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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Hen"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Hen")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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5627 results for: Keyword - Mr Hen
We found 4227 matches on Event Comments, 1138 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2151
20 March 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Milesian

2152
16 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Experiment

Dance: End: Hunting Dance, as17770218; End I afterpiece: The Villagers, as17770122

2153
18 April 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: As17761128

2154
06 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: End: All in the Downs, as17770425

Song: As17770505

2155
13 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Word To The Wise

Related Works
Related Work: Eurydice Hiss'd; or, A Word to the Wise Author(s): Henry Fielding

Afterpiece Title: True-Blue

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: End III: As17761123; In interlude: Langrish

Song: End I: a favourite air (composed by Dr Arne)-Mrs Farrell

2156
15 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: As17770509, but Henry-Vernon; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Henry Actor: Vernon

Dance: End I: The Corn Thrashers, as17770419; End II: a Hornpipe-Master Staples (scholar of Blurton)

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. Jack in Distress-Blurton; Wapping Landlady-Mr Griffiths; Orange Woman-Mrs Sutton

2157
07 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Related Works
Related Work: The Authors Farce; and, The Pleasures of the Town Author(s): Henry Fielding

Dance: End: The Merry Lasses, as17770611

2158
15 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: The Characters dressed in Spanish Habits. [Henderson's 1st recorded appearance as Leon was at Bath, 4 Feb. 1777.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Henderson (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Don Juan-R. Palmer; Alonzo-Egan; Sanchio-T. Davis; Duke-Fearon; Cacafogo-Massey; Servants-Kenny, Stevens; Copper Captain-Palmer; Old Woman-Mr Parsons; Old Woman's Maid-Mr Besford; Margarita-Mrs Hunter; Altea-Mrs Poussin; Clara-Miss Platt; Ladies-Miss Hale, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Morris; Estifania-Miss Barsanti.
Cast
Role: Leon Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: As17770707

2159
30 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: End: The Venetian Regatta, as17770611

2160
03 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer.Mainpiece: Never performed here. [Henderson's 1st recorded appearance as Falstaff was at Bristol, 11 Sept. 1775.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Henderson (1st appearance in this play [in London]); Justice Shallow-Blissett; Sir Hugh Evans-Parsons; Dr Caius-Jackson; Mr Page-Fearon; Master Slender-Bates; Fenton-R. Palmer; Host-Massey; Bardolph-Kenny; Pistol-Stevens; Robin-Master Hitchcock; Simple-Master Pulley; Ford-Palmer; Mrs Page-Mrs Davies; Ann Page-Mrs Colles; Hostess-Mrs Love; Mrs Ford-Mrs Lisley (late Miss Barsanti).
Cast
Role: Falstaff Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

2161
27 September 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

2162
19 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

2163
23 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Dance: In: As17770929; In afterpiece: Langrish, Miss Besford [who danced in all subsequent performances]

Song: End IV: Solemn Dirge, as17770929, but _Reinhold, Battishill

2164
06 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Afterpiece Title: Sacred Canons

Music: End Part I: concerto on the German flute-Florio; End of Part III: concerto on the piano forte-Miss Weichsel; concerto on the hautboy-LeBrun; concerto on the violin-Master Weichsel

2165
21 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: Belphegor

Dance: As17780409

2166
30 April 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Song: End III: a new Cantata, suitable to the occasion, composed by Barthelemon,-Mrs Barthelemon

Music: End: concerto on the violin-Barthelemon; in which Grammacree with variations-

2167
18 May 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Dance: End I: The Merry Lasses-(see17780529); End: Provencalle Dance-Master and Miss Byrn

2168
09 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: As17780601

Song: As17780608

2169
22 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Song: As17780529

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

2170
02 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Usher

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town; or, The Dilettante

Dance: As17780623

2171
20 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Gipsies

Dance: As17780615

2172
18 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

2173
01 October 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hastings

Performance Comment: Edgar Atheling-Henderson; Earl Edwin-Palmer; Earl Waltheof-Brereton; Earl of Northumberland-Aickin; Earl of Mercia-Norris; Siffric-R. Palmer; Raymond-Wrighten; Reginald-Chaplin; Duncan-Chambers; Harold-Bensley; Matilda-Miss Younge; Sabina-Mrs Colles; Edwina-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Edgar Atheling Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

2174
09 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: All in the Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: As17780925

2175
28 December 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain, Mainpiece: Altered from the Original [Woman is a Riddle, by Christopher Bullock. Not in Larpent MS; not published]. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT I, author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]. 3rd piece: Written by Henry Fielding, Esq. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets delivered by Davis, Wright, Mrs Lefevre will be admitted. Constant fires will be kept on the stage, Pit, Boxes and Galleries to air the house

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Macaroni Adventurer; Or, Woman's A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: Fashionable Love; or, The Happy British Tar

Afterpiece Title: The Covent Garden Tragedy

Related Works
Related Work: The Covent Garden Tragedy Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Covent Garden Tragedy Author(s): Henry Fielding

Dance: Entertainments ofDancing-

Entertainment: Monologue.End III: Imitations [Vocal and Rhetorical, never attempted, a Trumpet-a Choice Spirit [who will (to his vocal performances) accompany himself with the Symphonies (his 1st appearance on the stage [unidentified])