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16506 results for: Keyword - Thomas and John Baston
We found 14171 matches on Author, 2277 matches on Performance Comments, 1448 matches on Event Comments, 424 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

16226
07 May 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: G. Berkeley to Sir John Percival: Mr Addison's play has taken wonderfully, they have acted it now almost a month, and would I belive act it a month longer were it not that Mrs Oldfield cannot hold out any longer, having had for several nights past, as I am informed, a midwife behind the scenes (Rand, p. 115)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

16227
18 December 1714 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [Opening night, under the management of John Rich.] By the Company of Comedians under Letters Patents granted by King Charles the Second. Beginning exactly at Six. No Persons are to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #143. Weekly Packet, 18 Dec.: This Day the New Play-House...is to be open'd...by the Company that act under the Patent; tho' it is said, that some of the Gentlemen who have left the Theatre in Drury-Lane for that Service, are order'd to return to their Colours, upon Pain of not exercising their Lungs anywhere; which may in Time prove of ill Service to the Patentee; that has been at vast Expence to make his Theatre as convenient for the Reception of an Audience as any one can possibly be

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

16228
19 March 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Leigh. Receipts: #103 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Dance: As17150314

Song: As17150310

16229
09 February 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John and Chr. Rich. At 6 p.m. Notice concerning scenes and machines essentially as 3 Dec. 1715. Receipts: money #35 10s. and tickets #45 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Vision

16230
06 December 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts. #71 9s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Related Works
Related Work: The Loves of Mars and Venus Author(s): John Weaver

Dance: Dupre, Moreau, Boval, Thurmond Jr, Tully, Cook Sr, Newhouse, Pelling, Cook Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Mlle Gautier, Mlle Corail, Miss Smith, Miss Schoolding Jr; particularly Dupre's Harlequin-Dupre, Mlle Gautier; and a new French Peasant-Moreau, Mrs Bullock

16231
06 March 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By John Weaver.] A new Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing after the Manner of the Ancient Pantomimes. With proper Scenes and Habits. Mainpiece: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

16232
26 March 1719 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: See a letter from John Dennis to Sir Richard Steele for comments upon dl, Dennis' Coriolanus, All for Love, Caesar Borgia, The Masquerade in Dennis, II, 162-65

Performances

16233
02 April 1719 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Knight. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Dance: As17190209

16234
06 July 1719 @ Richmond

Event Comment: Chetwood, A General History of the Stage, p. 198: Yet a blind Man might have borne with Norris in the Roman Patriot , for he spoke it with all the Solemnity of a suffering Hero; while Penkethman, and the rest of the motley Tribe, made it as ridiculous by Humour and Action: And yet some of the first Rank in the Kingdom seemed highly diverted whilst others invoked the...dead Roman and Briton to rise, and avenge their own Cause. Lady Bristol in. Letter Books of John Hervey, II, 74-75: I had no patience to see [Addison's] play burlesqued as it was last night for the entertainment of their Royal Highnesses...their Audience was much too good for them, for there was a great many people of quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato Burlesqued

16235
11 November 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By John Dennis.] Never Acted before. [See the Dedication of the 1720 edition for Dennis' grievances in the presentation of his play. The receipts this night, he states, were: near a hundred Pound.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Invader Of His Country; Or, The Fatal Resentment

Performance Comment: Edition of 1720 lists: Caius Martius Coriolanus-Booth; Ausidius-Mills; Menenius-Corey; Cominius-Thurmond; Sicinius-W. Wilks; Brutus-Walker; 1st Citizen-Bickerstaff; 2d Citizen-Penkethman; 3d Citizen-Johnson; 4th Citizen-Miller; 1st Citizen of Sempronius Party-Norris; 2d Citizen of Sempronius Party-Cross; 1st Servant-Penkethman; 2d Servant-Norris; 3d Servant-Miller; Volumnia-Mrs Porter; Virgilia-Mrs Thurmond; Prologue-Mills; Epilogue written by Cibber-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: 3d Citizen Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Invader of His Country: or, The Fatal Resentment Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: Coriolanus; or, The Roman Matron Author(s): John Philip Kemble

