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6974 results for: Keyword - Sisters of the deceased Mr Gay
We found 4300 matches on Event Comments, 1414 matches on Author, 1186 matches on Performance Comments, 593 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1726
15 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: As17771125

1727
27 December 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: As17771111

1728
27 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: In: Hornpipe, as17771017; Afterpiece: Dancing, as17771125

1729
16 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Matthew Mug Actor: Lee Lewes

Dance: End: As17771104; Hornpipe, as17771017

1730
24 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: End: As17780121; Hornpipe, as17771017

1731
31 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces Percy, but "Lewis being suddenly taken extremely ill...Percy cannot be performed this Evening; instead of which Mrs Farrell will appear in the character of Macheath in The Beggar's Opera. The other characters as usual" (printed slip attached to BM playbill).]Receipts: #143 5s. (141.13; 1.12)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: As17771229

1732
11 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: As17780409

1733
01 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17771027, but Lucy-Mrs Morton; Polly-A Young Lady (pupil of the late Dr Arne; 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]). 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]).
Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End: The Poney Races, as17780421

1734
02 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Tickets delivered for Love in a Village [announced on playbill of 1 May] will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Aldridge at the Carpet Warehouse, Piazza, Covent Garden. Receipts: #199 16s. [132.2; tickets: 67.14) [charge: #67 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings (pupils of Aldridge); End II: [The Cricket@Match [sic]The Cricketters, as17780128; [in which part of the celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge[, originally composed and danced by him; III: Hornpipe, as17771017

Ballet: End: a new, Grand Marine Pantomimical Dance, suited to the times, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth; or, British Glory. in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile

Performance Comment: in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile.
Cast
Role: Bobby Flip the Boatswain Actor: Aldridge

1735
11 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wright, Carpenter & Butler. Public Advertiser, 5 May: Tickets to be had of Carpenter at Sutton's, No. 11, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden; of Butler, next Door to the Theatre. Receipts: #283 15s. 6d. (42.2.0; 7.2.6; 0.2.0; tickets: 234.9.0) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

1736
14 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Dutiful Deception, announced on playbill of 13 May.] Tickets delivered by Thompson, Cushing, Jones, Bates, Miss Green, Mrs Sharp and the Widow Emery [Account-Book adds Whittington] will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #184 19s. (127.7; 1.13; tickets: 55.19)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: In afterpiece: As17771229; In: Hornpipe, as17771017

1737
25 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Carleton Jun., Hind, Shade & Bayne. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets delivered for a comic opera [Love in a Village, announced on playbill of 23 May] and by Barrett and McDonald will be taken. Receipts: #258 11s. 6d. (19.4.0; 7.2.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 232.4.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

1738
08 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Bannister; Peachum-Aickin; Lockit-Massey; Mat o' th' Mint-Baker; Beggar-Blissett; Player-Davis; Filch-Parsons; Lucy-Mrs Hitchcock; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Jenny Diver-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt; Polly (1st time)-Miss Harper (who performed the part of Rosetta [on 22 May]).on 22 May]).
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Performance Comment: As17780521, but Warm@Weather Tragedians-_Walker, Egan.
Cast
Role: Warm@Weather Tragedians Actor: _Walker, Egan.
Role: Timotheus Actor: Stevens
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Jewell

Dance: In III: Hornpipe-Master Byrn. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1739
09 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Cast
Role: Warm@Weather Tragedians Actor: _Walker, Egan.
Role: Timotheus Actor: Stevens
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Jewell

1740
15 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: End: The Merry Lasses, as17780529

1741
26 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Buxom Joan

Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Brett

Dance: End II: As17780624 End: The Gardeners (see17780618

1742
22 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17780608 but Mat o'the Mint-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Mat o'the Mint Actor: Griffin.
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: End II: As17780624

1743
17 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Farrell; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Baker; Lucy (1st time)-Miss Weller; Diana Trapes-Mrs White; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Cushing, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Brunsdon, Wewitzer, Jones, Mahon, Baker, Painter, R.? Smith, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross, Mrs White, Sga Tinte.
Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: III: a hornpipe-Miss Matthews

1744
05 November 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Duenna [announced on playbill of 4 Nov.] is unavoidably postponed on account of Leoni's Illness

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion

Performance Comment: As17781104, but Prologue-Lee Lewes [and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: Lady Catherine Rouge Actor: Mrs Green

Dance: As17781017

1745
12 December 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The new Tragedy [Buthred, announced on playbill of 11 Dec.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Wroughton's Hoarseness

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-Miss Besford; Afterpiece: a Minuet-Dagueville, Mrs Mattocks

1746
29 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With Accompaniments to the Airs composed by Thomas Linley? Sen.. Receipts: #191 10s. (190.1; 1.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780919; Allemande, as17780919; III: a Hornpipe-Blurton

1747
06 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Farren, Lamash
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Sharp
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: III: Hornpipe, as17790129

Song: Sweet Echo-Mrs Kennedy, Leoni [i.e. formerly Mrs Farrell]

1748
28 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Public Advertiser, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Aldridge at the Carpet Warehouse, Covent Garden Piazza

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: to conclude with: Country Dance-the characters; End I: new Comic Dance-Langrish, Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings; End II: a Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley; In III: Hornpipe, as17781212; End I afterpiece: a new Pantomimical Dance, The Sports of the Green-Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Besford, Miss Parish, Miss Valois; in which his celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge

1749
27 August 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Dance: End II: The Country Wake, as17790609 In III: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn

1750
05 October 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With accompaniments to the Airs composed by Thomas? Linley? Sen. [Miss Wright's 1st appearance, as an actress, was at this theatre on 7 May 1779.] Afterpiece: With Alterations and Additions; To conclude with a Grand View of Greenwich Hospital, designed by DeLoutherbourg. Paid Land Tax 3rd & 4th Qtrs. to Lady Day #41 16s. Receipts: #187 3s. 6d. (151.3.0; 35.15.6; 0.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

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