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2951 results for: Keyword - Prince and Princess Wales
We found 1203 matches on Event Comments, 786 matches on Performance Comments, 664 matches on Performance Title, 402 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1751
16 December 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

1752
19 December 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, Duke, and five Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Related Works
Related Work: Three Hours after Marriage Author(s): Alexander Pope
Related Work: The Count of Burgundy Author(s): Alexander PopeAugust Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue
Related Work: Lupone; or, The Inquisitor Author(s): Alexander Gordon
Related Work: Telemachus Author(s): Alexander Scarlatti
Related Work: Sethona Author(s): Alexander Dow
Related Work: Zingis Author(s): Alexander Dow

1753
21 December 1732 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: As 16 Dec. Receipts: #104 17s. 6d. [The Prince, Duke, and two younger Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: As17321219

1754
26 December 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Related Works
Related Work: Three Hours after Marriage Author(s): Alexander Pope
Related Work: The Count of Burgundy Author(s): Alexander PopeAugust Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue
Related Work: Lupone; or, The Inquisitor Author(s): Alexander Gordon
Related Work: Telemachus Author(s): Alexander Scarlatti
Related Work: Sethona Author(s): Alexander Dow
Related Work: Zingis Author(s): Alexander Dow

1755
30 December 1732 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, Duke, and Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Related Works
Related Work: Three Hours after Marriage Author(s): Alexander Pope
Related Work: The Count of Burgundy Author(s): Alexander PopeAugust Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue
Related Work: Lupone; or, The Inquisitor Author(s): Alexander Gordon
Related Work: Telemachus Author(s): Alexander Scarlatti
Related Work: Sethona Author(s): Alexander Dow
Related Work: Zingis Author(s): Alexander Dow

1756
03 January 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: As 26 Dec. 1732. Receipts, #79 16s. 6d. [Prince and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: As17321228

1757
13 January 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ptolemy

1758
06 February 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

1759
22 February 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Benefit the late Mr Wilks's Widow. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Part of the Seats on the Stage (for the better Accommodation of the Ladies) will be form'd into Side-Boxes. Part of the Pit (by Desire) will be rail'd in at the Price of the Boxes. [Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present. The Epilogue is in Weekly Miscellany, 10 March 1733.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Dance: Denoyer, Mrs Booth, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter

1760
03 March 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and Three eldest Princesses present.] Daily Advertiser, 5 March: Signora Strada, on Account of whose Indisposition the Run of the new Opera of Orlando was interrupted, continues very ill

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Floridante

Performance Comment: Edition of 1733 does not list performers' names. See Deutsch, Handel, p. 307.

1761
17 March 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. A New Oratorio in English. Composed by Mr Handel. And to be perform'd by a great Number of the best Voices and Instruments. The House to be fitted up and illuminated in a new and particular manner. Tickets One Guinea. Gallery Half a Guinea. [Text by Samuel Humphreys. Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.] Daily Advertiser, 20 March: An Entertainment, perhaps, the most magnificent that has ever been exhibited on an English Theatre....The Composition of the Musick is by no means inferior to the most finish'd of that Gentleman's Works; but the Disposition of the Performers was in a Taste beyond what has been attempted. There was a very great Number of Instruments by the best Hands, and such as would properly accompany three Organs. The Pit and Orchestre were cover'd as at an Assembly, and the whole House Illuminated in a new and most beautiful manner. [See also Lady A. Irwin to Lord Carlisle, in Deutsch, Handel, pp. 309-10.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Performance Comment: Edition of 1733 does not list performers' names, but Daily Advertiser, 20 March, states: Wherein Principal Parts-Signor Senosini, Signora Strada, Signora Gismundi, Signora Bertoldi, Signor Montagnana, Miss Young, Miss Arne, Mrs Wright, Mr Swartzs[, perform'd the principal Parts. [See also Deutsch, Handel, p. 308, and Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 236.], perform'd the principal Parts. [See also Deutsch, Handel, p. 308, and Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 236.]

1762
31 March 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [K$King, Queen, Prince, three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

1763
24 April 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

1764
29 May 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$The King, Queen, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Griselda

1765
05 June 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [T$The King, Queen, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Griselda

1766
10 November 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 12 Nov.: The Royal Family were at the Opera, his Highness the Prince of Orange was there likewise in a Box next to that of the Princess Royal

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

1767
20 November 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

1768
04 December 1733 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Apostolo Zeno. Recitatives by Handel. Prince and three eldest Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caius Fabricius

1769
12 March 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Their Majesties, three eldest Princesses, and Prince of Orange present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariadne [in Creta]

1770
15 June 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: This will be the last Performance. [Their Majesties, Prince, Duke, and all the Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aeneas

1771
10 December 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Their Majesties, Prince, Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

1772
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: ]

1773
06 January 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #76 15s. 6d. Rec'd #27 12s. for the deficiency 21 Dec. Paid Barry his one third of the surplus above the #80 House Charges: #0. Paid Mrs Martha Bedwell, Mrs Creighton, Mr Bedwell and Mr Griffin their renter's interest, #24 12s. Gave King's Footmen and Chairmen #4 4s., the Prince of Wales's Footmen and Chairmen #2 2s., and the Princess of Wales's Footmen and Chairmen #2 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Barry
Role: Thessalus Actor: Anderson
Role: Aristander Actor: Cushing
Role: Cassander Actor: Ridout

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: FFingalian Dance, as17571013

1774
16 January 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Mr Love & Mr Sanderson's Night. as Authors of ye Pantomime (Hopkins). Benefit for Compo[ser]s Panto (Cross Diary). Mr Powell played much better than the first night. Princess Augusta married to the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Receipts: #233 8s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Cast
Role: Osman Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

1775
20 January 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This night a new Occasional Interlude call'd Hymen was introduc'd between the Acts; but not put in the Bills (Hopkins). [For cast, see 21 Jan.] An occasional Interlude on the Marriage of Princess Augusta to Prince of Brunswick call'd Hymen (Cross Diary). This night a new occasional Interlude called Hymen, but not in the bills. Hymen was written by Mr Allen (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). [The Larpent MS 217 lists four characters and a Chorus: Hymen, Cupid, Venus, Mars, Chorus. The words of the Songs by Cupid, Hymen and Venus were published in the Public Advertiser, 23 Jan.] Receipts: #122 5s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate