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19998 results for: Keyword - Mr John and Mr Robert Palmer
We found 11827 matches on Author, 6688 matches on Performance Comments, 5566 matches on Event Comments, 983 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2276
26 November 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By John Thurmond.] A new Grotesque Entertainment...in the Character of Harlequin, Mephostophilus, Scaramouch, Pierrot, Punch, and the Spirit of Helen. The whole concluding with a grand Masque of the Heathen Deities, (viz), Apollo, Mars, Bacchus, Mercury, Diana, Ceres, Flora, and Iris. All the Scenes, Machines, Habits, and other Decorations being entirely New. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. N.B. No Money (under the full Price) will be taken during the Time of the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

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

2277
07 January 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #167 18s. Daily Journal, 9 Jun.: The concourse of People to see it [The Necromancer] was so exceeding great, that many hundreds were obliged to go back again, as not being able to gain Admittance; the Entertainment was wonderful satisfactory to the Audience, as exceeding all the Legerdemain that has hitherto been performed on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: Dupre, Mrs Rogeir
Role: Pierot Man and Woman Actor: Nivelon Jr, Mrs Cross
Role: Messetin Man and Woman Actor: Glover, Mrs Wall
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Lanyan, Mrs Bullock
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

2278
15 January 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By John Gay.] True Briton, 22 Jan.: I was a Spectator, the first Night, at...The Captives; when I was Witness to a Ceremony, which I can never judge to be either beneficial to the Author, or contribute much to the Entertainment of the Town. There were large Quantities of Brandy distributed amongst the Footmen in the Boxes, and that in so plentiful a manner, that several of them were carried out of the House dead drunk. This, it seems, is call'd, Christening a Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Captives

Related Works
Related Work: The Imperial Captives Author(s): John Mottley
Related Work: The Captives Author(s): John Gay
Related Work: Don Sebastian Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Don Sebastian, King of Portual Author(s): John Dryden

2279
20 March 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #132 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Pierrot Man and Woman Actor: Pelling, Mrs Bullock.
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

2280
20 January 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #140 11s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

2281
24 January 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #167 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

2282
30 May 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Maine and Naylor, Gallery Doorkeepers. Receipts: money #12 2s.; tickets #93 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Related Works
Related Work: The Island Princess Author(s): John Fletcher

Dance: CChacone-Lally, Mrs Wall; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Young LeSac, Miss LaTour; Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Song: TThe Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

2283
30 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By John Thurmond, Dancing Master.] The Scenes, Machines, Cloaths, &c. entirely New. The Scenes painted by Messieurs Tillemans, Eberlin, Devoto, and Dominic

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Miser or Wagner and Abericock

Performance Comment: Miser (Quaker)-Cibber Jr; Pierrot (Starved Servant)-Roger; Wagner (Faustus' Heir, in Character of Harlequin)-Clark; Abericock (Spirit left him by Faustus)-Miss Robinson Jr; Harlequin's Servant (Clown)-Harper; Miller's Wife and Daughter (Quakers)-Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe; Four Spirits (Quakers) rais'd to entertain Harlequin-Young Rainton, Young Sandham, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter; Spirits rais'd for the Celebration of Harlequin's Marriage: Rural Lass-Miss Robinson; Country Lads-Young Rainton, Young Sandham; Countrymen-Boval, Haughton, Duplessis; Countrywomen-Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Mrs Young; Pomona-Mrs Booth; Statues-Thurmond, Lally, Roger, Essex.
Cast
Role: Miller's Wife and Daughter Actor: Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe
Role: rais'd to entertain Harlequin Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter
Role: Country Lads Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham
Related Works
Related Work: The Miser; or, Wagner and Abericock Author(s): John Thurmond

2284
27 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: As 25 Feb. Afterpiece: [By John Thurmond.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Triumph

Performance Comment: Miser-Cibber Jr; Pierot-Roger; Harlequin-Clark; Clown-Harper; Harlequin's Attendant Spirit-Miss Robinson Jr; Miller's Wife and Daughter-Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe; Rural Lass-Miss Robinson; Country Lads-Young Rainton, Young Sandham; Countrymen-Boval, Haughton, Duplessis; Countrywomen-Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Miss Young; Pomona-Mrs Booth; Statues-Thurmond, Roger, Lally, Essex.
Cast
Role: Miller's Wife and Daughter Actor: Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe
Role: Country Lads Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham

2285
29 January 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By John Gay.] Never Acted before. Receipts: #169 12s. Probable attendance: boxes, 247 paid and 3 orders; stage, 8 paid; balcony, 7 paid; pit, 301 paid and 1 order; slips, 56 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 437 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 191 paid. For the first night, see Schultz, pp. 1-5

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

2286
21 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 9s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 236 paid; stage, 44 paid; balcony, 2 paid; Pit, 290 Paid and 3 orders; slips, 47 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 419 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 189 paid. For a comment on the play by Thomas Edwards, see V. M. Gilbert, Unrecorded Comments on John Gay, Henry Travers, and Others, Notes and Queries, August 1953, pp. 337-38

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

2287
15 October 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Twenty Years. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Afterpiece: [By John Mottley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Metamorphosis Or The Old Lover Outwitted

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: The Craftsman or The Weekly Journalist

Related Works
Related Work: The Craftsman; or, The Weekly Journalist Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: Cleveland, Turner, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Turner

2288
05 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #74 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turnd Fabulist

2289
09 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #58 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turnd Fabulist

2290
14 February 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #172 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

2291
01 October 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Indian King and Chiefs. Receipts: #89 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer or Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun [John Rich]; Good and Evil Spirts-Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Seedo; 1st Fury-Salle; Harlequin Man and Woman-DuPre, Mrs Legar; Pierrot Man and Woman-Salle, Mrs Bullock; Mezzetin Man and Woman-Glover, Miss LaTour; Scaramouch Man and Woman-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Punch-Nivelon; Miller's Wife-Mrs Legar.
Cast
Role: Good and Evil Spirts Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Seedo
Role: Harlequin Man and Woman Actor: DuPre, Mrs Legar
Role: Pierrot Man and Woman Actor: Salle, Mrs Bullock
Role: Mezzetin Man and Woman Actor: Glover, Miss LaTour
Role: Scaramouch Man and Woman Actor: Newhouse, Mrs Ogden
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond

2292
13 January 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By John Tracy.] Receipts: #86 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Periander

Performance Comment: Parts by Quin, Ryan, Walker, Milward, Chapman, Hulett, Mrs Buchanan, Mrs Templer; but edition of 1731 lists: Periander-Quin; Lycophron-Clarke; Procles-Ryan; Aristides-Milward; Zeno-Hulet; Alcander-Chapman; Hypsenor-Walker; Lycon-Ogden; General-Haughton; Melissa-Mrs Buchanan; Clarinda-Mrs Templer; Prologue-Ryan; Epilogue-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Periander Actor: Quin
Role: Alcander Actor: Chapman
Related Works
Related Work: Periander Author(s): John Tracy

2293
25 March 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By John Kelly.] Receipts: #34 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Philosopher

Related Works
Related Work: The Married Philosopher Author(s): John Kelly

2294
13 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Free Masons Ladies. Receipts: #123 19s. 6d Rich's Register: Benefit John Rich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Performance Comment: With a Song and an Epilogue address'd to the Ladies.
Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Carter
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

2295
26 December 1732 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #63 12s. [For Rich's operation of both cg and lif simultaneously, see Hughes and Scouten, John Rich and the Holiday Seasons of 1732-33, pp. 46 -52.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

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

2296
19 May 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Afterpiece: A new Ballad Opera. [By John Breval.] Receipts: money #60 0s. 6d.; tickets #43 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Helen

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Helen Author(s): John Breval

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Mock Minuet, as17330511

2297
25 January 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh and C. Cibber Esq; Poet-Laureat. The Advance Money to be return'd to those who go out before the Overture of the Entertainment begins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Plot

Related Works
Related Work: A Plot and no Plot Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: The Play is the Plot Author(s): John Breval
Related Work: The Strolers Author(s): John Breval
Related Work: The Plot Author(s): John Kelly
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Dance: Poloncse by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

2298
23 May 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson, Sub-Treasurer. Mainpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. [Tickets for Gillibrand, Beaw, Lee, Atwood taken.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Clown by Nivelon

Performance Comment: III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Clown by Nivelon .

Song: I: Mock Italian-English Ballad by Roberts

2299
06 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: LLondon Daily Post and General Advertiser, 7 Feb.: Last Night as one John Sommerford, a Sawyer (who came into the Upper Gallery at [cg] at the latter End of the Play), was pressing forward, in order to get a better Place, he was push'd by a Person, who took disgust at his standing before him, which occasion'd the Sawyer to lose his Footing, and he tumbled over into the Pit (the depth of 30 Feet) between two Rows of the Audience, without receiving any Damage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Hallam

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

2300
05 October 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake Or The Amorous Quarrel

Related Works
Related Work: The Mistake Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: The Coquette; or, The Mistakes of the Heart Author(s): Robert Hitchcock

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Daphne Actor: Mlle Anne Roland
Role: Pan Actor: Roberts
Role: Flora Actor: Mlle Anne Roland.
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond