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7760 results for: Keyword - Mr
We found 4812 matches on Roles/Actors, 4224 matches on Event Comments, 1138 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, and 18 matches on Author.

6226
10 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Chiaretta Aquilanti. B the particular desire of several Ladies of Quality. [A poor Benefit (Winston MS.).] Tickets and places to be had of Hobson, &c; and at Mr Garnier's, a Jeweller, in Bow St

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: As17430111.

Dance: I: Italian Gardeners, as17421231; III: a New Serious Dance-Sga Aquilanti; V: A New Sicilian Peasant-Checo, Chiaretta

6227
14 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: It is Humbly desir'd that Ladies who have taken Places, will please to send for their Tickets to Mrs Cibber's Lodgings, at Mr Salt's, at Henrietta St., Covent Garden. Benefit Mrs Cibber. By Command of their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales. Stage formed into an amphitheatre, and to prevent the ladies's catching cold ciel'd after the manner of the Oratorios. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17421021.

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Ballet, as17421108

6228
22 March 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Benefit Mr Shepheard, the Treasurer, and Mlle Roland. Tickets at Angel and Crown Tavern, Whitechapel; Orange-Inn, Carey St., near the Playhouse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Wildair-Giffard; Clincher-Cibber; Standard-W. Giffard; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Giffard; Angelica-Mrs Chetwood.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430317.

Dance: I: a Serious Dance-Mlle Roland; III: Sailor's Dance-Delamayne, Mlle Roland; V: (by Desire) a Minuet, Louvre-Delamayne, Mlle Roland. [Dances not in Daily Advertiser.

Performance Comment: [Dances not in Daily Advertiser.]

6229
24 March 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Peterson, Mr and Mrs Dunstall. Tickets deliver'd out for Dighton, Pattendon, Bulkely, and Ravenscroft will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Crack-Cibber; Surly-Dunstall; Violante-Mrs Dunstall; Sir Courtly Nice-Peterson.

Afterpiece Title: Bickerstaff's Unburied Dead

Performance Comment: As17430126.

Song: Mrs Dunstall

6230
24 March 1743 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: An English Opera. Benefit Mrs Lampe. 6 p.m. Prices 5s., 4s., 3s. Note. By Desire of several Ladies of Quality going to the Assembly, the Opera will be over by Nine o'Clock. Tickets at Mr Lampe's at the Golden Unicorn in Hanover St., Long-Acre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amelia

Performance Comment: Casimir-Sullivan; Osmyn-Messing; Amelia-Mrs Lampe; Augusta-Miss Young; Rodolpho-Bennet.

6231
05 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Shepard. Tickets of Hobson at the stage Door. Mr Shepard humbly hopes his friends will not be offended at the Alteration of the play, he being oblig'd to change it on account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer. The Tickets deliver'd for Henry VIII will be taken this night (London Daily Post and General Advertiser). Shepard belonged for many years to the House. Fleetwood dismissed him. Let him have a benefit for the money accrued to him. Beard ill and did not act. (Winston MS. from Dyer MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17430322.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430315.

Song: End of Farce:By Particular Desire, Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

6232
05 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mr. Essex

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Performance Comment: As17430105.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Performance Comment: See17430319.

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; La Provencale, as17421105

6233
06 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Anne Auretti. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets to be had of Anne Auretti at Mr Chisholm's, the Golden Head in Great Newport St., near Long Acre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: As17430228.

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Delamain, Anne Auretti; II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Characters of Dancing, as17421025; IV: Un Pas de Deux-Anne and Janneton Auretti; V: L'Aimable Vainqueur, Minuet-Picq, Anne Auretti

6234
09 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Berry. As Mr Berry has labour'd under an ill state of health for some time, he hopes those Gentlemen and Ladies who used to honour him with their company on this occasion, and whom his indisposition will not permit him to wait on, will excuse his personal application and be pleased to send for tickets to his lodgings, the corner of Crown-Court in Russel St., Covent Garden (Daily Advertiser). Tickets deliver'd out by Woodburn will be taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17430303, but Bellmour-Woodburn.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430315.

Music: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Song: IV: Stella and Flavia-Beard

6235
11 April 1743 @ Sadler's Wells

Event Comment: On Saturday Morning early died, after a few days Illness, Mr Francis Forcer, Master of Sadler's Wells, near Islington. He was a kind and indulgent Husband, a tender and loving Father, a generous Friend, and a Good Master. In short he had all the necessary Qualifications to render a Person a Compleat Gentleman, which makes his death universally lamented by all those who had the pleasure of his Acquaintance. We hear the usual Diversions will be carried on by his Widow

Performances

6236
18 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Havard. Tickets to be had at Mr Hobson's (Stage Door-Keeper); at the King's Arms in Russel Street; at Gregg's Coffee House in York Street; and at the Bedford Coffee-House, Covent Garden. Tickets delivered out by Winstone and Leigh will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17430324, but Horatio-Havard; Sciolto-Winstone.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430315.

Song: As17430413

Music: As17430416

6237
27 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Cashell. Mainpiece At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality. Tickets and places to be had of Cashell at his lodgings, at the Dial in Little Wild St; or of Page at the stage Door. No Tickets will be admitted that are sold about the playhouse Passage. Mr Cashell begs the favour of those Ladies who have taken Boxes of Places to send for tickets, and likewise to send their servants by four o'clock to keep their places

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Performance Comment: As17430317 but Jaffier-Cashell.

Afterpiece Title: The Toyshop

Performance Comment: As17430317.

Dance: I: Dutch Skipper, as17421025; III: Peasants, as17421230; V: Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217

6238
04 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Walter and Miss Bennett. Tickets to be had of Mrs Walter at the Three Queens in New-Street, Covent Garden, and places for the boxes of Mr Hobson at the stage door of the theatre. Tickets of Miss Bennett opposite Salisbury St., Strand. Tickets deliver'd out by Rector and Mlle Gondou will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: As17421122, but Lady Easy-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Graveairs-Miss Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430502, but Melissa-Miss Bennett.

Dance: I: A French Peasant-Froment, Mlle Gondeau; III: A New Serious Dance-Desse, Mrs Walter; V: La Florana, as17430408

Song: II: Stella and Flavia-Beard; IV: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard, Lowe

6239
18 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor (Box-Keeper). Mainpiece At the Desire of Several Ladies of Quality. As Mr Taylor's long and violent illness has prevented his personal application, he humbly hopes those Gentlemen and Ladies who us'd to honour him with their Company, will continue their favour, and send for tickets to his house in Greek Street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17421217.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430516.

Song: III: Song-Lowe

Dance: II: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129; IV: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310

6240
27 September 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece Written by the late Mr Addison

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Delane; Juba-A Gentleman [Charles Jones-Winston MS.]; Sempronius-Giffard; Syphax-Bridges; Portius-W. Giffard; Marcus-Cross; Lucius-Winstone; Decius-Taswell; Marcia-Mrs Roberts; Lucia-Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430920.

6241
28 October 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By the late Mr Addison. Benefit Capt Norton, late Commander of the Crawley Pink, who was taken the 18th of Sept. last, after a Gallant Engagement of Five Hours with Twelve Spanish privateers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Quin; Portius-Ryan; Sempronius-Cashell; Juba-Hale; Lucius-Rosco; Syphax-Gibson; Marcus-Anderson; Decius-Ridout; Lucia-Mrs Stevens; Marcia-Mrs Horton.

Dance: II, V: As17431003

6242
15 November 1743 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Today, will be reviv'd an Opera. The Musick compos'd by Mr Handel. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. Pit and Boxes to be put together; and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day at the Office in the Haymarket, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. Note. The Subscribers to the Opera are desir'd to send for their Silver Tickets to the Opera-Office in the Hay-Market. [This customary notice will not be included further. According to Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, I, 102, this is the new opera Rossane, Lampugnani's first composition, at the house for which he was the new resident composer. Musicologists have not arrived at the identity of this piece, Burney and Loewenburg attributing it to Lampugnani, Schoelcher and Deutsch to Handel. See Deutsch, Handel, p. 572, where he reviews the evidence.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Roxana; Or, Alexander In India

Performance Comment: Allessandro-Monticelli; Rossane-Siga Visconti; Lisaura-Rosa Mancini; Tassile-Giulia Frasi; Clito-Signora Fratesanti (Deutsch Handel, p. 573). Lady Hertford to Lord Beauchamp: The singers are Monticelli, Visconti, Julietta, a bass from Italy whose name is Fratanzanti, and two new women; one whose name is Rosa Mancini...and the other, Caselli.-Hughes, Hertford, p. 297.

6243
19 November 1743 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [The statement, Musick compos'd by Mr. Handel is regularly repeated in the bills for this opera.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Roxana

Performance Comment: See17431115.

6244
30 November 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Revived Comedy. Never acted there before. Written by Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Assignation; Or, Love In A Nunnery

Performance Comment: Benito-Chapman; Duke of Mantua-Bridgwater; Prince Frederick-Ryan; Camillo-Cashell; Ascanio-Miss Hippisley; Lucretia-Mrs Horton; Aurelian-Hale; Mario-Rosco; Valerio-Anderson; Hippolita-Mrs Hale; Laura-Mrs Vincent; Violetta-Mrs Dunstall; Sophronia-Mrs James; Frontona-Mrs Mullart.

Dance: LLes Paisans Moisonneurs, as17431026

6245
08 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: No Money will be taken behind the scenes, nor any money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up. The following Letter, signed A By-Stander was inserted in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser: As I am absolutely unconcerned in all the now subsiding Theatrical Disputes, I hope the following observations upon what happened last Tuesday Night at Drury Lane will not be thought unworthy the Publick attention. The Manager of a theatre is to regard the General sense of the Town, and not any Faction form'd thru pique or resentment; Such a Faction may be Noisy, it may be Insolent, but never can be Considerable enough to force either the Manager or the Publick into their terms. Their outrages are equally insults upon the Understanding of the Town, as they are injuries to the Property of the Manager. Therefore if the Manager shall at any time give way to such proceedings, Then and not till Then, the Publick has a right ot find fault with him. The stage Then becomes a property to the insolence of a few misled people; and all theatrical diversions, which in this and other countries used to be directed by Decency and Publick Approbation are sacrificed to a pitiful Personal Resentment. If the above propositions are undeniable, the following Queries are submitted to the Publick, and the answer to them will determine the Reasonableness of the Tuesday Night Riot: I. Whether the Rioters were not Inconsiderable in their numbers and Circumstances? II: Whether any Gentleman can answer to himself, for doing in a Body, a thing which no Gentleman can justify for doing by himself? III. Whether the Rioters can justify their breaking into the Boxes, and taking possession of the seats, which were taken by many persons of Quality and Distinction, at the same time refusing to pay anything; thereby robbing the Manager of all the money of the Boxes, and most part of the Pit? IV. Whether the Manager ought to suffer in his property for the private quarrel between any two actors, as was the case...? V: Whether if such insolences are not discountenanced in the most effectual manner by the Town, any publick diversion can continue longer than a noisy inconsiderable Cabal pleases? VI. Whether any other motive than a regard to Public Decency would have hindered the Manager and Mr. Garrick's friends (who were treble the number) from treating the rioters as they deserved? I should be glad to see the above questions fairly and impartially answered

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: As17431206.

6246
09 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Whereas Great Disorders were committed on Tuesday Night at the Theatre, by Numbers of persons violently forcing their way into the House, particularly into the Boxes, knocking down the door-keepers, and obliging the servants who kept places to go out, to the great prejudice of the Manager, who lost all the Money for the said Places, as they not only refus'd to pay for the Boxes, but likewise forc'd into the Pit without paying, he thinks it incumbent on him to gide Public notice That an Office will for the Future be kept at the Boxes, to prevent persons from going in the same tumultuous manner, and hopes no Gentlemen will be displeas'd in being first desir'd to take a ticket at the said Office. Last night the Play of the Rehearsal was perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane; when, upon Mr Garrick's making a proper apology to the Town he was receiv'd with the greatest marks of Approbation; and the Play was acted with the utmost Decency and Order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: As17431206, but others-Arthur, +Neale, +Morgan, +Winstone, +Green, +Woodburn, +Ray, +Wright, _Gray.

6247
14 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The New Tragedy entitled Love's the Cause and Cure of Grief intended to have been acted this night is deferr'd till Monday Next. Daily Advertiser: The Fable of the Iron and the Earthen Pot. To Mr Macklin. Vers'd thou art in every Wile Thy conduct who can Reconcile? Who'll think thee knowing in Intrigue With Garrick e'er to join in League? Was not the Maxim to thee known That Leaguers. 'Twixt Equals suit alone? We grant thee Merit; yet how far Does Sol outshine the brightest Star? Thy strength hads't thou by duly weigh'd No Feuds had then to ills betray'd. Still if thou well or ill deserve Pity, methinks, to let thee starve Pity that thou shoulds't find too late Sage Aesop's Earthen Pot thy fate

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: As17431101.

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyer's Feast

Performance Comment: As17431212.

Song: II: Song-Morland

Dance: V: New Dance, as17431123

6248
07 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for a Gentlewoman under Misfortunes. None to be admitted without Ticket, which may be had, and places taken of Mr Page at the stage door. And for the better accommodation of the Ladies, the Stage will be enclos'd and form'd into an amphitheatre, where servants will be allow'd to keep places. Ladies send servants by three o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Quin; Touchwood-Bridgwater; Mellefont-Hale; Brisk-Woodward; Careless-Ryan; Lord Froth-Gibson; Sir Paul-Hippisley; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Pritchard; Cynthia-Mrs Vincent; Lady Plyant-Mrs Mullart; Lady Froth-Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

Performance Comment: As17440104.

6249
21 January 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: In a short time will be perform'd at the Theatre in the Hay-Market, a Concert of Music; and the Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice. The character of Othello will be new dress'd agreeable to the Manner and Custom of his own Country. As both these entertainments will be perform'd by a set of Gentlemen for their own Diversion, no Money will be taken, nor any person admitted but by printed Tickets; which (by order of the Gentlemen) will be deliver'd gratis by Mr Machlin, at his House in Bow-Street, Covent Garden; where Ladies, by sending their Servants, may take Places for the Boxes.--Daily Advertiser

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

6250
06 February 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A Concert of Musick, after which will be acted Gratis the Tragedy. The Character of Othello will be new dress'd after the Custom of his Country. No Money will be taken at the Doors, nor any Person admitted but by printed Tickets, which will be deliver'd by Mr Macklin, at his House in Bow St., Covent Garden. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Iago-Macklin [see puff in Daily Advertiser, 23 Feb.]; Othello-a young Gentleman, first time any stage [Foote]; Montano-York [Hogan, Shakespeare in the Theatre, I, 367]; Lodovico-Hill [Genest, IV, 76].Genest, IV, 76].