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1024 results for: Keyword - Serjeant
We found 1050 matches on Roles/Actors, 245 matches on Performance Comments, 35 matches on Performance Title, 11 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

1
18 January 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Almida

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Monologue: Interlude After: Musical The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Dorman; Wife-Mrs Wrighten

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Dorman; Wife-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

2
13 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: Dance-Daigville's Scholars

Monologue: 1773 5 13 The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Bannister (with song, O What a Charming Thing's a Battle); Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Wrighten

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister (with song, O What a Charming Thing's a Battle); Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

3
03 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Davies; Wife-Mrs Love; Mother-Mrs Hitchcock. These two parts are here transposed; correctly: Mother-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Hitchcock= [, as in all subsequent playbills.], as in all subsequent playbills.]
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Dance: Afterpiece: with a Dance [incident to the Piece-. [This was danced in all subsequent performances.

4
15 April 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dissipation

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Recruit-Suett; Old Woman-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Wrighten .
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: In afterpiece a Postilion Dance incident to the piece; to conclude with a Country Dance

5
23 August 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Wood; Old Woman-Mrs Love; Wife-Miss Morris .
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

6
15 August 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Wood; Countryman-Davies (of CG); Old Woman-Mrs Love; Wife-Miss Morris .
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Wood

Afterpiece Title: The Receipt Tax

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favorite song by Miss George. vaudeville. In 2nd piece The Manual Exercise, with the Officer's Salute, &c, by Mrs Wells

7
03 June 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant (with O what a charming thing's a Battle)-Sedgwick; Countryman-Suett; Mother-Mrs Edwards; Wife-Miss Romanzini.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Sedgwick

Afterpiece Title: Love for Love

Cast
Role: Serjeant Circuit Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Song: End II 2nd piece: Wake Sons of Odin (composed by Stevens)-Sedgwick

8
07 May 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; with Oh, what a charming Thing's a Battle!-Bannister; Countryman-Blanchard; Mother-Mrs Davenett; Wife-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: A Dissertation on Macaronyism-Bernard

9
07 December 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 'tis Well It's No Worse

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Parts-Bannister, Dibdin, Mrs Dorman, Mrs Wrighten. Dance-Daiguville, Mrs King, Sga Daiguville, Miss Ross; Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Dorman; Wife-Mrs Wrighten (MacMillan).
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

10
06 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild (prompter) and Mahon. Mainpiece: Acted there but once. [See 20 March 1773.] Afterpiece: For the last time this season. Doors open half past 5. To begin half past 6 o'clock. [The Recruiting Serjeant interlude a Musical Entertainment by Isaac Bickerstaffe.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: II: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503

Monologue: Interlude. End: A Favourite Interlude (never perform'd there) call'd The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Mahon; Countryman-Wilson; Wife-Miss Dayes; Mother-Mrs Willems

Performance Comment: End: A Favourite Interlude (never perform'd there) call'd The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Mahon; Countryman-Wilson; Wife-Miss Dayes; Mother-Mrs Willems.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Mahon

11
06 November 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: To conclude with a perspective representation of the Grand Camp at Cox-Heathv [see 15 Oct. 1778], from a view taken by DeLoutherbourg, and executed under his direction. [This notice is included in al subsequent performances.] Account-Book, 29 Feb. 1780: Paid Serjeant for teaching boys and volunteers the exercise [in The Camp] #10 10s. Receipts: #221 0s. 6d. (177.1.0; 43.10.6; 0.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Webster, Moody, Parsons, Bannister, Baddeley, Miss Kirby, Mrs Wrighten. Cast adjusted from playbill of 10 May 1780, and Morning Chronicle, 16 Oct. 1778: William-Webster; O'Daub-Moody; Gage-Parsons; Serjeant Drill-Bannister; Mons. Bluard-Baddeley; Sir Harry Bouquet-Dodd; Nancy-Mrs Robinson; Lady Gorget-Mrs Cuyler; Lady Sash-Mrs Baddeley; Countrywoman-Miss Kirby; Nell-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Drill Actor: Bannister

12
20 November 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In afterpiece the playbill assigns Serjeant Drill to Staunton, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Wilson.] Afterpiece: To conclude with a Perspective Representation of the Camp at Cox-Heath [see 15 Oct. 1778. This was included in both subsequent performances]. Receipts: #110 12s. (70/17; 37/0; 0/5; tickets not come in: 2/10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Bouquet-Dodd; Gage-Waldron; O'Daub-Moody; Mons Bluard-Baddeley; William-Barrymore; Serjeant Drill-Wilson; Nancy-Mrs Wells; Nell-Mrs Wrighten. The other Characters by Burton, Fawcett, Wrighten, Wright, Chaplin, Kenny, Phillimore, Alfred, &c.; Miss M. Stageldoir, Miss Palmer, Mrs Wilson . Miss M. Stageldoir, Miss Palmer, Mrs Wilson .
Cast
Role: Serjeant Drill Actor: Wilson

13
03 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: To Arms; or, The British Recruit

Performance Comment: Serjeant of Grenadiers-Johnstone; Robin Redhead-Munden; Capias-Fawcett; Lieutenant-Darley; Serjeant of Marines-Gray; Susan-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Serjeant of Grenadiers Actor: Johnstone
Role: Serjeant of Marines Actor: Gray

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to Your Bow

Dance: In 2nd piece: Byrn, Mme Rossi

Song: End 2nd piece: The Sea Storm-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue. As17930410

14
05 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act II) Jewish Education

Afterpiece Title: A Lesson for Lawyers

Performance Comment: Serjeant Circuit-Baddeley; Fairplay-Phillimore; Jack-Bannister Jun.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Circuit Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Entertainment: Monologue. As17890430

15
04 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

16
08 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Dance: As17770618

17
10 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

18
31 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Dance: As17770728

19
08 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: K

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

20
01 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

21
15 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

22
30 April 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

23
25 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Siege Of Gibraltar

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Mattocks, Reinhold, Quick, Wilson, Edwin, Whitfield, Egan, Mrs Wilson, Mrs White, Mrs Morton. Cast from text (G. Kearsly, 1780) and London Chronicle, 3 May 1780: Beauclerc-Mattocks; Major Bromfield-Reinhold; Ben Hassan-Quick; Serjeant Trumbull-Wilson; Woolwich-Edwin; Muley-Whitfield; Serjeant O'Bradley-Egan; Lieutenant-Wordsworth; Officers-Booth, Fearon, Robson; Sailor-W. Bates; Soldiers-L'Estrange, Thompson, Wewitzer; Mob-Jones, Ledger, Brunsdon, Bates, Stevens; Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Moll Trumpet-Mrs White; Zayde-Mrs Morton.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Trumbull Actor: Wilson
Role: Serjeant O'Bradley Actor: Egan

24
16 March 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Afterpiece Title: The British Recruit; or, Who's Afraid

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Incledon, Munden, Fawcett, Bowden, Townsend, Haymes, Gray, Street, Miss Kirton, Mrs Martyr. [Partial cast adjusted from playbill of 3 May 1793; Serjeant of Grenadiers-Incledon; Robin Redhead-Munden; Capias-Fawcett; Lieutenant-Bowden; Serjeant of Marines-Gray; Susan-Mrs Martyr.]
Cast
Role: Serjeant of Grenadiers Actor: Incledon
Role: Serjeant of Marines Actor: Gray

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Song: In course 2nd piece: The Mid Watch-Incledon; 2nd piece to conclude: with a new Loyal Duet (composed by Shield) Tho' Hurricanes rattle tho' Tempest appear-Incledon, Bowden

25
12 May 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Voluntary Contributions

Performance Comment: Irishman-Johnstone; Englishman-Murray; Mail Coach Guard-Townsend; Ostler-Powel; Serjeant-Farley; Old Soldier-Thompson; Son-Simmons; Scotchman-Wilde; Welchman-Rees; Hawker-Gray; 2nd Irishman-Dyke; 2nd Sailor-Abbot; 1st Sailor-Farley [i.e. doubled Serjeant]; Old Woman-Mrs Henley; Persons represented in the Allegorical Action: Genius of the Isle; Demon of Discord; Children of Britain; Peace, with her Attributes; Britannia-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Farley

Afterpiece Title: Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita; or, The Sheep Shearing

Song: End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-; End 2nd piece: Admiral Benbow-Incledon