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We found 824 matches on Roles/Actors, 175 matches on Performance Title, 95 matches on Performance Comments, 58 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751107.

Dance: II: Il Filosofo, as17751116; End Opera: Pigmalion, as17751031

Ballet: I: Le Triomphe. As17751031

Performance Comment: As17751031.
Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Mrs Barry's Indisposition renders her incapable of performing this Night. The Fourth Representation of the Duenna is oblig'd to be deferr'd till Saturday (playbill)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Amiwell-Wroughton, first time; Gibbet-Mahon; Bonniface-Dunstall; Foigard-Fox; Sir Charles Freeman-Young; Sullen-Clarke, first time; Scrub-Woodward; Dorinda-Mrs Lessingham; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17751107, but Harlequin-Rayner.

Dance: IV: The Pilgrim, as17750927

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751107.

Dance: As17751104

Ballet: Le Triomphe D'Euthime sur Le Genie de Liba. As17751104

Performance Comment: As17751104.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 3 May 1769.] Afterpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Sheridan; Prince Henry-Young; Salisbury-Clinch; Hubert-Hull; Pembroke-Booth; Essex-Davis; King of France-Clarke; Dauphin-Wroughton; Austria-Mahon; Panduph-Fearon; Chatillon-L'Estrange; Governor of Angiers-Thompson; Prince Arthur-a Young Lady; Bastard-Lewis; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Booth; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Poussin; Lady Blanch-Miss Dayes; Constance-Mrs Barry; in IV, will be introduced the Procession at the Coronation of King John-.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17751124, but Rhodope-Miss Dayes.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751107.

Dance: As17751128

Event Comment: Mr Sheridan's Night. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 29 March 1770.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father (with Alterations)

Performance Comment: Horatius-Sheridan, first time; Publius-Lewis; Valerius-Wroughton; Hostilius-Clarke; Valeria-Mrs Hunter; first time; Horatia-Mrs Barry; first time. In V the Triumphal Entry of Publius-.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17751124, but Harlequin-Lee Lewes (playbill); Harlequin-Rayner (Public Advertiser).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751107.

Dance: As17751128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: As17751201, but Prince Henry-Miss Besford.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17751208, but Harlequin-Rayner; Eurydice-Miss Dayes; Rhodope-Mrs Williams.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751107.

Dance: As17751128

Event Comment: Benefit for the Establishment of a Fund, for the Relief of Performers and others retiring from the Theatre. Mr Barry still continues indisposed. Afterpiece: The LAST time of performing it. [The call for this afterpiece must have been remarkable, supposed to closed 6 Nov. it was continued "by desire" on the 24 Nov. on Dec. 1, 8, 15, and 19.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward And Eleonora

Performance Comment: As17751114, but Selim-Bensley (from Drury Lane).

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17751215, but Harlequin-Lee Lewes.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751107, but Osmida-_.

Dance: As17751128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751230.

Dance: As17751128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Performance Comment: As17751230.

Dance: I: Les Evenemens Imprevues, as17760109; II: Ballet Pastoral-S. Vallouis, Mme Vallouis, Helm, Mlle Sophie; End Opera: Pigmalion Amoureuse de La Statue, as17751031

Performance Comment: Vallouis, Mme Vallouis, Helm, Mlle Sophie; End Opera: Pigmalion Amoureuse de La Statue, as17751031.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17751216.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760131.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: As17760115.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760131.
Event Comment: Street Ballad, The Duenna or the Double Elopement, a new song to an old Tune: @In the days of Gay, they sing and say,@The town was full of folly:@For all day long, its sole sing-song@Was pretty, pretty Polly.@So now-a-days, as it was in Gay's,@The world's run mad again-a@From morn to night its whole delight@To cry up the Duenna.@One half the town still talks of Brown@The other of Leoni,@While those sly curs, the managers,@Keep pocketing the money... [Brown was the original Clara in the opera. See 16 Dec. 1775 (Hampden, Journal).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17751216.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760131, but The Principal Characters-_Zuchelli, Lee Lewes.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Jaques-Barry; Orlando-Lewis; Adam-Lee; Duke Senior-Hull; Amiens (with Songs)-Mattocks; Oliver-Wroughton; Duke Frederick-Fearon; Touchstone-Woodward; Caelia (with the Cukoo Song)-Mrs Mattocks; Phoebe-Miss Dayes; Audrey-Mrs Pitt; Rosalind-Mrs Barry; in V, a Dance of Forresters-Daguville.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760203.

Dance: I: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17751216.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760203.
Event Comment: The Grecian Daughter oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of Mr and Mrs Barry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: As17751108, but Miss Neville-Miss Leeson; Trounce-_.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760203.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17751216.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760203.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: As17760115.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760212, but Vocals-Mrs Williams, Mrs +Masters; Dance-Zuchelli, Sga Vidini.
Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: As17760124.

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760219, but Principal Characters-_Wewitzer, Daiguville; Dances-Sga _Zuchelli.

Dance: IV: The Italian Gardeners, as17751011

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hunter. Doors open half past 5. To begin half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17760429 but Horatio-Hull,third time; Lothario-Lewis; Sciolto-Clarke; Calista-Mrs Hunter, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: As17760427 but Kecksey-Moss (from Theatre Royal Edinburg); Epilogue Song-_.

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

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant (Box-keeper). Doors open half past 5. To begin half past 6 o'clock

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Wroughton; Campley-Lewis; Brumpton-Clarke; Trusty-Hull; Puzzle-Dunstall; Sable-Quick; Tom-Jones; Trim-Wilson, first time; Lady Harriet-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Tattleaid-Mrs Pitt; Fardingale-Mrs Green; Mademoiselle-Miss Valois; Lady Brumpton-Miss Barsanti.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Performance Comment: Ballad-Mattocks; Cantileno-Reinhold; Zorababel-Quick; Bauble-Lee Lewes; Thomas-Young; Jenny-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Midnight-Mrs Pitt; Country Madcap-Mrs Mattocks.

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

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pitt and Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: As17751020, but Col. Briton-Young , first time.

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Performance Comment: As17760423.

Dance: II: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503; End: The Merry Sailors, as17760314