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1051 results for: Keyword - Theobald
We found 1022 matches on Author, 24 matches on Event Comments, 15 matches on Roles/Actors, 6 matches on Performance Comments, and 2 matches on Performance Title.

1026
21 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1027
16 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: III: A Comic Dance-Mr Hamois, Miss Hamois, as17701010

1028
18 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1029
19 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Perfidious Brother Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1030
20 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1031
22 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1032
29 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1033
05 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1034
09 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1035
20 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17701017

1036
28 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Perfidious Brother Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1037
08 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: II: New Pantomime Dance, as17701129

1038
13 December 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written Originally by Shakespear. [By Lewis Theobald.] Theophilus Cibber: [Booth's] Illness...returned soon after his playing King Henry VIII. He was then studying the Part of Julio in the Double Falsehood; he rehearsed it several times,-when the Play begin ready for acting, he was prevented appearing in it, by a Relapse into his former Indisposition.-The Part was supplied a few Nights by Mr Charles Williams (a promising Player, who died young) to whom Mr Booth had given the Part to study, as doubting the Certainty of his being able to appear in it himself: But, at Mr Theobald's Entreaty (backed by many Gentlemen and Ladies) he good-naturedly (but fatally) disregarded his Indisposition, which was then an intermitting Fever, and acted that Part from the fifth to the twelfth Night; which was alas! the last time of his Appearance on tle Stage.-Lives and Characters, pp. 82-83

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1039
28 February 1719 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 'tis Well If It Takes

Performance Comment: Edition of 1719 lists: Loveless-Leigh; Oldish-Bullock Sr; Charles-Ryan; Prate-Spiller; Careful-Quin; Easy-Pack; Boy-Billy Bullock; Corinna-Mrs Bullock; Alicia-Mrs Moreau; Wishit-Mrs Knight; Isabella-Miss Willis; Beatrice-Mrs Spiller; Lucy-Mrs Giffard; Betty-Mrs Robertson; Prologue-Ryan; Epilogue-C. Bullock in the character of Harlequin ; Song written by Theobald and set to music by Babel-Pack in III.

1040
21 November 1719 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Original Weekly Journal, 21 Nov., announces forthcoming plays: On 26 Nov. Leigh's The Pretenders and on 10 Dec. Theobald's Richard II, Alter'd and Improv'd from Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle

Dance:

1041
21 January 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Lewis Theobald.] The Cloaths, Scenes, Machines, Flyings, and otehr Decorations, Being entirely new. N.B. Tis desir'd that no Persons will take it ill, that they are refus'd Admittance behind the Scenes, it being impossible to perform the necessary Decorations, unless the Passages are kept entirely clear. Receipts: #174 8s. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 23 Jan.: In which was shewn the boldest Piece of Machinery that ever yet was seen upon the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer; With The Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin a Sorcerer: With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1042
13 February 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [Written by Lewis Theobald. Set to Music by Galliard.] The Entertainment being entirely new Dress'd: With New Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s. Receipts: #216 12s. Probable attendance: boxes, 269 paid; stage, 1 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 274 paid and 4 orders; slips, 54 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 456 paid; second gallery, 195 paid. Mist's, 18 Feb.: It is of the Nature of Pantomimes, partly grotesque, and partly vocal, but far exceeds all ever yet shewn, in the Magnificence and Beauty of the Scenes, the Number and Richness of the Habits, as well as the Fable, which is purely poetical, as the Italian Operas ought to be. [See also London Journal, 18 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1043
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

1044
26 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: LLondon Daily Post and General Advertiser, 26 Sept.: We hear, that Mr Theobald has given the last Hand to his Tragedy, called, The Death of Hannibal, attempted in Imitation of Shakespear's Manner, and that it is designed to appear on the Stage this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress; or The Ridotto Al' Fresco

Dance: As17390920

1045
13 December 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Written Originally by Shakespear, and revised and adapted to the Stage by Mr Theobald. Receipts: #129 19s. 6d. (Account Book); #130 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: MMars and Venus-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

1046
16 April 1741 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A New English Opera. [By Lewis Theobald.] Set to Musick by Mr Galliard. Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 3s. We are oblig'd to being exactly at Six, some of the Performers being afterwards wanted at the other Theatres

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Happy Captive; With An Interlude In Two Comic Scenes, Between signor Capoccio, A Director From The canary Islands, And signora Dorinna, A Virtuosa

Related Works
Related Work: The Happy Captive Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Temple of Dulness; with the Humours of Sg Capochio and Sga Dorinna Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1047
15 May 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, and the Lady Augusta. Benefit the last Editor of Shakespear. Written Originally by Shakespear. Revised and adapted to the Stage by Mrs Theobald, with the last new Prologue and the Original Epilogue. Receipts: #100. Rylands MS.: Prince up, but did not come

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood

Opera: End II and IV: of the Play will be performed an Interlude in two Comick Scenes in Musick. betwixt Signor Capoccio, a Director from the Canary Islands, and Signora Dorinna, a Virtuosa; Capoccio-Waltz; Dorinna-Miss Hillier

Dance: I: Muzette, Tambourine-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; III: Les Niaise-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

1048
17 January 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. The Musick for the Afterpiece compos'd by Mr Arne. With a New Overture founded on some favourite Irish tunes. Nothing Under Full Prices will be taken during the Performance.--General Advertiser. [See Poem by S. G. To Mrs Sybilla, on her Acting the Goddess of Dullness and persuading her to attempt Melantha in Dryden's Marriage Alamode in Gentlemen's Magazine, Feb. 1745, p. 98. Authorship of afterpiece unknown; possible a revision of Theobald's The Happy Captive. See 16 April 1741 hay.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Temple of Dulness; With Humours of Sg Capochio and Sga Dorinna

Related Works
Related Work: The Temple of Dulness; with the Humours of Sg Capochio and Sga Dorinna Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1049
24 April 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Gibson. Mainpiece: Not acted these 25 years. Written originally by Shakespeare, and reviv'd and adapted to the stage by Mr Theobald. Charges #66 5s. [Profit to Gibson #37 18s. 6d. plus #30 15s. from Tickets (Box 79; Pit 74).] Paid one year's Rector's Rate for the Theatre #8 6s. 8d., and for House in Bow Passage, due at Lady Day 8s. 4d. (Account Book). [Neville attended, noted the information contained in the playbill, but could not hear well from his 2s. seat in the Gallery.] Receipts: #104 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Falsehood; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: III: The Sicilian Peasants, as17670411

1050
11 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Dorman. Mainpiece: Acted but once these forty years. Written by Shakespeare and Revis'd by Theobald

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Falsehood

Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17690926. *uß dl End: By Particular Desire, and for that night only: Three Old Women Weatherwise. Cramp-Hartry; Twitch-Mrs Bradshaw; Rheum-Mrs Dorman