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22234 results for: Keyword - Mrs Chitty
We found 23319 matches on Performance Comments, 4239 matches on Event Comments, 4199 matches on Performance Title, 9 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

19626
23 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Non-juror

Performance Comment: As17530915, but Betty-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Bradshaw.
Role: Lady Woodvil Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: LL'Entree de Flore-Mlle Auretti, Dennison, Mlle Lussant

19627
05 December 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Flora; or, The Country Wake

Performance Comment: Friendly-Lowe; Sir Thomas-Arthur; Dick-Anderson; Betty-Mrs Pitt; Hob-Dunstall; Flora-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Pitt

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

19628
07 December 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: As17530926, but Mademoiselle-Miss Mullart; Fardingale-Mrs Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Fardingale Actor: Mrs Dunstall.
Role: Lady Harriot Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

19629
15 December 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Cast
Role: Lady Wou'dbe Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royale-Lowe; Merlin-Howard; Aerial Spirits-Grandchamps, Mlle Camargo; Jupiter (Harlequin)-Miles; Mercury-Baker; Doctor-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Dunstall; Pierrot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dunstall

19630
19 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Emelia Actor: Mrs Cowper
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Orangewoman Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Lady Woodvil Actor: Mrs James
Role: Pert Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Ballet: II: A Grand Pantomime Dance, The Savoyard Travellers. Savoyards-Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Dennison, Mlle Lussant, LeFevre, Miss Popling; Peasants-Gerard, Mrs Preston

Performance Comment: Savoyards-Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Dennison, Mlle Lussant, LeFevre, Miss Popling; Peasants-Gerard, Mrs Preston.
Cast
Role: Peasants Actor: Gerard, Mrs Preston.

19631
26 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George Barnwell-Ross; Maria-Mrs Davies; Blunt-Mozeen; Thorowgood-Berry; Trueman-Blakes; Uncle-Simson; Lucy-Miss Minors; Millwood-Miss Haughton.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: Harlequin Fortunatus-Woodward; Others-Philips, Blakes, Clough, Miss Minors, Mrs Jefferson, Mlle Mariet; The Dances-Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste, Dennison, Mlle Lussant, others.
Cast
Role: Others Actor: Philips, Blakes, Clough, Miss Minors, Mrs Jefferson, Mlle Mariet

Song: I: Beard

19632
26 December 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Royal Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Woolfort-Sparks; Hubert-Ridout; Hemskirk-Gibson; Vandunk-Marten; Prig-Shuter; Higgen-Arthur; Jaqueline-Miss Mullart; Gertrude-Mrs Barrington.
Cast
Role: Gertrude Actor: Mrs Barrington.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

19633
14 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17531113, but Macbeth-Mossop; Angus-_; Lenox-_; Seyward-_; Donalbaine-_; Vocal parts-Beard, Wilder, Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Vocal parts Actor: Beard, Wilder, Mrs Thomas.
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mlle Mariet, Phillips, Clough, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste, Mrs Jefferson, Blakes, Miss Minors, Devisse, Denison, Mlle Lussant.

19634
22 February 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: As17531024, but Belinda-Mrs Mills; Laetitia-Miss Haughton; Fondlewife-Foote (for last time this season).
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Cowper

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Cast
Role: Mrs Penelope Trifle Actor: Mrs Cross

19635
16 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber. Last time of acting it this season. [Seven rows of Pit laid into Boxes, and amphitheatre on stage. Send servants at 3 o'clock.] Receipts: #240 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: Prince Henry Actor: Mrs Toogood
Role: Lady Faulconbridge Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Queen Elinor Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Constance Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Cast
Role: Mrs Tatoo Actor: Miss Minors
Role: Fine Lady Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste

19636
28 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets at Beard's lodgings at Mrs Coleman's in East St., Red Lyon Square, and at the Stage Door. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Receipts: #280 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Song: I: Rise Glory, in the Opera Rosamond, by Arne-Beard; II: A Song-Miss Thomas; III: (By desire) a Ballad-Beard; IV: A Pastoral Dialogue by Arne-Miss Thomas, Beard

19637
30 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Havard
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17540316 but Mrs Tatoo-_; Mercury-_.
Cast
Role: Mrs Tatoo Actor: Miss Minors
Role: Fine Lady Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: II: Masquerade Dance-; Devisse, Mad Auretti

19638
19 April 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Player Queen Actor: Mrs Bambridge

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17540417 but Biddy-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Biddy Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs Vincent

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

19639
23 April 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: As17540319 but Tattleaid-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs Pitt.
Role: Fardingale Actor: Mrs Dunstall.
Role: Lady Harriot Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Pitt.

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17531120; III: Dutch Dance, as17531018; IV: Les Charboniers, as17540307 V: Minuet-Villeneuve, Villeneuve's scholar

19640
29 April 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Barrington

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: As17540402 but Stocks-Dunstall; Chloe-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Dance: I: Les Taileurs-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; II: Les Sabotiers-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; IV: Le Matelot-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; And by particular desire at End of play: A Mock Minuet[All]-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani

19641
01 May 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Serina Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Monimia Actor: Mrs Bellamy.

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan; or, Harlequin Restor'd

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Magician-Howard; Spaniard-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Baker; Pierrot-LaLauze; concluding with a Comic Dance-Granier, Mme Camargo.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: IV: A Ball Minuet-LaLauze, a scholar of LaLauze Nine years old, who never appear'd before; V: Dutch Dance, as17531018

19642
02 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton and Miss Minors. Tickets of Burton at the Lock and Key in Brownlow St., Long-Acre; of Miss Minors, at a Baker's in Bridges St., and at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd out by Marr, Miss Batchelor, and Mrs Gibbons will be taken. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Duchess of York Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Grumbler

Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Benett

Song: II: A New Ballad-Beard; IV: A New Song call'd The Return-Vernon

Dance: III: Country Amusements, as17540416 V: A Minuet-Gerard, Miss Batchelor

19643
09 May 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17540508, but Nell-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Vincent.
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pitt

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120; Dutch Dance, as17531018

19644
14 May 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Cast
Role: Pulcheria Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: As17540429 but Chloe-Mrs Chambers.
Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

19645
27 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17531107, but Belinda-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Mills.
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mlle Mariet, Phillips, Clough, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste, Mrs Jefferson, Blakes, Miss Minors, Devisse, Denison, Mlle Lussant.

19646
08 October 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Mossop; Alvarez-Burton; Carlos-Ross; Alonzo-Havard; Don Manuel-Mozeen; Lenora-Miss Haughton; Isabella-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Mills.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: A New Dance, The Shepherd's Holiday-Campioni (his first appearance in 5 years), Mad Auretti

Song: IV: The School of Anacreon-Beard

19647
21 October 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tomorrow will be reviv'd a Comedy not acted these 6 years, call'd The Non-Juror; the part of Maria to be performed by Mrs Woffington, being the first time of her appearing on that stage these 3 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Vincent.

19648
25 October 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: As17541002, but Tattleaid-Mrs Bambridge.
Cast
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs Bambridge.
Role: Lady Harriet Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Hamilton

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Biddy Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs Vincent

19649
31 October 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Cast
Role: Hermione Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; others-Liviez, Blakes, Ackman, Atkins, the Little Swiss, Mrs Toogood, Mas. Moore, Mad Mariet.
Cast
Role: others Actor: Liviez, Blakes, Ackman, Atkins, the Little Swiss, Mrs Toogood, Mas. Moore, Mad Mariet.

19650
02 November 1754 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17541024, but Ostrick-Cibber; Ophelia-Mrs Chambers, first time; Francisco-_.
Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Chambers, first time
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Bambridge

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Pitt.