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4324 results for: Keyword - Theatre Royal Norwich
We found 3360 matches on Event Comments, 728 matches on Performance Title, 475 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

476
18 February 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Performance Comment: As17891002, but Rosa-Mrs Warrell (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Dance: As17900129

477
26 June 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Captain Macheath-Waterhouse (from the Theatre Royal Crow Street, Dublin; 1st appearance on this stage); Lockit-Cubitt; Filch-R. Palmer; Mat o' th' Mint-Chapman; Ben Budge-Abbott; Peachum-Moss; Lucy-Mrs Edwards; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Webb; Diana Trapes-Mrs Powell; Polly-Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: Try Again

Dance: III: Hornpipe (in Character)-Byrn

478
20 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-Quick; Orlando-Holman; Amiens (with songs)-Johnstone; Adam-Hull; Duke Senior-Powel; Corin-Cross; William-C. Powell; Le Beu-Macready; Sylvius-Evatt; Oliver-Davies; Duke Frederick-Thompson; Charles-Cubitt; Jaques-Aickin; Caelia-Mrs Mountain; Audrey-Mrs Rock; Phoebe-Miss Stuart; Rosalind (with the Cuckoo Song)-Mrs Esten (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Dance: End I: The Irish Lilt-Mr Ratchford, Mrs Ratchford; In V: Dance of Forresters-

479
19 September 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Performance Comment: Austin-Harley; Theodore-Bloomfield (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); Fabian-Thompson; Officers-Powel, Evatt; Raymond-Farren; Adelaide-Mrs Merry; Jaqueline-Mrs Platt; Countess-Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

480
21 September 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Performance Comment: Sir Oliver Oldstock-Quick; Colonel Talbot-Aickin; Captain Crevelt-Lewis; Caleb (with a song in character)-Fawcett (from the Theatre Royal, York; 1st appearance on this stage); Mandeville-Farren; Count Pierpoint-Marshall; Wilkins-Cubitt; Johnson-Macready; Amber-Thompson; Harriet-Mrs Wells; Mrs Wilkins-Mrs Rock; Lady Oldstock-Mrs Webb; Nancy-Mrs Cross; Betty-Mrs Davenett; Charlotte-Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

481
26 December 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

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

Performance Comment: King Henry-A Gentleman [unidentified]; The Abbot-Wilkinson; Prince Henry-Rundell; Leicester-Frodsham; Salisbury-Fielding; Verulam-Savigny; Clifford-Baker; Rosamond-Miss Dalton; Ethelinda-Mrs Taylor; Queen Eleanor-Mrs Jackson (from the Theatre Royal, York).

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Sir John Brute

Entertainment: Monologue End: The Monody on the Death of Mr Henderson (3rd time at this theatre)-Baker

482
10 March 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Performance Comment: Watty Cockney-Blanchard; Capt. Sightly-Marshall; Old Cockney-Thompson; Barnacle-Cubitt; Penelope-Miss Stuart; Miss La Blonde-Miss Leserve; Priscilla Tomboy-Mrs Davis (from the Theatre Royal, Manchester; 1st appearance in London). 1st appearance in London).

483
16 August 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Bannister; Captain Belville-Davies; William-Bland; Rustic-Cooke; Irishmen-Benson, Waldron Jun.; Phoebe-Miss DeCamp; Dorcas-Mrs Powell; Rosina-Miss Copell [recte Gopell] (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); Sweet Echo-Miss Copell; accompanied on the violin-Shaw.

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Kenrick, Walker, Linton, Dorion, Dorion Jun., Miss Dall, Mrs Powell, Mrs Hatton, Mrs Masters, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Hale

484
30 August 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. 2nd piece: By Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Morning Herald, 23 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., No. 2, Frith-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Afterpiece Title: The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

485
20 September 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Lewis; Strickland-Farren; Bellamy-Davies; Jack Meggot-Bernard (1st time [i.e. appearance] these 2 [recte 3] years); Tester-Blanchard; Buckle-Thompson; Frankly-Holman; Mrs Strickland-Miss Chapman; Jacintha-Miss Hopkins (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh; 1st appearance on this stage); Lucetta-Mrs Mattocks; Milliner-Mrs Follett; Clarinda-Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

486
23 September 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Middleton (from the Theatre Royal, Dublin; 1st appearance these 5 years); Roderigo-Bernard; Cassio-Macready; Barbantio-Hull; Lodovico-Davies; Montano-Claremont; Duke-Cubitt; Gratiano-Powel; Iago-Harley; Emilia-Mrs Fawcett; Desdemona-Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Wanderers

487
09 October 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With new Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. [This was the version, altered probably by Joseph George Holman, in which he appeared in Dublin on 29 July 1794, on which occasion the playbill reads, "Dressed in the Habits of the Times, and with other Alterations, adopted in its Representations 19 [recte 11] Nights last Winter, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden." It further states that the part of Ophelia would be performed "without the Airs, and with a considerable Restoration of the Text." No record of what these alterations consisted of has come to light. In III.iv Hamlet's father was represented by a life-sized portrait that hung over the chimney, and the Queen wore a large miniature of Claudius on her arm as a bracelet (London Chronicle, 10 Oct.). The words of the Dirge are printed in European Magazine, Nov. 1793, p. 393; they are stanza X of Shakespeare's Passionate Pilgrim. Miss Poole had appeared as a singer at king's and at Vauxhall in 1787 and at the cg oratories in 1791.] Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years [and in place of The Prisoner at Large, advertised on playbill of 8 Oct.]. Receipts: #332 4s. (330.3; 2.1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Song: In V: a Dirge set to music by Shield, the words from Shakespeare; Vocal Parts-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Clendining, Miss Hopkins, Miss Stuart, Miss Barnett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Masters, Miss Paye, Mrs Blurton, Mrs Castelle, Miss Leserve, Williamson, Linton, Street, Gray

488
21 January 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Young Meadows-Dignum; Hawthorn-Bannister; Sir William Meadows-Aiclcin; Hodge-Wewitzer; Eustace-Caulfield; Justice Woodcock-Suett//Lucinda-Mrs Follett (of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden); Margery-Mrs Bland; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Hopkins; Rosetta-Miss Leak (1st appearance on any stage) .

Afterpiece Title: HARLEQUIN PEASANT

489
25 February 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Iiid

Performance Comment: As17931223, but Richard-Pindar (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); Sir James Tyrrel-Waldron Jun.; Lord Mayor-Burton .

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

490
25 April 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Permssion of the Manager of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. The Overture and Music by Dr Arnold. Powell: Children in the Wood rehearsed at 10 (Bannister, Dignum, Mrs Powell, Mrs Bland absent); No Song No Supper at 11 (for Starace, Kelly, Leak, Dignum, Sedgwick); Distressed Mother at 12. Receipts: #385 7s. (310/1/6; 64/10/6; 10/15/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Song: In Act V of mainpiece a song by Mrs Bland

491
23 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mountain. 1st piece: By Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Morning Herald, 21 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mountain at Mr Greak's, No. 3 3 , Tavistock-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #274 3s. (109/7/6; 9/19/6; tickets: 154/16/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Afterpiece Title: LOVERS' QUARRELS

Afterpiece Title: THE IRISHMAN IN LONDON

Dance: In Act I of 1st piece a Highland Reel by Byrn, Mlle St. Amand, Mme Rossi

Song: End of Act II of 2nd piece (for that night only) a Selection of the most Favorite Catches and Glees from Harrison and Knyvett's Vocal Concert. What shall he have that killed the Deer by Incledon, Townsend, Richardson, Linton and Chorus Q. S. Smith). Ye spotted snakes by Mrs Clendining, Mrs Mountain, Townsend, Linton, Incledon (Stevens). The New Mariners by Incledon, Townsend, Linton and Chorus (Calicott). Where the bee sucks by Mrs Clendining, Mrs Mountain, Townsend, Linton (harmonized by Jackson). Water parted from the Sea by Incledon (Dr Arne). In 3rd piece a Planxty, descriptive of Ireland, by Johnstone, in character

492
06 September 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: THE PRIZE; or, 2, 5, 3, 8

493
07 October 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Holman; Cymbeline-Richardson; Cloten-Bernard; Bellario-Farren; Arviragus-Middleton; Guiderius-Macready; Pisanio-Harley; Caius Lucius-Davies; Lords-Claremont, Davenport; Phillario-Powel; Frenchman-Farley; Iachimo-Pope; Queen-Mrs Fawcett; Helen-Miss Leserve; Imogen-Miss Wallis (from the Theatre Royal Bath).

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Song: II: Hark! Hark! the Lark-Townsend, Linton, Gray, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Clendining, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Henley, Miss Poole

494
08 April 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Telegraph

Afterpiece Title: The Comedy of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Jobson (for that night only)-Hughes (Manager of the Theatre Royal, Weymouth); Sir John Loverule (with Old Towler)-Incledon (1st appearance in that character); Butler-Townsend; Coachman-Rock; Cook-Rees; Lady Loverule-Mrs Fawcett; Lucy-Miss Stuart; Lettice-Miss Leserve; Nell-Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance in that character).

Song: III 2nd piece: song in character-Mrs Clendining

495
04 May 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jordan. 2nd piece: Not acted these 20 years [not acted since 20 Dec. 1773]. 3rd piece: By permission of the proprietor of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Morning Chronicle, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Jordan, No. 14, Somerset-street, Portman-square. Receipts: #667 3s. (344.8.0; 22.7.6; 21.8.6; tickets: 278.19.0) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: In: will introduce the favourite song In the dead of the night-Mrs Jordan in The Wedding Day; End 2nd piece: a favourite song-Miss Leak; accompanied on the harp-Meyer? Jun

496
06 June 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: Thomas-Munden (1st appearance in that character); Nephew-Macready; Whittle-Powel; Sir Patrick O'Neal-Rock; Bates-Davenport; Servants-Abbot, Blurton, Simmons; Kecksey-Bernard; Widow Brady (for that night only; with Garrick's original Epilogue Song)-Mrs Greville (late of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane).

Afterpiece Title: A Masque, In Honor of the Nuptials of His Royal Highness [the Prince of Wales with Caroline Princess of Brunswick on 8 April 1795]

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Dance: In 3rd piece: a Grand Dance-Byrn, Holland, Mlle St.Amand, Mme Rossi

Song: End I 2nd piece: The Richmond Primrose Girl (Music by Spofforth-Poetry by William Pearce, Esq.) sung in character-Mrs Clendining

497
10 August 1795 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. 3rd piece: By permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Morning Chronicle, 6 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., No. 2, Frith-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mountaineers

Afterpiece Title: New Hay at the Old Market

Afterpiece Title: The Prize; or, 2

498
21 September 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Toms (from the Theatre Royal, Weymouth; 1st [recte 2nd] appearance on this stage); Capulet-Powel; Benvolio-Macready; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Prince-Richardson; Tibalt-Haymes; Paris-Claremont; Balthazar-Williamson; Montague-Davenport; Peter-Farley; Friar John-Thompson; Apothecary-Rees; Mercutio-Lewis; Lady Capulet-Miss Morris; Nurse-Mrs Davenport; Juliet-Miss Wallis.

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Dance: In I: a Grand Masquerade-; the Minuet de la Cour and Allemande-Byrn, Mlle St.Amand; afterpiece to conclude with: Dance-

Song: End IV: the Funeral Procession of Juliet to the Monument of the Capulets, in which a favorite Elegy-; (composed by Dr Arne) Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Incledon, Bowden, Townsend, Haymes, Linton, Williamson, Blurton, Street, Abbot, Holland, Rees, Lee, Little, Sawyer, Tett, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Clendining, Miss Stuart, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Follett, Mrs Castelle, Miss Kirton, Mrs Masters, Miss Ives, Mrs Blurton, Mrs Norton, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Miss Walcup, Mrs Martyr

499
15 October 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: For the first time here (by permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Hay Market). Receipts: #291 11s. (216.19.6; 74.0.6; 0.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

500
16 November 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [For the naming of the characters in mainpiece, as they were called originally, see 23 Feb. 1792.] Afterpiece: By permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Hay Market. Receipts: #272 17s. (181.9.6; 87.9.6; 3.18.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber