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8638 results for: Keyword - New Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields
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8551
27 April 1797 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Banti. A new Opera, with Chorusses. 1st time in this Country [1st performed privately at the Royal Palace, Caserta, 1789; publicly at Naples, 1790]. The Music entirely by Paisiello. Tickets to be had of Mme Banti, No. 10, St. Alban's-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Dance: As17961220

8552
22 May 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Kelly. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Ballets: With appropriate Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. True Briton, 4 May: Tickets to be had of Kelly, No. 9, New Lisle-street, Leicester-square. Receipts: #681 11s. (360.19.6; 47.5.0; 4.1.0; tickets: 269.5.6) (charge: #221 10s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Dance: End I: The Camp-[i.e. Les Delassements Militaires] (by permission of the Proprietor of the Opera House); End afterpiece: Cupid and Psyche-Mme Rose, Didelot, Mlle Parisot, Gentili, Fialon, Mme Hilligsberg, with Corps de Ballet from the Opera House [will appear, positively for that night only

8553
24 May 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for King. 2nd piece: Not acted for more than 20 years [acted 14 May 1782]. The Dialogue by Garrick and King. The Music by Michael Arne and Vernon. Tickets delivered for Friday May 5 [for which day the benefit was first announcedP will be admitted. True Briton, 6 May: Tickets to be had of King, No. 56, New Store-street, Bedford-Square. Receipts: #290 9s. 6d. (111.5.6; 58.4.6; 4.16.0; tickets: 116.3.6) (charge: #211 18s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: Linco's Travels

Afterpiece Title: The Smugglers

Entertainment: Monologue. End I: Kitty Conolly and Jack the Painter (Very lately Versified, and never before presented to the Public)-King

8554
02 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer and Russell. [Miss Dorell is identified in MS list in Kemble playbill of new performers for this season.] True Briton, 31 May: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 28, Lower Eaton-street, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 46, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #290 13s. (65.13.0; 52.7.6; 4.3.0; tickets: 168.9.6, of which R. Palmer sold 107.9.6, and Russell 61.0.0) (charge: #225 9s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: First Love

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

8555
05 June 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Follett. [Egerton was from the hay (see 23 Jan.).] 2nd piece: In one Act. 3rd piece: Two new Scenes, as 17 Apr.; Procession, as 26 May. Morning Herald. 5 June: Tickets to be had of Follett, No. 46, Drury-lane. Receipts: #360 18s. (116.13.6; 3.11.0; tickets: 240.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Oberon

Entertainment: Vaudeville. In 3rd piece: (for that Night only) a Leap through a Wheel of Fire@Works and a Hoop of Daggers-Simpson

8556
08 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dignum. [3rd piece in place of Lodoiska, advertised on playbill of 7 June.] Morning Herald, 22 May: Tickets to be had of Dignum, No. 23, New North-Street, Red-Lion-Square. Receipts: #578 7s. (60.5; 46.19; 6.6; tickets: 464.17) (charge: #223 11s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Purse

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Song: End II: Sweet Lillies of the Valley-Dignum (composed by Hook); End III: The Sailor's Journal-Dignum (composed by Dibdin); End IV: The Town and Country-Dignum (written by Morris); End I 3rd piece: Sally in our Alley-Dignum

8557
10 June 1797 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New, Grand, Serious Opera, with Chorusses [1st time; SER 2, by Lorenzo DaPonte]. The Music by Bianchi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Dance: As17961220

8558
15 June 1797 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Didelot. Tickets to be had of Didelot, No. 8, Hay-market. 2nd ballet: 1st time, composed by Didelot, the Music entirely new by Cesare Bossi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Dance: End I: Le Rendez@vous, as17970513; Minuet de la Cour, as17970406; End Opera: Acis et Galatie- [see17970617

8559
24 June 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The New Musical Farce [The Irish Legacy, advertised on playbill of 23 June] is unavoidably postponed till Monday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to Your Bow

8560
06 July 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Mrs Upsdell is identified in MS list, in hay playbills now at Harvard, of new performers for the 1797 season.] 3rd piece: Never acted here

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Chapter of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Soldiers

8561
08 July 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: The Overture, Chorusses, and new Musick by Dr Arnold. The Scenery by Rooker, Marinari, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zorinski

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

8562
15 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; MD 3, by James Boaden]: With new Musick, Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. The Overture and Musick by Dr Arnold. The Scenery by Marinari, Rooker, &c. Morning Herald, 26 Aug. 1797: This Day is published The Italian Monk (2s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Italian Monk

Song: 2nd piece: General Chorus [of Assassins and Nuns (text)]-Linton, Brown, Lyons, Aylmer, Little, Willoughby, Dibble, Kenrick, Caulfield Jun., Mrs Andrews, Miss Menage, Mrs Butler, Mrs Brown, Mrs Benson, Mrs Masters, Mrs Norton, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Leserve

8563
02 October 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Performance Comment: Speaking Characters-Johnstone, Incledon, Townsend, Powel, Simmons, Gray, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Clendining, Mr Rees; [Cast adjusted from playbill of 7 Oct. 1795: Capt. Frederick-Johnstone; +Thicket-Incledon; +Clueline-Townsend; +Sir Fidget Fearful-Powel; +Gregory-Simmons; +Flambeau-Gray; +Peggy-Mrs Martyr; +Sophia-Mrs Clendining; +Whim-Mr Rees.] With Dialogue-; [to introduce the following favorite Songs, selected, written and composed (with new Accompaniments) by $Dibdin: The Lamplighter, I'm jolly Dick the Lamplighter-Gray; [Peggy Perkins, Let Bards elate-Simmons; [Irish Drinking Song, Of the Ancients its speaking-Johnstone; [The Greenwich Pensioner 'Twas in the good ship Rover-Townsend; [Taffy and Griddy, Abergavenny is fine-Mrs Martyr; [Hunting Song, To Batchelor's Hall, [and Poor Jack, Go Patter to Lubbers, [and The Portrait, Come Painter with thy happiest flight-Incledon; Rural Masquerade-; [Indian Song, Dear Yanco say and true he say-Mrs Mountain; [Sea Song, A Sailor's life's a life of woe-Mrs Clendining; [The Masquerade, Sure an't the world a Masquerade-Johnstone, Chorus.

Dance: In afterpiece: a Ballet-Blurton, Mrs Watts, Mlle St.Amand

8564
03 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. On account of the Indisposition of Master Elliot the new Musical Entertainment of The Chimney Corner [advertised on playbill of 30 Sept.] is deferred till Saturday next. Receipts: #303 18s. (214.1; 89.4; 0.13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

8565
04 October 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Acted but once [on 23 May 1797]. The Music and Overture entirely new, composed by Hook. With appropriate Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Receipts: #228 0s. 6d. (203.16.0; 24.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Diamond Cut Diamond; or, The Venetian Revels

8566
21 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Frederick Reynolds. Prologue and Epilogue by John Taylor (see text)]: With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Morning Herald, 3 Nov. 1797: This Day is published Cheap Living (2s.). Receipts: #348 14s. 6d. (283.4.0; 62.18.6; 2.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheap Living

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Entertainment: Entertainment.As17971019

8567
09 December 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With Additions from Dryden; the Musick by Purcell and Dr Arne, and the new Airs and Chorusses by the late Mr Linley Jun. Receipts: #142 7s. 6d. (79.17.6; 60.10.0; 2.0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Sedgwick, Dignum, Caulfield, Danby, Brown, Fisher, Evans, Phillimore, Ms Leak, Ms Arne, Ms Wentworth, Ms Butler, Ms Jackson, Ms Benson, Ms Menage, Ms Roffey, Ms Gaudry

Monologue: V: The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Sedgwick; Amphitrite-Miss Dufour

8568
11 December 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: On account of Mrs Jordan's indisposition the new Drama of The Castle-Spectre [advertised on playbill of 9 Dec., and originally announced for 2 Dec., but deferred for the same reason] is again obliged to be deferred for a few days. Afterpiece [in place of The Virgin Unmask'd, advertised on playbill of 9 Dec.]: The Musick by Attwood. Receipts: #237 9s. 6d. (173.8.6; 62.13.0; 1.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Smugglers

Song: As17971107

8569
14 December 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; MD 5, by Matthew Gregory Lewis; incidental music by Michael Kelly (see 2 Feb. 1798), with one selection from Jomelli. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (Monthly Mirror, Dec. 1797, pp. 357-58)]: With new Dresses, Scenery, and Decorations. The Scenery designed by the late Mr Greenwood [who died on 1 Nov.], and executed by his Son, Pugh, and others. Times, 15 Jan. 1798: This day is published The Castle-Spectre (2s.). "There is a sufficient number of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, Cells and Trap-doors to serve for a pantomimical exhibition of the most extravagant nature, and the whole may, with no breach of propriety, be termed a Speaking Pantomime, of which Kemble is made the Harlequin and Mrs Jordan the Columbine" (Morning Herald, 16 Dec.). Receipts: #316 18s. 6d. (257.6.6; 58.17.0; 0.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

8570
02 January 1798 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [The playbill announces Nina, but "Last night the grand tragic opera of Semiramide was revived, in which Mme Banti and Viganoni received all their usual applause. [In the new dance] there is a charming pas de deux by Didelot and Rose" (Morning Chronicle, 3 Jan.).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramide

Dance: End I: Divertisement Ballet, composed by Gallet, La Chasse d' Amour- [see below]; End Opera: Ariadne et Bacchus, as17971216

8571
09 January 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The New Comedy [i.e. Secrets Worth Knowing, advertised on playbill of 8 Jan.] is unavoidably deferred till Thursday, on account of the Indisposition of two Principal Performers. Receipts: #187 18s. 6d. (173.6.6; 14.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Quixotte

8572
09 January 1798 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Opera: With entire new scenes by Marinari

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramide

Dance: As17980102

Music: In opera: the favourite air of Guglielmi-Mme Banti; accompanied on the violin-Viotti

8573
11 January 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Thomas Morton. Prologue by William Thomas Fitzgerald (his Miscellaneous Poems, 1801, p. 88). Epilogue by Miles Peter Andrews (London Chronicle, 12 Jan.)]: With new Scenes and Dresses. Morning Herald, 14 Apr. 1798: This Day is published Secrets Worth Knowing (2s.). Receipts: #311 6s. (307.9; 3.17)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secrets Worth Knowing

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Quixotte

8574
18 January 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: On account of the Indisposition of a principal performer, the new Comedy of Knave or Not [avertised on playbill of 17 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred till Tuesday next. Receipts: #325 0s. 6d. (208.5.6; 111.13.0; 5.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Mrs Jordan

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

8575
23 January 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: On account of the indisposition of Suett the New Comedy of Knave or Not [advertised on playbill of 22 Jan.] is obliged to deferred till Thursday next. Receipts: #388 18s. (264.6.6; 122.7.6; 2.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard