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6977 results for: Keyword - Mr Dibdin
We found 4323 matches on Event Comments, 1382 matches on Author, 1309 matches on Performance Comments, 554 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

201
08 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin. Text (G. Kearsley, 1785) lists cast as above, but omits La Fleur (see 10 Feb.)]: The Music entirely new, composed by Dibdin. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #154 5s. 6d. (105/19/0; 47/14/6; 0/4/6; tickets not come in: 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Liberty Hall; or, The Test of Good Fellowship

Related Works
Related Work: Liberty Hall; or, The Test of Good Fellowship Author(s): Charles Dibdin

202
16 May 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not performed these 5 years. In 3 acts; altered from Dryden. [Both Kemble and Moss were from the Edinburgh theatre. Address by George Colman elder (European Magazine, ibid).] Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin. London Chronicle, 17 May, refers to it as "from the French"]: The Musick composed by Dibdin. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser. 7 July: This Day is published Harvest Home (1s.). Places for the Boxes to be taken of Rice, at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [same throughout season]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar

Afterpiece Title: Harvest Home

Related Works
Related Work: Harvest Home Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Entertainment: Monologue End: Occasional Address (in character)-Young Sestini (European Magazine, July 1787, p. 63)

203
23 December 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. Afterpiece [1st time; P 2 (?). Not published; Songs: Larpent MS 1272]: Invented by T. Dibdin, & produced under the Direction of Farley. To conclude with an Allegorical Procession of the Seasons, Months and Hours, to the Temple of Domestic Happiness. With entire new Music, Scenery, Machinery, Machinery, Dresses and Decorations. The Overture and Music composed by Moorehead. The Dances by Bologna Jun. The Scenery by Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, Wilkins, Bromley, the two Whitmores, Powell. The Machinery by Cresswell, Sloper, Goostree, C. Dibdin Jun., &c. The Dresses by Dick and Mrs Egan. Books of the Songs [J. Barker, 1799] to be had in the Theatre. "The opening scene of the new pantomime is highly interesting. The representation of the Volcanov, and the fight in the air between Floridel and Cratero, may with justice claim the epithet of grand and magnificent" (Dramatic Censor, I, 13). Account-Book, 6 Feb, 1800: Paid Moorehead for music in Volcano #25. Receipts: #366 7s. (344.17; 21.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex; Or, The Unhappy Favorite

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano; or, The Rival Harlequins

Related Works
Related Work: The Volcano; or, The Rival Harlequins Author(s): Thomas Dibdin

204
21 June 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece: new comedy in three acts by Bickerstaffe; but Act I, ii, written by Foote. Afterpiece: new musical farce by Bickerstaffe; music by Dibdin and others. An alteration from Dryden's Don Sebastian.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Doctor Last In His Chariot

Afterpiece Title: The Captive

Related Works
Related Work: The Captive Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: As17690515

205
30 September 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Music of Afterpiece composed by Dibdin. Sigr Como and Sgna Crespi danc'd for first time very Indiff (Hopkins Diary). Paid Printer's Bill #11; Copper plate Printing Bill #3 2s. (Treasurer's Book). [The printing bill averaged #9 6s. per week and came to #344 2s. No further itemization will be made of it this season.] Receipts: #195 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Ring Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance call'd The Mountaineers-Como, Sga Crespi, first appearance

206
08 August 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new ballad opera by [C. Dibdin]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman; or, The First of August

Related Works
Related Work: The Waterman; or, The First of August Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: As17740613

207
10 August 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Music by Dibdin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cozeners

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Related Works
Related Work: The Waterman; or, The First of August Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: The Shepherd's Whim-

208
19 August 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the author [Dibdin]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Related Works
Related Work: The Waterman; or, The First of August Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: As17740810; End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

209
25 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dibdin. In Act IV of mainpiece the Procession from the Abbey at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv. Paid John Doe for sticking Black Bills #6 3s. Receipts: none listed (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Related Works
Related Work: The Sultan; or, A Peep into the Seraglio Author(s): Charles Dibdin
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: I: the Banquet, with Dancing-Dumay, Miss Matthews

210
08 March 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A Dramatic Entertainment of Singing, Dancing and Dialogue in Honour of Shakespeare. In which a Pageant. The Music by Dibdin. Receipts: #257 11s. (234.12.0; 20.4.6; 2.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: As17770225

211
07 October 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [For Henderson as King Richard see hay, 7 Aug. 1777.] Afterpiece: The Music composed by Dibdin. With New Scenes and Dresses. Books of the Songs, &c. to be had at the Theatre. [The text erroneously assigns: Gillian-$Mrs Wrighten; Floretta-$Miss Walpole, but see Public Advertiser, 8 Oct., which in a review, gives the correct assignment; see also 6 Oct. 1778.] Receipts: #260 7s. (241.14; 17.17; 0.16)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

212
27 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hopkins, prompter, and Mrs Hopkins. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Afterpiece: A Dramatic Entertainment (in two parts) of Singing, Dancing and Dialogue in Honour of Shakespeare. In which a Pageant. The Music by Dibdin. Public Advertiser, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hopkins, No. 7, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #280 7s. (169.5; 21.0; 1.2; tickets: 89.0) (charge: #64 4s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

213
03 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin, based on La Bohemienne, by Charles Simon Favart. Music by Samuel Arnold]. Books of both Pieces to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 10 Aug. 1778: This Day is published The Gipsies (price not listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Afterpiece Title: The Gipsies

Related Works
Related Work: The Gipsies Author(s): Charles Dibdin

214
02 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; CO I, by Charles Dibdin, based on Annette et Lubin, by Charles Simon Favart and Jean Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre. Music by the author]. Books of the new Musical Piece to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 2 Oct.: This Afternoon at Four is published Annette and Lubin (6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Related Works
Related Work: Annette and Lubin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

215
06 October 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Music composed by Dibdin. Receipts: #281 5s. 6d. (265.19.0; 15.3.0; 0.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: III: song-Vernon

216
14 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Recruiting Officer, announced on playbill of 12 Oct.] Afterpiece [1st time; P 2(?), by James Messink. Not in Larpent MS; synopsis of action in London Chronicle, 15 Oct.]: The Scenes partly new and partly compiled from Rich's Pantomimes [i.e. The Rape of Proserpine, Perseus and Andromeda, Apollo and Daphne, all three written by Lewis Theobald (Morning Chronicle, 15 Oct.)]. The new Music by Dibdin. The new Scenes painted by Carver

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Afterpiece Title: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All

Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: Afterpiece: The dances-Aldridge, Dagueville, Miss Valois. [These were danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent Performances.

217
19 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hopkins, prompter, and Mrs Hopkins. Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years [acted 18 Feb. 1773]. Afterpiece: A Dramatic Entertainment (in 2 parts) of Singing, Dancing and Dialogue. In Honour of Shakespeare. In which will be introduced a Pageant. The Music by Dibdin. Public Advertiser, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Hopkins, No. 7, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #229 9s. (129.14; 30.18; 2.10; tickets: 66.7) (charge: #64 4s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

218
06 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The music composed by Dibdin. Receipts: #233 9s. 6d. (232.11.0; 0.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: In afterpiece: Dagueville, Miss Valois. [The dancing, as here assigned, was included in all subsequent performances.

219
19 October 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Music composed by Dibdin. Receipts: #189 5s. 6d. (150.0.0; 37.19.0; 1.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

220
20 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Edward Neville]: The Overture and Music composed by Dibdin. Books of the Entertainment to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 20 Oct.: This Afternon at Three is published Plymouth In An Uproar (1s.). Receipts: #242 16s. 6d. (241.5.0; 1.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

Related Works
Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Charles Dibdin

221
13 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hopkins, prompter, and Mrs Hopkins. Afterpiece: In honour of Shakespeare; in which will be introduced a grand Pageant, the music by Dibdin. Public Advertiser, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hopkins, No. 7, Little Russel Street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #205 9s. 6d. (122.5.0; 34.17.6; 1.16.0; tickets: 46.11.0) (charge: #64 4s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: End III: Tally ho!, as17800411

222
12 October 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Music composed by Dibdin. Receipts: #173 17s. (121.18; 51.16; 0.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

223
12 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A Dramatic Entertainment of Singing, Dancing, and Dialogue in Honour of Shakespeare; in which will be introduced a grand Pageant, the music by Dibdin. Receipts: #184 11s. 6d. (142.7.0; 41.8.0; 0.16.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17800923; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17800923; IV: a Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs

224
17 September 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Altered from Massinger. Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Charles Dibdin]: Taken from The Islanders [1st acted at CG, 25 Nov. 1780]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Brandon (only) at the Stage-Door. No Persons admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 15 Oct.]. Receipts: #185 17s. 6d. (183/11/0; 2/6/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Marriage Act

Related Works
Related Work: The Marriage Act Author(s): Charles Dibdin

225
01 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: To conclude with a Procession of the principal Grand Masters, from the Creation to the present Century, dressed in the Habits of their respective Ages and Countries. With new Music [by Charles Dibdin], Scenes, Dresses, Pageants, and Decorations. The Paintings by Richards, Carver, Hodgins. The Pantomime by Messink. Books of the Songs, with an Explanation of the Pageants, to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #224 0s. 6d. (223/5/6; 0/15/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Free-Mason Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: As17810924