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7981 results for: Keyword - Mr Powell's House
We found 5723 matches on Event Comments, 2063 matches on Performance Comments, 745 matches on Performance Title, 30 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

351
21 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody. Public Advertiser, 16 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Moody at the New Inn Coffee-house, Wych-street. Receipts: #173 6s. 6d. [98.17.0; 12.18.6; 0.8.0; tickets: 61.3.0) [charge: #66 16s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: Belphegor

Dance: As17780409

352
28 December 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain, Mainpiece: Altered from the Original [Woman is a Riddle, by Christopher Bullock. Not in Larpent MS; not published]. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT I, author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]. 3rd piece: Written by Henry Fielding, Esq. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets delivered by Davis, Wright, Mrs Lefevre will be admitted. Constant fires will be kept on the stage, Pit, Boxes and Galleries to air the house

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Macaroni Adventurer Or Womans A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: Fashionable Love or The Happy British Tar

Afterpiece Title: The Covent Garden Tragedy

Dance: Entertainments ofDancing-

Entertainment: Monologue.End III: Imitations [Vocal and Rhetorical, never attempted, a Trumpet-a Choice Spirit [who will (to his vocal performances) accompany himself with the Symphonies (his 1st appearance on the stage [unidentified])

353
18 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Morning Chronicle, 15 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis at his house, Broad-Court. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years [not acted since 2 May 1758]. 2nd piece [1st time in London; INT I: ascribed to John Philip Kemble, 1st acted at York, 27 Mar. 1779]. Receipts: #230 5s. (192.9; tickets: 37.16) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady Cured

Afterpiece Title: The School For Scandal Scandalizd

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

354
03 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wroughton.Morning Chronicle, 20 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Wroughton at his house, Broad-Court. Receipts: #155 1s. (127.16; tickets:27.5) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Womans A Riddle Or The Way To Win A Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: As17800401

355
07 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lee Lewes. Morning Chronicle, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Lee Lewes at his house, Bow-street, Covent-garden. Afterpiece: With the Tub Scene from Mother Shipton. Receipts: #255 0s. 6d. (115.2.6; tickets: 139.18.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

356
28 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Peile. Public Advertiser, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Peile at his house, North-street, Westminster. Receipts: #190 4s. 6d. (95.11.6; tickets: 94.13.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Volunteers

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

357
31 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Ryder. Public Advertiser, 20 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Ryder at his house, No. 5, Bow-street, Covent-garden. 1st piece: The Overture, Airs, &c. by Dr Arnold. The selected by Handel, Vento, Giordani, Giardini, Bertoni, Dr Arne, Carolan the Irish Bard. 2nd piece: 1st time Here. Translated from the French of La Bonne Mere, by Horatio Edgar? Robson, and at this Time reading with great success and general applause by LeTexier in Lisle-Street [and 1st acted at the hay, 22 Aug. 1788]. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2, by Thomas Ryder, altered from The Man of Parts, by Isaac Jackman; not published]. Receipts: #271 0s. 6d. (191.15.6; 5.7.0; tickets: 73.18.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Look before You Leap

Afterpiece Title: Such Things Have Been

Song: End 3rd piece: Paddy's Ramble from Dublin to Londonwritten and to be sung-Ryder

Entertainment: Monologue. In course of Entertainments: Bucks have at Ye All-Ryder

358
16 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Ryder. Gazetteer, 8 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Ryder at his house, No. 5, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #242 19s. (118.8; 13.8; tickets: 111.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady; or, The Sailor in Distress-

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: fable, The Old Man Son and Ass-Ryder; End afterpiece: Bucks have at ye All-Ryder

359
18 March 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. 2nd piece: Written by Edward Jerningham, Esq., with Alterations and Additions (interspersed with Music, after the manner of Rousseau's Pygmalion). The Music composed by Hook. The subject of the above Performance is taken from a remarkable incident in the Life of Margaret . Morning Herald, 2 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Pope at her house, No. 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #368 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: Margaret of Anjou

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Song: In 3rd piece: a Planxty descriptive of Ireland,-Johnstone

360
10 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sedgwick. Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Samuel Birch. Larpent MS 983; not published; synopsis of plot in Universal Magazine, May 1793 p. 389]: The Music principally composed by Attwood, with selections from Mozart, Ferrari, Martin y Soler?, Linley? Sen.. And a new Overture by Shaw. Morning Herald, 25 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Sedgwick at his house, Kennington-Green. Receipts: #379 14s. 6d. (70.18.0; 52.12.0; 3.1.6; tickets: 253.3.0) (charge: #162 5s. 1d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Song: As17921030

361
21 December 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Merry Sherwood or Harlequin Forester

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Characters-Incledon, Johnstone, Munden, Fawcett, Bowden, Knight, Townsend, Richardson, Haymes, Gray, Street, Linton, Spofforth, Tett, Mrs Serres, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Clendining, Mrs Martyr; Principal Pantomimic Characters: Robin Hood-Follett; Arthur of Bradley-Farley; Little John-Simmons; Will Scarlet-Cranfield; Will Stukely-Williamson; Locksley-Gray; Midge the Miller-Street; Clerk-Rees; Parson of Barnsdale-Platt; Sheriff of Nottingham-Thompson; Prince of Arragon-Holland; Two Giants-; Price, Stevens; Harlequin-Simpson; Maid Marian-Mlle St.Amand; Part I. Scene I. A View in Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood's Well; Principal Archer (with In Merry Sherwood)-Bowden; Dialogue Ballad-Robin Hood, the Tanner; The Witch of Sherwood-Mrs Martyr; Scene II. A View of the Suburbs of Nottingham; The Bellman's Chaunt-Fawcett; Scene III. A Hall in the Sheriff's House; Scene IV. A View of the Town Hall of Nottingham; Scene V. A Country Alehouse; Tinker's Song-Knight; Scene VI. The Pinfold of Wakefield Town; Scene VII. Robin Hood's Bower; Scene VIII. View in Plumpton Park; Song by Allen o'Dale-Incledon; Scene IX. Pollard Wood; Song by the Damsel-Mrs Clendining; Scene X. Song by the Earl's Daughter-Mrs Serres; The Defeat of the Two Giants. The Princess's Marriage with Will Scarlet. A Grand Dance of Warriors-in the Field of Combat. Part II. Scene I. A View of Fountain Dale; Song by Curtal Fryar-Bowden; Scene II. Fountain Abbey Wall; Scene III. A View of Nottingham Castle; Beggar's Ballad-Townsend; Scene IV. Nottingham Market Place; Robin's rescue of Will Stukely from the Sheriff of Nottingham. Song by Irish Pilgrim-Johnstone; Scene V. View in Barnsdale; Song by Allen o'Dale-Incledon; Scene VI. Barnsdale Church Yard; Song by the Old Knight-Munden; Scene VII, VIII and IX. Scarborough Cliffs; A View at Sea; A Plough Field; Scene X. A Forest View in Yorkshire; Song by Martha-Mrs Mountain; Scene XI. Birksley Monastery; Robin Hood's Death. Epitaph and Revival. Song by the Witch-; The Piece to conclude with a Grand Scene, representing the Triumphs of Archery. Order of the Procession: Banner, "Fabulous Archery." Apollo-Hercules-Diana-Orion-and Cupid-Four Satyrs drawing a moving Group of Figures, representing Penelope's Suitors trying to bend Ulysses' Bow. Banner, "Antient Archery," succeeded by Archers of the following nations: Persians-Parthian-Scythian-Ethiopian-Amazonian-Grecian-Thracian-Lycian-Roman. Banner, "Archery introduced into Britain." Pageant, representing the Landing of Julius Caesar-Saxon Archer-Danish Archer-Norman Archer-English Archer-Pageant representing the Battle of Hastings. Banner, "Modern Archery." Grand Meeting of Modern Archers of all nations: Otaheitan-Peruvian-East Indian-Chinese-Arab-Turkish-African-North American-Lapland-Russian-Polish-Flemish-Caledonian, English. To conclude with a Grand Dance of Archers-Byrn; Finale, Chorus-.

362
09 September 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Song:

Dance: Too many to be inserted in the bills

363
25 April 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Song: In Act V of mainpiece a song by Mrs Bland

364
12 December 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alls Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed

365
12 May 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

366
21 May 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Escape

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

367
23 September 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Country Innocence Or The Maid In The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Entertainment: Care will be taken that there be a good Consort of Musick-; and several diverting Entertainments of Singing and Dancing-

368
10 May 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

369
08 May 1792 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Spoild Child

Song: Vocal Parts, as17911109, but _Sedgwick, Mrs _Crouch; Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, as17911125

370
24 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Song: End II: The Lucky Escape-Dignum; End IV: Primroses deck the banks (composed by Linley? Sen.)-Master Welsh; End: Fair Rosale-Master Welsh

371
24 June 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: LODOISKA

372
28 October 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Emilia Galotti

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

373
29 November 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Nobody

374
28 February 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

375
21 March 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edwy And Elgiva

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great