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12405 results for: Keyword - Sir Henry Herbert
We found 6588 matches on Performance Comments, 4877 matches on Author, 1593 matches on Performance Title, 1363 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

11826
01 April 1698 @ Clark's School, Paul's Alley

Event Comment: Post Boy, 29-31 March 1698: To morrow being the First of April, in Paul's Alley, near St. Paul's Church-Yard, at Clark's School, will be perform'd a new Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick, compos'd by Mr Henry Simsons, beginning at Seven of the Clock exactly. Price of coming in 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

11827
11 November 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Rich's Company. Lady Morley attended this performance: Lady Morley and two in the Box at Caius Marius. 12s. See Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 378. On this night occurred a quarrel between Henry Arthur and one Barry of the playhouses. See Post Boy, 11-14 Nov. 1699, and other news accounts during November 1699

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

11828
February 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Betterton's Company. The date of the first production is not known, but the Prologue refers to "this Winter," suggesting a date before March 1700. A song, Ah Belinda I am pressed, in this play, appeared in Orpheus Britannica, 1698, the music by Henry Purcell, who had died some years before its appearance in this collection. A Comparison Between the Two Stages (1702), pp. 26-27, referring to the rivalry between lif and dl in reviving Shakespeare and Jonson: The Battel continued a long time doubtful, and Victory hovering over both Camps, Batterton Sollicts for some Auxiliaries from the same Author, and then he flanks his Enemy with Measure for Measure

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure; Or, Beauty The Best Advocate

Related Works
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

11829
26 October 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Pinkeman. Common Prices. All Persons that come behind the Scenes are desired to pay their Money to none but Mr Pinkeman. [This benefit had originally been advertised for 24 Oct. but deferred, the offerings for that day being a medley of The Death of King Henry VI, a Tragical Interlude of one Act only; Aesop, "several select Scenes" only; and The School-Boy; or, The Comical Rivals.

Performances

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

Entertainment: Several pretty Entertainments-

11830
03 July 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: A masque of music composed by Henry Purcell. Benefit Mrs Lucas. Mainpiece: Revis'd with large Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

11831
04 April 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber. Not Acted these Three Years. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: With the Famous Battle of Bosworth Fieldv, between him and the Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry the Seventh. Written Originally by Shakespear, who in the true and lively Character of Richard, has shewn his most Masterly Strokes of Nature

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragical History Of King Richard Iii

Song: As17031102

Music: Sonata for violin and flute-Gasperini, Paisible

Dance: As17040204

11832
12 June 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks. Not acted these Twenty Years. [A revision by Henry Norris of the Beaumont and Fletcher Beggar's Bush.

Performances

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

Song: As17050428

Dance: As17041124

11833
21 January 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainp1ece; With the Original Musick. Afterpiece: A masque by Henry Purcel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Cupid and Bacchus

Dance: As17061227

11834
14 November 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 13 Nov., I Henry IV had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

11835
14 February 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Not Acted these Three Years. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Containing the Distresses and Deathv of King Henry the Sixth; the Murther of Young King Edward the Fifth, and his Brother, in the Tower; with the Landingv of the Earl of Richmond, and the Memorable Battle of Bosworth Fieldv, being the last that was fought between the Houses of York and Lancaster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragical History Of King Richard The Third

11836
02 January 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Containing the Distresses and Death of King Henry the Sixth; the Murther of Young King Edward the Fifth, and his Brother, in the Tower; with the Landing of the Earl of Richmond, and the Memorable Battle of Bosworth Fieldv, being the last that was fought between the Houses of York and Lancaster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragical History Of King Richard The Third

11837
08 July 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Rich, Pit Officekeeper. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Tickets for the New Medley will be taken. Receipts: #124 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The City Ramble

Dance: delaGarde, Mrs Bullock; Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his Diversion

11838
22 June 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Rich, Pit Officekeeper. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #24 14s. and tickets #55 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance:

11839
11 April 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Husband. With all the Original Musick, Scenes, Machines, Habits and Dances proper to the Play. N.B. That Night (only) the Front of the Gallery will be adorn'd with the Original Pictures of several of our most celebrated Poetsv, particularly those who have been most excellent in the Dramatick Way, as Shakespear, Ben. Johnson, Fletcher, Dryden, &c. together with that of our English Orpheus, the late Mr Henry Purcell. Receipts: money #52 9s.; tickets #43 16s. See also The Censor, No. 73 (9 April) and No. 75 (13 April)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess

11840
27 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Rich, Pit Officekeeper. Receipts: money #15 4s. 6d.; tickets #43 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith; particularly Moreau's last new dance-Moreau, Miss Schoolding

11841
20 April 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bickerstaff, who has not been able to wait on his Friends, by reason of his being lame. By Command. Tickets for Henry VIII taken. Original Weekly Journal, 25 April: His Majesty was to have come to Drury Lane... but was prevented by the arrival of some important Dispatches from abroad

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Topham, Weaver, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar

11842
15 March 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Henry Carey.] A new Farce on one Act. Benefit Quin. Receipts: money #67 12s.; tickets #73 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Hanging and Marriage; or, The Dead Man's Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: Hanging and Marriage; or, The Dead-Man's Wedding Author(s): Henry Carey

11843
15 February 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Humphrey, Duke Of Gloucester

Performance Comment: Edition of 1723 lists: Humphrey-Booth; Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York-Mills; Richard Novil, Earl of Salisbury-Thurmond; Richard Nevil, Earl of Warwick-Williams; Henry Beaufort, Cardinal and Bishop of Winchester-Cibber; William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk-Watson; Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckinham-Mills Jr; Margaret-Mrs Oldfield; Eleanor, Dutchess of Gloucester-Mrs Porter; Prologue by Bartholomew Paman of the Middle Temple-Booth; Epilogue-Mrs Oldfield.

11844
10 May 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Robinson, the Dancer. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Prologue: in The Poems of Henry Carey, p. 65. Epilogue: Written by Mr Welsted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: End I: Polonese-Miss Robinson, Rainton; III: A new Passacaille-Miss Robinson; V: A New Comic Dance-Miss Robinson, Rainton

Music: II: 2d Concerto of Corelli-; IV: Select Piece with Hautboys and Flutes-

11845
13 December 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written Originally by Shakespear. [By Lewis Theobald.] Theophilus Cibber: [Booth's] Illness...returned soon after his playing King Henry VIII. He was then studying the Part of Julio in the Double Falsehood; he rehearsed it several times,-when the Play begin ready for acting, he was prevented appearing in it, by a Relapse into his former Indisposition.-The Part was supplied a few Nights by Mr Charles Williams (a promising Player, who died young) to whom Mr Booth had given the Part to study, as doubting the Certainty of his being able to appear in it himself: But, at Mr Theobald's Entreaty (backed by many Gentlemen and Ladies) he good-naturedly (but fatally) disregarded his Indisposition, which was then an intermitting Fever, and acted that Part from the fifth to the twelfth Night; which was alas! the last time of his Appearance on tle Stage.-Lives and Characters, pp. 82-83

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers

11846
21 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 9s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 236 paid; stage, 44 paid; balcony, 2 paid; Pit, 290 Paid and 3 orders; slips, 47 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 419 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 189 paid. For a comment on the play by Thomas Edwards, see V. M. Gilbert, Unrecorded Comments on John Gay, Henry Travers, and Others, Notes and Queries, August 1953, pp. 337-38

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

11847
03 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Ebenezer Forrest.] By Command of His Royal Highness. After the Manner of the Beggar's Opera. All the Habits and Scenes entirely New. Receipts: #161 18s. 6d. [For a comment on this performance, see Thomas Edwards to John Clerke, "Unrecorded Comments on John Gay, Henry Travers, and Others", N & Q (August 1953), p. 338.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; Or, Vulcan's Wedding

11848
06 April 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Ford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach [Opera]

11849
01 January 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Henry Fielding]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lottery Author(s): Henry Fielding

11850
13 March 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A New English Opera (after the Italian Method). [Text by Henry Carey. Music by John Frederick Lampe.] Subscribers' Tickets will not be taken after the first four Nights. Pit and Boxes 6s. Gallery 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amelia

Related Works
Related Work: Amelia Author(s): Henry Carey