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23817 results for: Keyword - Mrs Day
We found 23446 matches on Performance Comments, 5952 matches on Event Comments, 4695 matches on Performance Title, 325 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

8026
23 October 1741 @ New Wells, Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: [For a performance of a pantomime this day at New Wells, Lemon St., gf]: At the Desire of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons, 10 rows in the Pit will be rail'd in for them.--Daily Advertiser

Performances

8027
28 November 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted this season. [Either the play on the 23rd was called off, or (more probably) the compositor forgot to remove the notice of acting from this day's bill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Lady Pliant Actor: Mrs James
Role: Cynthia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Lady Froth Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lady Touch Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Amazons Actor: Mrs James, Mlle Renos, Mlle Moudet, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Wright, Mrs LeFont, Mrs Villeneuve
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby

8028
11 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. The Constant Couple, announced for this day but deferr'd. Receipts: #100

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Ridout.
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Woffington

Song: I: See from the Silent Groves-Beard

Dance: II: Les Matelotes, as17411110

Ballet: V: Les Satires Puny. As17420106

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson, Miss Story, Mrs Rayner.

8029
13 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, and Louisa. Rylands MS.: Duke and Princesses present. Receipts: #100. [Winston MS. lists Constant Couple, which had been announced for this day in the previous Bill, but which seems to have been deferr'd on account of this command performance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Macklin

Song: I: Bright Author of my present Flame-Lowe

Dance: II: Le Boufon, as17411030; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17411128

8030
23 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: The Thirteenth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Amaryllis Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Chloris Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Orbis Actor: Mrs Bishop

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: As17420213

8031
02 November 1742 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. Pit and Boxes to be put together; and no person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day at the Office in the Hay-Market, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. By His Majesty's Command, No Person to be admitted behind the Scenes. The Gallery to be open'd at Four o'clock, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Six o'clock. [Customary notice will not be included again. A pasticcio; music by Hasse, Lampugnani, Brivio, and Rinaldo da Capua; librettist--Apostolo Zeno. See Burney, History of Music, IV, 447.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gianguir

Dance: Barbara Campanini (Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann, I, 191)

8032
16 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Last time of performing the Oratorio this season. The Subscribers to Mr Handel's six former performances, who intend to continue their subscription on the same conditions for six more, are desired to send their subscription money to Mr Handel's House in Brook Street, where attendance will be given this day [15 March] in order to deliver out their subscription tickets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sampson

8033
18 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lallegro E Il Penseroso With Additions Drydens Ode On St

Performance Comment: Cecilia's Day. Also Concerto on Organ-; Violin Solo-Dubourg.

8034
22 March 1743 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Will be reviv'd this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Enrico

8035
08 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Picq, and Sga Domitilla. Tickets deliver'd out for Benefit of a Gentlewoman who has met with Misfortunes, will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: LLe Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217; Musette, as17421209

8036
11 April 1743 @ Sadler's Wells

Event Comment: On Saturday Morning early died, after a few days Illness, Mr Francis Forcer, Master of Sadler's Wells, near Islington. He was a kind and indulgent Husband, a tender and loving Father, a generous Friend, and a Good Master. In short he had all the necessary Qualifications to render a Person a Compleat Gentleman, which makes his death universally lamented by all those who had the pleasure of his Acquaintance. We hear the usual Diversions will be carried on by his Widow

Performances

8037
18 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Havard. Tickets to be had at Mr Hobson's (Stage Door-Keeper); at the King's Arms in Russel Street; at Gregg's Coffee House in York Street; and at the Bedford Coffee-House, Covent Garden. Tickets delivered out by Winstone and Leigh will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive

Song: As17430413

Music: As17430416

8038
28 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ridout, Dupre, Goodall, Stede. Tickets deliver'd out for Tuesday will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Woodward
Role: Regan Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: A Ball Dance concluding with, a Minuet-Dupre, a Young Gentleman

8039
05 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Cervetto. Mainpiece by Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets deliver'd out by Arthur for The Recruiting Officer will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Cast
Role: a New Dance call'd Les Amant Volages Actor: Desse, Froment, Mrs Walter, Leviez, Baudouin, Mrs Thomson, Mlle Gondeau, Mlle Fabres, Miss King.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Lampe, 1st time

Dance: II: La Florana, as17430408

Song: III: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard, Lowe

Music: IV: New Violincello Concerto-Cervetto

8040
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: GGodwin's and Adam's Booth opposite Hospital Gate, West Smithfield; Boxes 1s. 6d. Pit 1s., Gallery 6d. Upper gallery 3d. To begin every Day during the Fair. From 12 p.m. to 10 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphant Queen Of Hungary Or The French Defeated With A Lively Representation Of His Britannick Majestys Conquest At Dettingen

Afterpiece Title: The Wanton Maid or Lover Outwitted with Tricks of Harlequin

Dance: JJockey Dance-Adams

8041
15 November 1743 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Today, will be reviv'd an Opera. The Musick compos'd by Mr Handel. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. Pit and Boxes to be put together; and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day at the Office in the Haymarket, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. Note. The Subscribers to the Opera are desir'd to send for their Silver Tickets to the Opera-Office in the Hay-Market. [This customary notice will not be included further. According to Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, I, 102, this is the new opera Rossane, Lampugnani's first composition, at the house for which he was the new resident composer. Musicologists have not arrived at the identity of this piece, Burney and Loewenburg attributing it to Lampugnani, Schoelcher and Deutsch to Handel. See Deutsch, Handel, p. 572, where he reviews the evidence.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Roxana Or Alexander In India

8042
26 December 1743 @ Inner Temple

Event Comment: At the Temple Punch House, Tony Aston, the oldest approv'd Actor in the three Kingdoms, being deni'd his bread in both Theatres, this Day exhibits his learned comic demonstrative Oratory on the Face, with English, Irish, Scotch, and Negroe Songs, in proper habits, Prologue and Epilogue, and all his own Pasquin Invention. 6 p.m. 1s. He is under Misfortunes, and desires the Company of the Ingenious and Humorous. [Repeated 29, 31 Dec.; and with some changes in wording on 2, 5, 9, 25 Jan., 6, 15 Feb. 1744.

Performances

8043
14 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Advertisement by Mr Leveridge. To be sung to the tune of A Cobler there was, and he lived in a stall." [See 3 and 17 April.] I. Observing the papers for several days@Fill's up with a number of Benefit plays@My Muse smiling said, Dick, it will not be wrong@To sound an advertisement in Merry song,@Derry, down, down, down, derry down.@ II. And thus now I raised up my voice to the town@To move Your kind thoughts against My Day comes on@And then with your favours my play to promote,@That Leveridge may sing (when he offers his note)@Derry down, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joseph And His Brethren

Music: Concerto on Organ-

8044
04 May 1744 @ May Fair

Event Comment: YYeates's Great Theatrical Booth, the Lower End of Brookfield to begin at noon this Day and the Time of the Fair. [Notice repeated 7, 14, 15 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bethnal Green With The Comical Humours Of Tom Stroud And His Man Gudgeon

Afterpiece Title: Representation of the Late Battle in the Meditteranean

8045
30 May 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: No paper for this day. But all advance notices listed this play and commented that it would be the last time of acting this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Cast
Role: Almeyda Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Morayma Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Johayma Actor: Mrs Mullart.

8046
17 September 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Fourth Day. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

8047
19 September 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Fifth Day. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet still continues to be acted...to crowded audiences, with great applause....We hear two principal Actresses from the Theatre Royal in Dublin, are speedily to appear on that Stage; as are some more Performers, who are disengaged from the other Theatres

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

8048
02 October 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: fterpiece by Carey; new here; original title: Nancy; or, The Parting Lovers.] The Seventh Day. At the Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Balthazar Actor: Mrs Clark
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs George
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Hill.

Afterpiece Title: Love in Low Life or A Press Gang at Billingsgate

8049
06 October 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: For the Future, the Plays...will be constantly advertised in the...Daily Post, the Daily Advertiser, and General Advertiser. The large Play Bills and Hand Play Bills will be posted and deliver'd out on the days of Performance only

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Elmy, from Dublin
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Hill
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Bailey
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Freeman

Afterpiece Title: Love in Low Life

8050
13 October 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At common prices. Tickets deliver'd out for the Prodigal will be taken on Oct. 16. The Eighth Day at the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Balthazar Actor: Mrs Clark
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs George
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Hill.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield