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349 results for: Keyword - TTony Aston
We found 224 matches on Performance Comments, 77 matches on Author, 53 matches on Performance Title, 27 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
01 May 1738 @ George Tavern

Event Comment: TTony Aston from Bath. At the George Tavern at Charing-Cross...exhibits his most Learned, Serious, Comical and Whimcal Extra-Rhapsodical Declamation. 7 p.m. 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Declamation

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.

2
05 February 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Performance Comment: Duke-Milward; Trapolin-Chapman; Brunetto-Salway; Alberto-Lacy; Mago-Aston; Puritan-Hippisley; Barberino-Paget; Dutchess-Mrs Buchanan; Prudentia-Mrs Templer; Flametta-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Mago Actor: Aston
Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: PPeasant-Poitier, Miss LaTour; Tambourine-Miss Rogers; Scottish Dance-Glover, DuPre, Delagarde, Mrs Legar, Ogden, Mrs Pelling

3
29 February 1744 @ Temple Bar

Event Comment: TTony Aston's program as 23 Feb., but add Jerry Blackacre and Widow. At the Trumpet in Sheer Lane, Temple Bar. [Repeated 2, 7, 12, 19, 26, 29 March.

Performances

4
22 March 1744 @ Temple Bar

Event Comment: TTony Aston's program as 26 Feb., but Widow Motteux as Widow as in scene from Plain Dealer. Benefit Widow Motteaux

Performances

5
04 March 1724 @ Roussau's Dancing School

Event Comment: Benefit Aston's Family. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.

Entertainment: Between Mr Aston, Mr Aston's wife, Mr Aston's Son , by Way of Natural Recitative; several Songs-Mrs Aston Sr

6
28 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Thompson, Aston, Widow Atkins. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #22 12s.; tickets #94 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: I: Peggy O-Tony Aston; III: The Medley Hodge@Podge-Aston; V: Hold John-Aston; I afterpiece: Mrs Wright

Dance: II: French Clown-Nivelon; IV: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; End of Farce: Drunken Man-Aston

7
17 May 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Aston. Being the last Time of his performing here. Receipts: money #17 1s.; tickets #37 6s. [In Daily Post, 7 May, Aston has an appeal to the twofold learned and judicious Body of the Law, in behalf of his Benefit Play."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: As17220315 but Bertran-Diggs; Raymond-Boheme; With a New Prologue, Epilogue wrote and to be spoken-Aston.
Cast
Role: Epilogue wrote and to be spoken Actor: Aston.
Role: Gomez Actor: Aston

Song: A new Comic Pastoral call'd Whitsuntide: or, The Clowns' Contention-; Two new Songs-the Boy; And a New Song-Mr Aston, representing a Hide Park Grenadier

8
16 January 1734 @ Bloomsbury

Event Comment: Mr Anthony Aston, commonly call'd Tony Aston . . . His Comical and Unparallelled Medley at the Bouffler's Tavern. 6 P.M. Tickets 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tony Aston's Medley

9
28 December 1716 @ Globe and Marlborough's Head

Event Comment: He gives his humble Duty to the Quality and Service to his Friends and Acquaintances, hoping they will grace his first Night, at 6 p.m. 1s. N.B. All this is perform'd by Mr Anthony Aston, his Wife and Son of 10 Years only, and will continue Nightly, Bills being stuck up of the whole Entertainment, which varies each Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tony Aston's Medley

Entertainment: 1: A new Prologue-; 2: Riot and Arabella-; 3: Woodcock Squib and Hillaria-; 4: Serjeant Kite and Mob-; 5: Ben and Miss Prue-; 6: Fondlewife and Laetitia-; 7: Teague-; 8: Jerry Blackacre and Widow-; 9: Drunken Man-; 10: A new Epilogue-; With Dances, new Comical Songs-

10
03 December 1718 @ Globe and Marlborough's Head

Event Comment: To perform each Monday, Wednesday, Friday, At 6 p.m. Pit 1s. 6d. Aston also advertises to do imitations from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at a Minute's Warning

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tony Aston's Medley

Entertainment: Consisting of select Parts of Comedies-; new Songs-; Prologues-; Epilogues-; Mr Purcell's, other Comical English Dialogues-

11
21 February 1724 @ Blue Posts Tavern

Event Comment: Benefit Aston's Family. At the Blue Post Tavern without Holborn Bars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.

Song: A new song in Praise of the Antient Britons-; Single Songs in English and Italian-Mrs Redding; three English Dialogues-her Mrs Redding, Aston

Related Works
Related Work: Trappolin Supposed a Prince Author(s): Sir Aston Cokayne
Related Work: Trappolin, The Suppos'd Prince Author(s): Aston Cokain
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain
Related Work: Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince Author(s): Aston Cokain
Related Work: Cleora; or, The Amorous Old Shepherdess Author(s): Anthony Aston

12
16 April 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Aston and a Gentleman under Misfortune. Afterpiece: A new Pastoral. Written by Mr Aston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Aston; King-Paget; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-Ridout; Ostrick-Clarke; Horatio-Boaman; Rosencraus-Houghton; Guildenstern-W. Hallam; Prologue-James; Francisco-Bencraft; Queen-Mrs Forrester; Ophelia-Miss Male; Ghost-Stephens; Gravediggers-Bullock Sr, Mullart .
Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Aston

Afterpiece Title: Cleora; or, The Amorous Old Shepherdess

Related Works
Related Work: Cleora; or, The Amorous Old Shepherdess Author(s): Anthony Aston

Dance: Hornpipe by Ferguson. Tambourine by Miss Rogers

Song: Cuckoo Solo by Master Oates. Mock Italian Song by E. Roberts

13
12 March 1740 @ Crown and Cushion

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow of Mr Walter Aston, and her Three Children. At Mr Rainton's, The Crown and Cushion, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden. 7 p.m. 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Serious And Comic Oratory

Performance Comment: Tony Aston exhibits his Serious and Comic Oratory on the Face and Head-Tony Aston; with nine Songs all of his own making-Tony Aston; with his Drunken@Man-Tony Aston.
Cast
Role: Tony Aston exhibits his Serious and Comic Oratory Actor: Tony Aston
Role: with nine Songs all of his own making Actor: Tony Aston
Role: with his Drunken@Man Actor: Tony Aston.

14
29 November 1729 @ Front Long Room

Event Comment: By a Company under the Direction of Mr Aston. At the Front Long Room, next to the Opera-House in the Hay-Market. Price 2s. 6d. At 6 P.M. N.B. We perform henceforward on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Performance Comment: Woodcock-Tony Aston; Loveworth-Griffin; Maiden-Green; Squib-Peters; Reynard-Aston Jr; Belinda-Mrs Peters; Penelope-Mrs Griffin; Hillaria-Mrs Spiller; With a new Singing Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Woodcock Actor: Tony Aston
Role: Reynard Actor: Aston Jr

Song: Between the Acts: New Comical Songs-; particularly A Dissertation on the Famous Beggar's Opera-

15
05 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan and Miss Bincks. Tickets for Aston, Dukes, Delagarde, Miss Horsington taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Aboan-Stephens; Oroonoko-Walker; Governor-Hale; Blandford-Chapman; Driver-Morgan; Stanmore-Aston; Daniel-Hippisley; Imoinda-Miss Bincks; Widow Lackit-Mrs Martin; Charlotte-Mrs Stevens; Lucy-Miss Horsington .
Cast
Role: Stanmore Actor: Aston

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c

Song: Leveridge's Song In Praise of English Roast Beef. And Tony Aston's Hodge Podge

Performance Comment: And Tony Aston's Hodge Podge .

16
11 March 1724 @ Blue Posts Tavern

Event Comment: Benefit Aston's Family. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. @'Tis a pitifull Age@And Puppet-shew Stage,@True Humour and Comedy've lost us;@Yet by Fools some still thrive@There's Punch all Alive,@A windmill, the Devil and Faustus@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.

Entertainment: New Songs-; Drunken Man-

17
16 August 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Dance: LaBee, lately arriv'd from the Opera at Paris; also new dances-Thurmond Jr, others

Song: A Variety of English and Italian Songs-

18
16 May 1712 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

19
03 August 1724 @ Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Drunken Man-Harper

Song:

20
11 July 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance:

21
18 July 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding and Skimmington

Song:

Dance:

22
22 July 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding and Skimmington

Song:

Dance:

23
01 January 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

24
03 January 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

25
04 January 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and no Duke Author(s): Aston Cokain

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda