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1934 results for: Keyword - R. Ford
We found 1864 matches on Performance Comments, 251 matches on Event Comments, 31 matches on Performance Title, 7 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

676
01 February 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Ross; Lord Brumpton-Walker; Campley-Dyer; Trusty-Gibson; Trim (with the Cries of London)-Shuter; Puzzle-Martin; Tom-Costollo; Cabinet-Davis; Sable-Bennet; Corp. Swagger-Barrington; Tatter-Weller; Rag-Gardner; Clump-Buck; Bumpkin-R. Smith; Matchlock-Redman; Kate Matchlock-Wignel; Fordingale-Mrs Younger; Mademoiselle-Mrs Evans; Tattleaid-Miss Pitt; Lady Harriet-Miss Hallam; Lady Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Fordingale Actor: Mrs Younger

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials

Cast
Role: The Graces Actor: Miss Wilford, Miss Valois, Miss Pitt
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford.

677
08 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Ford Actor: Ross
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford.

678
10 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford.

679
20 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: False Concord

Dance: II: A New Grand Ballet-Gallini, Miss Wilford, Sga Manesiere; End: A Grand Dance, call'd Hymen's Triumph-Gallini, Duquesney, Master Rogers, Miss Valois, Miss Wilford, Sga Manesiere

680
27 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Performance Comment: Timothy Peascod-Woodward; Sir Roger-Marten; Justice Statute-Redman; Corporal-R. Smith; Sir Humphrey-Wignel; Peter Nettle-Bennet; Soldier-Holtom; ThomasFilbert-Shuter; Steward-Anderson; Stave-Costollo; Dorcas-Miss Helm; Constable-Lewis; Aunt-Mrs Copin; Joyce-Master Besford; Kitty Carrot-Miss Elliot; first time, with the song 'Twas when the seas were roaring-.
Cast
Role: Joyce Actor: Master Besford

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; End: New Grand Ballet, as17640320

Song: III: Will be a Duette-Mattocks, Miss Polly Young

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London-Shuter

681
04 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End: The Judgment of Paris, as17640503

682
11 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; IV: The Cudgell'd Husband, as17631101

Song: III: O ruddier than the Cherry-Legg; End: Mirth Admit me of the Crew-Legg

683
21 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherd's Artifice

684
21 September 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

685
08 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Smith; King Henry-Gibson; Richmond-Clarke; Buckingham-Hull; Catesby-Davis; Norfolk-Perry; Ratcliff-Bennet; Stanley-Anderson; Tressel-Dyer; Prince Edward-Mrs Evans; Duke of York-Mas. Besford; Oxford-Weller; Forrest-Holtom; Lord Mayor-Buck; Lieut.-R. Smith; Lady Anne-Mrs Vincent; Duchess of York-Mrs Ferguson; Queen-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Mas. Besford
Role: Oxford Actor: Weller

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: Grand Comic Ballet call'd Blind Man's Buff, as17641003

686
15 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: III: A Tambourine-Fichar; End: La Femme Maitresse, as17641004

687
25 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: M Duquesney, Miss Wilford.

688
03 November 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003

689
07 November 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Smith; 1st Spirit-Ross; Elder Brother-Clarke; Younger Brother-White; 2nd Spirit-R. Smith; Lady-Mrs Ward; Bacchanals-Beard, Mattocks; Bacchants-Miss Brent, Miss Miller; 3rd Spirit-Mattocks; Euphrosyne-Miss Miller; Sabrina, the Pastoral Nymph, the Song of Sweet Echo-Miss Brent; Chorusses-Legg, Baker, Dibdin, Waylin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones; Dances-Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford.
Cast
Role: Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

690
21 December 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: M Duquesney, Miss Wilford.

691
19 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Queens; or, Death of Alexander the Little

Dance: II: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003

692
24 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford.

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Entertainment: After Masque: (this night only) his Serious, Comic, Post-haste Observations in his Journey to Paris, as17650411

693
02 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: IV: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17641101

694
16 September 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

695
18 September 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

696
30 September 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Smith; King Henry-Gibson; Richmond-Davis; Buckingham-Hull; Catesby-Wignel; Norfolk-Perry; Ratcliff-Bennet; Stanley-Anderson; Tressel-Dyer; Prince Edward-Miss Valois; Duke of York-Mas. Besford; Lord Mayor-Lewis; Lieut.-R. Smith; Lady Anne-Mrs Vincent; Duchess of York-Mrs Ferguson; Queen-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Mas. Besford

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: End: The Venetian Gardeners, as17650925

697
03 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: End: New Grand Ballet call'd The Garland-Fichar, Miss Wilford

698
06 January 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Mas. Besford

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Grand Ballet Actor: Fichar, Miss Wilford.

699
31 January 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar, With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius

Performance Comment: Brutus-Walker; Cassius-Smith; Antony-Ross; Julius Caesar-Clarke; Caska-Gibson; Cinna-Gardner; Cimber-Cushing; Lepidus-Morris; Ligarius-Holtom; Octavius-Hull; Pindarus-R. Smith; Soothsayer-Redman; Lucilius-Murden; Publius-Wignel; Voluminius-Weller; Lena-Hallam; Lucius-Mas. Besford; Antony's Servant-Perry; Trebonius-Anderson; Decius Brutus-Davis; Plebians-Barrington, Dunstall, Costollo, Lewis; Calphurnia-Mrs Vincent; Portia-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Lucius Actor: Mas. Besford

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: End of Play: The Village Romps, as17651019

700
20 March 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Fichar, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer