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6966 results for: Keyword - Sisters of the Deceas'd Mr Gay
We found 4297 matches on Event Comments, 1414 matches on Author, 1186 matches on Performance Comments, 593 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

5051
06 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gongreve. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Festival

Related Works
Related Work: London's Anniversary Festival, Performed on Monday October the 29th, 1688 Author(s): Matthew Taubman

5052
08 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear by the late Mr Betterton. [For essays on the stage, see Universal Spectator, 8 Dec, and Weekly Miscellany, 8 Dec]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Festival

Performance Comment: As17331206 With an Epilogue addres'd to the Town, spoken by Mrs Heron .
Related Works
Related Work: London's Anniversary Festival, Performed on Monday October the 29th, 1688 Author(s): Matthew Taubman

5053
12 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Taken from Plautus and Moliere by the late Mr Dryden. Daily Advertiser, 12 Dec: We hear the Company ... are now rehearsing the three celebrated Plays of Ben Johnson, viz. the Fox, the Alchymist, and the Silent Woman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Scaramouch by Janno. Tambourine by Miss Robinson. Harlequin by Nivelon

5054
18 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit John Dennis. Daily Advertiser, 19 Dec: There was an exceeding crowded Audience of Persons of Distinction ... at Mr Dennis's Benefit, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was pleased to send twenty Guineas as a present to that Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Festival

Related Works
Related Work: London's Anniversary Festival, Performed on Monday October the 29th, 1688 Author(s): Matthew Taubman

5055
20 December 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years. As Alter'd from Shakespear by Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Troilus And Cressida Or Truth Found Too Late

Performance Comment: Troilus-Ryan; Hector-Walker; Achilles-Hale; Ulysses-Aston; Diomedes-Chapman; Ajax-Hall; Priam-Morgan; Aeneas-Houghton; Pandarus-Hippisley; Agamemnon-Lacy; Calchas-Neale; Patroclus-Salway; Menelaus-Wignell; Thersites-Quin; Nestor-Dawson; Andromache-Mrs Buchanan; Cressida-Mrs Bullock .
Cast
Role: Thersites Actor: Quin

Dance: By Maker and Mlle Salle

5056
28 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by Ben. Johnson. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr Arne. Egmont, Diary, I, 474: I went to ... see the Alchymist, wrote by Ben. Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Dance: In Afterpiece: Les Bergeries by Essex, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

5057
07 January 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tro1lus And Cress1da

Cast
Role: Thersites Actor: Quin

Dance: By Malter and Mlle Salle

5058
07 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Southern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Grace. With a Prologue and Epilogue address'd to the Town
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: Les Amants Constants by Essex, Houghton, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

5059
09 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Taken from Plautus and Moliere, by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Hob's Father Actor: Harper
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: V: Grand Dance in Mom us, as17331231

5060
11 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

5061
12 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Second Piece: Written by the late Barton Booth, Esq; Set to Musick by Mr Arne. The Scenes, Machines and Habits all new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens Or The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Performance Comment: Dido-Miss Arne; Aeneas-Miss Jones; Cupid-Master Arne; Mercury-Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque; Colombine-Miss Mann; Burgomaster-Nivelon; Servant-Cibber; Scaramouch-Janno; Peasants-F. Tench, H. Tench, Janno. Peasant Women-Mrs Pritchard, Miss Dancey, Miss Oates .
Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Dance: Les ombres des Amants Fideles by Essex, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

5062
17 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq. Afterpiece: Written by the late Barton Booth, Esq; Set to Musick by Mr Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aneas

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Dance: As17340112

5063
22 January 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: 1st Phillis Actor: Miss Atherton
Role: Sea Actor: God-Mountier. The Double Dealer. Double Dealer-Quin
Role: God Actor: Mountier. The Double Dealer. Double Dealer-Quin

Dance: English Maggot by Lally Jr and Mrs Walter. Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport

5064
22 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: as 19 Jan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Dance: As17340112

5065
23 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Hob's Father Actor: Harper
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

Dance: Les Amants Constants by Essex, Houghton, Miss Robinson, Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

5066
28 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Dance: By Nivelon, Miss Robinson, Miss Mann

5067
08 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Second Piece: As 19 Jan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Dance: As17340129

5068
16 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere. Second Piece: Written by the late Barton Booth, Esq; Set to Musick by Mr Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother in law

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Kelly. Also The Burgomaster Trick'd. Harlequin-Francisque

Dance: As17340129

5069
18 February 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle. Pigmalion, as17340114

5070
04 March 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17330926. With the same Prologue and Epilogue which were spoken by Mills and Mrs Heron at the opening of the House .

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

Dance: By Nivelon, Miss Mann, Essex, Miss Robinson

Song: Hush, Hush, ye little Warbling Choir by Miss Arne. Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

5071
11 March 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. By Command of His Royal Highness. Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Scots Dance, as17341004 French Sailor and his Lass by Maker and Mlle Salle. The Nassau by Glover, Miss Rogers, Pelling, Miss Norsa, Le Sac, Mrs Ogden, De la Garde, Miss Baston. Pigmalion, as17340114

Performance Comment: The Nassau by Glover, Miss Rogers, Pelling, Miss Norsa, Le Sac, Mrs Ogden, De la Garde, Miss Baston. Pigmalion, as17340114.

Song: By Miss Norsa

5072
11 March 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: dvertiser, 11 March: We hear, amongst other publick Diversions that are prepaid for the Solemnity of the approaching Nuptials, there is to be perform'd [at King's, 13 March] a Serenata, call'd Parnasso in Festa: The Fable is Apollo and the Muses celebrating the Marriage of Thetis and Peleus. There is one standing Scene, which is Mount Parnassus, on which sit Apollo and the Muses, assisted with other proper Characters emblematically dress'd, the whole Appearance being extreamly magnificent; nor is the Musick less entertaining, being contriv'd with so great a Variety, that all sorts of Musick are properly introduc'd in single Songs, Duettoes, &c. intermix'd with Chorus's something in the Stile of Oratorios, People have been waiting with Impatience for this Piece, the celebrated Mr Handel having exerted his utmost Skill in it.hathiBenefit Delane. At the Desire of several Persons of Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title:

5073
13 March 1734 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A Serenata. Being an Essay of several different Sorts of Harmony.[Music by Handel. Done into English by George Oldmixon.] Daily Advertiser, 14 March: Last Night Mr Handell's new Serenata, in Honour of the Princess Royal's Nuptials with the Prince of Orange, was perform'd before their Majesties, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Prince of Orange, and all the Royal Family, and was received with the greatest Applause; the Piece containing the most exquisite Harmony ever furnish'd from the Stage, and the Disposition of the Performers being contriv'd in a very grand and magnificent Manner. [The marriage of the Prince of Orange and Royal Princess occurred on Thursday, 14 March.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Parnasso In Festa Or Apollo And The Muses Celebrating The Nuptials Of Thetis And Peleus

5074
14 March 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 18 March: Amongst the many Rejoicings made on Account of the Royal Nuptials ... on Thursday Night Mr Giffard order'd 12 triomphal Arches to be erected before the House, which were finely illuminated, a large Bonfire to be made, Fireworks to be play'd off, and plenty of Drink given to the Populace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

5075
26 March 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Harper. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: Clown by Nivelon. Watteau by Miss Robinson. English Maggot by Lally and Mrs Walter. Revellers, as17340319