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4447 results for: Keyword - Richard Wilson
We found 2071 matches on Author, 1813 matches on Performance Comments, 723 matches on Performance Title, 636 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2851
11 November 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Dance: As17421108

Song: Beard, Lowe

2852
04 August 1743 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: HHarlots Progress

2853
19 January 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

2854
21 March 1749 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: Platt

2855
16 October 1749 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb

2856
27 September 1753 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Old Witch of Endor or Harlequin Turnd Beau

2857
28 January 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have at Ye All-Richards

Monologue: II: Teague's Rambles to London. Capt. O'Brallaghan (with the favorite song in Love a La Mode)-Broderick; Terence O'Droghida-Youngs; the Knife Grinder (By Particular Desire)-Broderick

2858
07 December 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: Bailiff Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

2859
07 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

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 Dresses and Scenery 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, Vanity, Parental Tenderness, Cruelty, Filial Piety, and Ambition. ACT I. Vanity, in the First Part of Henry IV parts of II. i and iv]. Sir John Falstaff-Digges; Francis-Edwin; Poins-R. Palmer; Peto-Painter; Bardolph-Massey; Gadshill-Ledger [Public Advertiser: Kenny]; Carriers-Stevens, Barrett; Prince of Wales-Palmer; Hostess-Mrs Love; [ACT II. Parental Tenderness, in the Second Part of Henry IV [parts of IV. iv and v, and parts of v. ii]. King Henry-Bensley; Clarence-Miss Wood; Prince John-Miss Francis; Gloster-Miss Painter; Chief Justice-Gardner; Westmoreland-Davis; Attendant-Painter; Prince of Wales-Palmer; [ACT III. Cruelty, in The Merchant of Venice [IV. i]. Shylock-Digges; Antonio-Gardner; Bassanio-Staunton; Duke-Usher; Gratiano-Lamash; Salanio-Davis; Nerissa-Mrs Wilson; Portia-Mrs Massey; [ACT IV. Filial Piety, in the Closet Scene in Hamlet [III. iii and iv]. Hamlet-Bannister Jun.; King-Gardner; Polonius-Wilson; Ghost-Staunton; Queen-Miss Sherry; [ACT V. Ambition, in Henry VIII [III. ii]. Cardinal Wolsey-Digges; Surry-Aickin; Suffolk-Lamash; Lord Chamberlain-Egan; Norfolk-Davis; Cromwell-R. Palmer; King Henry-Usher.
Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Polonius Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman or The First of August

Dance: As17810620

Entertainment: Before the Curtain draws up: the celebrated Cento (written by Richard? Berenger, in honor of Shakespeare)-Bannister Jun

2860
20 April 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Cast
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Wilson

Song: [Kelly introduced a song by Giuseppe Sarti with English words by Richard Tickell, and a duet composed by himself and Stephen Storace with words by French Laurence (Kelly, I, 296). Neither one of these is listed on the playbill]

2861
22 May 1788 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Frascatana

Dance: End I: an entire new ballet, composed by Didelot, La Bonte du Seigneur-[see17880531]; End Opera: [an entire new ballet in 5 acts, Richard Coeur de Lion [also composed by Didelot] [in which-Sga Perez[, pensioner to the Duke of Parma,

Music: II 2nd ballet: will be introduced a new French instrument, Le Cistre-Lefevre; End IV: concerto on French Horn-Ponto who will likewise accompany the principal dancers last Act

2862
30 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Digges; Manly-Clarke; Squire Richard-Wewitzer; J. Moody-Dunstall; Count Basset-Lee Lewes; Sir F. Wronghead (1st time)-Wilson; Lady Grace-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Miss Jenny (with a song)-Mrs Wilson; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Wronghead Actor: Wilson
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Cast
Role: Alderman Tokay Actor: Wilson

Dance: As17780925

2863
21 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Lewis; Manly-Hull; Squire Richard-Wewitzer; John Moody-Thompson; Count Basset-Lee Lewes; Sir Francis Wronghead-Wilson; Lady Grace-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Miss Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Lady Townly-Mrs Mahon.
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Sir Francis Wronghead Actor: Wilson
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Cast
Role: They say there is an echo here Actor: Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Doyle
Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: They say there is an echo here Actor: Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Doyle

2864
10 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wifes Relief Or The Husbands Cure

Afterpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Performance Comment: Aid. Doodle-Quick; Aid. Wiseacres-Booth; Mr Dashwell-Fearon; Ramble-Whitfield; Townley-Robson; Loveday-Thompson; Watchmen-Jones, Stevens, Bates; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Peggy Wiseacres-Miss Morris; Eugenia-Mrs Morton; Engine-Mrs Davenett; Jane-Mrs Wilson. A new Prologue by the Ghost of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor .
Cast
Role: Jane Actor: Mrs Wilson. A new Prologue by the Ghost of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor

Dance: As17820409

2865
18 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. [Cast from General Evening Post, 19 Nov.; Morning Post, 19 Nov.; Public Advertiser, 7 and 27 Dec. 1785; Morning Post, 22 Dec. 1786: Bumpkin-Parsons; Irishman at Stratford-Moody; Country Girl-Mrs Wrighten. In Pageant: Cupid-Master Canlets; Iachimo-Palmer; Malvolio and Posthumus-Bensley; Touchstone-King; Richard III-Kemble; Romeo-Bannister Jun.; Hamlet-R. Palmer; Sir Hugh Evans-Parsons; Doctor Cains-Baddeley; Sir Andrew Aguecheek-Waldron; Lear-Wrighten; FalstafT-Chaplin; Henry V-Barrymore; Coriolanus-Phillimore; Edgar-Dodd; Macbeth-Williames; Antony-Staunton; Tragic Muse-Mrs Siddons [whose "car was fitted up exactly in the stile of the picture of the Tragic Music by Sir Joshua Reynolds"]; Comic Muse-Mrs Cuyler; Lady Macbeth-Miss Kemble; Beatrice-Miss Pope; Volumnia-Mrs Brereton; Cleopatra-Mrs Wilson; Rosalind-Mrs Jordan; Queen in Richard III-Mrs Hopkins; Cordelia-Miss Collins; Venus-Mrs Crouch. Vocal Parts by Bannister, Dignum, Suett, Chapman, Fawcett.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Richard III Actor: Kemble
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Queen in Richard III Actor: Mrs Hopkins

2866
11 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Henderson; King-Clarke Prince of Wales-Lewis; Blunt-W. Bates; Sir Richard Vernon-Whitfield; Worcester-Fearon; Northumberland-Webb; Sheriff-J. Wilson; Poins-Robson; Francis-Edwin; Bardolph-Booth; Douglas-L'Estrange; Westmoreland-Thompson; Carriers-Egan, Jones; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy (1st time)-Mrs Inchbald .
Cast
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor: Whitfield
Role: Sheriff Actor: J. Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Cast
Role: : Cranky Actor: Wilson

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17811101

2867
18 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Lewis; Manly-Clarke; Squire Richard-W. Bates; John Moody-Thompson; Count Basset-Lee Lewes; Sir Francis Wronghead-Macklin; Lady Grace-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Miss Jenny (with a song)-Mrs Wilson; Myrtilla-Mrs Davenett; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Poussin; Trusty-Miss Stuart; Lady Townly-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: W. Bates
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

2868
08 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Performance Comment: Fitzherbert-Henderson; Beauchamp-Lewis; Belville-Wroughton; Pendragon-Quick; Gentlemen-Mahon, Jones; Richard-W. Bates; Lord Sparkle-Lee Lewes; Miss Pendragon-Mrs Mattocks; Clarinda-Mrs Morton; Kitty-Mrs Wilson; Julia-Miss Satchell; Ladies-Miss Stuart, Mrs Poussin; Tiffany-Mrs Davenett; Lady Bell Bloomer-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: W. Bates
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Dance (composed by Harris) Pastoral Sports by Harris, Second, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Matthews

2869
17 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Performance Comment: Sir John FalstafF-Henderson; King-Clarke; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Sir Richard Vernon-Whitfield; Worcester-Fearon; Poins-Davies; Francis-Edwin; Sir Walter Blunt-Booth; Bardolph-Jones; Douglas-Mahon; Gadshill-Ledger; Peto-Stevens; Carriers-Wilson, Wewitzer; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy-Mrs Lewis .
Cast
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor: Whitfield
Role: Carriers Actor: Wilson, Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2870
16 March 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Performance Comment: Fitzherbert-Henderson; Beauchamp-Lewis; Belville-Wroughton; Pendragon-Quick; Gentlemen-Stevens, Jones; Richard-Thompson; Lord Sparkle-Chalmers; Miss Pendragon-Mrs Mattocks; Julia-Mrs Kemble; Clarinda-Mrs Whitfield; Kitty-Mrs Wilson; Ladies-Miss Stuart, Mrs Poussin; Tiffany-Mrs Davenett; Lady Bell Bloomer-Miss Younge. hathi.
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Thompson
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Wilson

2871
04 February 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Pope (1st appearance in that character); Squire Richard-Quick; Manly-Farren; Lady Grace-Mrs Bannister; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Bates; Miss Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Myrtilla-Mrs Lewis; Mrs Motherly-Miss Platt; Lady Townly-Mrs Warren .
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Quick
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Omai

2872
24 July 1786 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband Or A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Gibbons; Manly-Smith; Squire Richard-Benson; Count Basset-Wilson; John Moody-Watts; Poundage-Sadler; Sir Francis Wronghead-Waldron; Lady Grace-Mrs Chambers; Miss Jenny (with songs in character)-Mrs Benson; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Johnston; Mrs Motherly-Miss Williams; Myrtilla-Mrs Clarke; Trusty-Mrs Harlowe; Lady Townly-A Young Lady (1st appearance on this stage [unidentified]) .unidentified]) .
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Benson
Role: Count Basset Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Gambols

Song: End of 1st Monologue A Tax on Old Maids, as sung by Mrs Kennedy at Vauxhall, by Mrs Benson. monologues. End of mainpiece Peeping Tom of Coventry's Peep into Hammersmith; End of 3rd piece A Description of the Tombs in Westminster Abbey, both by Benson

2873
29 November 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: The King-Whitfield; Richard-R. Palmer; Joe (with a song)-Williames; Lord Lurewell-Benson; Courtiers-Phillimore, Lyons; Keepers-Fawcett, Jones, Alfred; The Miller-Moody; Kate-Mrs Wilson; Peggy-Miss Collins; Margery-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Kate Actor: Mrs Wilson

Song: As17881125

2874
24 November 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: The King-Whitfield; Richard-R. Palmer; Joe (with a song)-Williames; Lord Lurewell-Benson; The Miller-Moody; Kate-Mrs Wilson; Peggy-Miss Collins; Margery-Mrs Hopkins [Public Advertiser: Mrs Booth].Public Advertiser: Mrs Booth].
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Kate Actor: Mrs Wilson

2875
17 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Holman (1st appearance in that character); Manly-Farren; Sir Francis Wronghead-Wilson; Squire Richard (1st time)-Blanchard; John Moody (1st time)-Quick; Count Basset-Bernard; Lady Grace-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Webb; Miss Jenny (1st time)-Mrs Harlowe; Myrtilla-Mrs Lewis; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Powell; Trusty-Miss Stuart; Lady Townly-Mrs Esten (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Wronghead Actor: Wilson
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Blanchard

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier