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2269 results for: Keyword - The Royal Family
We found 1354 matches on Event Comments, 711 matches on Performance Title, 327 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

676
09 May 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Dance: HHornpipe-a sailor from the Royal Sovereign

677
14 May 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Siege of Quebec; or, Harlequin Engineer

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Weller 1st time; Pantaloon-Buck; Clown-Gibbs; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Britannia (The Genius of England)-Mrs Lee; Song in character of English Officer -Andrews 1st appearance on the stage; to conclude with an Emblematical Representation of General Wolfe 's Monument. to conclude with an Emblematical Representation of General Wolfe 's Monument.
Cast
Role: Song in character of English Officer Actor: Andrews 1st appearance on the stage

Entertainment: M+Monologue. An Epilogue in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stage of Human Life=-Cresswickas17600508

Dance: II: The Drunken Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet; IV: The Fingalian Dance, as17591102

678
19 May 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Varney. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Tickets delivered for the 10th instant will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: IV: Miss Spencer

Dance: HHornpipe-a sailor from the Royal Sovereign

679
07 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Box #43 17s. 6d. Paid Mr Blackmore a Bill for sundries and expenses in taking the inventory of the Men's Wardrobe #26 2s. 6d. Bought three men's outfits #68. Gave the King's footmen and Chairmen #4 4s., and Prince of Wales' Footmen and Chairmen #2 2s. Gave the Porters of the several Inns #3 14s. (Account Book). [The Gentlewoman who played Bertha was Miss Fielding. See notation of payment to her for acting this part, 10 Jan.] Receipts: #176 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

680
29 April 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: The Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

681
11 May 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The School-Boy

Dance: II: Hornpipe (2nd time)-Mlle Capdeville; IV: The Provincial Sailors, as17610508

682
25 May 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-the Sailor, lately belonging to the Royal Sovereign

683
27 May 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Related Works
Related Work: Polly Honeycomb Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Song: III: A Cantata-Miss Young

Dance: HHornpipe-a Sailor from the Royal Sovereign as17610525

684
09 November 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Income from Boxes #12 12s. 6d. Expenses #38 16s. 3d. Receipts: #122 7s. (Winston Theatrical Record)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Cast
Role: the Lieutenant Actor: Shuter
Role: With a new Song Actor: Beard in the character of a Sailor
Role: The Equilibrist on the Wire Actor: Matthews
Role: Spectators attending the Fair Actor: the Comedians
Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

685
16 December 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: TThe Pedlar Trick'd, as17611001

686
30 September 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Song: Miss Polly Young (from theatre Royal Dublin) her 1st appearance on the English Stage

687
15 November 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. Characters New Dress'd. Afterpiece never perform'd there before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Performance Comment: Hengist-Smith; Aribert-Ross; Offa-Clarke; Seofrid-Sparks; Oswald-White; Rodogune-Mrs Ward; Ethelinda-Miss Macklin; In which will be Introduc'd A Solemn Hymn, set by Purcell,-Beard, Tenducci, Peretti, Mattocks, Baker, Miss Brent, Miss Poitier, Miss Polly Young, Miss Miller, Miss Catley, Legg, Ryley, Dibdin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

688
17 November 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

689
20 November 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: TThe Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

690
25 November 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: TThe Sicilian Peasants, the man Peasant-Sga Manesiere, the woman by Miss Wilford

691
01 December 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: TThe Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

692
07 December 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: TThe Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

693
17 May 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End of Play: The French Gardeners, as17630407

694
03 October 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Performance Comment: Hengist-Smith; Aribert-Ross; Offa-Clarke; Seofrid-Sparks; Oswald-White; Rodogune-Mrs Ward; Ethelinda-Miss Macklin; In which will be introduc'd A Solemn Hymn, set to music by Henry Purcell;-Beard, Tenducci, Peretti, Mattocks, Baker, Miss Miller, Miss Polly Young, Miss Davies, Legg, Ryley, Dibdin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

695
05 November 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesny, Sga Manesiere.

696
14 December 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

697
03 January 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Performance Comment: As17631214, but Solemn Hymn-_Mattocks The Public Advertiser also omits Miss Davies, Legg, Ryley, Dibdin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Solemn Hymn Actor: _Mattocks The Public Advertiser also omits Miss Davies, Legg, Ryley, Dibdin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: III: The Knife Grinders, as17631012; End: Venus Reveng'd, as17631222

Cast
Role: The Knife Grinders">i>The Knife Grinders Actor: Duquesney, Miss Wilford. See17600417.

698
31 January 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Solemn Hymn Actor: _Mattocks The Public Advertiser also omits Miss Davies, Legg, Ryley, Dibdin, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials

Cast
Role: The Graces Actor: Miss Wilford, Miss Valois, Miss Pitt

699
27 February 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Well rec'd: all but the 1st Chorus w[hic]h was Hiss'd. First Dance Hiss'd off. Mr Norris being ill, Mrs Dormond perform'd in his room, much applauded (Cross Diary). Acted but once. Books of the Opera to be sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #169 1s. 6d. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: The Hunters, as17640224; The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640224

Cast
Role: The Faggot Binders Actor: Aldridge, Miss Baker

700
01 March 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the composer, Mr Rush. Books of the Opera will be sold at the Theatre. Receipts. #211 18s. 6d.; charges: #76 12s. 6d. Profit to author: #135 6s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: II: The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640224

Cast
Role: The Faggot Binders Actor: Aldridge, Miss Baker