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We found 23331 matches on Performance Comments, 4467 matches on Event Comments, 4200 matches on Performance Title, 1439 matches on Author, and 18 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Copper Captain-Wilks; Estifania-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Dance: Mrs Santlow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Wilks; Caelia-Mrs Oldfield; Lieutenant-Penkethman.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17181024, but Margaretta-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Horton.
Role: Margarita Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Dance: As17181027

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: As17191114, but Abigail-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Willis.
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Martha Actor: Mrs Bicknell

Dance: Hussar-Shaw, Mrs Booth; Venetian Peasant-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Little French Lawyer

Performance Comment: La Writ-Norris; Sampson-Miller; Lamira-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Lamira Actor: Mrs Thurmond.

Song: Ray and Mrs Willis

Dance: As17200610

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Mills; Perez-Wilks; Estifania-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17210103, but Margaretta-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Horton.
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Dance: As17210313

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Wilks; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenatn-Penkethman; Caelia-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: As17211116, but Lovegood-Shepard; Merchant-Corey; Lance-Miller; Shorthose-Norris; Suitors-Wilks Jr, Mills Jr, Oates; Luce-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Luce Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Lady Hartwell Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Isabel Actor: Mrs Porter.

Dance: As17211127

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Caelia-Mrs Oldfield; King-Thurmond; Demetrius-Wilks; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenant-Penkethman.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: As17251025, but Widow-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Butler.
Role: Scornful Lady Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Martha Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Willis.

Dance: Thurmond, Mrs Booth, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Hussars-; La Pierette-Roger, Mrs Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Wilks; Caelia-Mrs Oldfield; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenant-Miller; King-Thurmond; Lysimachus-Watson; Seleucus-Bowman; Ptolomy-Cory; Menippus-Shepard; Charinthus-Norris; Leucippe-Harper.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Song: As17261001

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Wilks; Celia-Mrs Oldfield; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenant-Miller; King-Bridgwater; Lysimachus-Watson; Seleucus-Boman; Ptolemy-Corey; Menippus-Shepard; Charinthus-Norris; Leucippe-Harper.
Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Wilks; Caelia-Mrs Oldfield; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenant-Miller; King-Bridgwater; Lysimachus-Watson; Seleuceus-Boman; Ptolomy-Corey; Menippus-Shepard; Charinthus-Norris; Leucippe-Harper.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Daily Post, 1 Oct., missing; but Daily Post, 29 Sept., lists: Copper Captain-Bridgwater; Margarita-Mrs Horton; Estiiania-Miss Raftor; Modena-Paget; Castro-Hewit; Sanchio-Hewson; Alonzo-Turbot; Leon-Marshall; Cacafogo-Giffard; Old Woman-Norris. hathi.
Cast
Role: Margarita Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Wescomb, from the Theatre at Edinburgh; Sir Jasper-Norris; Leander-Stoppelaer; Hellebore-Roberts; Charlotte-Mrs Mullart; Dorcas-Miss Raftor. hathi.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Mullart

Music: As17330926

Dance: As17330926

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: As17350129, but Abigail-Mrs Charke .
Cast
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Charke

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Clive

Dance: A New Ballet call'd The Shepherd's Mount, Composed by Denoyer, and performed by Denoyer, Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Anderson, Villeneuve, Livier, Davenport, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: As17371026, but Lucy-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Vincent.
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bellamy

Song: I: The Truth on Both Sides-Roberts, Miss Hillyard; II: Chancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre; III: By Desire, Purcell's Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway; IV: By particular Desire, The Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge; V: The Praise of Good English Beer (to the Tune of Trade and Navigation)-Leveridge

Dance: II: Je ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Nivelon; IV: Grand Ballet, as17380318

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: As17381102, but Lucy-Mrs Dancey.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Dancey.
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Je ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Miss Oates; Ballet-Desse, Delagarde, Miss Oates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Elmy

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Curate

Performance Comment: Parts-Taswell, Yates, Shuter, King, Mrs Green, Winstone, Usher.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Sparks; Francisco-Essex; Uncle-Wheeler; Merchant-Lyon; Hairbrain-Horwell; Fountain-Stephens; Bellatnore-Bailey; Roger-Middleton; Humphrey-Richards; Lance-Marks; Shorthose-Ryder (1st appearance); Isabella-Miss Fitzherbert; Lucy (with a song)-Mrs Coxe; Lady Hartwell-A Young Lady (1st appearance [unidentified]). With a new Prologue and Epilogue .unidentified]). With a new Prologue and Epilogue .
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Coxe

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Performance Comment: Francisco (with an occasional Prologue in the character of Harlequin)-Pressley; Abrahamides-Cross; the other Characters by Marks, Bailey, Singer, Thomas, Sparrows, Middleton, Stephens, Jones, Browne, Goodman, James, Barnet, Newton, Hunt, Jackson, Hurst, Bulls, Crowther; Tailors' Ladies-Mrs Burden, Miss Nash, Miss Jameson, Miss Hemet .

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe (over 12 eggs blindfold) by Middleton

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Coxe; End of Act IV a favourite song by Miss Hemet

Monologue: 1782 11 25 After the Hornpipe John Bull, Half Seas Over (a new Scene) by Ryder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Performance Comment: Philaster-Elliston (1st appearance in that character); King-Murray; Pharamond-Middleton; Dion-Hull; Thesaline-Claremont; Clermont-Thompson; Countryman-Knight; Leader of the Mob-Davenport; Woodman-Wilde; Arethusa-Miss Wallis; Megra-Miss Morris; Galatea-Mrs Platt; Lady-Miss Logan; Bellario-Miss Allingham (4th appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Galatea Actor: Mrs Platt

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Incledon; Dorus-Munden; Merlin-Bowden; Shepherds-Philipps, Abbot; Linco-Fawcett; Fatima-Mrs Martyr; Urganda-Mrs Fawcett; Dorcas-Mrs Davenport; Shepherdesses-Miss Logan, Mrs Watts; Sylvia-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Fawcett
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Miss Logan, Mrs Watts
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Mountain.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Performance Comment: Aletes-Mossop, 1st time; Phorbas-Davies; Lycea-Mrs Bennet; Xuthus-Berry; Ilyssus-Miss Macklin; Pythia-Miss Haughton; Creusa-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Lycea Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Creusa Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Tamer Tamd

Performance Comment: Palmer, Yates, Miss Pritchard, Burton, Usher, Mrs Bennet. [No assignment to characters available.]

Song: Beard

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Dyer, Miss Helm, Mrs Viviez, Mrs Leppie. Tickets delvier'd out by Redman, Chapman, and others will be taken. Receipts #23 14s. 6d. plus 1!2 value of tickets. @Tickets Mrs Dyer Box 8@Pit 35@Gallery 29@Value #10 3s.@1!2 Value #5 1s. 6d.@Tickets Miss Helm Box 3@Pit 20 Gallery 20@Value #7 5s.@1!2 Value #3 12s. 6d.@Tickets Mrs Viviez Box 15@Pit 42@Gallery 71@Value #17 3s.@1!2 Value #8 11s. 6d.@Tickets Mrs Leppie Box 6@Pit 38@Gallery 34@Value #10 12s.@1!2 Value #5 6s.@Tickets Redman Box -@Pit 40@Gallery 44@Value #9 16s.@1!2 Value #4 18s.@Tickets Chapman Box 52@Pit 150@Gallery 79@Value 43 8s.@1!2 Value #21 14s.@Tickets Jarvis Box 3@Pit 77@Gallery 55@Value #18 8s.@1!2 Value #9 14s.@Tickets Cockayne Box 2@Pit 19@Gallery 7@Value #4 1s.@1!2 Value #2 6d.@Tickets Dumay Box 17@Pit 31@Gallery 36@Value #12 10s.@1!2 Value #6 5s.@Tickets Mrs Granier Box -@Pit 18@Gallery 16@Value #4 6s.@1!2 Value #2 3s.@Tickets Miss Davis Box 23@Pit 27@Gallery 13@Value #11 2s.@1!2 Value #5 11s. (Gratis)@Tickets Paddock Box 1@Pit 24@Gallery 26@Value #6 9s.@1!2 Value #3 4s. 6d.@Tickets Hitchcock Box 17@Pit 42@Gallery 3@Value #10 17s.@1!2 Value #5 8s. 6d. (Gratis)@Total Box 147@Pit 573@Gallery 433@Value #166@1!2 Value #83 Money #23 14s. 6d.@#106 14s. 6d. #9 12s.; Paid Blackmore a bill for the theatre, #71 12s. 6d.; A Bill for Rich #30 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17600320 but Jaqueline-Mrs Dyer.
Cast
Role: Jaqueline Actor: Mrs Dyer.
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Lee.

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: Fingalian Dance-Miss Hilliard; End: The Threshers-Leppie, Granier, Mlle Capdeville

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hamilton. Mainpiece: Not acted in 10 years. [See 16 Jan. 1753.] Afterpiece: By Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock. Receipts: #56 16s. plus #154 13s. from tickets (Box 203; Pit 514; Gallery 268) (Account 8ook). Charges: #64 5s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Sparks; Copper Capt.-Smith, 1st time; Don Juan-Hull; Duke-Anderson; Cacafogo-Marten; Alonzo-Perry; Sanchio-Davies; Old Woman-Shuter; Maid-Weller; Lorenzo-Holtom; 1st Lady-Mrs Copin; 2nd Lady-Mrs Ferguson; 3rd Lady-Miss Davies; Altea-Mrs Pitt; Clara-Mrs Lee; Margaretta-Mrs Vincent; Estifania-Mrs Hamilton; New Epilogue in the character of Estifania-Mrs Hamilton.

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Arethusa-Mrs Storer, 1st appearance here in 8 years; Rovewell-Mattocks; after the Farce Mrs Storer will sing Ellen-a-Roon.

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17601216

Event Comment: The afterpiece at the desire of several persons of quality. A New drama in 2 acts of a particular species. Part of Pit made into Amphitheatre on Stage. Benefit for Mrs Clive. [Angry dispute in the magazines between Shuter and Mrs Clive, since her benefit fell on his night at cg. The Larpent MS lists characters for the afterpiece: Iphicrates-Austin; Dromio-King; Euphrosine-Mrs Clive?; Cleanthe-; Philo-Bransby (MacMillan).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him

Performance Comment: Duretete-Garrick, 1st time for 8 years; Young Mirabel-Palmer; Old Mirabel-Yates; Bisarre-Mrs Clive; Dugard-Blakes; Petti-Ackman; Oriana-Mrs Davies; Lamorce-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Bisarre Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Lamorce Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Island of Slaves

Performance Comment: Parts by Havard, King, Mrs Clive (with a Comic Opera Song in Character), Packer, Mrs Johnson.

Dance: TThe Cow@Keepers-Grimaldi, Miss Dawson