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9347 results for: Keyword - Sir Robert Walpole
We found 6823 matches on Performance Comments, 2135 matches on Author, 1226 matches on Event Comments, 556 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

651
06 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Plowman. By particular Desire. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Song: Roberts; Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

652
06 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode

Performance Comment: Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton; Hardy-Delane; Trim-Cibber; Sable-Hippisley; Brumpton-Roberts; Campley-Hallam; Lady Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Stevens; Trusty-Stephens; Puzzle-Rosco; Mlle D'Epingle-Mrs Cross; Tattleaid-Mrs Martin; Cabinet-Gibson; Swagger-Mullart; Bumkin-Anderson; Tom-James; Mrs Fardingale-Neale; Kate Matchlock-Stoppelaer.
Cast
Role: Brumpton Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: La Badinage de Provence-Poitier, Mlle Roland; V: Scotch Dance-Glover, Mlle Anne Roland

653
09 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. Receipts: money #78 12s.; seals #81 10s. (Account Book); #162 (Rylands MS.). [According to the Account Book, Delane received a Free Benefit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17401023, but Sir John-Stephens; Phillis-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Stephens

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe Dance-Mechel; III: Kilkenny-Glover, Mlle Roland; V: Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Song: In II: Roberts

654
30 April 1674 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island

Performance Comment: Edition of 1674: Prologue-; Second Prologue-; Epilogue-; Second Epilogue-; According to L. C. 5@15, p. 3 (16 May 1674; see Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 356) Charles? Hart and Robert? Turner sang in The Tempest. Trinculo-Underhill?.
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant

655
12 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Mrs Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

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

Song: Cantata-Beard; To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

Dance: NNew Serious Dance, as17440404

656
09 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Johnstone. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2, by Thomas Knight; incidental music by William Reeve]: Partly taken from The Committee [by Sir Robert Howard]. Morning Herald, 21 June 1797: This Day is published [by G. Cawthorn] The Honest Thieves (1s.). True Briton, 25 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Johnstone, No. 19, Piazza, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #434 7s. 6d. (210.4.0; 11.18.0; tickets: 212.5.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: Inkle-Johnstone; Sir Christopher Curry-Quick; Campley (with additional songs, and for that night only)-Incledon; Medium-Powel; Mate (with an additional song)-Townsend; Trudge-Fawcett; Wowski-Mrs Martyr; Narcissa-Mrs Mountain; Patty-Mrs Fawcett; Yarico (for that Night only, with additional Songs, Hope told a flattering tale, accompanied on the Harp by Weippert)-Mrs Ferguson.
Cast
Role: Sir Christopher Curry Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: British Fortitude or An Escape from France

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves or The Faithful Irishman

Related Works
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard

Song: In course 2nd piece: I was call'd knowing Joey-Munden; At dawn of Life our Vows were plighted-Mrs Mountain; The Storm-Incledon; The turban'd Turk who scorns the World-; Hospitality; or, The Land of Potatoes-Johnstone; End 2nd piece: Old Towler-Incledon

657
21 June 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: 2nd piece: Altered from The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman [by Sir Robert Howard]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Performance Comment: Vapour-C. Kemble; Gossip-Suett; Souffrance-Caulfield; Sir Mathew Medley-Davenport; Woodley-Trueman; Waiter-Waldron Jun.; Servant-Lyons; Charlotte-Mrs Edward; Florella-Miss Griffiths (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sir Mathew Medley Actor: Davenport

658
14 February 1677 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. The Diary of Robert Hooke: Grace and Tom at Play Antony and Cleopatra

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antony And Cleopatra

Related Works
Related Work: Antony and Cleopatra Author(s): Sir Charles Sedley

659
05 May 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: See17330405 but King-Hulett; Almeria-Mrs Thurmond; Zara-Mrs Roberts; Osmyn-Delane; Selim-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain

Performance Comment: See17330305 but Sly-Hulett; Atall-Bardin; Betty-Mrs Roberts; With a new Prologue-the Author.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Roberts
Related Works
Related Work: The Mad Captain Author(s): Robert Drury

Song: E. Roberts

Performance Comment: Roberts.

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Vallois, J. Delagarde; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Masqueraders-Vallois, Mrs Bullock

660
07 November 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Morgan

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain

Performance Comment: Mad Captain-Bardin; Sly-Hulett; Betty-Mrs Roberts .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Roberts
Related Works
Related Work: The Mad Captain Author(s): Robert Drury

Dance: Masquerade Dance (composed by Thurmond): Le Petit Maitre-D'Vallois; Mlle-Miss Wherrit

661
27 April 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain

Performance Comment: Mad Captain-Bardin; Serjeant-Hulett; Snip-Penkethman; Master Johnny-Stoppelaer; Chambermaid-Mrs Roberts .
Cast
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Roberts
Related Works
Related Work: The Mad Captain Author(s): Robert Drury

Dance: III: Harlequin and Harlequinette by Mons Leblanche and Mlle Larini Violante, the first time of their Performances since their arrival in this Kingdom. V: Louvre in Boy's Cloaths by Mlle Larini Violante

Song: IV: Mimick Song (by Desire) by Stoppelaer

662
08 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit E. Roberts and Mrs Chambers. Receipts: money #20 11s.; tickets #149 2s. (Account Book); #170 (Rylands MS.). [For pit, box, and gallery Roberts had 125, 407, and 177 tickets; Mrs Chambers, 93, 91, and 22 tickets. Each received half the value of his tickets.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Sir Paul Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: MMuzette-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Song: Roberts, Mrs Chambers

663
February 1674 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ballet Et Musique Pour Le Divertissement Du Roy De La Grande Bretagne

Performance Comment: [Probably by Sebastian Bremond, with music by Robert Cambert and Favier.]
Related Works
Related Work: Ballet et Musique Pour le Divertissement du Roy de la Grande Bretagne Author(s): Robert Cambert

664
11 August 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Robert Hurst.] With other Decorations proper to the Play. Receipts: #36 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Maid

Related Works
Related Work: The Roman Maid Author(s): Robert Hurst

665
14 August 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Ballad Opera. [By Robert Drury.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fancyd Queen

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Swedish Dal Karle-Delagarde, Mrs Ogden; Irish Trot-Bethen

666
03 February 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Farce of one Act. [By Robert Dodsley.] Prompter, 18 Feb.: This little Performance, without any Theatrical Merit whatsoever, received the loudest Applauses that I have heard this long while, only on Account of its General and Well-Adapted Satire on the Follies of Mankind

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Performance Comment: Sir George-Ryan; Tinsel-Chapman; Fantom-Walker; Lady Trueman-Mrs Bullock; Abigail-Mrs Mullart; Vellum-Hippisley; Butler-Morgan; Coachman-Neale; Gardener-James .
Cast
Role: Sir George Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Le Sac, Miss Baston, De la Garde, Mrs De l'Orme. Tambourine by Miss Rogers. The Medley by S. Lally, de la Garde, Miss Baston

667
23 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit a Person in Distress. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop. [Tickets for Janno, Roberts, and Hough also taken.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

668
27 April 1751 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. Tickets deliver'd out for 20 March will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: Roberts

669
18 April 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: Roberts

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

670
17 May 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer (Pit-door-keeper). Tickets deliver'd by Denny, Humphrey, Page, Spilsbury, and Roberts will be taken. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Walker

Entertainment: % New Magic Scene, as17580428

671
02 December 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Never acted before. By Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Related Works
Related Work: Cleone Author(s): Robert Dodsley

672
17 November 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted this season. [The Ode, by Robert Lloyd and A. Murphy (according to J. P. Kemble's note on the playbill), combines an Elegy on the death of George II with a compliment on the accession of George III.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus

Related Works
Related Work: The Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus Author(s): Robert Lloyd

Dance: II: Reviv'd the Pantomime Dance, call'd The Prussian Camp The Prussian Soldiers by the Comedians, the Characters of the Dance-Grimaldi, Miss Baker

Music:

Song: n Ode for Music, call'dThe Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus-. The Music compos'd by Stanley

673
08 July 1768 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Opera of Two Acts [by Robert Dossie]. Music by Rush

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Statesman Foild

Dance: As17680530

674
16 September 1773 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Comedy by Robert Hitchcock [first perform'd at York]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Macaroni

Related Works
Related Work: The Macaroni Author(s): Robert Hitchcock

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Song: III: O What a Charming Thing's a Battle-Bannister

675
08 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the Author of Braganza [1st time; T 5, by Robert Jephson. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (see text)]. With new Scenes and Dresses. Public Advertiser, 15 Feb. 1779: This Day is published The Law of Lombardy (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #221 (196.19.0; 23.13.6; 0.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Related Works
Related Work: The Law of Lombardy Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Sir Harry's Servant Actor: Dodd