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3356 results for: Keyword - Richard Legh
We found 1991 matches on Author, 696 matches on Performance Title, 668 matches on Performance Comments, 470 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

401
05 November 1792 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Henry-Bensley; Prince of Wales-Master DeCamp; Duke of York-Miss Menage; Richard-Kemble; Duke of Buckingham-Barrymore; Earl of Richmond-Palmer; Duke of Norfolk-Dignum; Ratcliff-Phillimore; Sir William Catesby-Packer; Tressel-Whitfield; Earl of Oxford-Caulfield; Sir R. Brackenbury-Benson; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Sir James Blount-Bland; Sir James Tyrrel-Jones; Lord Mayor-Hollingsworth; Elizabeth-Mrs Ward; Lady Anne-Mrs Powell; Duchess of York-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Kelly

402
14 October 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Holman; King Henry-Harley; Buckingham-Farren; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Macready; Prince Edward-Simmons; Duke of York-Miss Standen; Catesby-Davies; Lieutenant-Cubitt; Norfolk-Evatt; Ratcliffe-Thompson; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Miss Chapman; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Holman

Afterpiece Title: The Sprigs of Laurel

403
25 February 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

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

Performance Comment: As17931223, but Richard-Pindar (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); Sir James Tyrrel-Waldron Jun.; Lord Mayor-Burton .
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Pindar

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

404
15 October 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Holman; King Henry-Harley; Buckingham-Farren; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Macready; Prince Edward-Master Curties; Duke of York-Miss Standen; Catesby-Davies; Lieutenant-Claremont; Norfolk-Richardson; Ratcliffe-Thompson; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Miss Chapman; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Holman
Role: Norfolk Actor: Richardson

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: Glumdalca Actor: Mr Richardson

405
16 October 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Holman; King Henry-Harley; Buckingham-Macready; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Toms; Prince Edward-Master Curties; Duke of York-Miss Standen; Catesby-Claremont; Lieutenant-Haymes; Norfolk-Richardson; Ratcliffe-Thompson; Lord Mayor-Powel; Oxford-Farley; Terrel-Davenport; Blunt-Cross; Forrest-Rees; Servant-Abbot; Yeoman-Ledger; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Miss Chapman; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Holman
Role: Norfolk Actor: Richardson

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

406
05 November 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Holman; King Henry-Murray; Buckingham-Macready; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Toms; Prince Edward-Master Curties; Duke of York-Miss Standen; Catesby-Claremont; Lieutenant-Haymes; Ratcliffe-Thompson; Lord Mayor-Powel; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Miss Chapman; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Mrs Fawcett.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Holman

Afterpiece Title: Olympus in an Uproar; or, The Descent of the Deities

Related Works
Related Work: The Widow of Delphi; or, The Descent of the Deities Author(s): Richard Cumberland

407
04 May 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: As17971002, but King Richard-Holman; King Henry-Murray; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Toms; Ratcliffe-Thompson; Oxford-_; Norfolk-_.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Holman

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Mill

408
06 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance [Lee]); King Henry-Murray; Buckingham-Clarke; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Mansel; Prince Edward-Miss Sims; Duke of York-Miss Gilbert; Lieutenant-Waddy; Catesby-Claremont; Ratcliffe-Klanert; Lord Mayor-Thompson; Terrel-Abbot; Norfolk-Davenport; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Mrs Litchfield; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak

409
23 September 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Holman; King Henry-Murray; Buckingham-Betterton; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Mansel; Prince Edward-Miss Sims; Duke of York-Miss Gilbert; Lieutenant-Waddy; Catesby-Claremont; Ratcliffe-Klanert; Lord Mayor-Thompson; Oxford-Atkins; Terrel-Abbot; Norfolk-Davenport; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Mrs Litchfield; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Holman

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

410
08 November 1727 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 9 Nov.: Yesterday the new Opera of King Richard I was in Rehearsal...where was a prodigious Concourse of Nobility

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard I

411
30 March 1781 @ Crown Inn, Lower Street (now Essex Road), Islington

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: The Parts of King Richard, D. of Buckingham, Earl of Richmond, Tressel, Prince Edward, Duke of York, Lieutenant of the Tower, Lord Mayor, Duke of Norfolk, Queen-Performers from the Theatres Royal London; Lord Stanley-Rivers; Catesby-Jones; Ratcliffe-Farrel; Oxford-Thompson; Sir William Brandon-Clifford; King Henry-Burnet; Dutchess of York-Mrs Fowler; Lady Ann-Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

412
28 September 1796 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mrs Wilson, widow of Richard Wilson, lately of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden and Haymarket [whose 1st appearance on the stage was at Manchester, 26 Feb. 1796]. Tickets to be had of Mrs Wilson, No. 239, Piccadilly, near the Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser; or, Wagner and Abericock Author(s): Richard Jones

Entertainment: Monologue Mainpiece: The Original Epilogue [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan]-Mrs Wilson

