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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.

1826
08 April 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysteries Of The Castle

Cast
Role: Fractioso Actor: Quick
Role: Chorus of Soldiers and Sailors Actor: Linton, Street, Gray, Williamson, Abbot, Blurton, Little
Role: Chorus of Country Girls Actor: Miss Kirton, Miss Leserve, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Follett, Mrs Norton, Mrs Castelle, Miss Walcup, Mrs Bayzand, Mrs Masters
Related Works
Related Work: The Mysteries of the Castle Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Cast
Role: Speaking Characters Actor: _Bernard, Haymes
Role: Dear Yanco say and true he say Actor: Mrs Mountain

Entertainment: MonologueAfter dancing: Belles! Have at ye All-Mrs Mattocks

Ballet: End: Dermot and Kathlane; or, The Irish Wedding (composed by Byrn). Dermot-Byrn; Darby-Jackson; Patrick-Holland; Father Luke-Platt; Norah-Mlle St.Amand; Old Kathlane-Miss Smyth; Kathlane (only time [i.e. appearance] this season)-Mme Rossi. [And see17931018.

Performance Comment: Dermot-Byrn; Darby-Jackson; Patrick-Holland; Father Luke-Platt; Norah-Mlle St.Amand; Old Kathlane-Miss Smyth; Kathlane (only time [i.e. appearance] this season)-Mme Rossi. [And see17931018.]And see17931018.]
Cast
Role: Patrick Actor: Holland
Role: Norah Actor: Mlle St.Amand

1827
03 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Cast
Role: Villagers Actor: Mrs Bland, Miss Andrews, Mrs Edwards

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Dance: End: Hornpipe-Sga Bossi DelCaro

Music: After Dancing: a favourite concerto by Dussek upon the Grand Piano Forte-Miss Gaudry (1st appearance in public)

Song: End I afterpiece: a favourite song by Webbe-Master Sincock

Entertainment: In the course of the Evening: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield

1828
24 May 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Don Pedro-Holland; Leonato-Aickin; Don John-Caulfield; Claudio-Barrymore; Benedick-Kemble; Balthazar-Dignum; Antonio-Packer; Borachio-Trueman; Conrade-Gibbon; Dogberry-Suett; Verges-Dowton; Seacoal-Wewitzer; Hero (with songs)-Miss Leak (1st appearance in that character); Beatrice-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in that character); Margaret-Miss Tidswell; Ursula-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Don Pedro Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed

Performance Comment: Dangle-R. Palmer; Sneer-Palmer; Sir Fretful Plagiary-Dowton; Signor Ritornello-Maddocks; Interpreter-Wewitzer; Puff-King; Mrs Dangle-Miss Tidswell; Italian Girls-Miss Leak, Mrs Bland, Miss DeCamp; Tragedians: Lord Burleigh-Sparks; Governor of Tilbury Fort-Hollingsworth; Earl of Leicester-Trueman; Sir Walter Raleigh-Russell; Sir Christopher Hatton-Wathen; Beef@eater-Caulfield; Don Ferolo Whiskerandos-Bannister Jun.; Tilburina-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Italian Girls Actor: Miss Leak, Mrs Bland, Miss DeCamp
Role: Don Ferolo Whiskerandos Actor: Bannister Jun.

Dance: In II: Masquerade-; with Dancing-Mlle Parisot, Sga Bossi DelCaro

Song: In Masquerade: Sigh no more Ladies (composed by Stevens)-Sedgwick, Dignum, Mrs Bland, Miss DeCamp; End IV: Little Taffline-Mrs Bland; In course of Evening: Ally Croaker, Little Bess the Ballad Singer (composed by Dr Arnold)-Miss Leak

1829
18 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The last Night of the Company's performing this season. [This was John Palmer's last appearance in London. He died on the stage of the Liverpool theatre, while acting in The Stranger, on 2 Aug. 1798.] Receipts: #164 19s. (113.2.6; 50.9.0; 1.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle spectre

Cast
Role: Muley Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Holland, Trueman
Role: Sabrina Actor: Mrs Bland

Dance: In I afterpiece: Dancing-Mlle Parisot, Sga Bossi DelCaro

1830
29 May 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Capriccio Drammatico

Afterpiece Title: The 1st Act of Il Due Fratelli Rivali

Dance: End: a new Divertisement Bayadaire-Didelot, Deshayes, Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Mme Laborie, Mlle Parisot; End 2nd piece: a new ballet, Rinaldo e Leonora-; accompanied a part of the Dancing on the harp and piano forte-Mlle Parisot with a rondo composed by Latour (BUC, 602). For other perfomers see18000624

1831
10 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Petit and Eversman. Receipts: money #21 8s. 6d.; tickets #100 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden; II: Peasant-Poitier; IV: Tambourin-Miss Rogers; V: The Medley, as17320504

Music: II: Concert on the Stage- , never perform'd in England; the principal Violin-Petit; III: Music on the Stage-Eversman; V: A Grand Concerto Favorito di Vivaldi-; never perform'd in England, the Violino Principal, with Finale,-Petit on the Stage

1832
21 August 1703 @ Hampstead

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music with several single songs and two-part songs-Cook, Davis

1833
11 February 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Dance: As17040205

Song: Cook, Davis

1834
04 July 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain

Performance Comment: Villain-the gentleman who played Matchiavell last Year, in Imitation of Mr Sandford.
Cast
Role: Villain Actor: the gentleman who played Matchiavell last Year, in Imitation of Mr Sandford.

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis

Dance: Firbank, Firbank's scholar, Miss Evans; Blouzabella-Prince, Mrs Clark

1835
24 July 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Short and Mrs Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Madam Fickle Or The Witty False One

Song: The Turky/Cock Music-Mrs Willis; a comical country dialogue-Mrs Willis, Cook; a song-older of Mrs Willis' daughters; Eccles' three-part song set for the Queen's Birthday-Short, Cook, Davis

Dance: Irish Trot-younger of Mrs Willis' daughters, age five

1836
25 January 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Perplex’d Couple: or, Mistake upon Mistake Author(s): Chalres Molloy

Song: That celebrated Dialogue-Boman, Pack, A Drunken Officer and a Town Miss, originally performed in The Mad Lover; A Country Dialogue-Mrs Willis, Short; A new Trumpet Song composed by Eccles-Davis

Dance: The last new Entry-Firbank, Firbank's Scholar; Blowsabella-Prince, Mrs Clark; Comic dances-Prince, others; A Right Irish Trot-a child of five years

1837
18 August 1705 @ Hampstead Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-; including several two/part and three/part songs with a trumpet and other instruments, set by Henry Purcell and Eccles-; Songs-Cook, Davis, the best masters

1838
25 August 1742 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: With a select Band of Musick. Hippisley and Chapman's Booth in the George Inn-Yard, Smithfield, during the short time of the Fair. [Notice repeated 26 Aug.; from the dramatis personae, this piece may be the droll The Bilker Bilk'd; see University of Texas@Studies@in@English, 1946, pp. 201-8.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scaramouch Scapin Or The Old Miser Caught In A Sack With The Comical Tricks And Cheats Of Scapins Three Companions trim The Barber sly And bully Bounceabout

Dance: FFingalian Dance-Davis, Mrs Vallois; English Maggot-M. Blondel, Mlle Modett; Grand Ballet, The Mistake, or all is right at last-

Performance Comment: Blondel, Mlle Modett; Grand Ballet, The Mistake, or all is right at last-.

1839
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: A humorous and diverting Droll. Hippisley and Chapman's Booth, George Inn Yard, Smithfield. [Repeated 24, 25, 26 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The French Doctor Outwitted With The Comical Humours Of Sly Boots The Sham Physician

Performance Comment: Old Fumble-Hippisley; Sly Boots-Chapman; M le Medicine-Blakes; Constant-Bencraft; Simon-Berry; Dry Broots-Morgan; Angelica-Mrs Dodson; Miss Humility-Mrs Lamball; Jenny-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Bland.

Song: Bencraft, Davis; an entire new Ballad-Mr Bencraft, in the character of the valiant Dragoon who retook the Standard at the Battle of Dettingen

Dance: I: Austrian Dance-Bencraft, Adams; II: Highland Dance-Bencraft, Adams

1840
22 April 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrington and Mrs Lampe. Mainpiece: At the particular Desire of several persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Rossano Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: II: New Song By Arne-Mrs Lampe; III: Myself I shall Adore, composed by Handel,-Mrs Lampe; IV: Ellen a Roon,accompanied on the German Flute-Miss Davis (her 2nd time of appearing on any stage)

Dance: FFingalian Revels, as17570329 a Dutch Dance-Miss Valois

1841
18 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: As17601124, but characters assigned as follows: Shift, Mrs Cole, Smirk-Foote; Epilogue, Prologue to the Author-Wilkinson; The Minor-Dyer; Richard Wealthy-Sparks; Sir William-Dunstall; Transfer-Bennet; Loader-Davis; Richard-Collins; Lucy-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: Loader Actor: Davis
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Wilkinson

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Entertainment: By Desire, Lady Pentweazle's Scene from the Comedy Taste, Lady Pentweazle-Wilkinson; Carmine-Davis

Dance: LLes Charboniers-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

1842
19 March 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Afterpiece [1st time; P 3, author unknown. "Founded on the Tale of Inkle & Yarico" (Kemble Mem.), by Sir Richard Steele, in The Spectator, No. II, 13 March 1710-11. Not in Larpent MS; not published]: The Music by Gluck and Martini [i.e. Martin y Soler]. Morning Herald, 9 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 3, London-road, St. George's Fields. Receipts: #452 16s. (169.17; 47.13; 2.11; tickets: 232.15) (charge: #169 5s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Cast
Role: Italian Singer Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: The American Heroine or Ingratitude Punished

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Palmer, Phillimore, Maddocks, Caulfield, Alfred, Fawcett, Fairbrother, Cooke, Duranci, Webb, Bourk, Palmer Jun., Miss Blanchet.
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Palmer, Phillimore, Maddocks, Caulfield, Alfred, Fawcett, Fairbrother, Cooke, Duranci, Webb, Bourk, Palmer Jun., Miss Blanchet.

Dance: In afterpiece: the Dances (composed by Hamoir,)-Hamoir, Bidotti, Keys, Nicolini, Walker, Whitmill, Mrs Barrett, Mrs Bourk, Mrs Brooker, Mrs Davis, Mrs Harris, Mrs Haskey, Miss Jacobs, Miss DeCamp

1843
29 October 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina

Cast
Role: Principal Characters in the Ballet Actor: Byrn, Follett, Farley, Cranfield, Blurton, Mme Rossi
Role: Musical Characters Actor: Munden, Darley, Gray, Mrs Blanchard, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Martyr. Cast adjusted from Songs

Song: Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Incledon, Marshall, Rock, Gray, Blurton, Lee, Letteney, Rowson, Mrs Blanchard, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Davis, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Miss Francis, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Rock, Mrs Cross, Mrs Powell, Mrs Gray, Mrs Masters, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Watson, Mrs Bayzand, Miss Leserve, Mrs Martyr

Music: As17921025

1844
11 February 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Bride

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Music: The New/year's/day Song and Musick-, as it was perform'd before her Majesty

Dance: l'Abbe, Mrs Elford

1845
May 1703 @ May Fair

Event Comment: At Barnes and Finley's Booth, standing on the same Ground where it was last Year

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: That Variety of Rope/danceing and Tumbling-; as far exceeds all that has ever yet been publickly seen; where the Lady Mary, who has given such great Satisfaction to the highest Nobility of the Kingdom, will outdo whatever she has perform'd before

1846
27 July 1703 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Tickets are given out...by Mr Pinkeman, who has taken care to provide Places for Persons of Quality at Five Shillings each, and the lower at half a Crown. And a Stage built for the Performers. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Interludes

Dance: Some mimical Entertainments a Famous-Scaramouch, Harlequin , who lately perform'd before the Court of Hanover and their Prussian Majesties, now arriv'd in England

Entertainment: Vaulting. An extraordinary Performance on the Manag'd Horse-the greatest Master of the Age , exceeding whatever has been done by any other, especially his resting on one hand with his whole Body extended while he drinks several Glasses of Wine, and then throwing himself a Somerset over the Horse's head; Rope/dancing With and without a Pole,-the two famous French Maids so much admir'd, for surpassing all others in their Art, that they have been presented with Medals at most of the Courts in Europe

Performance Comment: An extraordinary Performance on the Manag'd Horse-the greatest Master of the Age , exceeding whatever has been done by any other, especially his resting on one hand with his whole Body extended while he drinks several Glasses of Wine, and then throwing himself a Somerset over the Horse's head; Rope/dancing With and without a Pole,-the two famous French Maids so much admir'd, for surpassing all others in their Art, that they have been presented with Medals at most of the Courts in Europe.
Cast
Role: n extraordinary Performance on the Manag'd Horse Actor: the greatest Master of the Age , exceeding whatever has been done by any other, especially his resting on one hand with his whole Body extended while he drinks several Glasses of Wine, and then throwing himself a Somerset over the Horse's head
Role: Ropedancing With and without a Pole, Actor: the two famous French Maids so much admir'd, for surpassing all others in their Art, that they have been presented with Medals at most of the Courts in Europe.

1847
08 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Song: As17031102

Music: As17031109

Dance: Several new Entertainments, which were perform'd yesterday before Her Majesty at St. James's-duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Mayers

1848
19 February 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Song: A Dialogue which was Sung before Her Majesty on Her Birthday at St. James's-; Likewise a comical Dialogue-Mr Dogget, others

Dance:

1849
29 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music composed by Leveridge-Leveridge, others

Dance: Entertainments-duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Mayers, Devonshire Girl that were performed yesterday before Her Majesty at St. James's

1850
23 May 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Music: An Entertainment of new Musick-; Vocal and Instrumental Music-; that was perform'd before Her Majesty on Her Birth-day

Song:

Dance: