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9969 results for: Keyword - The king
We found 10005 matches on Roles/Actors, 2634 matches on Performance Title, 2610 matches on Performance Comments, 1593 matches on Event Comments, and 23 matches on Author.

3826
13 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: incident to the piece Actor: Mas. Harris, Mas. Blurton, Miss Twist, Miss Valois.

3827
16 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: incident to the piece Actor: Mas. Harris, Mas. Blurton, Miss Twist, Miss Valois.

3828
18 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties. Present Their Majesties. Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #235 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

3829
20 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Scott (copper lace man) #113 14s., and Whitefield for making cloaths #53 16s. 5d. (Account Book). Receipts: #136 5s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: incident to the piece Actor: Mas. Harris, Mas. Blurton, Miss Twist, Miss Valois.

3830
21 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit towards the establishment of a Fund for the Relief of Performers retiring from the stage. Charges #75 11s. Profit to Fund #143 3s., plus, presumably #13 15s. from 55 Box tickets (Account Book). Receipts: #218 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

3831
18 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Masque of Comus oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Indisposition of Reinhold. Paid Varley (plumber) #38 10s.; Huddy (ropemaker) #28 10s. Heafford (plasterer) #23 6s. (Account Book). Receipts: #180 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: incident to the piece Actor: Mas. Harris, Mas. Blurton, Miss Twist, Miss Valois.

3832
25 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: The Witches Actor: _Legg.
Role: a representation of the Pantheon Actor:
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

3833
29 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. The Masque of Comus oblig'd to be deferr'd. Paid Leverton & Co. (bricklayers) #182 19s. Paid Holme & Co. (timber merchants) #72 1s. Paid Evans (sawyer) #7 12s. (Account Book). Receipts: #168 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

3834
02 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

3835
10 February 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: With Dance incidental to the piece Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

3836
17 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17730202, but Lear-Garrick; Gentleman Usher-Burton; The Bell Edition 1773 adds Doctor-Wright; Old Man-Hartry; Cornwall's Servant-Keen; Arante-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: The Bell Edition 1773 adds Doctor Actor: Wright

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

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

3837
19 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: The Bell Edition 1773 adds Doctor Actor: Wright

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: Sotherton Actor: Keen
Role: With Postillion Dance incidental to the Pie Actor: Giorgi, Atkins, Sga Vidini

3838
23 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: The Banquet Actor:
Role: with Dancing Actor: Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: New Dance, as17730206

Entertainment: End of Farce: (By Particular Desire) The Cries of London-Shuter

3839
26 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for raising a Fund for the relief of those, who from their infirmities shall be oblig'd to retire from the stage (playbill). Pit and Boxes laid together. Come as early as possible. No Admittance to persons but with tickets. House opens at 5 o'clock. Play to begin at half past 6. [The only house charges for a Fund Benefit seem to have been the incidental expenses as follows]: Renters #8; Supernumeraries & Kettledrums #1 3s.; Soldiers 14s.; Printer #2 6s. 6d.; Extra Constables #1 10s. 6d.; Candles, Oyl & Lampmen #3 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #304 11s. 6d. Charges #17 12s. 6d. Profits to Fund #286 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: The Bell Edition 1773 adds Doctor Actor: Wright

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17721023

3840
11 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Tragedy, acted but once. [See 1 May. N.B. The Account Book states that the bill was altered to The Busy Body and Golden Pippin.] Receipts: #116 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

3841
12 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Younger for writing parts a bill of #5 4s. 3d. Paid Whitefield for making cloaths #91 1s. 3d.; Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) #31 15s. and Sarjant for incidentals #24 10s. Receipts: #189 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

3842
17 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Quick, King, Wignell, Fox, Baker, Thompson, Banks, Wild, Harris, Davis, Hollingsworth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Willems, Mrs Helme, Mrs White
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

3843
20 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Quick, King, Wignell, Fox, Baker, Thompson, Banks, Wild, Harris, Davis, Hollingsworth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Willems, Mrs Helme, Mrs White
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

3844
22 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Quick, King, Wignell, Fox, Baker, Thompson, Banks, Wild, Harris, Davis, Hollingsworth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Willems, Mrs Helme, Mrs White
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

3845
24 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Sixth Night. For the Author. Afterpiece: By Desire. Charges: #67 15s. Profit to Hull #139 6s. 6d. Paid Whitefield one quarter year's salary due Xmas last #25, and Sarjant, ditto #10. Paid Bibb (sword cutler's) bill #14 13s. Receipts: #207 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: Midas

3846
28 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: _Wignell, Cushing.
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

3847
24 February 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Colman the balance of his 3 nights for the Man of Business #230 7s. 6d. Receipts: #213 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Performance Comment: As17740214, but Other characters-_Davis, Cushing (playbill); but not so in +Public Advertiser. but not so in +Public Advertiser.
Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: _Davis, Cushing
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

3848
03 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Noble (upholsterer) #52 5s.; Patrick (tinman) #44 11s.; Halford (leather gilder) #16 10s. Receipts: #219 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: _Davis, Cushing
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

3849
07 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Simpson for Dinner for the Orchestra #10 10s. Receipts: #173 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: _Davis, Cushing
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon

3850
08 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The New Comedy of The Man of Business oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of Mrs Bulkley. Receipts: #143 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: _Davis, Cushing
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Miss Valois, Miss Capon