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1374 results for: Keyword - PPrince and Princesses of Wales
We found 969 matches on Event Comments, 260 matches on Performance Comments, 165 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1051
09 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ridout, Wignell, Dupre. Tickets for Mrs Salle and Mlle Delorme also taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Music: V: Handel's Water Musick

Dance: I: Flanderkins by Duke and Mrs Ogden. II: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. III: A Ball Dance, composed by Mr Labee, called, The Princess Ann's Cbacone, by Dupre and Mlle Delorme. V: Pastoral Dance by Mlle Grognet and Mlle Delorme

Performance Comment: II: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. III: A Ball Dance, composed by Mr Labee, called, The Princess Ann's Cbacone, by Dupre and Mlle Delorme. V: Pastoral Dance by Mlle Grognet and Mlle Delorme .

Song: IV: As17350422

1052
14 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Their Majesties and the Princess Amelia present. Egmont also attended.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alcina

1053
15 May 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Duke, their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Carolina, Amelia, Louisa, and Maria

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Balourd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Scaramouch Deserteurs

Dance:

1054
01 October 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Her Majesty's Command. Written by Shakespear. [Queen, Duke, and Princesses Amelia, Mary, and Louisa present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Newmarket's Delight (new) by Delamagne, Pelling, Davenport, Rector, Janno. III: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. IV: Two Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. V: Shepherd's Mount by Denoyer, Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Anderson, Pelling, Villeneuve, Davenport, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett

Performance Comment: II: Newmarket's Delight (new) by Delamagne, Pelling, Davenport, Rector, Janno. III: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. IV: Two Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. V: Shepherd's Mount by Denoyer, Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Anderson, Pelling, Villeneuve, Davenport, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett .

1055
08 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. [Their Majesties, Duke, and Princess Amelia present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett

Music: As17351018 Also a Set of New Act Tunes composed by Arne

Dance: I: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. III: French Peasant by Poitier, Mlle Roland. V: Serious Ballet by Denoyer and others

Performance Comment: III: French Peasant by Poitier, Mlle Roland. V: Serious Ballet by Denoyer and others .
Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

1056
19 November 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. [Their Majesties, Duke, Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Mary, Louisa present.] London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 20 Nov.: Mrs Porter perform'd the Part of Belvidera, without having either Stick or Cane to support her. Receipts: #168 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: I: A new Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. II: Dance of Sailors (in Opera o{ orestes) by Glover and others. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. 1v: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c

Performance Comment: II: Dance of Sailors (in Opera o{ orestes) by Glover and others. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. 1v: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c .

1057
25 November 1735 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [By Metastasio. Music by Francis Veracini. For a full account of this opera and opera in general, see Ilchester, Lord Hervey and his Friends, pp. 238-39.] Daily Advertiser, 26 Nov.: Their Majesties, his Royal Highness, and the Princesses [attended] Adriano, compos'd by the famous Signior Veracini, who perform'd the first Fiddle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adriano

1058
26 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. [Duke and three Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Mills
Role: Trapland Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett, with Overture as17351117, but see17351117
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett

Dance: II: By Mlle Anne Roland. In III: Dance of Sailors proper to the play. IV: Grand Ballet, as17351125

Performance Comment: In III: Dance of Sailors proper to the play. IV: Grand Ballet, as17351125.

1059
10 December 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke, and her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Cast
Role: Shepherd and Shepherdess Actor: Villeneuve, Mrs Walter
Role: Dutchman and Frow Actor: Thurmond, Miss Mann
Role: Peasant Man and Woman Actor: Dukes, Mrs Pelling

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer. III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Le Chasseur Royal by Denoyer, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer. III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Le Chasseur Royal by Denoyer, Mlle Roland, &c .

1060
08 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke and their Highnesses the Princesses [who were present]. Prompter, 13 Jan.: the Rehearsal was perform'd by Command . . . Prince Prettyman's refusing to act. [See also a complaint in Grub St. Journal, 8 Jan., about Mlle Roland's immodest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Dance: ]

1061
24 January 1736 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Nicholas Porpora. Their Majesties, Princesses Amelia and Caroline expected to attend.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mithridates

Performance Comment: Cast not listed, but edition of 1735 lists: Mitridate-Francesco Bernardi, detto Senesino; Sifare-Carlo Broschi, detto Farinelli; Semandra-Signora Francesca Cuzzoni; Farnace-Signora Fran. Bertolli; Ismene-Signora Santa Tasca, detta la Santina; Archelao-Antonio Montagnana; Arcante-Bernardo Palma .
Cast
Role: Semandra Actor: Signora Francesca Cuzzoni

1062
05 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #147 1s. [Their Majesties, Duke, and Princesses Caroline, Mary, and Louisa present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

1063
11 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Caroline, Mary, and Louisa [who were present]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Milward
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Tragedy Actor: Raftor and Mrs Cantrell
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet
Role: Milkmaids Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs PelUng, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett

Music: In II: Solo on Violin by Charke

Dance: II: New Serious Dance by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .
Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

1064
19 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Dryden. Set to Musick by Mr Handel. Pit and Boxes half a Guinea. Galleries 4s. and 2s. 6d. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 20 Feb.: Last Night his Royal Highness the Duke, and her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia were at. . . Mr Dryden's Ode, set to Musick by Mr Handel. Never was upon the like Occasion so numerous and splendid an Audience at any Theatre in London, there being at least 1300 Persons present; and it is judg'd that the Receipt of the House could not amount to less than 450l. It met with general Applause, tho attended with the Inconvenience of having the Performers placed at too great a distance from the Audience, which we hear will be rectified the next Time of Performance. [Egmont also present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feast Of Alexander

Performance Comment: Cast not listed, and none in edition of 1736, but Deutsch, Handel, p. 399, lists: Soprano-Signora Strada; Contralto-Mrs Arne-Young; Tenor-Beard; Bass-Erard, with violoncelli by Andrea Caporale and Pasqualino de Mareis and harpsichord by Walsh .
Cast
Role: Bass Actor: Erard, with violoncelli by Andrea Caporale and Pasqualino de Mareis and harpsichord by Walsh

1065
25 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: As 19 Feb. For the better Reception of the Ladies, the Pit will be floor'd over, and laid into the Boxes, and the Orchestre plac'd in a Manner more commodious to the Audience. [Their Majesties and the Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feast Of Alexander

1066
26 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Duke, and their Highnesses the Princesses Caroline, Mary, and Louisa [who were present]. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 28 Feb.: The Author perceiving from the Behaviour of some Persons, a determin'd Resolution, notwithstanding the Presence of part of the Royal Family, to breed a Disturbance, to the Prejudice of the Play, occasion'd, as 'tis supposed, from an invidious Letter inserted in Thursday's Grubstreet Journal, has chose to withdraw his Play, rather than give them an Opportunity of gratifying their Malice, by a Repetition of such Disturbances as must necessarily prevent the Audience from hearing the Performance in Peace. Receipts: #112 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deceit

Dance: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. Comic Ballet by Lalauze, Mlle d'Hervigni, &c. French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Performance Comment: Comic Ballet by Lalauze, Mlle d'Hervigni, &c. French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme .

1067
08 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mlle Anne Roland. By Command of Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. [Tickets at Mrs Anne Roland's, Golden Ball and Dove, Great Newport Street.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: In I: Venetian Gondolier by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale by Roland, Father of Mlle Roland and Mlle Anne Roland. In In: Biscaien (new) by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. IV: German Peasant by Roland. V: By Denoyer's Prentice

Performance Comment: II: Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale by Roland, Father of Mlle Roland and Mlle Anne Roland. In In: Biscaien (new) by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. IV: German Peasant by Roland. V: By Denoyer's Prentice .
Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

1068
15 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: See a letter by Benjamin Victor to Matthew Debourg, in Victor, original Letters . . . (1776), I, I4ff which Deutsch, Handel, p. 409, thinks should be dated ca. 15 May 1736. Ricb's Register: Duke and Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Atalanta

1069
15 May 1736 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: According to the newspapers, the Prince and Princess were present, but Deutsch, Handel, p. 408, thinks that they may have been at CG instead

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feast Of Hymen

1070
19 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Rich's Register: Duke and Princess Amelia present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Atalanta

1071
02 June 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. [The young Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Guilt Its Own Punishment

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Captains

1072
07 July 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: As 18 June. By Command of Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzira

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

1073
04 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Her Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq; Poet-Laureat. The Queen, Duke, and Princesses present. [See Daily Gazetteer, 4 Nov., for a discussion of the need of a paper devoted to the theatre, with some comments on theatrical conditions.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett.

Dance: III: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

1074
13 November 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The Queen, Duke, and princesses present.] Lord Hervey to Henry Fox, 13 Nov.: I am just returned with the Queen from a long dull Opera, and a cold, empty House.--Ilchester, Lord Hervey and his Friends, p. 255

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alcina

1075
08 December 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The Queen, Duke, and Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

Performance Comment: Deutsch, Handel, p. 419, lists: Poro-Annibali; Cleofide-Signora Strada; Erissena-Signora Maria Caterina Negri; Gandarte-Conti; Alessandro-Beard; Timagene-Reinhold.
Cast
Role: Gandarte Actor: Conti
Role: Alessandro Actor: Beard