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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.

5276
17 November 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Cast
Role: Cloten Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

5277
19 November 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Reddish made his first appearance on the Irish Stage (Smock Alley) in the character of Etan (Genest, X, 458)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

Performance Comment: Etan-Reddish, 1st time; Timurkan-Havard; Hamet-Cautherley, 1st time; Zamti-Holland; Mirvan-Packer; Octar-Bransby; Morat-Burton; Orasmin-Ackman; Zimventi-Keen; Mandane-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Hamet Actor: Cautherley, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Others Actor: _Messink.
Role: Harlequin Actor: King
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Collett.

5278
19 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: a Dance incidental to the Opera Actor: Fishar, Arnauld, Sga Manesiere, Miss Valois.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17671026, but The Baby-the Giant; Doctor-Banks; Diana-Mrs Baker; Arial Spirits-_; Merlin-_; Mercury-_.
Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Apollo Actor: King

Dance: II: A New Tambourine Dance-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere

5279
21 November 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Others Actor: _Messink.
Role: Harlequin Actor: King
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Collett.

Dance: I: Gardners Holiday, as17671120

5280
25 November 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Le Brush Actor: King

5281
27 November 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: As17671030, but Lovewell-Cautherly.
Cast
Role: Lovewell Actor: Cautherly.
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Others Actor: _Messink.
Role: Harlequin Actor: King
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Collett.

5282
30 November 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Others Actor: _Messink.
Role: Harlequin Actor: King
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Collett.

5283
01 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Apollo Actor: King

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, as17671024

5284
04 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. N.B. Those ladies and gentlemen who haven taken tickets for the Widow'd Wife, are desired to send their servants sometime today, in order to ascertain same, otherwise they cannot be secured

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Others Actor: _Messink.
Role: Harlequin Actor: King
Role: The Dances Actor: Duquesney, Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Collett.

Dance: I: The Lilliputian Camp, as17671202

5285
07 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Flora; or, Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Moody; Friendly-Vernon; Sir ThomasTesty-Burton; Old Hob-Parsons; Dick-J. Burton; Countrymen-J. Palmer, Strange, Watkins; Hob's Mother-Mrs Bradshaw; Flora-Miss Young; Betty-Mrs Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

5286
08 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Le Brush Actor: King

5287
09 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

5288
09 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Theatrical Fund, instituted by Persons of this theatre. Mainpiece: Acted there but once. Such of the Nobility, Gentry, etc. who are pleased to favour this undertaking are desire to send for places, Pit or Box tickets, to Mr Sarjant at the stage-door. [Neville attended at half-past four and read the principal parts of the play, as altered by Colman. Noted that Sga Manesiere did The Sicilian Peasant in boy's clothes.] @Receipts #164 19s.@Charges to House #63@Chorus Singers #1 15s.@Candles #1 5s.@Kettle Drum 5s.@Bag Pipes 5s.@#66 10s.@Dr to the Fund #98 9s.-Account Book@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Cast
Role: King Actor: Clarke
Related Works
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17671009; III: The Sicilian Peasants, as17671123

5289
10 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

5290
11 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

5291
12 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece changed to +Clandestine Marriage due to the sudden indisposition of Mrs Abington (Winston MS 10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: the Widow'd Wife

Performance Comment: Canceled. The Clandestine Marriage. As17671127.
Cast
Role: Lovewell Actor: Cautherly.
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: [The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-J. Palmer; Sir John Elliot-J. Aickin; Old Wilding-Bannister; Papilion-Weston; Miss Godfrey-Miss Simson; Kitty-Miss Matthews; Miss Grantham-Mrs Jeffries.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Matthews

5292
14 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By command of their Majesties. Did not go to see Garrick play Archer that I might avoid the abhorred sight of George and his family (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

Dance: IV: The Lilliputian Camp, as17671202

5293
17 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: N.B. Those who were disappointed last week in seeing the above play [Widow'd Wife] and had no places for the seventh night are desir'd to send their servants by 12 o'clock to secure them

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Le Brush Actor: King

5294
18 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: Dances Actor: Sg and Sga Giorgi, Tassoni, Mrs King, Miss Tetley, Miss Rogers.

5295
21 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for Mainpiece. Last time of performing it before the Holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: As17671014, but Duke's Servt-J. Palmer; Lovel-Cautherly.
Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly.
Role: Lovell Actor: King

Dance: End: The Lilliputian Camp, as17671202

5296
22 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: With the Funeral Procession Actor:

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

5297
26 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Younger a Bill for writing parts etc. #7 19s. 1d. (Account Book). [Sylvas Neville attended in the pit, but made no comment.] Receipts: #188 12s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Apollo Actor: King

5298
30 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Novel Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Rooker, Grimaldi, Messink, Moody, Fox, Ackman, Strange, Hurst, Keen, Hartry, Walker, Watkins, J. Burton, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs King

5299
30 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant
Role: Apollo Actor: King

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

5300
01 January 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Cast
Role: Syllogism Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Elopement

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Rooker, Grimaldi, Messink, Moody, Fox, Ackman, Strange, Hurst, Keen, Hartry, Walker, Watkins, J. Burton, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs King