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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.

1576
21 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: a representation of the Pantheon Actor:
Role: The Witches Actor: Mattocks, Miss Wewitzer, Legg, Baker, Owenson, Fox, Miss Valois, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

1577
22 February 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: The Witches Actor: _Legg.
Role: a representation of the Pantheon Actor:
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

1578
18 March 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17720922

1579
01 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17730325

1580
27 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Lucy identified as Miss Dayes by Kemble note on playbill and by Winston MS 10.] At the opening of this season Justice Sir John Fielding wrote to Garrick not to play the Beggar's Opera fearing it had a bad influence on the minds of the young. But both Garrick and Colman continued to play it (Winston MS 10). Receipts. #183 13s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: New Dance, as17731021

1581
01 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Cast
Role: The other characters Actor: the rest of the Comedians
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon.
Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

1582
05 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Younger for writting parts #10 4s. 9d.; Paid Mrs Giles for a Blue & Silver suit of women's cloaths #9 9s. (Account Book). To Covent Garden. Beggar's Opera and Commissary. Found the Pit not over fifth full, and on the 4th bench from orchestra orange woman showed me Pol. Kennedy alias Mrs Bevon, on which I went and sat immediately before her, and talked with her much during the play. Pol. Kennedy in cloak and large hat. She is tall, large and raw-boned. Irish features, yet had something in her face and person necessarily attracting notice--was very civil, curteous, and chatty (Baker, Diary, p. 270). [Pol. Kennedy was the Irish actress and contralto who later appeared as Mrs Farrell at dl in 1776 in Arne's Caractacus.] Receipts: #122 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

1583
14 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The New Tragedy of King Henry II, is still oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Indisposition of Mrs Hartley. Receipts: #133 19s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Blurton, Miss Valois, Miss Capon.

1584
28 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Pantomime will be laid aside after this Night on Account of the preparation for the New entertainment. Receipts: #169 7s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Blurton, Miss Valois, Miss Capon.

1585
06 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17731027, but Polly announced as for the last this season-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Polly announced as for the last this season Actor: Miss Catley.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Quick, King, Wignell, Fox, Baker, Thompson, Banks, Wild, Harris, Davis, Hollingsworth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Willems, Mrs Helme, Mrs White
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

1586
14 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

1587
22 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Baker. The Citizen oblig'd to be deferr'd, on account of the Indisposition of Woodward. Charges #66 6s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Baker #21 12s., plus #112 11s. from tickets (Box 172; Pit 359; Gallery 157). Paid Buxton & Enderby (oyl merchants) #238 1s.; Bellamy & Settree (mercers) #36 10s. Receipts: #87 18s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Polly announced as for the last this season Actor: Miss Catley.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Monologue: Interlude.True Blue. As 12 April

1588
12 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger, lately burnt out by the Fire in King Street, Covent Garden. Doors open at half past 5. To begin at exactly half past 6. [Miss Catley returned for this benefit. Description of the Fire in Gentlemen's Magazine, 1774, p. 234.] Charges #67 10s. Profit to Younger, #105 19s.. plus #67 12s. from tickets (Box 216; Pit 76; Gallery 22) (Account Book). [See dl 6 May where Garrick gave Younger & Kennedy #21 as a present to help them. See also dl 25 May.] Receipts: #173 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Polly announced as for the last this season Actor: Miss Catley.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17731016, but Lady-Miss Mattocks; Song of Sweet Echo-Mrs Mattocks; Sabrina, Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Baker; Euphrosyne (for that night only)-Miss Catley; Brothers-_.
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Thompson, Harris
Role: and the Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Twist
Role: With Dances Actor: incident to the piece.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Song: End I: The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Miss Catley

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17740415 but Orange Woman-Miss Stede[; with Sixfold Hornpipe as17740415

1589
24 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Symonds, Norbury, Francis. Tickets deliver'd by Perry, Roberts, Wooley, Stevenson, Singleton, Shuter, Miller, Walker, and Real as well as those deliver'd for The Recruiting Officer will be Taken. [No charges. House rec'd the ready money receipts plus half-value of the tickets deliver'd:] @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Symonds 27 50 107 #27 16s. #13 18s.@Norbury 23 33 31 #13 14s. #6 17s.@Francis 13 36 17 #9 8s. #4 14s.@Perry 4 14 25 #6 3s. #3 1s. 6d.@Roberts 9 80 191 #38 18s. #19 9s.@Wooley 3 24 3 #3 12s. #1 16s.@Stephenson 14 107 64 #23 16s. #11 18s.@Singleton 3 48 10 #7 1s. #3 10s. 6d.@Shuter 11 39 86 #19 11s. #9 15s. 6d.@Miller 8 74 49 #16 #8@Walker .. 95 19 #12 7s. #6 3s. 6d.@Read 7 65 21 #11 8s. #5 14s.@Total 122 665 618 #189 14s. #94 13s.@ Paid Symonds for performing 5 nights in The Fair to 13 Nov. last 5s., and for 25 nights in The Sylphs to the 4th of April #1 5s. Receipts: #57 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Polly announced as for the last this season Actor: Miss Catley.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Baker
Role: Others Actor: Rayner, Banks, Wild, Hamilton, Thompson, Hollingsworth, Holtom, Mrs Helme, Mrs White
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Blurton, Miss Besford.
Related Works
Related Work: Mother Shipton Author(s): George Colman, the elder

1590
26 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Entertainment: End Opera: Bucks Have at Ye All-Palmer

1591
26 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By desire. Last time of the company's performing this season. [The Epilogue recites the mock burial of this King of Brentford reviewing certain high points of his management. A mock heroic written by Colman and printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for June 1774 (p. 280). He sold his share for #20,000, which was #5,000 more than he paid for it. (See Page, George Colman, The Elder.) Rec'd half value of ticket returns from 13 servants amounting to #98 3s. 6d. Receipts: #124 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Polly announced as for the last this season Actor: Miss Catley.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: After Opera: the Last New Occasional Epilogue, on the Departure of the Manager,-Miss Barsanti

1592
06 September 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Bannister; Peachum-Aickin; Lockit-Wilson; Mat-Fearon; Ben Budge-Carpenter; Beggar-Lloyd; Filch-Burton; first time; Diana Trapes-Weston, first time in that part; Lucy-Mrs Thompson; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Johnston; Jenny-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Coaxer-Miss Platt; Polly-Mrs Jewell; A double hornpipe-; To conclude with a Country Dance-the Characters.
Cast
Role: To conclude with a Country Dance Actor: the Characters.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Portsmouth

Monologue: An Interlude,Piety in Pattens. As 1 June, but Mrs Candy-Mrs Love

Entertainment: After the Interlude: Abel Drugger's Return-Weston, as17740829; Imitations-Bannister

Dance: Giorgi's Scholars

1593
12 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor:

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928

1594
28 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: No Ones Enemy but His Own

Cast
Role: The Characters Actor: Woodward, Shuter, Hull, Wroughton, Booth, Lee Lewes, Quick, Cushing, Mrs Lesingham, Miss Barsanti.

Dance: II: The Reel-Aldridge, Miss Valois, Miss Besford. [See17711030.

1595
18 November 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: II: The Reel, as17741028

1596
12 January 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Cast
Role: Concerto on A Violin Without Strings Actor: OrchestraWith the Last New Scene, Additional Performances. Characters of the Pantomime and Dances as usual.

1597
28 February 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Distress'd Mother oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Mrs Barry's indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performance Comment: As17750109, being the last time except One of Rossignol's appearance.
Cast
Role: Concerto on A Violin Without Strings Actor: OrchestraWith the Last New Scene, Additional Performances. Characters of the Pantomime and Dances as usual.

1598
20 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Cast
Role: Concerto on A Violin Without Strings Actor: OrchestraWith the Last New Scene, Additional Performances. Characters of the Pantomime and Dances as usual.

1599
21 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Concluding with a Country Dance Actor: the characters in the play.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Cast
Role: Concerto on A Violin Without Strings Actor: OrchestraWith the Last New Scene, Additional Performances. Characters of the Pantomime and Dances as usual.

1600
28 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall. Afterpiece: Not acted these 12 years. [See 5 April 1764.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The What dye Call It

Performance Comment: Timothy Peascod-Woodward; ThomasFilbert-Shuter; Sir Roger-Dunstall; Peter Nettle-Cushing; Sir Humphrey-Fearon; Justice Statute-Thompson; Steward-Booth; Ghosts, Soldiers, Countrymen-the Comedians; Dorcas-Miss Dayes; Aunt-Mrs Pitt; Kitty Carrot-Mrs Mattocks; in which will be introduc'd the favourite song Twas when the seas were roaring-.
Cast
Role: Countrymen Actor: the Comedians
Role: in which will be introduc'd the favourite song Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: End Opera: Rural Merriment, as17741209