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22502 results for: Keyword - W. and Mrs. Eliz. Giffard
We found 23521 matches on Performance Comments, 4487 matches on Event Comments, 4222 matches on Performance Title, 9 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

22426
25 March 1756 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Barbaut's Second Subscription Oratorio, taken from the First Book of Milton's Paradise Regained and set to music by Mr Charles Barbant in two parts with a solo upon the Violin by Signor Marella; a solo upon the German Flute by Mr Tacet; a Concerto on the Lute by Mr Servi?; a Hautboy concert by Mr Barbant; and an organ concerto ditto; and a Great Concerto with Clarinets, French Horns and Kettle-Drums, composed by Mr Barbant. Boxes and Pit put together at Half a Guinea each, Gallery 3s. Tickets to be had at Mr Barbant's, at Mr White's in Marshall St., Carnaby-Market; and at Mr Browne's Stationer [sic], facing the Opera House, Haymarket. To begin at half an Hour after six. N.B. the Books of the Oratorios stitched in Blue Paper at 1s. each are sold at Mrs Browne's [sic] in the Haymarket, and at the House on the night of the performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oratorio From First Book Of Paradise Regained

22427
01 April 1756 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Barbandt's Third and Last Subscription Oratorio. [Pope's poem set by Charles Barbandt in two parts, with solos interspersed: violin, flute, Lute, Frenchhorn, hautboy, and Organ.] Books of the Oratorio stitch'd in blue paper at 1s. each sold at Mrs Browne's in the Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Prayer

22428
03 September 1756 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At the Great Room, George Inn Yard. Mrs Charke and King's Company of Comedians. A new Droll. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. 12 noon to ten p.m. during the time of the Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ngland Triumphant; Or, The British General

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Beggars; with the Comical Humours of his Royal Consort Queen Tatter

Entertainment: Variety of Singing, Dancing, Rope Dancing, Tumbling-eminent performers lately arrived from Italy

22429
01 February 1757 @ The Great Room, Dean Street, Soho

Event Comment: At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. At 6:30 p.m. Prices half a Guinea and 5s. Benefit Mrs Pontifex, Downey, West Wycombe, Bucks, whose Husband was murdered, and all Stock in their Farm destroyed by Fire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro, Il Pensoroso

22430
11 March 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Alter'd from the Italian with several new Additions. [By Dr Morell. Set by Handel. The words entirely adapted to the Music of Il Trionfo del Tempo, composed at Rome about 1707 (Biographia Dramatica).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumph Of Time And Truth

Performance Comment: See17580210. Time-Champness, bass; Counsel (or Truth)-Miss Young [Mrs Scott?] [mezzosoprano; Beauty-Signora Frasi[, soprano; Pleasure-Beard[, tenor; Deceit-Signora Beralta[, soprano (Deutsch, Handel, p. 783)., soprano (Deutsch, Handel, p. 783).

22431
22 February 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: With New Additions and Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Belshazzar

Performance Comment: Larpent MS lists parts: Belshazzar, Daniel, Cyrus, Gobryas (An Assyrian Noble revolted to Cyrus), Nitocris (Mother to Belshazzar), Arioch (a Babylonian Lord), Chorus of Babylonians , Jews , Medes , and Persians . [Deutsch, Handel, p. 794, lists: Belshazzar-Beard; Nitocris-Signora Frasi; Cyrus-Miss Young [Mrs Scott]; Daniel-Miss Frederick; Gobrias-Champness.

22432
01 March 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: With new Additions and Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jeptha

Performance Comment: Jeptha-Beard; Iphis-Signora Frasi; Hamor-Miss Young [Mrs Scott]; Storage-Miss Frederick; Zebul-Champness (Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 619).

22433
06 March 1758 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Frasi. By Mr Handel. This is the only Opportunity the Public will have of hearing this favourite Oratorio, Mr Handel being determined not to perform it this Season. Tickets: Pit and Boxes Half Guinea. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened half an hour after four, Pit and Boxes at Five; to begin at half an hour after Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: Concerto on the Organ-Stanley

22434
09 March 1758 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Words by Mrs Elizabeth Rowe. The Musick by Chas. Barbandt. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 3s. To begin at Seven o'Clock. Books of the Oratorio to be had at the Theatre 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oratorio On The Divine Veracity

22435
21 March 1758 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: On 21 March died of a Consumption, at Somerset House, Mrs George Garrick, wife of Mr George Garrick, a Lady in whom was united every amiable quality (Public Advertiser, 22 March.)

Performances

22436
25 October 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: . Foote, Holland, Burton, Baddeley, Bransby, Blakes, Vaughan, Miss Pritchard. Shift, Smirk, Mrs Cole, Epilogue-Foote; Sir Geo Wealthy-Holland; Sir Wm Wealthy-Baddeley; Transfer-Blakes; Lucy-Miss Pritchard (Genest, IV, 602); Parts-Burton, Bransby, Vaughan.
Cast
Role: Sir Geo Wealthy Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: The Colliers, as17601024

22437
24 November 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Wilkinson (1st appearance there), Dyer, Sparks, Dunstall, Davis, Bennet, Collins, Mrs Burden.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Vincent. With Scene of the Drawing in Guild-Hallv.

Dance: As17601013

22438
12 September 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Winston Theatrical Record suggests the following initial outlay for the season, which on 26 Nov. was subtracted from the total receipts to leave the company solvent at #715 9s., when Beard took over: @50 Performers' salary #210 0s. 10d.@50 Servants' salary #16 16s.@Music expenses #52 16s. 7d.@#279 13s. 5d.@To Mr Rich on account #1000@Habadasher's Bill for Coronation #4 16s. 4d.@Ribbons for Coronation #2 16s. 5d.@Window Curtain for Mrs Bellamy's Room #1 4s. 8d.@Printing #3 8s. 6d.@#1291 19s. 4d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

22439
02 February 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Principal parts: Beard, Tenducci, Peretti, Mattocks, Miss Thomas, Miss Brent. Artabanes-Beard; Arabaces-Tenducci; Rimenes-Mattocks; Artaxerxes-Peretti, first appearance on English stage; Mandane-Miss Brent, Edition of 1762; Semira-Miss Thomas. (Genest, IV, 650) mistakenly assigns the part to Mrs Vernon.
Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Brent, Edition of 1762

Ballet: II: A New Ballet call'd The Statue Animated. Pygmalion-Maranesi; Scaramouch-Sodi; Inchantress-Miss Valois; Statue-Miss Wilford

Dance: End Opera: A New Dutch Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

22440
19 March 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Oratorio By Desire. "Mrs Pritchard's great demand for places tomorrow night, obliges her to request the Ladies will send their Servants early to prevent any mistakes in placing them.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: As17620305

22441
03 September 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At Yeates' Theatrical Booth, Greyhound Inn, during the time of Bartholomew Fair. The whole to be decorated with decency, and propriety, together with a grand Band of Music, consisting of French Horns, Violins, Trumpets, Hautboys, &c. N.B. There is a convenient Way to the theatre in Cow Lane for coaches, where Ladies and Gentlemen may have admittance without interruption. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 2s. First Gallery 1s. Upper 6d. [Several persons had provided booths in the Inns at Smithfield to perform Drolls and Interludes, as had been customary for many years, and were preparing to exhibit accordingly; but the City Marshall and other officers, by order of the Lord Mayor oblig'd them to take down their Shew Cloths and decamp (Morley, Memoirs of Bartholemew Fair).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Trial Scenes Of The Cock Lane Ghost

Afterpiece Title: Tars of Old England

Performance Comment: followed by the most celebrated Procession that ever was processioned by any Processioners, containing Roast Beef, Sou-Maigre, English Sailors, and French Frog-Eaters.
Cast
Role: Sou Actor: Maigre, English Sailors, and French Frog-Eaters.
Role: and French Frog Actor: Eaters.

Entertainment: Exhortation of the Little Lilliputian Squire Hum, a child of five years old. TheGrand Hornpipical Balletin the taste and after the manner of Mrs Vernon and Miss Nancy Dawson,-a young lady

Performance Comment: TheGrand Hornpipical Balletin the taste and after the manner of Mrs Vernon and Miss Nancy Dawson,-a young lady.

22442
29 March 1764 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mingotti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Leucippo

Dance: I: A new dance-Miss Lalauze; The Tambourine-Fischer; the Terzetto-Duval, Berardi, Miss Tetley; II: Le Matelot Provencalle-Fischer, Miss Auretti; III: Le Mariage du Village-Duberval, Miss Auretti; a new dance-Miss LaLauze

Song: By desire Nasce nel Bosco (Giordini)-Sga Mingotti; O che Salvo (Hasse)-Sga Mingotti; Se Il mio dual (Hasse)-Sga Mingotti; Non fau in che parlo (Perez)-Sga Mingotti; Act III: To mon@fugaste (Vento)-Sga Mingotti

22443
30 January 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Jan. 30, 1766, died Mrs Cibber. Was Miss Arne, born 1715. Married Theo Cibber 21 April 1734. Brought to bed of a son 5 April 1736. Left stage 1738 with Mr Sloper, who was charged with damages. Acted Dublin 1741. Returned to Covent Garden and performed till 1747. Joined Garrick till 1750. Returned to cg till 1753. Returned to dl and remained till she died (Winston MS 9 from Burney's Actor's MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

22444
12 July 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: This Week a Patent passed the Great Seal for the Establishment of a new Theatre, to Samuel Foote, Esq. only (Public Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 3). Mr Barry and Mrs Dancer from Dublin are said to be engaged for this summer at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket (Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 2, which corroborates the Foote patent)

Performances

22445
13 June 1767 @ Sadler's Wells

Event Comment: With several curious and uncommon performances by the Venetian and his children. Neville MS Diary: At 6 got into the Pit at Sadler's Wells just as the entertainment began with concerts. The singing by Mrs Lampe, Master Herryman, &c. Dancing by Sg Grimaldi, Tassoni, Miss Reynolds from Drury Lane. Tumbling, but not equal to that by Plaida's company. Postures in which the Venetian and his children (a boy and a girl particularly) excel greatly. One stands on his hands, turns his feet backwards to his haunches, and walks in this position or forms an arch with his breast, while the other stands on his head upon it, the father carries one on his hand around his body, one stands on his head on his father's hand. These I mention as a specimen of many more, equally curious, tho' seeing these postures is disagreeable to a humane mind. The Father balances too the slack rope. The whole concluded with the pantomimic entertainment called Merlin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merlin; Or, The Enchanter Of Stonehenge

22446
18 March 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Paid to Mrs Nuttall for an engine etc. #6 6s. Paid Jas. Abbott 16s. 4d. for covering an elephant, etc. (Account Book). House charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Macchabaeus

Music: As17680219

22447
06 June 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Account Book: @Receiv'd of Vincent for Music Forfeits this season #21 11s. 10d.@Rece'v'd for stage forfeits this season #14 4s. 2d.@Receiv'd of Mrs Carne for ends of Candles & Oyl #70 6s. 7d.@Receiv'd of Proprietors of Public Advertiser #50@Receiv'd of Proprietors of Daily Gazetteer #50@Paid Vincent for Music Books #4 5s. 2d.@9 June@Rec'd Assurance on 50 Renter's Old Shares at 4s. 10d. each #12 1s. 8d.@Rec'd Assurance on 50 Renter's New Shares at 2s. 6d. each #6 5s.@15 July@Rec'd of His Majesty by Mr Mathias #40@Rec'd of Madam Schellenbergen by Ditto #9@Total Income 1768-69: #30,759 16s. 2 1!2d.@Total Expense 1768-69: #24,035 8s. 3d.@31 May: Paid Arnold Composer #50 13s.@2 June: Paid Kirkman for tuning #20@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

22448
06 June 1769 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction (on account of Mrs Cornelys Ball) the Opera will begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Serve Rivali

22449
03 July 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Died at Bristol, William Powell aged 33. His share retained by Mrs Powell who later married Fishar (Winston MS 10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

22450
23 March 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Oratorio performed but once. [Usual note about servants and sale of books of performance.] Receiv'd deficiencies for last season from Morris #13 9s. 3d.; Mrs Pitt #12 6s. 6d.; Curtat #6 6s. 2 1!2d.; Bates #6 6s. 2 1!2d.; Fox #6 5s. 5d. (Account Book). Charges: #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Resurrection

Music: As17700302