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22325 results for: Keyword - Mrs Shireburn
We found 23319 matches on Performance Comments, 4237 matches on Event Comments, 4199 matches on Performance Title, 313 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

5676
29 November 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Cast
Role: Calphurnia Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Clive

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Dance of Moors-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5677
02 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Alinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Juletta Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Purcell Actor: Beard, Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: As17381130; IV: Dance of Moors-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5678
05 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Alinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Juletta Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Purcell Actor: Beard, Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17381130; IV: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5679
14 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: IV: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

5680
16 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Alinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Juletta Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Purcell Actor: Beard, Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Clymene Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Grand Dance Actor: Muilment, Mrs Walter.

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Grand Ballet-Mlle Roland; IV: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5681
28 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Scentwell Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: III: Punches-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Dance of Moors-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5682
30 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Prue Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Marshall.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Clive.

Ballet: III: Double Jealousy. As17381108

Cast
Role: Coquette Actor: Mrs Walter.

Dance: V: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5683
01 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Clive

Music: Vocal Parts [for Macbeth]-Beard, Ray, Mrs Clive

5684
02 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Teresa Actor: Mrs Cross.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: III: Mlle Roland; V: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5685
03 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Milward; Amphitryon-Mills; Mercury-Shepard; Gripus-Griffin; Sosia-Turbutt; Phoebus-Cross; Polidas-Winstone; Tranio-Raftor; Phaedra-Mrs Pritchard; Bromia-Mrs Cross; Night-Miss Bennet; Alcmena-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Phaedra Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Bromia Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Alcmena Actor: Mrs Butler.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Clive

Song: In III: Celia that I once was Blest by the late Mr Henry Purcell, and-Beard

Dance: In IV: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5686
03 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17381107, but Lady Bountiful-Mrs James.
Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs James.
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Cherry Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates, Thompson, Richardson, Miss Cantrel, Mrs LeBrun; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

5687
04 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Marshall.
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Hoyden Actor: Mrs Cliver
Role: Berinthia Actor: Mrs Giffard.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Dance: V: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5688
06 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Cast
Role: Phaedra Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Bromia Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Alcmena Actor: Mrs Butler.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Dance: In III: Grand Dance-Mlle Roland; V: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Song: In IV: Caelia that I once was blest-Beard

5689
13 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Feignwell-Milward; Obadiah Prim-Griffin; Anne Lovely-Mrs Clive; Sir Philip-Macklin; Tradelove-Shepard; Freeman-Havard; Periwinkle-Turbutt; Simon Pure-Woodward; Sackbut-Winstone; Coachman-Gray; Mrs Prim-Mrs Grace; Pickup-Mrs Cross; Betty-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Anne Lovely Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Prim Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Pickup Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Performance Comment: As17390112, but Maid-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Bennet.
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: II: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter; V: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

5690
17 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Anne Lovely Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Prim Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Pickup Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: II: Grand Dance of Moors-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Music: V: A new Concerto, composyd and performed on the Harpsichord-Mr Henry Burgess Jr; with Accompanyments-

5691
20 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lucia Actor: Mrs Mills.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17390116, but Peggy-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Hamilton.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: III: Aethiopian Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5692
15 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Cast
Role: Fair Quaker Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Ware
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Jiltup Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Cast
Role: Margery More Actor: Mrs Lampe

Dance: Glover, Mlle Roland, Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Miss Oates, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun

5693
05 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Hallam
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Ware
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Cast
Role: Margery More Actor: Mrs Lampe

Dance: Dancing-Glover, Mlle Roland, Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Miss Oates, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun but see17390215

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

5694
05 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Grace.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Hamilton.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: I: Punches Dances-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

5695
09 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: As17390115, but Foppington-Macklin; Lady Betty-Mrs Mills; Edging-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Lady Betty Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Edging Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Role: Lady Easy Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Hamilton.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Song: II: The Noontide Air, as17390407

Dance: III: Grand Ballet-Muilment; V: Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

5696
10 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Performance Comment: Young Mirabel-Giffard; Old Mirabel-Macklin; Dugard-Havard; Duretete-Woodward; Petit-Cross; Bravos-Winstone, Turbutt, Taswell, Reed; Oriana-Mrs Hamilton; Bisarre-Mrs Giffard; Lamorce-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Role: Bisarre Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lamorce Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Hamilton.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: I: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Dutch Dance (new)-Baudoin, Miss Thompson; V: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Song: IV: By Desire, Oh Happy Pair (out of Alexander's Feast)-

5697
14 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Role: Bisarre Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lamorce Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Performance Comment: As17390329 but Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter.
Cast
Role: Grand Ballet Actor: Muilment, Mrs Walter.
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Role: Haymakers Actor: Baudouin, Rector, Fromont, Miss Thompson, Miss Bennet, Mrs Vallois
Role: with a Grand Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Muilment, Miss Thompson, Baudoin, Leviez, Carney, Miss Mann, Miss Kilby, Mrs Vallois.

Dance: I: Harlequins-Poitier, Mlle Roland; III: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter; IV: French Peasants-Poitier, Mlle Roland; V: Minuet-Poitier, Mlle Roland

5698
25 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste; Or, The Guardians

Performance Comment: Man of Taste-Macklin; Sir Positive-Griffin; Freelove-Mills; Sir Humphrey-Turbutt; Cockade-Woodward; Valentine-Milward; Harcourt-Winstone; Horatio-Green; Lewis-Cross; Lady Henpeck-Mrs Grace; Dorinda-Mrs Butler; Maria-Mrs Clive; Angelica-Mrs Mills; Dorothea-Mrs Bennet; Lisetta-Miss Thynne.
Cast
Role: Lady Henpeck Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: See17390326 but Doctor-Macklin; Leander-Beard; Dorcas-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Hamilton.

Song: III: The Noontide Air, as17390407; IV: Oh Happy Pair-Beard

Dance: II: Hungarian Dance, as17390424 V: Ball Dance, with a Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

5699
27 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Anna Bullen Actor: Mrs Mills.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Clive

Dance: II: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Russian Sailors-Denoyer

Song: TThe Noontide Air (from Comus)-Mrs Clive

5700
05 May 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Alinda Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Juletta Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Purcell Actor: Beard, Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Graces Actor: Miss Thompson, Mrs Chetwood, Miss Kilby
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Chetwood

Dance: I: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Pierots-Leviez, Pelling; IV: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Music: V: A Concerto-Henry Burgess Jr