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5325 results for: Keyword - R
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.

1951
10 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lowe. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock. Receipts: #103 1s., in cash, plus #162 19s. from tickets (Boxes 259; Pit 546; Gallery 163). Total income #266.Charges #64 5s. Paid Martin (wardrobe keeper) on a acct of his salary #5; Paid Whitefield 3 months salary #7 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600221, but Macheath-Lowe, 1st time this season.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17591013.

Dance: CCountry Dance-characters of the play; Hornpipe-Miss Dawson; I: Fingalian Dance-Miss Hilliard; II: Dutch Skipper-Poitier

1952
11 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #118 14s. Mr Poitier Sr had tickets. Received #50 9s. (Boxes 133; Pit 78; Gallery 55). Owed to the House 1!2 value of these, or #15 4s. 6d. Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) 5 bills amounting to #60

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17600214.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17600407 but Earth-Terrier, Mrs Jansolin.

Dance: I: A Shepherdess-Miss Wilford , Scholar to Poitier Sr; II: The Pygmalion Dance-Poitier Jr, Miss Wilford; End: A Minuet-Poitier Jr, Miss Wilford

1953
16 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent. Afterpiece: By Desire and for that night only. No building on Stage. Miss Dawson's second time of speaking on the Stage. Tickets delivered out for Hamlet will be taken. Receipts: #76 4s. 6d. in cash, plus #83 5s. from tickets (Boxes 147; Pit 208; Gallery 153). Total income #159 9s. 6d. Charge #64 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17600214 *uócg The English Sailors in America. As17600320.

Entertainment: E+Extravaganza. Between Play and Farce: Shuter will entertain the Audience (this night only) by A Day of Taste, as17600320

Performance Comment: Between Play and Farce: Shuter will entertain the Audience (this night only) by A Day of Taste, as17600320.

1954
25 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Mattocks, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Green. Tickets delivered out for Mrs Stephens and for The Tender Husband will be taken. No building on Stage. Receipts: #53 10s. 6d. in cash. Charges #64 5s. Deficit to each beneficiary #3 11s. 6d. covered by income from tickets. @Mattock Box 25@Pit 176@Gallery 100@Value #14 13s.@Mrs Green Box 28@Pit 90@Gallery 83@Value #28 16s.@Mrs Pit Box 14@Pit 149@Gallery 216@Value #47 9s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17600214.

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Performance Comment: As17600324 but Le Noble-Hull.

Dance: I: The Dutch Skipper, as17591017; II: The Lamp Lighters, as17600318 End Opera: By Desire, a Minuet-Leppie, a Young Lady, who never appeared on any stage before

1955
26 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #115 18s. 6d. Present Prince of Wales at #5 5s., with Duke of York; Princess of Wales at #5 5s., with Lady Augusta, Lady Caroline, Lady Louisa. Paid Woodfall for printing #46 18s. 6d. and another printing bill #31 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17600214.

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Performance Comment: As17591015.

1956
30 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Mowat. No Building on Stage. Receipts: #72 14s., plus #71 2s. from tickets (Boxes 93; Pit 225; Gallery 141). Charges #64 5s. Total income #143 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17600408 but Juliet-Miss Mowat, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: As17600424 but Betty-_.

Dance: III: By Desire, a Hornpipe-Miss Dawson; End: The Lamp Lighters, as17600318

1957
10 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Full prices. Receipts: #229 15s. Paid Kemp #9 12s.; Dallon on acct of salary #1 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600410 but Macheath-Beard; Wat Dreary-C. Smith.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performance Comment: As17600225.

1958
13 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #128 1s. 6d. Last time of performing the mainpiece this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17600214.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17600411.

1959
16 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Vaughan, Condell, Green (boxkeepers). Receipts: #18 18s. in cash. Charges #64 5s. Deficit to each #17 0s. 8d. covered by tickets: Condell #74 12s. (Boxes 132; Pit 212; Gallery 98); Vaughan #71 2s. (Boxes 151; Pit 147; Gallery 113); Green #73 13s. (Boxes 206; Pit 119; Gallery 456). Total income #238 9s. Paid Kemp #8 6s.; Paid Pattinson (Tallow chandler) 6 bills to 8 May #100 14s. 6d.; Advanced to Barrington #21. [The house is now, according to the books, showing a deficit of #634 14s. 6d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv Part I

Performance Comment: As17600209.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17590924.

Dance: II: The Fingalian Dance, as17591102; End: The Knife Sharpeners, as17600417

1960
20 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #50 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17600430 but Juliet-Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performance Comment: As17600225.

1961
22 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Last time of performing the mainpiece this season. [See same note on 24 March, also later on 26 May.] Receipts: #95 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600510.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performance Comment: As17600225.

1962
26 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #86 1s. Paid Mr Stergess & son for attending Mr Saunders on the wire 48 nights #14 14s. 6d.; Advanc'd to Saunders #4 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600510.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performance Comment: As17600225.

1963
28 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Last time of Company's performing this season. Receipts: #83 18s. Paid Kemp 7 nights #11 4s.; Paid Sarjant on acct of his salary; Paid Martin in full for salary #10; Whitfield for 3 months #7 10s. Advanced to Poitier Jr #5 5s. Paid for 7 doz. wax candles #10 17s. Paid Potter for his attendance this season 181 nights at 2s. per night, #18 2s. Paid Mr Tarriot for his daughter's dancing this season #21. Advanc'd to Mrs Viviez #3 3s. Paid Pattinson 2 bills #31 12s. 6d. Paid Woodfall in full #83 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17600214.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17600521.

1964
26 September 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 8s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600924.

Dance: As17600924

1965
11 October 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Mr Ross advanc'd [i.e., received a raise in salary] from 22 Sept. 3s. 4d. per day. Mr Leppy enter'd this day at 8s. 10d. per day; Mrs Leppy enter'd at 5s. per day; Mrs Viviez enter'd at 6s. 8d. per Day. Paid Boys and Girls attendance in the Opera 10s. Memo: Walker enter'd as Constable the 6th instant inclusive in place of Mr Barnes who resign'd (Account Book). [Only #28 5s. 6d. in the Boxes (Account Book). This charge of 10s. for children supers in the Beggar's Opera, occurs regularly throughout the remainder of the season.] Receipts: #114 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600924.

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Performance Comment: Hartop-Shuter; Sir Gregory-Bennet; Jenkins-Davis; Tim-Costollo.

Dance: As17600924; The Pedlar Trick'd, as17601010-Sg and Sga Maranesi

1966
21 October 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Boxes: #25 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #116 7s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600924.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Shuter.

Dance: As17601011

1967
19 November 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #32 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #115 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600924.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17601001.

Dance: As17600924; The Pedlar Trick'd-Sg Maranesi, Sga Maranesi

1968
05 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd out by the author of Thomas and Sally will be taken this night. [Bickerstaffe took in #85 6s. in ready money and #12 18s. from tickets (Boxes 12; Pit 18) Total #98 4s.] Paid Dibdin for singing 5 nights in Thomas and Sally and 1 night in Romeo #1 10s. (Account Book). Charges #64 5s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv Part I

Performance Comment: As17601010, but Gadskill-Buck.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17601128.

Dance: II: As17601014

1969
10 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #23. Paid to Mr Redhead & Co (silk mercers) sundry Bills from Feb. last. #208 11s. (Account Book). Receipts: #97 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: As17601209.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17601128.

1970
15 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #28 7s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #130 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600924.

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Performance Comment: As17601011.

Dance: As17600924; End II: A Comic dance, not performed these 8 years, call'd Les Charboniers-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

1971
17 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #31 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #135 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: As17601209.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17601020, but Yeoman-Weller; Air-Leppie, Mrs Mariane; Fire-Granier, Mrs Granier; Water-Poitier, Mlle Capdeville.

1972
19 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of his Majesty. The Comedy Love for Love design'd to be perform'd this day, is deferr'd till further notice. Present His Majesty and Princess of Wales, Lady Augusta, Princess Louisa, Prince William and Prince Frederick. Boxes #94 7s. 6d. [about 384 persons, nearly the capacity of the Boxes, which was about 560]. Paid Macklin one fifth part of #179 being the surplus after #63 allow'd for the charge as per agreement...#35 16s. Gave the Yeomen of the King and Princess's Guard #2 2s., and the King's Footmen and Chairmen #1 1s. (Account Book). Receipts: #242 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv Part I

Performance Comment: As17601205.

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Performance Comment: Actors only: Macklin, Barrington, Dunstall, Creswick, Mrs Burden, Shuter. Sir Archy-Macklin; Squire Groom-Shuter; Sir Callaghan-Barrington; Mordecai-Cresswick; Sir Theodore-Dunstall; Charlotte-Miss Macklin (Genest, IV, 623); Parts-Creswick, Mrs Burden.

Dance: [Unspecified]

1973
23 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Last time of performing till the Holidays. Boxes #72 15s. Paid Macklin one fifth part of #128 15s. being the surplus after #63 allowed for the charge as per agreement--#25 15s. Paid Mr Roubiliac as per bill #30 14s. Paid Stephen Gom, carpenter at Cowley a bill for work done from 6 Dec. 1759 to this day #53 (Account Book). Receipts: #191 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: As17601209.

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Performance Comment: As17601219.

Dance: The Last New Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

1974
01 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. [Receipts from boxes not analysed this day.] Receipts: #162 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: As17601118.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17601217.

1975
03 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd out for the 2nd of January will be taken. [Full value from these tickets amounted to #33 7s. (Box 74; Pit 99). House receiv'd half value paid 14 Jan. by Mrs Young "for the benefit of a Gentleman under Misfortune." Sg Maranesi and his wife (as a team) receiv'd a pay increase of 6s. 8d. per day from 29 Dec. 1760, and Mrs Burden received an advance in her salary of 1s. 8d. per day from the same date (Account Book).] Receipts: #114 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: As17601209.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17601128.