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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.

151
April 1694 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Beau; Or, The Curious Impertinent

Cast
Role: The Epilogue Actor: Mr Dogget who Acts Thorneback. A copy of the 1694 quarto in the Folger Shakespeare Library has a manuscript cast which appears to be the original one
Role: Mrs Loveley Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Cecilia Actor: Mrs Bowman
Role: Camilla Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Lionell Actor: Mrs Verbruggen
Role: Prologue Actor: Mr Powell?.

152
30 April 1695 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: A Prologue for the opening of the New Play Actor: House-Mrs Bracegirdle in Man's Cloaths
Role: House Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle in Man's Cloaths
Role: Prologue Spoken at the opening of the New House Actor: Mr Betterton
Role: Epilogue Spoken at the opening of the New House Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Bowman
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Ayliff
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Leigh
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Lawson.

153
January 1696 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Cast
Role: Prologue By a Friend Actor: Mr Verbruggen
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Verbruggen
Role: Hillaria Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Flareit Actor: Mrs Kent
Role: Woman to Amanda Actor: Mrs Lucas.

154
20 February 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: Mr Betterton
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Almeria Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Boman.

155
June 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Novelty 0

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: Mr Bowen.

Afterpiece Title: The Novelty 1; Thyrsis, A Pastoral

Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Lassells
Role: Cleomira Actor: Mrs Boman.

Afterpiece Title: The Novelty 2; All Without Money

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Prince
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Bud
Role: Dorothy Actor: Mrs Lawson

Afterpiece Title: The Novelty 3; Hercules [By Peter Motteux

Cast
Role: Omphale Actor: Mrs Boman
Role: Dejanira Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Nesica Actor: Mrs Perrin.

Afterpiece Title: The Novelty 4; The Unfortunate Couple

Cast
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Lysette Actor: Mrs Lawson
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Boman.

Afterpiece Title: The Novelty 5; Natural Magick

Cast
Role: Columbina Actor: Mrs Lawson
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Prince.

156
28 November 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mr Wilks
Role: Lurewell Actor: Mrs Verbruggen
Role: Lady Darling Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Parly Actor: Mrs Moor.

157
04 May 1722 @ Clafton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

158
09 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Laetitia Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Cantrell
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Music: Instead of Act Tunes will be perform'd Select Pieces of Musick adapted to various Instruments, Being deisgn'd as a Concert Intermix'd with the Play. For theOverture: a Grand Concerto- by Dr Pepusch, in which the Kettle Drums are principal,; accompanied with Trumpets Hautboys Violin-; The Kettle Drums-Mr Benj. Baker; V: That celebrated Piece, The Water Musick-; by Mr Handel, for Trumpets, French Horns, Kettle-Drums, Hautboys. Concluding with a Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Benj. Baker

Cast
Role: The Kettle Drums Actor: Mr Benj. Baker

Dance: II: Tambourin-Miss Rogers; In III: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; III: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; IV: Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Pelling; V: Comic Dance in the Footing Manner-Jones, Mrs Ogden, with some Additions to it, never performed before

Song: I: Mrs Wright

159
28 May 1735 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Cast
Role: Lady Trueman Actor: Mrs Miller
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Clarke. With a Prologue, Written and Spoken by Mr Perkins, principally addressed to the Antient and Honourable Society of Free-Masons

Song: The Apprentices, Wardens, and Masters Songs, to be sung by a worthy Brother

160
28 September 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur; Or, Merlin The British Enchanter

Cast
Role: Emmeline Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Philidel Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Role: In which will be performed the Original Musick Actor: Corf, Hussy, Kelly, Touchbury, Nicholls, Kellnar, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Carter, Mrs Jones, Miss Gerrard
Role: With a New Prologue to the Town Actor: Mr Giffard.

161
01 April 1737 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal part-Mrs Arne; late Miss Cecilia Young. With select Songs and Pieces of Musick; compos'd by Mr Arne, particularly, a New Ov e rture-; a new Concerto for Hautboys-; the March in Zara-; with a Comic Medley Overture-; two new Songs in English-; (by particular Desire) a Ballad Air call'd, Come and Listen to my Ditty-Mr Arne on the Violin, with many Variations; Also variety of Pieces by other Authors-; particularly the first and eighth Concertosof Corelli-; two Italian Songs-

Cast
Role: Come and Listen to my Ditty Actor: Mr Arne on the Violin, with many Variations

162
25 February 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosamond

163
16 March 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Miser Actor: Yates, to be attempted after the manner of the late Mr Griffin
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Mrs Wisely Actor: Mr Giffard.

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: Miss Medina, Mrs Jones

Dance: HHornpipe-Yates

164
12 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Arne
Role: Pallas Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Edwards.

165
03 November 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Havard
Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: In II a Masquerade Dance Actor: Mathews, Mrs Addison

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: TThe Grand Scotch Dance, as17491031; Venetian Gardeners, as17491031

166
18 April 1752 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory

Cast
Role: a new Prologue Actor: Mr Toe
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mr Toe.
Role: a solo Actor: Hallet, in the character of Cupid instead of the one by Mrs Midnight's daughter
Role: Two new Orations Actor: Mrs Midnight
Role: Solo of Humour on French Horn Actor: Mrs Midnight's Daughter

167
13 December 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Davies.
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Mrs Cloggit Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mrs Amlet Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Flippanta Actor: Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic

Cast
Role: Actors only Actor: Lowe, Champnes, Mrs Vincent, Miss Young, Master Leoni, 1st time. Moroc-Champness
Role: Zaida Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: The dances Actor: Sig Grimaldi, Sig Tioli, Sig Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Baker, Miss Dawson, Miss Lucchi, others. The music composed by Mr Smith

168
21 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Weston, Baddeley, Palmer, Parsons, Moody, Rooker, Miss Collett, W. Palmer, Hurst, Jacobs, Bransby, Fawcett, Wheeler, Ackman, Kear, Keen, Johnston, Wrighten, Griffith, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

169
01 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Cast
Role: Mrs Day Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Egerton.

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Sutton
Role: Others Actor: Messink, Grimaldi, Ackman, Keen, Wright, Burton, Kear, Waldron, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Jacobs, Griffith, Jones, Master Cape, Lings, Watkins, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Lings, Miss Platt, Mrs Millidge, Miss Collett, Mrs S. Smith

170
22 October 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Jefferson
Role: Altea Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Baddeley
Role: Maid Actor: Mr Waldron
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Love

171
15 March 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Jefferson
Role: Foible Actor: Mr Davies
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: a Cantata Actor: Mrs Scott.

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Cast
Role: Miss Hoyden Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: V: The Mountaineers, as17730930

172
18 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Lady Bab Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Shepherds and Shepherdesses Actor: Lamash, Burton, Wright, Messink, Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Vocal parts Actor: Vernon, Davies, Legg, Kear, Fawcett, Carpenter, Master Blanchard, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Scott, Mrs Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Mrs Stocks Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Davies.

173
24 May 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Cast
Role: Perdita Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Paulina Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Miniature Picture

Cast
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Eliza Camply Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Abington.

Dance: II: New Dance, as17791126; End II afterpiece: The Coopers, as17800224

174
15 July 1785 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Comical Discovery

Cast
Role: Duenna Actor: Mrs Monk
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Wellman

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Benson
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Monk

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton; or, Harlequin Gladiator

Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Wellman
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Wellman

Song: End of Act II of 1st piece The Pidgeon by Miss Cranford; End of 1st piece Four and Twenty Fidlers all on a Row by Wellman

Monologue: 1785 07 15 End of 2nd song Bucks have at ye all by Benson

175
29 September 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Lady Dainty Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Wishwell Actor: Mrs Brown
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Lewis
Role: Lady Sadlife Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Johnstone, Quick, Edwin, Davies, Booth, Cubitt, Brown, Gardner, Mrs Webb, Miss Rowson, Mrs Martyr.