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22444 results for: Keyword - Mrs Ann Behn
We found 23327 matches on Performance Comments, 4252 matches on Event Comments, 4202 matches on Performance Title, 426 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4576
17 March 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: See17370108, but Young Bevil-Delane; Myrtle-Ryan; Indiana-Mrs Horton; Tom-Chapman; Phillis-Miss Bincks.
Cast
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: In II: The Song written by Sir Richard Steele, and designed by him originally for this Play, will be new set to Musick by Mr Howard Mr Beard; III: A Chancon a Boire, beginning Crowns of Sweet Roses-Leveridge, Laguerre; V: As I saw Fair Clara-Beard, Salway

Dance: IV: Glover's Dance of Sailors-; End Afterpiece: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun

4577
26 March 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Hallam.
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Horton
Related Works
Related Work: Love at a Venture; or, The Rake Reclaim'd Author(s): Susanna Centlivre
Related Work: Loves Contrivance, or, Le Medecin malgre Lui Author(s): Susanna Centlivre

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: I: The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino-Roberts; III: A new English Song-Roberts; IV: Caelia has a Thousand Charms (music by Purcell)-Beard

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

4578
12 April 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Performance Comment: As17361029, but Lady No-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Lady No Actor: Mrs Mullart.
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Templer
Role: Engin Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Jane Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Cook

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: I: Clown-Nivelon; III: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun; V: Grecian Sailor-Glover; End Afterpiece: Hippisley's Drunken Man-

Song: II: Rosy Bowers-Beard; IV: Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway

4579
25 April 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hallam

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Music: Between the Acts: various Instruments-

Song: II: The Lady's Lamentation, as17370414 V: A new Trumpet Song-Beard

Dance: I: Clown-Nivelon; III: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun; IV: A Ball Dance, called The Prince of Wales's Saraband, composed by L'Abbree, concluding with a Minuet-Dupre, Miss Norman; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

4580
26 April 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Plain Dealer-Bridgwater; Jerry-Neale; Plausible-Hippisley; Novel-Chapman; Varnish-Ryan; Freeman-A. Hallam; Petulant-Mullart; Fidelia-Mrs Stevens; Widow Blackacre-Mrs Mullart; Eliza-Miss Bincks; Olivia-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Fidelia Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Olivia Actor: Mrs Horton.

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Arethusa-Miss Hillyard; Rovewell-Salway; Argus-James; Robin-Mullart; Betty-Mrs Forrester; Page-Miss Clarke.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Forrester
Related Works
Related Work: Loves Contrivance, or, Le Medecin malgre Lui Author(s): Susanna Centlivre

Dance: (in Din +Daily Advertiser only) II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; V: Comic Dance-Lalauze, Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun

Music: (in Din +Daily Advertiser only) III: Preamble on Kettle Drums-Job Baker

4581
09 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Teresa Actor: Mrs Cross.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: II: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; IV: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Mrs Villeneuve; V: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Anderson

4582
09 May 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Lady Wroughead Actor: Mrs Kilby.
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Mrs Templer

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: TThe Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino-Beard

Dance: HHornpipe-Ferguson; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun

4583
30 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Grace.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; II: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; III: Minuet-Villeneuve, Mrs Anderson; IV: Punch's Dance, as17370519; V: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve

4584
10 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Cast
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Butler.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: A new Scot's Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter, Vallois, Rector, Mrs Pelling, Miss Brett; IV: The Flanderkins, as17371107

4585
20 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Cast
Role: Lady Woudbe Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Celia Actor: Mrs Butler.

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: II: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; III: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

4586
21 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 Feb.: Since my distant Relation Tomo Chachi was pleas'd, through your Means, to give his Reason for the Town's Condemnation of the Two first licensed Dramatick Performances since the new Act,-I desire to have his Opinion concerning the Fate of the Third-call'd Art and Nature:-I presume he cannot assign for Cause what he did before, for that this Piece did not receive the Indulgence of being heard at all....Adomo Tomo

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Cast
Role: Doll Common Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Dame Pliant Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17380206, but Peggy-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter; III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter

4587
03 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting of several Select Pieces by Mr Handel and other Eminent Masters, and taken from the most favourite Operas-; The Vocal Parts-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; being several Favourite Songs in Italian and English-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; A Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Master Ferg; with two New Minuets-; Chorus out of Atalanta for French@Horns and Trumpets-, the two French-Horns two little Negro-Boys (Scholars to Mr Charles, who never perform'd before); Concluding with the Anthem, God save the King-

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Master Ferg; Shepherd's Mount (a ballet)-

4588
16 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Performance Comment: Antony-Milward; Ventidius-Quin; Dolabella-Mills; Alexas-Cibber; Octavia-Mrs Butler; Cleopatra-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Cibber.
Related Works
Related Work: Love at a Venture; or, The Rake Reclaim'd Author(s): Susanna Centlivre
Related Work: Loves Contrivance, or, Le Medecin malgre Lui Author(s): Susanna Centlivre

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: III: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Mrs Thompson; V: Muilment, Mrs Walter

4589
11 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Mrs Wisely Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Dance: III: Muilment, Mrs Walter; V: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter

4590
29 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Sciolto-Wright; Horatio-Quin; Lothario-Milward; Altamont-Mills; Calista-Mrs Giffard; Lavinia-Mrs Butler; Lucilla-Miss Brett.
Cast
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Butler

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Performance Comment: See17380223, but Sir John-Miller; Kitty-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive.

Music: III: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter; IV: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

4591
02 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Sir Charles-Mills; Foppington-Macklin; Morelove-Wright; Lady Betty-Mrs Giffard; Lady Easy-Mrs Butler; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Roberts; Edging-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Lady Betty Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lady Easy Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Edging Actor: Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: I: A new Serious Dance-Muilment; II: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; III: Pastoral-Muilment; IV: La Pieraite-Livier, Mrs Thompson; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

4592
09 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Furnival
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Cherry Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Marshall
Related Works
Related Work: The Belle's Stratagem Author(s): Hannah Cowley

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Dance: I: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Polish Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

Song: III: Beard

4593
19 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: As17370910, but Arbella-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Arbella Actor: Mrs Butler.
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Mrs Day Actor: Mrs Marshall.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Dance: I: Saraband-Miss Wright, Miss Morrison; II: French Peasant-Master Ferg, Miss Wright, Scholars to Leviez; AII: La Pieraite-Leviez, Mrs Thompson; IV: Grand Ballet in Comic Characters-the Lilliputians; V: Minuet-Leviez, Mrs Walter

Song: II: Beard

4594
22 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: As17380506, but Anna Bullen-Miss Bennet; Surrey-_.
Cast
Role: Anna Bullen Actor: Miss Bennet
Role: Queen Katharine Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: Comic Dance-younger Miss Scot; II: By Desire of several Ladies of Quality, Minuet, with new Ball Dance called The Princess of Saxe Gotha-Vallois, Miss Scot; III: Two Pierrots-Vallois, Pelling; IV: French Peasant-Vallois, Leviez, Mrs Thompson, Rector, Miss Brett, Pelling, Mrs Vallois

4595
09 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Cast
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Hermione Actor: Mrs Hallam
Role: Cleone Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Templer.

Afterpiece Title: Margery; or, A Worse Plague than the Dragon : Being the Sequel to the Dragon of Wantley

Performance Comment: More of Morehall-Salway; Margery More-Mrs Lampe; Gaffer Gubbins-Laguerre; Margery Mauxalinda-Miss Esther? Young; but edition of 1738 adds: Herald-Reinhold; First Guest-Roberts.
Cast
Role: Margery More Actor: Mrs Lampe

Dance: With Dances, incident to the Opera,-Glover, Lalauze, Haughton, Mlle Roland, Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Thompson, Miss Oates, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Bullock

4596
06 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Bullock. N.B. Mr Bullock hopes his great Age, upwards of Threescore and Twelve, will plead his Excuse, that he cannot pay his Duty to his Acquaintances and Friends, whose Good Nature may engage them to assist him in this Decline of Life, in order to make the Remainder of his Days easy and comfortable to him

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hallam
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Bellamy

Song: Leveridge, Salway, Roberts

Dance: Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates, Thompson, Richardson, Miss Cantrel, Mrs LeBrun

4597
24 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Cross.
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Clive

Dance: I: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Mrs Wright; III: Punch-Master Ferg; V: Aethiopian Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

4598
24 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Olivia Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Fidelia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Eliza Actor: Mrs Hamilton.

Dance: After Overture: a new Grand Ballet-Denoyer, others to the Overture of Flavius, composed by Handel; II: Hungarian Dance (in the Manner of the Country,)-Denoyer, Mrs Walter; IV: Russian Sailors-Denoyer; V: Ball Dance, concluding with a Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

Song: I: Oh Happy Pair-Beard; III: Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

4599
13 February 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Performance Comment: John-Mills; Jacomo-Macklin; Lopez-Ridout; Antonio-Winstone; Octavio-Ray; Francisco-Shepard; Hermit-Woodburn; Peasants-Yates, Reed; Statue-Taswell; Father's Ghost-Raftor; Flora-Miss Thynne; Flavia-Mrs Walter; Clara-Mrs Bennet; 1st Wife-Miss Karver; 2d Wife-Mrs Thompson; 3d Wife-Mrs Vallois; 4th Wife-Mrs Marshall; 5th Wife-Miss Woodman; 6th Wife-Mrs Egerton; Leonora-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Flavia Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: 2d Wife Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: 3d Wife Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: 4th Wife Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: 6th Wife Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Woodward

Song: Proper to the Play.The Musick by Mr Arne-; Vocal Parts-Mrs Arne, Miss Jones, others

Performance Comment: The Musick by Mr Arne-; Vocal Parts-Mrs Arne, Miss Jones, others.
Cast
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs Arne, Miss Jones, others.

Dance: Mainpiece:IV: Dance of Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Cook, Davenport, Mrs Woodward, Mrs Davenport; In V: Dance of Furies-Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Davenport

Ballet: A Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

Cast
Role: Pilgrims Actor: Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Chetwood, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward

4600
11 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Performance Comment: As17400214, but 3rd Wife-Mrs Wright; Vocals-Rheinhold, Rainton, Miss Jones.
Cast
Role: 3rd Wife Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mills.
Role: Flavia Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: 2d Wife Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: 3d Wife Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: 4th Wife Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: 6th Wife Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Arne
Role: Rosamond Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Grideline Actor: Mrs Jones.

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; In IV: Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Rector, Master Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson; In V: Furies-Leviez, Baudouin, Rector, Davenport