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8367 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.

1176
30 April 1692 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: Luttrell, A Brief Relation, II, 437: This being the queen s birth day, a new ode was sung before her upon the occasion: the nobility and gentry, with the lord mayor and aldermen of this citty, attended to compliment thereon. Gentleman's Journal, May 1692: The 30th of April, being Her Majesties Birth-day, was observ'd with all the usual Solemnity. I design'd to have sent you an Attempt of mine in Verse, on that noble Subject: But having happily obtain'd a Copy of those writ by Sir Charles Sidley, it would have been an unpardonable Crime, to have joyn'd my weak Essay to a Piece by so great a Master. [The Ode, Love's Goddess Sure, the music by Henry Purcell, is in Purcell's Works, Purcell Society, XXIV (1926), i.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Performance Comment: An Anniversary Ode sung before Her Majesty...the Words by Sir Charles Sidley: Set by Mr Henry Purcell-.

1177
06 June 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Santlow and Mrs Moore. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Prue Actor: Miss Santlow, being the first time of her appearance on the Stage as an Actress
Role: Scandal Actor: Keene

Dance: Before the Play: Harlequin-Miss Santlow; Italian Night Scene-

Entertainment: As17100526

1178
19 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: Carlos-Elrington; Alvarez-Powell; Lorenzo-Husband; Sancho-Norris; Lopez-Spillar; Toledo-Leigh; Camillo-Mrs Kent; Jacinta-Mrs Baker; Isabella-Mrs Sapsford.
Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Husband
Related Works
Related Work: The Perplex’d Couple: or, Mistake upon Mistake Author(s): Chalres Molloy

Music: Before the Play: Several select Sonatas-A new consort of Musick, compos'd of Trumpets, Hautboys, Kettle-Drums, Double Courtal, and violins

Dance: Ladder Dance-; Whimsical Miller his Wife and Town Miss-; with Miller's Wife-Leigh

1179
28 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Performance Comment: Old Marius-Powell; Nurse-Norris; Young Marius-Elrington; Sylla-Husband; Granius-Cory; Sulpitius-Freeman; Bumkin and Frightened Soldier-Leigh; Ancharius-Spillar; Starv'd Apothecary-Cole; Lavinia-Mrs Baker; With a Mimick Prologue-Elrington.
Cast
Role: Sylla Actor: Husband
Role: Bumkin and Frightened Soldier Actor: Leigh

Music: Before: As17100819

Dance: French Peasant-; Whimsical Miller Wife and Town Miss-; with Miller's Wife-Leigh

1180
22 August 1732 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At Fielding-Hippisley Booth at the George Inn in West Smithfield. A new Dramatick Entertainment. Done from the French of Moliere, and intermix'd with Variety of Songs to old Ballad Tunes and Country Dances. All the Characters to be entirely new Dressed. [Advertised 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.; 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Envious Statesman Or The Fall Of Essex With The Humours Of The Forcd Physician

Dance: Mons D'Ferrou Ville , lately arrived from Paris, Miss Brett, Miss Mears

Music: A Band , including Burk Thumoth

Entertainment: Before the Opera: Postures-Phillips

1181
24 July 1760 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Song: Before the burletta begins: several new songs-Sga Seratina, the rest of the performers will sing several new songs in the orchestra, and by particular Desire a Trio

1182
25 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Mattocks; Charles-Wroughton; Sir Francis-Shuter; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Whisper-R. Smith; Scentwell-Miss Pearce; Isabinda-Mrs Baker; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin; With Marplot's Address to the Public-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: Commissary-Quick; Young Loveit-Davis; Simon-Fox; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Pitt; Dolly-Miss Helme; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Mrs Macklin-Mrs Gardner. [See additional cast 13 Oct.]See additional cast 13 Oct.]
Cast
Role: Young Loveit Actor: Davis

Dance: End: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Monologue: Before: The New Occasional Prelude. As 21 Sept

1183
28 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Smith; King Henry-Kniveton; Richmond-Clarke; Buckingham-Hull; Catesby-Davis; Ratcliff-Lewes; Norfolk-Owenson; Lt.-R. Smith; Lord Mayor-Wignell; Stanley-Gardner; Prince Edward-Mas. Harris; Duke of York-Mas. Jones; Tressel-Wroughton; Dutchess of York-Mrs Vincent; Lady Ann-Mrs Lessingham; Queen-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Catesby Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young-Aldridge, Mas. Harris, Miss Twist. [See17711030.

Monologue: Before: New Occasional Prelude. As 21 Sept

1184
20 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Hull, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Catley,DuBellamy, Perry, Mas. Harris, Mrs Baker, Miss Twist

Monologue: Before the Play: New Occasional Prelude. As 21 Sept

1185
27 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Sanchio Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Hull, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Catley,DuBellamy, Perry, Mas. Harris, Mrs Baker, Miss Twist

Monologue: Before: By Particular Desire, the eleventh night, New Occasional Prelude. Characters first listed: Manager-Dyer; Author-Kniveton; Young Actress-Miss Basanti; See 21 Sept.

