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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.

4226
20 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 22 Jan.: Last Saturday Night his Majesty, his Royal Highness the Duke, the Princesses, with several Foreign Ministers and their Ladies, were at [cg]: So great a Concourse of People came in order to see his Majesty there, as has scarcely been seen; many Persons who came to the Play-House at Four o'Clock, offering any Price, if they could possibly be admitted. In the Fury Dance of Macbeth, Mr Haughton had the misfortune to dislocate his Ankle-Bone, and fell down upon the Stage, and was obliged to be carried off; upon which his Majesty was graciously Pleased to send him Ten Guineas instantly, and to order him to be taken Care of

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: King Actor: Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Salway; Cepheus-Leveridge; Aethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Mrs Chambers; Mercury-Vincent; Amazons-Mrs James, Miss Oates, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Ozanne, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun, Miss Dancey; Infernals-Leveridge, Haughton, Villeneuve, Dupre, Richardson, Delagarde, Thompson; Hussar-Bencraft; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-James; Petit Maitre-Lalauze; Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus, a Fawn-Glover.
Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Music: Vocal Parts [for Macbeth]-Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Thompson, Stoppelaer, Mrs James, Mrs Wright, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Kilby

4227
25 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

4228
13 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald

4229
10 April 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Towards the Raising a Fund for the Erecting a Monument to the Memory of Shakespear. Written by Shakespear. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 11 April: On which Occasion 'twas expected there would have been a greater Audience than there appear'd to be. But the Lord Burlington was pleased, out of his Regard to the Memory of so great a Man, to give Ten Guineas for himself. [The Prologue, written by Theobald and spoken by Ryan, is in London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 12 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17381014, but With a New Prologue Address'd to the Town upon this Occasion-.
Cast
Role: With a New Prologue Address'd to the Town upon thi Actor: .
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater

4230
26 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Dance: V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

4231
11 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Cast
Role: King Actor: Delane
Role: King of Bakam Actor: Rosco

Afterpiece Title: Cupid and Bacchus

4232
01 January 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: King Actor: Roberts
Role: Murtherer Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Music: For Macbeth As17391025, but Vocal Parts-Mrs Lampe, Miss +Young

4233
10 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece and Afterpiece: As 8 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): Thomas King

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Beard

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; IV: Les Characters-Mlle Chateauneuf

4234
11 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: As 8 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Beard

Dance: III: Les Characters-Mlle Chateauneuf

4235
15 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: As 8 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Beard

4236
18 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: As 8 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Beard

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; III: L'Allamande-Mlle Chateauneuf

4237
24 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: As 8 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Beard

Dance: II: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

4238
07 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Beard

Dance: In II: Tambourines-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; IV: Muilment

4239
11 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Cast
Role: Father's Ghost Actor: Raftor
Related Works
Related Work: The Humours of Sir John Falstaff, Justice Shallow, and Ancient Pistol Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Beard

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; In IV: Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Rector, Master Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson; In V: Furies-Leviez, Baudouin, Rector, Davenport

4240
21 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hallam. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets at Hallam's House, Leman Street, Goodman's Fields.] Afterpiece: As 18 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: King Actor: Roberts
Role: Murtherer Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Cast
Role: Nancy's Father Actor: Leveridge

Music: As17400101, but Vocal Parts-_Roberts

4241
26 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Essex. By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Tickets at Essex's Lodgings, Bow Street.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Comic Pantomime Dance-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Muilment; V: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Music: Kettle Drum-Master Ferg

Song: II: Beard

4242
05 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: As17400204, but Amanda-Mrs Boultby, the first time of her appearance on any stage.
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Boultby, the first time of her appearance on any stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: II: Muilment; III: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Livier; V: Wooden Shoes-Master Ferg

4243
19 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: I: Pierots-Lalauze, Leviez; II: Hornpipe in the Character of a Jack Tar-Yates; III: Muilment; IV: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

4244
21 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: King Actor: Winstone

Dance: I: Pierots-Lalauze, Liviez; II: Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; A new Saraband-Miss Wright; IV: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Le Gout Anglois-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; End Afterpiece: Larry Grogan-Master Matthews, Miss Wright

Music: I: Trumpet Piece-Adcock; IV: Concerto on French Horns-Charles; V: Preamble on Kettle Drums-Woodbridge; with Handel's Water Musick-

4245
23 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Wooden Shoe-Master Ferg

4246
05 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: King Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Music: As17400926

Dance: As17400926

4247
26 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: III: Ballet-Desse; V: Ethiopian-Muilment

4248
05 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #113 11s. 6d. (Account Book); #120 (Rylands MS.). [The Account Book states that Mrs Porter received #20 for her performance this night.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: King Actor: Hale

Dance: As17410129

4249
26 February 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: King Actor: Pagett

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

4250
05 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: King Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Music: For Macbeth, As17400926, but Vocal Parts-_Stoppelaer

Dance: For Macbeth, Dancing, as17400926, but Desse; +Tyrolean Dance-Haughton, Signora Barberini; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell