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6095 results for: Keyword - Mr Hen. Purcell
We found 4292 matches on Event Comments, 1194 matches on Performance Comments, 631 matches on Performance Title, 369 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2301
02 December 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

2302
20 December 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

2303
09 January 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Clown's Stratagem; or, A New Way to get a Wife Author(s): Henry Carey

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Ranger Author(s): Henry Woodward

Song: IV: Mattocks

2304
16 January 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. As Mr Edward Berry, one of the comedians of Drury Lane, was returning home from Temple Bar, he was stopt at the end of Arundel St. by three Fellows, one with a Horse-Pistol, another with a short pistol, and the other with a hanger, who robb'd him of his watch, some silver, and his Neck-cloth, and then walk'd off with their booty (General Advertiser, 20 Jan.). During the Performance on Saturday Night [11 Jan.] at Drury Lane, a dispute was carried on at great length between Mr V-n and a Gentleman unknown but on the Gentleman's being made sensible of his error, and making publick submission and Gentleman-like reparation, it was amicably terminated (General Advertiser). Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Master Stephen Actor: Shuter

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Ranger Author(s): Henry Woodward

2305
10 February 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): Henry Woodward

Song: II: Haughty Strephon-Master Vernon[, as17520124

2306
13 February 1752 @ Castle Tavern

Event Comment: By order of the Town. None to be admitted without tickets at 2s. 6d. each. The Roarings of the Lion disturbing some of the inhabitants of Covent Garden, his Leonic Majesty has adjudged it necessary to remove from that end of town to the place of performance. To begin at 7 p.m. [See Cross, History of Henry Fielding, II, 409, for an account of this piece and the way it was stopped by officers while the performance was in progress.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Grand Composition Of Fun And Music

Performance Comment: But advertised (10 Feb.) as a Decision of the Match so long depending between Sir Alexander Drawcansir, Knt. and their Lownesses of Grub Street, on which large bets are depending. It is thought the Knowing Ones will be greatly taken in. A piece of Witchcraft from Macbeth-; A Town and a Country piece between a Blood and a Blockhead-; A curious examination before Mr Justice Bobadil-; A Phenomenon of High Humbug-; A Piece from the Brazen Head-; A solo on a very uncommon instrument imported from the Antipodes-Mynheer eht soumaf dna deifiton reddalb dna grirts saila Len Roop.; An Apparition of a Ghost-; A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (General Advertiser). A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (General Advertiser).
Cast
Role: A Phenomenon of High Humbug Actor:

2307
06 March 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

2308
07 March 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius Or The Force Of Love

Performance Comment: Varanes-Barry; Theodosius-Ryan; Leontine-Ridout; Marcian-Sparks; Aranthes-Usher; Pulcheria-Mrs Vincent; Athenais-Mrs Cibber 1st time; With the songs- incident to the play set to music by Mr Arne.
Cast
Role: Athenais Actor: Mrs Cibber 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Related Works
Related Work: The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One Author(s): Henry Carey

Dance: GGrand Dutch Dance, as17511021

2309
12 March 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

2310
17 March 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Dance: Sg Piettro, Mad Auretti

Song: I: Mattocks

2311
21 March 1752 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Signor Bombasto and Signor Piantofugo. [Eighteenth night.] Henley's advertisements say he came to London in 1720, is not in debt and One Time with another, my Oratory is as full as ever, when I please, and my Service to Mr Smart, Mrs Warner, Mr Newberry, etc. J. Henley" (Daily Advertiser, 21 March).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Womans Oratory

2312
01 April 1752 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Womans Oratory

2313
04 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Master Stephen Actor: Shuter

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherds Lottery

2314
06 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England

Related Works
Related Work: Don Quixote in England Author(s): Henry Fielding

2315
14 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

2316
15 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: A Provincial Dance, as17520314

2317
11 May 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

2318
02 November 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

2319
13 November 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: great Nreat Noise--before the Entertainm[en]t began Mr Garrick went on & said--Gent: as we find the new Scene, tho' it pleases some, offends others & as we wou'd please all, we shall omit it after this Night--but I hope when the other House is merry with us, we may be merry with them--the Song was printed & thrown down from ye Slips--great Noise--great applause--some blows in the pit--some Gents insisted upon its being given out again, wch Mr Lacy did--the Inspector very Impudent to-day (14th) about Woodward for saying I thank you to Fitzpatrick who threw an Apple at him from ye Stage Box on Fryday last--the fool against us to-day (Cross). [Cross omits receipts this night.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Ranger Author(s): Henry Woodward

2320
13 November 1752 @ New Wells, Lemon Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Entertainment: Several curious Fireworks-

2321
17 November 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Great Noise when Woodward came on in Ostrich--Mr Garrick advanc'd & said--Gentlemen, if Mr Woodward's oath don't satisfie you, pray defer ye Resentm[en]t till tomorrow when it will be corroborated by some others--all Quiet (Cross). Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

2322
07 December 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): Henry Fielding
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): Henry Fielding

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer or Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: New Grand Ballet Les Chasseurs Allemandes-Cooke, Miss Hilliard. Being her first appearance on the stage this season

2323
08 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Concluding: Devisse, Mad Auguste

2324
22 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This day at noon will be published at 6d. A Letter to Mr Henry Woodward, Comedian, occasioned by his letter to the Inspector. by Simon Partridge, the facetious Cobbler of Pall Mall, and son to the late Mr Partridge, famous for his dispute with Isaac Bickerstaff. "Barbarian to attack, a chymist, Critick, Journalist, and Quack" (Anon). Printed for H. Jeffrey in Pope's Head Alley, Cornhill. [Another mock defense of Hill, casting opprobrium on him in the manner of the eightenth-century bully boys of the bathroom. A second edition of Sampson Edwards' Letter to Woodward appeared this day. See Comment, 9 Dec.] Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: TThe Italian Gardeners, as17521221; Le Matelot Basque, as17521005

2325
27 December 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Earl of Essex Author(s): Henry Jones

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus