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6519 results for: Keyword - Thomas? Farmer
We found 5448 matches on Author, 767 matches on Performance Comments, 404 matches on Event Comments, 259 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

101
26 May 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Farce. Mainpiece: The Sixtieth Day. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of Bacchus one Day Gaily Striding: When Fanny, Blooming Fair [Thomas Phillips.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Captains; or, The Impostor Unmask'd

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Captains; or, The Impostor Unmask'd Author(s): Thomas Phillips

102
26 July 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Acted but Once these Twenty Years. [As lif acted on Tuesdays and Fridays, possibly these plays were given earlier on 22 June.] By a Company of Comedians, acting under Letters-Patent. Mainpiece: Written by Thomas Shadwell, Esq; Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain

Related Works
Related Work: The Woman Captain; or, A Usurer Turned Soldier Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Woman Captain Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Prodigal; or, Recruits for the Queen of Hungary Author(s): Thomas ShadwellThomas Odell

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: TThe Ladies' Lamentation, as17370414 A Dialogue set by Henry Purcell-the Masters Hamilton

Dance: JJe ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates

103
31 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As 10 Dec. 1740. [For a discussion of recent Shakespearean performances, see Thomas Edwards to Richard Owen Cambridge, 31 January 1740@41 in Bodleian MS. 1009, pp. 140-41.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: LLes Masons & Les Sabotiers-Fausan, Signora Fausan; Les Matelotes-Fausan, Signora Fausan

104
19 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: never acted [a tragedy by Thomas Cooke]. Macklin's Reply to Garrick published

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love The Cause And Cure Of Grief; Or, The Innocent Murderer

Related Works
Related Work: Love the Cause and Cure of Grief; or, The Innocent Murderer Author(s): Thomas Cooke

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

105
11 October 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Prices 5s., 3s., 2s. Never acted before, a new Comedy. [By Thomas Odell. From Shadwell's The Woman Captain (preface to 1st ed.).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prodigal; Or, Recruits For The Queen Of Hungary

Related Works
Related Work: The Prodigal; or, Recruits for the Queen of Hungary Author(s): Thomas ShadwellThomas Odell
Related Work: The Woman Captain; or, A Usurer Turned Soldier Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

106
25 August 1746 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: YYeates senior and Bennet's Booth, facing the Hospital Gate, West Smithfield. Wrote by Thomas Sheridan, The Player. Noon to 10 p.m. [Notice repeated 26, 27 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Captain O'blunder; Or, The Brave Irishman

Related Works
Related Work: Captain O'Blunder; or, The Brave Irishman Author(s): Thomas Sheridan

Dance: JJockey Dance-Adams; Hornpipe-Banberry

Entertainment: A Machine showing the capture of Cape Breton-

107
08 March 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Giffard and Mrs Giffard. Mainpiece [by Thomas Baker]: Not acted these 15 years. [See 11 July 1738.] At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Afterpiece: A Farce of Two Acts never performed before, taken from a Comedy of the Celebrated Mr Otway. Tickets to be had of Giffard at No. 11 in Craven's Buildings, Drury Lane, and at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks; Or, The Yeoman Of Kent

Related Works
Related Work: Tunbridge-Walks: or, The Yeoman of Kent Author(s): Thomas Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone of Invention; or, The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: The Soldiers' Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway

Song: III: O Beauteous Queen Enclose those eyes, Come Ever Smiling Liberty-Mrs Storer; V: the 4th Cantata of Mr Stanly (in the character of Anacreon)-Beard

108
14 March 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sowdon. Ladies send servant by three. Tickets at Will's Coffee House in Cornhill; at Mr Thomas Sowdon's in Blackman St., Southwark, and of Hobson at the stage door. Receipts: #230 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

109
10 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sowdon. No building on the stage on account of the Coronation. [With] The Death of the Duke of Buckinghamv; the Tryal and Divorce of Queen Catherinev; The Death of Cardinal Wolseyv; the Christening of Princess Elizabethv; and many other historical passages. Tickets to be had of Sowdon, next door to the Black Lyon, in Little Russel-St., Covent Garden; at Will's Coffee House in Cornhill; at Mr Thomas Sowdon's in Blackman St., Southwark, and at the stage door. Mainpiece: Not acted in 6 years [see 1 Jan. 1746]. Receipts: #230 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, The Third Part: With the Marriage of Mary the Buxome Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Squire Badger Author(s): Thomas Arne

110
11 May 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Performance Comment: [See17550509, but without Miss Thomas.] With a Prologue-Garrick [in the character of a Sailor; Epilogue-[suitable to the Occasion, to be spoken at the head of a Number of Boys clothed in Sailors Habits given them by the Society.suitable to the Occasion, to be spoken at the head of a Number of Boys clothed in Sailors Habits given them by the Society.
Related Works
Related Work: Britannia Author(s): Thomas Lediard
Related Work: Britannia Author(s): Thomas Arne

111
06 March 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #103 18s. [The following Renters came in at 1 share each: Antony Henry Bousing, Mrs Antony Henry Bousing, Robert Jennings Esq, Thomas Repley (Account Book).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess

Related Works
Related Work: The Prophetess; or, The History of Dioclesian Author(s): Thomas Betterton

112
21 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Scrase, Mozeen, Ackman, Harrison. Afterpiece: A new farce written by Mr Mozeen (Indiff) (Cross). Ellis Ackman, Henry Scrase, Harrison, Thomas Mozeen advertised the above new piece for their benefit performance being founded on fact (Winston MS 8). Receipts: #170 Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Heiress; or, The Antigallican

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress; or, the Antigallican Author(s): Thomas Mozeen
Related Work: The Richmond Heiress; or, A Woman Once in the Right Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Stolen Heiress or the Salamanca Doctor Outplotted Author(s): Thomas May

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Harrison, a Young Gentleman Harrison's Scholar; End: A Minuet-Two of Harrison's Scholars

113
26 April 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Afterpiece: Translated (with alterations) from Detouches. Never perform'd before. Translation by Thomas Hull (Biographia Dramatica)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: All in the Right

Related Works
Related Work: The Richmond Heiress; or, A Woman Once in the Right Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: All in the Right Author(s): Thomas Hull
Related Work: The Lord Mayor's Show: Being a Description of the Solemnity at the Inauguration of the truly Loyal and Right Honourable Sir William Prichard, Kt. Author(s): Thomas Jordan

Entertainment: II: The Cries of London-Shuter

Dance: IV: The Venetian Gardeners, as17650925; End: Rural Love, as17651115

114
06 February 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Sixth Day. For the Author. Charges #85 5s. Balance due to author #41 14s. (Account Book). [This balance was paid to Thomas Hull on 9 Feb.] Receipts: #126 19s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perplexities

Related Works
Related Work: The Perplexities Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Favour Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: End: The Gallant Peasants, as17670113

115
16 September 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission. Benefit for Thomas Barry. Neville MS Diary: Mr Barry having obtained permission to play 3 nights after the time at which Foote by his patent is obliged to shut his house

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End: The Fingalian-Miss Froment; End I Farce: Hornpipe-Miss Froment

116
12 April 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Reddish. Mainpiece: By Desire. Farce (adapted by Thomas Ryder from Vanbrugh's Mistake) never acted there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Related Works
Related Work: Like Master Like Man Author(s): Thomas Ryder

Dance: End: The Wake, as17680220

117
28 November 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from [Thomas] Southern's Oroonoko

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Slave

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Goldsmiths Jubilee; or, London's Triumph: Containing, A Description of the several Pageants: On which are Represented, Emblematical Figures, Artful Pieces of Architecture, and Rural Dancing: with the Speeches Spoken on each Pageant. Author(s): Thomas Jordan

118
01 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Mainpiece [a tragedy by Thomas Hull, based upon the version by William Hawkins, 1749, suggested by William Shenstone, and instigated by the presence of Mrs Hartley among the actresses at cg]: Never acted before. Characters to be dressed in the Habits of the Times (playbill). Charges #64 5s. Profit to Hull #50 13s. 6d., plus #75 6s. from Tickets (Box 165; Pit 171; Gallery 84) (Account Book). Receipts: #114 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Related Works
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: After the Epilogue: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

119
09 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Smith. The Farce was much hiss'd (Hopkins Diary). The overture and Songs in it entirely new, composed by Theodore Smith. The farce by Thomas Hull. Paid 1!2 years Poor's rate to Xmas last #32 9s. 6d. Receipts: #98 6s. Charges: #70 6s. Profits to Mrs Smith: #28 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Lady Author(s): Thomas Hull

120
12 June 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Afterpiece: A Comedy of two Acts never performed. Dr Thomas Francklin. [According to the Biographia Dramatica, "This is a poor performance, founded on Destouches' L'Amour Use, and met with no success; being nearly condemned, nothwithstanding the King and Royal family were present. Foote told his friends, that, when he lighted the King, to his chair, his Majesty asked who the piece was written by: 'It was written (says the wicked Wit) by one of your Majesty's Chaplains; but it is dull enough to have been written by a Bishop.)'"]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Afterpiece Title: The Contract

Related Works
Related Work: The Contract Author(s): Thomas Francklin

Dance: A Tambourine Dance-

121
21 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Thomas Vaughan, based on Il Servitor di due Padroni, by Carlo Goldoni. Prologue by the author (Town and Country Magazine, Dec. 1776, p. 663)]: With New Dresses. Public Advertiser, 2 Dec. 1776: This Day at Noon is published The Hotel (1s.). Receipts: #182 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel; or, The Double Valet

Related Works
Related Work: The Hotel; or, The Double Valet Author(s): Thomas Vaughan

122
18 November 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Thomas Hull, altered from The School for Guardians by Arthur Murphy. Not in Larpent MS; synopsis of plot in Public Advertiser 19 Nov.]: With New Dresses, &c. The Music chiefly compiled; the rest composed by Dr Arne, Sacchini and Fisher. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 18 Nov. 1777: This Day is published the Airs in Love Finds the Way (6d.). [Miss Courtenay is identified in the Airs.] Receipts: #233 8s. 6d. (232.5.0; 1.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Related Works
Related Work: Love Finds the Way Author(s): Thomas HullThomas Murphy

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End II: The Minuet de la Cour, as17771111; End: The Enchantress, as17771104

123
23 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Barry. Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, as altered by Thomas Hull]. Translated from [Iphigenie en aulide, by] Racine by Boyer. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Ladies are desired to send their Servants by Four o'Clock. Public Advertiser, 18 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Barry, No. 26, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #273 19s. 6d. (157.18.6; tickets: 116.1.0) (charge: #70 17s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Iphigenia; Or, The Victim

Related Works
Related Work: Iphigenia; or, The Victim Author(s): Thomas Hull
Related Work: Albert and Adelaide; or, The Victim of Constancy Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: As17771222

Song: V: will be introduced a Sacrifice-;, with new Music by Fisher-; the vocal parts and chorus-Miss Brown, others

124
01 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Miss Hopkins'. Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2 (?), by Thomas Holcroft. Not in Larpent MS; not published]: The Music [by William Shield (European Magazine, Jan. 1782, p.59)] entirely new. Public Advertiser, 15 Apr. Tickets to be had of the Miss Hopkins', No. 7, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #129 8s. 6d. (61.15.0; 24.5.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 43.7.0) (charge: #66 11s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Crisis; or, Love and Fear

Related Works
Related Work: The Crisis; or, Love and Fear Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Dance: As17780109

125
25 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece (1st time; BURL I, by Thomas Willet. For music see 31 July]: Books of the Burletta to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 1 July 1778: This Day is published Buxom Joan (6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: Buxom Joan

Related Works
Related Work: Buxom Joan Author(s): Thomas Willet