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11450 results for: Keyword - Mr George Alexander Stephens
We found 4876 matches on Author, 4830 matches on Event Comments, 2277 matches on Performance Comments, 1110 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

7126
15 June 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; Counsel-Jones; George Bevil-Fearon; Harry-Owenson; Francis-Courtney; Robin-Palmer; Chapeau-Kennedy; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Maid-Miss Platt; Mrs Grub-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Fearon

Dance: As17740613

7127
27 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Lewis; Charles-Wroughton; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Sir Francis-Shuter; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Miss Pearce; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin; To Conclude with Marplot's Address to the Town-.
Cast
Role: Sir George Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: After the Address: The Vintage Festival, as17741007 (playbill); The Merry Sailors-Aldridge. (Public Advertiser)

7128
30 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performance Comment: As17750320 but to avoid confusion actors are again listed: Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Lee Lewes, Dunstall, DuBellamy, Mas. Loader, Mas. George, Fox, Banks, Cushing, Hollingsworth, Thompson, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Whitefield, Mrs White, Miss White, Miss Wild; Dances-Aldridge, Helm, Daiguville, Sga Vidini.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Lee Lewes, Dunstall, DuBellamy, Mas. Loader, Mas. George, Fox, Banks, Cushing, Hollingsworth, Thompson, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Whitefield, Mrs White, Miss White, Miss Wild

7129
24 May 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cozeners

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; Counsel-Jones; George Bevil-Lane; Harry-Williams; Francis-Chaplin; Robin-Castevens; Chapeau-Whitefield; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Maid-Miss Platt; Mrs Grub-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Lane

7130
19 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Weston (first time that part); Sir George Airy-Whitefield; Charles-Lane; Sir Jealous Traffic-Lewes; Whisper-Everard; Butler-Lloyd; Sir Francis's Servant-Thompson; Sir Jealous's Servant-Jackson; Patch-Mrs Gardner; Isabinda-Mrs Whitefield; Scentwell-Mrs Weston; Miranda-Mrs Williams.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Whitefield

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Entertainment: End I of Farce: Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister

Monologue: End: A Scene from The Register Office. Gulwell-Lloyd; Little Girl-Miss Frances; new character-Mrs Gardner

7131
04 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Lewis; Charles-Wroughton; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Sir Francis-Shuter; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin; To conclude with Marplot's Address-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Sir George Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

7132
09 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson, first appearance on that stage; George Bevil-Wroughton; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; Consol-Quick; Robin-Wewitzer; Harry Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Maid-Mrs Poussin; Emily-Mrs Bulkley; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Wroughton

7133
27 September 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; George Bevil-Whitefield; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; Consol-Jones; Robin-Wewitzer; H. Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Whitefield

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford; To conclude with: Country Dance-the characters. [Both these were danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.

7134
15 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Cast from Morning Chronicle and Morning Post, both 16 Oct.: Marplot-Woodward; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Sir George Airy-Lewis; Charles Gripe-Wroughton; Isabinda-Mrs Whitfield; Miranda-Miss Macklin. [Gazetteer, 16 Oct., also refers to Dunstall, who probably acted Sir Jealous Traffic (see17780129).]Gazetteer, 16 Oct., also refers to Dunstall, who probably acted Sir Jealous Traffic (see17780129).]
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: Mirth and Jollity-Aldridge, Master Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Besford

7135
28 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Performance Comment: Tinsel-Dodd; Sir George Trueman-Aickin; Vellum-Parsons; Fantome-Packer; Gardener (1st time)-Baker; Butler-Baddeley; Coachman-Moody; Lady Trueman-Mrs Hopkins; Abigail-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir George Trueman Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Dance: In: The Irish Fair, as17761031

7136
01 May 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Word To The Wise

Performance Comment: Sir John Dormer-Comerford; Sir George Hastings-Brerely; Willoughby-Webb; Villars-Pepys; Captain Dormer-West; Mrs Willoughby-Mrs Nost'e (from the Theatre Royal, York); Miss Willoughby-Mrs West; Miss Dormer-A Lady (1st appearance in London [unidentified]); Miss Montague (with the original Epilogue)-The Lady [who performed Emily in the Deuce is in Him, on 11 Feb.].who performed Emily in the Deuce is in Him, on 11 Feb.].
Cast
Role: Sir George Hastings Actor: Brerely

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

7137
20 June 1777 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Russell; Sir Francis Gripe-Graham; Charles-Vowell; Sir Jealous Traffic-Henry; Sir George Airy-G. Graham; Isabinda-Mrs Bolingbroke; Patch-Mrs Russell; Miranda-Mrs Graham.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: G. Graham

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

7138
09 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Advertisement; Or, A Bold Stroke For A Husband

Performance Comment: Principal Parts by Parsons, Egan, Jackson, R. Palmer, Fearon, Blissett, Walker, Edwin, Mrs Colles, Miss Hale, Miss Platt, Mrs Love, Mrs Gardner. Cast from Public Advertiser, 12 Aug.: Doctor Obstetric-Parsons; Capt. O'Cannon-Egan; Jack Steerage-Jackson; George Wydham-R. Palmer; Sir William Wydham-Fearon; Careful-Blissett; MacLocust-Walker; Snap-Edwin; Mrs Epigram-Mrs Colles; La Bronze-Miss Hale; Lydia Fanlove-Miss Platt; Landlady-Mrs Love; Widow Holdfast-Mrs Gardner; Prologue-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: George Wydham Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

7139
20 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; George Bevil-Whitfield; Consol-Jones; Robin-Wewitzer; H. Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Whitfield

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End: As17771001

7140
14 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake; Or, The Wife's Resentment

Performance Comment: Ld. Wronglove-Wroughton; Sir Friendly Moral-Hull; Brush-Booth; Surgeon-Fearon; Snug-Jones; Stranger-Smith; Lord George Brilliant-Lewis; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Jackson; Lady Gentle-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Notable-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Hartshorn-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Lord George Brilliant Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End IV: as17780309

7141
03 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Sir George Airy-West; Charles-Cooke; Sir Francis Gripe-Newton; Sir Jealous Traffick-Bailey; Whisper-Everard; Butler-Massey; Marplot-Russell; Isabinda-Miss Brown; Patch-Mrs Russell; Scentwell-Mrs Heard; Miranda-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: West

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed

Song: End: Master Nelson

Entertainment: Monologue. Before: Address to the Town, in the character of Marplot-Russell

7142
22 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Old Grub-Bailey; George Bevil-Cooke; ThomasBevil-West; Harry Bevil-Massey; Consol-Russell; Chapeau-Everard; Mrs Grub-Mrs Russell; Emily-Mrs West.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Cooke

Song: As17780529

Entertainment: Monologue.End: Bucks have at ye All-Middleton (1st appearance on any stage)

7143
02 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir George Airy-Wroughton; Charles-Whitfield; Sir Jealous Traffic-Dunstall; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; George Bevil-Whitfield; Consol-Jones; Robin-Wewitzer; H. Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Whitfield

7144
13 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Performance Comment: Lord Wronglove-Wroughton; Sir Friendly Moral-Hull; Brush-Booth; Surgeon-Fearon; Snug-Jones; Stranger-R? Smith; Lord George Brilliant-Lewis; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Jackson; Lady Gentle-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Notable-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Hartshorn-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Lord George Brilliant Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

