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1065 results for: Keyword - Widow Burley
We found 430 matches on Performance Title, 423 matches on Performance Comments, 306 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

451
27 April 1664 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: [See16640300 The Prologue-; The Epilogue-the Widow?, Wheadle?; Lord Beanford-Betterton?; Colonel Bruce-Smith?; Lovis-Morris?; Sir NicholasCully-Nokes?; Palmer-Underhill?; Wheadle-Saunford?; Graciana-Mrs Betterton?; Aurelia-Mrs Davies?; Widow-Mrs Long?; Sir Frederick Frolick-Harris?; Dufoy-Price?.
Cast
Role: The Epilogue Actor: the Widow?, Wheadle?
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Long?

452
11 December 1676 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Edition of 1677: Prologue-; Epilogue-Widow-Blackacre; Manly-Hart; Freeman-Kynaston; Vernish-Griffin; Novell-Clark; Major Oldfox-Cartwright; Lord Plausible-Haines; Jerry Blackacre-Charlton; Olivia-Mrs Marshall; Fidelia-Mrs Boutell; Eliza-Mrs Knep; Letice-Mrs [Ursula or Frances] Knight (see below); Widow Blackacre-Mrs Cory.
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Widow-Blackacre
Role: Widow Actor: Blackacre
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Cory.

453
22 August 1741 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Duke; Or, The Conjuror's Bastard; With The Comical Humours Of Captain Tipple

Performance Comment: Conjuror's Bastard-Chapman; Duke Lavinio-Winstone; Mago-Cross; Prince Brunetto-Ware; Barberino-Bembridge; Alberto-Richards; Captain-Spackman; Clout-Gray; Flout-Clough; Isabella-Mrs Cross; Prudentia-Miss Ferguson; Flametta-Miss Dodson; 1st Widow-Mrs Taylor; 2d Widow-Mrs Powel; Miss Sol@Fa-Mrs Booth; Drunken Captain-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: 1st Widow Actor: Mrs Taylor
Role: 2d Widow Actor: Mrs Powel

Afterpiece Title: The Matrimonial Squabble; or, A Cure for Jealousy

Ballet: TThe Infernals (Grand Ballet). 1st Fury-Bencraft; Attendants-Clough, Richards, Gray, Wright, Bembridge, Spackman

454
17 November 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow and Four Small Children of the late Henry Carey. Tickets at the stage door, or at the Widow Carey's in Cross St., Hatton-Garden; at Langbourn-Ward Coffee House; and of Mrs Suertt, at the Apple Tree in Cold Bath Fields. N.B. The Unfortunate Widow humbly hopes that the Good Nature and Humanity of her Friends will admit her melancholy circumstances, and the shortness of time, as a sufficient excuse for not waiting on them, and continue the favours, formerly shown to her late Husband, to her and her Distress'd Family, being left entirely destitute of any provision

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: n% Old Man Taught Wisdom; or, The Virgin Unmask'd

455
22 March 1744 @ Temple Bar

Event Comment: TTony Aston's program as 26 Feb., but Widow Motteux as Widow as in scene from Plain Dealer. Benefit Widow Motteaux

Performances

456
21 October 1661 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Honour

Performance Comment: Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, pp.21-22): Prince Alvaro-Betterton; Prince Prospero-Harris; Lionel-Joseph Price; Duke-Lilliston; Evandra-Mrs Hester? Davenport. [Possibly Peg Fryer acted the Old Widow; when she appeared at lif on 11 Jan. 1720, she was announced as having appeared in Love and Honour when she was young. As she was 85 in 1720, she was about 26 at this time.]Possibly Peg Fryer acted the Old Widow; when she appeared at lif on 11 Jan. 1720, she was announced as having appeared in Love and Honour when she was young. As she was 85 in 1720, she was about 26 at this time.]

457
April 1693 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Very Good Wife

Performance Comment: Edition of 1693: Prologue [By Mr Congreve-Mr Hains; Epilogue-Mrs Knight; Courtwitt-Powell; Wellborn-Hodgson; Bonavent-Alexander [Verbruggen]; Squeezwit-Bowen; Venture-Bright; Hickman-Trafusis; Sneaksby-Hains; Aminadab-Cibber; Jeremy-Lee; Crack-Lawson; Annabella-Mrs Mountfort; Widow Lacy-Mrs Knight; Carroll-Mrs Lassels; Mrs Sneaksby-Mrs Lee.
Cast
Role: Widow Lacy Actor: Mrs Knight

458
November 1695 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Edition of 1696: Prologue to Oroonoko [Sent by an Unknown Hand,-Mr Powell; Oroonoko-Verbruggen; Aboan-Powell; Lieutenant Governor-Williams; Blanford-Harland; Stanmore-Horden; Jack Stanmore-Mills; Captain Driver-Ben Johnson; Daniel-Mich. Lee; Hottman-Sympson; Imoinda-Mrs Rogers; Widow Lackit-Mrs Knight; Charlot Welldon-Mrs Verbruggen; Lucy Welldon-Mrs Lucas; Epilogue to Oroonoko [Written by Mr Congreve, edition of 1699]-Mrs Verbruggen.
Cast
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Knight

459
June 1697 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The World In The Moon

Performance Comment: Edition of 1697: Prologue-Girl; Frank Wildblood-Powel; Ned Stanmore-Mills; Palmerin Worthy-Williams; Sir Dottrel Fondlove-Johnson; Old Stanmore-Disney; Tom Dawkins-Pinkethman; Jacintha-Mrs Verbruggen; Widow Dawkins-Mrs Powel; Mrs Susan-Mrs Andrews; Prologue- Set to Musick by Mr Jeremy Clark. I:; Within this happy World above- set by Mr Jeremy Clark. II:; Joe Haynes meets 'em-; II: The Entertainment Composed by Mr Daniel Purcel Come all you Nymphs of Cynthia's Train-; II: A Dialogue In all our Cynthia's shining sphere-Mr Leveridge, Mrs Cross; III: The Musick set by Mr Daniel Purcel Look round and here behold-; A Dialogue Oh dear sweet sir you look so gay-Mrs Cross, Mrs Lucas; IV: A Song set by Mr Purcel Young Strephon met me t'other Day-Miss Anon; IV: The Ceremony of a Nuptial Entertainment perform'd. Bride-Mrs Cross; Bridegroom-Mr Leveridge; The Musick set by Mr D. Purcel, The Nymphs of the Plain-; V: Set by Mr D. Purcel, Come Strephon Phyllis come let's troth-; Epilogue-Miss Denny Chalk; Dress'd with a great Wig like a Beau. In The Single Songs in the New Opera call'd The World in the Moon (1697), in addition to some of the pieces listed above, are the following ones: A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell: Then come kind Damon-Mrs Lindsey; A Song Sett by Mr J. Clark: Smile then with a beam divine-Mrs Cross; A Song Sett by Mr J. Clark: Divine Astrea hither flew to Cynthia's brighter Throne-; A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell: Young Strephon hee has woo'd me long-; A New Song: Let those Youths who freedom prize-.
Cast
Role: Widow Dawkins Actor: Mrs Powel

460
March 1698 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pretenders; Or, The Town Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Edition of 1698: Lord Courtipell-Thurmond; Sir Wealthy Plainder-Underhill; Sir Bellamour Blunt-Kynaston; Vainthroat-Bowman; Breakage-Trefuse; Captain Bownceby-Bright; Nickycrack-Bowen; Prim-Baily; Widow Thoroshift-Mrs More; Minx-Mrs Peryng; Ophelia-Mrs Bowman; Sweetny-Mrs Lee; Nibs-Mrs Lawson; Doll-Mrs Willis; Prologue-Mrs Bowen coming upon the Stage in a great huff, follow'd by a Prompter, with a Paper in his hand, and a Boy with a Bottle and Glass; Epilogue-Mrs Moor.
Cast
Role: Widow Thoroshift Actor: Mrs More

461
23 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vice Reclaim'd; Or, The Passionate Mistress

Performance Comment: Edition of 1703 lists: Sir Feeble Goodwill-Johnson; Wilding-Wilks; Gainlove-Williams; Fondle-Bullock; Apish-Bickerstaff; Ralph-Norris; Widow Purelight-Mrs Kent; Lucia-Mrs Temple; Annabella-Mrs Rogers; Mrs Haughty-Mrs Knight; Malapert-Mrs Lucas; Betty-Mrs Cox; Mrs Rhenish-Mrs Powel; Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-Norris.
Cast
Role: Widow Purelight Actor: Mrs Kent

462
14 December 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Beaufort-Bowman; Brace-Verbruggen; Lovis-Booth; Sir Frederick-Wilks; Dufoy-Bowen; Sir Nicholas-Norris; Wheadle-Keen; Palmer-Bullock; Widow-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

463
10 June 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met

Performance Comment: Sir Wm. Wealthy-Bullock; Elder Wealthy-Mills; Young Wealthy-Wilks; Sham Town-Pack; Littlegood-Bowman; Spruce-Norris; Maria-Mrs Oldfield; Sophia-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Sly-Mrs Lee; Mrs Spruce-Mrs Bicknel.
Cast
Role: Widow Sly Actor: Mrs Lee

464
31 October 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters

Performance Comment: Sir William-Bullock; Elder Wealthy-Mills; Young Wealthy-Wilks; Shamtown-Pack; Littlegad-Fairbank; Spruce-Norris; Maria-Mrs Oldfield; Sophia-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Sly-Mrs Powel; Mrs Spruce-Mrs Bicknel.
Cast
Role: Widow Sly Actor: Mrs Powel

465
27 March 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Savil-Dogget; Elder Loveless-Powell; Young Loveless-Mills; Welford-Booth; Roger-Cibber; Morecraft-Bullock; Scornful Lady-Mrs Barry; Martha-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow-Mrs Moor.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Moor.

466
19 April 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Wilks; Aboan-Powell; Governor-Keene; Blandford-Bickerstaffe; Driver-Johnson; Stanmore-Smith; Jack Stanmore-Fairbank; Daniel-Pinkethman; Hotman-Corey; Widow Lackit-Mrs Knight; Imoinda-Mrs Rogers; Charlot-Mrs Bradshaw; Lucy-Mrs Bicknell.
Cast
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Knight

467
03 January 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Elder Loveless-Powell; Young Loveless-Mills; Welford-Booth; Savil-Johnson; Morecraft-Bullock; Roger-Cibber; Lady-Mrs Knight; Martha-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow-Mrs Moor; Abigail-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Moor

468
18 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Sir Frederick-Wilks; Beaufort-Mills; Bruce-Booth; Lovis-Bickerstaffe; Wheadle-Keene; Sir Nicholas-Norris; Palmer-Estcourt; Dufoy-Bowen; Graciana-Mrs Rogers; Aurelia-Mrs Porter; Widow Rich-Mrs Knight; Betty-Mrs Mills; With a new Epilogue-Wilks.
Cast
Role: Widow Rich Actor: Mrs Knight

469
11 November 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Wilks; Francisco-Mills; Faulconer-Bullock; Shorthose-Pinkethman; Widow-Mrs Oldfield; Isabella-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Oldfield

470
21 April 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: See17091202, but Oroonoko-Booth; Aboan-Powell; Governor-Keene; Blandford-Bickerstaff; Daniel-Norris; Imoinda-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Lackit-Mrs Knight .
Cast
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Knight .

Entertainment: To be expressed in the Bills

471
23 May 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Booth; Old Valere-Norris; Lovewell-Elrington; Hector-Pack; Cogdie-Bickerstaff; Widow-Mrs Knight; Angelica-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Security-Mrs Hunt; With a new Prologue-Keene; new Epilogue-Pack in a Riding Habit, upon a Pad Nagg representing a Town-Miss Traveling to Tunbridge.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Knight

Dance: Italian Night Scene-; Scaramouch-Layfield; Miller's Dance-Prince, Leigh

472
15 November 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass; Or, The Nest Of Fools

Performance Comment: Northern Lass-Mrs Bicknell; Luckless-Wilks; Tridewell-Mills; Sir Paul-Johnson; Widgin-Bullock; Anvil-Bowen; Nonsense-Norris; Howdee-Cibber; Widow Fitchow-Mrs Knight; Mrs Trainwell-Mrs Powell; Mrs Holdup-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Widow Fitchow Actor: Mrs Knight

473
09 December 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Booth; Aboan-Powell; Governor-Thurmond; Blandford-Husband; Driver-Johnson; Daniel-Pinkethman; Imoinda-Mrs Rogers; Widow Lackit-Mrs Knight; Charlot-Mrs Bradshaw; Lucy-Mrs Bicknell.
Cast
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Knight

474
10 February 1711 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Performance Comment: Subtle-Cibber; Face-Powell; Surly-Mills; Sir Epicure-Estcourt; Ananias-Johnson; Tribulation-Pack; Abel-Pinkethman; Dapper-Norris; Boy-Bullock; Dol-Mrs Saunders; Widow-Mrs Cox.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Cox.

475
03 March 1711 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Wilks; Francisco-Mills; Faulconer-Bullock; Shorthose-Norris; Widow-Mrs Oldfield; Isabella-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Oldfield