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We found 23357 matches on Performance Comments, 4286 matches on Event Comments, 4223 matches on Performance Title, 14 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: As17420925, but Harriet-Mrs Daniel, 1st appearance on any stage..

Dance: II: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, as17421126; IV: La Recrue des Houssars, as17421221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Performance Comment: As17421029, but Lady No-Mrs Walter; Aunt-Mrs Woodward.
Cast
Role: Lady No Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Woodward.
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Engine Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Jane Actor: Mrs Kilby

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: 2nd Sylvan Actor: Mrs Delagarde
Role: 4th Sylvan Actor: Mrs Villeneuve
Role: 5th Sylvan Actor: Mrs LeFont
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mrs Delagarde
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Earth Actor: Destrade, Mrs LeBrun
Role: Air Actor: Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17421221, but Demons-Richardson, _Dupre; Country Lads and Lasses-Mrs +Fawkes, Miss _Short; Earth-Richardson.
Cast
Role: Country Lads and Lasses Actor: Mrs +Fawkes, Miss _Short
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: 2nd Sylvan Actor: Mrs Delagarde
Role: 4th Sylvan Actor: Mrs Villeneuve
Role: 5th Sylvan Actor: Mrs LeFont
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mrs Delagarde
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Air Actor: Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 2 Henry Iv

Performance Comment: As17421026, but Hostess-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Mullart.

Afterpiece Title: 2 The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17421228, but Country Lads and Lasses-Mrs Jackson, Miss _Dodson.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Cast
Role: Eudocia Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Salway; Cepheus-Leveridge; Aethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Miss Hillyard; Mercury-Reinhold; Infernals-Villeneuve, Dumont, Richardson, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Harlequin-Woodward; Hussar-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Petit Maitre-Dugrande; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet de Chambre-James; Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus-.
Cast
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bickerstaff's Unburied Dead

Performance Comment: Bickerstaff-W. Giffard; Seizecorps-Dunstall; Coquette-Mrs Dunstall; Pacolet-Mozeen; Beau-Bulkeley; Virtuoso-Bulkeley; Lover-Freeman; Fop-Peterson; Lawyer-Dighton; Cit-Clough; Quickanddead-Hemskirk; Plumehearse-Dove; Dismal-Julian; Town Lady-Mrs Bambridge; Prologue-W. Giffard; Epilogue-Julian [from edition of 1743].from edition of 1743].
Cast
Role: Coquette Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Town Lady Actor: Mrs Bambridge

Afterpiece Title: Richard III

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dunstall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Berry; Hotspur-Whittingham, 1st appearance on any stage; Francis-Yates; Carriers-Morgan, Arthur; Kate-Mrs Mills; King-Havard; Prince of Wales-Mills; Prince John-Marr; Worcester-Winstone; Vernon-Blakes; Northumberland-Taswell; Dowglass-Woodburn; Glendower-Turbutt; Blunt-Green; Bardolph-Ray; Peto-Raftor; Gadshill-Leigh; Hostess-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Kate Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Cross.

Song: 1 As17430120

Music: 1 As17430205

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-a Citizen of London, first attempt on any stage; Gloucester-Cibber; Dumont-Giffard; Belmont-W. Giffard; Derby-Blakey; Ratcliff-Mozeen; Catesby-Dighton; Jane Shore-Mrs Giffard; Alicia-Mrs E. Giffard.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs E. Giffard.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Vallois

Dance: III: Welsh Buffoon, as17430107; End: Comic Ballet, as17430107

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17421228, but Merchant-Ryan; Bertha-Mrs Walter; Jaqueline-Mrs Vincent; Vandunk-_.
Cast
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Jaqueline Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: Cooke, the two Aurettis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Performance Comment: Samson-Beard; Manoa-Savage; Micah-Mrs Cibber; Dalila-Mrs Clive; Harapha-Reinhold; Officer-Lowe; Israelite Women-Signora Avoglio, Miss Edwards; Philistine Women-Signora Avoglio, Miss Edwards; Philistine-Lowe (Deutsch, Handel p. 559).
Cast
Role: Micah Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Dalila Actor: Mrs Clive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17421222, but Lady Bountiful-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Bennet.
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Cherry Actor: Mrs Ridout
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Ridout.
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Phillips

Dance: As17430120

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality. N.B. Some few days ago Mrs Catherine Penny was Committed, by Col DeVeil, to Bridewell, for selling Counterfeit tickets, for the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane; and as she has deliver'd out others for several Benefits to come (Mrs Clive's in particular) it is thought proper to give this public notice of the fraud, in order to prevent any tickets being bought in the Passages of the Theatre, proper care being taken to prevent all Tickets so bought from coming into the House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Clive.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Servants will be admitted to keep places on the stage, which for the better accommodation of the Ladies, will then be form'd into an Amphitheatre. Ladies are desir'd to send their servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets and Places to be had of Mrs Clive, at her house in Great Queen St, Lincoln's Inn Fields; and of Hobson at the stage door of the theatre

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive

Dance: Boromeo, Desse, Mlle Bonneval

Event Comment: It is Humbly desir'd that Ladies who have taken Places, will please to send for their Tickets to Mrs Cibber's Lodgings, at Mr Salt's, at Henrietta St., Covent Garden. Benefit Mrs Cibber. By Command of their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales. Stage formed into an amphitheatre, and to prevent the ladies's catching cold ciel'd after the manner of the Oratorios. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Fair Penitent Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Hale

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Ballet, as17421108

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Horton.

Afterpiece Title: Toyshop

Dance: As17430314

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Wildair-Giffard; Clincher-Cibber; Standard-W. Giffard; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Giffard; Angelica-Mrs Chetwood.
Cast
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Chetwood.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: I: a Serious Dance-Mlle Roland; III: Sailor's Dance-Delamayne, Mlle Roland; V: (by Desire) a Minuet, Louvre-Delamayne, Mlle Roland. [Dances not in Daily Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Messiah

Performance Comment: . Sopranos-Signora Avogli (or Miss Edwards), Mrs Clive; Contralto-Mrs Cibber; Tenor-Beard; Bass-Reinhold. (Deutsch, p. 564.)
Cast
Role: Contralto Actor: Mrs Cibber

Music: Concerto on Organ-; Violin Solo-DuBourg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: As17421201, but Catch-_; Mrs Chat-_; Prologue-_; Epilogue-_.
Cast
Role: Arbella Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Mrs Day Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Mrs Chat Actor: Miss Brunette
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lady Betty Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lady Easy Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs E. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Dunstall.
Event Comment: MMrs Tame (see 15 April hay) had announced for her benefit this night The Old Batchelor, with Cibber as Fondlewife, Giffard as the Old Batchelor, and Mrs Giffard as Laetitia, to be followed by Tom Thumb, with Mrs Tame playing Tom Thumb, but a notice of 11 April states that Mrs Tame was ill and the performance had to be deferr'd

Performances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17430121, but Occasional Prologue and Epilogue-_; Salanio-Cross; Morochius-_.
Cast
Role: Salanio Actor: Cross
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Ridout

Afterpiece Title: The What D'Ye Call It

Performance Comment: Timothy Peascod-Neale; Sir Thomas-Green; Sir Roger-Morgan; Dorcas-Mrs Cross; Kitty-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Song: III: Beard; IV: Gentle Parthenissa-Sullivan; V: Caesar and Urania-Beard, Lowe

Music: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: As17421208, but Don Manuel-Marr; Honoria-Mrs Horsington; Don Choleric-Yates; Clody-Neale; Don Duart-Blakes; Monsieur-Blakes; Sancho-Marr; Angelina-Mrs Ridout.
Cast
Role: Honoria Actor: Mrs Horsington
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Ridout.
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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

Song: II: Beard; III: Lowe

Music: IV: Concerto-Burk Thumoth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: As17430128, but Constance-Mrs Pritchard; Subtleman-Cross; Poet-Marr.
Cast
Role: Constance Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Subtleman Actor: Cross
Role: Aurelia Actor: Mrs Ridout
Role: Mrs Clearaccount Actor: Mrs Cross.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Kate Actor: Mrs Ridout.
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs King.

Song: II: Lowe

Music: IV: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Event Comment: Notices of performances on this date had appeared since 8 Sept., as at common prices and written by the late Sir Richard Steele, yet under the unsettled circumstances Fleetwood may not have assembled the players necessary for the production. Macklin, Garrick, Mills, Pritchard, Havard, Berry, Leigh, Blakes, Woodburn, Mrs Clive, Mrs Pritchard, and Mrs Mills had withdrawn and were attempting to form a company for acting at the New Haymarket. See Drury Lane Management in the Introduction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Delane; Juba-A Gentleman [Charles Jones-Winston MS.]; Sempronius-Giffard; Syphax-Bridges; Portius-W. Giffard; Marcus-Cross; Lucius-Winstone; Decius-Taswell; Marcia-Mrs Roberts; Lucia-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Marcus Actor: Cross
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Lucia Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Mrs Gadabout Actor: Mrs Egerton.
Role: Melissa Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Mrs Trippet Actor: Mrs King.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Woolfort-Rosco; Hubert-Hale; Hemskirk-Cashell; Prince Prig-Chapman; Higgen-Hippisley; Van Dunk-Marten; Bertha-Mrs Walter; Jaqueline-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Jaqueline Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, the Wives Metamorphosed

Performance Comment: Loverule-Hayman; Jobson-Dunstall; Nell-Mrs Dunstall (Being the first time of their appearing on that stage).
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Dunstall

Dance: As17431003