Performance Comment: Characters first listed: Manager-Dyer; Author-Kniveton; Young Actress-Miss Basanti; See 21 Sept.. See 21 Sept..
Cast
Role: Young Actress Actor: Miss Basanti

1186
31 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Sanchio Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Hull, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Catley,DuBellamy, Perry, Mas. Harris, Mrs Baker, Miss Twist

Monologue: Before: New Occasional Prelude. As 27 Oct

1187
19 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Sanchio Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: _DuBellamy.

Monologue: Before the Play: (By Desire) New Occasional Prelude. As 27 Oct

1188
11 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mr Colman's Night for the Alterations of Elfrida and Comus, & for the New Occasional Prelude (Account Book). Receipts: #254 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Monologue: Before the Play: (By desire) New Occasional Prelude. As 27 Oct. 1772

1189
13 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Monologue: Before: New Occasional Prelude. As 27 Oct. 1772

1190
19 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Stephens (mason) #13 3s., and Wilford (painter) #9 4s. 6d. as per bills (Account Book). Receipts: #202 19s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Monologue: Before: By particular desire, New Occasional Prelude. As 27 Oct. 1772, but Author-Hamilton

1191
23 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A la mode

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: _Davis, Cushing
Role: To Conclude with a Capital Scene Actor: never exhibited by Servandoni.

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Monologue: Before: By Particular Desire, the Occasional Prelude. Manager-Wroughton; Author-Kniveton; Carpenter-Davies; Young Actress-Miss Barsanti. [See 10 May 1773.

Performance Comment: Manager-Wroughton; Author-Kniveton; Carpenter-Davies; Young Actress-Miss Barsanti. [See 10 May 1773.]See 10 May 1773.]
Cast
Role: Young Actress Actor: Miss Barsanti.

1192
21 September 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Diego-Reinhold; Leander-DuBellamy; Mungo-Quick; Ursula-Mrs Green; Leonora-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: DuBellamy

Entertainment: Before the Play: (By Particular Desire) The New Occasional Prologue-Woodward

1193
11 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: Before Farce: The Merry Sailors, as17760314

1194
18 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Shuter; Clerimont-Davis; Ramilie-Goss; Decoy-Lloyd; Furnish-Francis; Sparkle-Walters; Lawyer-Dyell; James-Jackson; Fredrick-a Gentleman; Harriet-Miss Essex; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Bishop; Wheedle-Miss J. Essex; Lappet-Mrs Gardner; Mariana-Miss Weller (a pupil of Dr Arne's, first time in that character).
Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: Before: An Address to the Town, with Imitations-Master Russell , a child but 6 years of age; End II: Bucks Have at ye all-Master Russell; End IV: Imitations-Decastro; End: The Cries of London-Shuter (By Desire); Jo Haine's Epilogue-Shuter riding on an Ass

1195
14 December 1776 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Piramo E Tisbe

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Rauzzini, Giulinani, Savoi, Sga Prudom. Cast from libretto (no pub., 1776): Piramo-Rauzzini; Eupalte-Giulinani; Corebo-Savoi; Tisbe-Sga Prudom.

Dance: End of Overture: Les Amans Heureux, as17761210; End I: La Force de l'Amour, as17761207, but Vallouy@le@cadet; End Opera: +Serious Ballet, as17761130

Cast
Role: a Grand Serious Ballet Actor: Mons Simonet, Mme Simonet
Role: L'Aimable Vieillesse Actor: Mons Vallouy, Mme Vallouy, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Vallouy@le@cadet
Role: a new Ballet Demi Actor: caracteres Les Amusemens Champetres-Mons and Mme Simonet, Sg and Sga Zuchelli.
Role: caracteres Les Amusemens Champetres Actor: Mons and Mme Simonet, Sg and Sga Zuchelli.

Music: Before first Dance: Overture to Astarto by Giardini-

1196
August 1663 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Nethercot (Davenant,pp. 337-78) believes that this play was brought out in the late summer of 1663. The Epilogue refers to the Long Vacation, presumably the summer of 1663, as the play is referred to in Stapylton's The Stepmother, which was licensed 26 Dec. 1663. In Act V is a farce relating to Pompey; as Langbaine (English Dramatick Poets, p. 405) states: Pompey, a Tragedy, which I have seen acted with great Applause, at the Duke's Theatre, and at the End was acted that Farce printed in the fifth Act of The Play-house to be Let. [See also June 1663.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Playhouse To Be Let

Performance Comment: Song in Act II Ah love is a delicate thing-Mrs Gosnell.
Cast
Role: Song in Act II Ah love is a delicate thing Actor: Mrs Gosnell.

