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We found 14105 matches on Performance Comments, 4417 matches on Performance Title, 3652 matches on Event Comments, 195 matches on Roles/Actors, and 3 matches on Author.

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Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Cast
Role: Caroline Dormer Actor: Miss DeCamp.

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Performance Comment: Vapour-Farley; Gossip-Suett; Souffrance-Caulfield; Sir Matthew Medley-Davenport; Woodley-Trueman; Waiter-Chippendale; Servant-Atkins; Charlotte-Miss Gaudry; Florella-Mrs King (1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Gaudry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: Lingo-Fawcett; Sir Felix Friendly-Suett; Compton-Bannister; Eugene-Trueman; Chicane-Davenport; John-J. Palmer; Thomas-Abbot; Laura-Mrs Mountain (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Cheshire-Mrs Davenport; Fringe-Miss Gaudry; Cowslip-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: Fringe Actor: Miss Gaudry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: Peeping Tom (with The Little Farthing Rushlight)-Fawcett; Mayor-Suett; Crazy-Emery; Earl of Mercia-J. Palmer; Count Lewis-Klanert; Harold-Trueman; Emma-Mrs Mountain; Mayoress-Mrs Davenport; Lady Godiva-Miss Leserve; Maud-Mrs Gibbs (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Lady Godiva Actor: Miss Leserve

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Cast
Role: Carolina Actor: Miss Menage
Role: Miss Nancy Actor: Miss Menage

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Fringe Actor: Miss Gaudry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Performance Comment: Sir David Dunder-Fawcett; Young Random-Barrymore; Scruple-Farley; Old Random-Davenport; Roundfee-Suett; Quirk-Wathen; Carney-Abbot; Peery-Atkins; Passengers-Klanert, Ledger, Chippendale; Tiptoe-Palmer; Lady Dunder-Mrs Davenport; Harriet-Miss Gaudry; Kitty-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Gaudry

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Mainpiece Title: The London Hermit

Performance Comment: Young Pranks-Farley; Whimmy-Suett; Old Pranks-Emery; Peregrine-Trueman; Barleycorn-Palmer; Bite-Caulfield; Tully-Johnstone; Natty Maggs-J. Palmer; Carter-Ledger; Toby Thatch-Wathen; Diana-Miss Gaudry; Mrs Maggs-Mrs Davenport; Kitty Barleycorn-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Gaudry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Blue Devils

Afterpiece Title: The Point of Honour

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Performance Comment: Scout-Fawcett; Snarl-Suett; Sheepface-Emery; Justice Mittimus-Davenport; Charles-Trueman; Kate-Miss Menage; Mrs Scout-Mrs Davenport.
Cast
Role: Kate Actor: Miss Menage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Hermit

Performance Comment: As18000707 but Diana-Miss Menage.
Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Menage.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: As18000616 but Wowski-Mrs Mountain; Yarico-Miss Chapman; Sailors-_Linton.
Cast
Role: Yarico Actor: Miss Chapman
Role: Narcissa Actor: Miss Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Cast
Role: Mrs Belmont Actor: Miss DeCamp.

Song: As18000725

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: Mr Heartly-Barrymore; Mr Clackit-Palmer; Sir Charles Clackit (1st time)-Emery; Servant-Chippendale; Miss Harriet-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Mrs Leach]); Lucy-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: Miss Harriet Actor: A Young Lady

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Cast
Role: Caroline Dormer Actor: Miss DeCamp.

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performance Comment: Patrick-Miss DeCamp; Dermot-Trueman; Fitzroy-J. Palmer; Father Luke-Caulfield; Bagatelle-Farley; Darby-Wathen; Kathlane-Mrs Bland; Norah-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Patrick Actor: Miss DeCamp

Song: In course evening: Sweet Echo-Mrs Mountain; accompanied on the Hautboy-Forster=; The Soldier Tir'd-Mrs Mountain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cambro-britons

Performance Comment: Llewellyn-Barrymore; Shenkin-Emery; Cadwall-Palmer; Gwyn-Suett; O'Turloch-Johnstone; Bard-J. Palmer; King Edward-Caulfield; Prince David-A Gentleman (1st appearance [Forster]); Dynevor-Trueman; Mortimer-Klanert; Herefore-Davenport; Edwin-Abbot; Elinor-Miss DeCamp; Lady Griffith's Shade-Mrs Gibbs; Winifred-Mrs Bland; Chorus of Bards and Peasants-Sawyer, Little, Kenrick, Caulfield Jun., Dibble, Aylmer, Willoughby, Thomas, Ms Hale, Ms Masters, Ms Gaudry, Ms Butler, Ms Leserve, Ms Norton.
Cast
Role: Elinor Actor: Miss DeCamp

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Song: End: Paddy's Description of Pizarro; or, Mr Paddy O'Doody and his Cousin Shaun Shaugnessy's Treat to the One Shilling Gallery-Johnstone

Event Comment: The King's Company. For Mrs Corey as Dol Common, see 27 Dec. 1666. For the murder of Clun, see An Elegy Upon the Most Execrable Murther of Mr Clun (1664), and the reprint in A Little Ark, ed. G. Thorn-Drury, pp. 30-31. Pepys, Diary, 4 Aug.: Clun, one of their [King's] best actors, was, the last night, going out of towne (after he had acted the Alchymist, wherein was one of his best parts that he acts) to his country-house, set upon and murdered; one of the rogues taken, an Irish fellow. It seems most cruelly butchered and bound. The house will have a great miss of him

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To White Hall, and got my Lord Bellasses to get me into the playhouse; and there, after all staying above an hour for the players, the King and all waiting, which was absurd, saw Henry the Fifth well done by the Duke's people, and in most excellent habits, all new vests, being put on but this night. But I sat so nigh and far off, that I missed most of the words, and sat with a wind coming into my back and neck, which did much trouble me. The play continued till twelve at night. A Prologue for this play is in A Letter from a Gentleman to the Honourable Ed. Howard (London, 1668)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry V

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: My wife and I to the Duke of York's house, and there saw Love Trickes, or the School of Compliments; a silly play, only Miss Davis?'s dancing in a shepherd's clothes did please us mightily

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Tricks; Or, The School Of Compliments

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: Hearing that The Alchymist was acted, we did go, and took [Pierce] with us to the King's house; and it is still a good play, having not been acted for two or three years before; but I do miss Clun, for the Doctor. But more my eyes will not let me enjoy the pleasure I used to have in a play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Event Comment: The King's Company. The date of the first production is not known. Although the play was not entered in the Term Catalogues until February 1675@6, the references to "Miss-Non-so-Fair," prince Nick, and t'other House Gallants" suggest that it capitalized upon the appearance of Psyche Debauched at dg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Piso's Conspiracy

Event Comment: Apparently The Man of Mode had an amateur revival in Brussels in the autumn, possibly before the Duke and Duchess of York, when they were away from London. Princess Anne to Frances Apsley, 3 Oct. 1679: The play is practisde to night Miss Watts is to be Lady townly which part I beleeve wont much become her. [See Benjamin Bathurst, Letters of Two Queens (London, 1924), pp. 111-12]

Performances

Event Comment: John Vanbrugh to the Earl of Manchester, 25 Dec. 1699: Miss Evans the dancer at the New Playhouse is dead too; a feaver Slew her in eight and forty hours. She's much lamented by the Towne as well as the House, who can't well bare her loss; Matters running very low with 'em this Winter; if Congreve's Play [The Way of the World] don't help 'em they are undone. 'Tis a Comedy and will be play'd about Six weeks hence, nobody has seen it yet. Liveridge is in Ireland, he Owes so much money he dare not come over, so for want of him we han't had one Opera play'd this Winter; tho' Purcell has set one New One and Fingar another. We have got the Woman from the Chesire Cheese upon the Stage, who has the best Voyce for't by much that has been there at any time. We have the Emperors Crooaed Eunuch here, Francisco. They give him a hundred and twenty Guineas for five times. He has sung Once and was well likt. Dogget was here last Week, they gave him thirty pound to act Six times, which he did and fill'd the house every time (The Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh [Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1928], IV, 4)

Performances

Event Comment: Post Man, No. 747, 4-7 May 1700: At the desire of several Ladies of Quality, To-morrow being Wednesday, (in the great Room in York Buildings) will be performed a new Mask set to Musick, with an extraordinary entertainment of other Vocal and Instrumental Musick for the Benefit of Mr Gouge [Mr George in Flying Post] and Miss Bradshaw. Prices 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Rich's Company. Post Boy, No. 818, 4-6 July 1700: For the Benefit of Mrs Oldfield. This day at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, will be presented, a Comedy call'd, The Pilgrim. Revis'd with Large Alterations, and a Secular Masque. With the Dialogue between the 2 mad Lovers. Being Acted this time at the desire of several Persons of Quality. And Entertainments of Singing and Dancing between the Acts and in particular, a new Entry Compos'd by the late Mr Eaglesfield, and perform'd by Mr Weaver, Mr Cottin, and Miss Campion. A Scotch Song with the Dancing of the Bonny Highlander; never done but once before on the English Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vertue Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Performance Comment: Henry VIII-Estcourt; Princess Elizabeth-the Child [identified by Genest, II, 340, as Miss Younger]; a new Epilogue-the Child.

Song: Leveridge, Ramondon, Mrs Lindsey, the Boy

Dance: As17051227

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Santlow. Not Acted these 12 Years [but see lif 3 Feb. 1704]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Valentinian: With The Rape Of Lucina

Song: Hughs, Newberry, the Boy

Dance: As17060309

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lindsey. [In Daily Courant, 17 March, The Committee as a benefit for Miss Santlow had been announced for this day, but later deferred to Tuesday 25.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Santlow. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Scenes as 2 April. Admission as 5 Jan., but no benches railed into boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius