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We found 6691 matches on Roles/Actors, 1726 matches on Performance Comments, 226 matches on Event Comments, 21 matches on Performance Title, and 5 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Performance Comment: As17920618.

Afterpiece Title: Next Door Neighbours

Performance Comment: As17920716 but Lady Caroline Seymour (1st time)-Mrs Whitfield.

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Performance Comment: As17920814.
Event Comment: On account of Mrs Webb's Indisposition Cross Partners [advertised on playbill of 20 Aug.] is unavoidably postponed till Thursday

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Performance Comment: As17920817.

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: As17920801.
Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. [Author of Address unknown.] Public Advertiser, 21 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Performance Comment: Major Benbow-Wilson; Justice Benbow-Usher; Captain Grevill-Johnstone; Captain Wilson-Bannister; Tipple-Edwin; Kilderkin-Ledger; Ned-Abbott; Putty-Farley; Eliza-Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: Earl of Mercia-Cubitt; Mayor of Coventry-Wilson; Harold-Davies; Count Louis-Bland; Peeping Tom-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in this opera); new song (in character) The little farthing rushlight (Thespian Magazine, Oct. 1792, p. 101)-Bannister Jun.; Crazy-Barrett; Godina-Mrs Cuyler; Emma-Mrs Bannister; Mayoress-Mrs Edwin; Maud-Mrs Kemble.

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Performance Comment: As17920814, but Sheepface-Barrett.

Song: As17920815

Entertainment: Monologue End 2nd piece: New Occasional Address-Mrs Kemble

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, ascribed variously to Elizabeth Inchbald and to Miss Griffiths, based on L'Amour Use, by Philippe Nericault, dit Destouches. Prologue and Epilogue by George Colman, ynger (see text)]. Morning Herald, 4 Sept. 1792: This Day is published Cross Partners (1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In Good Humour

Performance Comment: As17920707.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Wilson, King, Williamson, Palmer, Wewitzer, Farley, Johnson, Lyons, Mrs Webb, Mrs Goodall, Miss Heard, Miss Fontenelle. Cast from text (C. and G. Kearsley, 1792): Sir Charles Cullender-Wilson; General Touchwood-King; George Cleveland-Williamson; Captain Herbert-Palmer; Corporal Smack-Wewitzer; Pompey-Farley; Thomas-Johnson; Servant-Lyons; Lady Diana Dupely-Mrs Webb; Maria Sydney (formerly Sophia Hobson)-Mrs Goodall; Louisa Fairfax-Miss Heard; Mrs Mutter-Miss Fontenelle; Prologue-Palmer; Epilogue-Mrs Goodall.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: As17920823 Prologue, Epilogue as17920823 .

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: As17920822, but Mayoress-Mrs Webb.

Entertainment: Monologue New Occasional Address, as17920822

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: As17920823 Prologue, Epilogue as17920823 .

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Performance Comment: As17920728.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: As17920823 Prologue, Epilogue as17920823 .

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: As17920730.
Event Comment: The Two Socias [advertised on playbill of 28 Aug.] is unavoidably postponed till Friday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: As17920823 Prologue, Epilogue as17920823 .

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: As17920801.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth part I

Performance Comment: As17920806, but Sir Walter Blunt-Farley; Peto-Abbott.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: As17920824.
Event Comment: In consequence of the sudden Indisposition of Mrs Kemble, Inkle and Yarico [in place of Cross Partners, advertised on playbill of 31 Aug.] is obliged to be postponed. [In mainpiece the playbill retains Palmer Jun. as the Officer, but "An apology was made by Palmer for his Son who (as he said), not knowing of the sudden change [of play], was gone to the country, but the son thought proper to give his father the lie, by appearing in the boxes, a few minutes after, with a girl. Farley performed his part, and the audience seemed rejoiced at the change" (Thespian Magazine, Oct. 1792, p.102). Afterpiece in place of Katharine and Petruchio, advertised on playbill of 31 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Performance Comment: As17920625 but Officer-Farley; 2nd Carpenter-Edwin; Madelon-Miss DeCamp; Vocal Parts-Miss Barclay, Miss _DeCamp; Citizens-_Abbott.

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Performance Comment: As17920814.
Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of King Henry the Fourth, advertised on playbill of 1 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Performance Comment: As17920817.

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: As17920801.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: As17920823 Prologue, Epilogue as17920823 .

Afterpiece Title: Katharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17920817, but Biondello-Evatt; Pedro-Ledger.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bannister, being her Last Appearance on the Stage. [Address by George Colman, ynger (Thespian Magazine, Oct. 1792, p. 102.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Performance Comment: The Mogul-Williamson; Johnny Atkins-Parsons; Dr Pedant-Wewitzer; Omar-Evatt; Zapphira-Miss Heard; Irene-Mrs Whitfield; Sheba-Mrs Cuyler; Fanny-Mrs Kemble.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: As17920824.

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: As17920730.

Entertainment: Monologue End 2nd piece: a Serio, Comic, Poetic Paraphrase on Shakespear's Seven Ages-King; End 3rd piece: Occasional Farewell Address-Mrs Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: As17920823 Prologue, Epilogue as17920823 .

Afterpiece Title: The Family Compact

Performance Comment: As17920906 Prologue as17920906 .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cross Partners

Performance Comment: As17920823 Prologue, Epilogue as17920823 .

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Performance Comment: As17920905.
Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. Public Advertiser, 3 Sept.: Tickets to be had of Jewell, No. 26, Suffolk-street, Charing Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Performance Comment: As17920727 but Vocal Parts-Miss Barclay, Miss _DeCamp; Citizens-_Abbott.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: As17920824, but Emma-Miss DeCamp; new song-_.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Performance Comment: As17920817, but Villagers-Mrs _Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: As17920730 but Laura-Miss Barclay (1st appearance in that character).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth part I

Performance Comment: As17920830.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: As17920910.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Performance Comment: As17920706 but Citizens-_Abbott.

Afterpiece Title: The Family Compact

Performance Comment: As17920906 Prologue as17920906 .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Performance Comment: As17920913.

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: As17920801, but Cecilia-Miss DeCamp (1st appearance in that character).
Event Comment: The Last Night of the Company's performing this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: As17920910, but Count Louis-Farley.

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: As17920911.

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Performance Comment: As17920905.
Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Who's the Dupe?, advertised on playbill of 6 Oct.] Receipts: #172 18s. 6d. (141.7.6; 30.19.0; 0.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: As17920918.

Afterpiece Title: All The Worlds A Stage

Performance Comment: As17920915.
Event Comment: Receipts: #276 17s. 6d. (183.5.6; 90.6.0; 3.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The Rivals

Performance Comment: As17920922, but Malaprop-Mrs Webb (of cg).

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Performance Comment: As17921018.
Event Comment: Receipts: #178 (128.10; 45.1; 4.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings King Henry The Fifth

Performance Comment: As17920925, but Dauphin-Barrymore.

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Performance Comment: As17921018.
Event Comment: Receipts: #202 2s. 6d. (159.7.6; 41.12.0; 1.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17920915, but Charles Surface-Wroughton (1st appearance in that character); Crabtree-Waldron.

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: As17920920.

Song: III: song-Sedgwick