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4669 results for: Keyword - The Duke
We found 3568 matches on Roles/Actors, 1162 matches on Performance Comments, 1039 matches on Event Comments, 402 matches on Author, and 331 matches on Performance Title.

2601
20 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17850409

Song: In Act II of mainpiece I blush in the Dark, composed by Giordani, by Leoni

2602
21 April 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Kemble
Role: Duke Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Dance: As17850307athi

2603
21 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: As17850416

2604
23 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. Tickets delivered for March 15 and 31 will be taken. Public Advertiser, 14 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Pope at Mrs Sledge's, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. "In the prominent display of Iago's jealousy, a material question of the play--slightly handled by the poet, and almost untouched by every preceding player--in this, Henderson's claim to praise is quite unrivalled" {Public Advertiser, 25 Apr.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: As17840927, but Othello-Pope (1st appearance in that character); Desdemona-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Pope
Role: Duke Actor: Booth

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

2605
27 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17841201

2606
28 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17850425

2607
30 April 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Siddons. Public Advertiser, 18 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Siddons, Gower-street, Bedford-square. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. "The mournful tone, the pathetic countenance, and the long-drawn expression pervaded the sprightly scenes of Rosalind as effectually as if the play had been Isabella" (Public Advertiser, 2 May). Receipts: #327 8s. 6d. (150/1/9; 9/11/6; 0/6/0; tickets: 167/10/0) (charge: #106/15/10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Duke Senior Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke Frederick Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17850307athi

2608
02 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Magic Cavern, announced on playbill of 30 Apr.] The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same for rest of season]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

2609
03 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Song: As17841112, but omitted: Whitaker

2610
04 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bates. 1st piece: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. 3rd piece: Not acted these 15 years [acted 18 Dec. 1771]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great; Or, The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Land of Enchantment

Performance Comment: As17850418, but the Hunting Song here specified as Tantivy, the Welkin resounds .
Cast
Role: , the Genius Actor: Master Farley
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: Vocal Parts [in Entry] by Johnstone, Brett, Doyle, Darley; Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr, Miss Stuart, Mrs Bannister; End of 1st piece Moderation and Alteration by Edwin

2611
09 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

2612
11 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild [prompter]. Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Wild, No. 17, Bow-street, Covent Garden. The unfortunate circumstance of breaking his leg . . . has prevented his attending the theatre the whole season [and see 18 Apr.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyers' Panic

Cast
Role: , a Part of the Devil Actor: Kean
Role: The Devil Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

2613
13 May 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Palmer

Dance: As17841002

Song: End of mainpiece Bright Phoebus has mounted the chariot of Day by Dignum

2614
14 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaign

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

2615
16 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Brandon, box-book and housekeeper. Tickets delivered for a Play will be admitted. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Pope
Role: Duke Actor: Booth

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: End of Singing Leap Year, as17850416

Song: End of mainpiece Moderation and Alteration by Edwin

2616
18 May 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. The last time of Mrs Siddons's performing this Season. Receipts: #295 14s. (287/14; 6/10; 1/10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Duke Senior Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke Frederick Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: As17850430

2617
19 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Compiler of the Music [of mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaign

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

2618
25 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cubitt
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: As17841001

2619
08 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of York Actor: Williamson

Dance: As17850601

2620
01 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Related Works
Related Work: The Separate Maintenance Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of York Actor: Williamson

Dance: End of mainpiece La Giardinier Italiene by Master and Miss Michel (their 1st appearance in this Kingdom)

Song: As17850607

2621
05 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Related Works
Related Work: The Suicide Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of York Actor: Williamson

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Merry Lasses [performers not listed, but see17850623; End of Act III Dance by Giorgi's Scholars

2622
28 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Cast
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Booth
Role: Giant of the Causeway Actor: Master Simmons
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Teague; or, The Giant's Causeway Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End of mainpiece Horn sweet's the Love that meets Return by Byrne, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets

2623
01 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Cast
Role: Gentleman in the Balcony Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Irishman in the Pit Actor: Booth
Role: Lady in the Balcony Actor: Mrs Webb
Related Works
Related Work: The Manager in Distress Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Lord Russel

Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of York Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Cast
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Booth
Role: Giant of the Causeway Actor: Master Simmons
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Teague; or, The Giant's Causeway Author(s): George Colman, the elder

2624
17 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of York Actor: Williamson

2625
06 September 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke of York Actor: Williamson