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12308 results for: Keyword - Rob. Williams
We found 10791 matches on Author, 1665 matches on Performance Comments, 443 matches on Event Comments, 51 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8226
10 April 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

8227
25 April 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: In Act I of afterpiece a Dance by Harris, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

8228
25 April 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Belphegor; or, The Wishes

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss J. Stageldoir; End of Act IV The Butterfly by the Miss Stageldoirs

8229
30 April 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17821231; End of Act iv, as17820925

8230
01 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

8231
05 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: End of mainpiece The Butterfly, as17830426

8232
05 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: As17830425

8233
07 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. Public Advertiser, 2 May: Tickets to be had of Edwin, No. 2, Piazza., Covent Garden. Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. Miss Younge having refused performing the Part of Viola, Mrs Robinson has kindly undertaken that Character at a short Notice; and Mr Edwin humbly hopes she will be honoured by the Indulgence of the Public. Receipts: #304 0s. 6d. (211/3/6; tickets: 92/17/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Performance Comment: Malvolio-Henderson (1st appearance in that character); Sebastian-Wroughton; Sir Toby Belch-Wilson; Orsino-Whitfield; Clown (with the Epilogue Song)-Davies; Sir Andrew Aguecheek-Edwin; Olivia-Mrs Mattocks; Maria-Mrs Wilson; Viola-Mrs Robinson (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Viola Actor: Mrs Robinson

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece The Pigeon by Mrs Kennedy; End of mainpiece Four and Twenty Fiddlers all on a Row by Edwin

Monologue: 1783 05 07 End of Act I of afterpiece A Description of the Tombs in Westminster-Abbey by Edwin

8234
10 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

8235
13 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

8236
14 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Viola Actor: Mrs Robinson

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: As17830512

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Pigeon, as17830507

8237
19 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

8238
20 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Master Butler (Scholar of Miller); End of mainpiece The Butterfly, as17830426

8239
21 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Dance: As17820927

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo!, as17830516; End of Dance ThomasDay. Goody Cramp-Bannister; Goody Rheum-Brett; Goody Twitch-Edwin

8240
22 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

8241
24 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

8242
26 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: End of mainpiece The Humours of Newmarket by Harris, Ratchford, Byrne, Miss Byrne, Miss Matthews

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Tally bo!, as17830516; End of Act IV Kate of Aberdeen by Master Bartheiemon

8243
27 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

8244
29 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: As17821214

8245
02 June 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

8246
10 June 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement; Or, An Adventure At Margate

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Dance: End of Act I of Mainpiece, as17830531

8247
05 July 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Friend In Need, Is A Friend Indeed

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Parsons, Wewitzer, Usher, Williamson, Gardner, Davis, Baddeley, Massey, Pierce, Edwin; Mrs Inchbald, Mrs Wells, Miss Morris, Mrs Love, Mrs Bulkley. [Cast from European Magazine, July 1783, p. 67, and Public Advertiser, 7 July: Archley-Palmer; Sir Simon Howard-Parsons; Attorney-Wewitzer; Steward-Usher; Trustall-Williamson; Ragan-Baddeley; Citpup-Edwin; Emma Howard-Mrs Inchbald; Mrs Ragan-Mrs Wells; Fanny-Miss Morris; Lydia Howard-Mrs Bulkley. Gardner, Davis, Massey, Pierce, Mrs Love are unassigned. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Redtail, Richard, Betty, Hosier's Wife.) A new Prologue [read by Palmer] and Epilogue [spoken by Mrs Bulkley. These were spoken, presumably as here assigned, at all subsequent performances] .read by Palmer] and Epilogue [spoken by Mrs Bulkley. These were spoken, presumably as here assigned, at all subsequent performances] .
Cast
Role: Trustall Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

8248
29 July 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Cast
Role: Ambush Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

8249
22 September 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin; or, The Indian Chief

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece a Masquerade incident to the Play, and a Minuet by Harris and Miss Matthews

Song: End of Act iv of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession, with a solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Bannister, Mattocks, Reinhold, Brett, Mahon, Darley, Doyle; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy

8250
23 September 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday

Dance: Afterpiece to conclude with a Dance by Williamson, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): C Robinson