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14699 results for: Keyword - Miss Jacobs
We found 13868 matches on Performance Comments, 4406 matches on Performance Title, 1743 matches on Event Comments, 7 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

676
16 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Potter (box-keepers) and Eddis. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted. Tickets deliver'd for the Conscious Lovers will be taken. Charges #83 11s. 6d. Deficit to beneficiaries #27 10s., covered by income from tickets: Condell #84 7s. (Box 225; Pit 140; Gallery 71); Potter #60 7s. (Box 142; Pit 93; Gallery 109); Eddis #52 9s. (Box 118; Pit 153) (Account Book). Paid Miss Morris in Full for her performance this season #50 (Account Book). [But see note 1 May.] Receipts; #56 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: III: A Pantomime Dance-Fishar, Miss Capon

677
29 August 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Rose

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Ned Actor: Jacobs
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Ogilvie

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: As17690809, but Guzzle-Kearny; new Prologue-Miss Rose; Epilogue-Miss Rose.
Cast
Role: new Prologue Actor: Miss Rose
Role: Epilogue Actor: Miss Rose.
Role: Tom Thumb Actor: Miss Rose
Role: Follower Actor: Jacobs

Dance: DDouble Hornpipe-Vandermere, Miss Street; Country Dance-the characters

678
27 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Miss Ross years later married M LeTexier (Hopkins MS Notes; MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Slave

Cast
Role: Mrs Blandford Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: II: By Particular Desire, for the first time, a Minuet, Allemande-Sieur Daigville, Miss Ross (his apprentice of 4 months); IV: The English Gardeners, as17691206

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have At Ye All-Palmer

679
04 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bransby and Burton ["Died Miss Weller, aged 19, pupil of Dr Arne, appeared at dl as Polly, and Carissa, in School for Fathers" (Winston MS 10, from Dr Burney's Newspapers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17700428 but Rhodope-Miss Radley; Prompter-Wright.
Cast
Role: Rhodope Actor: Miss Radley
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Miss Burton

Dance: II: As17700428 I of the Farce: A Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Ward

Entertainment: V: Bucks Have At Ye All-Mas Cape

680
10 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Evans and Miss Rogers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: As17691204, but Trinket-Dodd; Paris-Waldron; Harriet-Miss Rogers; Mrs Oakly-Miss Pope; Toilet-_.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Rogers
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Rhodope Actor: Miss Radley
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Miss Burton

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17690926; End: Minuet and Louvre-Noverre, Miss Rogers (his Scholar)

681
25 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Redman, Miss Besford, Dumay, Mrs Naylor, Curtat. Tickets deliver'd for All for Love will be taken. [The Account Book has crossed out The Jovial Crew and indicated the performance of The Beggar's Opera.] Charges #64 10s. Deficit to the 5 beneficiaries #7 4s. 7 1!2d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Redman #32 11s. (Box 38; Pit 83; Gallery 106); Besford #18 1s. (Box 23; Pit 42; Gallery 60); Dumay #62 9s. (Box 165; Pit 88; Gallery 80); Mrs Naylor #30 17s. (Box 39; Pit 90; Gallery 76); Curtat #18 16s. (Box 12; Pit 68; Gallery 56). Sarjant and Condell paid up their deficiencies. Receipts: #28 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Amie Actor: Miss Valois, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: A Minuet-Dumay, Miss Besford

Ballet: End Opera: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe,. As17700420

682
27 September 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By permission. Benefit Mrs Gardner. Tickets delivered by Mr Death will be admitted. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Scrub-Mrs Gardner; Archer-Death (from the Theatre in Norwich); Aimwell-Davis; Sullen-F. Gentleman; Boniface-a Gentleman; Gibbet-Gardner; Foigard-Vandermere; Sir Charles Freeman-Dancer; Cherry-Young Gentlewoman, her first appearance on any Stage; Dorinda-Mrs Cockane; Lady Bountiful-Mrs White; Gipsey-Miss Trowell; Mrs Sullen-Miss Ogilvie.
Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Trowell
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Miss Ogilvie.

Afterpiece Title: The Vintner Tricked

Entertainment: IV: Tragical Imitations-Miss Rose (By Particular Desire); End of Play: Imitations of Mr and Mrs Cadwallader-Mas. Frank, Miss Rose; Between the Acts of the Farce: The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at ye all-Death

Performance Comment: Frank, Miss Rose; Between the Acts of the Farce: The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at ye all-Death.

683
02 May 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Froment, principal dancer at the late Harmonical Meeting, Soho. By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Hudson; Polly-Miss Froment.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Froment.

Afterpiece Title: A Farce

Dance: Louvre, Minuet-Froment, Miss Froment

684
08 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten and Miss Rogers. Music and words by author and composer of Padlock [I. Bickerstaffe]. Book of the Entertainment to be had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17710401 but Touchstone-King; Orlando-Brereton, first time; Jaques-Love; Duke Sen-Wrighten; Celia-Miss Rogers, first time.
Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Rogers, first time.
Role: Phebe Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Ephesian Matron; or, The Widow's Tears

Song: I: The Sycamore Shade-Mrs Wrighten; IV: The Soldier Tir'd-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: End: A Minuet, Louvre-Noverre, Miss Rogers, his scholar

685
22 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Madden, Mr Thompson, Mrs Hartle, Symmonds, Walters. Tickets deliver'd by Francis, Abbot, Widow Trott, Wilkinson, Mrs Griffiths, Mrs Hitchcock, and Mr T. Ansell will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Miss Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Mrs Hartle; End of Play: A Minuet-Hussey, Miss Madden

686
25 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede, Pilfold and others. Tickets deliver'd by Shuter, Norbury, Roberts, Frensdorff, Miller, Bassan and Stephenson will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Cast
Role: The Hornpipe Actor: Miss Stede.

Dance: IV: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Stede (his scholar)

687
27 July 1771 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Thomas. Price 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Cast
Role: Singers Actor: Bannister, Miss Thomas, Mrs Thompson.

Song: Reinhold, Miss Esser, Mrs Thompson; Musical Imitations-Bannister

688
30 September 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George-Wroughton; Truman-Perry; Thorowgood-Younger; Uncle-Hull; Blunt-Cushing; Maria-Miss Ward; Lucy-Mrs Green; Millwood-Mrs Mattocks; In Act I: Singing-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

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

Dance: End: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.]

689
11 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Performance Comment: Selim-Savigny; Barbarossa-Bensley; Othman-Clarke; Sadi-Hull; Aladin-Gardner; Officer-Fox; Slave-Bates; Irene-Miss Miller; Zaphira-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Miss Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: Drunken Col.-Yates; Goodall-Dunstall; Oldcastle-Quick; Charlotte-Miss Helme; Mrs Highman-Mrs Ferguson; Lettice-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Helme

Dance: End: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Miss Twist, Fishar, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Capon.

690
23 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede, Mrs Heard, Mrs Willems, Abbott and Furkins. Tickets deliver'd by Wilkinson, Wooley, Pilfold, T. Ansell, Mrs Hitchcock, Widow Trott, Sherrat, Bassin, Whatley, Doe and Mrs Paddick will be taken. Charges o. [House received in addition to the ready receipts half the value of each beneficiary's tickets.] @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Miss Stede 28 57 61 #21 13s. #10 16s. 6d.@Mrs Heard 19 34 .. #9 17s. #4 18s. 6d.@Mrs Williams .. 24 21 #5 14s. #2 17s.@Mr Abbott 18 95 75 #26 5s. #13 2s. 6d.@Furkins 22 37 26 #13 13s. #6 16s. 6d.@Wilkinson 28 27 20 #13 1s. #6 10s. 6d.@Wooley 9 42 79 #16 9s. #8 4s. 6d.@Pilfold 37 227 74 50 14s. #25 7s.@T. Ansell 9 66 64 #18 11s. #9 5s. 6d.@Mrs Hitchcock 27 15 45 #13 10s. #6 15s.@Widow Trott 24 4 8 #7 8s. #3 14s.@Sharratt 1 12 19 #3 19s. #1 19s. 6d.@Bassan .. .. .. .. ..@Whatley 5 18 57 #9 13s. #4 16s. 6d.@Doe 2 22 44 #8 4s. #4 2s.@Mrs Paddick 1 14 14 #3 15s. #1 17s. 6d.@Total 230 694 607 #222 6s. #111 3s.@ Receipts: #19 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Fanny identified as Actor: Miss Potts in this playbill.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Helme

Dance: I: A Dance-incident to the piece; II: A Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Heard; End of Opera: Hornpipe-Miss Stede

691
30 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Woodcock-Shuter; Hawthorn-Reinhold; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Sir W. Meadows-Saunders; Eustace-Owenson; Hodge-Dunstall; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Margery-Mrs Baker; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Miss Catley, first appearance in two years.
Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Catley, first appearance in two years.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

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

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17110930.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17110930.]

692
19 April 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hopkins, Prompter, and Mrs Hopkins. By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd for Mary Queen of Scots will be taken (playbill). Miss Hopkins made her first appearance upon the stage in Celia in As You Like It. Was rec'd with great applause (Hopkins Diary). House charges: #74 14s.; Profit to beneficiaries: #165 2s. Receipts: #239 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17721117, but Jaques-Aickin; Celia-Miss Hopkins, first appearance any stage; Phebe-Mrs Davies; Rosalind with Cuckoo Song-Mrs Barry; In Act V will be introduced a Song-Mrs Hunt.
Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Hopkins, first appearance any stage

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17721106, but Abram-Jacobs; Grand Chorus-Mrs Wrighten, Mrs _Scott.
Cast
Role: Abram Actor: Jacobs
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: I: A Dance-Daigville's scholars

Entertainment: End: (First time) an Address to the Town-Miss P. Hopkins

693
21 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Fox and Owenson. Tickets deliver'd by Holloway and Miss Bassan will be taken. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to beneficiaries #9 11s. 3d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Fox #90 11s. (Box 123; Pit 328; Gallery 106); Owenson #69 7s. (Box 118; Pit 133; Gallery 199). Paid Mrs Singleton for walking 13 nights in Henry VIII, the 8th to 15th February #3 5s. and for walking 28 nights in the Sorcerer to the 13th inst. #3 10s. Paid Mrs Baks for the same #3 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #45 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Scentwell Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17730518, but Leander-Owenson, first time; Diego-Fox (first time); Leonora-Miss Wewitzer (first time).
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Wewitzer

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe (first time)-Miss Bassan; End: A Louvre and Minuet-Mr and Mrs Holloway

694
22 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede, Hollingsworth and Master Jones. Tickets deliver'd by Abbot, Wilkinson, Mrs Woolley, Pilford, T. Ansell, Mrs Hitchcock, Widow Trott, Sherrat, Whately, Doe, Mrs Paddick, Claridge, and Curteen will be taken. [No charges. House took half value of tickets plus ready receipts of #20 10s.] Receipts: #20 10s. (Account Book). @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Miss Stede 29 47 42 #18 10s. #9 5s.@Hollingsworth 3 6 17 #3 7s. #1 13s. 6d.@Mrs Jones - - - - -@Abbott 17 71 79 #22 16s. #11 8s.@Wilkinson 27 34 1 #11 19s. #5 19s. 6d.@Mrs Woolley 12 44 56 #15 4s. #7 12s.@Pilfold 36 249 93 #55 13s. #27 16s. 6d.@Ansell 11 58 60 #17 9s. #8 14s. 6d.@Mrs Hitchcock 37 44 24 #18 5s. #9 2s. 6d.@Mrs Trott 17 3 6 #5 6s. #2 13s.@Sharratt - 21 15 #4 13s. #2 6s. 6d.@Whatley - 9 35 #4 17s. #2 8s. 6d.@Doe 2 27 41 #8 13s. #4 6s. 6d.@Mrs Paddick 5 14 18 #5 3s. #2 11s. 6d.@Claridge 7 27 29 #8 14s. #4 7s.@Curteen 30 28 60 #17 14s. #8 17s.@Total 233 682 576 #218 3s. #109 1s. 6d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: Dance Actor: Miss Twist.
Role: Daphne Actor: Miss Wewitzer.
Role: incident to the piece Actor: Mas. Harris, Mas. Blurton, Miss Twist, Miss Valois.

Dance: End: A Hornpipe[, in the character of a Sailor (for first time)-Miss Stede. [See17650510.

695
28 April 1774 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Davies (Inglesina)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Performance Comment: See17740224, but With two additional songs-Miss Davies, in Act I, II.
Cast
Role: With two additional songs Actor: Miss Davies, in Act I, II.

Dance: I: Ballet-Mariottini, Nina Favier; II: Pastoral Ballet, parts-Nina Favier, Mariottini, Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (Scholars of Daigville, late Ballet Master of Drury Lane, who will dance a Minuet and Allemande); End Opera: The Adventures of the Haram of Ispahan-Pitrot, Mimi Favier, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini

696
12 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger, lately burnt out by the Fire in King Street, Covent Garden. Doors open at half past 5. To begin at exactly half past 6. [Miss Catley returned for this benefit. Description of the Fire in Gentlemen's Magazine, 1774, p. 234.] Charges #67 10s. Profit to Younger, #105 19s.. plus #67 12s. from tickets (Box 216; Pit 76; Gallery 22) (Account Book). [See dl 6 May where Garrick gave Younger & Kennedy #21 as a present to help them. See also dl 25 May.] Receipts: #173 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brown, first time
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Besford
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Polly announced as for the last this season Actor: Miss Catley.
Role: a Hornpipe Actor: Miss Twist.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17731016, but Lady-Miss Mattocks; Song of Sweet Echo-Mrs Mattocks; Sabrina, Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Baker; Euphrosyne (for that night only)-Miss Catley; Brothers-_.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Miss Mattocks
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Miss Catley
Role: and the Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Twist
Role: Sweet Echo Actor: Miss Catley

Song: End I: The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Miss Catley

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17740415 but Orange Woman-Miss Stede[; with Sixfold Hornpipe as17740415

Performance Comment: As17740415 but Orange Woman-Miss Stede[; with Sixfold Hornpipe as17740415.; with Sixfold Hornpipe as17740415.
Cast
Role: Orange Woman Actor: Miss Stede

697
21 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Last time of performing it this season. Part of Pit laid into the Boxes where servants will be allowed to keep Places. [See additional performance 25 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin, with Additional Songs

Performance Comment: As17741029, but Guardian Angels-Miss Catley; To conclude with All I ask of Mortal Man, is to Love me while he can-, from Comus.
Cast
Role: Guardian Angels Actor: Miss Catley
Role: with Venus Actor: Miss Brown.
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Song: End Piece: The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms, from the Opera Artaxerxes-Miss Catley

Dance: End Opera: Rural Merriment, as17741209

698
29 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: In Act V a new Pastoral Dance Actor: Daguville, Miss Valois.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Valois

Dance: I: New Comic Dance-Langrish (pupil to Aldridge), Miss Mathews; III: A New Pantomimical Dance call'd The Enchantress, as17750201; End: The Humours of Blackwall; or, The Indiaman Return'd-Aldridge, Mas. Jackson (his pupil), first appearance, Mrs Stephens, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Jackson (his pupil), first appearance, Mrs Stephens, Miss Besford.

699
01 May 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Under the direction of Dr Arne. Being desired again by several persons of Quality. Tickets delivered out for 27 April by Miss Donadieu and Mrs Farrel will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sot

Performance Comment: As17750216, but Clarinda-Miss Donadieu; Fairlove-Mrs Farrel; Pert-Miss Weller; Sir Thomas-A Gentleman; Squire Savage-a Gentleman.
Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Miss Donadieu
Role: Pert Actor: Miss Weller

Song: Catches and Glees-; Cymon and Iphigenia-a Gentleman; a Capital Trumpet Song-Miss Jameson

700
04 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones, Mrs Morris, Miss Cranfield and Mr Hollingsworth will be admitted. Doors opened at half past 5. To begin at half past 6

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis, first time; Aimwell-Whitefield, first time; Scrub-Quick; Gibbet-Booth; Bonniface-Dunstall; Sir Charles Freeman-DuBellamy; Sullen-Thompson; Foigard-Fox; Dorinda-Mrs Mattocks; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Dayes

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-Miss Cranfield; II: The Pilgrim, as17750503