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645 results for: Keyword - Messrs Hill
We found 247 matches on Author, 220 matches on Event Comments, 186 matches on Performance Comments, 44 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

376
28 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Milward; Aboan-Quin; Blandford-Mills; Driver-Johnson; Daniel-Cibber; Imoinda-Mrs Giffard; Widow Lackit-Mrs Grace; Charlot-Mrs Pritchard; Stanmore-Winstone; Governor-Turbutt; Jack Stanmore-Ray; Hotman-Hill; Lucy-Miss Tollett.
Cast
Role: Hotman Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Cast
Role: Greenwood Actor: Hill

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg; with two new Minuets for Trumpets and other Instruments-

Dance: II: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

377
25 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Performance Comment: As17371019, but Herbis-Turbutt; Daran-Havard; Artamon-Hill.
Cast
Role: Artamon Actor: Hill.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Lurewell Actor: Hill

Dance: I: French Peasants-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Song: BBallad of Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

378
10 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Performance Comment: As17380406 but Hill_; Miss_ Brett.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Quin, Milward, Cibber, Wright, Hill, Mrs Porter, Mrs Cibber, Miss Brett
Role: unassigned Actor: Hill.

379
01 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: See17380413 but King-Hill; Miller-Miller.
Cast
Role: 7380413 but King Actor: Hill

Dance: I: La Pieraite-Livier, Mrs Thompson; II: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; III: Turkish-Muilment; IV: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

380
03 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; Ford-Milward; Evans-Macklin; Shallow-Johnson; Caius-Miller; Slender-Woodward; Host-Harper; Bardolph-Ray; Nym-Raftor; Pistol-Cross; Rugby-Leigh; Simple-Master Green; Robin-Miss Cole; Fenton-Hill; Page-Winstone; Anne Page-Miss Brett; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Grace; Mrs Ford-Mrs Roberts; Mrs Page-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Fenton Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

Song: II: The Early Horn-Beard

381
06 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Quin; Wolsey-Milward; Buckingham-Mills; Cranmer-Wright; Gardiner-Johnson; Sands-Miller; Norfolk-Havard; Suffolk-Boman; Lord Chamberlain-Winstone; Abergavenny-Hill; Campeius-Turbutt; Cromwell-Cross; Queen Katharine-Mrs Roberts; Anna Bullen-Mrs Bannet? [Mrs Mills in Daily Advertiser]; Surrey-Cibber [Daily Advertiser only].Daily Advertiser only].
Cast
Role: Abergavenny Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; II: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Mrs Thompson; III: Polish Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Scots Dance-Haughton, Vallois, Rector, Mrs Walter, Miss Thompson, Mrs Vallois

382
17 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Cast
Role: Shamwell Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Queans: With the odd Humours of little Alexander the Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Cross; Clytus-Harper; Hephestion-Woodward; Lysimachus-Hill; Cassander-Cole; Perdiccas-Winstone; Aristander-Furnival; Philip-Marshall; Sysigambis-Ray; Parisatis-Green; Roxana-Macklin; Statira-Turbutt.
Cast
Role: Lysimachus Actor: Hill

Dance: I: Punch-Master Ferg; II: A new Sailor's Dance-Phillips; III: Dance of Turks-Muilment; End I Afterpiece: Pierrots-Pelling, Vallois; II: Drunken Peasant (for the Entertainment of Alexander)-Phillips; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Song: IV: See from the Silent Groves-Beard

Music: H$Handel's Water Musick-; with Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Woodbridge, his first appearance here

383
26 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Boman, Hill, Martin. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: 7380413 but King Actor: Hill

Dance: I: A new dance-Miss Wright, Miss Morrison; II: Punch-Master Ferg; III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; V: A new Sailor's Dance-Phillips

384
14 September 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Wright; Prince-Mills; Hotspur-Milward; Glendower-Cibber; Worcester-Havard; Westmoreland-Turbutt; Dowglass-Furnival; Vernon-Cross; Blunt-Hill; Bardolph-Ray; Francis-Macklin; Carriers-Johnson, Harper [Egerton 2320: Harper ill Macklin did ye Carrier for him]; Kate-Mrs Mills; Hostess-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Blunt Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Phillips

385
21 September 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar: With The Death Of Brutus And Cassius

Performance Comment: Julius Caesar-Mills; Calphurnia-Mrs Butler; Brutus-Quin; Cassius-Milward; Octavius Caesar-Hill; Antony-Wright; Caska-Cibber; Portia-Mrs Roberts; Citizens-Johnson, Macklin, Harper, Griffin.
Cast
Role: Octavius Caesar Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

386
30 September 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Quin; King Henry-Milward; Buckingham-Mills; Richmond-Cibber; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Roberts; Dutchess of York-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Anne-Mrs Mills; Prince Edward-Green; Duke of York-Miss Cole; Norfolk-Boman; Stanley-Havard; Ratcliff-Turbutt; Catesby-Hill; Tressel-Cross; Lord Mayor-Harper.
Cast
Role: Catesby Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

387
21 October 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-Delane; Edgar-Ryan; Gloster-Bridgwater; Kent-Rosco; Albany-Hale; Cornwall-Hill; Burgundy-A. Ryan; Gentleman Usher-Penkethman; Cordelia-Mrs Horton; Goneril-Mrs Mullart; Regan-Mrs Templer; Bastard-Walker.
Cast
Role: Cornwall Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

388
06 November 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: As17381104, but Bajazet-Walker; Prince-Ridout; Stratocles-Hill; Haly-A. Ryan; Mirvan-Stevens With the usual Prologue.
Cast
Role: Stratocles Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips

389
09 November 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mithridates, King Of Pontus

Performance Comment: Mithridates-Ryan; Ziphares-Delane; Pharnaces-Hale; Archelaus-Bridgwater; Pelopidas-Stephens; Adravar-Rosco; Aquilius-Hill; Monimia-Mrs Ware; Semandra-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Aquilius Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: (by Dby Desire) The Necromancer

390
13 November 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: Scapin-Hippisley; Thrifty-Rosco; Gripe-Arthur; Leander-Hill; Octavian-A. Ryan; Clara-Mrs Vincent; Lucia-Miss Brunette; Shift-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Hill

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

391
29 November 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Delane; Arthur-Mrs Vincent; Bastard Faulconbridge-Walker; Hubert-Bridgwater; Philip King of France-Ryan; Lewis the Dauphin-Hallam; Pandulph-Chapman; Salisbury-Stephens; Pembroke-Hill; Essex-Arthur; Prince Henry-A. Ryan; Queen Elinor-Mrs James; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Mullart; Chatilion-Salway; Austria-Mullart; Robert Faulconbridge-Clarke; Citizen of Angiers-Rosco; Constance-Mrs Hallam; Blanche-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Pembroke Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

392
02 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Performance Comment: Hotspur-Delane; King-Johnson; Prince-Ryan; Falstaff-Bridgwater; Worcester-Rosco; Westmoreland-Hill; Dowglass-Hale; Vernon-Hallam; Blunt-Salway; Glendower-Chapman; Bardolph-W. Hallam; Poins-A. Ryan; Gadshill-Bencraft; Francis-Hippisley; Mortimer-Stevens; Carriers-Mullart, James; Kate-Mrs Ware; Hostess-Mrs Martin.
Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Hill
Role: Gadshill Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

393
04 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part Ii

Performance Comment: King-Delane; Prince-Ryan; Lancaster-Hallam; Justice-Stephens; Westmoreland-Roberts; Moreton-Stevens; York-Chapman; Northumberland-Johnson; Mowbray-Rosco; Lord Bardolph-Hale; Hastings-Hill; Falstaff-Bridgwater; Poins-Salway; Bardolph-W. Hallam; Hostess-Mrs James; Doll Tearsheet-Miss Dancy; Pistol-James; Shallow-Hippisley; Silence-Neale; Feeble-Penkethman; Shadow-Bencraft; Bulcalf-Mullart; Wart-Yates; Mouldy-Stoppelaer.
Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

394
05 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Delane; Canterbury-Chapman; Fluellin-Hippisley; Pistol-James; King of France-Johnson; Dauphin-Hallam; Burgundy-Walker; Constable of France-Bridgwater; Queen Isabel-Mrs James; Catherine-Mrs Ware; Exeter-Stephens; Glocester-Hill; Bedford-A. Ryan; Westmoreland-Roberts; Cambridge-Anderson; Scroop-Arthur; Gray-Stevens; Gower-Hale; Macmorris-Neale; Williams-Rosco; Bates-Mullart; Nym-Stoppelaer; Bardolph-W. Hallam; Page-Miss Ferguson; Hostess-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Glocester Actor: Hill
Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Vth; or, The Conquest of France by the English Author(s): Aaron Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: SSerious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

395
04 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Performance Comment: Hengist-Delane; Aribert-Hale; Offa-Rosca; Seofrid-Johnson; Oswald-Hill; Rodogune-Mrs Hallam; Ethelinda-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Oswald Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips

396
17 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Parracide; Or, Innocence In Distress

Performance Comment: Parts-Ryan, Delane, Rosco, Hale, Mrs Horton, Mrs Hallam, Mrs James; but edition of 1739 lists: Felix-Rosco; Albert-Hale; Godrick-Delane; Castor-Ryan; Servant-Hill; Harroana-Mrs James; Ariana-Mrs Horton; Eliza-Mrs Hallam; Matilda-Miss Horsington; Prologue-Ryan; Epilogue-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Servant Actor: Hill

397
10 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Performance Comment: Oedipus-Delane; Jocasta-Mrs Hallam; Adrastus-Hale; Creon-Bridgwater; Haemon-Hallam; Aegeon-Rosco; Phorbas-Ryan; Ghost of Laius-Stephens; Tiresias-Roberts; Alcander-Hill; Pyracmon-Stevens; Diocles-Arthur; Dymas-Clarke; Eurydice-Mrs Ware; Citizens-Hippisley, Chapman, Mullart, Penkethman, Neale, James, Stoppelaer, W. Hallam.*a1739 2 10 cg Margery. As17381209.*d1739 2 10 cg As17381203, but Dances-_Haughton.
Cast
Role: Alcander Actor: Hill

398
16 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Performance Comment: Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton; Hardy-Delane; Brumpton-Roberts; Campley-Hallam; Lady Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Stevens; Puzzle-Rosco; Trusty-Bridgwater; Sable-Hippisley; Cabinet-Hill; Swagger-Mullart; Bumpkin-W. Hallam; Tom-James; Mrs Farthingale-Neale; Kate Matchlock-Stoppelaer; Mlle D'Epingle-Mrs Mullart; Tattleaid-Mrs Martin; Trim-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Cabinet Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

399
22 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: As17381024, but Cassander-Johnson; Perdiccas-Hill.
Cast
Role: Perdiccas Actor: Hill.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

400
24 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orphan

Performance Comment: Orphan-Mrs Horton; Acasto-Stephens; Castalio-Ryan; Polydore-Bridgwater; Chamont-Delane; Chaplain-Chapman; Ernesto-Hill; Serina-Mrs Templer; Florella-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Ernesto Actor: Hill

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips