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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.

1551
06 April 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Hartley in lieu of a Benefit #105. Receipts: #165 16s. 6d. (164.7.6; 1.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17780331but Lucinda-Mrs Morton [late Miss Dayes].late Miss Dayes].

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17780223.
Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Baker

1552
20 April 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Grecian Daughter [announced on playbill of 11 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Aickin's Illness. Receipts: #118 14s. 6d. (117.8.6; 1.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: As17780316but Polidore (1st time)-Whitfield.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17780223.
Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Baker

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market-Dagueville, Harris, Master Holland, Miss Ross, Sga Tinte

1553
28 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten. Morning Post, 6 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wrighten, No. 56, Drury-lane. The Battle of Hastings [announced on playbill of 27 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Mrs Yates' Indisposition. Tickets delivered for the Battle of Hastings will be taken. Receipts: #288 10s. 6d. (74.0.0; 7.7.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 206.15.0) (charge: #66 2s.). Account-Book totals the charge as follows: Ord[inary] Charge #64 4s.; Nosegay 1s. 6d.; Tea for three 1s. 6d.; Negus 1s. 2d.; Bread & Cheese 4d.; K[ettle] D[rum] 5s.; 19 Carp[enter]s #1 8s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17780110, but Susan-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Mr Morley Actor: Aickin
Role: Mr Hargrave Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Performance Comment: As17771119.

Dance: End III: as17780425

Song: Between Acts: her two favorite Vauxhall songs He's Aye Kissing Me, Tally Ho!-Mrs Wrighten

Performance Comment: -Mrs Wrighten.

1554
29 April 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lee Lewes. Public Advertiser, 23 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Lee Lewes, Charlotte-street, Rathbone Place. Receipts: #205 6s. (82.16; tickets: 122.10) (charge: #66 9s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Performance Comment: As17780203, but Millamour-Whitfield (1st appearance in that character); Sir Harry Lizard (1st time)-Robson; Lady Jane-Mrs Morton.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17780223, but Clown (for that night only)-Grimaldi.
Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Baker

Entertainment: Monologue.As17780427

Performance Comment: As17780427.

1555
12 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Smith, Bowles, Ledger, Mrs Morris, Miss Bassan and Miss Matthews for Love in a Village will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #165 16s. 6d. (124.9.6; 0.12.0; tickets: 40.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: As17780226, but Sir H. Sycamore-Wilson; Giles-Reinhold; Mervin-Mahon; Ralph-Quick; Theodosia-Mrs Morton [i.e. formerly Miss Dayes].i.e. formerly Miss Dayes].

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17780223.
Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Baker

Dance: As17770926

1556
15 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Booth, Fearon & L'Estrange. Mainpiece: Never perform'd here.[Afterpiece in place of The Englishman in Paris, announced on playbill of 14 May.] Receipts: !173 16s. 6d. (60.14.6; tickets: 113.2.0) [charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince; Or, The Battle Of Poictiers

Performance Comment: Edward-Wroughton; Arnold-Whitfield; Lord Audley-Hull; Earl of Salisbury-Mahon; Cardinal Perigort-Fearon; King John-L'Estrange; Dauphin-Robson; Duke of Athens-Booth; Charney-Thompson; Ribemont-Aickin; Mariana-Mrs Jackson.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17780223, but Harlequin-Rayner.
Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Baker

Ballet: End: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780511

Performance Comment: As17780511.

Song: As17780511

1557
18 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant, box-book and house-keeper. Mainpiece: Procession as 11 May. Tickets delivered for Amphitryon will be taken. Receipts: #243 1s. (69.14; tickets: 173.7) (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Performance Comment: As17780511. Chorus as17780511.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17780515.
Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Baker

Song: As17780511

1558
21 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilfold, Woolley & Marks. Tickets delivered by Furkins, Roberts, Clarridge, Doe, Wells, Francis, Walker, Brandon, Shuter and Abbot will be received. Tickets delivered for The Busy Body will be taken. Receipts: #243 13s. 6d. (137.12.6; 0.13.0; tickets: 105.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Performance Comment: As17780319but Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Pitt.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performance Comment: As17780515.
Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Baker

1559
21 May 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [For cast of afterpiece see 28 May 1777.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Performance Comment: As17780518, but Mrs Poussin. Prologue as17780518.
Cast
Role: Mr Stockwell Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors; A Tragedy for Warm Weather

Performance Comment: Warm@Weather Tragedians-Palmer, Parsons, Gardner, R. Palmer, Jackson, Massey, Davis, Walker, Stevens, Peirce, Miss Platt, Mrs Love, Mrs Poussin, Mrs W. Palmer, Mrs Jewell. [Probable cast: Flints: Abrahamides (the Chief)-Palmer; Isaacos-Gardner; +Jackides-Jackson; +Barnardo-Davis. +Master Tailors: Francisco-Parsons; +Regniades-R. Palmer; +Campbello-Massey. +Dungs: Zacharydes-Walker; +Timotheus-Stevens; +Christophorides-Peirce; +Tittilinda-Miss Platt; +Dorothea-Mrs Jewell; +Tailors' Ladies-Mrs Love, Mrs Poussin, Mrs W. Palmer.]

Dance: As17780518

1560
22 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson, Carleton Sen. & Woollams. Tickets delivered by Page, Whittey, Barthrope, Finney and the Widow Eddleston will be taken. Receipts: #278 16s. (26.17.0; 4.7.6; 0.8.6; tickets: 247.3.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17780428, but Justice (1st time)-Waldron.
Cast
Role: Mr Morley Actor: Aickin
Role: Mr Hargrave Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: As17780518.

Dance: As17780512

1561
25 May 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Written after the Manner of the worst as well as the best English Poets. Containing, amongst a Variety of Particulars, curious, entertaining and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Tailors; their Military Preparations and Election of a Chief; their Skirmishes, Ambushes, Sieges, Councils, and Combats; their Division into Flints and Dungs; with the Defection of the Dungs at the Pass of the Butcher-Row, and total overthrow of the Flints at the famous battle of Temple-Bar; together with the Captivity and fatal End of their valiant Leader

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Performance Comment: As17780521. Prologue as17780518.
Cast
Role: Mr Stockwell Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Performance Comment: See17780521.

Dance: As17780518

1562
27 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Davies, bookseller, and Mrs Davies, who formerly belonged to this Theatre, and who have sustained misfortunes in trade. Public Advertiser, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Davies, Great Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #198 9s. 6d. (69.14.0; 17.10.0; 0.13.6; tickets: 110.12.0) (charge: #64 4s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: As 23 Jan., but Fainall (for that night only)-Davies (1st appearance on the stage these 15 [recte 16] years).recte 16] years).

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17771002.
Cast
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Davies

Dance: End III: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

1563
01 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Never performed here

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Performance Comment: As17780521. Prologue as17780518.
Cast
Role: Mr Stockwell Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: Cross-Parsons; Kitchen-Massey; Colonel Frankly-Lamash; Buck-Davis; Snarl-Egan; Luke-R. Palmer; Passengers-Gardner, Kenny; Marcourt-Palmer; Charlotte-Mrs Jewell; Lettice-Mrs Hitchcock; Landlady-Mrs Love; Sally-Miss Hitchcock; Women Passengers-Miss Platt, Mrs Poussin; Mrs Cross-Mrs Webb (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh [1st appearance in London]).1st appearance in London]).

Dance: End II: The Merry Lasses, as17780529; End II afterpiece: Provencalle Dance, as17780518

1564
05 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Performance Comment: As17780521. Prologue as17780518.
Cast
Role: Mr Stockwell Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: As17780601.

Dance: End I: The Merry Lasses, as17780529; End II: Provencalle Dance, as17780518

1565
18 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Performance Comment: As17780521.
Cast
Role: Mr Stockwell Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: As17780601.

Dance: End I: The Gardeners-Master and Miss Byrn; End II afterpiece: As17780529

1566
30 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Performance Comment: As17780521.
Cast
Role: Mr Stockwell Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: As17780601.

Dance: End I: As17780624 End II: Provencalle Dance, as17780518

1567
03 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17780610.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17780702.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash

Dance: End II: Tambourine Dance-(see17780624; End: The Gardeners, as17780618

1568
08 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: As17780619.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17780702.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash

Dance: As17780623

1569
13 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Performance Comment: As17780711.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: As17780603.
Cast
Role: Mr Honeycombe Actor: Parsons

1570
28 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: As17780709.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17780702.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash

Dance: End I: As17780624

1571
14 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Farce. [O'Keeffe, 1, 366, records the receipts: #89, and charge: #63.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: As17780619.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17780702.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash

Dance: As17780624

1572
28 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Performance Comment: As17780711.

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Performance Comment: As17780702 but Prologue-_.
Cast
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash

Dance: As17780615

1573
21 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 19 Oct.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Performance Comment: As17780918.

Afterpiece Title: King Henry the Fifth

Performance Comment: Henry-W?. Smith (of dl); Archbishop of Canterbury-Hull; Exeter-L'Estrange; Capt. Jamy-Dunstall; Capt. Fluellin-Wilson; Pistol-Quick; King of France-Fearon; Dauphin-Whitfield; High Constable-Clarke; Queen of France-Mrs Poussin; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performance Comment: As17780918.
Cast
Role: Mr Vermilion Actor: Mattocks

Dance: End: The Shepherd's Wedding-Harris, Miss Matthews

1574
23 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Miss Farren was from the hay. And see dl, 8 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Performance Comment: As17780918.

Afterpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Lewis; Strictland-Clarke; Jack Meggot-Lee Lewes; Bellamy-Whitfield; Tester-Wewitzer; Frankly-Wroughton; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Mattocks; Jacintha-Mrs Lessingham; Lucetta-Mrs Green; Clarinda-Miss Farren [1st appearance on this stage].1st appearance on this stage].

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performance Comment: As17780918.
Cast
Role: Mr Vermilion Actor: Mattocks

Dance: As17780921

1575
25 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Digges was from the hay.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Performance Comment: As17780918.

Afterpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Digges (1st appearance on this stage); Heartfree-Aickin; Col. Bully (with a song)-Mattocks; Razor-Brunsdon; Ld. Rake-Robson; Constant-Wroughton; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Mattocks; Belinda-Miss Leeson; Mademoiselle-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Brute (1st time)-Mrs Jackson.

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performance Comment: As17780918.
Cast
Role: Mr Vermilion Actor: Mattocks

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge