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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.

8451
21 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Matthew Actor: Cushing

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

8452
25 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

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

8453
25 March 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Egypt

Cast
Role: Pharaoh King of Egypt Actor:

Music: As17740218

8454
02 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Cast
Role: Bellmour Actor: Palmer, first time for all three in these parts
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs King

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Cast
Role: to conclude with the Scene of the Waterfall Actor: as originally performed.

Dance: II: The Savage Hunters, as17751020

8455
13 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs King

8456
14 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece. By Particular Desire. Paid half years Land and Window tax, #3 3s. 6d. Licensing Little Gipsey, City Manners, New Epilogue to Maid of the Oaks and Sultan #7 7s. Receipts: #198 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs King

8457
21 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Mr Garrick's note to Dr Arne #50 (Treasurer's Book). [This was an unrecorded benefit night for Bickerstaff as author of the afterpiece. See payment on 27 Feb. 1776.] Receipts: #129 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs King

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

8458
22 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Performance Comment: As17760120, but advertised with an Address to the Ladies-Sir Anthony Branville.
Cast
Role: advertised with an Address to the Ladies Actor: Sir Anthony Branville.
Role: Mrs Knightly Actor: Mrs King

Afterpiece Title: May Day

8459
07 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Both Pieces By Command of their Majesties. Receipts: #209 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Cast
Role: advertised with an Address to the Ladies Actor: Sir Anthony Branville.
Role: Mrs Knightly Actor: Mrs King

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Dance: As17760126

8460
19 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs King

8461
27 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Paid 2 extra Flutes 15th Inst. 10s.; Paid author of the Sultan's benefit balance 21 Dec. last #60 7s. 6d.; Mr Hopkins bill for Licensing to the 26th inst. #8 8s. (Treasurer's Book). [N.B. Bickerstaff the author was living in exile presumably in St Malo, France. Garrick knew his address from a letter 24 June 1772. Whether the funds were forwarded to him, no record seems to exist. Presumably they were.] Receipts: #218 15s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Dance: The Dance of The Savage Hunters, as17760210(playbill); the Public Advertiser lists The Grand Garland Dance-Slingsby, Como, Sga Crespi, Sga Paccini

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs King

8462
04 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs King

8463
16 December 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The School for Scandal [announced on playbill of 15 Dec.] is unavoidably deferred till To-morrow. Receipts: #96 12s. 6d. (63.11.0; 32.16.0; 0.5.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: The other Characters Actor: Baddeley, Moody, Parsons, Burton, Hurst, R. Palmer, Waldron, Lamash, Chambers, Holcroft, Chaplin, Carpenter, Griffiths, Norris, Wrighten, Wright, Legg, Master Pulley, Mrs Colles, Miss Collett, Mrs Davies. With an Additional Reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Raised Troops
Role: hobby Actor: horses and other novelties'
Role: 1st King of Brentford Actor: Waldron
Role: Parthenope Actor: Miss Collett
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Farren, Lamash
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Robinson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

8464
24 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: The King Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: Sotherton Actor: Norris

8465
02 June 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: The King Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

8466
21 February 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: The King Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

8467
17 April 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Who's the Dupe?, announced on playbill of 16 Apr.] Receipts: #250 14s. (217/17/0; 30/9/6; 2/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: The King Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

8468
14 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Macready, Helme
Role: Bacchanals Actor: Darley, King, Cubitt, Gaudry, Kenrick, Blurton, Davies
Role: The Spirit Actor: Leoni
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Wells
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Song: As17870331

8469
22 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: The King Actor: Whitfield

8470
26 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #264 12s. 6d. (248.8.0; 15.3.0; 1.1.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Regent

Related Works
Related Work: The Regent Author(s): Bertie Greatheed

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: The King Actor: Whitfield

8471
04 June 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Ballet: The Wapping Landlady. As17880401

Cast
Role: Wapping Landlady Actor: Mr King

8472
24 March 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection From The Works Of handel 0

Cast
Role: That were Performed at the Pantheon and Actor: Abbey

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Cast
Role: Sin not O King against the youth Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: Bless the true Church and save the King Actor: Gore, Chorus Athalia
Role: The virgins too Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Bring the laurels bring the bays Actor: Chorus of Virgins
Role: May every Hero fall like thee Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Bring the laurels bring the bays Actor: Full Chorus
Role: The Prince unable to conceal his pain Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Welcome welcome mighty King Actor: Chorus
Role: See the conquering Hero comes Actor: Chorus
Role: See the godlike youth advance Actor: Sga Storace, Miss Romanzini, Chorus
Role: Concerto on the violin Actor: Weichsel
Role: accompanied on the violoncello Actor: Mason
Role: The list'ning crowd Actor: Chorus
Role: I'll proclaim the wondrous story Actor: Miss Romanzini, Cizo

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: As17900317but Che faro[Orfeo ed Euridice, by Gluck]-Sga Storace; The Prince unable to conceal his pain-_; Concerto on the violin-Master Bridgtower.
Cast
Role: Concerto on the violin Actor: Master Bridgtower.
Role: Sin not O King against the youth Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: Bless the true Church and save the King Actor: Gore, Chorus Athalia
Role: The virgins too Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Bring the laurels bring the bays Actor: Chorus of Virgins
Role: May every Hero fall like thee Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Bring the laurels bring the bays Actor: Full Chorus
Role: The Prince unable to conceal his pain Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Welcome welcome mighty King Actor: Chorus
Role: See the conquering Hero comes Actor: Chorus
Role: See the godlike youth advance Actor: Sga Storace, Miss Romanzini, Chorus
Role: accompanied on the violoncello Actor: Mason
Role: The list'ning crowd Actor: Chorus
Role: I'll proclaim the wondrous story Actor: Miss Romanzini, Cizo

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Performance Comment: As17900317but Concerto bassoon-Parkinson; Grand Concerto-_; Come unto Him all ye that labour-Miss Hagley; With plaintive notes-Miss Romanzini; There were shepherds-Miss Romanzini; And the Angel said unto them-Miss Hagley [The Messiah]; Glory to God-Chorus [Joshua].Joshua].
Cast
Role: There were shepherds Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: And the Angel said unto them Actor: Miss Hagley
Role: Sin not O King against the youth Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: Bless the true Church and save the King Actor: Gore, Chorus Athalia
Role: The virgins too Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Bring the laurels bring the bays Actor: Chorus of Virgins
Role: May every Hero fall like thee Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Bring the laurels bring the bays Actor: Full Chorus
Role: The Prince unable to conceal his pain Actor: Sga Storace
Role: Welcome welcome mighty King Actor: Chorus
Role: See the conquering Hero comes Actor: Chorus
Role: See the godlike youth advance Actor: Sga Storace, Miss Romanzini, Chorus
Role: Concerto on the violin Actor: Weichsel
Role: accompanied on the violoncello Actor: Mason
Role: The list'ning crowd Actor: Chorus
Role: I'll proclaim the wondrous story Actor: Miss Romanzini, Cizo

8473
05 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 2nd piece: Not acted these 7 years [acted 17 Sept. 1784]. Receipts: #134 8s. 6d. (131.17.0; 2.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Byrne, Boyce, Cubitt, Farley, Follett, Cranfield, Cross, Milburne, Thompson, Rock, Rayner, Evatt, Ledger, Lee, Letteney, Ratchford, Blurton, Platt, King, Jackson, Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Rowson, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Francis.

8474
06 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Byrne, Boyce, Cubitt, Farley, Follett, Cranfield, Cross, Milburne, Thompson, Rock, Rayner, Evatt, Ledger, Lee, Letteney, Ratchford, Blurton, Platt, King, Jackson, Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Rowson, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Francis.

Song: In: Johnstone, Incledon, Marshall, Rock, Blurton, Letteney, Lee, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Warrell, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Powell, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, Mrs Lefevre, Mrs Cross, Mrs Gray, Mrs Masters, Mrs Martyr

8475
08 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Byrne, Boyce, Cubitt, Farley, Follett, Cranfield, Cross, Milburne, Thompson, Rock, Rayner, Evatt, Ledger, Lee, Letteney, Ratchford, Blurton, Platt, King, Jackson, Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Rowson, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Francis.