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22495 results for: Keyword - Mrs Martha Smith
We found 23514 matches on Performance Comments, 4493 matches on Event Comments, 4262 matches on Performance Title, 22 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

22476
13 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Performance Comment: Characters by Hamoir, Williamson, Burton, Barrymore, Williames, R. Palmer, Waldron, Fawcett, Chaplin, Phillimore, Wilson, Alfred, Spencer, Chapman, Wright; Mrs Burnett, Miss Burnett, Miss Tidswell, Miss Barnes, Miss Cranford, Miss M. Stageldoir [for cast, etc., see17840107] .

22477
27 February 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro Il Penseroso

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Parts by Norris, Reinhold; Miss George, Mrs Kennedy. 1st Violin by Richards .

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation Anthems

22478
05 March 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Public Advertiser, 6 Mar.: In 1st piece Love in her Eyes was sung by Norris; O ruddier than the cherry by Reinhold; Consider, fond shepherd by Mrs Kennedy; Heart, thou seat of soft delight by Miss George. The concerto consisted of "two Movements made up of common Ballads."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Afterpiece Title: Dryden's de

Music: End of Part I of oratorio concerto on the violoncello by Crosdill

22479
10 May 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: [entertainments Of Music And Dancing] A Grand Symphony By The Celebrated Band Of The Opera House

Performance Comment: The Peasant Metamorphosed, as17840430 Hornpipe, as17840430 A Grand Instrumental Concert. The Country Squabble, as17840430 New Pastoral Pas de Deux by Duquesney Jun. and Mlle Constance (from the Theatre Royal, Paris). The Rival Clowns, as17840430, but added: Mrs Dagville; in which Orpheo, as17840430.

22480
25 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lady Percy Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Rosina Actor: Mrs Bannister

Dance: End of mainpiece The Charms of a Camp, as17840521

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Tally Ho! by Mrs Martyr; End of Act iv Poor ThomasDay by Edwin, Davies, Brett

Performance Comment: by Mrs Martyr; End of Act iv Poor ThomasDay by Edwin, Davies, Brett .

22481
15 April 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Pantomime [don Juan]

Performance Comment: Characters by Simonet, Henry, Menage, Mrs Dagville, Miss Cooper, the two Miss Simonets, and Clown-Delpini .

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

22482
26 December 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for a Performer, thirty years a Servant of the Publick at Covent-garden and Haymarket Theatres [unidentified]. Mainpiece: Written by the ingenious Mrs Behn, with Alterations by a Gentleman well known in the Dramatick World and Republick of Letters. The Characters new dressed in the Habits of the Times. [Writers and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown.] Afterpiece: Altered from Sir John Vanbrugh. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Prince

Afterpiece Title: The Battle Royal

Dance: In Act V of mainpiece a Masquerade, and a Minuet de la Cour by Master Corbyn and Miss Keen

Song: End of mainpiece most of the favourite airs from The Poor Soldier [singers not listed]. Vaudeville. End of afterpiece a short Pantomimical Scene, in which Harlequin will leap through a Hogshead on Fire

22483
12 May 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pinto (formerly Miss Brett). [And see 26 Apr. 1785.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Entertainment: Not specified

22484
08 August 1786 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Waldron. The last Night of performing this Season. [The above is an advance notice on playbill of 5 Aug.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

22485
15 October 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice; or, The Metamorphoses of Harlequin

Performance Comment: [Edition of 1739 (Tho. Wood) lists the parts: Orpheus, Pluto, Ascalax, Furies, Friends, Harlequin, Pantaloon, Gawkey, Drudge, Taylor, Shoemaker, Drawer, Hostler, Porter, Eurydice, Rhodope, Nymphs, Bacchants, Colombine, Mrs Mannerly, Witch, Frothwell, Maid, Dwarf Woman.]

22486
12 February 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces Love in a Village, but "Mrs Billington was taken ill & Rule a Wife was substituted" (MS annotation on BM playbill: cg, Vol. VI); as afterpiece St. Patrick's Day, but in the Account-Book (which also notes the change of mainpiece) it is deleted, and Three Weeks after Marriage substituted.] Receipts: #141 16s. (135.15.6; 6.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

22487
21 September 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Achmet

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Song: As17890914, but Vocal Parts-Lee, W. _Thompson, Miss +MacGeorge, Mrs +Lefevre

Performance Comment: _Thompson, Miss +MacGeorge, Mrs +Lefevre.

22488
04 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The playbill announces The Beggar's Opera (in place of The Maid of the Mill, advertised on playbill of 3 Dec., but "deferred on account of the Indisposition of Johnstone") and The Touchstone. But "Mrs Billington was taken ill & The Merry Wives of Windsor with The Deserter & Devil on Two Sticks were substituted for B. Opera & Touchstone" (MS annotation on BM bill: cg, Vol. VII). World, 5 Dec., states that The Mayor of Garratt was the afterpiece, but the Account-Book lists The Devil upon Two Sticks.] Receipts: #126 18s. (115.0.6; 11.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Devil upon Two Sticks

Dance: The Deserter-[, See17891113

22489
07 March 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music From The Works Of Handel

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Performers-Incledon, Florio, Linton, Hill (from Winchester), Bardeman//Mme Mara, Mrs Stuart, Master Hummell, Miss Bruman, Miss Parke. Leader of the Band-G. Ashley. Organ-J. Ashley. PART I. Zadock the Priest [by Chorus] (CORONATION ANTHEMS). Overture (ARIADNE). THE DETTINGEN TE DEUM, in which Holy, Holy Lord by Mme Mara. PART II. Overture and Dead March (SAUL). Funeral Anthem. Tune your harps (ESTHER). Gentle airs [by Incledon], accompanied on the violoncello by C. Ashley (ATHALIA). Fall'n is the foe by Chorus {JUDAS MACCABAEUS). What tho' I trace [by Miss Parke] (SOLOMON). Lord of Eternity by Chorus; Behold the Nations; O Baal (DEBORAH). With thee the unsheltered (SOLOMON). He smote all the first-born by Chorus (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). Pious Orgies [by Mme Mara] (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). He gave them hailstones by Chorus (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). PART III. Second Oboe Concerto. Happy Iphis (JEPHTHA). My Arms; Sound an Alarm; We hear by Chorus (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). O magnify the Lord (CHANDOS ANTHEMS). Hear Jacob's God by Chorus (SAMSON). I feel the Deity within; Arm, Arm, ye brave; We come by Chorus (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). Ye sacred priests and Farewell, ye limpid springs [by Mme Mara] (JEPHTHA). Gloria Patri by Chorus (JUBILATE). To conclude with God save Great George our King and Rule Britannia .by Mme Mara] (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). He gave them hailstones by Chorus (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). PART III. Second Oboe Concerto. Happy Iphis (JEPHTHA). My Arms; Sound an Alarm; We hear by Chorus (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). O magnify the Lord (CHANDOS ANTHEMS). Hear Jacob's God by Chorus (SAMSON). I feel the Deity within; Arm, Arm, ye brave; We come by Chorus (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). Ye sacred priests and Farewell, ye limpid springs [by Mme Mara] (JEPHTHA). Gloria Patri by Chorus (JUBILATE). To conclude with God save Great George our King and Rule Britannia .

22490
12 March 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music From The Works Of Handel

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Performers-Harrison, Meredith (from Liverpool; 1st appearance in London), Master Welsh, Dignum, Miller, Kelly//Sga Storace, Miss Leak, Mrs Crouch. Leader of the Band-Shaw. PART I. Zadock the Priest (CORONATION ANTHEMS). He layeth the beams. Fall'n is the Foe (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). Let the bright Seraphim (SAMSON). For unto us (THE MESSIAH). O magnify the Lord. Deeper and deeper; Waft her Angels (JEPHTHA). Sing ye to the Lord; The Horse and his Rider (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). PART II. Introduction and Chorus. Ye sons of Irrael (JOSHUA). What tho' I trace (SOLOMON). Gird on thy sword (SAUL). O come let us worship (CHANDOS ANTHEMS). Concerto on the violin by Giornovichi. Let me wander (L'ALLEGRO). Tears such as (DEBORAH). He gave them hailstones (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). PART III. Second Hautboy Concerto. Lord remember David. Welcome! Welcome! (SAUL). The Trumpet's loud clangor (DRYDEN'S ODE). Sweet Bird, accompanied on the Flute by Ashe (L'ALLEGRO). See the conquering Hero (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). Angels ever bright and fair (THEODORA). Hallelujah for the Lord (THE MESSIAH) . Waft her Angels (JEPHTHA). Sing ye to the Lord; The Horse and his Rider (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). PART II. Introduction and Chorus. Ye sons of Irrael (JOSHUA). What tho' I trace (SOLOMON). Gird on thy sword (SAUL). O come let us worship (CHANDOS ANTHEMS). Concerto on the violin by Giornovichi. Let me wander (L'ALLEGRO). Tears such as (DEBORAH). He gave them hailstones (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). PART III. Second Hautboy Concerto. Lord remember David. Welcome! Welcome! (SAUL). The Trumpet's loud clangor (DRYDEN'S ODE). Sweet Bird, accompanied on the Flute by Ashe (L'ALLEGRO). See the conquering Hero (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). Angels ever bright and fair (THEODORA). Hallelujah for the Lord (THE MESSIAH) .

22491
14 March 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music From The Works Of Handel

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Performers as17940312but added: Mrs Bland. Leader as17940312ART I. God save the King (CORONATION ANTHEMS). He layeth the beams. O had I Jubal's Lyre (JOSHUA). Let me wander (L'ALLEGRO). Gird on thy sword (SAUL). Deeper and deeper; Waft her Angels (JEPHTHA). Let the bright Seraphim, accompanied on the trumpet by Hyde (SAMSON). For unto us (THE MESSIAH). PART II. Ye sons of Israel (JOSHUA). Why do the Nations (THE MESSIAH). What tho' I trace (SOLOMON). Welcome! Welcome! (SAUL). Mad Bess (Purcell). Concerto on the violin by Giornovichi. Pleasure my former ways (TIME AND TRUTH). O magnify the Lord. Tears such as (DEBORAH). Hallelujah for the Lord (THE MESSIAH). PART III. Lord, remember David. Heart the seat of soft delight (ACIS AND GALATEA). He gave them hailstones (ISRAEL IN EGYPT). Why does the God of Israel sleep [SAMSON]. See the conquering Hero (JUDAS MACCABAEUS). Angels ever bright and fair (THEODORA). Sing ye to the Lord; The Horse and his Rider (ISRAEL IN EGYPT) .

22492
15 December 1798 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Medonte announced, but Morning Chronicle, 17 Dec.: By the sudden indisposition of Madame Banti, there was no opera on Saturday night. Ibid, 18 Dec.: Bills were posted up all over London in the forenoon, and a respectful card sent to the house of each subscriber. Morning Herald, 18 Dec., carries a statement signed by Pere Elisee saying that "about two o'clock, Saturday morning last, I was called out of my bed by a message that Mrs Banti was taken dangerously ill," that she so continues, and that as her physician he is "of opinion it will not be safe for her to quit her sick bed for several days yet to come.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

22493
11 January 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Zingari In Fiera

Dance: End I: A New Divertisement (composed by D'Egville)-Didelot, Mme Rose Didelot, Mr Laborie, Mme Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Deshayes (1st appearance in this country), Mlle Parisot (1st appearance at this theatre these 2 years); End Opera: a new Anacreontic Ballet, in 2 parts, Les Jeux d'Egle-Deshayes, Laborie, D'Egville, Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot

Performance Comment: Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot.

22494
28 January 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Zingari In Fiera

Dance: End I: A New Divertisement, as18000111; End Opera: [Ballet (composed by D'Egville with music by Bossi]), Hylas et Temire [subsequently entitled Hylas et Temire][; ou, La Statue Animee-Deshayes, Laborie, Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot

Performance Comment: Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot.

22495
18 February 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Due Fratelli Rivali

Dance: End I: Hylas et Temire-[see18000128]; End Opera: Les Jeux d'Egle, as18000111, but Mlle J. _Hilligsberg, Mrs _D'Egville, Mme Rose _Didelot

Performance Comment: _Hilligsberg, Mrs _D'Egville, Mme Rose _Didelot.