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17632 results for: Keyword - Widow of Thomas Williams
We found 15371 matches on Author, 2488 matches on Performance Comments, 1051 matches on Event Comments, 539 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

401
01 June 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: The Plain Dealer-Bensley; Lord Plausible-Suett; Major Old Fox-Moody; Freeman-Barrymore; Varnish-Packer; Jerry Blackacre-Dodd; Councellor Quillet-Phillimore; Oakam-Bates; Country Boy-Miss Heard; Novel-Palmer; Widow Blackacre-Mrs Hopkins; Olivia-Miss Pope; Eliza-Miss Tidswell; Lettice-Mrs Heard; Fidelia-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End III: The Capricious Lovers-the two young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet (1st appearance), Miss DeCamp; End: The Scheming Jockey and Fortune@Teller-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

402
06 June 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: The Plain Dealer-Bensley; Lord Plausible-Suett; Major Old@Fox-Moody; Freeman-Barrymore; Vernish-Packer; Jerry Blackacre-Dodd; Counsellor Quillet-Phillimore; Oadam-Bates; Country Boy-Miss Heard; Novel-R. Palmer; Widow Blackacre-Mrs Hopkins; Olivia-Miss Pope; Eliza-Miss Tidswell; Lettice-Mrs Heard; Fidelia-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Dance: End: Minuet de la Cour and Allemande-Kirk, Miss J. Stageldoir

403
12 December 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Performance Comment: [Principal Characters by Bensley, Kemble, Aickin, Bannister Jun., Whitfield, C. Kemble, Benson, Caulfield, Bland, Packer, King, R. Palmer, Phillimore, Mrs Powell, Mrs Jordan, Mrs Booth, Miss Miller, Miss Tidswell. Cast from text (J. Debrett, 1793 [sic]) conflated With Genest, VII, 183: King-Bensley; Bertram-Kemble; Lafeu-Aickin; Clown-Bannister Jun.; Dumain-Whitfield; Lewis [i.e. 2nd Lord ]-C. Kemble; Biron [i.e. 1st Gentleman ]-Benson; Jaquez [i.e. 2nd Gentleman ]-Caulfield; Tourville [i.e. Astringer ]-Bland; Steward-Packer; Parolles-King; Soldier (Interpreter)-R. Palmer; Soldier-Phillimore; Countess-Mrs Powell; Helena-Mrs Jordan; Widow-Mrs Booth; Diana-Miss Miller; Mariana-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Booth

Afterpiece Title: The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed

404
18 September 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit the Widow of a Baronet [Sir Richard Perrott] and a large Infant Family. [Address by John Taylor (True Briton, 21 Sept.).] Tickets to be had of the Widow, No. 28, Spring-street, Portman-square [and see 28 Jan. 1799]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Occasional Address-the Widow (see below); After which: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs G. Aickin

Performance Comment: End: Occasional Address-the Widow (see below); After which: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs G. Aickin.
Cast
Role: Occasional Address Actor: the Widow

405
03 June 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Rawlins and Cook. Tickets for The Amorous Widow taken this Day. Receipts: #66 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Related Works
Related Work: The Squire of Alsatia Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Song: Dialogue between a Drunken Smith and his Wife-Cook, Newberry; Trumpet Song-Rawlins never perform'd on that Stage before; Two/Part Song-The Two Boys never perform'd but once before

Dance: As17150512; Also Dutch Skipper-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

406
27 May 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Widow Bowen. At the particular oesire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Thomas Doggett

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Lally, Miss Tenoe, Miss Smith

407
19 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Laurence, Boxkeeper, and Widow White. Receipts: money #18 6s. 6d.; tickets #113 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Thomas Doggett

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Polonese-Lally, Mrs Wall; Saraband, Pierot-Mlle Harve

408
15 May 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilmer and Widow Redfern, Boxkeepers. Receipts: money #33 8s. 6d.; tickets #125 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

Related Works
Related Work: A Fond Husband; or, The Plotting Sisters Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Hippisley
Role: Sir ThomasTesty Actor: Hippisley
Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Thomas Doggett

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mrs Legar; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

409
13 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley and Mrs Egleton. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Tickets for The Amorous Widow taken at this play. Receipts: money #26 17s.; tickets #143 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivalon, Poitier

410
25 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilcocks, Mines, and Widow Gardiner. Receipts: money #6 6s., tickets #103 11s. Daily Post, 25 May: We hear, that when His Majesty removes to Hampton-Court, the Theatre in that Palace will be open'd, and Plays acted by the King's Company of Comedians

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Hippisley
Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Thomas Doggett

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Last new Comic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit

411
02 May 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Davis. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Related Works
Related Work: Britannia Author(s): Thomas Lediard
Related Work: Britannia Author(s): Thomas Arne

412
01 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit LaLauze. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets to be had and places to be taken of Page at the Stage Door. None to be admitted without printed tickets, which will also be deliver'd at the Office, and at LaLauze's lodgings, at the Widow Gwinn's, a Silk Dyer in Drury Lane, near the Castle Tavern. Servants will be allowed to keep places on the stage, which (for the better accommodation of the ladies) will be enclos'd and formed into an amphitheatre. N.B. As I had the Misfortune to break the great tendon of my leg, when dancing on the stage at the above theatre in January last, I think it highly incumbent on me to acquaint the public in general and my good friends in particular, that I am in a fair (but not speedy) way of recovery; and as Mr Rich has kindly granted me a benefit sooner than usual, towards supporting me in my unlucky situation, I take this opportunity to interest the good-natured town to dispense with my personal application, and favour me with their company as usual, which will add to the many obligations I have already received, and shall be ever acknowledged with a sincere sense of gratitude, by their most humble and obedient servant, LaLauze

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): Thomas King

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17420212; Chacone, as17411230; Tyrolean Dance, By Command, as17420206

413
11 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Harper's Widow. Six rows of the pit railed into the boxes. Rylands MS.: Duke &c. [present]. Garrick Play'd. Daily Advertiser, 7 May, stated that Mrs Harper's benefit on Saturday last because of the warm weather brought scarcely the charges of the theatre. Therefore Garrick made a voluntary offer to perform for her.] Receipts: #240

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

414
16 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit LaLauze. At the Desire of several persons of Quality. Tickets to be had of LaLauze at the Widow Gwinn's near the Castle Tavern, Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: Several entertainments-LaLauze (being his first attempt of that kind these two years); particularly: II: The Amorous Swain; or The Rival Nimphs-Lalauze, Mlle Bonneval, Mrs Delagarde; III: Serious Dance-Cooke; IV: Les Jardiniers Suedois-Lalauze, Mlle Domitilla, Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; (By Desire) after Farce:, a Ball Dance call'd The Louvre,concluding with a Minuet-Lalauze, Lalauze's a boy scholar, Mlle Bonneval

Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of the Poets; or, The Contention for the Laureat Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Triumphs of Love and Honour Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Eunuch; or, The Darby Captain Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: Love the Cause and Cure of Grief; or, The Innocent Murderer Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Mournful Nuptials; or, Love the Cure of All Woes Author(s): Thomas Cooke

Song: V: To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Bencraft

415
14 May 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Duck, Banks, Trott and Connor. Tickets deliver'd by Bianchini, Mrs Tubman, Mrs Marten, Widow Rivers, and others will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: Cooke

Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of the Poets; or, The Contention for the Laureat Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Triumphs of Love and Honour Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Eunuch; or, The Darby Captain Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: Love the Cause and Cure of Grief; or, The Innocent Murderer Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Mournful Nuptials; or, Love the Cure of All Woes Author(s): Thomas Cooke

416
11 December 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for a Widow in Distress. By Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

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

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: As17581016

417
28 April 1768 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority, for that night only. Benefit for a Widow and three small children in distress

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: Miss in Her Teens

Song: End: Charles Gondorff, a Hungarian. He mimicks three Voices at one and the same time-Charles Gondorff ,to wit the natural sound of the Base, the Bassoon and Flagolet (the latter has the sound of a small organ) all which is performed without the least movement of the lips

418
28 September 1796 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mrs Wilson, widow of Richard Wilson, lately of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden and Haymarket [whose 1st appearance on the stage was at Manchester, 26 Feb. 1796]. Tickets to be had of Mrs Wilson, No. 239, Piccadilly, near the Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden Author(s): Thomas Holcroft
Related Work: The Rival Captains; or, The Impostor Unmask'd Author(s): Thomas Phillips

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Entertainment: Monologue Mainpiece: The Original Epilogue [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan]-Mrs Wilson

419
01 June 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Widow and Four Children of the late Mr Follett. [John Follett had died in Jan. 1799. Address by John Cartwright Cross (Monthly Mirror, June 1799, p. 367).] Receipts: #416 7s. 9d. (120.4.3; 4.1.0; tickets: 292.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Get Married

Related Works
Related Work: The Way to Get Married Author(s): Thomas Morton

Afterpiece Title: The Vanguard

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Blister-Emery; Coupee-Betterton; Quaver-Clarke; Goodwill-Thompson; Thomas-Claremont; Lucy-Mrs Jordan (from the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, who has with the greatest kindness consented to perform).
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Claremont

Song: End II: The Storm-Incledon (written by G. A. Stevens); Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; Sally in our Alley-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue End: An Occasional Address-H. Johnston; Imitations-Rees

420
04 November 1729 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Giffard; Acasto-W. Williams; Polydore-Collet; Chamont-W. Giffard; Chaplain-R. Williams; Serina-Mrs Thomas; Page-Mrs Mountfort; Monimia-Mrs Giffard from the Theatre Royal in Dublin, being the first Time of her Appearance on the English Stage.
Cast
Role: Acasto Actor: W. Williams
Role: Chaplain Actor: R. Williams
Role: Serina Actor: Mrs Thomas
Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

421
06 November 1729 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Reynard-Giffard; Woodcock-Hallam; Loveworth-W. Williams; Squib-Collett; Maiden-R. Williams; Hillaria-Mrs Haughton; Belinda-Mrs Purden; Mrs Goodfellow-Mrs Palmer; Penelope-Mrs Mountfort; Lucy-Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Loveworth Actor: W. Williams
Role: Maiden Actor: R. Williams
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Thomas.
Related Works
Related Work: Tunbridge-Walks: or, The Yeoman of Kent Author(s): Thomas Baker

Dance:

422
05 May 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Smith; Polydor-Bardin; Acasto-W. Williams; Chamont-W. Giffard; Chaplain-R. Williams; Page-Master Woodward; Monimia-Mrs Haughton; Serina-Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Acasto Actor: W. Williams
Role: Chaplain Actor: R. Williams
Role: Serina Actor: Mrs Thomas.
Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

423
23 January 1796 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Thomas Morton. Prologue by William Thomas Fitzgerald. Epilogue by Edward Topham ( see text)]: With new Scenery, Dresses, &c. [Oracle, 1 Feb. 1796, recounts the financial transactions relative to this play. Thomas Harris, the cg proprietor, bought the copyright from Morton for #140; he was also to give Morton #100 on each of his benefit nights, i.e. the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 21st of the run of the play. Morton's profit was therefore #540.] Receipts: #281 16s. 6d. (278.9.6; 3.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Get Married

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Quick, Johnstone, Pope, Munden, Fawcett, Davenport, Farley, Thompson, Rees, Williamson, Cross, Abbot, Wilde, Holland, Simmons, Curties, Hawtin, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Davenport, Miss Wallis. Cast from text (T. N. Longman, 1796): Tangent-Lewis; Toby Allspice-Quick; McQuery-Johnstone [in text: Macready (see17960125)]; Capt. Faulkner-Pope; Caustic-Munden; Dick Dashall-Fawcett; Landlord-Davenport; Servants-Farley, Rees, Ledger; Jailer-Williamson; Bailiff-Cross; Shopman-Abbot; Ned-Wilde; Solicitor-Holland; Postillion-Simmons; Waiter-Curties; Town@Clerk-Coombs; Undertaker-Street; Officer-Blurton; Clementina Allspice-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Sorrel-Mrs Davenport; Julia Faulkner-Miss Wallis; Fanny-Miss Leserve; unassigned-Thompson, Hawtin; Prologue-Macready; Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks. [Prologue spoken, as here assigned, at 1st 21 performances only (see17960227). Epilogue spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]Prologue spoken, as here assigned, at 1st 21 performances only (see17960227). Epilogue spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]
Cast
Role: Jailer Actor: Williamson
Related Works
Related Work: The Way to Get Married Author(s): Thomas Morton

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

424
02 June 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Duke-Smith; Ferdinand-Bardin; Prospero-Havard; Antonio-Worsley; Gonzalo-Machen; Hippolito-Mrs Thomas; Stephano-Rosco; Mustacho-R. Williams; Ventoso-Collet; Trincalo-Morgan; Ariel-Master Woodward; Miranda-Mrs Palmer; Dorinda-Mrs Morgan; Caliban-W. Giffard; Sycorax-Collet; Waterman's Dance-Sandham, Rosco, R. Williams, Pearce, Bowcher; Neptune-a Gentleman; Amphitrite-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Hippolito Actor: Mrs Thomas
Role: Mustacho Actor: R. Williams
Role: Waterman's Dance Actor: Sandham, Rosco, R. Williams, Pearce, Bowcher
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Mock-Tempest; or, The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Thomas Duffett
Related Work: The Mock Tempest Author(s): Thomas Duffett

Afterpiece Title: The Biter Bit; or, The Humours of Harlequin and Scaramouch

Afterpiece Title: The Throwsters Opera

425
24 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. 2nd piece [1st time; O 1, by John Wolcot. Larpent MS 770; not published]: Being a Translation from the French Opera of that name [Nina; ou, La Folle par Amour, by Benoit Joseph Marsollier des Vivetieres], now performing at Paris with universal applause. With the original Music [by Nicolas Dalayrac, adapted by William Shield and William Thomas Parke. Two other versions of this opera, both unacted, were published this year: one anonymous, and one by George Monck Berkeley]. Receipts: #300 8s. 6d. (150.0.0; 2.18.0; tickets: 147.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): William Thomas Parke

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: Between acts 1st piece: an entire new song, The Nymph's Refusal-Mrs Martyr