
14 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. Public Advertiser, 6 May: Tickets to be had of Farren, No. 73, Gower-street. Account-Book, 16 May: Received Farren's benefit deficiency #33 7s. 6d. [Reckoned as follows: Farren disposed of #209 12s. in tickets; this sum he kept. Money [i.e. tickets sold at the doors of the theatre] amounted to #71 12s. 6d. From this money he was obliged to meet the house charge of #105, and hence owed the treasury the amount stated above.] Receipts: #281 4s. 6d. (69.".0; 2.10.6; tickets: 209.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: Sir ClementFlint-Aickin; Lord Gayville-Farren; Alscrip-Quick; Chignon-Blanchard; Mr Blandish-Macready; Mr Rightly-Fearon; Prompt-Bernard; Clifford-Pope; Miss Alscrip-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Alton-Miss Reynolds; Mrs Blandish-Mrs Inchbald; Lady Emily-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Macready
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Feast of Anacreon

Cast
Role: Sing Old Rose and burn the Bellows Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Sing Old Rose and burn the Bellows Actor:

Entertainment: Monologue. End IV: A Comic Description of the Curiosities in the Tower of London-Edwin

889
15 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Don Ferolo Whiskerandos Actor: Bannister Jun.

Song: End: The Welsh Cantata, The Bells of Aberdovey, composed by Dibdin-Williames

Entertainment: Monologue. After the Singing: as17890430

890
22 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroyed

Performance Comment: Don Juan-Palmer; Commandant-Phillimore; Don Fernando (with a song)-Dignum; Don Alonzo-Benson; Don Carlos-Fawcett; Pedrillo-Banks; Fisherman-Fairbrother; Alguaziles-Jones, Cox, Alfred; Sailor (with a song)-Sedgwick; Landlord-Chaplin; Waiter-Lyons; Scaramouch-Follett Jun. (1st appearance on that stage); Spanish Lady-Miss Romanzini; Attendants-Mrs Shaw, Mrs Heard; Fisherwomen-Mrs Edwards, Miss Romanzini [i.e. doubled Spanish Lady]; Donna Anna-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Commandant Actor: Phillimore
Role: Don Fernando Actor: Dignum
Role: Landlord Actor: Chaplin

Dance: In Afterpiece: a Fandango-Miss DeCamp; Dances-Hamoir, Bourk, Miss Blanchet, Miss Stageldoir; conclude with: Dance of Furies-; Shower of Fire-

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: The Lecture on Heads (for this night only)-Palmer

891
13 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Hall, Furkins, Lamp, Pilborough, Plank, Anselmo, Byrne, Copland, Rye, Mrs Arne, Mrs Linton, Jealous, Brereton, Varley, Doser, Loyde, the Band will be admitted. Receipts: #256 (21.10; 2.7; tickets: 232.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Macready
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

892
26 September 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: Sir Clement Flint-Bensley; Lord Gayville-Barrymore; Alscrip-Suett; Chignon-Baddeley; Mr Blandish-Whitfield; Mr Rightly-Aickin; Prompt-R. Palmer; Clifford-Wroughton; Miss Alscrip-Miss Pope; Miss Alton-Mrs Crouch; Mrs Blandish-Mrs Wilson; Lady Emily-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: II: song in character-Mrs Crouch

893
06 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

894
11 November 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

895
23 December 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Careless Husband, advertised on playbill of 22 Dec.] Paid House & Window tax, 1@2 Yr., #56 13s. 8d. Public Advertiser, 24 Dec.: [Pearce, who was from the Bath theatre, has] a clear bass voice, which he occasionally relieves by a falsetto...His first song was encored though sung much out of tune. Receipts: #113 4s. (77.2; 35.12; 0.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

896
05 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Crouch. 1st piece [1st time]: A Prelude consisting of Song, Dance and Monologue. Gazetteer, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Crouch at her house, No. 26, Bridges-street. Receipts: #295 2s. 6d. (138.2.0; 16.3.6; 0.19.0; tickets: 139.18.0) (charge: #110 19s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Easter Pastimes

Performance Comment: SCENE I. Epping Forest. Sunrise. Turning out of the Stag. Bright Phoebus-Dignum; SCENE II. A Village. Noon. Nimrod dismounted. There's no pleasing all-Bannister Jun.; SCENE III Greenwich park Evening. Lads and Lasses Sporting. A song-Miss Romanzini; a dance-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp.

Afterpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Island of St

897
04 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett. On this and every Evening for the Remainder of the Season the Doors will not be opened till 5:30, and the Performance will commence exactly at 6:30. 1st piece: From [The Devil upon Two Sticks, by] Foote. Gazetteer, 28 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Suett, No. 21, King-street, Bloomsbury-square. Receipts: #232 19s. 6d. (62.12.0; 19.18.6; 1.14.0; tickets: 148.15.0) (charge: #107 6s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The College Of Physicians; Or, Doctor Last's Examination

Afterpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Song: End II 2nd piece: The Greenwich Pensioner-Dignum

898
25 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mr Blandish Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Candy Actor: Miss Tidswell

Song: End IV: The Lass of Richmond Hill-Dignum

899
16 September 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: Sir Clement Flint-Bensley; Clifford-Wroughton; Lord Gayville-Palmer; Alscrip-Suett; Chignon-Baddeley; Mrs Blandish-Whitfield; Prompt-R. Palmer; Mr Rightly-Aickin; Lady Emily-Miss Farren; Miss Alscrip-Miss Pope; Miss Alton-Mrs Crouch; Mrs Blandish-Mrs Williames.
Cast
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Williames.
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Song: In II: song-Mrs Crouch. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

900
11 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mrs Blandish Actor: Mrs Williames.
Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: Dorothy Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Grandmother Actor: Mrs Booth.