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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.

401
13 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist.
Role: Shepherdess Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

402
17 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist.
Role: Shepherdess Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

Entertainment: Epilogue.After the Play: Goldsmith's Epilogue-Lewes

403
01 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: Fingalian Dance, as17730929; Double Hornpipe, as17730929

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

404
17 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Miss Miller
Role: and the Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Twist
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Sweet Echo Actor: Miss Catley

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17731110

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

405
26 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Louisa Dudley Actor: Miss Brown, first time.
Role: House Keeper Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Charlotte Rusport Actor: Miss Barsanti

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Reinhold; Paris-Mattocks; Momus-Quick; Mercury-DuBellamy; Venus-Miss Brown, first time; Pallas-Mrs Baker; Iris-Miss Valois; Juno-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Brown, first time
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

406
02 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Miss Barsanti.

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Brown, first time
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

407
03 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Brown, first time
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

408
14 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Cast
Role: Principal characters Actor: Smith, Clark, Hull, Wroughton, Thompson, Gardner, R. Smith, Mrs Hull, Miss Pearce, Mrs Hartley

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: With a Minuet Actor: Fishar, Miss Macklin.

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

409
18 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Lamorce Actor: Miss Ogilvie
Role: Bizarre Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Principal Sylph Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

Dance: III: A Dance, as17731014

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

410
19 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Arbaces-Mrs Mattocks; Artaxerxes-Mattocks; Artabanes-Reinhold; Rimenes-DuBellamy; Semira-Mrs Baker; Mandane-Miss Jameson, first time.
Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Jameson, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: With a Minuet Actor: Fishar, Miss Macklin.

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailors, as17731013; End Opera: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

411
21 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Miss Ogilvie.
Role: Dancing at Banquet Actor: Fishar, Miss Capon.
Role: Patience Actor: Miss Twist
Role: The Banquet with dancing Actor: Fishar, Miss Twist

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: As17731109, but Charlotte-Miss Ogilvie; Simon-_; Watchman-_.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Ogilvie
Role: Watchman Actor: Besford

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17731005

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

412
07 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prince Of Agra

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Bensley, Lewis, Wroughton, Gardner, Owenson, Thompson, Fox, Davis, R. Smith, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Dayes, Miss Pearce, Mrs Lessingham; with a Prologue-; Epilogue-. [Larpent MS 370 lists parts: Emperor; Aureng-Zebe; Morat; Arimant; Asaph Chan; Mirza; Abos; Ambassador; Fazel Chan; Solyman; Diamet; Soldier; Indamora; Nourmahal; Melisinda; Zaida.] Morat; Arimant; Asaph Chan; Mirza; Abos; Ambassador; Fazel Chan; Solyman; Diamet; Soldier; Indamora; Nourmahal; Melisinda; Zaida.]
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Bensley, Lewis, Wroughton, Gardner, Owenson, Thompson, Fox, Davis, R. Smith, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Dayes, Miss Pearce, Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Performance Comment: Moore-DuBellamy; Gubbins-Shuter; Dragon-Real; Mauxalinda-Mrs Thompson; Margery-Miss Jameson, first time.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Jameson, first time.

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17731005

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

413
14 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Blurton, Miss Besford.

414
19 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Ogilvie
Role: Watchman Actor: Besford

Dance: IV: The Frolick, as17740416

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

415
20 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Performance Comment: As17740317 but New Prologue-Hull; Epilogue-Mrs _Mattocks, Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs _Mattocks, Miss Miller.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: With a Minuet Actor: Fishar, Miss Macklin.

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

416
25 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Miss Ogilvie.
Role: Dancing at Banquet Actor: Fishar, Miss Capon.
Role: Patience Actor: Miss Twist
Role: The Banquet with dancing Actor: Fishar, Miss Twist

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Valois

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

417
26 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

Song: End I the Farce: (By Desire) The Storm-DuBellamy

418
28 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Cast
Role: Miss Hardcastle Actor: Mrs Bulkley.
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Kniveton

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Blurton, Miss Besford.

Dance: II: The Frolick, as17740416

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

Entertainment: Recital. An Epilogue [by the late Dr Goldsmith, spoken-Lewes [in the character of Harlequin. [See17730517.

419
06 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17740405 but Jeremy-Lewes, first time; Angelica-Miss Sherman, first time.
Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Sherman, first time.
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Barsanti
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Jameson, first time.

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

420
09 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Blurton, Miss Besford.

421
11 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Grey

Performance Comment: Dudley-Smith; Pembroke-Bensley; Northumberland-Hull; Gardiner-Gardner; Suffolk-Owenson; Sussex-Davies; Gates-R. Smith; Lieut.-Fox; Duchess of Suffolk-Mrs P. Green; Lady-Miss Pearce; Lady Jane Grey-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Sylph Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Twist.
Role: Principal Sylph Actor: Miss Brown
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740510; End I Farce: A Double Hornpipe-Mr and Mrs Holloway

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

422
19 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Cast
Role: Miss Hardcastle Actor: Mrs Bulkley.
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Kniveton

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: End: The Recruits, as17740513

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

423
23 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Blurton, Miss Besford.

424
25 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Dolly Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17740416

Cast
Role: The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Miss Twist, see17730426
Role: A New Dance call'd The Pilgrim Actor: Mas. Harris, Miss Matthews
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

Entertainment: Recital.End I Farce: Ode upon the Passions-Mr Brown will deliver, as17740418

425
31 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Performance Comment: Evander-Barry; Philotas-Bensley; Dionysius-Clinch; Melanthon-Hull; Phocion-Wroughton; Arcas-Fearon; Herald-L'Estrange; Greek Officer-Booth; Calippus-Whitefield; Erixene-Miss Sherman; Euphrasia-Mrs Barry, first appearance that stage.
Cast
Role: Erixene Actor: Miss Sherman

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: Daphne Actor: Miss Brown
Role: The Dances Actor: Blurton, Harris, Miss Valois, Miss Besford.