413
05 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild, prompter, and Mahon. Gazetteer, 26 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Wild, No. 20, Martlet-court, Bow-street, Covent-garden; of Mahon, No. 6, Paradise-street, Marybone. Mainpiece: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by-Richards]: The Music entirely new, composed by William? Bates. Receipts: #256 13s. 6d. (126.0.6; tickets: 130.13.0) (charge: #72 15s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Device; or, The Marriage-Office

Related Works
Related Work: The Device; or, The Marriage-Office Author(s): C. Richards

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market with the Pony Races, as17770428

Song: End I: A Welcome to the Spring (composed by Dr Arne)-Mrs Farrell

414
December 1666 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company, presumably. Richard Legh, writing to his wife, 3 Jan. 1667@7, stated that he had seen The Valiant Cid but he did not indicate on what day he saw the play. See Lady Newton, The House of Lyme (London, 1917), p. 240

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Valiant Cid

415
02 January 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Richard Legh, writing to his wife, 3 Jan. 1667@7, reported to her concerning this play: which is so damn'd bawdy that the Ladyes flung their peares and fruites at the Actors (Lady Newton, The House of Lyme, p. 240). Pepys, Diary: Alone to the King's House, and there saw The Custome of the Country, the second time of its beind acted, wherein Knipp does the Widow well; but, of all the plays that ever I did see, the worst--having neither plot, language, nor anything in the earth that is acceptable; only Knipp sings a little song admirably. But fully the worst play that ever I saw or I believe shall see

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Custom Of The Country

416
18 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "A new Tragedy, called Eloisa [and Richard Coeur de Lion, both announced on playbill of 16 Dec. were] to have been represented last night; but on account of the illness of Farren [were] obliged to be deferred, and Fontainbleau, with Hob in the Well were announced [in playbill of this present night], but on account of the sudden indisposition of Edwin...both pieces were obliged to be changed to Henry IV, with Barataria" (Public Advertiser, 19 Dec.). Receipts: #117 0s. 6d. (115.0.0; 2.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Performance Comment: See17861122, but Sir Richard Vernon-; Francis-Sir Richard Vernon and Francis not acted, respectively, by Farren, Edwin [their substitutes not known].their substitutes not known].
Cast
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor:
Role: Francis Actor: Sir Richard Vernon and Francis not acted, respectively, by Farren, Edwin

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

417
30 August 1796 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer [whose 1st recorded appearance as King Richard was at Canterbury, 8 Mar. 1780]. Morning Herald, 26 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 39, Great Pultney-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School Of Shakespeare; Or, Humours And Passions

Performance Comment: Given in a regular representation of several of his most favourite and capital Scenes. With Scenery and Dresses suited to the Characters and their situations. The inimitable Scenes of the Poet, selected for the Purpose, and digested into Five Acts, will exemplify in the strongest colours of our immortal Bard, Cruelty, Vanity, Ambition, Rusticity, Tyranny-; [Act I. Cruelty, in The Merchant of Venice [IV. i]. Shylock-Palmer; Anthonio-Aickin; Bassanio-C. Kemble; Gratiano-R. Palmer; Portia-Mrs Kemble; [Act II. Vanity, in the First Part of Henry IV [parts of II. iv]. Sir John Falstaff-Fawcett; Prince of Wales-Palmer Jun.; Francis (for that night only)-Bannister Jun.; [Act III. Ambition, in King Henry the Eighth [parts of III. ii]. Cardinal Wolsey (1st time)-Palmer; King Henry-R. Palmer; [Act IV. Rusticity, in As You Like it [III. iii]. Touchstone-Bannister Jun.; Audrey-Mrs Harlowe; [Act V. Tyranny, in King Richard the Third [parts of I. ii; II. ii; and V]. King Richard (1st time)-Palmer; King Henry-Aickin; Richmond (1st time)-Palmer Jun.; Lady Anne-Miss Logan.
Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Hodge Podge; or, A Receipt to make a Benefit

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Song: In 2nd piece: Mad Bess (in character)-Miss Leak; a Welch Song (in character)-Mrs Bland; The Waiter-Fawcett

Entertainment: In 2nd piece: Imitations-Caulfield

418
13 May 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard III Actor: Cibber

419
02 November 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: II: The Maggot by Lally Jr and Mrs Walter. III: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun

420
26 December 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Ryan

Dance: Hornpipe by Le Brun

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): Richard Jones

421
22 January 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: English Maggot by Lally Jr and Mrs Walter. Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport

422
16 May 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Strollers

Dance: Tambourine, as17340504. Saraband by Miss Baston. Swedish Dal Karl by Delagarde and Mrs Ogden. Les Amans Consentants, as17340508

423
14 October 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: 1st Fury Actor: Richardson

424
20 October 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: The Part of King Richard Actor: a Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: two Mwo Masters and Miss Granier

425
21 October 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: The Part of King Richard Actor: a Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: As17411020