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5952 results for: Keyword - Mr Solomon Eccles
We found 4247 matches on Event Comments, 1356 matches on Performance Comments, 568 matches on Performance Title, 142 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1151
30 May 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: Steady-Bannister; Solomon-Suett; Easy-Burton; Lubin-Dignum; Countrymen-Webb, Evans; Gillian-Miss Leak; Cicely-Mrs Bramwell; Floretta-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Solomon Actor: Suett

Entertainment: MonologueEnd I afterpiece: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Palmer

1152
12 July 1796 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: Steady-Bannister; Lubin-Trueman; Countrymen-Abbot, Lyons, Chippendale; Solomon-Suett; Floretta-Mrs Bland; Cicely-Mrs Booth; Gillian-Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: Solomon Actor: Suett

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

1153
19 April 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: Characters by King, Wroughton, Bannister Jun., R. Palmer, Suett, Russell, Packer, Webb, Evans, Mrs Jordan, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Booth, Miss Mellon. Cast from text (G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797): Sir Solomon Cynic-King; Mandeville-Wroughton; Howard-Bannister Jun.; Veritas-R. Palmer; Realize-Suett; Robert-Russell; Old Copsley-Packer; Servants-Webb, Evans; Albina Mandeville-Mrs Jordan; Deborah-Miss Tidswell; Mrs Rigid-Mrs Booth; Cicely Copsley-Miss Mellon; Prologue-R. Palmer; Epilogue-Mrs Jordan. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 9 performances only (see17970502).]These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 9 performances only (see17970502).]
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Purse

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

1154
24 April 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: As17970419, but Sir Solomon Cynic-Dowton in place of King.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: Dowton in place of King.

Afterpiece Title: Katharine and Petruchio

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

1155
15 May 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Festival

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew; or, Love's Masquerade

Performance Comment: Characters by Suett, Bannister Jun., R. Palmer, Wewitzer, Russell, Hollingsworth, Wathen, Webb, Evans, Phillimore, Miss Pope, Miss DeCamp, Miss Heard, Miss Tidswell, Miss Stuart. Cast from text (George Cawthorn, 1797): Sir Solomon Swallow-Suett; Major Atall-Bannister Jun.; Captain Marall-R. Palmer; Cook-Hollingsworth; Toby-Wathen; Servants-Webb, Evans; Porter-Phillimore; Lady Swallow-Miss Pope; Camilia-Miss DeCamp; Lydia-Miss Heard; Susan-Miss Tidswell; unassigned-Wewitzer, Russell, Miss Stuart; Prologue-R. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Swallow Actor: Suett

Dance: As17970513

1156
21 September 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: Sir Solomon Cynic-King; Mandeville-Wroughton; Howard-Bannister Jun.; Veritas-R. Palmer; Realize-Suett; Robert-Russell; Copsley-Maddocks; Albina Mandeville-Mrs Jordan; Mrs Rigid-Mrs Walcot (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh; 1st appearance on this stage); Cicely Copsley-Miss Mellon; Deborah-Mrs Maddocks.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8

1157
19 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew; or, Love's Masquerade

Performance Comment: Sir Solomon Swallow-Suett; Atall-Bannister Jun.; Marall-Caulfield; Cook-Hollingsworth; Toby-Wathen; Lady Swallow-Miss Pope; Camilla-Miss DeCamp; Lydia-Miss Heard; Susan-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Swallow Actor: Suett

Entertainment: Entertainment.End afterpiece: As17971016

1158
20 December 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: Steady-Bannister; Solomon-Hollingsworth; Easy-Maddocks; Lubin-Dignum; Countrymen-Webb, Evans; Gillian-Miss Leak; Cicely-Mrs Maddocks; Floretta-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Solomon Actor: Hollingsworth

1159
20 January 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: As17970921, but Sir Solomon Cynic-Dowton; Robert-_; Copsley-_.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: Dowton

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

1160
12 February 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: As17971220, but Solomon-Suett.
Cast
Role: Solomon Actor: Suett.

1161
14 February 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: As17970921, but Sir Solomon Cynic-Dowton.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: Dowton.

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

1162
01 May 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: They've Bit The Old One; Or, The Scheming Butler

Performance Comment: Bencoolen-Munden; Solomon (the Scheming Butler)-Farley; Lieutenant Grenade-Townsend; Servant-Simmons; Sylvia-Mrs Martyr; Aunt-Mrs Davenport.
Cast
Role: Solomon Actor: Farley

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: May-Day; or, The Little Gipsey

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: an Epilogue Address portraying the Characteristic Jealousies of the Spaniard, the Italian, the Dutchman, the Frenchman, & the Englishman,-Mrs Mattocks

1163
20 February 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Grand Selection 0 Of Music, From The Works Of handel

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Performance Comment: Overture and March (Scipio)-; The smiling dawn-Mrs Atkins (Jephtha); Then round about the starry-Chorus (Samson); The Lord is a man of war-Bartleman, Sale (Israel in Egypt); Softly rise-Incledon; bassoon obligato-Parkinson; Ye southern breezes-Chorus (Boyce's Solomon); What tho' I trace-Mme Mara (Handel's Solomon); Gird on thy sword-Chorus (Saul).

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: Select parts of the Water Music-; Shake the dome-Chorus (Solomon); Thou shalt bring them in-Miss Waters; Wave from wave-Bartleman (Israel in Egypt); Happy Iphis-Miss Capper; Deeper and deeper-Incledon; Waft her angels (Jephtha)-; The soldier tired-Mme Mara (Arne's Artaxerxes); Gloria Patri-Chorus (Jubilate).

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Music: As17990213

1164
02 December 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: Sir Solomon Cynic-Dowton; Mandeville (1st time)-Powell; Howard-Bannister Jun.; Veritas-Palmer; Realize-Suett; Robert-Surmont; Copsley-Maddocks; Albina Mandeville (1st time)-Miss DeCamp; Mrs Rigid-Mrs Walcot; Cicely Copsley-Miss B. Menage; Deborah-Mrs Maddocks.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: Dowton

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost; or, Little Fanny's Love. Jamie-Gheri (1st appearance); Glaude-Grimaldi; Saundy-Master Chatterley; Donald-Whitmell; Elpsa-Mrs Brooker; Fanny (with a Hornpipe)-Sga Bossi DelCaro

1165
08 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Performance Comment: As17991202, but Sir Solomon Cynic-King; Albina Mandeville-Miss Mellon (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Cynic Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17991217

1166
January 1694 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The United Company. The date of the first performance is not precisely known, but it seems likely to have been in mid-January. See the discussion under 10 Jan. 1693@4 and Evelyn's remarks on 11 Jan. 1693@4. Part of the music for the play was composed by John Eccles: Young I am and yet unskill'd, sung by a girl, in Gentleman's Journal, January@February 1693@4, and Thesaurus Musicus, 1694: What state of life can be so blest, -Mrs Hudson, in Thesaurus Musicus, 1694. One song was set by Henry Purcell, How happy's the husband, the words by Congreve and sung by Mrs Ayliff, in Thesaurus Musicus, 1694: see also Purcell's Works, Purcell Society, XX (1916), xiii-xiv

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Triumphant; Or, Nature Will Prevail

1167
April 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Betterton's Company. The date of the first performance is not certain, but the fact that the play was advertised in the London Gazette, 6-11 May 1696, suggests that it was first acted not later than April 1696. A song, Come, Hodge, come, Robin, set by John Eccles and sung by Wiltshire and Mrs Hudson, was printed in Deliciae Musicae, The Second Book of the Second Volume, 1696. Dedication, Edition of 1696: Which I wrote three Years ago....nor the Displeasure of the Judicious, who I hope will not condemn this Play from the appearance it had upon the Stage, where it suffer'd in the Acting....Tho. Dogget. A Comparison Between the Two Stages (1702), pp. 16-17: Ramble: Oh that's Dogget's: The Players have all got the itching Leprosie of Scribling as Ben. Johnson calls it; twill in time descend to the Scene-keepers and Candle-snuffers: Come, what came on't? Sullen: Not then directly Damn'd, because he had a part in't himself, but it's now dead and buried

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country-wake

1168
April 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Betterton's Company. The date of the first performance is not known, but the fact that the play was advertised in the Post Man, 4-6 June 1696, suggests that it was acted not later than May 1696, possibly that it was given in late April. In III is a song, Unguarded lies the wishing maid, set by John Eccles and sung by Leveridge. In IV is a song, The secrets of peace, set by Finger and sung by Mrs Hudson. A Comparison Between the Two Stages (1702), p. 20: This is Mrs Manley's; it made a shift to live a half a dozen Days, and then expir'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Mischief

1169
11 March 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bracegirdle. The music of The Judgment of Paris set by Eccles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Dance: Comical dances-deBarques, Mrs Elford

1170
15 April 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hodgson and Mrs Bignall. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: Music set by Eccles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Song: The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Dance: Dance of Eight-; French Peasant-Firbank, Mrs Bignall

1171
15 May 1713 @ Stationer's Hall

Event Comment: Benefit Eccles, Musician to his Grace. For the Entertainment of His Excellency, the Duke d'Aumont, Ambassador extraordinary from France. Tickets 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; With several new Foreign Pieces- chose out from the greatest Authors; Also a Sonata on the Violin-; a single Piece on the Bass Viol-

1172
01 May 1749 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Vaughan and Evans [Box-Keepers). [Handel's Oratorios Solomon and Susanna published and the favorite songs in the Comic opera Li Tre Cicisbei Ridicoli.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

1173
03 March 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: BBrooks dead and remov'd from Salary list. Smith in his place. Paid Solomon Samuel for a suit of crimson velet and a blue damask'd waistcoat silver lac'd #4 4s. Salary list 4 days #203 7s. Norton 6 Chorus #1 10s. Mrs Hobson a bill 16s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #180 (Cross); #173 7s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

1174
09 March 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bellamy. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets delivered for The Humorous Lieutenant will be taken. Receipts: #113 5s. Charges #63. Income from Tickets #152 5s. (boxes 339; pit 364; gallery 129). Profit to Mrs Bellamy #202 10s. [Her daily salary was #2 2s.; on this night she cleared more than 4 months' wages at 24 acting days per month.] Two New Renters came in: Solomon Paul Juliot and Francis Wilson at 1 share each. Rec'd of Benj. Read for 6 Box tickets for the 2nd inst. #1 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Related Works
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): John Eccles

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Dance: As17571217

Ballet: TThe Judgment of Paris. As17571217

1175
30 March 1781 @ Crown Inn, Lower Street (now Essex Road), Islington

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: The Parts of Lubin, Steady, Solomon, Gillian-The Performers from the Theatres who exhibit in the Play.