1197
November 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The United Company. The date of the first performance is not certain, but the play was acted soon after Shadwell's death in November 1692. Gentleman's Journal, November 1692: We have lately lost Thomas Shadwell Esquire....The Comedy which, as I told you, he design'd for the Stage, was acted since his decease: 'Tis call'd the Volunteers; and though that Orphan wanted its Parent to support it, yet it came off with reasonable success. [When this play was revived at Drury Lane 27 July 1711, the bill bore the heading: Not acted these Twenty Years.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Volunteers Or The Stock jobbers

Performance Comment: Edition of 1693: A Prologue [by Mr Shadwell and designed to be Spoken, but was lost when the Play was Acted-; The Prologue [by Mr Durfey-Mrs Bracegirdle; The Epilogue-one in deep Mourning; Major General Blunt-Lee; Coll. Hackwell Sr-Dogget; Coll. Hackwell Jr-Powell; Welford-Hodgson; Sir NicholasDainty-Bowman; Sir Timothy Kastril-Bowen; Nickum-Alexander [Verbruggen]; Ding@boy-Freeman; Teresia-Mrs Knight; Eugenia-Mrs Mountford; Winifred-Mrs Rogers; Clara-Mrs Bracegirdle; Mrs Hackwell-Mrs Lee; Stitchum-Penkethman.
Cast
Role: was lost when the Play was Acted Actor:
Role: Nickum Actor: Alexander

1198
19 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years [not acted since 28 Apr. 1773]. With new Scenes [by French and Carver (text)] and Dresses. [In the Vocal Parts the playbill lists Sga Prudom, but "at the end of the second act, Smith came forward and apologized for the absence of Signora Prudom, and begged that Mrs Wrighten might be permitted to take her part . . . Mrs Wrighten was received with applause" (London Chronicle, 20 Oct.). Sga Romanzini was from the Royal Circus.] Receipts: #123 8s. 6d. (92/15/0; 29/11/0; 1/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur Or The British Worthy

Performance Comment: King Arthur-Smith; Oswald-Brereton; Merlin-Aickin; Osmond-Farren; Conon-Packer; Albanact-Wrighten; Aurelius-R. Palmer; Guillamar-Griffiths; Grimbald-Bannister; Philidel-Miss Field; Cupid-Sga Romanzini (1st appearance on this stage); Emmeline-Miss Farren. [Edition of 1781 (W. Strahan [et al]) adds: Æolus-Danby; Matilda-Miss Barnes; and specifies Honour-Vernon [but he had withdrawn from the stage (see17811009); the part was probably acted by Du-Bellamy]; Venus-Miss Phillips; Airy Spirits-Miss Collett, Miss Wright.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Albanact Actor: Wrighten
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon
Role: the part was probably acted by Du Actor: Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: Aickin

Dance: In mainpiece by Zuchelli, Henry, Miss Armstrong, Miss M. Stageldoir. [This was the same, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances, but beginning with 11 Dec. Henry is omitted.]

Song: In mainpiece the Vocal Parts by Du-Bellamy, Williams, Fawcett, Chaplin, Phillimore, &c.; Miss Phillips, Miss Collett, Miss Wright, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Wrighten

1199
10 August 1682 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Newdigate newsletters, 15 Aug. 1682: Thursday last being acted a play called the Tragedy of Romulus att the Dukes Theatre & the Epilogue spoken by the Lady Slingsby & written by Mrs Behn having reflected on ye Duke of Monmouth, ye Lord Chamberlaine thereupon has order[ed] them both in Custody to answer th[at] affront for ye same (Wilson, Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters, p. 81). See also True Protestant Mercury, 12-16 Aug. 1682, for essentially the same statement. The Prologue and Epilogue were printed separately, and Luttrell' copy (Huntington Library) bears his acquisition date of 8 Aug. 1682. They are reprinted in Wiley, Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 132-34. The separately printed Prologue states that Mrs Behn also wrote it. A song, Where art thou god of love, the music by Giovanni Draghi, is in Theater of Music, The Third Book, 1686

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romulus And Hersillia Or The Sabine War

Performance Comment: Edition of 1683: Prologue-Mrs Butler [who probably acted Feliciana]; Epilogue [by Mrs A. Behn-Lady Slingsby [who acted Tarpeia.who acted Tarpeia.

1200
12 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dibdin. Afterpiece: A new Burletta in two Acts by Bickerstaffe. [Adaptation of Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona.] Books of the Burletta to be had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: As17710318 but Foible-Mrs Jeffries; French Song continued in Act III. French Song continued in Act III.
Cast
Role: In Act III by Particular Desire will be introduced Actor: Vernon, Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: He Would if He Could or An Old Fool Worse than Any

Performance Comment: Parts by Vernon, Bannister, Dibdin in the character of an Old Lady, Mrs Baddeley. Simon-Vernon; Betty-Mrs Baddeley; Old Lady-Dibdin; Goosecap-Bannister (Edition of 1771).

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17701025