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1502 results for: Keyword - Milward
We found 1592 matches on Roles/Actors, 621 matches on Performance Comments, 30 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

1476
21 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Milward

Dance: LLe Genereux Corsaire-Fausan, Signora Fausan only; but see17411214

1477
22 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Bassanio Actor: Milward

Dance: LLe Genereux Corsaire-Sig and Siga Fausan; only; but see17411214 Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17411128

1478
23 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Loveless Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: See from the Silent Groves-Beard

Dance: III: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; II: Les Matelotes, as17411208; IV: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

1479
28 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Milward

Song: SSee from the Silent Groves-Beard; III: Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: Les Matelotes, as17411110; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17411128

1480
30 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Milward

Dance: LLe Boufon, as17411030; Les Masons et Les Sabotiers, as17411218

1481
31 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Song: I: Happy Pair-Beard; III: Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; IV: Matelote Polonnes-Mechel

1482
02 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Milward

Dance: I: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029; II: A Dutch Dance, as17411014;

1483
08 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: A Ballad-Lowe

Dance: II: A Concerto, as17420105; III: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; IV: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

1484
11 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Bassanio Actor: Milward

Song: I: See from the Silent Groves-Beard

Dance: II: Les Matelotes, as17411110

Ballet: V: Les Satires Puny. As17420106

1485
13 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Milward

Song: I: Bright Author of my present Flame-Lowe

Dance: II: Le Boufon, as17411030; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17411128

1486
15 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Milward

1487
16 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Dance: I: The French Peasants-the Mechels; III: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; IV: Les Matelotes, as17411208

Song: II: Happy Pair-Beard

1488
20 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar

Cast
Role: Torrismond Actor: Milward

Song: I: Happy Pair-Beard; III: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe

Dance: II: Le Boufon, as17411030; V: Le Genereux Corsaire, as17411214

1489
11 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Milward Actor: Cibber.

Song: I: a Song with French Horns-Beard; III: A Ballad-Lowe

Dance: II: Les Matelotes, as17411110

Ballet: V: Les Satires Puny. As17420304

1490
19 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macduff Actor: Milward

Dance: I: Les Enfans Jardiniers Suedois, as17420403 III: by Desire, a Minuet-Master Poiter, Miss Poiter; IV: A Serious Dance-Poiter, Mlle Roland; A Tambourine-Master Poitier; and a Serious Dance-Miss Poitier; Also Les Paisans Allemandes, as17420403

1491
20 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Milward Actor: Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Dance: I: A Concerto, as17420105; IV: Le Boufon, as17420325

1492
25 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Milward and her 4 children. N.B. Mrs Milward greatly acknowledges the Favour of the Town to her on her former Benefit; and as a considerable number of persons, who had taken tickets for that night, could not find room, she has made application to Mr Rich who has generously given her at his theatre, a Day which he had reserved to himself; where tickets given out for her former benefit will be taken. The consideration of 4 fatherless children is the only apology she can plead for intreating this further indulgence from the public. Note If any persons are dispos'd to send for tickets on this occasion, they maY be had at Mrs Milward's, No. 15 in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane. Tickets to be had and places to be taken at the stage door in Bow st

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: TThe Peasants, as17420210; Chacone, as17411230; Rigadone Provencale, as17420226

1493
29 November 1666 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: Henry Muddiman, 29 Nov. 1666: The Players have upon great proffers of disposing a large share to charitable uses prevailed to have liberty to act at Both Houses, which they begin this day (CSPD, Charles II, clxxcii, 6, in Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 250). A manuscript prologue for the opening of the theatre in Bridges Street is in J. Payne Collier's MS Restoration Stage History, Part I, p. 106, in the Houghton Library, Harvard. The Diary of John Milward, Esq., ed. Caroline Robbins (Cambridge, 1938), p. 49: This day at my coming to the House [of Commons] it moved that plays might be tolerated and acted in the common theatres, and whether any members of the House of Commons should be admitted to go to acts of the playhouses, but it was not resolved

Performances

1494
09 March 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Milward, Mrs Herold, Mrs Bryan, and Mrs Smith. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Dance: Pierro Courting a Bottle or The Drunken Pierro-Russau; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Two Scholars of Russau

1495
06 August 1730 @ Richmond

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. [Announced in Daily Journal, 5 Aug., not later.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

1496
02 March 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #91 2s. [For a discussion of this performance, especialy the acting of Milward and Chapman, see Universal Spectator, 11 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

1497
27 April 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. For the Entertainment of the Grand Master and the Antient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. At the Desire of the Brethren, four Rows of the Pit will be railed, at the Price of the Boxes, and kept for Masons only. Those Brethren who design to attend the Grand Master, are desired to meet by 5 o'clock, at farthest, at the Bear and Harrow in the Butcher-Row, and to come Cloath'd. Receipts: money #39 3s. 6d.; tickets #95 19s. [The Epilogue (spoken by Mrs Younger) is in Daily Post, 29 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; III: Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden; V: The Baulk-

Song: II: Laguerre; IV: Salway

1498
12 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law; Or, The Doctor The Disease

Performance Comment: Parts by Johnson, Cibber, Miller, Harper, Griffin, W. Mills, Milward, Shepard, Oates, Winstone, Mrs Heron, Mrs Butler, Mrs Pritchard, Miss Robinson; but edition of 1734 lists: Sir Credulous Hippish-Griffin; Heartwell-Mills Sr; Beaumont-W. Mills; Dr Mummy-Johnson; Dr Diascordium-Miller; Looby Headpiece-Cibber; Galleypot-Harper; Cranny-Sheppard; Joseph-H. Tench; Poet-Oates; Constable-Hallam Sr; Lady Hippish-Mrs Butler; Belina-Mrs Pritchatd; Agnes-Mrs Robinson; Primrose-Mrs Heron. Prologue spoken by Mills Sr Epilogue spoken by Cibber, Griffin, Mrs Heron .

1499
27 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: WWinston MS. lists All's Well, which had been announced, but Milward was sick. Receipts: #60

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Song: I: A Ballad-Lowe; IV: The Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: La Foullies, as17420125

Ballet: V: Les Satires Puny. As17420106

1500
01 February 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: RRylands: Benefit Fausan. At the Particular desire of several Ladies of Quality. Three rows of the Pit will be rail'd in at the Price of the Boxes. Tickets and places to be had of Mr West at the Green Door in Duke's St, Lincoln's Inn Fields; and at Mr Bradshaws, King's Arms in Russel St., near the theatre. Tickets deliver'd out for As You Like It will be taken this night, the play being oblig'd to be chang'd on Account of the indisposition of Mr Milward. Receipts: #173

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd Le Petit Scaramouche-the Fausans; III: Les Matelotes, as17411110; V: A New Dance call'd Arlequin Petit@Maitre-the Fausans