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We found 13748 matches on Performance Comments, 4402 matches on Performance Title, 1721 matches on Event Comments, 12 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Love Match

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Dyer, Clarke, Mattocks, Hull, Dunstall, Anderson, Bennet, Cushing, Miss Miller, Mrs Green; Prologue-Smith; Epilogue in character-Mrs Green. [Parts were: Thoughtless, Friendly, Modish, Castparts, Mortgage, Parchment, Whiffler, Ranter, Sg Caponi, Sg Screechi, Sg Scrapo, Sg Caperini, Lady Bellari, Mrs Thoughtless, Sga Trilli, Sga Squealini, Servants, Recruits, Bailiff, Porter (Larpent MS 209).]Parts were: Thoughtless, Friendly, Modish, Castparts, Mortgage, Parchment, Whiffler, Ranter, Sg Caponi, Sg Screechi, Sg Scrapo, Sg Caperini, Lady Bellari, Mrs Thoughtless, Sga Trilli, Sga Squealini, Servants, Recruits, Bailiff, Porter (Larpent MS 209).]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Holland, first time; Camply-O'Brien; Trim-Yates; Lord Brumpton-Bransby; Trusty-Burton; Puzzle-Blakes; Tom-Vaughan; Sable-Moody; Cabinet-Scrase; Mrs Fardingale-Mrs Bradshaw; Mademoiselle-Mrs Cross; Lady Harriet-Miss Bride, first time; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Palmer; Tattleaid-Mrs Bennet; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Pritchard.

Song: III: Hearts of Oak-. [See17620209]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Florizel (with new songs in character)-Mattocks; Autolicus (with songs in character)-Shuter; King-Hull; Shepherd-Gibson; Perdita (with new songs in character)-Miss Brent; The Music composed by Dr Arne, with a Dances incident to the Pastoral-Granier, Mrs Granier.
Cast
Role: Perdita Actor: Miss Brent

Dance: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: As17620320 but (by particular desire the favorite) Song of Nymphs and Shepherds from the Oratorio Alfred-Miss Brent.

Music: IV: A Solo on the Violin-Mr Piffit (his second performance in England)

Dance: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17620208, but parts assigned: Posthumus-Garrick; Jachimo-Holland; Cymbeline-Davies; Cloten-King; Bellarius-Havard; Aviragus-Palmer; Guilderius-O'Brien; Pisanio-Packer; Frenchman-Blakes; Philario-Kennedy; Queen-Mrs Bennet; Imogen-Miss Bride; In Act II, a Masque-Vincent, Giorgi, Lochery, Sga Giorgias17611130.

Afterpiece Title: Edgar and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Grotilla Actor: Miss Rogers
Role: Singing Fairy Actor: Miss Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England

Performance Comment: Parts-Yates, King, Lowe, Blakes, Johnston, Packer, Ackman, Castle, Fox, Miss E. Young.

Song: I: Hearts of Oak-. [See17620209]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Florizel And Perdita

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17620127 *uö›dl The Farmer's Return from London. As17620320 but Children, Master Pope, Miss Cape, Miss Heath.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Performance Comment: Moor of Moor Hall-Beard; Gaffer Gubbins-Shuter; Dragon-the Giant; Mauxalinda-Mrs Vernon; Margery-Miss Brent.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Brent.

Entertainment: AA Medley Epilogue (with Alterations) written by Garrick, -Beard

Dance: TThe Pedlar Trick'd, as17611001

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Amie Actor: Miss Young
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent

Afterpiece Title: The Counterfeit Heiress; or, The Boarding School

Performance Comment: Sir Amorous Rakehell-Bennet; Amorous-Cushing; Young Meriton-Hull; Old Meriton-Anderson; Le Prate-Holtom; Jilt All-Mrs Burden; Myrtilla-Mrs Vincent; Miss Sprightly-A young Gentlewoman who never appear'd before; In which will be introduc'd a Minuet-A young Gentlewoman who never appear'd before, Sg Sodi.

Dance: TThe Taylors, as17620107

Entertainment: After Comedy: Mr Hippisley's Drunken Man-Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

Performance Comment: Dancing-Sg Gallini;at the end of each Act, and a favourite Minuet-Sg Gallini, Miss Asselin.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performance Comment: Damon-Mattocks; Corydon-Bennet; Mopsus-Dunstall; Cymon-Collins; Arcas-Anderson; Phillida-Miss Miller, first time.
Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Miller, first time.

Dance: After Epilogue: Les Sabotiers, as17620419

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Maguire; Capt. Cape-Tindal; Harlow-Davis; Heartwell-Gardner; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Burden; Miss Harlow-Mrs Maguire, first appearance this stage.

Dance: TThe Taylors, as17620107

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts, Widow Lampe, Miss Young. Afterpiece: For the last time this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Brent.

Dance: III: The Taylors, as17620107

Music: II: A Piece upon the Welch Harp-Evans

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: As17611106, but Governor-Anderson; Jaques-Bennet; Don Manuel-Gardner; Sancho-R. Smith; Lawyer-Redman; Page-Miss Valois; Honoria-Mrs Stephens; Priest-Wignel.
Cast
Role: Page Actor: Miss Valois

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: TThe Taylors, as17620107

Event Comment: Benefit for Master Lioni and Lipmann. Tickets deliver'd by Miss Berkley will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: singingin Act II Actor: Miss Young.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: IV: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Song: End: a Young Gentlewoman, first time of her appearing in public

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Ross; Macduff-Dyer; Banquo-Gibson; Hecate-Wignell; Witches-Collins, Dunstall, Costollo; Lady MacDuff-Mrs Barrington; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Hamilton; With original Music. Vocal parts-Legg, Mrs Vernon, Mattocks, Baker, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Abeg, Miss Young; The Dances-Leppi, Miles, Dumai, Hussey, Rochford.

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Counterfeit

Song: IV: By Desire, the Song With Horns and Hounds, in the character of Diana -Mrs Abeg (From Apollo and Daphne)

Entertainment: H$Hippisley's Drunken Man-Shuter (for the last time this Season)

Dance: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17620427 but Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Polly-Miss Miller, first time; Diana restored. Hornpipe-Mlle Capdeville; Country Dance-Characters of the Opera.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Miller, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Farmer Deceiv'd

Dance: II: The Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Stevens, first time; Ford-Havard; Sir Hugh Evans-Williams, first time; Shallow-Weston; Mrs Ford-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Bradshaw; Dr Caius-Blakes; Page-Packer; Fenton-Scrase; Slender-O'Brien; Rugby-Marr; Mrs Page-Miss Haughton; Anne Page-Mrs Hippisley; Host-Philips; Simple-Vaughan; Pistol-Ackman; Bardolph-Clough; Nym-Watkins.
Cast
Role: Mrs Page Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

Song: Between the Acts: Randall; II: Mrs Vincent

Dance: III: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Entertainment: By Particular Desire, Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performance Comment: Damon-Lowe; Cymon-Yates; Mopsus-Moody; Arcas-Bransby; Corydon-Philips; Phillida-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Young.

Dance: II: New Dutch Comic Dance, as17610925; IV: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Entertainment: End: for that night only, a Whimsical Roratorical Description of a Man o'War and Sea Fight-Moody, with Bog of Allen; Notes on the whole

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Songs From Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: An entertainment of Music, vocal parts-Tenducci, Miss Brent; Concerto on Hautboy-Simpson; Solo on Violincello-Sipruntini; Concerto on German Flute-Florio.
Cast
Role: vocal parts Actor: Tenducci, Miss Brent

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17611229, but Mat@o@Mint-Fox; Lucy-Miss E. Young; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss E. Young
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Dawson in Act III

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17620520, but Buck-J. Palmer; Minuet-Froment, Miss Baker.

Dance: I: The Cow Keepers, as17611215

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performance Comment: Polly-Miss Elliott; Mr Honeycomb-Weston; Mrs Honeycomb-Mrs Maguire.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Elliott
Event Comment: The pieces deferred to this Day on account of Miss Elliott's indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Elliott
Event Comment: By Particular desire. [Isaac Reed saw this performance and noted that Miss Elliot played Polly (Isaac Reed, Diaries, ed. C. E. Jones (Univ. of California Publ. English, 1946), p. 14).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Elliott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon, 1st appearance on the English Stage these 5 years; Beggar-Castle; Lockit-Bransby; Player-Mozeen; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Parsons, 1st appearance; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Vincent; Peachum-Moody; Mat@o@Mint-Blakes; Filch-Parsons, 1st time; In Act III,Hornpipe-Miss Dawson; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Dawson

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: End Opera: A Dutch Dance-Vincent, Sga Giorgi