16236
05 September 1720 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At John Leigh-Hall Great Theatrical Booth, which was formerly Mr Penkethman's. Mainpiece: A Dramatick Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History Of The Famous Fryer Bacon; With The Comical Humours Of Justice Want-brains, Hopper The Miller, And His Son Ralph

Song: Mrs Boman

Dance: Italian Shadows-

16237
30 March 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich, Author of the Afterpiece. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #113 6s. 6d.; tickets #10 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

Related Works
Related Work: The Magician; or, Harlequin a Director Author(s): John Rich

16238
12 April 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #34 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

Related Works
Related Work: The Magician; or, Harlequin a Director Author(s): John Rich

16239
13 April 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By John Mottley.] A new Tragedy. Receipts: #11 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antiochus

Performance Comment: Edition of 1721 lists: Seleucus-Quin; Antiochus-Ryan; Arsaces-Egleton; Nicanor-Boheme; Cleartes-Diggs; Stratonice-Mrs Seymour; Semandra-Mrs Spiller; Imene-Mrs Gulick; Prologue-; Epilogue-Mrs Seymour, Quin, Egleton.
Cast
Role: Semandra Actor: Mrs Spiller
Related Works
Related Work: Antiochus Author(s): John Mottley

16240
22 April 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Spiller. Afterpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #29 1s.; tickets #38 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

Dance:

16241
09 November 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Coupler Actor: Johnson
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Dance: As17211023

16242
18 December 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Fifteen Years. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. All the Characters being new dress'd. Benefit John Rich. Receipts: money #79 11s. 6d.; tickets #21 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injur'd Love; Or, The Ladies Satisfaction

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Bower, who never appear'd on the Stage before

16243
12 January 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Coupler Actor: Johnson
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

16244
22 January 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By John Sturmy.] Receipts: #40 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Duty; Or The Distress'd Bride

Related Works
Related Work: Love and Duty Author(s): John Slade
Related Work: Love and Duty; or, The Distress'd Bride Author(s): John Sturmy

16245
15 December 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By John Sturmy.] Receipts: #70 1Os. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Compromise; Or, Faults On Both Sides

Performance Comment: Edition of 1723 lists: Sir Lewis Despotick-Hall; Sir Clement Harpye-Hippesly; Charles Despotick-Walker; Weighty-Boheme; Galloper-Diggs; Random-Leigh; Coupee-Davis; Saracen-Bullock; Harriet-Mrs Bullock; Isabella-Mrs Seymour; Old Woman-Mrs Egleton; Mrs Saracen-Mrs Morgan; Prologue-Boheme; Epilogue-Mrs Seymour.
Cast
Role: Random Actor: Leigh
Related Works
Related Work: The Compromise: or, Faults on both Sides Author(s): John Sturmy

16246
02 February 1723 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 7 Nov. 1722. See also London Journal, 2 Feb., and John Gay to Jonathan Swift, 3 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

16247
11 February 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: With all the Sinkings, Flyings, and usual Decorations. Receipts: money #99 4s. 6d.; tickets #22 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: Amadis; or, The Lovers of Harlequin and Colombine

Related Works
Related Work: Amadis; or, The Loves of Harlequin and Colombine Author(s): John Rich

Dance: As17221030

16248
26 March 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Subscription, as 23 March. Benefit John Rich. Receipts: money #72 0s. 6d.; tickets #30 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Lally
Related Works
Related Work: Jupiter and Europa; or, The Intrigues of Harlequin Author(s): John Rich

16249
15 April 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Richard Patrick and John Tomkins, Doorkeepers to the Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: Scaramouch-a Boy of Nine Years of Age

16250
17 April 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #121 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth; Part I

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton
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: An Eclogue; or, Representation in Four Parts Author(s): Thomas Jordan
Related Work: The Conquest of Granada, Part I Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Amorous Bigotte: With the Second Part of Tegue O Divelly Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, Part I Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, Part II Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem, Part II Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Atheist; or, The Second Part of the Souldiers Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Aesop, Part II Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): John Crowne

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Lally
Related Works
Related Work: Jupiter and Europa; or, The Intrigues of Harlequin Author(s): John Rich