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954 results for: Keyword - Will Hill
We found 727 matches on Roles/Actors, 247 matches on Author, 184 matches on Performance Comments, 123 matches on Event Comments, and 42 matches on Performance Title.

401
19 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Cast
Role: Gratiano Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Song: I: Singing in Italian-Mrs Hill; II: Singing in English-Mrs Hill; III: Another Italian Song-Mrs Hill; V: New Mad Tom-a Gentleman from Oxford

Dance: IV: Miss Wherrit

402
20 October 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At common prices. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction who attend the Instalment of the Knights of the Bath, this Play is not to begin till exactly at half an hour after six, at which time the Curtain will be drawn up

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Gardener's Wedding

Performance Comment: As17441018; Comic Medley Overture-; by late Mr Charke to which will be added a Ballad Opera-. (No cast in Daily Advertiser.)
Cast
Role: to which will be added a Ballad Opera Actor: .
Role: Margery's Mother Actor: Mrs Hill

Music: Between the acts: Select Pieces of Musick-; Singing-Mrs Hill; III: The Noon Tide Air from Comus-Mrs Hill

403
03 May 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Troilus And Cressida

Performance Comment: Troilus-Ryan; Cressida-Mrs Boheme; Hector-Boheme; Ulysses-Walker; Achilles-Hulett; Agamemnon-Diggs; Diomedes-Egleton; Thersites-Quin; Pandarus-Hippisley; Andromache-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Achilles Actor: Hulett
Related Works
Related Work: Troilus and Cressida; or, Truth Found Too Late Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Troilus and Cressida Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Hill, being the first Time of her Appearance upon the Stage

Dance: The Drunken Miller (new)-Hippisley

404
10 May 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Song: Mrs Hill

405
12 December 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Fop; Or, The False One Fitted

Performance Comment: Persons who never yet appear'd in Public. Edition of 1724 lists: Sir Zealwou'd Fainall-Alleyn; Sir Obstinate Lecture-Thomas; Manworth-Hawker; Trueman-Milward; Timothy-Williams; 1st Companion-Dyas; 2d Companion-Richards; Eudmia-Mrs Thomas; Clarinda-Mrs Howey; Manilia-Mrs Herold; Isabella Wealthy-Mrs Marlow; Hearty-Mrs Wadderburn; Prologue-Milward.
Cast
Role: Timothy Actor: Williams

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Hill

406
16 December 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Song: Original Song-Mrs Hill

Dance: Two Children, Scholars to Mrs Roussau

407
03 January 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Song: Original Song-Mrs Hill

Dance:

408
16 January 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Song: Mrs Hill

Dance: As17240113

409
22 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Epsom Wells

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Hill, who never appear'd on this Stage before

410
09 August 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Fielding; Colonel-Clarke; Fryar-Giffard; Gomez-Reynolds; Bertran-Williams; Raymond-Pearce; Alphonso-Withers; Elvira-Mrs Jell; Teresa-Mrs Man; Queen-Mrs Buchanan; With a New Prologue address'd to the Town-Mrs Killbee.
Cast
Role: Bertran Actor: Williams

Song: Mrs Hill; End I: Si Caro Si-; II: Deppo Lombre-; III: Dialogue between Macheath and Polly-; IV: Alla Fama-

411
11 February 1729 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Dance: Sandham, Mrs Hill

Song: DDear Pretty Maid-Nicholls, Mrs Mountfort

412
24 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Performance Comment: King-Quin; Armusia-Ryan; Rui Dias-Milward; Governor-Boheme; Comic parts-Bullock, Hippisley, Morgan, Willcocks; Quisara-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Comic parts Actor: Bullock, Hippisley, Morgan, Willcocks

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: others Actor: DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, DuPre Jr, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour, Mrs Hill.

Song: Mrs Barbier; The Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

Dance: Incident to the Play: Salle, Nivelon, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Delagarde Jr, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Legar, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour

413
24 September 1730 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: TThe Bath Teazer (that celebrated Ballad) by Leveridge-Ray

Dance: End II: The White Joke-Eaton; III: A new Dance-Hind, Eaton, Mrs Hill

414
13 May 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Colonel Fainwell Actor: Williams
Role: Sir Phillip Actor: Bullock
Role: Sackbut Actor: R. Williams

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Dance: I: Scaramouch-Sandham; IV: Dutch Skipper-

Song: II: Si Caro-Mrs Hill , being the first Time of her appearing on this Stage; III: A Hayden Cantata-Master Corse; V: The celebrated Cantata of Alexis-

415
08 May 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: As17340501, but Boy-Miss Cole, in which will be introduced a new Song by her, her first Attempt of that kind. After the Farce an Epilogue by Miss Cole .
Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Miss Cole, in which will be introduced a new Song by her, her first Attempt of that kind. After the Farce an Epilogue by Miss Cole

Music: Second Musick: Concerto of the late Mr Woodcock's on the Little Flute. Third Musick: 8th Concerto of Corelli

Dance: I: Scots Dance by Mrs Bullock. III: The Whim by Miss Wherrit and Miss Sandham. IV: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. V: Milk Pail Dance

Song: II: Was ever Nymph like Rosamund by Miss Hill

416
28 August 1734 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Butler. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction. 7 P.M. N.B. The Reason of the Play being deferred from Tuesday the 20th of August . . . was on Account of the Absence of one of the principal Performers; so that Mr Butler humbly hopes his Friends will excuse it, and honour him with their Company; and to prevent any Disorder, Guards will attend at the Doors, every thing being to be perform'd in the same exact Manner as at the Theatres Royal

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. An Epilogue by Miss Hill in Boy's Cloaths .

Dance: III: By Mr Delawn

Song: II: Wasever Nymphlike Rosamondby Miss Hill. V: A Song by a Gentleman

417
27 October 1741 @ James Street

Event Comment: A concert, etc. Benefit Mrs Careless. The Parts to be perform'd by Persons who intend to play as well as they can, tho' perhaps not so well as they wou'd. Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. 6:30 p.m. N.B. Mrs Careless hopes her Friends will favor her according to their Promise, to relieve her from the terrible fits of the Vapours, preceding from Bad Dreams, tho' the Comfort is, they generally go by contraries

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Song: II: The Life of a Beau-Hills

Dance: V: Minuet-Mrs Careless

418
05 November 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: Brett, Mrs Hill

Music: Overture by Festing-; Concerto on Chromatic Horns-Messing; Concerto on Violoncello-Gordon; Concerto on German Flutes-Burk Thumoth, Lawson

419
10 December 1744 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mutineers; or, Love in Excess

Related Works
Related Work: The Stage-Mutineers; or, A Playhouse to be Lett Author(s): Edward Phillips

Song: Mrs Hill

Music: Solo on violin-Foley

420
07 February 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Song: TThe Flocks shall leave the Mountains, as17460125; Occasional Ballad, Over the Hills and Far away-Beard

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni, Sodi

Related Works
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): William Cooke

421
31 March 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Beard. Part of Pit will be laid into boxes, &c. Receipts: #350 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: I: The Country Wedding-Beard; II: The Bonny Broom-Miss Young; III: By Desire, Music: Sir Watkins Delighton the Harp-Parry; IV: The Toast-Beard; V: A Duetto When Phoebus the top of the Hills does Adorn-Beard, Miss Young

422
03 May 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: William Actor: Costollo

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Song: I: A Song=-Howard; III: By Particular Desire, When Phoebus the Tops of the Hills does adorn-Lowe, Howard

423
05 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for DuBellamy and Mrs Pitt. Tickets delivered for Theodosius will be taken. Afterpiece: Not acted in 4 years. [See 20 May 1763.] Charges #67 1s. [Profit to each beneficiary #27 11s. 9d. plus income from tickets: DuBellamy #61 6s. 5d. (Box 75; Pit 241; Gallery 64); Mrs Pitt #62 6s. (Box 53; Pit 223; Gallery 156).] (Account Book). Receipts: #122 4s. 6d. (Account Book). [Neville attended. Noted the great crowd as well as the excellence of the performance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Song: I: At Totterdown Hill-, a favourite song; IV: The Cantata of Cymon and Iphegenia , by Particular Desire,-DuBellamy

Dance: End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Cast
Role: other women Actor: Miss D. Twist, Miss S. Twist, Miss Barrowby, Miss Hilliard, Miss Daw, Mrs Viviez.

424
25 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: As17810403, but SCENE III. A View of the Sea. The Storm-Reinhold; We be three poor Mariners-Davies, Doyle, Simpkinson; To conclude with a Dance-Aldridge, others; SCENE IV as SCENE V on 3 Apr. SCENE V. A Church-Yard. Poor Thomas Day-Edwin, J.? Wilson, Davies; SCENE VI. A Banquet Scene. A Burlesque Italian Medley-Reinhold; To conclude with several Catches and Glees-the most eminent performers; Come honest Friends and jovial Souls-_SCENE VII omitted; Chorus-_; Dance-_; Attendant Genius-_; Venus-_; Dance of Warriors-_; Mad Tom-_; The music-_; She that will but now discover-_.
Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Related Works
Related Work: The Flitch of Bacon Author(s): William Shield

Song: End III 1st piece: When Phoebus the tops of the hills did adorn-Leoni, Mrs Kennedy

425
07 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer's Return From London

Afterpiece Title: All for Love

Related Works
Related Work: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): William Corbett
Related Work: The Temple of Love Author(s): William Davenant
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Phusimimesis; or, Resemblances of Nature

Performance Comment: SCENE I. Morning, a Landscape. The Rising of the Sun. Hunters preparing for the Chace. When Phoebus the tops of the hills, as17810425; SCENE II. A View of the Rock of Gibraltar, with the Fleet sailing to its Relief; The Storm-Reinhold; [SCENE III. Thunderstorm, Tempest and Shipwreck. Stand to your guns my hearts of oak-Bannister [of dl]; [SCENE IV. A Town Besieged (Painted by Carver; taken from Harlequin Every-where). The Enemies' Attack; the Destruction of the Fort; and an Engagement of the Troops, represented by Moving Figures. O what a charming thing's a battle-Cubitt; [After which a Grand Transparency, representing the famous Battle of Cressy, with the taking of the Bohemian standard by Edward the Black Prince, painted by Cipriani. To conclude with a trio-Davies, Mrs Morton, Mrs Martyr.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips

Song: End II 2nd piece: The Huntsman's Sweet Halloo, as17810226; 4th piece: The Early Horn-Cubitt; Scene I: When Phoebus the tops of the hills, as17810425