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25144 results for: Keyword - Mrs and Miss Smith
We found 26692 matches on Performance Comments, 7273 matches on Performance Title, 5649 matches on Event Comments, 53 matches on Roles/Actors, and 22 matches on Author.

24401
11 October 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Yates 9 Days Cloaths #10 10s. 10d.; Renters' Interest #8 [this paid daily throughout season]. Receipts: #250 9s. 6d. (221.17.0; 26.5.0; 2.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Field
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Dutchess of York Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Gillian Actor: Miss Walpole
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Floretta Actor: Mrs Wrighten.

24402
20 November 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Cast
Role: Bellford Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: Mary@Ann Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Courtenay.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Lee Lewes; Sir Jasper Wilding-Dunstall; Young Wilding-Whitfield; Old Philpot-Quick; Maria-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: As17771111

24403
18 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Barry as per Agreement #200. Receipts: #146 9s. (143.9; 3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Cast
Role: Birtha Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Elwina Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Farrell

24404
27 December 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Baddeley.

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performance Comment: As17771110, but Colombine-Mrs Pulley.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Pulley.
Role: Country Girls Actor: Mrs Colles, Miss Abrams

Dance: As17771111

24405
29 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17771013, but Kent (1st time)-Fearon; Cordelia (1st time)-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Jackson.
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Regan Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Arante Actor: Miss Green

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Pastoral Actor: Reinhold, Miss Dayes

Dance: Afterpiece: Dancing, as17771125, but _Aldridge, Langrish

24406
12 January 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The School for Fathers [announced on playbill of 10 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred till Wednesday next on account of Mrs Wrighten's Illness. Receipts: #151 7s. 6d. (125.13.0; 25.11.0; 0.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Pulley.
Role: Queen Mab Actor: Miss Abrams

Song: As17780105

24407
12 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17770929, but Juliet-Mrs Keefe [recte O'Keeffe] (from the Theatre-Royal in Crow Street, Dublin; 1st appearance on the English stage). 1st appearance on the English stage).
Cast
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Keefe
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Pastoral Actor: Reinhold, Miss Dayes

Dance: In: Masquerade Scene-; Minuet, as17770929; Afterpiece: Dancing, as17771229

Song: As17770929

Cast
Role: ocal Parts Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Miss Green.

24408
03 February 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The School for Scandal [announced on playbill of 2 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the sudden Indisposition of Mrs Abington. Receipts: #189 2s. (158.8.0; 30.11.6; 0.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hastings

Cast
Role: Earl of Northumberland Actor: Aickin
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Sabina Actor: Mrs Colles
Role: Edwina Actor: Mrs Yates
Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of Hastings Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Queen Mab Actor: Miss Abrams
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Collett.

Dance: In: As17780128

24409
04 February 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The School for Scandal [announced on playbill of 3 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the sudden Indisposition of Mrs Abington. Receipts: #160 14s. 6d. (137.10.0; 23.2.0; 0.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hastings

Cast
Role: Earl of Northumberland Actor: Aickin
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Sabina Actor: Mrs Colles
Role: Edwina Actor: Mrs Yates
Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of Hastings Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Queen Mab Actor: Miss Abrams
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Collett.

Dance: As17780203

24410
05 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17771013, but Cordelia-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Jackson.
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Regan Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Arante Actor: Miss Green

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: Grace Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Maudlin Actor: Miss Brown

24411
21 February 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Fanny Actor: Miss P. Hopkins
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Heidelberg Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Cady of Bagdad

Performance Comment: As17780219, but Dyer's Daughter-Mrs Love.
Cast
Role: Dyer's Daughter Actor: Mrs Love.
Role: Selima Actor: Miss Abrams
Role: Zemroude Actor: Mrs Baddeley.

24412
05 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: As17771001, but Mariana-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: Grace Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Maudlin Actor: Miss Brown

24413
16 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: As17780302but Florella-Mrs Poussin.
Cast
Role: 780302but Florella Actor: Mrs Poussin.
Role: Page Actor: Miss Morris
Role: Serina Actor: Miss Leeson
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Monimia Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Pastoral Actor: Reinhold, Miss Dayes

Dance: As17771229

24414
01 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joshua; Acis And Galatea

Performance Comment: As17780306but Principal Vocal Parts-Mrs _Farrell; 1st Violin-_.
Cast
Role: 780306but Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs _Farrell
Role: Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Norris, Webster, Miss Linley, Miss M. Linley, Mrs Farrell, Miss Draper

