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18154 results for: Keyword - Sir John Shorter
We found 12392 matches on Author, 6689 matches on Performance Comments, 1860 matches on Event Comments, 683 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

11776
23 February 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Father Foigard Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Modelove Actor: Bernard

11777
02 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Toy

Cast
Role: Sir Carrol O'Donovan Actor: Aickin
Related Works
Related Work: The Toy Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Lie of the Day; or, A Party at Hampton Court Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Hide and Seek

Cast
Role: Count Bellegarde Actor: Johnstone

Dance: As17881010

11778
03 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Dance: III: Hornpipe in character-Byrne. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

11779
05 March 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

11780
07 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

11781
09 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hide And Seek

Cast
Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Modelove Actor: Bernard

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich

11782
14 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Cast
Role: Sir Toby Tacet Actor: Quick
Related Works
Related Work: The Positive Man Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: The Wild Gallant Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): Sir William DavenantJohn Cooke
Related Work: The Amorous Gallant; or, Love in Fashion Author(s): John Bulteel
Related Work: The She Gallant Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: As17890312

11783
31 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Performance Comment: Ferdinand-Johnstone; Spado-Quick; Pedrillo-Edwin; Philippo-Blanchard; Alphonso-Mrs Kennedy; Don Scipio-Booth; Don Juan-Fearon; Don Caesar-Bannister; Victoria-Mrs Mountain; Catalina-Miss Stuart; Lorenza-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle of Andalusia Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Banditti; or, Love's Labyrinth Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Banditti Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Look before You Leap

Afterpiece Title: Such Things Have Been

Performance Comment: Characters-Ryder, Bernard, Fearon, Macready, Rock, Booth, Mrs Webb, Miss Wewitzer, Miss Fontenelle. [Larpent MS 818 lists the parts: Mr Traffick, Sir Patrick Prospect, Clack, Tom Prospect, Pat Conelly, Jew Pedlar, Servant, Fanny Traffick, Mrs Traffick, Biddy, Orange Girl.]Larpent MS 818 lists the parts: Mr Traffick, Sir Patrick Prospect, Clack, Tom Prospect, Pat Conelly, Jew Pedlar, Servant, Fanny Traffick, Mrs Traffick, Biddy, Orange Girl.]

Song: End 3rd piece: Paddy's Ramble from Dublin to Londonwritten and to be sung-Ryder

Entertainment: Monologue. In course of Entertainments: Bucks have at Ye All-Ryder

11784
20 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good natured Man

Performance Comment: Croaker-Edwin; Honeywood-Farren; Sir William Honeywood-Hull; Leontine-Macready; Jarvis-Fearon; Butler-Blanchard; Bailiff-Ryder; Follower-Painter; Frenchman-Wewitzer; Post@Boy-Rock; Lofty-Lewis; Mrs Croaker-Mrs Webb; Olivia-Mrs Inchbald; Garnet-Mrs Rock; Landlady-Mrs Platt; Miss Richland-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: End: a new comic song, Four@and@Twenty Periwigs all on a Row-Edwin

11785
29 April 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Sir Henry Guilford Actor: Lamash
Role: Sir ThomasLovel Actor: Fawcett
Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

11786
29 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Groveby Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Oaks Author(s): John Burgoyne

Dance: As17890328

11787
04 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Father Foigard Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Related Works
Related Work: The Little Hunchback; or, A Frolick in Bagdad Author(s): John O'Keeffe

11788
08 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Widows

Performance Comment: Characters by Lewis, Ryder, Quick, Pope, Farren, Davies, Fearon, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Tweedale, Mrs Rock, Miss Wewitzer, Mrs Abington. Cast from London Chronicle, 9 May, and Larpent MS: Jack Marmoset-Lewis; Mr Worldly-Ryder; Sir Wilful Wayward-Quick; Frederick-Pope; Lord Mirabel-Farren; Mr Gayless-Davies; Sterling-Fearon; John-Evatt; Mrs Worldly-Mrs Mattocks; Arabella-Miss Tweedale; Lucy-Mrs Rock; Mrs Gayless-Miss Wewitzer; Lady Charlotte Richmore-Mrs Abington; Prologue-Pope; Epilogue-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Sir Wilful Wayward Actor: Quick
Role: John Actor: Evatt

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Edwin, Bannister, Johnstone, Blanchard, Cubitt, Davies, Miss Reynolds, Miss Fontenelle.
Related Works
Related Work: The Highland Reel Author(s): John O'Keeffe

11789
15 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist Or Stop Him Who Can

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Edwin, Bannister, Johnstone, Blanchard, Cubitt, Davies, Miss Reynolds, Miss Fontenelle.
Related Works
Related Work: The Highland Reel Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Entertainment: Imitations. In: Vocal Imitations-Mrs Wells [of Mrs Martyr, Sga Sestini, Kelly, Mrs Crouch (Diary, 16 May)]; End: a Scene from the two Great Tragic Actresses of the Country [Mrs Crawford as Alicia and Mrs Siddons as Jane Shore (Diary)]-Mrs Wells; [with one speech [afterwards pourtraying the different manners of both ["For ever! Oh, for ever!" i.e. the concluding speech of Act IV of Jane Shore (Diary)]-Mrs Wells

11790
16 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Appearances

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

11791
23 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich

Entertainment: Vocal Imitations, as17890515, but Mrs Wrighten (+World, 24 May); End: Imitation [of Mrs Siddons in the "ring" speech, Act II. ii (World, 23 May) from Isabella]-Mrs Wells

11792
27 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Sir Carrol O'Donovan Actor: Aickin
Related Works
Related Work: The Highland Reel Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: Squire Actor: Johnstone

11793
27 May 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gretna Green

Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Cast
Role: Frank Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Dance: As17890525

11794
09 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Squire Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Highland Reel Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: As17881021

11795
10 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: As It Should Be

Cast
Role: Captain Sightly Actor: Johnson

Dance: End: As17890525; III: Hornpipe-Menage

11796
15 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Dermot Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sir Charles Racket Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: In 3rd piece: Dancing, as17890601

11797
16 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: Capt. Ironsides-Ryder; Sir Benjamin Dove-Quick; Elder Belfield-Davies; Old Goodwin-Hull; Paterson-Cubitt; Philip-Macready; Skiff-Fearon; Francis-Thompson; Jonathan-Gardner; Young Belfield-Farren; Lady Dove-Mrs Webb; Violetta-Mrs Wells; Fanny Goodwin-Miss Rowson; Lucy Waters-Mrs Watts; Sophia-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir Benjamin Dove Actor: Quick
Related Works
Related Work: The Elder Brother Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: Rollo, Duke of Normandy Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Modelove Actor: Bernard
Role: Sir Harry Hazlewood Actor: Quick
Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. Jack in Distress-Blurton; Orange Woman-Mrs Watts; Landlady-Mr King

11798
22 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Swop

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Willimason, R. Palmer, Iliff, Barrett, Usher, Abbott, Kemble, Mrs Webb, Mrs Taylor, Mrs Kemble. [Cast from European Magazine, June 1789, p. 488: Major Rheinberg-Williamson; Count de Narcisse-R. Palmer; Count de Wurtzendal-Iliff; Notary-Barrett; Bertrand-Usher; Capt. Edelsee-Abbott [in European Magazine: Johnson]; Baron de Fortsheim-Kemble; Baroness de Fortsheim-Mrs Webb; Lisette-Mrs Taylor; Eleanora-Mrs Kemble; Prologue-R. Palmer.

11799
27 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Related Works
Related Work: The Son-in-Law Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

11800
01 July 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Cast
Role: Colonel Modish Actor: Johnson
Role: John Actor: Chapman

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Entertainment: Monologue British Loyalty ; or, A Squeeze for St Paul's, as17890617 God save the King, as17890617 but Reeve