7145
22 February 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Quick, Wilson, Lee Lewes, Whitfield, Robson, Fearon, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Jones, Clarke, Mrs Morton, Miss Stewart, Miss Brown. Cast from text (T. Evans, 1779): Debenture-Quick; Teneriffe-Wilson; Midships-Lee Lewes; George Belford-Whitfield; Wilmot-Robson; Breeze-Fearon; Monsieur Coromandel-Wewitzer; Bronze-Brunsdon; Old Belford-Clarke; Fanny-Mrs Morton; Adelaide-Miss Stewart; Harriet-Miss Brown; Jones. Prologue is not listed on the playbill, but "No person coming on to speak a Prologue, and the audience being clamorous for one as soon as the farce began, the performers then on the stage withdrew, and Lee Lewes came forward, and after an apology, spoke the Prologue designed for the piece, but which he thought he had not sufficiently matured himself in the knowledge of" (Morning Chronicle, 23 Feb.; and see cg 23 Feb.). Jones. Prologue is not listed on the playbill, but "No person coming on to speak a Prologue, and the audience being clamorous for one as soon as the farce began, the performers then on the stage withdrew, and Lee Lewes came forward, and after an apology, spoke the Prologue designed for the piece, but which he thought he had not sufficiently matured himself in the knowledge of" (Morning Chronicle, 23 Feb.; and see cg 23 Feb.).
Cast
Role: George Belford Actor: Whitfield

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Burgomaster, as17790216

7146
29 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: As17790106, but Sir George Airy-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on this stage [unidentified]); Whisper-R.? Smith; Isabinda-Mrs Whitfield.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Cast
Role: George Belford Actor: Whitfield

Dance: As17790302

Music: End IV: trumpet concerto-Sarjant

7147
22 September 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; George Bevil-Whitfield; Consol-Jones; Robin-Wewitzer; H. Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Whitfield

Dance: End: new dance, The Dockyard-Dagueville, Langrish, Holland, Miss Matthews, Miss Valois. With a new scene painted by Carver

7148
18 October 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Touchstone Of Invention; Or, The Soldier's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Henry And Emma

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Mills; Sir George Airy-Davis; Sir Francis Gripe-Blanchard; Sir Jealous Traffic-Bates; Whisper-Dugdale; Servant-Master Woodward; Charles-Miller (1st appearance); Isabinda-Miss Dudley; Patch-Mrs Barnard; Scentwell-Miss Mitchell; Miranda-Miss Brangin (1st appearance); Prologue-Haynes; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Davis

Dance: 2nd piece: With a Hornpipe-Lonsdale

Song: End I: two part song, Damon and Clora-Leach, Miss Mitchell (1st appearance); End III: My sweet pretty Mogg-Wright

7149
30 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir George Airy-Wroughton; Charles-Whitfield; Sir Jealous Traffic-Thompson; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror; or, Harlequin Every-where

7150
22 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Lewis, Wroughton, Lee Lewes, Aickin, Whitfield, Robson, Edwin, L'Estrange, Thompson, Wewitzer, Fearon, Booth, Jones, W. Bates, Quick, Mrs Hartley, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Morton, Miss Morris, Miss Stewart, Mrs Poussin, Mrs Webb, Mrs White, Miss Younge; [Cast from text (T. Cadell, 1782): Doricourt-Lewis; +Sir George Touchwood-Wroughton; +Flutter-Lee Lewes; +Saville-Aickin; +Villers-Whitfield; +Courtall-Robson; +Silvertongue-Edwin in text: $W. Bates]; Gentlemen-L'Estrange, Thompson; +French Valet-Wewitzer; +Porter-Fearon; +Dick-Stevens; +Mountebank-Booth; +Crowquill-Jones; +Hardy-Quick; +Lady Frances Touchwood-Mrs Hartley; +Mrs Racket-Mrs Mattocks; +Miss Ogle-Mrs Morton; +Kitty Willis-Miss Stewart; +Lady-Mrs Poussin; +Letitia Hardy-Miss Younge; W. Bates, Miss Morris, Mrs Webb, Mrs White are unassigned; +Prologue-Edwin; Epilogue-Miss Younge. [These were spoken as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]These were spoken as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]
Cast
Role: Sir George Touchwood Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Whitfield