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We found 23342 matches on Performance Comments, 4381 matches on Performance Title, 4318 matches on Event Comments, 35 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Cast
Role: Zaphira Actor: Mrs Yates, 1st time
Role: Irene Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Slaves Actor: Castle, Mrs Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Magician of the Mountain

Performance Comment: A New Pantomimic Entertainment of Italian Grotesque Characters. Magician-Settree; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Pierrot-Guerini, his first appearance on the English Stage; Harlequin-Lochery; Colombine-Miss Baker; Mathews, Mortimer, West, Walker, Watkins, Leppie; The Dances-Del'Agata, Aldrige, Vincent, Sga Fiorentini, Sga Giorgi. With New Music, Scenes, Decorations, and Dresses.
Event Comment: Benefit for Tomlinson, Mortimer, West, Robinson. Tickets delivered for This Night will be taken. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Palmer.
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Wedding

Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Mrs Dorman
Role: Tib Tatter Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: IV: Double Hornpipe, as17630504

Event Comment: Benefit for Watkins, Mortimer, Tomlinson, and West. Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken. Tickets sold at doors will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Altea Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Tale

Dance: II: By Desire, a Hornpipe-Miss Watkins; IV: The Provancalle, as17631014

Entertainment: End: A New Panegyri@Satiri@Serio@Comic Epilogue upon Epilogues-Tomlinson

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson and West. Tickets deliver'd for Rule a Wife (which is oblidg'd on account of Palmer's Indisposition) will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Palmer

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak, as17660207

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Weston, Aickin, Sparks, Vandermeer, Hamilton, Saunders, Jacobs, Lings, Castle, F. Gentleman, Dancer, Farrel, M'George, Wheeler, Griffiths, Pearce, Mrs Gardner, Mrs Jewell; With an Occasional Prologue-Foote.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble (with a Song in Character)-Vandermere; Falsh-Saunders; Tag-Mrs Read; Miss Biddy-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs Read
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: The Pedlar-Mas. and Miss West, apprentices to Grimaldi

Performance Comment: and Miss West, apprentices to Grimaldi.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Wrangling Lovers

Cast
Role: Jacinta Actor: Mrs Saunders
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Jeffries

Dance: End of Play: The Pedlar by Mas. and Miss West

Performance Comment: and Miss West .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lame Lover

Cast
Role: Jack Actor: Weston
Role: Mrs Circuit Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Charlot Actor: Mrs Jewell
Role: Mrs Simper Actor: Mrs Saunders
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Reed

Afterpiece Title: hay The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Jerry Sneak Actor: Weston
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Miss Trowell

Dance: hay II: The Nosegay, as17700611 End of Play: Double Hornpipe by Mas. and Miss West

Performance Comment: and Miss West .
Event Comment: On Tuesday last died at Ealing in Middlesex at a very advanced age and much regretted by all who had the Pleasure of his Acquaintance, Henry Giffard, the Celebrated Manager of Goodman's Fields Theatre. This Gentleman was of a Genteel Family in the West of England (Public Advertiser). [Though him Garrick had come to the stage.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Event Comment: Benefit for the Subscription for the Relief of the Sufferers in the West India Islands [see king's, 8 Feb.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Original Lecture Upon Heads

Event Comment: Afterpiece: To conclude with a Representation of the late Action in the West Indies. Receipts: #105 7s. (83/6; 21/3; 0/18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fair American

Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Kitty Dreadnought Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Wilmot Actor: Miss Sherry

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Justice's Lady Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Confidant Actor: Mrs Love
Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Rachele Dorta. Boxes to be had by applying to No. 80, near the Opera-house, Hay-market. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Rachele Dorta, No. 72, west side of the Hay-market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840513; End of Opera Le Deserteur, as17840608

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The West Indian, announced on playbill of 17 Feb.] Receipts: #235 10s. 6d. (205.14.0; 27.2.6; 1.6.6; tickets not come in: 1.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Roxalana Actor: Mrs Jordan.
Event Comment: The playbill concludes with the following note: The frequenters of the Royalty Theatre, from the west end of the town, are hereby informed that there is an excellent access for carriages, from Whitechapel, through Red-Lion Street. [Future performances at this theatre will not be recorded.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Reopened see 20 June With Three Burlettas The Birth day Or The Arcadian Contest 1st Time Anonymous

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Afterpiece Title: Hobsons Choice or Thespis in Distress 1st time

Entertainment: Occasional Address-Palmer

Dance: End: a new dance, The Triumph of Cupid-

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrymore. Mainpiece: In Act II a Masquerade Scene. Morning Herald, 16 May: Tickets to be had of Barrymore, No. 20, Judd-place West, New-road, St. Pancras. Receipts: #155 9s. (97.9.6; 51.12.6; 4.10.6; tickets: none listed; odd money: 1.16.6) (charge: #217 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Cast
Role: Page Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Countess Actor: Mrs Goodall
Role: Agnes Actor: Mrs Heard

Song: As17960428

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrymore and Sedgwick. Times, 22 May: Tickets to be had of Barrymore, Judd Place West, Sommer's Town; of Sedgwick, No. 18, Clement's Inn. Receipts: #518 17s. (88.2.0; 67.11.0; 1.19.6; tickets: 361.4.6) (charge: #213 12s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle spectre

Cast
Role: Angela Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Alice Actor: Mrs Walcot
Role: 's Ghost] Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: The Anacreontic Society Revived i

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Performance Comment: [Principal Characters-Quick, Bannister, Johnstone, Blanchard, Incledon, Williamson (1st appearance in a speaking part), Cross, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Webb, Miss Huntley, Mme Pieltain (1st appearance on the English stage non-operatic]; Rest of; the Vocal Parts-Mrs Mountain, Mrs Warrell, Miss Williams, Mrs Harlowe, Miss Stuart, Miss Barnet, Mrs Watts, Miss Francis, Mrs Arnold, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Rock, Mrs Cross, Mrs Powell, Mrs Gray, Mrs Masters, Mrs Platt, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Goodwin; [Cast from text (T. Cadell, 1791): Sir Walter Waring-Quick; Fairlop the Woodman-Bannister; Capt. O'Donnel-Johnstone; Medley-Blanchard; Wilford-Incledon; Bob the Miller-Williamson; Filbert the Gardener-Cross; Dolly-Mrs Martyr; Miss Di Clackit-Mrs Webb; Polly-Miss Huntley; Emily-Mme Pieltain [in text: Miss Dall (see17910310; Kitty Maple-Miss Stuart; Bridget-Mrs Cross.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive or The Magick Fire

Performance Comment: Characters by Caulfield, Banks, Boimaison, Master Welsh, Dubois, Fairbrother, Wathen, Russell, Benson, Hollingsworth, Burton, Phillimore, Maddocks, Jones, Webb, Fisher, Wentworth, Evans, Roffey, Keys, Whitmell, Wells, Butler, W. Banks, Nicolini, Garman, Master Gregson, Master DeCamp; Miss DeCamp, Miss Mellon, Mrs Boimaison, Miss Heard, Mrs Cuyler, Mrs Booth, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Maddocks, Mrs Hedges, Mrs Heard, Mrs Butler, Mrs Brooker, Miss Chatterley, Mrs Jones, Mrs Mills, Mrs Brigg, Mrs Haskey, Mrs Barrett. Chorus of Knights and Ladies (Vocal Parts)-Sedgwick, Dignum, Trueman, Danby, Cooke, Welsh, Mrs Bland, Miss Leak, Miss Arne, Mrs Bramwell, Miss Granger, Miss Jackson, Miss Menage, Miss Stuart, Miss Wentworth; Cast adjusted from playbill of 9 Nov. 1796: Ormandine-Caulfield; Harlequin-Banks; Ormandine's Servant-Boimaison; Ariel-Master Welsh; Clown-Dubois; Sailor-Fairbrother; Sir Epicure-Hollingsworth; Crop-Burton; Landlord-Phillimore; Countrymen-Maddocks, Jones; Constable-Webb; Prigg-Fisher; Gipsies-Evans, Garman, Mrs Butler, Mrs Jones, Mrs Mills, Mrs Brigg; Furies-Roffey, Wells, Master Gregson; Gardener-Whitmell; Waiter-Butler; Cheesemonger-Nicolini; Postboy-Master DeCamp; Colombine-Miss DeCamp; Minerva-Miss Mellon; Spirit-Miss Heard; Landlady-Mrs Booth; Lady-Miss Tidswell; Countrywomen-Mrs Maddocks, Mrs Heard; Cook-Mrs Brooker; Chambermaid-Miss Chatterley; unassigned-Wathen, Russell, Benson, Wentworth, Keys, W. Banks, Mrs Boimaison, Mrs Cuyler, Mrs Hedges, Mrs Haskey, Mrs Barrett.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Performance Comment: Sir Walter Waring-Quick; Captain O'Donnel-Johnstone; Fairlop-Darley; Medley-Blanchard; Welford-Incledon; Bob-Gray; Filbert-Cross; Ralph-Linton; Dolly-Mrs Martyr; Miss Di Clacket-Mrs Webb; Polly-Miss Barnett; Emily-Miss Dall; Rest of the Vocal Parts-Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Miss Francis, Mrs Arnold, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Rock, Mrs Cross, Mrs Powell, Mrs Gray, Mrs Masters, Mrs Platt, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Watson, Mrs Bayzand, Miss Leserve, Mrs Blanchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Performance Comment: General-Quick; Marquis-Marshall; Sebastian-Munden; Nicholas-Blanchard; Matthias-Powel; Ambrose-Thompson; Flora-Mrs Mattocks; Cecily-Mrs Webb; Julia-Mrs Wells.
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Cecily Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Julia Actor: Mrs Wells.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: Principal parts-Adams, Mrs Hill, Reynolds, Lacy, Williams, Layfield, Giffard, Turner, Mrs Turner, Mrs Purden, Mrs Noak, Mrs Layfield, Mrs Mountfort, Mrs Anderson; but edition of 1728 lists: Freeman-Adams; Truelove-Hill; Atall-Reynolds; Truck-Lacy; Mackhazard-Williams; Plowshare-Layfield; Tim-Giffard; Capreol-Turner; Sylvia-Mrs Turner; Lucia-Mrs Purden; Mrs Matchall-Mrs Noakes; Mrs Subtle-Mrs Holt; Flora-Mrs Mountfort; Jenny-Mrs Anderson; Servant Maid-Miss Mann; Abigail Scewer-Mrs Smith; Prologue-Adams; Epilogue-Mrs Purden.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Goodall

Afterpiece Title: The Island of St

Performance Comment: Marguerite. Principal Characters-Kelly, Barrymore, Suett, Waldron, Sedgwick, Hollingsworth, Jones, Phillimore, Banks, Fawcett, Maddocks, Lyons, Wilson, Alfred, Fairbrother, Danby, Shaw, Vincent, Boyer, Stageldoir, Horsfall, Dorion, Capon, Bannister Jun., Miss Romanzini, Mrs Edwards, Miss Hagley, Mrs Fox, Miss Stageldoir, Miss Barnes, Mrs Edwin, Miss Palmer, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Davies, Mrs Butler, Mrs Gawdry, Mrs Crouch. [Cast from text (J. Debrett, 1789), and European Magazine, Nov. 1789, p. 378: Mask-Kelly; Commandant-Barrymore; Turnkey-Suett; Lawyer-Waldron; Officer-Sedgwick; Mob-Hollingsworth, Jones, Phillimore, Maddocks, Lyons, Fairbrother, Webb [not listed in playbill]; Thomas-Banks; Jonas-Bannister Jun.; Nannette-Miss Romanzini; Abbess-Mrs Edwards; Nuns-Miss Hagley, Miss Stageldoir, Miss Barnes; Teresa-Mrs Fox; Carline-Mrs Crouch; unassigned-Fawcett, Wilson, Alfred, Danby, Shaw, Vincent, Boyer, Stageldoir, Horsfall, Dorion, Capon, Mrs Edwin, Miss Palmer, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Davies, Mrs Butler, Mrs Gawdry; Prologue-Bannister Jun. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 8 performances only (see17891207).]This was spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 8 performances only (see17891207).]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speculation

Cast
Role: Lady Project Actor: Mrs Davenport

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayors Day or A Flight from Lapland

Performance Comment: Captain O'Flanagan-Johnstone; Alderman Gobble-Powel; Whalebone-Knight; Ulan Shmolinski Czernsdorff, the Gynosophist-Thompson; Hairdresser-Wilde; Sailor-Townsend; Common Councilmen-Davenport, Williamson; Ballad Singer-Rees; Jew-Simmons; Turner-Follett; Postillion-Abbot; Coachman-Street; John-Ledger; Harlequin-Farley; Mrs Gobble-Mrs Davenport; Jenny-Mrs Mountain; Columbine-Mlle St.Amand; Servant Maids-Mrs Watts, Mrs Platt, Mrs Castelle, Miss Ives, Miss Kirton, Miss Leserve, Mrs Blurton, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Crowe, Mrs Cranfield, Mrs Bayzand, Miss Smith, Mrs Master; Aerial Spirit-Mrs Martyr.

Dance: I afterpiece: The Long Minuet- taken from the Caricature Print of that title [The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath, by H. W. Bunbury; see17951116]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Quick, Incledon, Munden, Fawcett, Murray, Knight, Hull, Farley, Simmons, Abbot, Gray, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Clendining, Mrs Henley, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Martyr. Cast from Airs (T. Rickaby, 1797): Saveall-Quick; Lorenzo-Incledon; Jeremy Maythorn-Munden; Valentine-Fawcett; Duke of Urbino-Murray; Hilary-Knight; Octavio-Hull; Marco-Farley; Premiss-Simmons; Moro-Abbot; Lawyer's Clerks-Gray, Street, Linton; Isabel-Mrs Mountain; Lucilla-Mrs Clendining; Rodriga-Mrs Henley; Flora-Mrs Castelle; Annetta-Mrs Martyr; Chorusses-Gray, Linton, Street, Thomas, Oddwell, J. Linton, Everett, Lee, Curties, Blurton, Mrs Gilbert, Miss Leserve, Mrs Follett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Norton, Mrs Blurton, Mrs Masters, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Walcup, Miss Burnett, Miss Owen, Miss Gray.

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Cast
Role: Aura Actor: Mrs Knight.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Cast
Role: Mrs Level Actor: Mrs Brooks.

Afterpiece Title: The Surrender of Calais

Performance Comment: Characters by Williamson, Bland, Usher, Aickin, Farren (1st appearance at this theatre), Bensley, Iliff, Evatt, Johnstone, Bannister Jun., Wilson, Parsons, Wewitzer, Burton, Rock, Chapman, Abbott, Powell, Barrett, Mrs Goodall, Mrs Kemble, Mrs Bland. Other Vocal Parts-Davies, Cubitt, Kenrick, Willoughby, Linton, Dorion, Aylmer, Little, Brown, Lyons, Mrs Bannister, Mrs Iliff, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Taylor, Miss Fontenelle, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Powell, Miss Hale, Mrs Gaudry; [Cast from text (Longman [et al.], 1808), and Larpent MS 913: King Edward the III-Williamson; Harcourt-Bland; Sir Walter Manny-Usher; John de Vienne-Aickin; Ribaumont-Farren [in text: Palmer]; Eustache de St. Pierre-Bensley; Officer-Iliff [in text: Palmer Jun.]; John d'Aire-Evatt; O'Carrol-Johnstone; La Gloire-Bannister Jun.; Serjeant-Wilson; Workmen-Parsons, Burton; Citizens-Wewitzer, Abbott, Barrett; Cryer-Rock; Old Man-Chapman [in text: Johnson]; Arundel-Powell; Queen-Mrs Goodall; Julia-Mrs Kemble; Madelon-Mrs Bland; Attendant-Mrs Taylor; Nuns-Miss Fontenelle, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Powell.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cherokee

Performance Comment: Principal Characters. Europeans: Kelly, Master Welsh, Cooke, Dignum, Hollingsworth, Bannister Jun., Bannister, Suett, Mrs Crouch, Sga Storace, Miss Leak, Mrs Bland. Indian Chiefs: Barrymore, C. Kemble, Sedgwick, Caulfield. Indian Warriors-Phillimore, Dubois, Fairbrother, Boimaison, G. D'Egville, Butler, Keys, Nicolini, Roffey, Whitmell, Wells, Garman, Banks; Chorusses-Danby, Evans, Lyons, Maddocks, Trueman, Welsh, Fisher, Annereau, Atkins, Aylmer, Boyce, Bardoleau, Brown, Cook, Denman, Dixon, Dorion, Dorion Jun., Fisher, Pilbrow, Tett, Walker, Willoughby, Master DeCamp, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Boimaison, Mrs Butler, Miss Chatterley, Miss Gawdry, Miss Granger, Miss Menage, Miss Redhead, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Iliff, Miss Davies, Mrs Maddocks, Miss Beaufort, Miss Brooker, Mrs Brigg, Mrs Barrett, Miss Bourk, Mrs Harris, Mrs Haskey, Miss Phillips; Cast from Songs (E. Cox, 1794): Europeans: Col. Blandford-Kelly; Henry-Master Welsh; Officer-Cooke; Ramble-Dignum; Average-Hollingsworth; Jack Average-Bannister Jun.; Ser. Bluster-Bannister; Jeremy-Suett; Zilipha-Mrs Crouch; Eleanor-Sga Storace; Fanny-Miss Leak; Winifred-Mrs Bland; Indian Chiefs: Malooko-Barrymore; Zamorin-C. Kemble; Ontayo-Sedgwick; Patowmac-Caulfield; Indian-Phillimore; Partheca-Mrs Bramwell.

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Cast
Role: Lady Contest Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Mrs Hamford Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Performance Comment: Octavian-Hargrave (from the Theatre Royal Dublin; 1st appearance); Kilmallock-Johnstone; Lope Tocho-Quick; Sadi-Townsend; Virolet-Middleton; Bulcazin Muley-Macready; Muleteers-Bowden, Townsend?, Haymes; Goatherds-Powel, Simmons, Thompson; Roque-Davenport; Ganem-Toms; Pacha-Farley; Ali Beg-Abbot; Agnes-Mrs Clendining; Floranthe-Miss Mansel; Zorayda-Miss Wallis; Musical Characters-Linton, Blurton, Street, Gray, Abbot, Little, Lee, Sawyer, Tett, Kenrick, J. Linton, Thomas, Oddwell, Cooke, Everett, Philipps, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Follett, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Masters, Mrs Blurton, Mrs Norton, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Miss Walcup, Mrs Henley, Miss Owen, Miss Logan, Mrs Martyr.

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Performance Comment: Capt. Oakland-Incledon; Oakland-Munden; Gunnel-Fawcett; Jeffery-Townsend; Sterling-Powel; M'Scrape-Johnstone; Ellen Woodbine-Mrs Mountain; Lucy Oakland-Mrs Follett; Catherine-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Ellen Woodbine Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Lucy Oakland Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Martyr.