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5686 results for: Keyword - Mr Racket
We found 4226 matches on Event Comments, 1208 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

101
03 April 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Entertainment: II: King, as Mr Prattle, will (for this night only) open a Packet of News-King; End: King, by Desire" will repeat a Comic Paraphrase on the Seven Ages of Shakespear-King

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Baker; End Comic Paraphrase: The Irish Lilt, as17630922

102
27 September 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Vintner Tricked

Entertainment: IV: Tragical Imitations-Miss Rose (By Particular Desire); End of Play: Imitations of Mr and Mrs Cadwallader-Mas. Frank, Miss Rose; Between the Acts of the Farce: The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at ye all-Death

103
15 February 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: First Violin-Mr Barthelemon; Concerto on Organ-Stanley; Solo on Violincello-Duport

104
04 November 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End: A New Comic Dance, call'd The Jovial Gardners-Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir, Mr Drouville[, being his 1st appearance. [See17630312.

105
19 September 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End: A Comic Dance, The Italian Gardeners-Mr and Miss West (Late pupils of Sg Grimaldi) [their first appearance on this stage. [See dl 9 Dec. 1760.

106
03 March 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: End Part I: Organ Concerto-Stanley; Part II: Violin Concerto-Barthelemon; After the Second Song in Part III: a Concerto on the Hautboy-Mr ThomasVincent (who has not performed in Public for several years)

107
26 June 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Aickin, Fearon, Vandermere, Weston, Davis, Didier, Castle, Woodward, Mrs Fearon, first appearance; Mrs Collett, Mrs White, Mrs Jewell. Prologue and Epilogue. Flint-Foote; Billy Button-Weston; Sir Christopher Cripple-Woodward; Major Racket-J. Aikin; Jersey-Didier; Peter Poultice-Fearon; Jack-Vandermere; Philip-Davis; Sourgrouts-Castle; Lady Catherine-Mrs Fearon; Miss Linnet-Mrs Jewell; Mrs Linnet-Mrs Collet; Maid-Mrs White; Prologue-Foote; Epilogue-Mrs Jewell (Genest, V, 312).
Cast
Role: Major Racket Actor: J. Aikin

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: Double Hornpipe-Master West, Miss West

108
07 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

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

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: Sir Charles Racket Actor: West
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs West

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

109
30 April 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Performance Comment: As17730423 but Racket-Wrighten; Widow Damply-Mrs W. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Racket Actor: Wrighten

Dance: End: Comic Dance, as17730325

110
02 February 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Performance Comment: Daffodil-Dodd; Dizzy-Waldron; Spinner-Everard; Tukely-Davies; Lord Racket-Wrighten; Sir William Wright; Sir Tan Tivy-Wheeler; Rustle-Burton; Harry-Jacobs; Waiters-Ackman, W. Palmer; Mrs Dotteral-Mrs Davies; Widow Damply-Mrs Johnston; Lady Pewit-Mrs Bradshaw; Sophia-Mrs Greville, first time; Arabella-Miss Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Lord Racket Actor: Wrighten

111
13 April 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Performance Comment: As17570329 but Racket-Cushing.
Cast
Role: Racket Actor: Cushing.

Dance: FFingalian Revels, as17570329

112
26 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Duplicity [announced on playbill of 25 Oct.] is again obliged to be postponed on account of Henderson's Illness. [Afterpiece in place of Comus, announced on playbill of 25 Oct. In mainpicce the playbill retains Mrs Mattocks as Mrs Racket and Miss Younge as Letitia, but "Miss Younge having yesterday lost a near Relation could not play her part in the Belle's Stratagem, in consequence of which an apology was made for her Absence ... To remedy the inconvenience Mrs Mattocks last night played the character of Miss Hardy, and Mrs Whitfield that of Widow Racket" (Morning Chronicle, 27 Oct.).] Receipts: #100 6s. (97/1/6; 3/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17810919, but Mrs Racket-Mrs Whitfield; Letitia-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Mrs Racket Actor: Mrs Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: As17811024

113
09 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This New Ballad Farce of the Cobler is wrote & Compos'd by Mr Dibdin-Some of the Music is very pretty-It was greatly hiss'd & with much Difficulty got thro' it (Hopkins Diary). Paid Mr Slingsby's draft on the managers #30; Cropley (linen draper) #32 6s.; Mr Chettell (timber merchant) #259 12s.; Mr Racket (taylor) #21 9s.; Mr Hopkins, prompter's Bill, #18 14s. (Treasurer's Book). [Afterpiece damned in a paragraph in the Westminster Magazine, Dec.] Receipts: #165 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler; or, a Wife of Ten Thousand

114
27 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This Tragedy written by Mr Hume was receiv'd with very great Applause Indeed Mrs Barry Seem'd inspir'd She never Appeard to moor Advantage uncommon Applause (Hopkins Diary). New Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Paid 4 Day's salary list #348 5s.; Tallow chandler's 6th bill #44 14s. Mr Reddish's draft #10 10s.; Mr Racket for Women's cloaths #12; Mr Dibdin Draft #70 (Treasurer's Book). [Westminster Magazine for March gives a long, and unfavorable review of the new tragedy, concluding Home's genius lies not in the tragic way.] Receipts: #237 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

115
16 November 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown

116
15 February 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calisto; Or, The Chaste Nimph

Afterpiece Title: Calisto's Additional performers

117
30 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fathers; Or, The Good Natur'd Man

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: As17780919

118
15 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

119
14 November 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

120
November 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

121
December 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Achilles; Or, Iphigenia In Aulis

122
January 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage-hater Matched

123
04 July 1672 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Citizen Turned Gentleman

124
19 January 1683 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques

125
November 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deceiver Deceived