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10095 results for: Keyword - Mr Henry Woodfall
We found 4541 matches on Event Comments, 3392 matches on Author, 1787 matches on Performance Comments, 1684 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

676
30 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: With all the Original Decorations of Rising, Sinking, and Flying. Daily Post, 30 Oct.: The Play of King Henry the Eighth...having met with a very favourable Reception from the Town, we hear that the Players propose to add several different Characters of Dignity to the Procession of Queen Anne Bullen , with other proper Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O'divelly

Music: ll the Witches Musick both Vocal and Instrumental, by the late Mr Barret-

Dance: Dancing Proper to the Play-

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife. Cobler-Boval; His Wife-Roger; Countrymen-Essex, Haughton; Countrywomen-Mrs Brett, Mrs Mills

677
21 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Fox and Owenson. Tickets deliver'd by Holloway and Miss Bassan will be taken. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to beneficiaries #9 11s. 3d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Fox #90 11s. (Box 123; Pit 328; Gallery 106); Owenson #69 7s. (Box 118; Pit 133; Gallery 199). Paid Mrs Singleton for walking 13 nights in Henry VIII, the 8th to 15th February #3 5s. and for walking 28 nights in the Sorcerer to the 13th inst. #3 10s. Paid Mrs Baks for the same #3 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #45 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe (first time)-Miss Bassan; End: A Louvre and Minuet-Mr and Mrs Holloway

678
06 March 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast, With Coronation Anthems

Music: First Violin-Mr Ximene; with a Solo on the Violincello-Mr Janson, lately arrived from Paris, (Who has never performed in Public in England)

679
16 December 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ricimero

Dance: End I: The Fortunate Escape, as17801125, but Mme _Simonet, Henry; End II: +Grand Serious Ballet (composed by Simonet)-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi, Mlle Baccelli; to conclude with: Grand Chaconne-Vestris? Jun.; End III new ballet, Les Amans Surpris (composed by Simonet)-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Mlle Baccelli, Vestris? Jun

Performance Comment: Jun.; End III new ballet, Les Amans Surpris (composed by Simonet)-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Mlle Baccelli, Vestris? Jun.
Cast
Role: Les Amans Surpris Actor: Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Mlle Baccelli, Vestris? Jun.

680
24 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Bensley, first time; Clifford-Hull; Prince Henry-Wroughton; Salisbury-Booth; Leicester-Fearon; Verulam-Thompson; Abbot-Clarke; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Melmoth[, first time; Ethelinda-Miss Pearce; Rosamond-the Lady who performed Mrs Oakly [Mrs Hunter].Mrs Hunter].
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Bensley, first time
Role: Prince Henry Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

681
30 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Aickin, first time; Clifford-Hull; Prince Henry-Wroughton; Salisbury-Booth; Leicester-L'Estrange; Abbot-Clarke; Verulam-Thompson; Ethelinda-Mrs Poussin; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Mattocks; Rosamond-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin, first time
Role: Prince Henry Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

682
26 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Aickin; Clifford-Hull; Prince Henry-Wroughton; Salisbury-Booth; Leicester-Fearon; Abbot-Clarke; Verulam-Thompson; Ethelinda-Mrs Poussin; Queen Eleanor (1st time)-Mrs Ward; Rosamond-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Prince Henry Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Dance: End Afterpiece: Rural Dance-Bishop, Sga Tinte

683
18 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Henry. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #147 15s. 6d. (80.0.0; 29.6; 0.11.0; tickets: 37.5.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus (1st time)-Henry; Cloten-Dodd; Cymbeline-Hurst; Pissanio-Packer; Bellarius-Aickin; Guiderius (1st time)-R. Palmer; Arviragus-Davies; Lucius-Wrighten; French Gentleman-Chaplin; Philario-Wright; Iachimo-Smith; Queen-Miss Sherry; Imogen-Mrs Robinson (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Posthumus Actor: Henry

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17791012, but Mungo-Henry (1st appearance in that character in Europe); Leonora-A Young Lady (1st appearance upon that stage [unidentified]).unidentified]).
Cast
Role: Mungo Actor: Henry

Dance: II: Masquerade scene with Dancing-Henry, Menage, Miss Armstrong; End III: Minuet-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: II: song-Miss Abrams; End afterpiece: song, Ellen a Roon, with the original Irish words-the Young Lady who performs Leonora

684
17 November 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ezio

Dance: End of Act I a Pastoral Dance (composed by Simonet) by Henry, Bournonville, Raymond, Sga Crespi, Mlle Dumont; End of Act II A Divertisement Dance (composed by Noverre) by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Henry. Sga Crespi, Bournonville, &c; End of Opera a new Tragi-Pantomime Ballet (composed by Noverre), Les Amans Reunis, by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Slingsby, Simonet, Henry, Bournonville, Raymond, Mlle Dumont, Sga Crespi. [Partial cast, with synopsis of action, from Morning Herald, 18 Dec: Alphonso-Gardel; Ines-Mlle Baccelli; Chief of the Island-Slingsby.]

Performance Comment: Sga Crespi, Bournonville, &c; End of Opera a new Tragi-Pantomime Ballet (composed by Noverre), Les Amans Reunis, by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Slingsby, Simonet, Henry, Bournonville, Raymond, Mlle Dumont, Sga Crespi. [Partial cast, with synopsis of action, from Morning Herald, 18 Dec: Alphonso-Gardel; Ines-Mlle Baccelli; Chief of the Island-Slingsby.] hathi. hathi.

685
31 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Aickin; Abbot-Clarice; Prince Henry-Wroughton; Salisbury-Davies; Leicester-Fearon; Verulam-Thompson; Clifford-Hull; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Hunter; Ethelinda-Mrs Morton; Rosamond-A Lady (1st appearance on this stage [Mrs Robinson]) .Mrs Robinson]) .
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Aickin
Role: Prince Henry Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Dance: End of mainpiece new Dance, composed by Harris, Damon and Musidora, by Harris, Miss Besford, and others

686
25 November 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Palmer; Duke of Buckingham-Wroughton; Cranmer-Aickin; Duke of Norfolk-Whitfield; Duke of Suffolk-Williames; Lord Surry-Barrymore; Lord Chamberlain-R. Palmer; Cromwell-Kemble; Lord Sands-Baddeley; Winchester-Suett; Cardinal Campeius-Packer; Sir Henry Guilford-Lamash; Sir ThomasLovel-Fawcett; Doctor Butts-Waldron; Surveyor-Benson; Cardinal Wolsey-Bensley; Anne Bullen-Mrs Farmer; Lady-Mrs Love; Queen Katharine-Mrs Siddons.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir Henry Guilford Actor: Lamash

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Song: In IV: a song (composed by Linley? Sen)-Mrs Crouch

687
26 December 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii; Or, The Death Of Fair Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-A Gentleman [unidentified]; The Abbot-Wilkinson; Prince Henry-Rundell; Leicester-Frodsham; Salisbury-Fielding; Verulam-Savigny; Clifford-Baker; Rosamond-Miss Dalton; Ethelinda-Mrs Taylor; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Jackson (from the Theatre Royal, York).
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: A Gentleman
Role: Prince Henry Actor: Rundell

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Sir John Brute

Entertainment: Monologue End: The Monody on the Death of Mr Henderson (3rd time at this theatre)-Baker

688
09 March 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Palmer; Cardinal Wolsey-Bensley; Campeius-Packer; Capucius-Phillimore; Cranmer-Aickin; D. of Norfolk-Whitfield; D. of Buckingham-Wroughton; D. of Suffolk-Caulfield; E. of Surry-Barrymore; L. Chancellor-Maddocks; L. Chamberlain-R. Palmer; Gardiner-Suett; Lord Sands-Baddeley; Sir Henry Guilford-Bland; Sir ThomasLovel-Fawcett; Cromwell-Kemble; Doctor Butts-Waldron; Surveyor-Benson; Brandon-Banks; Serjeant-Lyons; Doorkeeper-Jones; Cryer-Alfred; Queen Katharine-Mrs Siddons; Anne Bullen-Mrs Powell; Gentlewoman-Mrs Booth; Patience (with a song)-Mrs Bland; Agatha-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir Henry Guilford Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: Ozmyn and Daraxa

Dance: As17930307

689
06 November 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Palmer; Cardinal Wolsey-Bensley; Campeius-Packer; Capucius-Phillimore; Cranmer-Aickin; Duke of Norfolk-Whitfield; D. of Buckingham-Wroughton; D. of Suffolk-Caulfield; Earl of Surry-Barrymore; Lord Chancellor-Maddocks; Lord Chamberlain-Trueman; Gardiner-Suett; Lord Sands-Hollingsworth; Sir Henry Guildford-Russell; Sir ThomasLovell-Dignum; Cromwell-C. Kemble; Dr Butts-Burton; Surveyor-Benson; Brandon-Banks; Serjeant-Cooke; Cryer-Evans; Door@keeper-Jones; Queen Katharine-Mrs Siddons; Anne Bullen-Mrs Powel; Gentlewoman-Mrs Booth; Patience (with a song)-Mrs Bland; Agatha-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir Henry Guildford Actor: Russell

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

690
13 July 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Several Comical Dialogues-Mr Dogget, Mr Leveridge; And other Entertainments of Ballad/Singing after the true English manner. Compos'd by Mr Estcourt-Mr Estcourt, in Honour of the Great and Glorious Successes of her Majesty over her proud French Foes

691
28 May 1715 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)

692
10 May 1732 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting of Church Musick- for six or eight Voices, by Mr DeFesch; Several Songs in Italian-Mrs De Fesch, the first Time of he performing in publick since her Arrival in England; a new Concert on the Violon-Mr DeFesch; a Solo , composed, and perform'd on the Bass Viol-Mr St.Helene; Solo on the Violoncello-Mr St.Helene the first Time of his performing in Publick

693
27 July 1702 @ Hampstead Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: An Extraordinary Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick-; Particularly, the Instrumental Musick, Composed by Mr John Eccles for the Coronation-; With several of Mr Weldon's Songs made for his Consort in York-Buildings. To be Perform'd-Mr Hughs, the Boy; Entertainment on the Violin-Mr Deane (not perform'd there before)

694
07 November 1719 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth Of France

Performance Comment: Edition of 1720 lists: Henry-Quin; Prince of Conde-Ryan; Duke of Vendosme-Leigh; Duke Bouillon-Ogden; Villeroy-Smith; Rosny-Diggs; Montmorency-Harper; Nuntio-C. Bullock; French Bishop-Boheme; Ravilliac-Egleton; Charlotta-Mrs Bullock; Louisa-Mrs Biggs; Alicia-Mrs Gulick; Prologue-Ryan; Epilogue written by Sewell-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Henry Actor: Quin

695
13 May 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History Of King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Booth; Queen Catherine-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Booth

Dance:

696
05 December 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Vth; Or, The Conquest Of France By The English

Performance Comment: Edition of 1723 lists: King Henry-Booth; Dauphin-Wilks; King of France-Thurmond; Princess Catherine-Mrs Oldfield; Harriet-Mrs Thurmond; Charlot-Mrs Campbell; Duke of Exeter-Mills; Duke of York-Cory; Lord Scroop-Williams; Duke of Bourbon-Bridgwater; Duke of Orleans-Watson; Earl of Cambridge-Mills Jr; Sir Thomas Grey-Oates; French Officer-Roberts; Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Booth

697
22 April 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Quin; Queen Katherine-Mrs Parker; Wolsey-Boheme; Anne Bullen-Mrs Bullock; Buckingham-Ryan; Cromwell-Walker.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Quin

Dance: RRunning Footman's Dance-Nivelon, Mrs Legare; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mlle Salle; Myrtillo-Dupre, Lally, Pelling, Mrs Legare, Mrs Wall, Mrs Bullock

Song: Singing in Italian-Salway

698
26 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Performance Comment: King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Booth

699
13 November 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Post, 13 Nov.: We hear King Henry the Eighth, with the magnificent Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen , and the Christning of Queen Elizabeth , still continues to draw numerous Audiences, which is owing to the Excellency of the Performance, and the extraordinary Grandeur of the Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Booth

700
14 May 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Performance Comment: As17271026, but Henry VIII-Harper; With the Coronation Scene-.
Cast
Role: Henry VIII Actor: Harper
Role: King Henry Actor: Booth