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8108 results for: Keyword - Sir Ch. Wren
We found 6041 matches on Performance Comments, 1603 matches on Author, 993 matches on Event Comments, 467 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6576
20 September 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Lord Ogleby-King; Sterling-Parsons; Sir John Melvil-Bensley; Lovewell-Brereton; Serjeant Flower-Wrighten; Traverse-Phillimore; Trueman-Norris; Canton-Baddcley; Brush-Palmer; Miss Sterling-Miss Pope; Fanny-Mrs Brereton; Chambermaid-Miss Collect; Betty-Mrs Love; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Hopkins .
Cast
Role: Sir John Melvil Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday

Dance: Afterpiece: To conclude with a Dance by Henry, Miss Armstrong, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances, but beginning with 1 Dec. Henry is omitted.]

6577
22 September 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Performance Comment: Lionel-Vernon; Colonel Oldboy-Parsons; Sir John Flowerdale-Aickin; Jenkins-Bannister; Harman-Williams; Jessamy-Dodd; Diana-Miss Collett; Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Hopkins; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten; Clarissa-Miss Phillips .
Cast
Role: Sir John Flowerdale Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

6578
04 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: Doctor Cantwell-Moody; Sir John Lambert-Packer; Seyward-Brereton; Colonel Lambert-Palmer; Maw-worm-Holcroft; Darnley-Bensley; Lady Lambert-Miss Sherry; Old Lady Lambert-Mrs Love; Charlotte-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Sir John Lambert Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece a new Comic Dance, The Frenchman in the Dairy, by Zuchelli, Henry, Miss Armstrong, the Miss Stageldoirs

Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

6579
05 October 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Macklin, Lee Lewes, Aickin, Clarke, Wcwitzer, Booth, L'Estrange, Thompson, J. Wilson, Lewis; Miss Platt, Miss Satchell, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Davenett, Miss Younge. [Cast adjusted from playbill of 19 Oct. 1782: Sir Pertinax Macsycophant-Macklin; Lord Lumbercourt-Lee Lewes; Sidney-Aickin; Mel vile-Clarke; Counsellor Plausible-Wewitzer; Serjeant Eitherside-Booth; Tomlins-L'Estrange; John-Thompson; Sam-J. Wilson; Egerton-Lewis; Lady Macsycophant-Miss Platt; Constantia-Miss Satchell; Betty Hint-Mrs Wilson; Nanny-Mrs Davenett; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt-Miss Younge.] Prologue spoken by Macklin. Epilogue spoken by Miss Younge. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi. Prologue spoken by Macklin. Epilogue spoken by Miss Younge. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi.
Cast
Role: : Sir Pertinax Macsycophant Actor: Macklin
Role: Constantia Actor: Miss Satchell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

6580
13 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Mirable-Smith; Fainall-Bensley; Sir Wilful DL Witwou'd-Yates; Petulant-Baddeley; Waitwcll-Parsons; Witwou'd-King; Lady Wishfor't-Mrs Hopkins; Marwood-Miss Sherry; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Sharp; Mincing-Miss Collett; Peg-Miss Hale; Foible-Miss Pope; Millamant-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Sir Wilful DL Witwou'd Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17811004

6581
25 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Performance Comment: Loveless-Smith; Young Fashion-Palmer; Sir Tunbelly Clumsey-Moody; Col. Townly-Brereton; Probe-Parsons; Lory-Baddeley; Lord Foppington-Dodd; Berinthia-Miss Farren; Amanda (1st time)-Mrs Brereton; Miss Hoyden-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Sir Tunbelly Clumsey Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Sir Fretful Plagiary Actor: Parsons
Role: Italians Actor: Miss Field, the Miss Stageldoirs. Characters of the Tragedy: Lord Burleigh-Chaplin
Role: Lord Burleigh Actor: Chaplin
Role: Sir Walter Raleigh Actor: Burton

6582
26 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Dodd; Wilding-Farren; Beaufort-Phillimore; Sir Jasper-Wright; Dapper-Holcroft; Old Philpot-Baddeley; Maria-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Wright

Song: As17811022

6583
27 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: George Hargrave-Smith; Drummond-Bensley; Justice-Parsons; Sir Charles Seymour-Brereton; Jarvis-Lamash; Mr Morley-Aickin; Mr Hargrave-Moody; Lady Dinah-Mrs Hopkins; Emily-Miss Phillips; Susan-Mrs Wrighten; Harriet-Mrs Brereton; Bella-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Seymour Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

6584
29 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Mrs Cargill, Du-Bellamy, Moody, Aickin, Suett, Dodd; Mrs Wells, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Wheeler. [Cast from London Chronicle, 30 Oct.: Patie-Mrs Cargill; Roger-Du-Bellamy; Symon-Moody; Sir William Worthy-Aickin; Glaud-Suett; Bauldy-Dodd; Jenny-Mrs Wells; Mause-Mrs Love; Madge-Mrs Booth [not listed in London Chronicle, but see17821016]; Peggy-Miss Wheeler.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Highland Reel by Blurton and the two Miss Stageldoirs. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

6585
02 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson; Tony Lumpkin-Quick Marlow-Lee Lewes; Hastings-Whitfield; Sir Charles Marlow-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Webb; Miss Neville-Mrs Lewis; Miss Hardcasde-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Marlow Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

6586
06 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Tattle-King; Valentine-Farren; Sir Sampson Legend-Moody; Scandal-Bensley; Foresight-Parsons; Jeremy-Baddeley; Trapland-Waldron; Ben-Yates; Angelica-Miss Farren; Mrs Frail-Miss Pope; Mrs Foresight-Miss Sherry; Nurse-Mrs Love; Miss Prue-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Legend Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

6587
07 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Young Meadows-Leoni; Justice Woodcock-Wilson; Sir William Meadows-Fearon; Eustace-Robson; Hodge-Doyle; Hawthorn-Reinhold; Lucinda-Mrs Morton; Margery-Mrs Wilson; Aunt Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Rosetta-Mrs Martyr .
Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17810928

6588
10 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Parsons, Suett, Phillimore, Griffiths, Helme, Moody; Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Farren. [Cast from text (G. Kearsly, 1781): Sir Harry Trifle-Palmer; Qui Tarn-Parsons; Tom-Suett; Timothy-Phillimore; Sambo-Griffiths; Servant-Helme; Dennis Dogherty-Moody; Biddy-Mrs Wrighten; Mrs Annaseed-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Harriet Trifle-Miss Farren.] Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi. Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue (taken from a celebrated passage in Thompson's Seasons [an abridgement of lines 1113-65 of Spring]) spoken by Miss Farren. [The Prologue was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances. The Epilogue was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 3 performances only (see17811115).] hathi.
Cast
Role: : Sir Harry Trifle Actor: Palmer

Song: As17811022

6589
20 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: Lord Aimworth-Du-Bellamy; Sir Harry Sycamore-Parsons; Fairfield-Aickin; Mervin-Williams; Ralph-Suett; Giles-Bannister; Fanny-Mrs Wrighten; Lady Sycamore-Mrs Hopkins; Theodosia-Miss Collett; Patty-Mrs Cargill .
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Sycamore Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Cast
Role: : Sir Harry Trifle Actor: Palmer

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17811117

6590
21 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Smith; Aimwell-Brereton; Foigard-Moody; Bonniface-Aickin; Sir Charles Freeman-R. Palmer; Sullen-Wrighten; Gibbet-Wright; Scrub-Yates; Cherry-Miss Pope; Dorinda-Mrs Brereton; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Love; Gipsey-Miss Simson; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece, as17811117

6591
24 November 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Cast
Role: Adelaide Actor: Miss Satchell

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: Characters by Reinhold, Wilson, Davies, Webb, Egan, Stevens, Painter, J. Wilson, Edwin; Mrs Webb, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Poussin, Miss Harper-[Cast from Public Advertiser, 26 Nov., and adjusted from HAY playbill of 4 Sept.: Compton-Reinhold; Sir Felix Friendly-Wilson; Eugene-Davies; Chicane-Webb; John-Egan; Thomas-Stevens; Stump-Painter; Cudden-J. Wilson; Lingo-Edwin; Mrs Cheshire-Mrs Webb; Cowslip-Mrs Wilson; Fringe-Mrs Poussin; Laura-Miss Harper.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Sir Felix Friendly Actor: Wilson

6592
08 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Mr Ford-Wroughton; Sir Hugh Evans-Edwin; Doctor Caius-Whitfield; Mr Page-Hull; Host of the Garter-Booth; Fenton-Robson; Justice Shallow-Wilson; Simple-Joules; Bardolph-Baker; Pistol-Cushing; Slender-Quick; FalstafF-Henderson; Mrs Page-Mrs Whitfield; Ann Page-Miss Morris; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Ford-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Sir Hugh Evans Actor: Edwin

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Dance: As17811101

6593
13 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Bannister, Parsons, Du-Bellamy, Bannister Jun., Suett, Dodd; Mrs Cargill, Mrs Wrighten, Miss Phillips, Miss Pope. [Cast from London Chronicle, 13 Dec: Valencio-Palmer; Lucio-Bannister; Sir Peter Pagoda-Parsons; Melvil-Du-Bellamy; Travelling Author-Bannister Jun.; Piano-Suett; Charles-Dodd; Servant-Chaplin; Marinetta-Mrs Cargill; Francisca-Mrs Wrighten; Emily-Miss Phillips; Isabella-Miss Pope; Maid-Miss Simson.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Sir Peter Pagoda Actor: Parsons
Role: Servant Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

6594
14 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Pagoda Actor: Parsons
Role: Servant Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Palmer; Old Wilding-Aickin; Sir James Elliot-R. Palmer; Papillion-Burton; Miss Godfrey-Mrs Sharp; Kitty-Miss Kirby; Miss Grantham-Mrs Brereton .
Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: R. Palmer

6595
27 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Pagoda Actor: Parsons
Role: Servant Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Palmer; Classic-Packer; Subtle-Waldron; Sir John Buck-Wrighten; Luanda (with a song)-Miss Collett .
Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Wrighten

Dance: In mainpiece, as17811217 In afterpiece a Minuet by Zuchelli and Miss Collett

6596
04 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17811121, but Sir Charles Freeman-Phillimore .
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Phillimore

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour by the Miss Stageldoirs; In afterpiece, as17820103

6597
18 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Lewis; Manly-Clarke; Squire Richard-W. Bates; John Moody-Thompson; Count Basset-Lee Lewes; Sir Francis Wronghead-Macklin; Lady Grace-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Miss Jenny (with a song)-Mrs Wilson; Myrtilla-Mrs Davenett; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Poussin; Trusty-Miss Stuart; Lady Townly-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Wronghead Actor: Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

6598
19 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Colonel Feignwell-Palmer; Sir Philip Mode-love-Baddeley; Obadiah Prim-Moody; Freeman-Farren; Sackbut-Wrighten; Tradelove-Fawcett; Simon Pure-Waldron; Perriwinkle-Parsons; Mrs Prim-Mrs Love; Ann Lovely-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Sir Philip Mode Actor: love-Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour, as17820104; In afterpiece, as17820111

6599
21 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Cast
Role: Sir John Contrast Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Performance Comment: Dupely-Dodd; Oldworth-Aickin; Sir Harry Groveby-Brereton; Hurry-Parsons; Old Groveby-Baddeley; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lady Bab Lardoon-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Groveby Actor: Brereton

Dance: End of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour, as17820104; End of Act I of afterpiece New Dance by Zuchelli, Lemcrcier, Miss Armstrong, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c

6600
21 January 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Adventure In St

Performance Comment: James's Park. Alderman Gripe-Barrett; Dapperwit-Higgins; Ranger-Wilkinson; Vincent-Jellico; Valentine-Hedges; James-Lynch; Sir Simon Addlepot-Swords; Lady Flippant-Miss Carne; Lydia-Miss Holton; Isabella-Mrs Read; Leonora-Miss Blaney; Martha-Miss Williams; Lucy-Miss Dawson; Christiana-Miss Brook; Mrs Crossbite-Miss Green; Mrs Joyner-Mrs Heyborn. An Occasional Prologue spoken by Davis .
Cast
Role: Sir Simon Addlepot Actor: Swords

Afterpiece Title: The Beaux Duel; or, A Soldier for the Ladies

Performance Comment: Careful-Swords; Col. Manly-Higgins; Capt. Belmein-Forrest; Toper-Jellico; Ogle-Smith; Laric-Jones; Servant-James; Sir William Mode-Barrett; Emilia-Mrs Read; Mrs Plotwell-Miss Carne; Flora-Mrs Loft; Clarinda-A Lady [unidentified] .unidentified] .
Cast
Role: Sir William Mode Actor: Barrett

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Hornpipe by Lepulley. interlude. End of mainpiece a Scotch Pastoral Interlude, The Caledonian Villagers (Written by Allen Ramsay), by Natives of Scotland, who are to speak the Dialect of that Country