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2747 results for: Keyword - Robert Benson
We found 1741 matches on Performance Comments, 924 matches on Author, 337 matches on Event Comments, 101 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2251
14 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressed Mother

Performance Comment: Andromache-Mrs Roberts; Pyrrhus-Delane; Orestes-Milward; Pylades-Havard; Phoenix-Winstone; Cephisa-Mrs Cross; Cleone-Miss Bennet; Hermione-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Roberts

Song: I: a Ballad-Lowe; III: The Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: Le Matelot-Fausan, Signora Fausan; V: Le Genereux Corsaire-Fausan, Signora Fausan, LaCroix, Delemain, Dumont, Constantini, Mrs Walter, Miss Thomson, Miss Story, Miss Rayner, Miss Wright

2252
16 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Milward; Lorenzo-Mills; Bertran-Havard; Gomez-Macklin; Fryar-Shepard; Raymond-Berry; Alphonso-Winstone; Pedro-Ridout; Elvira-Mrs Woffington; Teresa-Miss Bennet; Queen-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond-Lowe; III: a New Ballad-Lowe

Dance: II: Tambourine-Mlle Mechel; V: The Italian Peasants, as17411207

2253
16 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17410921, but Melinda-Mrs Stevens; Constable-Stoppelaer; Scale-Marten; Scruple-Roberts.
Cast
Role: Scruple Actor: Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: What D'ye Call It

Dance: % Scotch Dance, as17411130; Le Matelot, as17411130; Comic Dance, as17411209

2254
17 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Bride-Mrs Horton; Osmyn-Ryan; Gonzales-Bridgwater; King-Hale; Garcia-Cashell; Heli-Stephens; Salim-Gibson; Alonzo-Roberts; Perez-Rosco; Leonora-Mrs Mullart; Zara-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Alonzo Actor: Roberts

Dance: As17411215

2255
18 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: Pilgrim-Ryan; Alphonso-Hippisley; Roderigo-Bridgwater; Curio-Cashell; Seberto-Gibson; Governor-Lascelles; Old Pilgrim-Roberts; Mad Scholar-Hale; Mad Englishman-Rosco; Mad Welchman-James; Mad Priest-Bencraft; Mad Taylor-Woodward; Master of Mad House-Marten; Lopez-Mullart; Jaques-Stevens; Alinda-Mrs Vincent; Fool-Miss Ferguson; Juletta-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Old Pilgrim Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Perseus Actor: Roberts.

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17411215

2256
19 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Delane; King Henry-Milward; Richmond-T? Cibber; Buckingham-Mills; Stanley-Havard; Norfolk-Ridout; Tressel-Berry; Ratcliffe-Turbutt; Catesby-Winstone; Oxford-Woodburn; King Edward V-Miss Woodman; Duke of York-Miss Cibber (1st time on any stage); Lieutenant-Ray; Forest-Gray; Dighton-Wright; Lord Mayor-Taswell; Blunt-Raftor; Queen-Mrs Roberts; Duchess of York-Mrs Bennet; Lady Anne-Mrs Mills; With an occasional Epilogue-Miss Cibber.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: New Ballad-Lowe; III: Happy Pair-Lowe

Dance: II: Dutch Dance-Philips, Miss Scott; V: The Swiss-M Mechell, Mlle Mechell

2257
28 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17411219, but Orpheus-Roberts; Nymph-Mlle Bonneval; 2nd Nymph-Mlle Renos; 3rd Nymph-Mrs Wright; Vocal Parts-Waltz, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Davies; Villagers-Picq, Mlle Auguste, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Richardson, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Moudet, Mrs Wright.
Cast
Role: Orpheus Actor: Roberts
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime
Role: Ascalax Actor: Roberts

2258
02 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Hale; Lord Brumpton-Roberts; Campley-Woodward; Sable-Hippisley; Trusty-Bridgwater; Cabinet-Gibson; Puzzle-Rosco; Tom-James; Trim-Chapman; Bumpkin-Marten; Clump-Harrington; Tatter-Bencraft; Rag-Clark; Matchlock-Stevens; Kate Matchlock-Stoppelaer; Lady Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Stevens; Mlle D'Epingle-Mrs Mullart; Mrs Farthingal-Miss Hillyard; Tattleaid-Mrs Martin; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Lord Brumpton Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Orpheus Actor: Roberts
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime
Role: Ascalax Actor: Roberts

2259
12 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17420108 but Jupiter-Roberts.
Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts.

2260
05 February 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressed Mother

Performance Comment: As17411214, but Orestes-Cibber; Andromache-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Les Matelotes, as17411208; II: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; III: A Hornpipe-Phillips; IV: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

2261
22 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: As17420320 but Lady Graveairs-Mrs Roberts; Foppington-Macklin; Lady Betty-Mrs Mills; Edging-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: Let Me Wander not Unseen-Beard; III: Song-Lowe; V: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

Dance: II: A Dutch Dance-Phillips; IV: The Swiss, as17410926

2262
05 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Cashell; Macduff-Ryan; Banquo-Bridgwater; Lenox-Stephens; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; Lady Macduff-Mrs Stevens; King-Harrington; Malcolm-Chapman; Seyton-Gibson; Donalbain-Clark; 1st Murderer-Hippisley; Second Murderer-Marten; Hecate-Rosco; three Witches-Woodward, James, Bencraft; With the Original Music-; The Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Reinhold, Stoppelaer, Thompson, Bennet, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young, Miss Hillyard, Mrs James; With all the Dances proper to the play-.
Cast
Role: The Vocal Parts Actor: Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Reinhold, Stoppelaer, Thompson, Bennet, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young, Miss Hillyard, Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun; Comic Dance, Pantaloon and Enamorata, as17420420

Entertainment: CCries of London-Salway

2263
09 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Quin; Macduff-Ryan; Lady Macduff-Mrs Hale; King-Gibson; Banquo-Bridgwater; Malcolm-Hale; Donalbain-Anderson; Lenox-Stephens; Seyward-Cashell; Seyton-Harrington; Hecate-Rosco; Murderers-Stoppelaer, Bencraft; Witches-Hippisley, Marten, James; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; With the Original Music-; The Vocal parts-Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Reinhold, Thompson, Mrs Vincent, Mrs James, Miss Hillyard, Miss Davis.
Cast
Role: The Vocal parts Actor: Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Reinhold, Thompson, Mrs Vincent, Mrs James, Miss Hillyard, Miss Davis.

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

Song: By Desire, Arrah my Judy-Stoppelaer

Dance: Villeneuve, Dumont, Richardson, Delagarde, Destrade, Dupre, DeVaul

2264
13 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Garrick; Richmond-Havard; King Henry-Berry; Buckingham-Mills; Duke of York-Miss Cibber; Queen-Mrs Roberts; Lady Anne-Mrs Mills; Duchess of York-Miss Bennett; Stanley-Winstone; Lord Mayor-Taswell; King Edward V-Mrs Ridout; Tressel-Turbutt; Ratcliff-Woodburn; Norfolk-Blakes; Catesby-Marr; Lieutenant-Ray; Oxford-Green; Tirrel-Vaughan; Forest-Gray; Dighton-Wright; Blunt-Raftor.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts

Song: II: Song-Beard

Music: IV: Concerto-Veracini

Dance: V: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

2265
16 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Performance Comment: Clodio-Garrick; Carlos-Hallam, 1st appearance in any theatre in 2 years; Antonio-Arthur; Charino-Taswell; Sancho-Yates; Don Choleric-Macklin; Angelina-Mrs Mills; Elvira-Mrs Cross; Louisa-Mrs Roberts; Don Duart-Berry; Don Manuel-Woodburn; Monsieur-Blakes; Governor-Havard; Jaques-Leigh; Honoria-Mrs Ridout; Page-Miss Cibber.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Roberts

Dance: II: La Mascarada, as17421009; V: Les Matelotes, as17421009

Song: III: Song-Beard

2266
04 November 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Bajazet-Delane; Tamerlane-Berry; Moneses-Havard; Axalla-Mills; Arpasia-Mrs Roberts; Selima-Mrs Mills; Prince of Tanais-Blakes; Omar-Turbutt; Haly-Green; Dervise-Winstone; Stratocles-Woodburn; Zama-Ray; With the Usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: IV: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

Music: IV: Concerto-Veracini

2267
08 November 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Mills; Manly-Berry; Sir Francis-Macklin; Lady Grace-Mrs Mills; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Roberts; Basset-Neale; Richard-Green; Poundage-Turbutt; John Moody-Winstone; Jenny-Miss Lee; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Myrtilla-Miss Horsington; Trusty-Mrs Bennet; Lady Townly-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Roberts

Dance: Checo Torinese, Sga Charetta Aquilanti, their 1st appearance, Boromeo, Mlle Bonneval

Music: Concerto-Veracini

Song: Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Mordecai's Beard Author(s): Robert Baddeley

2268
22 November 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Foppington-Macklin; Sir Charles-Mills; Morelove-Delane; Lady Betty-Mrs Woffington; Lady Easy-Mrs Mills; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Roberts; Edging-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Roberts

Song: I: Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Mordecai's Beard Author(s): Robert Baddeley

Music: III: A Concerto on the Violincello-Cervette

Dance: II: Grand Comic Dance, as17421117; IV: A New Comic Ballet, call'd Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie-Checo Torinese, Sga Chiaretta Aquilanti, Boromeo

2269
21 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Miss Hillyard; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; A Sylvan-Mlle Domitilla; 2nd Sylvan-Mrs Delagarde; 3rd Sylvan-Miss Hillyard; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Sylvan-Mrs LeFont; Follower of Ceres-Mlle Auguste; Demons-Villeneuve, Dumont, Delagarde, Dupre; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Dodson, Mlle Maudet, Miss Short; Gardeners-Dumont, Destrade; Earth-Destrade, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Fire-Dumont, Mlle Auguste; Water-Picq, Mlle Domitilla.
Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts

2270
10 January 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17430103, but Queen-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts.

Dance: II: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

Song: III: Song-Lowe

Music: IV: Concerto-Piantanida

2271
11 January 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, Double Discovery

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Delane; Gomez-Macklin; Elvira-Mrs Clive; Bertran-Havard; Lorenzo-Mills; Raymond-Winstone; Alphonso-Turbutt; Fryar-Berry; Pedro-Blakes; Queen-Mrs Roberts; Teresa-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts

Song: I: Lowe

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, call'd Neopolitan Punch, as17421231; IV: Italian Gardeners, as17421231

Music: III: A Concerto-Piantinida

2272
27 January 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Clytus-A gentleman who never before apPeared on any stage; Alexander-Delane; Roxana-Mrs Roberts; Lysimachus-Mills; Hephestion-Hallam; Cassander-Havard; Polyperchon-Winstone; Phillip-Green; Thessalus-Blakes; Perdicas-Woodburn; Eumenes-Ray; Meleagar-Marr; Aristander-Turbutt; Statira-Mrs Mills; Sysigambis-Mrs Cross; Parisatis-Mrs Ridout.
Cast
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: As17430120

Music: IV: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

2273
04 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Delane; Syphax-Turbutt; Portius-Havard; Sempronius-Berry; Juba-Mills; Marcus-Lowe; Lucius-Winstone; Decius-Woodburn; Marcia-Mrs Roberts; Lucia-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

2274
24 February 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17430204, but Chasseur Royale-Roberts.
Cast
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Roberts.

Dance: GGrand Ballet, as17421108; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

2275
08 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Miss Hillyard; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; 1st Sylvan-Mlle Auguste; 2nd Sylvan-Delagarde; 3rd Sylvan-Mrs LeBrun; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Sylvan-Mrs LaFont; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Columbine-Mrs Kilby; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Jackson, Mlle Maudet, Mrs Fawkes; Gardeners-Dumont, Destrade; Earth-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Water-Picq, Mlle Auguste.
Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts