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17001 results for: Keyword - Mr John Croft, Esq
We found 11052 matches on Author, 5362 matches on Event Comments, 2798 matches on Performance Comments, 848 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

16601
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

16602
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

16603
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

16604
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

16605
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

16606
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: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): John Philip Kemble

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

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

16607
23 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Cast
Role: Sir John Seymour Actor: Davies

16608
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

16609
06 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

16610
23 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Dance: As17761218

16611
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 Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

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

16612
28 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: John Moody Actor: Moody
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: St Helena or The Isle of Love

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Jefferson, Davies, Waldron, Legg, Kear, Follett, Carpenter, Holcroft, Barrett, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Collett, Mrs Smith, A Lady (1st appearance) [Mrs LeBlanc] (London Magazine, July 1777, p. 377, which states that she acted the part of Emma); [Larpent MS 412 lists the parts: Capt. Haleyard, Mr Trinket, Ned Raymonde, Sam Scupper, Jack Jeers, Mrs Trinket, Leda, Emma, Priscilla.] Prologue-Barrett (in the character of a sailor).
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Jefferson, Davies, Waldron, Legg, Kear, Follett, Carpenter, Holcroft, Barrett, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Collett, Mrs Smith, A Lady

Dance: End II: a Hornpipe, as17770430

16613
23 June 1777 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

16614
23 July 1777 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

16615
09 February 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Song: Entertainments of singing-Mrs Mapples;, particularly the favourite song of The Soldier tir'd of war's alarms-Mrs Mapples

16616
25 May 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder A Woman Keeps A Secret

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: End: Hornpipe-a Lady [from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden unidentified]

16617
20 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

16618
01 June 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Cast
Role: Prince John Actor: Lamash

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: End IV: As17780919

16619
25 September 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Wright; Mercury-Davies; Snip-Parsons; Simon-Moody; Gasconade-Baddeley; Corporal Bounce-Chaplin; Abram-Waldron; Justice-Wrighten; Forge-Burton; Bogg-Holcroft; Taffy-R. Palmer; Old Woman-Mr Davies [i.e. doubled Mercury]; Mrs Snip-Mrs Bradshaw; Sukey Chitterlin-Mrs Davies; Dolly Snip-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Bogg Actor: Holcroft

16620
21 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary Or The Illumination

Afterpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Elders

Related Works
Related Work: The Elder Brother Author(s): John Fletcher

Dance: IV: The Bedlamites-

16621
01 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Wright; Snip-Parsons; Simon-Moody; Gasconade-Baddeley; Mercury-Fawcett; Corporal Bounce-Chaplin; Abram-Holcroft; Justice-Wrighten; Forge-Burton; Bogg-Phillimore; Taffy-R. Palmer; Old Woman-Mr Suett; Mrs Snip-Mrs Love; Sukey Chitterlin-Miss Collett; Dolly Snip-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Abram Actor: Holcroft

16622
29 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): John Hawkesworth

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Highland Reel by Blurton and the two Miss Stageldoirs. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

16623
30 September 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Innocence; or, The Chamber-Maid Turn'd Quaker Author(s): John Leanerd
Related Work: The Young Quaker Author(s): John O'Keeffe

16624
03 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Johnstone

16625
10 May 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Afterpiece Title: A Medley

Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Hippisley's Drunken Man Author(s): John Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17840311athi