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5633 results for: Keyword - Mr. Bowcher
We found 4233 matches on Event Comments, 1139 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

5501
01 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Mrs Greville
Role: Mrs Heidleberg Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Davies.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Comedy Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Mrs Greville.

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17760415

5502
06 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Johnston.
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: a Hornpipe Actor: Mrs Sutton

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Mrs King, first time

Dance: End Opera: a Favourite Dance call'd The Gardeners, as17760116

5503
07 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Rosalind Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: I: Rural Merriment, as17751220

Song: IV: At the Request of many Friends, Kate of Aberdeen-DuBellamy

5504
14 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Mrs Overdone Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Francisca Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Cast
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Smith.
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith.
Role: Comedy Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Role: Parts Actor: King, Dodd, Parsons, Brereton, Lamash, Burton, Mrs King, first appearance in that character, Miss Platt, Mrs Abington
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Mrs King, first time
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

5505
24 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Cast
Role: Lady Dinah Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: A Hornpipe-Walker

5506
07 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

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

Cast
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Wilks
Role: Sysigambis Actor: Mrs Ross

Afterpiece Title: Marriage a la Mode [i

Cast
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Ross
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Wilks
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

5507
09 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: New Brooms

Cast
Role: Mrs Dripping Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Furrow Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Miss Quaver Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Cuckoo Song Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Cast
Role: Miss Tittup Actor: Mrs Davies

Dance: End I: The Grand Garland Dance-Giorgi, Sga Crespi, Slingsby

Song: In V: a song-Mrs Scott

5508
05 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Cast
Role: Robinette Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: The Other Characters Actor: Hurst, Burton, Lamash, R. Palmer, Wright, Fawcett, Kear, Master Pulley, Miss Platt, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt, Edition of 1776
Role: in various characters Actor: Hurst, Burton, Wright, Carpenter, Miss Platt, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt, Mrs Johnston, Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Account Actor: Book adds: Chorus Singers-Follett, Chaplin, Reynoldson, Webbe, Mrs J. Smith, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Miss Abrams, Miss Boyd.
Role: Chorus Singers Actor: Follett, Chaplin, Reynoldson, Webbe, Mrs J. Smith, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Miss Abrams, Miss Boyd.

5509
19 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Laetitia Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Cast
Role: Robinette Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Camilla Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: The Other Characters Actor: Hurst, Burton, Lamash, R. Palmer, Wright, Fawcett, Kear, Master Pulley, Miss Platt, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt, Edition of 1776
Role: in various characters Actor: Hurst, Burton, Wright, Carpenter, Miss Platt, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt, Mrs Johnston, Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Account Actor: Book adds: Chorus Singers-Follett, Chaplin, Reynoldson, Webbe, Mrs J. Smith, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Miss Abrams, Miss Boyd.
Role: Chorus Singers Actor: Follett, Chaplin, Reynoldson, Webbe, Mrs J. Smith, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Miss Abrams, Miss Boyd.

Dance: As17761115

5510
23 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Mrs Dripping Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Furrow Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Miss Quaver Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Cast
Role: Tabby Actor: Mrs Wrighten

5511
25 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Melmoth

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Cast
Role: Tabby Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Dance: IV: a Dance of Furies-. [This was included in all subsequent performances.

Song: original Music by Mattew Locke , with full Chorusses and Additional Accompaniments by ThomasLinley Sen.-Bannister, Legg, Kear, Fawcett, Brown, Follett, Chaplin, Carpenter, Mrs Scott, Miss Abrams, Mrs Greville, Mrs Davies, Miss Jarratt, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs J. Smith, Mrs Wrighten; Account-Book adds: Reynoldson, Webbe, Michan, Gaudry, Danby, J. Danby, Short, Miss Boyd

5512
06 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Cast
Role: Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Leoni, Reinhold, Mrs Farrell
Role: Evelina Actor: Mrs Hartley

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

5513
23 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Lady Rusport Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Louisa Dudley Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: House@keeper Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Charlotte Rusport Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Cast
Role: Lesbia Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Baddeley.

Dance: As17761218

5514
02 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Cast
Role: Miss Bridget Pumpkin Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: Dance of Spirits, as17770414; In IV: Grand Dance, as17770425; The Court Minuet, as17770403; Allemande, as17770403

5515
28 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Bradshaw.
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: St Helena; or, The Isle of Love

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Jefferson, Davies, Waldron, Legg, Kear, Follett, Carpenter, Holcroft, Barrett, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Collett, Mrs Smith, A Lady

Dance: End II: a Hornpipe, as17770430

5516
23 June 1777 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Bolingbroke
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Graham.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Cast
Role: Mrs Honeycombe Actor: Mrs Russell
Role: Nurse Actor: Mr Graham

5517
23 July 1777 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Prim Actor: Mrs Russell
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Trotter

5518
17 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs W. Palmer
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Jewell.

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs Burden

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-

Entertainment: ImitationsEnd: New Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Hutton

5519
09 February 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Lefevre
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Massey.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Mrs Massey.

Song: Entertainments of singing-Mrs Mapples;, particularly the favourite song of The Soldier tir'd of war's alarms-Mrs Mapples

5520
25 May 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret

Cast
Role: Violante Actor: Mrs Burden
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Lefevre
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Russell
Role: Inis Actor: Mrs West.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Mrs West
Role: Mrs Trippet Actor: Mrs Heard
Role: Mrs Gadabout Actor: Mrs Lefevre
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Russell

Dance: End: Hornpipe-a Lady [from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden unidentified]

5521
20 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

5522
01 June 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Doll Tearsheet Actor: Mrs Davies.

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Margery Moorpout Actor: Mrs Love

Dance: End IV: As17780919

5523
25 September 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Dutchess of York Actor: Mrs Davenett
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Davies
Role: Mrs Snip Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Sukey Chitterlin Actor: Mrs Davies

5524
14 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Lewis
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Whitfield
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: An Ode by Garrick

Cast
Role: Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Reinhold, Mrs Morton, Mrs Kennedy.

Dance: As17790922

5525
21 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary; Or, The Illumination

Cast
Role: Mrs Skylight Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Juletta Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Alinda Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: The Elders

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Wilson, Whitfield, Thompson, Fearon, Wewitzer, Quick, Mrs Morton, Mrs Wilson
Role: Miss Louisa Balmer Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Wilson

Dance: IV: The Bedlamites-