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16092 results for: Keyword - Mr John Croft, Esq
We found 9843 matches on Author, 5362 matches on Event Comments, 2798 matches on Performance Comments, 848 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

15651
26 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

15652
27 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Dance: The Dance of The Savage Hunters, as17760210(playbill); the Public Advertiser lists The Grand Garland Dance-Slingsby, Como, Sga Crespi, Sga Paccini

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

15653
29 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Dance: the Dance call'd The Jealous Harlequin, as17760117

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

15654
11 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Related Works
Related Work: Medea Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance-, as17760302 but Sga _Pacini

15655
14 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Related Works
Related Work: Cyrus the Great; or, The Tragedy of Love Author(s): John Banks
Related Work: Cyrus Author(s): John Hoole

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Entertainment: End: (for the last time) Comic Paraphrase on Shakespeare's Seven Ages-King

Dance: End Entertainment: The Irish Fair, as17751003

15656
15 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concerto Spirituale

15657
30 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Jubilee Author(s): John A. Fisher

15658
02 April 1776 @ The Chapel at the Foundling's Hospital, or at the Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: First Violin, Concerto-Linley Jr

15659
11 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Cast
Role: Dame Plaint Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

15660
13 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Dance: In: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

15661
17 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: In: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

15662
25 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

15663
25 April 1776 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Bacio

Dance: I: La Fete du Village, as17760224; II: New Serious Ballet, with Chaconne and Minuet de la Cour-Vallouy, Mme Vallouy; End Opera: New Grand Comic Ballet, Les Maissoneurs Distresse-Helm, Mlle Sophie, Sga Tinti, Vallouy, Mrs Vallouy

15664
26 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: End: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

15665
29 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

15666
01 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17760415

15667
07 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: I: Rural Merriment, as17751220

Song: IV: At the Request of many Friends, Kate of Aberdeen-DuBellamy

15668
14 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Francisca Actor: Mrs Johnston
Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

15669
24 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Jubilee Author(s): John A. Fisher

Dance: A Hornpipe-Walker

15670
07 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs West. Tickets to be had of West, at the Ship, near the Seven Houses, Rotherhithe. Mainpiece: In Act II the triumphal entry of Alexander into Babylonv; In Act IV the grand Banquet where Alexander kills his faithful soldier, old Clytus. [The playbill contains a lengthy synopsis of the plot of the mainpiece; it concludes by noting that "the many flowery passages with which this tragedy abounds does honour to the pen of its author, N. Lee, Esqr., and we may justly say with Mr Pope, 'Such plays alone shou'd please a British ear, as Cato's self had not disdain'd to hear.'"]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great; Or, The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-West; Hephestion-Russell; Lysimachus-Smith; Cassander-Comerford; Polyperchon-Jones; Perdiccas-Johnson; Thessalus-Dancer; Aristander-Thomas; Eumenes-Brown; Clytus-Lewis; Roxana-Mrs Wilks; Sysigambis-Mrs Ross; Parisatis-Miss Taylor; Satira-A Gentlewoman [unidentified].unidentified].
Cast
Role: Perdiccas Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden Author(s): Thomas Holcroft
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston

Afterpiece Title: Marriage a la Mode [i

Performance Comment: e. Three Weeks after Marriage]; or, What we must all come to. Sir Charles Racket-West; Drugget-Lewis; Lovelace-Smith; Woodley-Johnson; Mrs Drugget-Mrs Ross; Nancy-Miss Taylor; Dimity-Mrs Wilks; Lady Racket-Mrs West (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Woodley Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: Marriage A La Mode Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Frenchified Lady Never in Paris Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen Author(s): John Dryden

Song: II: the grand chorus, See the conquering Hero comes-; Between Acts: Singing, as17760925

Entertainment: Monologue.The Painter's Art-[from Taste, by Samuel Foote]; Lady Pentweazle-Master Russell

15671
23 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Cast
Role: Sir John Seymour Actor: Davies

15672
25 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Cast
Role: Sir John Seymour Actor: Davies

Dance: IV: a Dance of Furies-. [This was included in all subsequent performances.

Song: original Music by Mattew Locke , with full Chorusses and Additional Accompaniments by ThomasLinley Sen.-Bannister, Legg, Kear, Fawcett, Brown, Follett, Chaplin, Carpenter, Mrs Scott, Miss Abrams, Mrs Greville, Mrs Davies, Miss Jarratt, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs J. Smith, Mrs Wrighten; Account-Book adds: Reynoldson, Webbe, Michan, Gaudry, Danby, J. Danby, Short, Miss Boyd

15673
06 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

15674
23 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Dance: As17761218

15675
02 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: Dance of Spirits, as17770414; In IV: Grand Dance, as17770425; The Court Minuet, as17770403; Allemande, as17770403