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14773 results for: Keyword - Miss Wilford
We found 13748 matches on Performance Comments, 4402 matches on Performance Title, 1737 matches on Event Comments, 352 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

13651
06 March 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Miss Barnes

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: As17900227, but Nurse-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Dance: As17900210

Song: As17890922

13652
11 March 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: As17891208, but Lady Elinor-Miss Hagley.
Cast
Role: Lady Elinor Actor: Miss Hagley.
Role: Cicely Actor: Miss Romanzini

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Farren.

13653
12 March 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection From The Works Of handel 0; Messiah

Cast
Role: Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Reinhold, Kelly, Dignum, Mrs Crouch, Miss Hagley, Sga Storace

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Cast
Role: had I Jubal's lyre Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: cease thou gentle youth Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: The flocks shall leave the mountains Actor: Reinhold, Dignum, Miss Romanzini

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: As17900224, but Concerto violin-Weichsel; Pleasure my former ways resigning-_; My arms against this Gorgias, Sound an alarm-Kelly (Judas Maccabaeus); For unto us a Child is born-_; We hear the pleasing dreadful call-Chorus (Judas Maccabaeus); O! had I Jubal's lyre-Miss Hagley.
Cast
Role: had I Jubal's lyre Actor: Miss Hagley.
Role: cease thou gentle youth Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: The flocks shall leave the mountains Actor: Reinhold, Dignum, Miss Romanzini

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Performance Comment: As17900224, but Gentle airs-_; Rendi il sereno al ciglio-Kelly (Sosarme); Cease ah! cease-Sga Storace; The Flocks shall leave-Miss _Romanzini, Sga Storace.
Cast
Role: The Flocks shall leave Actor: Miss _Romanzini, Sga Storace.
Role: had I Jubal's lyre Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: cease thou gentle youth Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: The flocks shall leave the mountains Actor: Reinhold, Dignum, Miss Romanzini

13654
13 March 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Czar

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Hortensio-Egan; Biondello-Rock; Pedro-Evatt; Taylor-Bernard; Music@master-C. Powell; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Miss Brangin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Bianca Actor: Miss Brangin

13655
19 March 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music 0

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Cast
Role: Cease thy Anguish Actor: Miss Mahon, Saville
Role: The smiling Dawn of happy Days Actor: Miss Cantelo
Role: Funeral Anthem Actor: Miss Cantelo, Saville, Harrison, Sale
Role: Come ever smiling Liberty Actor: Miss Dall
Role: Sweet Bird Actor: Miss Mahon
Role: How blest the Maid Actor: Miss Poole
Role: He was Eyes unto the Blind Actor: Miss Cantelo
Role: For joys so vast Actor: Miss Poole
Role: Great Jehovah's awful Word Actor: Miss Cantelo

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: As17900226, but Overture and Dead March (Saul)-; I feel the Deity within-Sale; Arm arm ye brave-Sale; We come in bright array-Chorus; Come ever smiling Liberty-Miss Dall; My Arms-Saville; Sound an alarm-Saville; We hear the dreadful call-Chorus (Judas Maccabaeus); Funeral Anthem-_; Search round the World-_.
Cast
Role: Come ever smiling Liberty Actor: Miss Dall
Role: Cease thy Anguish Actor: Miss Mahon, Saville
Role: The smiling Dawn of happy Days Actor: Miss Cantelo
Role: Funeral Anthem Actor: Miss Cantelo, Saville, Harrison, Sale
Role: Sweet Bird Actor: Miss Mahon
Role: How blest the Maid Actor: Miss Poole
Role: He was Eyes unto the Blind Actor: Miss Cantelo
Role: For joys so vast Actor: Miss Poole
Role: Great Jehovah's awful Word Actor: Miss Cantelo

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Performance Comment: As17900226, but The Prince unable-Miss Poole (Alexander's Feast); For joys so vast-_; Happy they-_.
Cast
Role: The Prince unable Actor: Miss Poole
Role: Cease thy Anguish Actor: Miss Mahon, Saville
Role: The smiling Dawn of happy Days Actor: Miss Cantelo
Role: Funeral Anthem Actor: Miss Cantelo, Saville, Harrison, Sale
Role: Come ever smiling Liberty Actor: Miss Dall
Role: Sweet Bird Actor: Miss Mahon
Role: How blest the Maid Actor: Miss Poole
Role: He was Eyes unto the Blind Actor: Miss Cantelo
Role: For joys so vast Actor: Miss Poole
Role: Great Jehovah's awful Word Actor: Miss Cantelo

Music: End II: As17900224; End Part I: Miserere Mei Deus, as17900317

13656
27 March 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; with an Address in character-Lewis; Sir George Airy (1st time)-Holman; Sir Jealous Traffic-Thompson; Charles Gripe-Davies; Whisper-Farley; Footman-Ledger; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Isabinda-Mrs Lewis; Patch-Miss Stuart; Scentwell-Mrs Platt; Miranda-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Patch Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: Emai Actor: Miss Francis. Part I. A Nuptial Procession, with the Performance of the Marriage Ceremony according to the Custom observed at O'Whyee. The Manner of Combat between two Natives. Part II. The Arrival of the Resolution. The Disembarkation of the English, with the Ceremonies observed at entering into a Treaty of Peace with the Natives. A Preparation for a Human Sacrifice. The Assassination of Captain Cook. Part III. A Representation of the Naval and Military Honours observed on erecting a Pile to the Memory of Capt. Cook, by the Officers of the Resolution. The Ceremony performed on the same Occasion, according to the Manner of the Natives of O'Whyee. To conclude with a Representation of a Burning Mountain.

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: Glib (for that night only)-Lewis; Sir Toby Fuz-Powel; Sir Macaroni Virtu-Bernard; Patent-Thompson; Wilson-Macready; Mervin-Evatt; Prompter-Farley; Carpenter-Rock; Miss Fuz-Mrs Lewis; Sweepers-Mrs Powell, Mrs Davenett; Lady Fuz-Mrs Webb; Characters in the Burletta: Orpheus-Davies; Shepherds-Darley, Reeve, Blurton, Lee, Cubitt; Old Shepherd-Blanchard; Rhodope-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Mrs Lewis

13657
07 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Performance Comment: Dromio of Syracuse-Edwin; Antipholis of Syracuse-Macready; Antipholis of Ephesus-Bernard; Dromio of Ephesus-Quick; Abbess-Miss Chapman; Luciana-Mrs Mountain; Adriana-Mrs Bernard.
Cast
Role: Abbess Actor: Miss Chapman

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Song: End I 2nd piece: The Old Four and Twenty Fiddlers all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologues. End: a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody, Lingo the Butler's Opinion on Men and Manners-Edwin; End 2nd piece: a Dissertation upon Law (from the Lecture on Heads)-Lee Lewes

13658
13 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. [Mrs Wells had 1st acted Macheath at the hay, 14 Sept. 1781; Bannister had acted Polly at the same theatre, 16 Sept. 1785.] Gazetteer, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Haymarket. "There is now a most vehement rage of innovation in language, government, religion, and everything else...On the British stage, with infinite applause, young and beautiful actresses perform sometimes the Parts of highwaymen; and some singing actors squall in an affected voice resembling, and intended to imitate, that of women; the most humourous dramatic pieces are frittered away into songs; and I should not be surprised to hear that henceforth Miranda and Juliet are to be personated by grim-visaged grenadiers seven feet high, and Falstaff by a slender miss just entered her teens" (Universal Magazine, Mar. 1795, p. 171). Receipts: #285 14s. (162.4.6; 5.9.6; tickets: 118.0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Francis
Role: Dolly Trull Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: As17891024

Song: In course of Evening: The Wolf-Bannister

13659
16 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17891112, but Leon (for that night only)-Ryder (1st appearance in that character); Maid-Mr Rock; Estifania-Miss Ryder (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Miss Ryder
Role: Altea Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Leander-Johnstone; Mungo-Blanchard; Diego-Bannister; Ursula-Mrs Webb; Leonora-Miss R. Ryder (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss R. Ryder

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady; or, The Sailor in Distress-

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: fable, The Old Man Son and Ass-Ryder; End afterpiece: Bucks have at ye All-Ryder

13660
22 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Performance Comment: As17900218, but Celia (1st time)-Mrs Mountain; Miss Dolly Bull (for that night only)-Mrs Martyr (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Miss Dolly Bull Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Nannette Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: As17900323

Song: End I afterpiece: The Knife Grinder's Song, composed and to be sung in character-Reeve

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: A New Occasional Prologue-Bernard

13661
30 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Performance Comment: Villamour-Bannister Jun.; Old Meanwell-Packer; Young Meanwell-Whitfield; Skipwell-R. Palmer; Florinda-Mrs Goodall (1st appearance in that character); Letty-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Letty Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Collins
Role: Emmeline Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Philidel Actor: Miss Hagley
Role: Spirit of Light Actor: Miss Romanzini

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: As17891107, but Page (with song omitted)-Mrs Wilson; Countess-Mrs Goodall (1st appearance in that character); Agnes-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Heard.
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Farren.

13662
11 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: True Blue; Or, A Bang At The Dons

Afterpiece Title: King Henry the Fifth

Cast
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Miss Romanzini.

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: As17891107, but Countess-Mrs Wilson; Agnes-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Heard.
Role: Page Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Farren.

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: (for this night only) The Monster Discovered-

13663
11 May 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performance Comment: Deputy Dimity-Quick; Mr Vermilion-Davies; Alderman Tokay-Blanchard; with Old Sly Hodge-Blanchard; Mrs Tokay-Mrs Mountain; Mrs Dimity-Miss Stuart; Mrs Vermilion-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Mrs Dimity Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Female Adventure [The Female Pursuit]

Afterpiece Title: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House

Entertainment: Monologue. End I 2nd piece: A Dissertation on Hobby@Horses (The Stateman's Hobby, The Soldier's Hobby, The Fidler's Hobby, The Beaux Hobby, The Ladies' Hobby, The Monster's Hobby [see under dl, 11 May], His own Hobby)-Bernard

13664
12 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Margaret Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Ursula Actor: Miss Barnes.
Role: Beatrice Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Performance Comment: Butler-Bannister Jun.; Squire-Whitfield; Candy-Miss Tidswell; Polly Pattens-Mrs Crouch; with a song-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Candy Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: As17891107, but Marcelina-Mrs Booth; Agnes-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Heard.
Role: Page Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Farren.

Dance: As17891209

Song: As17891209

13665
20 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Lamorce Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Bisarre Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Apollo [i

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17891021, but Comus-Sedgwick (1st appearance in that character); Spirit-Haymes; Bacchanals-_Sedgwick; Bacchants-Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.
Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Hagley
Role: Sabrina Actor: Miss Romanzini

13666
26 May 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Blanchard; Gayless-Davies; Justice Guttle-Powel; Melissa-Miss Chapman; Kitty Pry-Mrs Delpini (2nd appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Miss Chapman

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss L. Simonet.
Role: Female Milliners Actor: Mrs Gray, Mrs Masters, Miss M'George, Miss Rowson

Dance: Preceding: As17891113

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Cranfield, Delpini, Boyce, Byrne, Mrs Davenett, the two Miss Simonets

13667
29 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17891121, but Hounslow-Alfred; Bagshot-Webb; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Hopkins; Gipsey-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Collins

Dance: As17891121

13668
01 June 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Performance Comment: Justice Clack-Quick; Oliver-Blanchard; Springlove-Bernard; Vincent-Warrell (1st appearance on this stage); Hilliard-Davies; Oldrents-Powel; Hearty-Darley; Meriel-Mrs Martyr; Amie-Miss Rowson; Rachel-Mrs Warrell.
Cast
Role: Amie Actor: Miss Rowson

Afterpiece Title: The Comedy of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End I: Crutch Dance-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

Song: In course: Dr Hayes's New Highland Laddie-Mrs Warrell; Between the acts 2nd piece: Alone by the Light of the Moon-Darley

13669
15 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham; Or, Days Of Old

Performance Comment: Marquis of Montague-Cubitt; Duke of Somerset-Evatt; Egbert-Iliff; La Varenne-Williamson; Prince of Wales-Miss Gaudry; Gondibert-Bannister Jun.; Barton-Aickin; Gregory Gubbins-Edwin; Fool-R. Palmer; Corporal-Baddeley; Drummer-Moss; Fifer-Barrett; Soldiers-Usher, Ledger, Vincent, Shaw; Robbers-Bannister, Davies, Chapman, Abbott; Villagers-Burton, Painter, Lyons, Mrs Bannister, Mrs Iliff, Mrs Taylor, Mrs Edwards; Queen Margaret-Mrs Kemble; Adeline-Mrs Goodall.
Cast
Role: Prince of Wales Actor: Miss Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Entertainment: Monologue. End: As17900614

13670
16 June 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: Moody-Wroughton; Harcourt-Benson; Belville-Egan; Country Boy-Letteney; Servant-Macdonald; Sparkish (with a song)-Dodd; Alithea-Miss Collins; Lucy-Mrs Hedges; The Country Girl-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Miss Collins

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

13671
18 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: Ways and Means; or, A Trip to Dover

Performance Comment: Sir David Dunder-Bannister Jun.; Random-Williamson; Scruple-Davies; Old Random-Aickin; Carney-Barrett; Tiptoe-R. Palmer; Peery-Usher; Roundfee-Cubitt; Quick-Moss; Lady Dunder-Mrs Webb; Harriet-Mrs Kemble; Kitty-Miss Prideaux; Mrs Peery-Mrs Powell.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Prideaux

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Entertainment: Monologue. End 1st piece: As17900614

13672
19 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Performance Comment: Tobine-Bannister Jun.; Tabby-Aickin; Wingrave-Barrett; Catchpenny-Baddeley; Squib-R. Palmer; Bounce-Cubitt; Juggins-Chapman; Doctor Truby-Usher; John-Evatt; Bolus-Painter; Waiters-Burton, Powell, Lyons; Ranter-Bannister; Mrs Grogram-Mrs Webb; Peggy-Miss Hale; Nancy Lovell-Mrs Goodall (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Hale

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Miss Tabitha Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Miss Eliza Sturdy Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Nanny Actor: Miss Prideaux
Role: Miss Sukey Actor: Mrs Taylor.
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Heard.

Dance: End I: Minuet de la Cour and Gavot-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin

Entertainment: Monologue. As17900615

13673
28 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: Inkle-Williamson; Sir Christopher Curry-Kemble; Campley-Davies; Medium-Baddeley; Mate-Chapman; Planters-Usher, Evatt, Burton; Sailors-Ledger, Painter, Abbott; Trudge-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character on this stage); Narcissa-Mrs Bannister; Wowski-Miss Fontenelle; Patty-Mrs Edwards; Yarico-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Wowski Actor: Miss Fontenelle

Afterpiece Title: Try Again

13674
19 July 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Hale

Afterpiece Title: New Spain

Performance Comment: As17900716 but Miss Palmer; Evatt_; Chorus of Indians-_Chapman.
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Miss Fontenelle
Role: Caduga Actor: Miss Palmer see17900719

Dance: As17900716

13675
04 August 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: Inkle and Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard

Performance Comment: Sir Brimmer Bountiful-Moss; Dermot O'Dogherty-R. Palmer; Ensign Frederick-Iliff; Tim Thomble (with Imitations, Serious, Comic, and Rhetorical)-Rees; Betty-Miss Palmer; Sophia-Mrs Taylor.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Palmer