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6704 results for: Keyword - Mr Baker
We found 4314 matches on Event Comments, 2157 matches on Performance Comments, 647 matches on Performance Title, 104 matches on Author, and 24 matches on Roles/Actors.

1751
18 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Beard; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William Meadows-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Walker; Lucinda-Mrs Mahon, 1st appearance that stage; Rosetta-Mrs Mattocks, 1st time; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; Dance-incidental to the opera.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17661008

1752
22 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowel-Gibson; Young Knowel-Dyer; Wellbred-Mattocks; Bobadil-Woodward; Mas. Stephen-Shuter; Clement-Lewis; Mas. Matthew-Cushing; Brainworm-Dunstall; Cash-Perry; Formal-Murden; Downright-Walker; Cob-Buck; Cob's Wife-Mrs Pitt; Bridget-Mrs Baker; Dame Kitely-Miss Wilford, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: IV: The Village Romps, as17661008

1753
23 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Performance Comment: Squire-Woodward; Belfond Jun-Smith; Truman-Hull; Lolpoop-Dunstall; Sir William Belfond-Shuter; Sir Edward Belfond-Gibson; Ruth-Mrs Pitt; Lucia-Mrs Baker; Teresa-Mrs Burden; Isabella-Miss Vincent; Mrs Termagant-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Lucia Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Baker

Dance: End: The Garland-Fishar, Miss Wilford. [See17651003.

1754
28 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Smith; Charles-Hull; Sir Francis-Shuter; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Whisper-R. Smith; Scentwell-Ferguson; Isabinda-Mrs Baker; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

1755
04 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Ross; Bajazet-Smith; Moneses-Dyer; Axalla-Perry; Dervise-Walker; Omar-Gardner; Hali-Davis; Prince of Tanais-Anderson; Zama-Redman; Stratocles-Cushing; Selima-Mrs Mattocks; Arpasia-Mrs Ward; Usual Prologue-Dyer; Original Song, To Thee O Gentle Sleep-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: To Thee O Gentle Sleep Actor: Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

1756
31 December 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: As17661201, but Theodosia-Mrs Baker; Patty-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mervin Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Baker

Dance: II: Rural Love, as17661120

1757
28 January 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat@o@Mint Actor: Baker
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Fine Gentleman-Woodward; Aesop-Walker; Mercury-Baker; Charon-Buck; Drunken Man-Dunstall; Old Man, Lord Chalkstone-Shuter; Frenchman-Holtom; Fine Lady-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17661215

1758
28 February 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, The Custom Of The Manor

Performance Comment: Modely-Dyer; Heartwell-Ross; Sir John English-Shuter; Freehold-Gibson; Vulture-Cushing; Carbuncle-Buck; Sneak-Holtom; Double Jugg-Dunstall; Tim Shacklefigure-Weller; Longbottom-Perry; Lurcher-Davis; Aura-Miss Macklin; Flora-Miss Elliot; Country Dance- incident to the play; and the Original Sheep@Shearing Ballad-Baker.
Cast
Role: and the Original Sheep@Shearing Ballad Actor: Baker.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker

1759
21 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Rovewell-Mattocks; Argus-Bennet; Robin-Dunstall; Betty-Mrs Pitt; Arethusa-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Arethusa Actor: Mrs Baker.

Dance: III: New Pantomime Ballet(4th time)-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, as17670427 End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

1760
17 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowel-Gibson; Young Knowel-Dyer; Wellbred-Mattocks; Bobadil-Woodward; Mas. Stephen-Shuter; Brainworm-Dunstall; Downright-Gardner; Clement-Morris; Mas. Matthew-Cushing; Cash-Perry; Formal-Wignell; Cob-Massey; Cob's Wife-Mrs Pitt; Bridget-Mrs Baker; Dame Kitely-Mrs Bulkley (late Miss Wilford); By Particular Desire, The New Occasional Prologue-Powell.
Cast
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: Barber-Woodward; Quidnunc-Dunstall; Pamphlet-Shuter; Harriet-Mrs Baker; Termagant-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: End: Serious Dance, as17670916

1761
18 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Morris, 1st time; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Mrs Pinto; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; With a Dance- incident to the opera; The New Occasional Prologue-Powell.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Citizen-Woodward; Old Philpot-Shuter; Sir Jasper-Dunstall; Young Wilding-Dyer; Quildrive-Perry; Beaufort-Baker; Dapper-Cushing; Corinna-Mrs Cokayne; Maria-Mrs Mattocks; With Epilogue-Woodward, Shuter.
Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Baker

Dance: II: Serious Dance, as17670916

1762
25 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Powell, 1st time; Capulet-Gibson; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Mercutio-Woodward; Benvolio-Davis; Paris-Perry; Lady Capulet-Mrs Barrington; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Mrs Bellamy; In Act I a Minuet-Fishar, Mrs Bulkley; Masquerade Dance- proper to the play; the Funeral procession of Juliet-; a Solemn Dirge, the Vocal parts-Mattocks, DuBellamy, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Legg, Dibdin, Ryley, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: the Vocal parts Actor: Mattocks, DuBellamy, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Legg, Dibdin, Ryley, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

1763
06 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Bensley; Duke-Morris; Gratiano-Dyer; Lorenzo (with songs in character)-Mattocks; Launcelot-Shuter; Jessica (with a song in character)-Mrs Baker; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End of IV: Pantomime Dance, as17670926; End: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

1764
08 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: Aimworth-Mattocks; Sir Harry-Shuter; Giles-Morris, 1st time; Mervin-DuBellamy; Fairfield-Gibson; Ralph-Dibdin; Lady Sycamore-Mrs Pitt; Theodosia-Mrs Baker; Fanny-Mrs Thompson; Patty-Mrs Mattocks; End Act I: a Dance incidental to the Opera-Fishar, Arnauld, Sga Manesiere, Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: Pantomime Dance, as17670926

1765
20 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: As17671008, but Lord Aimworth-DuBellamy, 1st time; Giles-Mahoon, 1st time; Mervin-Baker; Patty-Mrs Pinto.
Cast
Role: Mervin Actor: Baker
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Dance, as17671016

1766
23 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17670918, but Young Meadows-DuBellamy; Eustace-Baker; Margery-Mrs Stephens; With a Dance- Incidental to the opera; Servants at the Statute-_.
Cast
Role: Eustace Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Dance, as17671016

1767
30 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Smith; 1st Spirit-Hull; Elder Brother-Clarke; Younger Brother-Perry; 2nd Spirit-R. Smith; Lady-Mrs Bellamy; Bacchanals-Mahoon, DuBellamy, Dibdin; Bacchants-Mrs Pinto, Mrs DuBellamy; Euphrosyne-Mrs Thompson; Sabrina, The Pastoral Nymph, the Song of Sweet Echo-Mrs Pinto; Chorusses-Legg, Baker, Ryley, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones; Dances-Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mrs Bulkley, Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Chorusses Actor: Legg, Baker, Ryley, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

1768
04 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Lycidas

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Raworth, DuBellamy, Baker, Legg, Dibdin, Rennaldson, Ward, Webbe, Riley, Cotes, Parsons, Johnston, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones, Mrs Pinto.
Cast
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Raworth, DuBellamy, Baker, Legg, Dibdin, Rennaldson, Ward, Webbe, Riley, Cotes, Parsons, Johnston, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones, Mrs Pinto.

1769
13 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17671023, but Margery-Mrs Baker (playbill), Mrs Stephens--Public Advertiser.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Eustace Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Dance, as17671016

1770
19 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Mervin Actor: Baker
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17671026, but The Baby-the Giant; Doctor-Banks; Diana-Mrs Baker; Arial Spirits-_; Merlin-_; Mercury-_.
Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

Dance: II: A New Tambourine Dance-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere

1771
21 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17671028, but Jessica-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: III: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114; IV: A New Tambourine Dance, as17671119

1772
26 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17671113, but Margery-Mrs Baker; Eustace-Dyer.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: II: New Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Valois

1773
27 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: DDon Felix pretty well by Powell....Lissardo inimitably by Woodward (the first time these 9 years). Read his part and that of Gibby. The play on the whole was pretty well performed. Baker does Beard's part in Midas. His not acting is a great loss to the public, as he was inimitable in some things. Stood in the well all night (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #163 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Sileno Actor: Baker
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17671029; IV: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

1774
04 January 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17671116, but Tibalt-Gardner; Escalus-Morris; Peter-Morgan; Friar John-Wignell; Vocal parts-Baker.
Cast
Role: Vocal parts Actor: Baker.
Role: the Vocal parts Actor: Mattocks, DuBellamy, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Legg, Dibdin, Ryley, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker

1775
18 January 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17671026, but Blunt-Cushing; Maria-Mrs Mattocks;Act I, Singing-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Cook Actor: Baker
Role: Eurydice Actor: Mrs Baker.