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11306 results for: Keyword - Mr Thomas Otway
We found 5726 matches on Author, 4537 matches on Event Comments, 1721 matches on Performance Comments, 586 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1026
04 February 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: THE MIDNIGHT WANDERERS

1027
21 October 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

1028
26 October 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

1029
29 October 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

1030
13 October 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Dance: Ballet, as17971002, but Mrs _Watts

1031
20 October 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Mill

Afterpiece Title: Englands Glory

Dance: As17971018

1032
10 November 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

1033
26 December 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Quixotte or The Magic Arm

Performance Comment: Principal Pantomime Characters-Bologna Jun., Bologna, Follett, Dyke, Hawtin,Blurton, Abbot, Wilde, Curties, Findlay, Cranfield, Parsloe, Davis, Master Blackmore, Mrs Parker, Mlle St.Amand, Mrs Follett, Mrs Norton, Miss Leserve, Mrs Henley; Principal Vocal Characters-Townsend, Linton,Simmons, Gray, Street, Rees, Smith, Tett, Oddwell, Thomas, Everett, Little, J. Linton, Mrs Clendining, Miss Sims, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Miss Walcup, Mrs Masters, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bologna; Cast from Songs (T. N. Longman, 1797): Harlequin-Bologna Jun.; Sancho-Bologna; Scaramouchillo-Follett; Don Quixotte-Dyke; Grandee-Hawtin; Inca-Townsend; Chinese Magician-Linton; Colembine-Mrs Parker; Savoyard Girls-Mlle St.Amand, Mrs Watts; Goddess of Silence-Mrs Follett; Maritornes-Mrs Henley. Commencing with the Representation of the Ruins of a Peruvian Temple, where an injured Inca and his Son had taken refuge from the malice of their Persecutors-the Inca in his retirement, making Magic his study, persuades his Son, from a happy presage, to attempt the re-obtainment of his right, by procuring the hand of his Oppressor's Daughter, who is a Spanish Grandee, and has betrothed her to the Knight Errant of La Mancha Don Quixotte-to prevent their union, he transforms his Son to +Harlequin, the Magic Arm appearing to guard him in the hour of Peril-they take leave, and he commences his career of adventure, by darting through the ruined Columns of the Temple, and re-appears near the Grandee's House in Grenada, where an interview takes place with the object of his choice, who elopes with him, and after experiencing a variety of Adventures in the Spanish Territories, seeking shelter in The Alhambrav, a Moorish Palace of great Antiquity, pursued by Don Quixotte, Sancho, the Grandee and Scaramouchillo, at length arrive in Old England; where after a succession of whimsical transitions, warned from the Grotto of the Goddess Pleasure by the Magic Arm-they take shelter in one of the +East India Company's Warehouses, which on their being closely pursued, is transform'd into a Picturesque Chinese Apartment. In this country he is deprived, by an adverse Magician, of his Columbine; and in despair is on the point of destroying himself by Fire, when the Magic Arm appears in the flames to prevent him; the object of his choice is restored by the old Inca, his Father; and their Union and the Restoration of his Right, preceded by their Visit to the Great Wall of China, which separates that Empire from Tartary, after which is seen a Chinese and European Procession; concluding with a Representation of the reception of a British Embassy to China, with the Exchange of Presents in the Grand Hall of Audience. and in despair is on the point of destroying himself by Fire, when the Magic Arm appears in the flames to prevent him; the object of his choice is restored by the old Inca, his Father; and their Union and the Restoration of his Right, preceded by their Visit to the Great Wall of China, which separates that Empire from Tartary, after which is seen a Chinese and European Procession; concluding with a Representation of the reception of a British Embassy to China, with the Exchange of Presents in the Grand Hall of Audience.
Cast
Role: Principal Vocal Characters Actor: Townsend, Linton,Simmons, Gray, Street, Rees, Smith, Tett, Oddwell, Thomas, Everett, Little, J. Linton, Mrs Clendining, Miss Sims, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Miss Walcup, Mrs Masters, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bologna

1034
29 May 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Reformed in Time

Related Works
Related Work: Reformed in Time Author(s): Thomas Attwood

1035
01 October 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Related Works
Related Work: The Follies of a Day Author(s): Thomas Holcroft
Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

1036
09 October 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Pillar

Dance: As17991007

Song: In afterpiece: As17991007

1037
26 November 1735 @ Swan Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: A Solo and several Pieces on the French Horn by Mr Charles. And several Songs and Duets by the two Miss Youngs. The German Flute by Mr Pelicour [Balicourt in Daily Advertiser], lately arrived from abroad; Being the first Time of his Performing in England

1038
29 November 1686 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: London Gazette, 25-29 Nov. 1686: Whereas Mr Thomas Otway some time before his death made Four Acts of a Play, whoever can give Notice in whose Hands the Copy lies, either to Mr Thomas Betterton, or Mr William Smith, at the Theatre Royal, shall be well Rewarded for his pains

Performances

1039
27 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Related Works
Related Work: Matilda Author(s): Thomas Francklin

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

1040
31 May 1677 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@143, p. 162: At the Fond Husband. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 349. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 36): [This comedy and Otway's The Soldier's Fortune] took extraordinary well, and being perfectly Acted; got the Company great Reputation and Profit. One song, Under the branches of a spreading tree, set by William? Turner, is in Choice Ayres and Songs, The Second Book, 1679. For Nokes and Leigh in this play, see Cibber, Apology, ed. Lowe, I, 149. According to The Guardian, 15 June 1713, Charles II attended three of the first five nights of this play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband Or The Plotting Sisters

Related Works
Related Work: A Fond Husband; or, The Plotting Sisters Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

1041
23 February 1758 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess

Related Works
Related Work: The Prophetess; or, The History of Dioclesian Author(s): Thomas Betterton

1042
March 1678 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Trick For Trick Or The Debauchd Hypocrite

Performance Comment: Edition of 1678: Prologue-Mr Haines in a Red Coat like a Common Souldier; Sir Wilding Frollick-Mohun; Monsieur Thomas-Hart; Valentine-Griffin; Franck-Clark; Hylas-Goodman; Sir Peregreen-Powell; Launce-Haynes; Physicians-Watson, Coysh, Perin; Cellida-Mrs Boutell; Sabina-Mrs Corbett; Lucilla-Mrs Merchant; A Whore-Mrs Farlee; Mrs Dorothy-Mrs Knepp; Epilogue-Mr Mohun.
Cast
Role: Monsieur Thomas Actor: Hart
Related Works
Related Work: Trick for Trick; or, The Debauch'd Hypocrite Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

1043
June 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaigners Or The Pleasant Adventures At Brussels

Performance Comment: Edition of 1698: Prince Landevile-Evans; Don Leon-Sympson; The Sieur Bondevelt-Johnson; Col. Darange-Mills; Kinglove-Thomas; Min Heer Tomas-Penkethman; Marqui Bertran-Cibber; Van Scopen-Fairbank; Mascarillo-Bullock; Angellica-Mrs Knight; Madam la Marquise-Mrs Verbruggen; Anniky-Mrs Powel; Gusset-Mrs Kent; Fardell-Mrs Lynsey; Prologue-Mr Pinkethman in a Cloak, with a Poetical Wreath on; Epilogue-Mr Cibber (Acting the Fr. Marquis).
Cast
Role: Kinglove Actor: Thomas
Related Works
Related Work: The Campaigners; or, The Pleasant Adventures at Brussels Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

1044
07 June 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Richmond Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Richmond Heiress; or, A Woman Once in the Right Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Song: Variety of Songs-

1045
June 1690 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess Or The History Of Dioclesian

Related Works
Related Work: The Prophetess; or, The History of Dioclesian Author(s): Thomas Betterton

1046
19 November 1674 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mock tempest Or The Enchanted Castle

Related Works
Related Work: The Mock-Tempest; or, The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Thomas Duffett
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

1047
April 1688 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fools Preferment Or The Three Dukes Of Dunstable

Related Works
Related Work: A Fool's Preferment; or, The Three Dukes of Dunstable Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

1048
01 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Related Works
Related Work: Matilda Author(s): Thomas Francklin

Afterpiece Title: The Blackamoor Washd White

1049
11 January 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd Or Patie And Roger

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd; or, Patie and Roger Author(s): Thomas Linley Sr.

Afterpiece Title: The Students or The Humours of St

Dance: End I afterpiece: Hornpipe-

Music: Between the Acts: proper Scotch Music-; a new Scotch overture-

1050
18 March 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd Or Patie And Roger

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd; or, Patie and Roger Author(s): Thomas Linley Sr.

Afterpiece Title: The Exciseman Trickd

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel, and Hornpipe by Master Holland, pupil to Holloway

Song: Hooly and Fairly, in character, by M'Donald; End of Act II The Huntsman's Sweet Halloo by Miss Hemet