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4948 results for: Keyword - Scots and English Songs
We found 2179 matches on Performance Comments, 2062 matches on Performance Title, 1166 matches on Event Comments, 122 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4001
26 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs and Miss Vincent. None admitted behind Scenes. The Dragon of Wantly cannot be perform'd on account of the indisposition of Miss Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17641017 , with song and Minuet same.
Cast
Role: Classic Actor: Anderson
Role: Dancing and a Minuet Actor: Duquesney, Miss Macklin.

Dance: End: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17641101

4002
01 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Grimaldi (Ballet Master) and Aldridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Havard; Caliban-Love; Ariel-Miss Young; Hymen-Kear; Ceres-Mrs Vincent; Ferdinand (with proper songs adapted to the character)-Vernon; Stephano-King; Tricalo-Yates; Miranda-Mrs Palmer; in Act I, a Dance of Spirits-; In Act III, a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; In Act IV, a Pastoral Dance-Giorgi, Miss Baker.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: Hearts of Oak, as17650420

4003
20 September 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Performance Comment: Foppington-Woodward; Loveless-Smith; Worthy-Ross; Syringe-Shuter; Lory-Cushing; Taylor-Perry; Shoemaker-Costollo; Varole-Holtom; Young Fashion-Dyer; Sir Tunbelly-Dunstall; Coupler-Murden; Amanda-Mrs Vincent; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Miss Hoyden-Mrs Mattocks; Berinthia-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Woodward; Sir John Buck-Gibson; Classic-Anderson; Subtle-Costollo; Mrs Subtle-Mrs Pitt; Marquis-Holtom; Dauphin-Wignel; Peroquet-White; Roger-Weller; Gamut-Baker; Kitteau-Bennet; Lucinda (with song in Character)-Miss Macklin; Minuet-Fichar, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Classic Actor: Anderson

4004
03 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Cast
Role: To Conclude with the landing of the Cherokees in A Actor:

4005
11 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Holland; Sir Bashful-Yates; Sir Brilliant-Palmer; William-Baddeley; Sideboard-Ackman; Lady Constant-Mrs Hopkins; Muslin-Mrs Clive; Mignionet-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Bellmour (with song in character)-Miss Pope; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Lovemore Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Cast
Role: To Conclude with the landing of the Cherokees in A Actor:

4006
22 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Smith; First Spirit-Ross; Elder Brother-Hull; Younger Brother-Perry; Second Spirit-Davis; Lady-Mrs Bellamy; Bacchanals-Beard, Dibdin; Bacchants-Miss Brent, Mrs Baker; 3rd Spirit-Mattocks; Euphrosyne-Miss Poitier; Sabrina, the Pastoral Nymph, and the Song of Sweet Echo-Miss Brent; The Chorusses-Squibb, Legg, Baker, Ryley, Mrs Weichsel, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones; The Dances-Fichar, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford.
Cast
Role: and the Song of Sweet Echo Actor: Miss Brent

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

4007
14 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Those ladies and gentlemen who have taken places in the Boxes are desired to be at the theatre earlier than usual, to prevent mistakes; and to send their servants by 3 o'clock. [Garrick's first appearance. He afterwards played only occasionally 7 or 8 nights.] Disturbance at Drury Lane. Those not in black insulted, one young gentleman from Bond Street had a sword run into his eye (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

4008
21 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both Pieces by Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: New Dance-Miss Wilford; End Opera: Rural Love, as17651115

4009
05 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

4010
16 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Holland, Yates, King, Palmer, Love, Parsons, Baddeley, Moody, Strange, Keen, Mrs Yates, Miss Pope, Miss Plym, Mrs Hippisley, Mrs Clive. Manly-Holland
Role: Manly Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

4011
13 March 1766 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Elisi. With Several alterations of new and favourite songs. This Opera will be one half an hour shorter than when it first came out, which renders the former books unserviceable. Sg Elisi has therefore ordered new books to be printed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eumene

Music: A new Overture-Galuppi

Dance: II: Minuet, Louvre-Sodi, Miss Capitani

Song: new Duetto, Cananetto, accompanied by Recitations-Sg DeMajo

4012
22 March 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17660311 End: Rural Love, as17651115

Song: A New Duet will be introduc'd between-Shuter, Miss Brent

4013
04 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Holland
Role: Sealand Actor: Havard
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17651004; End: Hearts of Oak, as17660207

4014
04 April 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. [The Jester's Magazine, or Monthly Merry Maker included the following verses by "Bumpkin" from the Upper Gallery, "On Seeing Midas"]: @To Midas invited@And greatly delighted,@They all sung and acted so clever;@That in Rapture I cry'd, a,@To the folk on each side, a,@Burlettas and sing-song forever!@For tho' Justice Midas@Turns out but a Try'd Ass,@In preferring horse Pan to Apollo@The Airs are so pretty,@And so sweet the Duetti,@They beat all your Operas hollow.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: IV: Rural Love, as17651115

4015
19 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Baker. [Ralph's Ramble (Larpent MS 254) seems patterned on the Farmer's Return from London. Ralph returns to the Mill and gives impressions, not all complimentary, of his trip to London. A Monologue in Couplets with a song.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Cast
Role: Osmyn Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: I: A Dance-Aldridge, Miss Baker; After the Entertainment: A New Dance call'd the Fortune Tellers-Aldridge, Miss Baker

Entertainment: End: King (for that night only) will present the Audience with a New Comic Descriptive Piece call'd Ralph's Ramble Or O'Rare London! (being a short sequel to a comic character in the Maid of the Mill.)-King

4016
25 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: Loveless-Havard; Sir Novelty-Dodd, first time; Young Worthy-Palmer; Sir Will. Wisewou'd-Baddeley; Elder Worthy-Aickin; Sly-Ackman; Lawyer-Keen; Snap-Yates; Narcissa-Mrs Palmer; Hillaria-Miss Plym; Flareit-Mrs Hopkins; Amanda's woman-Mrs Love; Flareit's Maid-Mrs Hippisley; Amanda-Mrs Dodd (her 2nd appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Amanda's woman Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Dodd

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: III: New Tambourine Dance, as17660123

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have At Ye All-Dodd

4017
26 April 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Amanda's Woman Actor: Mrs Ferguson
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: All in the Right

Performance Comment: Old Harcourt-Dunstall; Young Harcourt-Davis; Belfield-R. Smith; Wentworth-Lewis; Frank-Morgan; Ned-Shuter; Lady Diana Wisewou'd-Mrs Green; Isabella-Mrs Godwin; Charlotte-Mrs Ferguson; Julia-Miss Cokayne; Fanny-Mrs Gardner; Emily (With Songs in Character)-a Young Lady (first attempt any stage); To conclude with a New Masquerade Dance-; in which will be introduc'd a Hornpipe-Miss Pitt.

Entertainment: II: The Cries of London-Shuter

Dance: IV: The Venetian Gardeners, as17650925; End: Rural Love, as17651115

4018
29 April 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Baddeley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Entertainment: End: Baddeley, By Particular Desire, will present Bucks Have at ye All-Baddeley

Dance: End I Farce: Hearts of Oak, as17660207

4019
03 May 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody, Hurst, Mrs Dorman. Mainpiece: Acted but once these 23 years. [But see 29 Dec. 1760 and 29 Oct. 1747.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Palmer; Obadiah-Love; Day-Baddeley; Abel-King; Bookseller-Marr; Mrs Day-Mrs Dorman, first time; Arabella-Miss Plym; Col. Blunt-Hurst; Committeemen-Vaughan, Castle, Clough; Teague (with several droll songs in character)-Moody; Mrs Chat-Mrs Simson; Ruth-Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: A Comic Dance, as17660207; V: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

4020
13 August 1766 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Barry; Priuli-Bardin; Eliot-Murden; Renault-Hurst; Bedamar-Palmer; Pierre-Lee; Duke-Lewis; Spinosa-Keen; Theodore-Quick; Officer-M'George; Branville-Powel; Reviledo-Wild; Mezzano-Weedon; Ternon-Francis; Durand-M'Mahon; Barbe-Nelson; Belvidera-Mrs Dancer.
Cast
Role: Durand Actor: M'Mahon

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

4021
09 September 1766 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Barry; Sir John-Murden; Sealand-Hurst; Myrtle-Lee; Tom-Palmer; Humphrey-M'George; Daniel-Weston; Cimberton-Shuter; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Johnston; Isabella-Mrs Worley; Lucinda-Miss Madden; Phillis-Mrs M'George; Indiana-Mrs Dancer; In Act II: Song-a Gentleman, first appearance on that stage.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Hurst
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

4022
10 October 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

4023
22 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: IV: The Village Romps, as17661008

4024
04 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Mr Palmer of Bath 2 bills for spermecetti candles #91 3s.; Rec'd of Mr Blagden One Year's rent due at Xmas #3 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #190 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Havard; Moneses-Powell; Axalla-Packer; Bajazet-Holland; Dervise-Bransby; Omar-Hurst; Zama-Fox; Mirvan-Keen; Stratocles-Aickin; Hali-Strange; Prince of Tanais-Ackman; Arpasia-Mrs Yates; Selima-Mrs Palmer; With the usual Prologue-Bensley; In Act IV the Original Song of O! Gentle Sleep-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Bajazet Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

4025
04 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid half year's land tax for theatre due Mich. last #37 10s. Paid ditto for House in Bow Passage #2 1s. 8d., also 1!2 years tax for window light in theatre #4 18s. 3d. and for same in House in Bow Passage 15s. Paid half years scavenger's rate for theatre, #2 1s. 8d., and for Bow Passage House, 2s. 1d. Paid half year's Church rate for theatre #4 3s. 4d. and for Bow Passage House 4s. 2d. (Account Book). Receipts: #125 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Ross; Bajazet-Smith; Moneses-Dyer; Axalla-Perry; Dervise-Walker; Omar-Gardner; Hali-Davis; Prince of Tanais-Anderson; Zama-Redman; Stratocles-Cushing; Selima-Mrs Mattocks; Arpasia-Mrs Ward; Usual Prologue-Dyer; Original Song, To Thee O Gentle Sleep-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Prince of Tanais Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace