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9123 results for: Keyword - Sir R. Leveson
We found 7242 matches on Performance Comments, 1608 matches on Author, 1154 matches on Event Comments, 483 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

376
12 July 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wit; Or, Sir Mannerly Shallow

Performance Comment: Sir Mannerly-Miller; Sir Thomas-Norris; Ramble-Mills; Tom Rash-Johnson; Merry-Wm. Wilks; Booby-F. Leigh; Constable-Cross; Lady Faddle-Mrs Hunt; Christina-Mrs Horton; Betty-Mrs Garnet; Isabela-Mrs Baker; Dame Rash-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Sir Mannerly Actor: Miller
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Norris

Dance: Boval, Prince, Birkhead

Related Works
Related Work: Trappolin Supposed a Prince Author(s): Sir Aston Cokayne

Song: As17151028

377
28 July 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wit; Or, Sir Mannerly Shallow

Performance Comment: Sir Mannerly-Miller; Sir Thomas-Norris; Ramble-Mills; Merry-Wilks Jr; Booby-Harper; Drybone-Shepard; Christiana-Mrs Horton; Frish-Mrs Heron; Isabella-Mrs Baker; Dame Rash-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Sir Mannerly Actor: Miller
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Norris

378
20 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wit; Or, Sir Mannerly Shallow

Performance Comment: Sir Mannerly-Miller; Ramble-Mills; Sir Thomas-Griffin; Tom-Johnson; Merry-Th. Cibber; Booby-Harper; Drybone-Shepard; Lady Faddle-Mrs Wetherilt; Christina-Mrs Horton; Betty-Mrs Brett; Isabella-Mrs Tenoe; Goody-Mrs Moore.
Cast
Role: Sir Mannerly Actor: Miller
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Griffin

379
01 November 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Mar-all

Performance Comment: Sir Martin-Miller; Warner-Wm. Mills; Dartmouth-Williams; Moody-Johnson; Sir John-Watson; Landlord-Harper; Lady Dupe-Mrs Haughton; Mrs Millicent-Mrs Cibber; Mrs Christian-Miss Lindar; Rose-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Sir Martin Actor: Miller
Role: Sir John Actor: Watson

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Roger, Lally, Essex, Haughton, Burney, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter

380
23 August 1733 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore; With The Comical And Diverting Humours Of Sir Anthony Noodle And His Man Weazle

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony-Miller;Weazle-Norris; King Edward IV-Ridout; Gloucester-Winstone; Sir Robert Brockenbury-Turbutt; Jane Shore-Miss Oates; Flora-Mrs Clarke; Mrs Blake-Mrs Bennet; Shore-Wm. Mills; Captain Aires-Bardin; Dick Dreary-Bencraft; Tom Padwell-Clarke; Gibbet-Excell; Forgewell-Tenoe; Timothy Stampwell-Oates; Blunderbuss-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Actor: Miller
Role: Sir Robert Brockenbury Actor: Turbutt

Afterpiece Title: The Gardens of Venus; or, The Truimphs of Love

Dance: I: La Brone and La Blonde-Vallois and Mlle Vallois; II: Hornpipe-Jones Sr, Jones Jr

381
11 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Henderson; King-Clarke Prince of Wales-Lewis; Blunt-W. Bates; Sir Richard Vernon-Whitfield; Worcester-Fearon; Northumberland-Webb; Sheriff-J. Wilson; Poins-Robson; Francis-Edwin; Bardolph-Booth; Douglas-L'Estrange; Westmoreland-Thompson; Carriers-Egan, Jones; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy (1st time)-Mrs Inchbald .
Cast
Role: Sir John Falstaff Actor: Henderson
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor: Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17811101

382
05 October 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sullen Lovers; Or, The Impertinents, With The Humours Of Sir Positive At-all

Performance Comment: Sir Positive-Powell; With a new Prologue by way of Elegy on the Death of the Royal Oak Lottery-Powell; And an Epilogue on the Life and Character of Maister Observator-Powell.
Cast
Role: Sir Positive Actor: Powell

383
25 January 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Mar All

Performance Comment: Sir Martin-Norris; Warner-Powell.
Cast
Role: Sir Martin Actor: Norris

384
21 December 1711 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

Performance Comment: Sir Martin-Bullock; Warner-Powell.
Cast
Role: Sir Martin Actor: Bullock

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy; or, The Comical Rivals

385
17 October 1712 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

Performance Comment: Sir Martin-Bullock; Warner-Powell; Moody-Johnson; Millicent-Mrs Porter; Rose-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: Sir Martin Actor: Bullock

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals; or, The School Boy

386
31 August 1714 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Lovers; With The Humours Of Sir Timothy Little Wit And His Man Trip

Performance Comment: Sir Timothy-Bullock; Trip-Norris; Buzzard-Penkethman.
Cast
Role: Sir Timothy Actor: Bullock

387
13 April 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

Performance Comment: Sir Martin-Miller.
Cast
Role: Sir Martin Actor: Miller.

Afterpiece Title: The Dumb Farce

388
24 August 1719 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Lovers; Or, The False Friend; With The Comical Humours Of Sir Timothy Timberhead And His Man Pismire

Performance Comment: Sir Timothy-Bullock Sr; Pismire-Norris; Signor Don Diego Fizgiggo-Griffin; others-Ogden, Smith, H. Bullock, Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Sir Timothy Actor: Bullock Sr

Song: Mrs Willis

Dance: Newhouse, Pelling, Miss Francis, Mrs Willis

389
02 November 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

Performance Comment: Sir Martin-Miller; Warner-Mills; Old Moody-Johnson; Rose-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: Sir Martin Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance:

390
15 March 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years. To prevent mistakes, Ladies are desired to send their servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets and places to be had of Mr Sarjant, at the Stage Door and NO WHERE ELSE

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Foppling Flutter

Performance Comment: Sir Foppling-Woodward; Dorimont-Ross; Old Bellair-Shuter; Young Bellair-Dyer; Medley-Clarke; Shoemaker-Dunstall; Handy-Gardner; Harriet-Miss Wilford; Belinda-Mrs Gardner; Lady Townly-Mrs Vincent; Emilia-Mrs Baker; Lady Woodville-Mrs Pitt; Pert-Mrs Green; Loveit-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Sir Foppling Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: End: The Village Romps, as17651019

391
26 December 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii; Or, The Death Of Fair Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Sir John Brute

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute (for that night only)-Wilkinson; Constant-Frodsham; Heartfree-Rundell; Taylor-Nicholls; Col. Bully (with songs)-Upton; Dermot O'Whiskey-Hopton; Lord Rake (with Hippisley's Drunken Man)-Doggett; Lady Brute-Mrs Hunter; Lovewell-Miss Barnes;Belinda-A Young Lady (1st appearance [unidentified]).unidentified]).
Cast
Role: Sir John Brute Actor: Wilkinson

Entertainment: Monologue End: The Monody on the Death of Mr Henderson (3rd time at this theatre)-Baker

392
03 May 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Sir Andrew Ague-cheek-Dodd; Sir Toby Belch-Palmer; Orsino-Brereton; Sebastian-Bannister Jun.; Fabian-R. Palmer; Antonio-Wrighten; Clown (with the original Epilogue Song)-Parsons; Malvolio-Bensley; Viola-Mrs Bulkley; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Olivia (with songs)-Miss Phillips (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Sir Andrew Ague Actor: cheek-Dodd
Role: Sir Toby Belch Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: A Pasticcio

Cast
Role: : Sir Richard Evergreen Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke

393
14 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Buck's Lodge

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

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

394
07 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Performance Comment: Sir Credule-Parsons; Sceptic-Baddeley; Captain Nightshade-R. Palmer; Simon-Bannister Jun.; Kitty-Mrs Cuyler; Diana-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Sir Credule Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: R. Palmer

395
11 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "The great powers of Mrs Jordan cannot be better displayed than in the wonderful contrast of her Country Girl and Viola. In one all archness and vivacity; in the other serious, gentle, tender and sentimental" (Public Advertiser, 16 Nov.). [In afterpiece the playbill retains Parsons as Sir Anthony Halfwit, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Wilson's. "Parsons was taken suddenly ill & J. Wilson read his part" (MS annotation on British Museum playbill, in Harris, 11).] Receipts: #108 12s. (79/11/0; 28/13/6; 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Sir Andrew Ague-cheek-Dodd; Sir Toby Belch-Palmer; Orsino-Staunton; Sebastian-Bannister Jun.; Fabian-R. Palmer; Antonio-Wrighten; Clown (with the original Epilogue Song)-Suett; Malvolio-Bensley; Viola-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in that character); Maria-Mrs Brereton; Olivia (with songs)-Mrs Crouch .
Cast
Role: Sir Andrew Ague Actor: cheek-Dodd
Role: Sir Toby Belch Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Performance Comment: As17850922, but Sir Anthony Halfwit-read by Wilson .
Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Halfwit Actor: read by Wilson

Dance: As17851103

396
08 June 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton, Miss Heard, Miss Tidswell, & Mrs Bramwell. [2nd piece: With alterations by John Philip Kemble.] 3rd piece: Not acted these 6 years. "Of [Wroughton's] comedy something favourably must be said. His personations are usually natural, easy, and spirited; he is perhaps too locomotive: he cannot bear to stand still...To this peculiar bustle of his motion may be attributed much of his success in Sir John Restless [in All in the Wrong]...For the same reason, no man can play Ford with half the effect Wroughton does" (Monthly Mirror, Mar. 1796, p. 304). Morning Herald, 30 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Heard, No. 43, Haymarket [others not listed]. Receipts: #337 6s. 6d. (30.13.0; 40.16.6; 3.4.6; tickets: 260.10.0; odd money: 2.2.6) (charge: #202 11s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Palmer; Fenton-Trueman; Shallow-Waldron; Slender (1st time)-Russell; Mr Page-Packer; Mr Ford-Wroughton; Sir Hugh Evans (1st time)-Dodd; Dr Caius-Wewitzer; Host of the Garter-Moody; Bardolph-Hollingsworth; Pistol-R. Palmer; Nym-Webb; Robin-Master Kean; Simple-Burton; Mrs Page-Miss Pope; Mrs Ford (1st time)-Mrs Goodall; Mrs Ann Page (1st time)-Miss Heard; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Sir John Falstaff Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir Hugh Evans Actor: Dodd

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Aickin; Patie (1st time)-Miss DeCamp; Roger-Dignum; Symon-Moody; Glaud-Suett; Bauldy-Dodd; Peggy (1st time)-Miss Leak; Jenny (1st time)-Miss Mellon; Mause-Mrs Booth; Madge-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

397
14 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Miss Humphries, who was from the Private Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. In afterpiece the playbill retains Barrymore as Sir Rowland, and Bannister Jun. as Walter, but "The Public are respectfully informed that Bannister being suddenly afflicted with a Hoarseness, and Barrymore having met with an unfortunate Accident, are both rendered incapable of the honour of appearing before them this Evening. To prevent a disappointment of The Children in the Wood Dowton will perform...Walter, and C. Kemble Sir Rowland, presuming humbly upon the usual kind indulgence experienced upon such emergencies" (printed slip attached to Kemble playbill).] Receipts: #259 18s. (160.0.6; 98.12.6; 1.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: Sir Clement Flint-King; Clifford-Wroughton; Lord Gayville-Palmer; Alscrip-Suett; Chignon-Wewitzer; Mr Blandish-Holland; Prompt-R. Palmer; Rightly-Aickin; Chairman-Wentworth; Servant-Webb; Lady Emily-A Young Lady (1st appearance on this stage [Miss Humphries]); Miss Alscrip-Miss Pope; Miss Alton-Mrs Crouch; Mrs Sagely-Mrs Maddocks; Tiffany-Miss Tidswell; Mrs Blandish-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Sir Clement Flint Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performance Comment: As17970919, but Sir Rowland-C. Kemble; Walter-Dowton; added: Oliver-Maddocks.
Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: C. Kemble

Entertainment: Entertainment. Not listed on playbill (see17971016). Morning Herald, 16 Oct.: A representation of the late engagement with the Dutch-; was unexpectedly given after the play. It was followed by some fire@works-, in which was a star, ending after various mutations in a sun, emblematic of British Glory!

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Rhodes, Part II Author(s): Sir William Davenant

398
20 December 1729 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 22 Dec,: As the Author, in Compliment to that excellent Comedian Mr Wilks, had declared, that whenever he should leave off playing the Character of Sir Harry Wildair, the Comedy might e'en trip to the Jubilee; so the Curiosity of the better Sort was a good deal raised, to see how it would fare in the Hands of a new Company, and were as agreeably surprized to see it play'd to a fine Audience, with universal Applause; and particularly to the Parts of Wildair and Lurewell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry-Giffard; Standard-Smith; Vizard-W. Williams; Smugler-Collet; Beau Clincher-Penkethman; Young Clincher-W. Bullock; Dicky-Eaton; Tom Errand-R. Williams; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Giffard; Lady Darling-Mrs Clark; Angelica-Mrs Haughton; Parly-Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Giffard

Dance: TTwo Harlequins-; The Shepherd's Holiday-

Song: Miss Thornowets

399
10 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never performed here. [Digges's 1st recorded appearance as Sir John Brute was at Edinburgh in 1757.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Digges (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Heartfree-Aickin; Constant-Davies; Lord Rake-Egan; Justice-Massey; Constable-Griffiths; Watchmen-Jackson, Besford; Razor-R. Palmer; Taylor-Blissett; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Lisley; Belinda-Mrs Hitchcock; Mademoiselle-A Young Gentlewoman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Lady Brute-Mrs Hunter.
Cast
Role: Sir John Brute Actor: Digges

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: End: Dance-

400
16 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Cast
Role: Sir Tunbelly Clumsey Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: Box-Lobby Loungers

Performance Comment: Sir Peter Pippin-Baddeley; Dicky Dash-Bannister Jun.; Scotchman-Suett; Lounger-R. Palmer; Office@Keeper-Phillimore; Box@keepers-Staunton, Chaplin, Wilson; Lobby Danglers-Spencer, Newbold; Irishman-Moody; Orange Girl-Miss Tidswell; Lady Patty Plaid-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Sir Peter Pippin Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Cast
Role: Sir Toby Treacle Actor: Parsons