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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.

14601
23 March 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. III: Le Ballet d'Amour by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. IV: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c. V: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: II: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. III: Le Ballet d'Amour by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. IV: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c. V: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .

14602
25 March 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: I: The Whim by Delamayne. II: The English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: By Mlle Anne Roland. V: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c

Performance Comment: II: The English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: By Mlle Anne Roland. V: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c .

14603
12 April 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Dance: II: By a Scholar of Nivelon's. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. IV: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. V: Sailors (from Orestes) by Glover and others

Performance Comment: III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. IV: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. V: Sailors (from Orestes) by Glover and others .

Song: I: Chanson a Boire, to Musick of Mr Handel's, sung by Leveridge and Laguerre. II: The Confession by Roberts and Miss Norsa. III: The Opinion of the Ancients, set to Musick, by the Famous Mr Henry Purcell, and sung by Leveridge and Beard. IV: A Song in the Anacreontick Stile by Leveridge. V: A new Song in Praise of Old English Brown Beer, being a Sequel to the Roast Beef Song, and fit to be sung by all True Britons, and Lovers of Old England

Performance Comment: II: The Confession by Roberts and Miss Norsa. III: The Opinion of the Ancients, set to Musick, by the Famous Mr Henry Purcell, and sung by Leveridge and Beard. IV: A Song in the Anacreontick Stile by Leveridge. V: A new Song in Praise of Old English Brown Beer, being a Sequel to the Roast Beef Song, and fit to be sung by all True Britons, and Lovers of Old England .

14604
15 April 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: Peasant by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni

Performance Comment: Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni .

14605
16 April 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: Pierrots by Delamagne and Villeneuve. III: Black and White Joak by Phillips and Miss Mann. V: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter

Performance Comment: III: Black and White Joak by Phillips and Miss Mann. V: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter .

14606
10 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: I: Two Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon. III: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Sailors (from orestes), by Glover, &c

Performance Comment: III: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Sailors (from orestes), by Glover, &c .

Song: II: By Roberts

14607
14 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Jaculine Actor: Miss Bincks

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: II: A new Serious Dance by a Scholar of Nivelon. IV: A new Comic Dance by another Scholar of Nivelon. V: Tambourine by Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: IV: A new Comic Dance by another Scholar of Nivelon. V: Tambourine by Miss Rogers .

Song: I: By Roberts. III: Chancon a Boire, as17360504

14608
15 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Dainty Actor: Miss Mann

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Cast
Role: Page Actor: Miss Cole

Dance: I: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Pelling. II: Whim by Delamayne. nI: Serious Dance by Delamayne and Miss Brett. IV: Double Jealousy by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. V: Comic Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. End Afterpiece: Harlequin by Delamayne

Performance Comment: II: Whim by Delamayne. nI: Serious Dance by Delamayne and Miss Brett. IV: Double Jealousy by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. V: Comic Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. End Afterpiece: Harlequin by Delamayne .

14609
18 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Trusty Actor: Miss Mann

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett. V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Performance Comment: III: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett. V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c .

14610
14 July 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Disappointment; or, The Miser Outwitted

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. With a new Prologue and an Epilogue to be spoken by Miss Ferguson in Boy's Cloaths .

14611
05 May 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Jones, the Mayor of Pasquin's Daughter. Mainpiece: Written by the Author of Pasquin. Afterpiece: Written by a Female Politician

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Historical Register

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Opera

Dance: Mr Sant[, Dancing-Master, from Chester, who has perform'd several Times at dl] with great Applause, by the Name of the Chesire Boy

14612
24 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Performance Comment: See17410403 but Perseus-Salway; Cepheus-Leveridge; Ethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Mrs Chambers; Mercury-Reinhold; Amazons-Mrs James; Miss Davis; Infernals-Leveridge; Villeneuve, Dupre; Harlequin-Lun; Hussar-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-Anderson; Petit Maitre-Lalauze.

Dance: TTambourine, Louvre-Signora Barberini

14613
22 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Play By Particular Desire. [Miss Woodman now Mrs Ridout.] Receipts #50

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Dance: LLe Genereux Corsaire-Sig and Siga Fausan; only; but see17411214 Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17411128

14614
28 December 1741 @ James Street

Event Comment: By particular Desire. Benefit Smith and Miss Davis. Note, Care will be taken that the House shall be kept warm

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

14615
23 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Messiah

Performance Comment: . Sopranos-Signora Avogli (or Miss Edwards), Mrs Clive; Contralto-Mrs Cibber; Tenor-Beard; Bass-Reinhold. (Deutsch, p. 564.)

Music: Concerto on Organ-; Violin Solo-DuBourg

14616
19 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Harrington, Master Gillier, Miss Allen, and others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing-Janneton Auretti; Tambourine-Master Gillier; L'Aimable Vainquers-Master Gillier, Mlle Janneton Auretti

14617
21 March 1744 @ Crown and Anchor Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Friendship

Performance Comment: Beard, Savage, Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards.

14618
09 June 1744 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: HHandel to Jennens: I have taken the Opera House in the Hay-marketh, engaged, as Singers, Signora Francesina, Miss Robinson, Beard, Reinhold, Mr Gates with his Boyes's and several of the best Chorus Singers from the Choirs, and I have some hopes that Mrs Cibber will sing for me. She sent word from Bath (where she is now) that she would perform for me next winter with great pleasure if it did not interfere with her playing, but I think I can obtain Mr Riches's permission (with whom she is engaged to play in Covent Garden House) since so obligingly he gave leave to Mr Beard and Mr Reinhold.--Deutsch Handel, pp. 591-92

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alceste

14619
28 August 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The New Theatre in the Haymarket will speedily be open'd with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, by Permission, according to Act of Parliament. This Piece, it's said, has not been played these hundred years. The character of Juliet is to be acted by Miss Jenny Cibber, a young daughter of Mr Cibber, by his first wife....A new Comedy, call'd the Prodigal; or, Recruits for the Queen of Hungary, will soon after be brought on that Stage.-Daily Advertiser

Performances

14620
05 September 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: In a puff announcing opening the following week, Knerber is listed as the First Violin, and an allusion is made to those who have seen Miss Jenny Cibber rehearse the character of Juliet

Performances

14621
06 March 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [This Pastoral Serenata first appeared 21 March 1744 at the Crown and Anchor in the Strand, qv. At that time Beard, Savage, Mrs Clive and Miss Edwards sang in it.] By Subscription for three nights will be performed an English Pastoral Serenata, set to Music by Mr DeFesch. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d. On the 20th of March and 3rd of April will be performed a New Oratorio call'd Joseph, also set to Music by Mr DeFesch. For the encouragement of such persons as shall please to favour Mr Defesch by subscribing one Guinea, they shall be entitled to six tickets, each of which will admit one into the boxes, or Two into the Gallery. Nobody to be admitted into the boxes without printed tickets, which will be deliver'd at the theatre. Subscriptions to be taken till the 5th of March, at Mr DeFesch's at the sign of the Angel and Trumpet, in St. Martin's Lane, at the Bedford Coffee House, Covent Garden; and at Mr Page's Stage Door-keeper. To begin at half an hour after six. This day is publish'd Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John. [No price given, but the 1st edition lists it as 1s. 6d. Watts would have had to sell about two thousand copies to cover his investment in copyright and printing costs.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Friendship

14622
04 May 1745 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Handel paid Miss Robinson #210; on 11 May he paid Signora Franchesina #400. See Deutsch, Handel, 618-19.

Performances

14623
03 February 1746 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Lincoln. Prices 2s., 1s., 6d. At Hickford's Room, Panton St.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil To Pay

Entertainment: Rope dancing-; juggling-Yeates

14624
30 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delagarde, Thompson, Burton. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs LeBrun, Miss Allen, &c will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; being last time of his performing. Also dancing-Cooke, Sga Campioni=

14625
27 December 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: MMr Picq entered from Saturday last at 2 Guineas per week certain; Mr Matthews entered ditto at 30s. per week. Mr Granier for his Christmas performance #5 5s.; Mr Forrest, attorney, on account #100 (Account Books, Egerton 2268). We hear there is now in rehearsal a Farce of two acts call'd Miss in her Teens; and will be acted soon after the Holidays.-General Advertiser. Receipts: #77 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace