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1780 results for: Keyword - The Boy
We found 1488 matches on Roles/Actors, 330 matches on Performance Title, 312 matches on Performance Comments, 180 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

1376
05 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1377
07 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Song: As17921126

1378
08 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1379
09 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1380
10 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1381
11 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

1382
12 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1383
14 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mrs Pollock is identified by MS annotation on BM playbill (cg, Vol. VIII). Her 1st appearance was at this theatre, 24 Nov. 1792.] Receipts: #304 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1384
15 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1385
17 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1386
18 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1387
19 January 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum

Performance Comment: As17930103, but The Witch Ulanaschamillinstana-Cubitt; Cobler-_.
Cast
Role: The Witch Ulanaschamillinstana Actor: Cubitt
Role: God save the King Actor: _Spofforth.
Role: God save the King Actor: Marshall, Gray, Linton, Street, Spofforth, Kenrick, Little, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Blanchard, Mrs Davis, Miss Barnett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Cross
Role: Pantomimic Characters Harlequin Actor: Boyce
Role: Father Paul Actor: Powel
Role: Pudding Boy Actor: Master Hodgins
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Mr Darley.

Dance: As17921226

1388
17 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Kemble Mem., 18 May: On account of Whitsun Eve the Opera was yesterday [at king's]; we acted therefore at Mr Colman's Theatre. Receipts: #73 (64.3; 8.17)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Cast
Role: Sea Boys Actor: Miss _DeCamp, Mrs Bland
Role: Rest of the Vocal Characters Actor: Caulfield, Danby, Welsh, Shaw

1389
24 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dignum and Mrs Powell. [Afterpiece in place of The Devil to Pay, advertised on playbill of 23 May.] Morning Herald, 23 May: Tickets to be had of Dignum, No. 25, New North-street; of Mrs Powell, No. 22, Henrietta-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #510 1s. (54.13.6; 26.7.6; 3.17.0; tickets: 425.3.0) (charge: #160 5s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Orsino-Barrymore; Sebastian-Bland; Antonio-Benson; Sir Toby Belch-Moody; Sir Andrew Ague@cheek-Dodd; Sea Captain-Caulfield; Fabian-R. Palmer; Malvolio-Bensley; Clown (with the Epilogue Song)-Suett; Olivia-Mrs Powell; Viola-Mrs Jordan; Maria-Mrs Kemble.

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Cast
Role: Sea Boys Actor: Miss _DeCamp, Mrs Bland
Role: Rest of the Vocal Characters Actor: Caulfield, Danby, Welsh, Shaw

Song: End II: The Lucky Escape-Dignum; End IV: Primroses deck the banks (composed by Linley? Sen.)-Master Welsh; End: Fair Rosale-Master Welsh

1390
25 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Cast
Role: Sea Boys Actor: Miss _DeCamp, Mrs Bland
Role: Rest of the Vocal Characters Actor: Caulfield, Danby, Welsh, Shaw

1391
27 May 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Pirates

Cast
Role: Captain of the Ship Actor: Benson
Role: Captain of the Guard Actor: Caulfield
Role: Sailors Actor: Fairbrother, Maddocks, Webb, Bourk

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Cast
Role: Sea Boys Actor: Miss _DeCamp, Mrs Bland
Role: Rest of the Vocal Characters Actor: Caulfield, Danby, Welsh, Shaw

Dance: As17930408

Song: End II: a New Song composed by Percy-Master Welsh

1392
28 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Cast
Role: Cabin Boy Actor: Simmons

Song: In 3rd piece: Farewell to old England dear Mary adieu, as17930527

1393
01 June 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Caulfield, Miss DeCamp, Miss Tidswell & Miss Heard. [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Mr Worthy to Benson but "an apology was made for the absence of Benson...His part of Worthy was read by Whitfield" (Thespian Magazine, July 1793, p. 50).] Tickets delivered for the 8th of June will be admitted. Morning Herald, 24 May: Tickets to be had of Caulfield, No. 8, Dartmouth-street, Westminster; of Miss DeCamp, No. 70, Tottenham-Court-Road; of Miss Tidswell, No. 3, Little Charles-street, St. James's-square; of Miss Heard, No. 13, Panton-street, Hay-market. Receipts: #182 3s. (28.17; 3.5; tickets: 150.1) (charge: #86 8s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Cast
Role: Sea Boys Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Rest of the Vocal Characters Actor: Caulfield, Danby, Welsh, Shaw

1394
10 June 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Marshall and Mrs Harlowe. Tickets delivered for the 5th of June will be admitted. Morning Herald, 1 June: Tickets to be had of Marshall [for 5 June], No. 17, Crown-court, Bow-street, Covent-Garden; of Mrs Harlowe, No. 54, Drury-Lane. Receipts: #378 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: The Pad

Cast
Role: Cabin Boy Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Cast
Role: Cabin Boy Actor: Simmons

Song: End of 1st piece: Dibdin's song; The Lucky Escape; or, The Ploughboy's Return from Sea in character-Mrs Harlowe; End of 2nd piece: Sally in our Alley-Marshall; In 3rd piece: Farewell to old England dear Mary adieu-Incledon; Rule Britannia-Marshall, full Chorus; In the course of the Evening: Black eyed Susan-Incledon

1395
01 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Post Boy Actor: Comerford

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

1396
02 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pad

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Post Boy Actor: Comerford
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

1397
04 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Post Boy Actor: Comerford
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

1398
05 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In Good Humour

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Post Boy Actor: Comerford
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Katharine and Petruchio

1399
06 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Post Boy Actor: Comerford
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Post Boy Actor: Comerford
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

1400
09 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Post Boy Actor: Comerford
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon