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14725 results for: Keyword - Miss Besford
We found 13761 matches on Performance Comments, 4403 matches on Performance Title, 1733 matches on Event Comments, 220 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

326
14 December 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Ann Lovely Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: II: The Frolick-Aldridge, Mrs Stephens, Miss Besford See17740416; End: A New Dance call'd The Generous Pirate-Dagueville, his Pupil, Mas. Blurton, Mrs Stevens, Helme, Sga Vidini

327
20 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Dayes.
Role: Porter Actor: Besford.

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: End Opera: Rural Merriment-Aldridge, Miss Besford. [See17741209.

328
17 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: As17751116, but Semira-Miss Dayes.
Cast
Role: Semira Actor: Miss Dayes.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: End Opera: The Frolick-Aldridge, Miss Besford, Sga Vidini. [See17741214.

329
19 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Miss Dayes

Afterpiece Title: The Imposters; or, A Cure for Credulity

Performance Comment: Principal parts- Woodward, Wilson, Wroughton,Thompson, Lewis, Mrs Pitt,Mrs Willems; Miss Dayes, with a Prologue-Woodward; Larpent MS 409 lists parts: Credello, Pedro, Alphonso, Lopez, Alguazil, Two Gentlemen, Two Servants, Jacinta, Florentine, Iris. Genest, V, 519, lists Lopez-Woodward; Don Creduloso-Wilson; Pedro-Wroughton; Jacintha-Mrs Pitt; Florentine-Miss Dayes.
Cast
Role: Florentine Actor: Miss Dayes.

Dance: I: A New Hornpipe-Miss Besford; End Comedy: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

330
27 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mattocks; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Fox; Lucy-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Catley (1st appearance these 2 years).
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Catley

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; George Bevil-Whitefield; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; Consol-Jones; Robin-Wewitzer; H. Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford; To conclude with: Country Dance-the characters. [Both these were danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.

331
15 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Cast from Morning Chronicle and Morning Post, both 16 Oct.: Marplot-Woodward; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Sir George Airy-Lewis; Charles Gripe-Wroughton; Isabinda-Mrs Whitfield; Miranda-Miss Macklin. [Gazetteer, 16 Oct., also refers to Dunstall, who probably acted Sir Jealous Traffic (see17780129).]Gazetteer, 16 Oct., also refers to Dunstall, who probably acted Sir Jealous Traffic (see17780129).]
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Reinhold; Paris-Mattocks; Momus-Quick; Mercury-Mahon; Venus-Mrs Mattocks; Pallas-Miss Dayes; Iris-Miss Valois; Juno-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Pallas Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: End: Mirth and Jollity-Aldridge, Master Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Besford

332
08 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Lewis; Myrtle-Wroughton; Sealand-Clarke; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Quick; Tom-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on this stage [Death]); Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Lucinda-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Pitt; Isabella-Mrs Poussin; Indiana-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Matthews.

Dance: End III: The Humours of Leixlip-Aldridge, Master Jackson, Miss Besford

Song: II: song [I have lost my Anna]-Leoni

333
17 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath (with additional songs)-Mrs Farrell (1st appearance in that character); Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Baker; Lucy-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Brown; To conclude with a New Scene-. [This was included in all subsequent performances, although notice of it is omitted from the playbills of 8 and 15 Dec., 2 and 14 May 1778.]This was included in all subsequent performances, although notice of it is omitted from the playbills of 8 and 15 Dec., 2 and 14 May 1778.]
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End: As17771008; III: a Hornpipe-Miss Besford

334
22 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End: The Humours of Leixlip-Aldridge, Miss Besford

335
23 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Dance: In: As17770929; In afterpiece: Langrish, Miss Besford [who danced in all subsequent performances]

Song: End IV: Solemn Dirge, as17770929, but _Reinhold, Battishill

Cast
Role: ocal Parts Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Miss Green.

336
12 December 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17781105, but Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt.
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-Miss Besford; Afterpiece: a Minuet-Dagueville, Mrs Mattocks

337
25 February 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Wilson, Lee Lewes, Whitfield, Robson, Fearon, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Jones, Clarke, Mrs Morton, Miss Stewart, Miss Brown. Cast from text
Role: Adelaide Actor: Miss Stewart
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: End: The Humours of Leixlip-Aldridge, Master Jackson, Miss Besford

338
08 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Kennedy; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Booth; Filch (1st time)-Doyle; Mat o' the Mint-Robson; Lucy-Miss Catley; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Jenny Diver-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Diana Trapes-Mrs White; Polly-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss Green, Miss Stewart

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

339
25 October 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt.
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Dance: End II: Rural Merriment-Aldridge, Miss Besford

340
05 December 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Islanders

Cast
Role: Julina Actor: Miss Morris
Role: Flametta Actor: Miss Satchell
Role: unassigned Actor: Booth, Fearon, Stevens, Mrs Poussin, Miss Platt, Miss Stewart.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: new grand Polish Dance-Mettalcourt (1st appearance here), Harris, Miss Besford; In afterpiece: a Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Mattocks

341
08 February 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Cast
Role: Lesbia Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: End: new dance, Bacchus and Ariadne-Aldridge, Miss Besford

342
20 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Chit Chat; or, The Penance of Polygamy

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Dance: End III 1st piece: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17801003; End IV: The Humours of Leixlip-Aldridge, Miss Besford

343
24 September 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-A Gentleman (2nd appearance on any stage [Trew]); Capulet-Clarke; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Benvolio-Booth; Escalus-Fearon; Paris-J. Bates; Tibalt-L'Estrange; Peter-Jones; Montague-Thompson; Apothecary-Stevens; Friar John-Bates; Mercutio-Lewis; Lady Capulet-Mrs Poussin; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Miss Satchell (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Satchell

Afterpiece Title: The Marriage Act

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene incident to the Play and a Minuet by Aldridge and Miss Besford. [These were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Song: End of Act iv of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Baker, Darley, Doyle, Simpkinson; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Baker, Darley, Doyle, Simpkinson; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy .

344
28 September 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady Cured

Performance Comment: Atall-Lewis; Careless-Wroughton; Clerimont-Whitfield; Finder-Wewitzer; Sir Harry Atall-Thompson; Mr Wilful-Fearon; Bolus-Booth; Rhubarb-Jones; Supple-W. Bates; Sir Solomon Sadlife-Quick; Lady Dainty-Mrs Mattocks; Clarinda-Miss Ambrose; Sylvia-Mrs Morton; Wishwell-Mrs Wilson; Situp-Mrs Poussin; Lady Sadlife-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Lady Sadlife Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Marriage Act

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece The Caledonian Shepherds by Aldridge and Miss Besford

345
08 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with songs [My bliss too long; To keep my gentle Jessy])-Mattocks; Launcelot-Quick; Salanio-Booth; Solarino-L'Estrange; Duke-Fearon; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song [Haste, Lorenzo, haste away])-Mrs Morton; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Performance Comment: Sir Archy MacSarcasm-Macklin; Squire Groom-Lee Lewes; Sir Callaghan (1st time)-Egan; Mordecai-Quick; Sir Theodore Goodchild-Thompson; Charlotte-Miss Ambrose .
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17811101; End of Act IV The Arcadian Festival by Aldridge and Miss Besford

346
25 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Cynthia Actor: Miss Satchell

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a New Quadrille, also The Belle of the Village, as17811101; End of Act IV The Devonshire Minuet and a New Rondeau by Holloway and Miss Besford; End of mainpiece, as17811219

347
11 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Cast
Role: Victoria Actor: Miss Harper
Role: Dame Isabel Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Cast
Role: Florimel Actor: Miss Cleland

Dance: End of mainpiece Diversion a-la-Mode (performers not listed, but see17821206, in which The Minuet de la Cour by Harris and Miss Besford

348
31 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Bannister, Brett, Davies, Egan, Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Martyr, Mrs Pitt, Miss Harper. [Cast from text (T. Cadell, 1783): Mr Belville-Bannister; Captain Belville-Brett; Rustic-Davies; Irishman-Egan; William-Mrs Kennedy; Another Irishman-Mahon; Reaper-Helme; Phoebe-Mrs Martyr; Dorcas-Mrs Pitt; Rosina-Mrs Bannister (see17830129).] hathi. hathi.

Dance: End of mainpiece new Dance, composed by Harris, Damon and Musidora, by Harris, Miss Besford, and others

349
22 April 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17821022, but Captain Macheath-Mrs Kennedy; Lockit-Mrs Webb; Lucy-Mrs Morton; Jenny Diver-Miss Morris; Polly-Mr Bannister; Mrs Davenett's name listed in playbill; omitted: Dolly Trull, Betty Doxey. hathi. Mrs Davenett's name listed in playbill; omitted: Dolly Trull, Betty Doxey. hathi.
Cast
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Morris
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis
Role: Miss Platt Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Lewis
Role: Dolly Trull Actor: Miss Morris
Role: Sukey Tawdry Actor: Miss Cleland Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield
Role: Miss Cleland Mrs Coaxer Actor: Mrs Whitfield
Role: Molly Brazen Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Miss Francis

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal (with The early Horn)-Mrs Kennedy; Harlequin Jupiter-W. Bates; Punch-Rayner; Mars-Cranfield; Hercules-Dumay; Leander-Ratchford; Pantaloon-Thompson; Mercury-Davies; Anatomist-Jones; Pierrot-Stevens; Old Woman-Mr Wewitzer; Columbine-Miss Matthews .
Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Matthews

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Miss Besford

350
14 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Macheath-Johnstone; Peachum-Booth; Lockit-Thompson; Mat o' the Mint-Mahon; Ben Budge-Ledger; Jemmy Twitcher-Painter; Crook finger'd Jack-Bates; Wat Dreary-Jones; Harry Paddington-Darley; Jailor-Stevens; Drawer-Helme; Filch-Doyle; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Webb; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis; Dolly Trull-Mrs Chalmers; Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Inchbald; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Molly Brazen-Miss Stuart; Betty Doxey-Miss Brangin; Polly-Mrs Bannister. hathi.
Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Molly Brazen Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Betty Doxey Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I) The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford