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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: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Quin; Moneses-Ryan; Axalla-Lee; Omar-Sparks; Prince of Tanais-Anderson; Bajazet-Barry; Dervisse-Arthur; Stratocles-Ridout; Heli-Usher; Selima-Mrs Elmy; Arpasia-Mrs Woffington; the Song To Thee O! Gentle Sleep-Lowe; the Usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Woffington

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I, With The Humours Of Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Sparks; Wales-Ryan; Worcester-Bransby; Northumberland-Redman; Mortimer-Dyer; Blunt-Elrington; Douglas-Anderson; Prince John-Miss Hippisley; Vernon-Gibson; Glendower-Ridout; Westmorland-Usher; Carriers-Arthur, Dunstall; Francis-Collins; Gadshill-Bencraft; Bardolph-Marten; Hostess-Mrs Macklin; Lady Piercy-Mrs Vincent; Hotspur-Barry.
Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Lady Piercy Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Cast
Role: add Phebe Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar, With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius

Performance Comment: Brutus-Quin; Cassius-Ryan; Caesar-Sparks; Caska-Ridout; Trebonius-Anderson; Metellus-Bransby; Decius Brutus-Elrington; Lepidus-Bencraft; Antony-Barry; Octavius-Gibson; Caius Ligarius-Usher; Cinna-Redman; Publius-Roberts; Plebeians-Collins, Dunstall, Stoppelaer, Barrington, Arthur, others; Calphurnia-Mrs Bambridge; Portia-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Calphurnia Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Woffington.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Barrington
Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #80 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs James
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Fardingale Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Lady Sharlot Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Lady Harriet Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: II: Pigmalion, as17501102; IV: Comic Dance, as17501117

Ballet: End: A New Comic Entertainment of Dancing call'd The Bird Catchers. Peasants-Devisse, Mad Auretti; Shepherds-McNeil, Roger, G. Yates; Shepherdesses-Mad Camargo, Mad Mariet, Mrs Addison; Two Peasant Children-the Little Swiss, Miss Poplin; Bird Catchers-Pelling, Harvey, Shawford, Master Shawford, Miss Toogood, Mad Mimi, Mrs Shawford, Miss Shawford; a New Scene-; Decorations-

Performance Comment: Peasants-Devisse, Mad Auretti; Shepherds-McNeil, Roger, G. Yates; Shepherdesses-Mad Camargo, Mad Mariet, Mrs Addison; Two Peasant Children-the Little Swiss, Miss Poplin; Bird Catchers-Pelling, Harvey, Shawford, Master Shawford, Miss Toogood, Mad Mimi, Mrs Shawford, Miss Shawford; a New Scene-; Decorations-.
Event Comment: By Particular Desire. On Thursday 6 Dec. 1750 a Benefit for a Citizen's Widow with 8 Children, As You Like It, and Miss in her Teens. Tickets to be had at Moorgate Coffee House; Rainbow, Sam's and Janeway's Coffee Houses in Cornhill; Paul's Head, Carter Lane; Peele's and Nandoe's in Fleet Street; Mr Law's, Confectioner, at the Eagle and Child, Fleet St.; Charing Cross; Bethell's Hatter and Hosier, the corner of Pall Mall; Thatched House Tavern, St James St.; Mr Jones, Bookseller, the corner of Staples Inn, and Seagoe's Coffee House, Holborn; the Aldersgate Coffee House, Aldersgate Street; and Ship Tavern, Ratcliff cross. This day is publish'd The Rosciad: a Poem (at 1s.) in which the excellencies and imperfections of the three present principal ornaments of the British Stage are illustrated, and conspicuously represented; with observations on theatrical performances. Printed for J. Robinson. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Horatio-Berry; Calista-Mrs Pritchard; Lavinia-Mrs Green; Sciolto-Bridges; Altamont-Havard; Lucilla-Miss Minors; Lothario-Garrick; Rossano-Blakes.
Cast
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Rossano Actor: Blakes.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Green

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17501117

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Performance Comment: Trueman-Ryan; Lady Trueman-Mrs Vincent; Tinsel-Dyer; Fantome-Anderson; Vellum-Macklin; Butler-Marten; Coachman-Dunstall; Gardiner-Cushing; Abigail-Mrs Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lady Trueman Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: King Henry-Barry; Exeter-Ridout; Canterbury-Sparks; Salisbury-Bencraft; Westmorland-Elrington; Bp. of Ely-Bransby; Cambridge-Anderson; Scroop-Cushing; Grey-Redman; France-Gibson; Dauphin-Usher; Burgandy-Lacy; Constable-Bridgwater; Montjoy-Baker; Queen of France-Mrs Bambridge; Catherine-Miss Haughton; Fluellin-Macklin; Macmorris-Barrington; Jamy-Dunstall; Bardolph-Marten; Nym-Stoppelaer; Page-Miss Morrison; Hostess-Mrs Macklin; Pistol-Dyer.
Cast
Role: Queen of France Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years [see 15 Oct. 1743]. Garrick-Osmyn, Pritchd-Zara; Almeria-ross">Bellamy ($Cross). Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Garrick for the first time; King-Berry; Gonzalez-Havard; Garcia-Palmer; Heli-Blakes; Zara-Mrs Pritchard for the first time; Almeria-Miss Bellamy; Alonzo-Burton; Selim-Simpson; Perez-Mozeen; Leonora-Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Green.
Event Comment: N.B. The entertainment of Robin Hood is oblig'd to be deferr'd for a few days on account of the indisposition of a principal performer. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: As17501017, but only Lettice-Mrs Clive; Drunken Col.-Woodward.
Cast
Role: only Lettice Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Highman Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17501016, but Lady Fanciful-Mrs Woffington, 1st time; Lady Brute-Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Flora; Hob in the Well

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17501121, but Funeral Procession-Reinhold, Mrs Clive, Miss Norris.

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Performance Comment: Lady Jane-Mrs Woffington; Lord Guilford Dudley-Ryan; Northumberland-Sparks; Pembroke-Lacy; Suffolk-Ridout; Sussex-Anderson; Duchess of Suffolk-Mrs Elmy; Gardiner-Quin.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Antony-Barry; Alexas-Dyer; Octavia-Mrs Elmy; Dolabella-Ryan; Ventidius-Quin; Serapion-Sparks; Cleopatra-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Woffington.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Barrington

Dance: TTambourin-Jardin; Grand Scots Ballet, as17500926

Event Comment: By Command of his Majesty. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: As17501231, but Lady-Mrs Pit.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Pit.
Role: Mrs Prim Actor: Mrs James
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Anne Lovely Actor: Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs Pit, Mrs _Toogood.

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

Event Comment: MMrs Pritchard, belonging to Drury Lane is recovering from her late indisposition, and it is hoped will be able to act in a few days. Mrs Ward, last Sunday Morning, belonging to Drury Lane, was aafely deliver'd of a son, at her lodgings in little Wild St., and is in a fair way of recovery (General Advertiser). Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Wheedle Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Mrs Wisely Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Willoughby
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs _Pit, Mrs Toogood.

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Tickets deliver'd out by Mr Oswald will be taken (General Advertiser). Mr Oswald ye Music had some Tickets (Cross). [Queen Mab played thirty-two times consecutively at full prices.] A. Betson, Miscellaneous Dissertations: Historical, Critical, and Moral, on the Origin and Antiquity of Masquerades, Plays, Poetry, and several other heathenish customs. Printed. (Register of Books, Gentleman's Magazine, Feb. 1751, p. 95). Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: As17510102, but Foible-Mrs Cross; in III, a Hornpipe-the Little Swiss.
Cast
Role: Foible Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mrs Marwood Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs James
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Willoughby
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs _Pit, Mrs Toogood.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17501023, but Myrtle-Ryan; Isabella-Mrs Barrington; Daniel-_.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17501213, but Lady Fanciful-Mrs Vincent; Lady Brute-Mrs Woffington.

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave

Event Comment: Receipts: #110 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: As17510116, but Flareit-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Flareit Actor: Mrs Bennet.
Role: Mrs Anne Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Hillaria Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs _Pit, Mrs Toogood.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Quin; Alvarez-Sparks; Manuel-Ridout; Isabella-Mrs Bambridge; Carlos-Dyer; Leonora-Mrs Cibber, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Cibber, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: As17500926

Event Comment: MMrs Mariet our Columbine ran away with some Gentleman (Cross). Mr Havard, the Comedian, who a few days ago was so well recover'd from his illness as to come abroad, is relapsed (General Advertiser). Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17501020, but Mademoiselle-Mrs Cross; Constant-Cross; Belinda-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Constant Actor: Cross
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Mills.
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs _Pit, Mrs Toogood.

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

Event Comment: MMrs Odell had some Tickets (Cross). The New Masque, entitled Alfred, will be acted for the first time on Saturday next at Drury Lane. The Publisher has earnestly been desired to print the songs by themselves immediately, that the Audience may have them the first night of the representation. They will be published accordingly on Saturday at noon, price 6d. at A. Miller's, over against Catherine Street in the Strand. Receipts: #110 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: As17501214, but Clarinda-Mrs Bennet; Sylvia-Mrs Mills; Careless-Cross; Strut-_; Finder-_; Situp-_.
Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Careless Actor: Cross
Role: Lady Dainty Actor: Mrs Pritchard, for the first time
Role: Lady Sadlife Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Situp Actor: Mrs Pit.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17510218, but Columbine-Mrs Toogood (Cross); Harlequin-Woodward (General Advertiser). As17510218 and 22 Jan.
Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Mrs Toogood
Role: others Actor: Mrs _Pit, Mrs Toogood.

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part Ii

Performance Comment: As17510118, but Coleville-Elrington; Doll-Mrs Dunstall; Hostess-Mrs Bambridge.
Cast
Role: Doll Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Bambridge.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17510201, but Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Indiana-Mrs Elmy; Singing-Miss Falkner.
Cast
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge

Dance: I: Grand Ballet call'd Pigmalion-Cooke, Miss Hillyard; II: The Gondoliers, as17510117, but _Jardin; III: Grand Scots Ballet, as17500926; IV: Dancing-Mad Heutte being the first time of her appearing of the English Stage; End: Louvre and Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hillyard

Event Comment: Benefit for Devisse. Tickets to be had of Devisse at the Distiller's, the corner of the little Piazza, Covent Garden, and at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd for the 28th of March will be taken. Being positively the last time of performing the mainpiece this season. Receipts: #80 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17510218., but Mademoiselle-Mrs Green; Belinda-Mrs Willoughby.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Willoughby.
Role: Constant Actor: Cross
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: I: New Dance-; III: Provencal Dance-; IV: Hornpipe-Mathews; V: Louvre, Minuet, as17510411

Music: II: Concerto on German Flute-Mr L'Cler