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We found 14031 matches on Performance Comments, 4410 matches on Performance Title, 1756 matches on Event Comments, 55 matches on Roles/Actors, and 14 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: [Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Cushing; Loveit-Anderson; Flash-Cibber; Miss Biddy-Miss Haughton.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Haughton.

Dance: [I: A Peasant Dance-Master Granier, Miss Granier; III: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17491021, but Altamont-Sowdon 1st time; Lucilla-Miss Cole.
Cast
Role: Lucilla Actor: Miss Cole.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17500319 but Fribble-Yates; Capt. Loveit-Palmer; Puff-a young Gentleman who never appeared; Miss Biddy-Miss Cole.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Cole.

Dance: CComic Dance, as17500221; Venetian Gardeners-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Quin; Copper Captain-Ryan; Don Juan-Ryan [sic]; Cacafogo-Marten; Alonzo-Gibson; Sanchio-Anderson; Old Woman-Collins; Duke-Sparks; Clara-Miss Haughton; 1st Lady-Mrs Bambridge; 2nd Lady-Miss Ferguson; 3rd Lady-Miss Hippisley; Altea-Mrs Ridout; Margarita-Mrs Vincent; Estifania-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: 2nd Lady Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: 3rd Lady Actor: Miss Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Dyer; Flash-Macklin; Tag-Mrs Vincent; Miss Biddy-Miss Haughton.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Haughton.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Performance Comment: Palamede-Ross; Rhodophil-Palmer; Celadon-Woodward first time; Sabrina-Mrs Simson; Florimel-Mrs Pritchard, first time; Doralice-Mrs Willoughby; Flavia-Miss Minors; Melissa-Mrs James; Philotas-Mrs Cross; Olinda-Mrs Bennett; Melantha, with songs proper to the part and an Italian Mimic Song-Mrs Clive; Beleza-Mrs Toogood.
Cast
Role: Flavia Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble the only time this season-Garrick; Flash-Woodward; Loveit-Palmer; Puff-Yates; Tag-Mrs Clive; Miss Biddy-Miss Minors.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Minors.

Song: III: Mattocks

Dance: IV: Mad Auretti

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs James and Miss Minors. No building on stage. Tickets of Mrs James at her lodgings at Mr Saunder's Carpenter, in Little Wild St., Lincoln's Inn Fields; Miss Minors' at Mr Nicholl, a Baker in Catherine St., and at stage door. An Information was given to Henry Fielding, Esq; that a Set of Barber's apprentices, journeymen staymakers, maid-servants, &c. had taken a large Room at the Black Horse in the Strand, to act the tragedy of The Orphan; the Price of Admittance One Shilling. About eight o'clock the said Justice issued his warrant, directed to Mr Welch, High Constable, who apprehended the said actors, and brought them before the said Justice, who, out of compassion to their youth, only bound them over to their good behavior. They were all conducted through the streets in their Tragedy Dresses, to the no small Diversion of the Populace. (General Advertiser). Receipts: #138 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Imonida Actor: Miss Bellamy
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Minors.

Dance: IV: Sg Piettro, Janeton Auretti, Master Piettro

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Yates; Miss Biddy-Miss Minors; Flash-Woodward; Loveit-Palmer; Tag-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Minors

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17530402 V: L'Entree de Flore, as17530324

Song: III: Beard

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mills and Miss Minors. Tickets deliver'd by Taswell will be taken. [The Present State of the Stage commends Miss Minors in characters of awkward country girls.] Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Foible Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Minors

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Yates; Gratiano-Blakes; Launcelot-Woodward, 1st time; Portia-Mrs Clive; Antonio-Berry; Bassanio-Havard; Duke-Bransby; Lorenzo (with songs in Character)-Beard; Jessica-Miss Minors; Nerissa-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Garrick; Capt. Loveit-Palmer; Puff-Yates; Tag-Mrs Clive; Miss Biddy-Miss Minors; Flash-Woodward (playbill) but Tag-Mrs Bennet (playbill and Public Advertiser).
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Minors

Dance: IV: The Country Amusements-Devisse, Mlle Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Yates; Flash-Woodward; Tag-Mrs Bennet; Miss Biddy-Miss Minors.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Minors.

Song: II: A New Cantata-Beard; III: Hooly and Fairly by Desire-Beard; V: Rule Britannia-Beard, chorus; Britons Strike Home sung in Character-Beard, accompanied with a chorus

Music: IV: A Piece upon the Harp-Parry

Dance: ll concluding with% Hornpipe-Mathews

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: By Children-(Cross). Jasper-Mas. Cautherley; Fribble-Mas. Simson; Capt. Flash-Mas. Moore; Puff-Mas. Wallace; Miss Biddy-Miss Simson; Occasional Prologue-Mas. Simson; Concluding with a Country Dance-characters.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Simson

Song: I: Hooly and Fairly-Beard

Dance: III: A Minuet-Mas. Simson, Miss Simson

Performance Comment: Simson, Miss Simson.
Event Comment: Benefit for Jefferson, Phebe, Dennison, and Morris (Cross); for Jefferson, Dennison, Mrs Toogood, Miss Hippisley (Public Advertiser). [Cross's Phebe seems to refer to Miss Hippisley who played the part in As You Like It.] Receipts: #104 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Simson

Song: I: Hooly and Fairly-Beard; IV: Miss Thomas

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; V: Louvre, Minuet-Dennison, Mrs Addison

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Miss Midnight's Medley Concert

Performance Comment: As17571031, but an Address-Miss Midnight; Eight Hand Bells-Franklyn; Les Tailleurs-Master Settree, Miss Twistas17571003; A Droll called Je ne Scay Quoy-Phillips; Performance on Wire-Miss Wilkinson.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer Trick'd

Performance Comment: Hornpipe-Miss Wilkinson [and see17571031.and see17571031.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Wilkinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Dawson

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Obrien; Flash-King; Loveit-Packer; Puff-Moody; Jasper-Ackman; Tag-Mrs Bennet; Miss Biddy-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Pope.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Miss Hallam
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Woodward; Fribble-Shuter; Puff-Dunstall; Rodophil-White; Jasper-Holtom; Tag-Mrs Vincent; Miss Biddy-Miss Elliot.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Elliot.

Dance: TThe Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Smith; First Spirit-Ross; Elder Brother-Clarke; Younger Brother-White; Second Spirit-R. Smith; The Lady-Mrs Ward; Bacchanals-Beard, Mattocks; Bacchants-Miss Brent, Miss Miller; Third Spirit-Miss Polly Young; Euphrosyne-Miss Miller, first time; Sabrina, the Pastoral Nymph, and the Song of Sweet Echo-Miss Brent; The Chorusses-Legg, Baker, Roberts, Dibdin, Fawcett, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones, Miss Davis; The Dances-M. Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford, George, Granier. With the usual Decorations and Machinery (playbill).

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Woodward; Fribble-Shuter; Puff-Dunstall; Rhodophil-White; Jasper-Holtom; Tag-Mrs Vincent; Miss Biddy Bellair-Miss Vincent, second appearance any stage.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Clarke; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Costollo; Lawyer-Wignel; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William Wisewou'd-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Mrs Vincent; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward (playbill).
Cast
Role: Flareit's Maid Actor: Miss Helm

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Woodward; Fribble-Shuter; Puff-Dunstall; Tag-Mrs Vincent; Miss Biddy-Miss Vincent.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Vincent.

Dance: III: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003; End: La Femme Maitresse, as17641004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble (with song in character)-Shuter; Puff-M'George; Loveit-Palmer; Jasper-Quick; Flash-Davis; Tag-Mrs M'George; Miss Biddy-Miss Gilpin.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Gilpin.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Gilpin
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Miss Maden

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17660813, but only Miss Biddy-Miss Matthews.

Entertainment: Dancing-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: As17660618 but Lucy-Miss Gilpin.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Gilpin.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17660813 Fribble-Shuter; Puff-M'George; Loveit-Palmer; Jasper-Quick; Flash-Davis; Tag-Mrs M'George; Miss Biddy-Miss Gilpin.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Gilpin.

Dance: I: Arnaud, Miss Twist

Entertainment: End: (for that Night only) Post Haste Observations in his Journey to Paris-Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Woodward; Fribble (with song in character)-Shuter; Rhodophil-Perry; Jasper-Holtom; Puff-Dunstall; Tag-Mrs Vincent; Miss Biddy-Miss Vincent.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Vincent.

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17661008

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent, Mrs Green, and Miss Vincent. Charges #64 7s. [Deficit to beneficiaries #1 2d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Mrs Vincent #59 1s. (Box 88; Pit 129; Gallery 177); Mrs Green #36 13s. (Box 56; Pit 103; Gallery 72); Miss Vincent #30 6s. (Box 72; Pit 82).] (Account Book). Receipts: #61 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Vincent.

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17661215; End I Farce: Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Ballet: End I Farce: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17670529, but Miss Biddy-Miss Ogilvie; Tag-_.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Ogilvie
Role: Tag Actor: Miss Gardner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Miss Richland Actor: Mrs Bulkley

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Woodward; Fribble (with song)-Shuter; Rhodophil-Perry; Jasper-Holtom; Puff-Dunstall; Tag-Mrs Green; Miss Biddy-Miss Ward, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Ward, 1st time.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Palmer; Fribble-Dodd (with Song in Character); Loveit-Packer; Puff-Moody; Jasper-Ackman; Tag-Mrs Love; Miss Biddy-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Davis; Fribble-a Gentleman (who never appeared on this stage); Rhodophil-Perry; Jasper-Holtom; Puff-Dunstall; Tag-Mrs Green; Miss Biddy-Miss Ogilvie.
Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Ogilvie.

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920