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5659 results for: Keyword - R. Cross
We found 2957 matches on Performance Comments, 2884 matches on Event Comments, 256 matches on Performance Title, 115 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3351
20 April 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Mr Whitehead, author of the Roman Father. (Great applause) (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa, Queen Of Athens

3352
23 April 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

3353
24 April 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr & Mrs Davies (Cross). Mainpiece: Acted but once these 17 years. Tickets and places to be had of Mr and Mrs Davies at their lodgings at Mr Evan's, in Tavistock Row, Covent Garden, and at The Stage Door. Receipts: #192 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: Beard

Related Works
Related Work: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard Author(s): John Cartwright Cross

3354
29 April 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit ye Masters & Mrs Graham shar'd (Cross). Last time of performing the Mainpiece this season. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

3355
30 April 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Pritchard--pretty well (Cross). Tickets at Pritchard's Warehouse. The only time this play and farce will be performed this season. Afterpiece: Taken from Sir Charles Sedley. [The Larpent MS 112 indicates additional parts in The Grumbler: Lovemore-$Jefferson; Capt. Bellmount-$Ackman; Sir John Rightou'd-?; +Rigant-$Marr; Shallow-$Vaughan; Victoria-$Mrs Simson; Sersnet-Miss ?; +Footboy-?; The MS contains prompt notes also.] Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Grumbler

Dance: II: Masquerade Dance-

3356
01 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

3357
04 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Philips and Mrs Cowper. Tickets deliver'd by Jefferson, Dennison, Ward, and Mrs Wright will be taken. Buck in the afterpiece being by Particular Desire, and the last time of his performing it this season. Tickets of Philips at his house in Martlet Court, Bow St., Covent Garden; of Mrs Cowper, at Fryer's, Hosier, corner of James St., Long-Acre. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: IV: The Pierrot's Dance-Dennison, Granier; V: A Punch Dance-Dennison

3358
06 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Lacey & Miss Thomas (Cross). Tickets deliver'd by Clough, G. Burton, and Mrs Addison will be taken. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

3359
07 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mills. Tickets deliver'd out by Taswell and Morris will be taken. Tickets of Mrs Mills at her lodgings at Gardyner's a Printer, in Russel St., and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Grumbler

Song: I: The School of Anacreon-Beard; IV: A Ballad-Beard

Dance: II: Country Amusements, as17540416 III: The Drunken Peasant-Morris; the Clown-Shawford; V: A Hornpipe-Morris

3360
11 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Last time of performing it this season. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

3361
15 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Roger, Shawford, Reinhold, & Gerard, he run away (Cross). Mons Gerard left England. His tickets not admitted (Winston MS 8). Last time of performing the Mainpiece this Season. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: A Hornpipe-Walker

Song: Dialogue call'd% Damon and Chloe-Master Reinhold, Miss Thomas

3362
17 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Parr, Berrisford, Robinson and Goodwin. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Mrs Wisely Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: I: A Ballad (by Desire)-Beard; IV: Song-Miss Thomas

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

3363
18 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Foley and Veil. Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Song: II, IV: Singing-Miss Thomas

Dance: III: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

3364
20 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Gray, Dunbar, Smith and Broad. Receipts: #223 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: II: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504

3365
21 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Tomlingson, Baker & 4 more (Cross). [Bride, Robinson, Palmer, Walker.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; IV: Hornpipe-Walker

3366
22 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Varney. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Lady Darling Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: Miss Thomas

Dance: IV: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

3367
27 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

3368
15 October 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #80 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: I: Shepherd's Holiday, as17541008

3369
19 October 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #110 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

3370
11 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Never Acted there. The Principal Characters New Dress'd. As written by Shakespear (Cross). Receipts: #70 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

3371
16 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: We staid 'till ten Minutes after six when ye Audience made a great noise to begin, & when the Curtain went up, pelted the Actors and wou'd not suffer'em to go on till Mr Garrick told'em, we began by the green room Clock, & that we had not much exceeded the time-one above call'd out it was half an hour after six but we proceeded without farther Interuption (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Dance: A New Dance Sga Sabatini, as17541115

3372
18 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This Day a Paragraph appear'd in the papers that we always began by ye green room Clock which was kept by Mr Grignions regulator of equal time, & was now slower than ye Sun 16 Minutes (Cross). Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

3373
19 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of The King (Cross). Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Dance: II: A New DanceSga Sabatini, as17541115

3374
22 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs James will be taken. For ye Benefit of Mrs James, tho' her name was not put up, who is going to leave the Stage, and retire as said to a Nunnery. Mr Macklin's Oratory open'd at his house in ye Piazza (Cross). Public Advertiser 22 Nov.: At Macklin's Great Room in Hart St. Covent Garden this day...will be opened The British Inquisition. This Inquisition is upon the plan of the ancient Greek, Roman and modern French, Italian Societies@of@liberal@investigation...&c. First lecture to be on Hamlet. [See Mackliniana (2 Vols. Folger Shakespeare Library) MS notes by Isaac Reed, from the Public Advertiser, 22 Nov. Macklin's lecture series was repeated on 23, 28 Nov., 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28 Dec.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

3375
25 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for one Barbat -no name in ye bills (Cross). Both pieces by Desire. Tickets deliver'd out for this night will be taken. Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: A New DanceSga Sabatini, as17541115