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22893 results for: Keyword - Mrs Francis
We found 23407 matches on Performance Comments, 4303 matches on Event Comments, 4224 matches on Performance Title, 1001 matches on Author, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

251
09 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Moore. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Cast
Role: Evadne Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Aspatia Actor: Mrs Thurmond.
Related Works
Related Work: The Maid's Tragedy Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Younger; Topham, Miss Tenoe

252
09 April 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Weekly. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Cast
Role: Scornful Lady Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Martha Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Willis.
Related Works
Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Song: As17241008

Dance: As17241230

253
11 June 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: See17241021, but Valentine-Wilks; Widow-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Related Works
Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

254
24 March 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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.
Related Works
Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont

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

255
25 November 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Wilks; Widow-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Related Works
Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Attendants on Andromeda Actor: Mrs _Mills, Mrs Houghton
Role: Hours of Sleep Actor: Mrs _Mills, Mrs +Houghton.
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Cassiopea Actor: Mrs Shireburn
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Shireburn
Role: Mopsophil Actor: Mrs Walter

256
02 December 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Scornful Lady-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Scornful Lady Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Related Works
Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Attendants on Andromeda Actor: Mrs _Mills, Mrs Houghton
Role: Hours of Sleep Actor: Mrs _Mills, Mrs +Houghton.
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Cassiopea Actor: Mrs Shireburn
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Shireburn
Role: Mopsophil Actor: Mrs Walter

257
25 April 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: As17290122, but Widow-Mrs Butler; Poet-_; Captain-_.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Martha Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Willis.
Role: Scornful Lady Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Related Works
Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Strollers

Dance: CClown-Weaver; Drunken Peasant-Roger

258
10 December 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Wilks; Widow-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Related Works
Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Distresses of Pierot

Performance Comment: Pierot (Husband)-Roger; Pieret (his Wanton Wife)-Mrs Thurmond; Colombine (her Servant)-Mrs Heron; Countryman (Pierot's Friend)-Charke; Harlequin-Rainton; Harlequin's Sprite (Lawyer's Clerk)-Miss Robinson; Courtier-Roscoe; Lawyer-Oates; Squire-Miller; Trainband Officer-Berry; Judge-Harper; Wives-Mrs Shireburn, Mrs Grace.
Cast
Role: Pieret Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Wives Actor: Mrs Shireburn, Mrs Grace.

Afterpiece Title: With the Scene of Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: Apollo-Thurmond; Daphne-Mrs Booth; Night-Miss Raftor.
Cast
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Booth

259
18 February 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: As17350129, but Abigail-Mrs Charke .
Cast
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Charke
Related Works
Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont

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

260
10 May 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: As17370428 but Isabella-Mrs Bellamy; Lucy-Miss Bincks.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Francisco Actor: Delane
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Morton.
Related Works
Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Dance: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benj. Baker

261
11 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: As17371026, but Lucy-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Vincent.
Role: Francisco Actor: Delane
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): Francis Beaumont

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

262
09 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: As17381102, but Lucy-Mrs Dancey.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Dancey.
Role: Francisco Actor: Delane
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Related Works
Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): Francis Beaumont

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

263
25 April 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosalinda

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Mrs Arne, Beard, Russel, Rheinhold.
Cast
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs Arne, Beard, Russel, Rheinhold.
Related Works
Related Work: Rosalinda Author(s): Francis Veracini

Music: Solo on Violin-Festing; Solo on Violoncello-Caporale; With several Concertos-

264
18 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Villeneuve, Delagarde, and Mrs Kilby

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Jaqueline Actor: Mrs Vincent
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: I: a Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; II: New Comic Dance-Mr and Mrs Delagarde; III: Peasants, as17421230; IV: Louvre, Minuet-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

265
23 December 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17451016, but Jaqueline-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Jaqueline Actor: Mrs Bland.
Role: Gertrude Actor: Mrs Hale
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Vaughn, Mrs +Villeneuve, Miss _Vandersluys, Mrs _Phillips.
Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Havard
Role: Mrs Mannerly Actor: Mrs Martin
Related Works
Related Work: Orpheus and Eurydice Author(s): Francis Gentleman

266
25 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Picq, Bibby and Mrs Mann, Brownlow St., Long Ave

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Cross
Related Works
Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

Performance Comment: Harlequin's Wife-Mrs Mann; Harlequin-Yates; Swiss-Blakes; Pierot-Leviez; Harlequin's Child-Miss Yates; Harlico-Collins; Goddess Hecate-Miss Edwards; Spright-Bibby; Shepherds, Shepherdesses-Desse, Shawford, Mrs Pritchard, Picq.
Cast
Role: Harlequin's Wife Actor: Mrs Mann
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Desse, Shawford, Mrs Pritchard, Picq.

Song: Bibby

Dance: Picq, Miss Hilliard

267
30 April 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Tamer Tam'd

Performance Comment: Parts-Palmer, Burton, Yates, Packer, Vaughan, Ackman, Mrs Bennet, Miss Pritchard; with a New Epilogue address'd to the Ladies and spoken in character-Miss Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Palmer, Burton, Yates, Packer, Vaughan, Ackman, Mrs Bennet, Miss Pritchard
Related Works
Related Work: The Tamer Tam'd Author(s): Francis Beaumont

268
29 April 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17610107, but Woolfort-Anderson; Bertha-Mrs Lee; Hemskirk-Gibson; Merchants-Wignel, Holtom, R. Smith.
Cast
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Jaqueline Actor: Mrs Dyer
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17610424 but Nell-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Green.
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pitt

Dance: The Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

269
16 December 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17611109, but Jaqueline-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: Jaqueline Actor: Mrs Burden.
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Cast
Role: Fine Lady Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: TThe Pedlar Trick'd, as17611001

270
23 April 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Performance Comment: As17641019, but Arathusa-Mrs Palmer, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Arathusa Actor: Mrs Palmer, 1st time.
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Hippisley
Role: Megra Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Bellario Actor: Mrs Yates.
Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: Thomas-Fox; Sally-Miss Wright; Dorcas-Mrs Dorman; Squire-Vernon; to conclude with a Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley.
Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Dorman

Song: II: A Song from the Opera Almena-Miss Wright

Dance: End: New Tambourine, as17640929

271
19 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Fifth Performance of the Mainpiece. The Music by Mr Linley of Bath. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid James Abbott for Flowers etc. for the Garland Dance #5 11d. and paid Mrs Winter for flowers etc. for the same #2 13s. 4d. (Account Book). [See 14 Dec.] Receipts: #211 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Gertrude Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Jaquelin Actor: Mrs Pinto
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Woodward, Bensley, Barrington, DuBellamy, Cushing, Mahoon, Quick, Wignell, Miss Ogilvie, Mrs Stephens, Miss Pierce, Miss Mills, Mrs Mattocks
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Ladies of Pleasure Actor: Miss Ogilvie, Miss Mills, Miss Pearce, Mrs Stephens

Dance: End of Opera: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114

272
02 January 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Performance Comment: As17671209, but Megra-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Megra Actor: Mrs Gardner.
Role: Arethusa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Bellario Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Green.
Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Thompson.

Dance: III: A New Comic Dance, as17671021; IV: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

273
11 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Performance Comment: As17680102, but Megra-Mrs Stephens; Cleremont-_; Thrassaline-_.
Cast
Role: Megra Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Arethusa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Bellario Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Green.
Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Cast
Role: Mauxalinda Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Pinto.

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17671123; End: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

274
17 April 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17730119, but Archer-King; Bonniface-Ackman; Mrs Sullen-Miss Younge (first time).
Cast
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Robinson, first time
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Gipsey Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Performance Comment: Sir Epicure-Wright; Abel Drugger (for that night only)-Weston; Headlong-Keen; Knowlife-Griffith; Face-Palmer Subtle-J. Aickin; Doll Tricksey-Mrs Egerton.
Cast
Role: Doll Tricksey Actor: Mrs Egerton.
Related Works
Related Work: The Tobacconist Author(s): Francis Gentleman

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

275
04 June 1773 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Performance Comment: As17730517, but Parts-Mrs Williams, Mrs _Gardner.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Mrs Williams, Mrs _Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: Cupid's Revenge

Performance Comment: Amaranthus-DuBellamy; Sir Gregory-Moss; Dorilas-Fearon; Register-Lloyd; Ninny-Jacobs; Cupid-Mas. Tasnett; Frisketta-a Young Lady, first appearance any stage; Hyema-Miss Atkinson; Culina-Miss Platt; Julippa-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Julippa Actor: Mrs Jewell.
Related Works
Related Work: Cupid's Revenge Author(s): Francis Gentleman
Related Work: Love Despised Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Dance: End: As17730602