Music: As17780306

24415
07 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: As17780120, but Cymon-Webster (1st appearance in that character); Sylvia-Mrs Arne (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Arne
Role: Cupid Actor: Miss Field.
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Miss Collett, Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Cast
Role: Miss Kitty Sprightly Actor: Miss P. Hopkins.
Role: Miss Bridget Pumpkin Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Song: Several newairs (never performed) by Michael Arne-for the characters of Cymon and Sylvia, on this occasion

24416
23 April 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Account-Book, 20 Apr.: Paid Mrs Green in lieu of a Benefit #84. Receipts: #204 13s. (203.9; 1.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Pastoral Actor: Reinhold, Miss Dayes

Dance: As17771229

24417
25 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17771002, but Hawthorn-Bannister; Young Meadows-Webster (1st appearance in that character); Hodge-Vernon (1st appearance in that character); Rosetta-Mrs Baddeley.
Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Mrs Baddeley.
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Collett

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Gillian Actor: Miss Walpole
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Floretta Actor: Mrs Wrighten.

Dance: End II: The Sailors' Revels-Blurton

24418
15 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince; Or, The Battle Of Poictiers

Performance Comment: Edward-Wroughton; Arnold-Whitfield; Lord Audley-Hull; Earl of Salisbury-Mahon; Cardinal Perigort-Fearon; King John-L'Estrange; Dauphin-Robson; Duke of Athens-Booth; Charney-Thompson; Ribemont-Aickin; Mariana-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Jackson.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: other Characters Actor: Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.

Ballet: End: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780511

Cast
Role: Molly Topknot Actor: Miss Besford
Role: Susan Constant Actor: Miss Valois
Role: and Hornpipe Dancing Actor: in an entire new stile.

Song: As17780511

Cast
Role: Actor: Mrs Farrell.

24419
21 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilfold, Woolley & Marks. Tickets delivered by Furkins, Roberts, Clarridge, Doe, Wells, Francis, Walker, Brandon, Shuter and Abbot will be received. Tickets delivered for The Busy Body will be taken. Receipts: #243 13s. 6d. (137.12.6; 0.13.0; tickets: 105.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Performance Comment: As17780319but Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: 780319but Lady Mary Oldboy Actor: Mrs Pitt.
Role: Lady Mary Oldboy Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: other Characters Actor: Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.

24420
25 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17780326but The Duenna (1st time)-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: 780326but The Duenna Actor: Mrs Pitt.
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Pastoral Actor: Reinhold, Miss Dayes

Dance: As17771229

24421
09 November 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17780928, but King Lear-A Gentleman (1st appearance on this stage [Rundell]); Cordelia-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Jackson.
Role: Goneril Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Regan Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Arante Actor: Miss Green

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion

Cast
Role: Brussels Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Willems
Role: Lady Catherine Rouge Actor: Mrs Green

24422
11 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 Years. [Bannister Jun.'s 1st appearances on the stage were at the hay, 27 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1778.] Receipts: #165 18s. (139.12.0; 26.5.6; 0.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Performance Comment: Zaphna-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance on this, and 2nd [recte 3rd] on any stage); Mahomet-Palmer; Pharon-Packer; Mirvan-Hurst; Ali-Chaplin; Alcanor-Bensley; Palmira-Mrs Robinson.
Cast
Role: Palmira Actor: Mrs Robinson.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Lady Sash Actor: Mrs Baddeley.
Role: Commander@in@Chief at the Camp Actor: Farren
Role: Lady Plume Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Lady Gorget Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Walpole.

24423
12 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17781006, but Lady Teazle-Mrs Mattocks (of cg).
Cast
Role: Lady Teazle Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Charles Actor: Smith
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Brereton
Role: Lady Sneerwell Actor: Miss Sherry

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Lady Sash Actor: Mrs Baddeley.
Role: Commander@in@Chief at the Camp Actor: Farren
Role: Lady Plume Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Lady Gorget Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Walpole.

Song: As17781006

24424
12 November 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the playbill announces the 8th night of The Invasion, but it was not acted, presumably because of Mrs Green's illness (see 14 Nov.). On 16 Nov. it was announced as "the 8th Time"; on 17 Nov. as "the 9th Time," etc. What was acted on this present night I have been unable to discover.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Colin Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: Goody Fidget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Brown.

24425
05 December 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fathers

Cast
Role: Miss Valence Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Mrs Boncour Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Miss Boncour Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17780917, but Principal Bacchant-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Principal Bacchant Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Sharp
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Sabrina Actor: Miss Field
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Farrell.

Song: As17780917