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18054 results for: Keyword - Miss King
We found 14863 matches on Performance Comments, 7016 matches on Performance Title, 3222 matches on Event Comments, 25 matches on Author, and 8 matches on Roles/Actors.

7301
21 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Performance Comment: Athelwold-Smith; Edgar-Bensley; Orgar-Clarke; Edwin-Hull; Albina-Miss Miller, first time; Elfrida-Mrs Hartley; Chorus of British Virgins-Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Miss Twist, Miss Brown, Miss Valois, Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Albina Actor: Miss Miller, first time
Role: Chorus of British Virgins Actor: Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Miss Twist, Miss Brown, Miss Valois, Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: Marcourt-Woodward; Kitchen-Dunstall; Cross-Shuter; Mrs Cross-Mrs Green; Charlotte-Miss Valois; Landlady-Mrs Gardner; Lettice-Mrs Kniveton; Sally-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Brown.

Dance: End: New Dance-Aldridge, Miss Capon. [See17731014 and 6. Feb.

7302
03 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17731007, but Rosetta-Miss Catley, first time this season.
Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Catley, first time this season.
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Valois

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Lewes, Banks, Cushing, Hamilton, Owenson, Harris, Fox, Holtom, Bates, Wignell, Thompson, Mrs Pitt, Miss Twist
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon.

Dance: II: Aldridge, Miss Capon

7303
25 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lewes; Infernal Spirit-Reinhold; Sir E. Relish-Wignell; Lady Relish-Mrs Willems; Miller-Fox; Faustus's Man-Banks; Ballad Singer-Dunstall; Gambler-Thompson; French Cook-Holtom; Shade of Helen-Mrs Baker; Miller's Wife-Miss Twist; The Dances-Blurton, Miss Valois, Miss Capon. [See17721130.]See17721130.]
Cast
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Miss Twist
Role: The Dances Actor: Blurton, Miss Valois, Miss Capon.

Dance: III: Dance-Aldridge, Miss Capon. [See17731014]

7304
07 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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: The Lamplighter-Aldridge, Miss Twist. [See17711016.

7305
13 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hartley. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire, with New Music, Dresses and Decorations. Interlude taken from Prior's celebrated poem, The Nut Brown Maid. Books of the Interlude to be had at the Theatre. Adapted by Henry Bate. Charges: #72 9s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Hartley #54 15s., plus #61 18s. from tickets (Box 202; Pit 76). Paid Whitfield for making cloaths #33 17s. 4d.; Paid Mr Walker for trimmings &c. #13 4s. Receipts: #127 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17731208; After which: New Poetical Interlude, Henry and Emma: Parts-Smith, Hull, Miss Brown, Mrs Hartley; To conclude with: a New Air and Chorus by Dr Arne-

7306
16 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

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

Monologue: Interlude.End: True Blue. As 3 May

Dance: End I Farce: Minuet-Blurton, Miss Stede

7307
24 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Performance Comment: As17740420 but Page-Miss Lings.
Cast
Role: Page Actor: Miss Lings.
Role: Wilding Actor: King
Role: Mrs Wilding Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: ByMaster Whitlow, Miss Lings; End I Afterpiece: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

7308
24 June 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: I: As17740613 End: Minuet, Allemande-Master and Miss Burn

7309
07 September 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Cast
Role: Serpilla Actor: Miss Wewitzer.

Song: The wanton God who pierces Hearts-Miss Wewitzer

7310
19 September 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alls Well That Ends Well

Performance Comment: Parolles-Woodward; King-Hull; Lafeu-Clarke; Bertram-Lewes; Clown-Shuter; Duke-DuBellamy; Steward-Fearon; Lords-Cushing, Davis; Interpreter-Thompson; Diana-Mrs Mattocks; Widow-Miss Pearce; Countess-Mrs Hull; Helena-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Hull
Role: Widow Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Helena Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End: A Comic Dance, The Italian Gardeners-Mr and Miss West (Late pupils of Sg Grimaldi) [their first appearance on this stage. [See dl 9 Dec. 1760.

7311
09 November 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

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

Afterpiece Title: No Ones Enemy but His Own

Cast
Role: The Characters Actor: Woodward, Shuter, Hull, Wroughton, Booth, Lee Lewes, Quick, Cushing, Mrs Lesingham, Miss Barsanti.

Dance: I: The Lamplighters-Aldridge, Miss Valois [see17731207]; End Comedy: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

7312
02 December 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of An Hour

Performance Comment: Parts by: Shuter, Bensley, Clarke, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Miss Pearce, Mrs Green, Mrs Bulkley. With a New Prologue and Epilogue. Sir Hector Strangeways-Shuter; Brownlow-Bensley; Col. Ormsby-Clarke; Bussora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; James-Bates; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Lady Di Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley; With a New Prologue by Kelly-Lee; Epilogue by Kelly-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774).
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: I: The Vintage Festival, as17741007; End Opera: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Valois. [See17731005]

7313
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

7314
01 February 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: The Two Misers

Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Catley

Dance: I: A New Pantomimical Dance, call'd The Enchantress-Aldridge, Miss Valois

7315
16 February 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sot

Song: Catches and Glees-; Diana's Chace-Miss Jameson

Music: After Comic piece: two Ariettas on the Octave Flute in the Polonese taste-a new performer from that country; After Part II Catches and Glees: Concerto on Clarinet with variations on the Wanton God-Mahon

7316
11 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Dance: III: Double Hornpipe-Blurton, Miss Mathews; IV: The Humours of Blackwall, as17750429

7317
27 September 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: Aimworth-Mattocks; Sir Harry-Shuter; Giles-Reinhold; Mervin-DuBellamy; Fairfield-Hull; Ralph-Quick; Fanny-Miss Brown, first time; Lady Sycamore-Mrs Pitt; Theodosia-Miss Dayes; Patty-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Miss Brown, first time
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Dayes

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End Opera: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Matthews. [See17750503.

7318
20 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Dayes.

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

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

7319
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.

7320
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

7321
15 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Bertha Actor: Miss Platt.

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: Loves Metamorphoses

Performance Comment: Parts by King, Packer, Davies, Everard, Vernon, Mrs Siddons and Mrs Wrighten. Young Dormer-King; Moody-Vernon; Sir John Murray-Packer; Col. Murrary-Davies; Maria-Mrs Siddons; Feather-Mrs Wrighten (Genest, V, 494); Prologue-King; a Cantata Epilogue-Vernon, Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Young Dormer Actor: King
Role: Prologue Actor: King

Dance: End: A Comic Dance-the two Miss Stagledoirs, scholars to M. LaRiviere

7322
02 May 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Newton and a lady who has not appeared upon the stage these seven years. By Permission

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Hague; Lord Trinket-Cresswick; Sir Hearty-West; Charles-Trotter; Russet-Reynolds; O'Cutter-Painter; Tom-Morgan; Paris-Front; Major Oakly-Lewis; Mrs Oakly-A Lady; Harriet-Miss Reynolds; Toilet-Mrs Barrett; Lady Freelove-A Gentlewoman from Dublin.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Reynolds

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Cresswick; Old Philpot-Reynolds; Young Philpot [sic]-Hague; Beaufort-Trotter; Maria-Miss Reynolds.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Reynolds.

Song: Between the Acts: Miss Barrett

7323
20 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Cast
Role: Erixine Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Dayes

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Valois. [See17741202.

7324
27 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars 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.

7325
04 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Woodward; Sir John Buck-Fearon; Subtle-Thompson; Marquis-Wewitzer; Classic-Hull; Mrs Subtle-Mrs Pitt; Lucinda (with a song)-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: afterpiece: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Macklin