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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.

5701
16 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: For the last time this Season. Paid Mr Dimon on acct per order #5 5s.; Mrs Slaughter's bill; #3 6s. Mr Davies draft to Peters #6 6s.; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #5 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #148 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King
Role: Lovewell Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

5702
23 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: King Actor: Jefferson
Role: Player King Actor: Keen

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Cautherly

5703
31 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Malvolio Actor: King
Role: Sebastian Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Messink, Grimaldi, Ackman, Keen, Wright, Burton, Kear, Waldron, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Jacobs, Griffith, Jones, Master Cape, Lings, Watkins, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Lings, Miss Platt, Mrs Millidge, Miss Collett, Mrs S. Smith

5704
31 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Mr Wright the balance for the Middlesex Hospital #4 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #118 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Cast
Role: King Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: The Witches Actor: Mattocks, Miss Wewitzer, Legg, Baker, Owenson, Fox, Miss Valois, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17721012

5705
02 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Cast
Role: Wilding Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Messink, Grimaldi, Ackman, Keen, Wright, Burton, Kear, Waldron, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Jacobs, Griffith, Jones, Master Cape, Lings, Watkins, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Lings, Miss Platt, Mrs Millidge, Miss Collett, Mrs S. Smith

5706
04 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: King Actor: Gardner

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: The Witches Actor: Mattocks, Miss Wewitzer, Legg, Baker, Owenson, Fox, Miss Valois, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

5707
06 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid one year's insurance to Xmas next #15 (Treasurer's Book). [Copies of the annual insurance policies were extant in the Sun Insurance Office, 63 Theadneedle St. London, E. C. 2, as of Dec. 1951.] Receipts: #134 8s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Malvolio Actor: King
Role: Sebastian Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Messink, Grimaldi, Ackman, Keen, Wright, Burton, Kear, Waldron, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Jacobs, Griffith, Jones, Master Cape, Lings, Watkins, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Lings, Miss Platt, Mrs Millidge, Miss Collett, Mrs S. Smith

5708
07 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: King
Role: Charles Dudley Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Messink, Grimaldi, Ackman, Keen, Wright, Burton, Kear, Waldron, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Jacobs, Griffith, Jones, Master Cape, Lings, Watkins, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Lings, Miss Platt, Mrs Millidge, Miss Collett, Mrs S. Smith

5709
14 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King
Role: Lovewell Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Messink, Grimaldi, Ackman, Keen, Wright, Burton, Kear, Waldron, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Jacobs, Griffith, Jones, Master Cape, Lings, Watkins, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Lings, Miss Platt, Mrs Millidge, Miss Collett, Mrs S. Smith

Dance: I: A New Dance-a scholar of Tassoni, others

5710
15 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. [Winston MS 10 lists Merope & Pigmy Revels, but notes that the bills indicate Way to Keep him.] School for Fathers deferr'd. Mrs Wrighten hoarse. Epistle to David Garrick published by Lloyd 2s. (Winston MS 10). Paid Mr Dimon upon Acct #5 5s. Receipts: #171 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Sir Bashful Constant Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Performance Comment: As17721226, but Others-Mrs _Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.

5711
16 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: King Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.

5712
20 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Cast
Role: Wilding Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Performance Comment: As17730115, but Mrs Wrighten; At the beginning of Act II, a Pantomime Prologue-Weston.
Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.

5713
27 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Linco Actor: King
Role: With a Grand Procession of the different Or Actor:
Role: The Warrior's Dance Actor:
Role: other Dances Actor: proper to the Piece.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Nephew Actor: Cautherly

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

5714
28 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: King
Role: Charles Dudley Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.

5715
01 February 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Rec'd from Condell on Acct for Fruit Rent #20. Rec'd by an Overcharge in Mrs Lynn's Bill 7 Jan. last 12s., and by ditto in Messrs Benn and Pugh's Bill of 5 June last #2 14s. 6d. [Neither of these bills is recorded in the Account Books available.] Paid half year's water rate for the Theatre due Xmas, #3 (Account Book). Receipts: #218 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: King Actor: Gardner

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.

5716
05 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Shylock Actor: King
Role: Bassanio Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17720922

5717
10 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Wedding Ring defer'd. Bannister ill. Paid Mr Reddish to Mr Settree, per order #33 4s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #268 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: King Actor: Jefferson
Role: Player King Actor: Keen

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

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

5718
12 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: King
Role: Charles Dudley Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.

5719
13 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Cadwallader Actor: King

5720
15 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Last time performing Mainpiece till the Benefits. Paid Mrs Jackson for women's cloaths #9 9s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #166 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Cast
Role: Wilding Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Nephew Actor: Cautherly

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

5721
16 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Last time performing Mainpiece till Benefits. Full Prices. Paid the Lecturer of St Martin's one year #2 2s.; Mr Reddish, per Mr G. G. #6 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #161 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Malvolio Actor: King
Role: Sebastian Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.

5722
20 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Being the last time of performing both pieces till the Benefits. Mr Garrick's night. Paid salary list #522 7s. 6d.; Rec'd stopages #16 14s. (Treasurer's Book). [See 23 Feb. when the charges were returned, giving Garrick a clear benefit.] Receipts: #199 12s. Charges: #84. Profit to Garrick: #115 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Linco Actor: King
Role: With a Grand Procession of the different Or Actor:
Role: The Warrior's Dance Actor:
Role: other Dances Actor: proper to the Piece.

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.

5723
02 March 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author. Paid Miss Hopkins 6 nights this incl. #1 10s. Receipts: #187 8s. 6d. Charges: #73 10s. Profit to Hume: #113 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Cast
Role: King of Asturia Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

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

5724
06 March 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Cast
Role: King of Asturia Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

5725
08 March 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Mainpiece (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #176 13s. Charges: #73 10s. Profit for Hume: #103 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Cast
Role: King of Asturia Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Cadwallader Actor: King