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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.

1626
08 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #102 13s. 6d. (74.6.0; 26.18.6; 1.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Performance Comment: As17791204.
Cast
Role: Mr Woodley Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Bromley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Lamash; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Colles; Lady Bab-Mrs Davies; Kitty (with a song)-Miss Pope.

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

1627
15 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #99 3s. (70.6.0; 28.2.6; 0.14.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Performance Comment: As17791213.

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17791209.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: End I afterpiece: As17791122

1628
22 December 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Dispensary for the Infant Poor in Soho-Square. Tickets delivered for As You Like It will be admitted. [Author of Prologue unknown.] Receipts: #193 18s. (117.4; tickets: 76.14) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17791207, but Mrs Page-Mrs Bulkley; New Occasional Prologue-Hull.
Cast
Role: Mr Ford Actor: Wroughton
Role: Mr Page Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Performance Comment: As17791112, but William-Wordsworth.

Song: End II: As17790927; End II: Song in The Milesian, being a description of a Sea Fight [Stand to your guns, my hearts of oak]-Bannister

1629
28 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in piace of The Winter's Tale, announced on playbill of 27 Dec.] Receipts: #124 14s. 6d. (99.3.0; 24.9.6; 1.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George Barnwell-Brereton; Thorowgood-Hurst; Trueman-Davies; Uncle-Wrighten; Blunt-Burton; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lucy-Mrs Davies; Millwood-Mrs Sharp.

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17791209.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Sportsman Deceiv'd, as17791210 but entitled: +The Huntsman Deceiv'd

Song: I: song-Miss Abrams

1630
30 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of Love for Love, announced on playbill of 29 Dec.] Receipts: #96 19s. (63.6.0; 32.18.6; 0.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17791103, but Caliban-Bannister; added: Antonio-Hurst; Sebastian-Lamash.

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17791209.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: I: As17791103; End I afterpiece: The Sportsman Deceiv'd, as17791228

1631
07 January 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #189 0s. 6d. (154.1.0; 34.1.0; 0.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17791117, but Susan-Mrs Davies.
Cast
Role: Mr Morley Actor: Aickin
Role: Mr Hargrave Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: As17800103.

Dance: End: The Minuet de la Cour-the Miss Stageldoirs

1632
21 January 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #148 18s. 6d. (145.11.6; 3.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17791222, but Page-_.
Cast
Role: Mr Ford Actor: Wroughton
Role: Mr Page Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Performance Comment: As17800107.

1633
01 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts. #211 14s. (174.7; 34.12; 2.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Performance Comment: As17791204.
Cast
Role: Mr Woodley Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Bromley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: As17800127.

1634
05 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Rivals; afterpiece of Fortunatus, both announced on playbill of 3 Feb.] Receipts: #138 1s. (91.7; 45.18; 0.16)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: As17790930.

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17791209.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: End I afterpiece: As17791220

1635
17 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #208 3s. (181.4.0; 26.0.6; 0.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Performance Comment: As17791204.
Cast
Role: Mr Woodley Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Bromley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: As17800127.

1636
21 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #186 5s. (140.12; 27.10; 0.12; tickets: 17.11) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Performance Comment: As17791204.
Cast
Role: Mr Woodley Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Bromley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: As17800127.

1637
26 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Old Batchelor, announced on playbill of 24 Feb.] Paid the Guardians of the Duke of Bedford rent to Michaelmas 1778, land tax deducted, #160 16s. 4d. Receipts: #128 16s. 6d. (88.5.0; 38.11.0; 2.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17791117.
Cast
Role: Mr Morley Actor: Aickin
Role: Mr Hargrave Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17791113.

Dance: As17800107

1638
11 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Zoraida [announced on playbill of 9 Mar., benefit for the Author] is obliged to be deferred till further Notice. Receipts: #104 13s. 6d. (70.5.0; 32.17.6; 1.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performance Comment: As17800215.

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17791209.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17800205

1639
27 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #146 18s. (118.0.0; 28.9.6; 0.8.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: As17791229.
Cast
Role: Mr Day Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Performance Comment: As17800118.

1640
06 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #97 5s. 6d. (72.1.0; 24.6.0; 0.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17800401, but Frankly (1st time)-Farren.
Cast
Role: Mr Strictland Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The ChristmasTale

Performance Comment: As17800403.

Dance: As17800401

1641
11 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten. Morning Chronicle, 1 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wrighten, No. 56, Drury-Lane. [Miss Thornton was from cg.] Receipts: #300 2s. 6d. (82.18.0; 8.12.0; 0.10.6; tickets: 208.2.0) (charge: #73 7s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: As17791021, but Merlin-Bannister; Sylvia-Miss Thornton (1st appearance upon this stage).

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17791209, but Granger-Booth (of cg).
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: End: As17791122

Song: End I afterpiece: Tally ho!-Mrs Wrighten

Performance Comment: -Mrs Wrighten.

1642
14 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by William Augustus Miles]: The music entirely new, composed by Michael Arne. With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Books of the Opera to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 15 Apr. 1780: This Day is published The Artifice (1s.). Receipts: #119 8s. 6d. (71.12.0; 47.1.6; 0.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17791117.
Cast
Role: Mr Morley Actor: Aickin
Role: Mr Hargrave Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Artifice

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Vernon, Bannister, Davies, Lamash, Burton, Wrighten, Fawcett, Holcroft, Parsons, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Wright, Mrs Wrighten. Cast from text (T. Cadell, 1780): Bevil-Vernon; Bowling-Bannister; Ralph-Davies; Charles-Lamash; Vellum-Burton; Crosjack-Wrighten; Sir Benjamin Brief-Parsons; Mrs Bobbin-Mrs Hopkins; Eliza-Miss Wright; Margaritta-Mrs Wrighten; Fawcett, Holcroft are unassigned. Fawcett, Holcroft are unassigned.

1643
22 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. Morning Chronicle, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be of Farren, No. 41, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Receipts: #132 14s. 6d. (42.6.0; 21.10.6; 1.5.0; tickets: 67.13.0) (charge: #64 17s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: As17800222, but Faulkland-Farren; Julia-Mrs Farren (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17791209, but Granger (1st time)-Farren.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17791215

1644
27 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. [Mrs Sage is identified in Morning Chronicle, 27 Apr.] On account of Miss Catley's Indisposition Comus [announced on playbill of 26 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred. Paid Atkins, coal merchant, #33 12s. 6d. Public Advertiser, 7 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mattocks, Great Russel Street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #193 5s. 6d. (153.13.6; tickets: 39.12.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performance Comment: As17800407.
Cast
Role: Mr Vermilion Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Henderson; Macduff-Clarke; Duncan-Hull; Banquo-Wroughton; Malcolm-Whitfield; Lenox-L'Estrange; Seyton-Thompson; Hecate-Reinhold; Witches-Quick, Mrs Pitt, Brunsdon; Lady Macbeth-A Lady (2nd appearance on any stage [Mrs Sage]).Mrs Sage]).

Afterpiece Title: The Siege Of Gibraltar

Performance Comment: As17800425.

Song: As17791018Vocal Parts-Reinhold, Doyle, J. Wilson, Baker, Miss Valois, Mrs Morton, Mrs Willems

Performance Comment: Wilson, Baker, Miss Valois, Mrs Morton, Mrs Willems.

1645
28 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst and Burton. Public Advertiser, 26 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hurst at More's, pastry cook, the East End of the New Church, Strand; of Burton, No. 149, Fleet-street. Receipts: #111 18s. (27.0.0; 20.19.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 63 .5.0) (charge: #64 11s. 6d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: As17791124, but Master Stephen (for that night only)-Vernon.

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17800422, but Gradus (1st time)-Burton.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17791215

Song: End IV: As17800411

1646
06 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Colles, Miss Abrams & Miss Kirby. Public Advertiser, 4 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Colles at Smith's No. 10, Bow-street, the corner of Martlet Court, Covent Garden; of Miss Abrams, Little Bridges Street, Covent Garden; of Miss Kirby at Andrews's, No. 70, Long Acre. Receipts: #203 7s. (28.1; 14.16; 1.11; tickets: 158.19) (charge: #90 2s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: As17791229, but Arabella (1st time)-Mrs Colles; Ruth-Miss Kirby (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Mr Day Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: As17791118, but Gillian-Miss Abrams (1st appearance in that character).

1647
16 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Philimore, Walker & Kirk, house-keeper. Receipts: #271 14s. (25.12.0; 15.7.6; 0.18.6; tickets: 229.16.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17791117, but Jarvis-Philimore.
Cast
Role: Mr Morley Actor: Aickin
Role: Mr Hargrave Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: As17800504.

Dance: As17800504

Song: End II: As17800407

1648
20 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Carleton Jun., Wilson & Hicks. Tickets delivered by Master Benson, Barrett, McDonald and Boroughs will be taken. Receipts: #256 14s. (18.1; 10.17; 0.13; tickets: 227.3) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: As17791221, but Malvolio-Holcroft; Olivia (with a song)-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Performance Comment: As17800422.
Cast
Role: Mr Doiley Actor: Parsons

Dance: As17791215

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Bucks have at ye all-Master Benson

Performance Comment: End: Bucks have at ye all-Master Benson.

1649
26 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #105 19s. 6d. (59.11.0; 44.16.6; 1.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: As17791007.

Afterpiece Title: The Miniature Picture

Performance Comment: As17800524.
Cast
Role: Mr Belvil Actor: Palmer
Role: Mr Camply Actor: Brereton

Dance: End II afterpiece: As17791220

1650
31 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. [This was Mrs Robinson's last appearance on the stage.] Receipts: #93 4s. (53.11; 37.11; 2.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17791002, but Old Woman-Mr Holcroft.

Afterpiece Title: The Miniature Picture

Performance Comment: As17800524.
Cast
Role: Mr Belvil Actor: Palmer
Role: Mr Camply Actor: Brereton

Dance: End II afterpiece: As17791122