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8365 results for: Keyword - Moll Davis</i>] (whom I never saw act before) dancing and singing
We found 5182 matches on Event Comments, 2242 matches on Performance Title, 1938 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

7501
15 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these two Years, the Interlude but once these 30 years. [See 4 May 1769.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

7502
17 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 7 April 1766.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Return'd from Paris

7503
10 December 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A Musical Dialogue composed by Dr Arne. [Most of the program is devoted to tumbling acts by Maddox.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Resolution

Dance: A new Ballad Dance-Leppi

7504
10 December 1770 @ Great Room, Panton Street

Event Comment: At Panton St., Haymarket. By the Italian Fantocini of Carlo Perico. This piece of the Italian theatre is in three acts, and decorated with many agreeable changes of brilliant scenery; in which Harlequin is to eat a Dish of Maccoroni. With a Large Addition of new Metamorphoses. [This ran for considerable time, and will not be noted further.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin, Prince By Magic Art

7505
19 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17701217, but In Act III: a Hornpipe-Miss Twist.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Dance: II: A Pastoral Dance, as17701205

7506
22 December 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted in 4 years. [See 5 Feb. 1767.] Last time of performing till the holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

7507
26 January 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 21 March 1768.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natured Man

Performance Comment: Croaker-Shuter; Honeywood-Bensley, first time; Sir W. Honeywood-Clarke; Lofty-Kniveton, first time; Leontine-Wroughton; Jarvis-Dunstall; Butler-Cushing; Dubardieu-Holtom; Postboy-Quick; Officer-R. Smith; Mrs Croaker-Mrs Pitt; Olivia-Mrs Baker; Garnet-Mrs Green; Miss Richland-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Miss Richland Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Characters Actor:

7508
28 January 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these three years. [See 5 Dec. 1767.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Characters Actor:

7509
09 February 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [See 11 April 1768.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Varland Actor: Parsons
Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

7510
21 February 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted in 3 years. [See 25 April 1768.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: Sir Charles-Parsons; Harriet-Miss Rogers; Lucy-Miss Pope; Young Clackit-Dodd; Guardian-Reddish. [All but Reddish appeared for the first time in these characters.]All but Reddish appeared for the first time in these characters.]
Related Works
Related Work: L'Honorata Poverta di Rinaldo: viz, The honourable Poverty of Rinaldo, false accused by the Maganzesians: With Harlequing Guardian to his Master's Family and Defender of his Castle Author(s): Giacinto Andrea Cicognini

7511
11 March 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Moody; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o@Mint-Kear; Beggar-Burton; Player-Wheeler; Ben Budge-Ackman; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Baddeley; Lucy-Miss Pope; In Act III, a Hornpipe-Mrs King; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Parsons.

7512
11 March 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority. Not acted these Forty Years. Benefit of Lelauze, who for 27 Years successively belonged to the Covent Garden Theatre. Books of the Interlude to be sold at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelwold, The False Favorite

Performance Comment: Characters to be disposed to the best advantage; Occasional Epilogue to be delivered-the Author.

Afterpiece Title: Cupid's Friendship; or, The Farmer Outwitted

Dance: Louvre, Minuet, (by desire) an Allemand-Lalauze, Lalauze's daughter; a Comic piece, The Drunken News@Writer, with a new song set and sung in character-A. Smith

7513
14 March 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for King. Afterpiece, Not acted in 14 years. [But see 1 Feb. 1758.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: In which will be Introduced a Grand Procession of Actor: , with Proper Dances and Decorations.

Afterpiece Title: The Author

7514
16 March 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Reddish. Afterpiece (musical): Taken from Dryden's Don Sebastian by Bickerstaffe. Part of the Pit paid into the Boxes. Ladies send servants at 4 o'clock. Mainpiece [by Edward Moore]: Not acted in 15 years. [See 5 April 1753.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Captive

Performance Comment: Bannister, Miss Radley, Mrs Scott, Davies. [Probably as Cadi, Zorayda, Fatima, and Ferdinand respectively.]

Dance: I: Cunning Love, as17710204

7515
23 March 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Barry. Barry did not act Doubtless ill (Winston MS 10). Tickets delivered for All for Love will be taken. On Account of the extraordinary demand for places, most part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Send servants by half past 4 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Standard Actor: Aickin
Role: Tom Errand Actor: Ackman

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17700922

7516
01 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Love. Afterpiece: Not acted in 8 years [see 17 May 1762]; written by Dr Smollett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Reddish

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisals; or, The Tars of Old England

Related Works
Related Work: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England Author(s): Tobias Smollett

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17701025

7517
01 April 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority, not acted but once these 40 Years. Benefit for LaLauze

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelwold

Afterpiece Title: Cupid's Friendship

Dance: Louvre, Minuet-Lalauze, Lalauze's daughter; The Drunken News@Writer-A. Smith

Entertainment: Bucks Have at ye All-a Young Gentleman; Drunken Newswriter-_

7518
02 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Richard by Mr Dodd-O la! Ola! (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Dodd. Afterpiece: Not acted for 3 years. [See 9 April 1768.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17700922

7519
05 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bulkley. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 16 Jan. 1764. See Hogan for possible additions to cast.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Orlando-Smith; Jaques-Clarke; Adam-Gibson; Duke Sen-Hull; Oliver-Perry; Amiens (with songs)-Mattocks; Touchstone (by Particular Desire, and for that night only)-Geo. Alex. Stevens; Caelia (with a song)-Mrs Baker; Rosalind-Mrs Bulkley (being first time for these ladies in these parts); An Occasional Prologue-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: I: The Tartars, as17701003; I Farce: (By Desire) An Allemande-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley (playbill)

7520
06 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for King. King Played Bayes by desire and for the only time this season (Genest, V, 300). Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Mainpiece: Not acted in three years. [See 25 April 1767.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: _Wright.
Role: Other characters Actor: Wright, Kear, Fawcett, Hartry, Booth, Jacobs, Castle, Wheeler, J. Burton, Wrighten, Walker

Dance: III: A New Dance call'd The Shepherds Frolic-Atkins, Mrs King

7521
15 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. Afterpiece: Not acted in 12 years. [See 13 March 1760.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Rogers, first time
Role: With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor

7522
15 April 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission for one Night only. Benefit for Johnson. This Play will not be repeated at the Haymarket this Season, as it is a particular Act of Indulgence that it is suffered to be performed there this Evening (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Marriage a la Mode

7523
29 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Garton (Treasurer). Afterpiece: Not acted these 12 years. [See 11 May 1762.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: DuBellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Counterfeit; or, Viscount a-la-Mode

7524
08 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Smith and Miss Twist

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: As17710206, but Phillip-R. Smith; In Act IV: a Minuet-Fishar, Miss Twist.
Related Works
Related Work: Fatal Love; or, The Degenerate Brother Author(s): Osborne Sidney Wandesford
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17710422[with Double Hornpipe, as17710422

Cast
Role: As17710412Landlady Actor: Mrs White.
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs White

7525
11 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Fox and Barrington. Tickets deliver'd by Mas. Harris will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Clarke
Role: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander Actor: into Babylon.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: As17710501, but Mrs Mecklin-Mrs Gardner; End Act I: a Hornpipe-Mas. Harris.

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17710509 with Double Hornpipe, as17710509