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22682 results for: Keyword - Mrs Poussin
We found 23319 matches on Performance Comments, 4237 matches on Event Comments, 4199 matches on Performance Title, 1118 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

826
10 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Mrs Lovemore Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Muslin Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Furnish Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Widow Belmour Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: As17841001

827
14 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Mrs Lovemore Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Muslin Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Furnish Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Widow Belmour Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: As17841008

828
17 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Mrs Lovemore Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Muslin Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Furnish Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Widow Belmour Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: End of mainpiece The Rival Nymphs, as17841006, but omitted: Byrne, Ratchford

829
28 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

Cast
Role: assigns Harlequin Actor: Kennedy, and lists Johnstone, Mrs Bannister

Song: As17841126, but omitted: Whitaker

830
31 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Mrs Lovemore Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Muslin Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Furnish Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Widow Belmour Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Abington

831
06 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Macheath-Johnstone; Peachum-Booth; Lockit-Mrs Webb; Mat o' the Mint-Darley; Ben Budge-Ledger; Jemmy Twitcher-Painter; Crook-finger'd Jack-Bates; Jailor-Stevens; Drawer-Helme; Filch-Mrs Wilson; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Davenett; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt; Polly-Miss Wheeler. hathi.
Cast
Role: Lockit Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Filch Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Davenett
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Cast
Role: Lady Scrape Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laundress Actor: Mrs Pitt

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford; After 2nd song, The Mountaineers, as17841201

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Sorrows of Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter (the music composed by Percy, and never before sung in public) sung in character by Miss Wheeler; End of mainpiece The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms by Miss Wheeler

832
07 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Mrs Lovemore Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Muslin Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Furnish Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Widow Belmour Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: As17841201

833
18 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Land of Enchantment

Performance Comment: A Select Scene, consisting of Music and Dancing, in which: a Hunting Song [Tantivy, the welkin resounds] by Mrs Martyr; the celebrated Vauxhall Echo Catch [They say there is an echo here (performers not listed)]; a Pastoral Dialogue [Alas! Poor Sue] by Johnstone and Mrs Martyr; Auld Robin Gray by Mrs Kennedy; Poor ThomasDay by Edwin, Brett, Davies. Abdiel, the Genius-Master Farley .

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: In 2nd piece, by Harris, Miss Besford, Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Matthews

Song: As17841025, but omitted: names of singers

834
27 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: Mrs Casey Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Nanette Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Miss Bull Actor: Mrs T. Kennedy
Role: Lady Bull Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Rosa Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17841201

835
28 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Easy Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Edging Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Lady Betty Modish Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17850425

836
02 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Morton

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

837
09 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Cast
Role: Grace Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Widow Volatile Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Honour Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Constance Actor: Mrs T. Kennedy
Role: Mrs Muslin Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

838
14 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaign

Cast
Role: Saib Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Miss Maria M'Saunderson Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Miss Lucy Seymour Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

839
19 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaign

Cast
Role: Saib Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Miss Maria M'Saunderson Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Miss Lucy Seymour Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

840
25 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Performance Comment: As17850219, but Mrs Morton in place of Miss Wheeler .
Cast
Role: Mrs Casey Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Nanette Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Miss Bull Actor: Mrs T. Kennedy
Role: Lady Bull Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Rosa Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Lady Tereza Panca Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Spanish Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17841001

841
01 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Maud Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mayoress Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Emma Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Dance: End of 1st piece Divertissement by Byrne, Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne, the two Miss Simonets

842
04 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Performance Comment: Beril-Palmer; Careless-Bannister Jun.; Bijou-Wilson; Cycle-Williamson; Lord Seewell-Aickin; Harry-Riley; Varnish-Parsons; Mrs Bijou-Mrs Webb; Lady Frances-Mrs Inchbald; Joan-Mrs Love; Lady Harriet-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Mrs Bijou Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Lady Frances Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Joan Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Dance: As17850601

843
10 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Cast
Role: Mrs Bijou Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Lady Frances Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Joan Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Dance: As17850601

844
11 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Brass-Palmer; Dick-Bannister Jun.; Gripe-Wilson; Clip-Painter; Jessamin-Barrett; Money trap-Parsons; Araminta-Mrs Bates; Flippanta-Mrs Lloyd; Corinna-Miss Logan; Mrs Amlet-Mrs Webb; Mrs Cloggit-Mrs Love; Clarissa-Mrs Nunns (1st appearance in London) .
Cast
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Flippanta Actor: Mrs Lloyd
Role: Mrs Amlet Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Mrs Cloggit Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Nunns

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

845
14 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Flippanta Actor: Mrs Lloyd
Role: Mrs Amlet Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Mrs Cloggit Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Nunns

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

846
21 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Aickin, Edwin, R. Palmer, Gardner, Burton, Lyons, Barrett, Baddeley, Usher, Swords, Wewitzer, Bannister; Mrs Webb, Miss Hale, Mrs Bulkley. [Cast adjusted from playbill of 28 June 1786: Tobine-Palmer; Tabby-Aickin; Wingrave-Edwin; Squib-R. Palmer; Bounce-Gardner; Waiters-Burton, Lyons, Barrett; Catchpenny-Baddeley; Dr Truby-Usher; Juggins-Swords; John-Wewitzer; Ranter-Bannister; Mrs Grogram-Mrs Webb; Peggy-Miss Hale; Nancy Lovel-Mrs Bulkley.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Mrs Grogram Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Nancy Lovel Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

847
27 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lord Russel

Cast
Role: Caller Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Lady in the Balcony Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Dance: End of mainpiece The Lover in Disguise by Byrne and the two Miss Simonets

848
30 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Cast
Role: Mrs Bijou Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Lady Frances Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Joan Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.

849
01 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Cast
Role: Lady Oldcastle Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Miss English Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Mrs Revel Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Mrs Frankly Actor: Mrs Lloyd
Role: Mrs Fustian Actor: Mrs Lefevre
Role: Lady Didapper Actor: Mrs Poussin

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Performance Comment: As17850602 but added: Burton, Swords; Mrs Lefevre. [Mrs Lefevre acted Dolce, and Burton probably acted John; Swords' part is unknown.] hathi.
Cast
Role: Lady Margaret Russel Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Role: Cecilia Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Dance: End of mainpiece La Giardinier Italiene by Master and Miss Michel (their 1st appearance in this Kingdom)

Song: As17850607

850
04 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Freelove Actor: Mrs Bates
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Mrs Nunns

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Bannister.