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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.

2251
07 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Morris

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: The Dance Actor: Aldridge.

Ballet: IV: The Wapping Landlady with Double Hornpipe. As17710422

2252
13 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Hamoir, Miss Valois.

Dance: IV: Comic Dance, as17701017

2253
20 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Cast
Role: Barnwell Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Young Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Palmer

Dance: III: The Shepherds Frolic, as17710406 End: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

2254
01 June 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

2255
23 October 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Duke Sen Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Cast
Role: With Additional Scene of the Rejoicing Night Actor:
Role: and The Sailor's Pageant Actor: .

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

2256
23 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: IV: The Jealous Woodcutters, as17711004

2257
24 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid half year's Land Tax for theatre due Mich. last: #61 5s.; half year's window lights for ditto: #6 10s. 6d.; half year's land tax for House in Bow Passage: #2 3s. 9d., and window lights for same 15s.; Paid Stubbs (timber merchant) as per bill #50; Paid Evans (sawyer) #9 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #240 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Morris

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: IV: Corsican Sailor's Punch House, as17711011

2258
26 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Morris

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: III: The Jealous Woodcutters, as17711004; IV: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge. [See17701015.

2259
29 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Messrs. Raban & Kime (coal merchants) #56 15s.; Paid Sarjant half aear's rent for the House in Bow Passage due Mich. last #20 (Account Book). Receipts: #195 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Morris

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: III: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House, as17711011; IV: The Lamplighter, as17711016

2260
31 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid for cleaning and repairing of the sewers #23 6s. 8d. (Account Book). Receipts: #203 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17711026, but Bassanio-Bensley; Macklin's acting Shylock the last time before his departure for Ireland. Macklin's acting Shylock the last time before his departure for Ireland.
Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Morris

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: III: A Comic Dance-Mr and Miss Hamoir; IV: The Tartars, as17710927

2261
18 November 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Palmer

Dance: End: A Dance call'd The Amusements of Strasburgh-Daigville, Sga Vidini, Daigvilles scholars

2262
16 December 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Amelia

Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Withers Actor: Parsons

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

2263
16 December 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. The New Tragedy of Zobeide deferr'd on account of Indisposition of Mrs Yates. Zobeide publish'd at 1s. 6d. (Winston MS 10). Paid Younger #2 2s. for license for Zobeide. Advanc'd Cushing as per note #37 10s., and Gardner #30 (Account Book). Receipts: #148 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Mas. Bates.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

2264
17 December 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit of the New Building of the City of London Lying In Hospital, in the City Road, Old Street. Paid Weston's note to Mr Curtis #5; Mrs Bolter for 25 yds. white and silver silk, #28 15s.; 8 extra Trumpets 4 nights (13th inst. incl.) #12 (Treasurer's Book). This day published The Theatres; a poetical dissection by Sir Nicholas Nipclose (Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser). [It is packed with embittered comments on managerial policy and upon theatrical personalities.] Receipts: #228 18s. 6d. Charges: #84; Profit to Hospital #144 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Duke Sen Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Cast
Role: To conclude with a dance Actor: incidental to the Piece.

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

2265
21 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Palmer

2266
25 January 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Farce [by a Gentleman from Dublin] never performed. [It was fitted to the stage as an afterpiece, and provided with a Prologue by Colman. Advertisement for the Edition of 1772 indicates that it was "attempted to be acted, "but was damned. Taken principally from Moliere's Marriage Force. See account of damning of Farce, in Town and Country Magazine (Theatre No. XXXIII), before last act was over by a candle being thrown on stage.] Paid one year's ground rent for theatre due Mich. last #100 minus land tax of #16 5s.: Total #83 15s.; Paid ditto for the New Building adjoining the theatre #30, minus Land Tax of #4 17s. 6d.: Total #25 2s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #198 16s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Ross
Role: Duke Actor: Morris

Afterpiece Title: An Hour Before Marriage

2267
31 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Latter end of next month the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, which has been much enlarg'd and Beautified will open with Subs[cription] Jubilee Masque (Winston MS 10). Paid Mr Hopkins, Prompter's Bill, #23 16s.; Mr Calthorpe's 1st payment #157 10s.; Printer's bill #9 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #237 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Palmer

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

2268
01 February 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

2269
19 February 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

2270
07 April 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Palmer

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Entertainment: I: (by Particular Desire) A Comic Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Seven Ages-King

Monologue: End: By particular Desire Linco's Travels. As 24 March

2271
02 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Bransby.
Role: Bassanio Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Lint Actor: Waldron and the Song of Johnny Pringle omitted from mention in Weston's role-_.
Role: with the Song of Johnny Pringle Actor: Weston

Entertainment: IV: Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee, as17720427 (for that Night only) a Variety of Imitations-Bannister

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

2272
12 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. The Commissary oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Charges #66 8s. Profit to Quick #2 3s. 6d., plus #85 15s. from tickets (Box 69; Pit 318; Gallery 208). Receipts: #68 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Master Jones.

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End: A Comic Dance, as17711017

2273
21 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Duke's Servant Actor: Palmer

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

2274
02 June 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire Towards raising a Fund for the relief of those who from their infirmities shall be oblig'd to retire from the stage. Mr G better than before if possible (Hopkins Diary). Pit and Boxes together, admittance to Pit only by Box ticket. Doors open half past 5. Begin promptly at Six. Paid Renters #8; Supers and K Drum #1 15s.; Soldiers 14s.; Printer #2 6s. 6d.; Extra constables &c. 18s.; Candles, Oyl and Lampmen, #3 18s. 6d. Total #17 12s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts for Fund: #295 12s. 3d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Duke of York Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Tressel Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Monologue: V: Linco's Travels. As 24 March

2275
05 June 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Last night of performing till the Holidays. Benefit for Watson, Palmer, Kaygill and Roberts. Tickets deliver'd by Wood and Humphrey will be taken. Paid Printer's Bill #9 6s.; Mr Wegg's Rent to Lady Day last #103 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #240 3s. Charges: #84. Profits to Watson, Palmer, Kaygill and Roberts: #166 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Duke Frederick Actor: Bransby
Role: Duke Sen Actor: Hurst

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Entertainment: Bucks Have at Ye All-Mas. Palmer