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4930 results for: Keyword - Widow of the late Dr Arne
We found 2524 matches on Event Comments, 1134 matches on Performance Comments, 913 matches on Performance Title, 819 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1876
07 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Benson
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Banks.
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End IV: Jamie's Return, as17881113, but Miss Blanchet

1877
13 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [Afterpiece in place of The Doctor and the Apothecary, advertised on playbill of 12 Jan.] Receipts: #145 10s. 6d. (125.10.0; 19.8.0; 0.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Sir John Restless-Palmer; Belmont-Barrymore; Blandford-Williames; Sir William Belmont-Phillimore; Robert-Waldron; Brush-Burton; Footman-Spencer; Servant-Alfred; Beverley-Kemble; Lady Restless-Mrs Siddons; Clarissa-Miss Collins; Tattle-Mrs Wilson; Tippet-Miss Barnes; Marmalet-Miss Tidswell; Belinda-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss Barnes

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Benson
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Banks.
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

1878
27 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss Barnes

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Kelly, Williames, Miss Collett, Miss Romanzini.
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Thomas Arne

1879
11 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in Kemble Mem., but not on playbill]. Receipts: #107 18s. 6d. (86.9.0; 19.15.6; 1.14.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Impostors

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Benson
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Banks.
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

1880
17 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss Barnes

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Kelly, Williames, Miss Collett, Miss Romanzini.
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Thomas Arne

1881
04 April 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End I: Les Jalousies du Serail, as17890317End Opera: Admete, as17890331

1882
18 April 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17890404

1883
25 April 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17890404

1884
28 April 1789 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: The Gentlemen of the Opera Band are particularly requested to attend at twelve o'clock the Rehearsal of the new Ballet, for which they already have had notice, otherwise Mlle Guimard cannot appear this Evening, which nothing could prevent except her not having had a General Rehearsal

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End I: Admete-as17890402; in the course of which the celebrated Minuet of Iphigenia (performed with universal applause in Paris)-Mlle Guimard (1st appearance), Didelot; a new Pas de Deux Anacreontique (composed by Noverre)-Mlle Guimard, Didelot; End Opera: a new Pantomine Ballet, composed by Noverre, the music by Federici, Annette et Lubin-Mlle Guimard, Nivelon, Didelot, Mlle Emilie Colombe, Beaupre, Mlle Saulnier and see17890609

1885
30 April 1789 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Manager

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17890428

Song: In Opera: Brettagna Freggiata, composed by-Marchesi [on the night of his Benefit see17890402]

1886
07 May 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End I: Admete, as17890428; Pas de Deux Russe-Mlle Guimard, Nivelon; End Opera: an entire new Ballet, composed on purpose in Paris for Mlle Guimard by Noverre, Les Caprices de Galatee- [See17890526]

1887
19 May 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17890404

1888
26 May 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Related Works
Related Work: L'Olimpiade Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End I: La Nymphe et le Chasseur, as17890319End Opera: Les Caprices de Galatee, as17890523, but the other Characters- Didelot, +Beaupre, +Duquesney, Mlle Emilie +Colombe, Mlle +Adelaide, the two Mlles +Simonet

1889
26 September 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Wroughton; Bacchanals-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick; Spirit-Lamash; Brothers-Benson, Banks; The Lady-Mrs Ward; Pastoral Nymph (1st time)-Miss Hagley; Sabrina-Miss Romanzini; Principal Bacchant-Mrs Edwards; Bacchants-Mrs Fox, Miss Barnes, Mrs Shaw; Euphrosyne-Mrs Crouch; Sweet Echo-Mrs Crouch; accompanied-Forster.
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Benson, Banks
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Fox, Miss Barnes, Mrs Shaw
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Song: II: song in character-Mrs Crouch

1890
21 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces the 1st night of The False Friend (see 24 Oct.), but "Miss Farren was taken ill, and The Beggar's Opera was the substitute. It proved, however, to be a substitute flat, stale and unprofitable. We never saw more indiffernet acting" (Oracle, 22 Oct.). Afterpiece in place of Richard Coeur de Lion, advertised on playbill of 20 Oct.] Paid Watch & Beadles, St. Martin's parish? 1 Year #42 10s. 4d. Receipts: #73 4s. (46.17.0; 24.17.6; 1.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Benson, Banks
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Fox, Miss Barnes, Mrs Shaw
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

1891
28 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Performance Comment: Arthur-Kemble; Oswald-Barrymore; Merlin-Aickin; Conon-Packer; Osmand-Phillimore; Aurelius-Whitfield; Grimbald-Sedgwick; Matilda-Miss Collins; Emmeline-Miss Farren; Philidel (1st time)-Miss Hagley; Spirit of Light-Miss Romanzini; Venus-Mrs Crouch; Rest of the Vocal Parts-Kelly [for whom, see17900430], Williames, Danby, Fawcett, Alfred, Lyons.for whom, see17900430], Williames, Danby, Fawcett, Alfred, Lyons.
Cast
Role: Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Kelly
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Thomas Arne

1892
05 November 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years [not acted since 25 Apr. 1780]. Receipts: #110 18s. (77.4; 32.3; 1.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Kelly
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Thomas Arne

1893
22 March 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pope. Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [When still Miss Younge Mrs Pope had 1st acted Fatima at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, 4 Mar. 1771.] Public Advertiser, 9 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Pope at her house, Half-moon Street. Receipts: #343 10s. 6d. (230.3.6; 8.3.0; tickets: 105.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Performance Comment: Austin-Harley; Theodore-Holman; Fabian-Thompson; Officers-Powel, Evatt; Raymond-Farren; Adelaide-Miss Brunton; Jaqueline-Mrs Platt; Countess-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Holman

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne

Dance: End: Tamborine Dance- [See17891021]; Afterpiece conclude: Dance-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

1894
09 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Related Works
Related Work: The Female Dramatist Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne

Dance: End: As17891021; In afterpiece: Dances-

1895
29 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wells. Mainpiece [1st time; C 4, author unknown, not in Larpent MS; not published. Epilogue by Robert Merry (World, 30 Apr.). On 11 May acted as The Female Pursuit]: Taken from Moor's Gil Blas. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Mrs Wells trusts the Public will have the Candour to excuse her not appearing in the Play, as the principal Woman's Character has many changes in it, and the Fatigue of going through various and numerous Imitations would render her incapable of undertaking it. Gazetteer, 9 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 12, Weymouth-street, Portland-place. Receipts: #301 14s. (166.2; 10.1; tickets: 125.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Adventure; Or, Stop Her Who Can

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne

Dance: Following Imitations at end: As17891021; In afterpiece: Dances, as17900409

Entertainment: End II: Tragic Imitations [of Mrs Siddons in Belvidera's 1st scene in Venice Preserved, I.i., and of Mrs Crawford in Lady Randolph's 1st speech in Douglas]-Mrs Wells; End III: Comic and Vocal Imitations [of Mrs Abington as Widow Belmour in The Way to Keep Him, and of Mrs Martyr, Mrs Jordan, Sga Storace, Sga Sestini]-Mrs Wells; End: A Scene from Isabella [The "ring speech" in II.ii] (Above identified in World, 29 Apr.)-Mrs Wells

Performance Comment: i., and of Mrs Crawford in Lady Randolph's 1st speech in Douglas]-Mrs Wells; End III: Comic and Vocal Imitations [of Mrs Abington as Widow Belmour in The Way to Keep Him, and of Mrs Martyr, Mrs Jordan, Sga Storace, Sga Sestini]-Mrs Wells; End: A Scene from Isabella [The "ring speech" in II.ii] (Above identified in World, 29 Apr.)-Mrs Wells.

1896
30 April 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Related Works
Related Work: Tit for Tat Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Kelly
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

1897
18 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Sir John Restless-Wroughton; Beverley-Kemble; Sir William Belmont-Phillimore; Young Belmont-Barrymore; Mr Blandford-Packer; Robert-Waldron; Brush-Burton; Lady Restless-Mrs Ward; Belinda-Miss Farren; Clarissa-Miss Collins; Tattle-Mrs Wilson; Tippet-Miss Barnes; Marmalet-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss Barnes

Afterpiece Title: Taste; or, Frolicks of Fancy

Performance Comment: Prologue [to Barbarossa] (as a Country Boy, from D. Garrick, Esq.)-Bannister Jun.; The Lark at Heaven's Gate-Dignum, Williames, Danby, Miss Romanzini; A Dance-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: The Lark at Heaven's Gate Actor: Dignum, Williames, Danby, Miss Romanzini
Role: A Dance Actor: the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp.
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Rest of the Vocal Parts Actor: Kelly
Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Thomas Arne

Entertainment: Monologue. Previous: British Loyalty, as17900423; to conclude with: God save the King-Dignum, Williames, Danby

Performance Comment: Previous: British Loyalty, as17900423; to conclude with: God save the King-Dignum, Williames, Danby.
Cast
Role: God save the King Actor: Dignum, Williames, Danby.

1898
20 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Apollo [i

Performance Comment: e. The Sons of Anacreon]. President-R. Palmer; In which (for that night only) The Anacreontic Song-Sedgwick; [following glees: Now is the Month of Maying (Morley), Could a Man be Secure (Goodwin)-Dignum, Sedgwick; Sigh no more Ladies (Stevens), Poor Jack (Dibdin)-Dignum; Welcome the Covert (Mellish), Here's a Health to all good Lasses, Wake Sons of Odin (Stevens)-Sedgwick; Sing Old Rose and Burn the Bellows-.
Cast
Role: The Anacreontic Song Actor: Sedgwick
Role: Sing Old Rose and Burn the Bellows Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17891021, but Comus-Sedgwick (1st appearance in that character); Spirit-Haymes; Bacchanals-_Sedgwick; Bacchants-Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.
Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.
Role: Brothers Actor: Benson, Banks
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

1899
01 October 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson; Marlow-Bernard; Hastings-Davies; Sir Charles Marlow-Powel; Diggory-Cubitt; Slang-Rock; Landlord-Thompson; Tony Lumpkin-Quick; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Webb; Miss Neville-Mrs Lewis; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Mattocks. Edition of 1799 (For the Proprietors) adds: Maid-Mrs Spriggs.

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne

1900
20 November 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The German Hotel

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne
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