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1631 results for: Keyword - Topham Jr
We found 917 matches on Performance Comments, 657 matches on Performance Title, 152 matches on Event Comments, 20 matches on Author, and 5 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
29 April 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Topham Jr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth Part I

Dance: Rice, Tape a Scholar of Topham Sr, who never appear'd on any Stage before, Topham Jr, Sandham, Miss Bullock, Miss Francis, Sandham's Little Boy

2
27 January 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressed Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Performance Comment: Mars-Shaw; Vulcan-Thurmond; Venus-Mrs Booth; Cupid-Young Rainton; Graces-Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar; Hour-Miss Johnson; Followers of Mars-Topham, Boval, Lally, Topham Jr; Cyclops-the Comedians.
Cast
Role: Followers of Mars Actor: Topham, Boval, Lally, Topham Jr

3
02 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

Performance Comment: See17231123, but Harlequin-Shaw; Mll Harlequin-Mrs Booth; other parts-Thurmond, Topham, Topham Jr, Boval, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Willis, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Lindar.
Cast
Role: other parts Actor: Thurmond, Topham, Topham Jr, Boval, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Willis, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Lindar.

4
04 May 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: Topham, Topham Jr, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson, Young Rainton

5
07 March 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Song: As17200213

Dance: Topham Jr

6
26 March 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Womans Revenge

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss Bullock

7
30 April 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss Bullock, Miss Francis

8
11 May 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Duffield, Newhouse, Sandham's Son, Miss Bullock, Miss Francis; The Italian Shadows-; Drunken Man-Harper

Song: As17200510

9
23 May 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Song: Singing in Italian and English-a Gentleman who never perform'd on any Stage before

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss Bullock, Sandham's Son, Miss Francis

10
24 May 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Sandham's Son, Miss Bullock, Miss Francis; Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his Diversion; Drunken Man-Harper

Song: Four and Twenty Stock Jobbers-Harper

11
30 May 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Dance: Topham Jr, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss Bullock, Sandham's Son, Miss Francis

12
12 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy or The Comical Rivals

Music: Concerto on Little Flute-Baston

Song: A Song on the Death of a Stag , Words by Shakespear, Musick by Henry Carey-Ray; accompany'd with French Horns-

Dance: Foresters-Shaw, Thurmond, Topham, Boval, Topham Jr; Passacaile-Shaw, Mrs Younger; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Comick Dance-Miss Tenoe

13
14 November 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Dance: new Grand Dance-Shaw, Thurmond, Boval, Topham, Topham Jr, Essex, Mrs Booth, Mrs Tenoe, Mrs Anderson

14
12 May 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Music: Concerto on the Sixth Flute-Baston Jr

Dance: delaGarde's Two Sons, Pelling, Topham Jr, Sandham Jr, Miss Bullock, Miss Francis; Drunken Man-Harper

15
25 May 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Executed

Dance: Pelling, Topham Jr, Newhouse, Miss Bullock; The Italian Shadows-

16
28 January 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Cast
Role: Followers of Mars Actor: Topham, Boval, Lally, Topham Jr

17
29 January 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Cast
Role: Followers of Mars Actor: Topham, Boval, Lally, Topham Jr

Song: Singing in Italian-Mrs Weekly, who never sung in Publick before

18
07 February 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Cast
Role: Followers of Mars Actor: Topham, Boval, Lally, Topham Jr

19
15 April 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wells. Public Advertiser, 9 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 417, Strand. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham, with incidental music by James Hook. Prologue-Epilogue by Edward Topham {Public Advertiser, 21 Apr.)]. Morning Herald, 25 Apr. 1786: This Day is published The Fool (1s.)-Receipts: #174 15s. 6d. (45/3/0; 20/14/6; 0/2/0; tickets: 108/16/0) (charge: #108 13s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Fool

Related Works
Related Work: The Fool Author(s): Edward Topham

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17850307athi

20
04 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [not acted since 30 Oct. 1771]. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham. Prologue by Miles Peter Andrews (Public Advertiser, 7 Dec.). Larpent MS 539; not published]. Receipts: #207 11s. 6d. (158.18.0; 48.12.6; 0.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Deaf Indeed

Related Works
Related Work: Deaf Indeed! Author(s): Edward Topham

21
11 May 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wells. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham, with incidental music by Shield. MS not in Larpent; not published. Prologue by George Colman, the younger (European Magazine, May 1786, p. 370)]. "An old and established rule among the youth of Westminster [School will] not permit any exhibition on the stage reflecting upon their body ... In the second act Mrs Wells made her appearance in the dress of a Westminster scholar, when a general uproar [instigated by the scholars] took place, and the [rest of the] piece was prevented from being heard" (Town and Country Magazine, May 1786, p. 235). Public Advertiser, 8 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 188, Oxford-street. Receipts: #282 17s. (166/0/6; 21/19/6; tickets: 94/17/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bird In A Cage

Afterpiece Title: Small Talk or The Westminster Boy

Related Works
Related Work: Small Talk; or, The Westminster Boy Author(s): Edward Topham

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Grand Dance, as17860424; End of Act I of afterpiece Leap Year, as17860227

22
01 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wells. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham. Larpent MS 772; not published; synopsis of plot in Public Advertiser, 3 May. Prologue by George Monck Berkeley (European Magazine, June 1787, p. 411)]. Public Advertiser, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 417, Strand. Receipts: #257 3s. 6d. (160.4.6; 5.7.0; tickets: 91.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement or The Loves of Bengal

Related Works
Related Work: Bonds without Judgement; or, The Loves of Bengal Author(s): Edward Topham

Dance: As17870217

23
06 May 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: Shaw, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger, Miss Tenoe; Fairbank's new Comic Dance-Topham, Miss Tenoe

24
15 April 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone Or The Fox

Dance: Mrs Booth, Topham, Miss Tenoe, Miss Robinson, Young Rainton

25
22 March 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Topham, the English Sampson. [Tickets at Topham's, Corner of Little Bridges Street.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lembarras Des R1ches

Dance:

Entertainment: After the Play [Topham] will shew Surprising Activities of Strength: And further to oblige the Audience, will endeavor to accommodate them with several New Performances

Song: In English and Italian by Topham