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15960 results for: Keyword - Mr John Dryden
We found 9843 matches on Author, 5227 matches on Event Comments, 2780 matches on Performance Comments, 879 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

226
14 April 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Legare and Mrs Legare. Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: money #36 15s.; tickets #83 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: Nivelon, Glover, Mrs Legare; Saraband, Minuet-Glover, Mrs Legare; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare; Louvre-Glover

Song: LLove and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

227
28 September 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #41 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

228
30 December 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #38 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 14 paid and 4 orders; pit, 69 paid and 16 orders; slips, 22 paid and 13 orders; first gallery, 225 paid and 15 orders; second gallery, 151 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

229
31 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #41 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 31 paid and 9 orders; stage, 3 paid; pit, 118 paid and 24 orders; slips, 4 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 141 paid and 46 orders; second gallery, 147 paid and 5 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

230
01 January 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #38 7s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 12 paid and 2 orders; pit, 93 paid and 21 orders; slip, 20 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 196 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 159 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

231
11 November 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #28 11s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 15 paid and 2 orders; pit, 63 paid and 32 orders; slips, 8 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 120 paid and 12 orders; second gallery, 137 paid and 6 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

232
13 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #64 9s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

233
05 October 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Dryden and Lee, Receipts: #58 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

234
24 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: money #39; tickets #98 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; III: Pastoral-Salle, Mlle Salle

Music: t the Request of the Free and Accepted Masons a Piece of Vocal and Instrumental Musick (never perform'd in publick), Words by Charles De la Faye, Esq; and set to Musick by Mr Francisco-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Hall, Papillion, Thompson

Related Works
Related Work: The Lawyer's Panic; or, Westminster Hall in an Uproar Author(s): John Dent
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

235
10 November 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #45 3s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

236
11 November 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At Common Prices. Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #41 14s. [For a discussion of the recent revival of The Rival SLueens, see Prompter, 11 Nov.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, and Mlle Delorme. Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze

237
12 December 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #33 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Related Works
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. Comic Dance by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. Dance of Sailors, as17351128

238
29 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Dance: II: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; III: Muilment

239
20 September 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden. Egerton 2320: Receipts: #80. [For a poem on Mrs Roberts' acting the Queen, see London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 26 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: new Grand Ballet called% The Peasants- Muilment

240
16 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Quin. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden, in Imitation of Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toyshop. [Tickets at Quin's Lodgings, The Sun, in Bedford-street, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: An Evening's Love; or, The Mock Astrologer Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): John Eccles

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: III: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Mrs Thompson; V: Muilment, Mrs Walter

241
17 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Rosco, A. Ryan, Mrs Bellamy. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Salway; Lady Loverule-Mrs Kilby; Jobson-Rosco; Nell-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: JJe ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

242
16 October 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

243
26 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: I: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann; II: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Burgomaster and Frow-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

244
08 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: III: a new Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

245
13 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Dance: Dances, as17381209, but _Lalauze

246
02 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. 1738. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: III: Mlle Roland; V: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

247
03 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Related Works
Related Work: Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: In III: Celia that I once was Blest by the late Mr Henry Purcell, and-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard Author(s): John Cartwright Cross

Dance: In IV: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

248
05 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Related Works
Related Work: Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: In III: As17390103

Ballet: In V: Double Jealousy. As17381108

249
06 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Related Works
Related Work: Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: In III: Grand Dance-Mlle Roland; V: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Song: In IV: Caelia that I once was blest-Beard

250
29 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. 1738. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Related Works
Related Work: Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: V: The last new dance-Muilment