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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.

3401
10 June 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: See17400605*a1740 6 10 cg Orpheus and Eurydice. As17400212*c1740 6 10 cg By Desire. [The last performance of the season.]
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

3402
13 June 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. [Positively the last performance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3403
18 October 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #77 1s. (Account Book); #80 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3404
03 December 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #132 10s. (Account Book); #110 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3405
18 December 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3406
14 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3407
21 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #133 12s. 6d. (Account Book); #160 (Rylands MS.). London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 23 March: On Saturday Night last, in the Entertainment of Orpheus and Eurydice, the Audience were aggreably surpriz'd with the Representation of a new Machine, in Imitation of the Travelling Chaise without Horses, the Performance of which was so extraordinary, and gave such a general Satisfaction, that the Spectators would not be contented 'till they saw it a second Time pass round the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3408
31 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17410224, but In which will be introduced the new Traveling Machine that moves without Horses; Country Lasses-Miss _Oates, Mrs Delagarde.

Dance: TTyrolean Dance-Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

3409
14 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: TTambourine, Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

3410
29 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: LLouvre, Minuet-Signora Barberini; Italian Peasants-Signora Barberini, Desnoyer

3411
22 October 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Sargeant at Arms Actor: the rest of the comedians
Role: With the Music Actor:
Role: With the Additional Reinforcements of Mr Bayes's N Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

3412
23 November 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Johnson, Macklin, Neale, Havard, Ridout, Taswell, Arthur, Turbutt, Winstone, Leigh, Green, Wright, Ray, Woodburn, Miss Woodman, Mrs Cross, Miss Story, Miss Cole
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: LLe Boufon, as17411030; Les Masons et Les Sabotiers, as17411120

3413
24 November 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Johnson, Macklin, Neale, Havard, Ridout, Taswell, Arthur, Turbutt, Winstone, Leigh, Green, Wright, Ray, Woodburn, Miss Woodman, Mrs Cross, Miss Story, Miss Cole
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Song: I: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe; II: Happy Pair-Beard; IV: If all that I love is her Face-Mrs Arne

Dance: III: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; V: Miller and his Wife, as17411015

3414
26 November 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Johnson, Macklin, Neale, Havard, Ridout, Taswell, Arthur, Turbutt, Winstone, Leigh, Green, Wright, Ray, Woodburn, Miss Woodman, Mrs Cross, Miss Story, Miss Cole
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: LLe Boufon, as17411030; Le Genereux Corsaire, as17411102

3415
27 November 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Johnson, Macklin, Neale, Havard, Ridout, Taswell, Arthur, Turbutt, Winstone, Leigh, Green, Wright, Ray, Woodburn, Miss Woodman, Mrs Cross, Miss Story, Miss Cole
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Barclay.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Leigh

Song: I: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe; II: Happy Pair-Beard,

Dance: III: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; IV: Sailor's Dance, as17411015; V: The Swiss, as17410926

3416
04 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. [See Mlle Auguste's letter to the Public in London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 7 Dec., accusing Fleetwood of putting her name in the bills after she had renounced his employment, and had gone over to Rich. For her actual 1st appearance see cg 7 Dec.] Receipts: #90

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Johnson, Macklin, Neale, Havard, Ridout, Taswell, Arthur, Turbutt, Winstone, Leigh, Green, Wright, Ray, Woodburn, Miss Woodman, Mrs Cross, Miss Story, Miss Cole
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Dance: Mlle Auguste (who never appeared on the English stage before); The Swiss, as17410926

3417
26 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Johnson, Macklin, Neale, Havard, Ridout, Taswell, Arthur, Turbutt, Winstone, Leigh, Green, Wright, Ray, Woodburn, Miss Woodman, Mrs Cross, Miss Story, Miss Cole
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: Happy Pair-Beard; II: Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: III: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029; IV: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; V: The Swiss, as17410926

3418
25 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Woffington continuing greatly indisposed, the Play of All's Well that Ends Well is oblig'd to be deferr'd till further notice. Receipts: #60

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: As17411226, but Smith-Delane; Other Characters-Mrs Bennet replaces $Mrs Ridout.
Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Mrs Bennet replaces Mrs Ridout.
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: LLa Foullies-the Fausans

Ballet: LLes Satires Puny. As17420106

3419
01 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Sargeant at Arms Actor: the rest of the comedians
Role: With the Music Actor:
Role: With the Additional Reinforcements of Mr Bayes's N Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: See17420112, but Harlequin-Lun; All the other characters as usual. All the other characters as usual.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: As17420125

3420
04 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Serjeants at Arms Actor: the Comedians
Role: the facetious Grand Dance Actor: the Whole Company
Role: Parthenope Actor: Miss E. Hippisley
Role: With the total Eclipse of the Sun and Moon Actor:
Role: the part of Sol Actor: Hemskirk
Role: Likewise Mr Bayes's Representation of a Grand Thea Actor:
Role: With Dancing Actor: , Scenes, Machines, Habits, other proper Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: As17420115

3421
05 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Serjeants at Arms Actor: the Comedians
Role: the facetious Grand Dance Actor: the Whole Company
Role: Parthenope Actor: Miss E. Hippisley
Role: With the total Eclipse of the Sun and Moon Actor:
Role: the part of Sol Actor: Hemskirk
Role: Likewise Mr Bayes's Representation of a Grand Thea Actor:
Role: With Dancing Actor: , Scenes, Machines, Habits, other proper Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: As17420115

3422
06 February 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Other Characters Actor: Mrs Bennet replaces Mrs Ridout.
Role: Particularly the Representation of a Battle of the Actor: Per gli Signori Giovanni and Tomasino detti Beard, Lowe
Role: With the Additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes's Ne Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: I: A Concerto, as17420105; II: The Drunken Peasant-Phillips; III: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; IV: Les Matelotes, as17411208

Ballet: V: Les Satires Puny. As17420106

3423
06 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Serjeants at Arms Actor: the Comedians
Role: the facetious Grand Dance Actor: the Whole Company
Role: Parthenope Actor: Miss E. Hippisley
Role: With the total Eclipse of the Sun and Moon Actor:
Role: the part of Sol Actor: Hemskirk
Role: Likewise Mr Bayes's Representation of a Grand Thea Actor:
Role: With Dancing Actor: , Scenes, Machines, Habits, other proper Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17420129, but Miss Lucy-_; the Original Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: the Original Epilogue Actor: .

Dance: I: The Two Pierrots-two Masters Granier; III: The two Millers and Courtezan-two Masters and Miss Granier; V: A New Scots Dance-Master and Miss Granier

3424
08 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Serjeants at Arms Actor: the Comedians
Role: the facetious Grand Dance Actor: the Whole Company
Role: Parthenope Actor: Miss E. Hippisley
Role: With the total Eclipse of the Sun and Moon Actor:
Role: the part of Sol Actor: Hemskirk
Role: Likewise Mr Bayes's Representation of a Grand Thea Actor:
Role: With Dancing Actor: , Scenes, Machines, Habits, other proper Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: TThe Leek-David and Winifred apShenkin, Granier, Osbaldiston, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Vallois

3425
09 February 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Serjeants at Arms Actor: the Comedians
Role: the facetious Grand Dance Actor: the Whole Company
Role: Parthenope Actor: Miss E. Hippisley
Role: With the total Eclipse of the Sun and Moon Actor:
Role: the part of Sol Actor: Hemskirk
Role: Likewise Mr Bayes's Representation of a Grand Thea Actor:
Role: With Dancing Actor: , Scenes, Machines, Habits, other proper Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist