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3195 results for: Keyword - R. and J. Dodsley
We found 2551 matches on Performance Comments, 655 matches on Event Comments, 256 matches on Author, 115 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2376
28 December 1792 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's Othello

Performance Comment: Duke of Venice-Maddocks; Brabantio-Aickin; Gratiano-Phillimore; Lodovico-Packer; Othello-Kemble; Cassio-Barrymore; Iago-Bensley; Roderigo-Dodd; Montano-Whitfield; Julio [i.e. Gentleman ]-Benson; Antonio [i.e. Messenger ]-Caulfield; Officers-Banks, Lyons; Messenger-Bland; Sailor-Alfred; Desdemona-Mrs Siddons; Aemilia-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Messenger Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Patron

Performance Comment: Sir ThomasLofty-Palmer; Sir Peter Pepper Pot-R. Palmer; Dick Bever-Whitfield; Frank Younger-Bland; Sir Roger Dowlas-Phillimore; Mr Rust-Waldron; Mr Dactyl-Suett; Mr Puff-Baddeley; Mr Staytape-Hollingsworth; Robin-Benson; John-Alfred; Miss Juliet-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Frank Younger Actor: Bland

2377
01 January 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Pirates

Cast
Role: Fabulina Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Stefano Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Performance Comment: Doiley-Parsons; Sandford-R. Palmer; Granger-Barrymore; Gradus-Bannister Jun.; Elizabeth-Mrs Kemble; Charlotte-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: R. Palmer

2378
03 January 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Pirates

Cast
Role: Fabulina Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Stefano Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

2379
05 January 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Pirates

Cast
Role: Fabulina Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Stefano Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

2380
21 January 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Mme Mara
Role: Semira Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

2381
14 February 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

2382
16 February 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Barrymore

2383
26 February 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Venice Preserv'd

Performance Comment: Duke of Venice-Maddocks; Priuli-Aickin; Bedamar-R. Palmer; Jaffier-Kemble; Pierre-Bensley; Renault-Packer; Elliot-Fawcett; Spinosa-Benson; Theodore-Alfred; Durande-Cooke; Mezzano-Caulfield; Officer-Phillimore; Belvidera-Mrs Siddons.
Cast
Role: Durande Actor: Cooke

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Barrymore

2384
04 March 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's As You Like It

Performance Comment: Duke-Aickin; Frederick-Packer; Amiens (with songs)-Dignum; Jaques-Palmer; Le Beau-R. Palmer; Oliver-Whitfield; Jaques de Boys-Benson; Orlando-Barrymore; Adam-Moody; Touchstone-King; Corin-Waldron; Sylvius-Bland; William-Burton; Rosalind (with the Cuckoo song)-Mrs Jordan; Celia-Mrs Kemble; Phebe-Miss Collins; Audrey-Mrs Edwards.
Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Barrymore
Role: Sylvius Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Cast
Role: Nina Actor: Mrs Bland

Song: V: a song-Mrs Bland

2385
09 March 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Palmer; Cardinal Wolsey-Bensley; Campeius-Packer; Capucius-Phillimore; Cranmer-Aickin; D. of Norfolk-Whitfield; D. of Buckingham-Wroughton; D. of Suffolk-Caulfield; E. of Surry-Barrymore; L. Chancellor-Maddocks; L. Chamberlain-R. Palmer; Gardiner-Suett; Lord Sands-Baddeley; Sir Henry Guilford-Bland; Sir ThomasLovel-Fawcett; Cromwell-Kemble; Doctor Butts-Waldron; Surveyor-Benson; Brandon-Banks; Serjeant-Lyons; Doorkeeper-Jones; Cryer-Alfred; Queen Katharine-Mrs Siddons; Anne Bullen-Mrs Powell; Gentlewoman-Mrs Booth; Patience (with a song)-Mrs Bland; Agatha-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Baddeley
Role: Sir Henry Guilford Actor: Bland
Role: Brandon Actor: Banks
Role: Patience Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: Ozmyn and Daraxa

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Sedgwick
Role: Laida Actor: Mrs Bland

Dance: As17930307

2386
12 March 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Ozmyn and Daraxa

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Sedgwick
Role: Laida Actor: Mrs Bland

Dance: As17930307

2387
05 April 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's False Colours

