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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.

2676
22 December 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julia

Cast
Role: Duke of Genoa Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

2677
29 December 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julia

Cast
Role: Duke of Genoa Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

2678
01 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #157 12s. (114.17; 40.10; 2.5; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julia

Cast
Role: Duke of Genoa Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

2679
05 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: In 2 acts; Not acted these 8 years [not acted since 11 May 1773]. Receipts: #211 8s. 6d. (168.12.0; 42.4.0; 0.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: End III: As17870920; End IV:a Scotch Dance, The Lucky Return-Mills, the Miss Stageldoirs

2680
12 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: As17880105

2681
16 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Provok'd Husband [advertised on playbill of 15 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Miss Farren. Receipts: #189 0s. 6d. (159.1.0; 29.5.6; 0.14.O)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: of the Tower Actor: Benson
Role: Duke of York Actor: Miss Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

2682
17 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

2683
24 January 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: of the Guard Actor: Phillimore

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: R. Palmer

2684
24 January 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Sir Theodore Goodchild Actor: Thompson

Dance: End IV: a New Divertisement-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

2685
01 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. The Heiress [advertised on playbill of 31 Jan.] is deferred till Monday next. [Afterpiece in place of Selima and Azor, advertised on playbill of 31 Jan. Prologue by James Cobb.] Receipts: #238 6s. 6d. (219.17.0; 18.7.0; 0.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Performance Comment: As17871030, but the original Prologue-Bannister Jun.
Cast
Role: the original Prologue Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: End III: As17870920; End IV: a Scotch dance, The Lucky Return-Mills, Miss Blanchet, Miss J. Stageldoir

2686
16 February 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Sir Theodore Goodchild Actor: Thompson

Dance: As17880124

2687
18 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "In no part of Bensley's voice is there an atom of the tender of mournful. [King Henry] is a part totally unsuited to his powers" (Public Advertiser, 19 Feb.). Receipts: #158 15s. (119.2; 37.15; 1.18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: of the Tower Actor: Benson
Role: Duke of York Actor: Miss Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

2688
26 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: R. Palmer

2689
04 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

2690
03 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Sir Theodore Goodchild Actor: Thompson

Dance: As17880110

2691
15 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: R. Palmer

2692
16 April 1788 @ 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 Brown.

Dance: As17871129

2693
17 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: of the Tower Actor: Benson
Role: Duke of York Actor: Miss Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

2694
18 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. "Desdemona was happily pourtrayed by Mrs Pope, particularly...her manner of receiving the blow from Othello, by shewing she felt it as for the loss of her husband's affection rather than the indignity offered her sex" (Public Advertiser, 21 Apr.). Public Advertiser, 31 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Pope at his house in Half-Moon Street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #184 9s. 6d. (125.10.0; 3.13.6; tickets: 55.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: As17871012, but Othello-Pope.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Pope.
Role: Duke Actor: Booth

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Booth

Dance: As17880301

2695
21 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same for rest of season]. Receipts: #149 10s. 6d. (141.19.6; 7.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Lewis

Dance: As17880129

2696
23 May 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Phillimore and Spencer. Comus [advertised on playbill of 22 May] is obliged to be deferred, on Account of the Indisposition of Mrs Crouch. Receipts: #261 18s. (18.14; 8.15; 0.15; tickets: 233.14) (charge: #106 6s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowell-Aickin; Welbred-Whitfield; Young Knowell-Barrymore; Master Stephen-Dodd; Brainworm-Baddeley; Justice Clement-Waldron; Downright-Phillimore; Master Matthew-Burton; Cob-Suett; Formal-Fawcett; Capt. Bobadil-Palmer; Bridget-Miss Barnes; Tib-Mrs Love; Mrs Kitely-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Master Matthew Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: R. Palmer

Dance: As17880313

Song: End III: Ma chere Amie-Dignum

2697
07 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: With a Sea-Fight and Procession. [These were included in all subsequent performances.] Receipts: #129 3s. 6d. (95.0.0; 34.2.6; 0.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17881002, but the Cuckoo Song-Rosalind.
Cast
Role: the Cuckoo Song Actor: Rosalind.
Role: Duke Senior Actor: Aickin
Role: Duke Frederick Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: As17881002

Song: As17881002

2698
16 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: R. Palmer

Song: In: Original Music by Matthew Locke-; with full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments-Suett, Sedgwick, Dignum, Danby, Fawcett, Mrs Forster, Miss Romanzini, Miss Collett, Mrs Crouch

2699
31 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Packer
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Related Works
Related Work: The Chances Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Mrs Booth

2700
10 November 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Banks was from the Manchester theatre.] Afterpiece: To conclude with a Representation of the Repulse of the Spaniards before the Rock of Gibraltarv [on 13 Sept. 1782]. Scenes designed by Greenwood; Overture by Baumgarten. Receipts: #173 16s. (152.10; 20.13; 0.13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Miss Gawdry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior; or, The Magic Cestus