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

2388
09 April 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. [In afterpiece the playbill assings Lazarillo to R. Palmer, but "Bland appeared in Lazarillo instead of R. Palmer" (Thespian Magazine, May 1793, p. 266).] Morning Herald, 2 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bensley, No. 21, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #201 10s. (93.4; 16.1; tickets: 92.5) (charge: #94 19s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Performance Comment: Don Guzman-Hollingsworth; Don Ferdinand-Barrymore; Don Carlos-Whitfield; Don Pedro-Benson; Octavio-Caulfield; Muskato-Bannister Jun.; Lazarillo-Bland; Lawyer-Maddocks; Notary-Fawcett; Marcella-Mrs Goodall; Aurora-Mrs Kemble; Beatrice-Mrs Jordan; Leonarda-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Don Ferdinand Actor: Barrymore
Role: Lazarillo Actor: Bland

2389
11 April 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's False Colours

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Cast
Role: 930319but Juba Actor: Master Welsh in place of Mrs Bland.
Role: Juba Actor: Mrs Bland

2390
23 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Mme Mara
Role: Semira Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Don Ferdinand Actor: Barrymore

Song: the favourite Harp Song-Mme Mara [Ah che nel petto io sento]; accompanied-Meyer Jun

2391
24 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dignum and Mrs Powell. [Afterpiece in place of The Devil to Pay, advertised on playbill of 23 May.] Morning Herald, 23 May: Tickets to be had of Dignum, No. 25, New North-street; of Mrs Powell, No. 22, Henrietta-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #510 1s. (54.13.6; 26.7.6; 3.17.0; tickets: 425.3.0) (charge: #160 5s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Orsino-Barrymore; Sebastian-Bland; Antonio-Benson; Sir Toby Belch-Moody; Sir Andrew Ague@cheek-Dodd; Sea Captain-Caulfield; Fabian-R. Palmer; Malvolio-Bensley; Clown (with the Epilogue Song)-Suett; Olivia-Mrs Powell; Viola-Mrs Jordan; Maria-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Sebastian Actor: Bland
Role: Sir Andrew Ague@cheek Actor: Dodd

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Performance Comment: As17930515, but Landlord-Benson in place of Phillimore; Cooke_. Cooke_.
Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Benson in place of Phillimore
Role: Sea Boys Actor: Miss _DeCamp, Mrs Bland
Role: Charles Actor: Bland

Song: End II: The Lucky Escape-Dignum; End IV: Primroses deck the banks (composed by Linley? Sen.)-Master Welsh; End: Fair Rosale-Master Welsh

2392
30 September 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Kemble; King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master DeCamp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Duke of Buckingham-Benson; Earl of Richmond-Barrymore; Duke of Norfolk-Usher; Sir R. Ratcliff-Dignum; Tressel-Bland; Sir William Catesby-Caulfield; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir. R. Brackenbury-Palmer Jun.; Sir James Blout-Lyons; Sir James Tyrrel-Jones; Lord Mayor-Wewitzer; Elizabeth-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Anne-Mrs Goodall; Duchess of York-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Tressel Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Prize; or, 2

2393
01 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Absolute-King; Captain Absolute-Palmer; Faulkland-Kemble; Acres-Dodd; Sir Lucius O'Trigger-Moody; Fag-R. Palmer; David-Hollingsworth [Public Advertiser: Baddeley]; Coachman-Phillimore; Mrs Malaprop-Mrs Hopkins; Lydia Languish-Mrs Jordan; Julia-Miss Farren; Lucy-Mrs Williames.
Cast
Role: Faulkland Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17931026

2394
05 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Clandestine Marriage, advertised on playbill of 4 Nov.] Receipts: #148 18s. 6d. (102.4.0; 44.18.0; 1.16.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

2395
20 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: As17930911, but Cicely-Mrs Bland [i.e. formerly Miss Romanzini]; Servant-_; Hubert-_.
Cast
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

2396
07 December 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. A new and accurate Edition of the Tragedy to be had at the Theatre. "[Mrs Siddons's] eyes possess a peculiar brilliancy and animation...Her voice is sonorous and variable" (Candid Strictures, 33). Receipts: #311 13s. (296.3; 13.0; 2.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Song: In III: Epithalamium-; Vocal Parts-Mrs Bland, Miss Hagley

2397
14 December 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Performance Comment: Evander-Bensley; Philotas-Whitfield; Melanthon-Packer; Phocion-Barrymore; Dionysius-Palmer; Arcas-Williames; Greek Herald-Benson; Calippus-Fox; Greek Soldier-Phillimore; Euphrasia-Mrs Siddons; Erixene-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Evander Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performance Comment: Meadows-R. Palmer; Young Wrongward-Haymes; Old Wrongward-Waldron; John-Burton; Canteen-Benson; Sternhold-Maddocks; Groom-Fawcett; Thomas[recte] William-Alfred; Sophia-Miss Collins; Betsey Blossom-Mrs Bland; Maid-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Betsey Blossom Actor: Mrs Bland

2398
23 December 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Litchfield, who is identified in European Magazine, Jan. 1794, p. 50, had made his 1st appearance on the stage at Richmond, 7 Sept. 1793, billed as "A Young Gentleman" (Charles Mathews, Memoirs, 1838-39, I, 70, and Thespian Magazine, Supp. 1793, p. 401). Not. Dram. states that "A person under the name of Litchfield but as I am informed in reality a Mr Holland Nephew to Mr Holland formerly of Drury Lane appeared 1st time at the HM in Richard III." But Holland was at this time acting at Bath, and did not appear in London until 31 Oct. 1796, at Drury Lane.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Iiid

Cast
Role: Tressel Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Bland
Role: Servant Actor: Lyons Charlotte-Mrs Bland
Role: Lyons Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bland

2399
09 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Afterpiece Title: THE FOLLIES OF A DAY

Cast
Role: Tom Thumb Actor: Miss Standen

Afterpiece Title: LOVE AND HONOR; or, Britannia in Full Glory at Spithead

Performance Comment: William-Incledon; Dick-Blanchard; Grapple-Townsend; Lieutenant Capstem-Johnstone//Mary-Mrs Martyr. [European Magazine, May 1794, p. 388, adds: Farmer Ploughfield-Thompson; Clodpole-Rees; Hobnail-Abbot.] In which: The Wand'ring Tar, the Words taken from the Epilogue to THE RIVALS, by R. B. Sheridan, Esq., new composed by Shield, sung by Incledon. A Sea Storm by Incledon, for the 1st Time in Public. The British Salute, new composed by Reeve, by Johnstone. The Sailor's Lullaby, the Words new, adapted to the original Lullaby composed by Storace. A Doun at the Gangway, new composed by W. Parke, by Blanchard. The Pride of the Sea, new composed by W. Parke, by Townsend. I'll bless my King and cheerly sing, new composed by Shield, by Mrs Martyr in the character of a Sailor Boy. Maidens listen, new composed by W. Parke, by Mrs Martyr. Rule Britannia by Incledon, Johnstone, Mrs Martyr. To conclude with a beautiful representation of a Grand Naval Review, with a display of the Firing and Manoeuvring of the Spanish and English Fleets at Spithead . In which: The Wand'ring Tar, the Words taken from the Epilogue to THE RIVALS, by R. B. Sheridan, Esq., new composed by Shield, sung by Incledon. A Sea Storm by Incledon, for the 1st Time in Public. The British Salute, new composed by Reeve, by Johnstone. The Sailor's Lullaby, the Words new, adapted to the original Lullaby composed by Storace. A Doun at the Gangway, new composed by W. Parke, by Blanchard. The Pride of the Sea, new composed by W. Parke, by Townsend. I'll bless my King and cheerly sing, new composed by Shield, by Mrs Martyr in the character of a Sailor Boy. Maidens listen, new composed by W. Parke, by Mrs Martyr. Rule Britannia by Incledon, Johnstone, Mrs Martyr. To conclude with a beautiful representation of a Grand Naval Review, with a display of the Firing and Manoeuvring of the Spanish and English Fleets at Spithead .

Afterpiece Title: THE PRISONER AT LARGE

Dance: In 1st piece The Lucky Escape, as17930916, but omitted: Mrs Watts; In 3rd piece, by Byrn, Holland, Mme Rossi, &c

Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

Song: In the course of the Evening Water parted from the Sea by Incledon, after the manner of a celebrated Italian Opera Singer; End of Act I of 4th piece Sally in our Alley by Incledon

2400
01 September 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The New Farce of JENNY'S WHIM; or, The Roasted Emperor [advertised on playbill of 30 Aug., in place of MY GRANDMOTHER] is unavoidably postponed. [This farce, by John O'Keeffe, was never acted; it was objected to by the Lord Chamberlain on the grounds that it "ridiculed the Emperor of Morocco." See MacMillan, Larpent Catalogue, p. 172.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule Britannia

Afterpiece Title: WAYS AND MEANS

Performance Comment: Sir David Dunder-Bannister Jun.; Young Random-Barrymore; Scruple-Davies; Old Random-Aickin; Roundfee-Suett; Quirk-Burton; Camey-Barrett; Peery-Usher; Tiptoe-R. Palmer (1st appearance these 2 years)//Lady Dunder-Mrs Hopkins; Mrs Peery-Mrs Booth; Harriett-Mrs Kemble; Kitty-Mrs Gibbs .
Cast
Role: Young Random Actor: Barrymore
Role: Old Random Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

Cast
Role: Apathy Actor: Bland