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13205 results for: Keyword - William Jones
We found 10899 matches on Author, 2500 matches on Performance Comments, 574 matches on Event Comments, 265 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

11601
25 September 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Mill; or, The Country Revels Author(s): William Rowley
Related Work: The Maid in the Mill Author(s): William Rowley

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Performance Comment: Rebate-Quick; Trueman-Whitfield; Frank-Davies; Ezekiel Spotless-Jones; Praecipe-Edwin; Lucy-Mrs Wilson; Emelia-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Ezekiel Spotless Actor: Jones

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Belle of the Village by Harris and Miss Matthews

11602
08 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Performance Comment: Fitzherbert-Henderson; Beauchamp-Lewis; Belville-Wroughton; Pendragon-Quick; Gentlemen-Mahon, Jones; Richard-W. Bates; Lord Sparkle-Lee Lewes; Miss Pendragon-Mrs Mattocks; Clarinda-Mrs Morton; Kitty-Mrs Wilson; Julia-Miss Satchell; Ladies-Miss Stuart, Mrs Poussin; Tiffany-Mrs Davenett; Lady Bell Bloomer-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Gentlemen Actor: Mahon, Jones
Related Works
Related Work: The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Man's The Master Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: Love Without Interest; or, The Man Too Hard for the Master Author(s): William Penkethman
Related Work: Every Body Mistaken Author(s): William Taverner

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Dance (composed by Harris) Pastoral Sports by Harris, Second, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Matthews

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Richard II Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): William Hawkins
Related Work: Second Thought is Best Author(s): William Bates
Related Work: Richard the Second Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Sicilian Usurper Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): William Shakespeare

11603
16 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Performance Comment: Sir Toby Tacet-Quick; Rupee-Edwin; Bellcamp-Whitfield; Lake-Booth; Grog-Lee Lewes; Maurice-Egan; Cable (with a song)-Brett; Stern-Fearon; Quid-Jones; Bowsprit-W. Bates; Sailor-J. Wilson; Hulk-Bates; Lady Tacet-Mrs Webb; Cornelia-Mrs Martyr; Florimel-Miss Cleland; Nancy-Mrs Wilson .
Cast
Role: Quid Actor: Jones

Dance: As17821009

11604
22 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Machcath-Brett (1st appearance in that character); Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Booth; Mat o' the Mint-Mahon; Jemmy Twitcher-Webb; Wat Dreary-Jones; Crook finger'd Jack-Doyle; Ben Budge-Ledger; Harry Paddington-Darley; Jailer-Stevens; Drawer-Helme; Filch-Mrs Wilson; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Davenett Diana Trapes-Mrs Pitt; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis; Dolly Trull-Miss Morris; Sukey Tawdry-Miss Cleland Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Molly Brazen-Miss Stuart; Betty Doxey-Miss Francis; Polly-Miss Harper. hathi.
Cast
Role: Wat Dreary Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Cast
Role: Ezekiel Spotless Actor: Jones

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Miss Matthews

11605
01 November 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Henderson; King-Clarke; Ghost-Hull; Horatio-Davies; Laertes-Whitfield; Ostrick-Wewitzer; Polonius-Wilson; Player King-Mahon; Marcellus-Fearon; Francisco-Helme; Rosencraus-Booth; Guildenstern-Thompson; Gravediggers-Quick, Jones; Queen-Mrs Hunter; Player Queen-Mrs Poussin; Ophelia-Miss Satchell .
Cast
Role: Gravediggers Actor: Quick, Jones
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Cast
Role: Old Beau Actor: Jones

11606
08 November 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Bannister; Young Cape-Whitfield; Vamp-Wilson; Governor-Fearon; Sprightly-Davies; Poet-Jones; Printer's Devil-Stevens; Robin-Thompson; Arabella-Mrs Whitfield; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Wilson .
Cast
Role: Poet Actor: Jones

11607
30 November 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Henderson; King Henry-Clarke; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Sir Richard Vernon-Whitfield; Worcester-Fearon; Poins-Davies; Francis-W. Bates; Sir Walter Blunt-Booth; Bardolph-Jones; Douglas-Mahon; Gadshill-Ledger; Peto-Stevens; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy-Mrs Lewis .
Cast
Role: Bardolph Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Related Works
Related Work: Lord Mayor’s Day; or, A Flight from Lapland Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17821009

11608
01 April 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Performance Comment: Lord Lovell-Lewis; Welborn-Wroughton; Justice Greedy-Quick; Allworth-Whitfield; Marall-Wilson; Order-Jones; Furnace-Wewitzer; Tap well-Thompson; Amble-Stevens; Sir Giles Over-reach-Henderson; Margaret-Miss Satchell; Froth-Mrs Pitt; Lady Allworth-Mrs Yates .
Cast
Role: Order Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

Dance: As17821231

11609
22 April 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Wat Dreary Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal (with The early Horn)-Mrs Kennedy; Harlequin Jupiter-W. Bates; Punch-Rayner; Mars-Cranfield; Hercules-Dumay; Leander-Ratchford; Pantaloon-Thompson; Mercury-Davies; Anatomist-Jones; Pierrot-Stevens; Old Woman-Mr Wewitzer; Columbine-Miss Matthews .
Cast
Role: Anatomist Actor: Jones

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Miss Besford

11610
20 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Wroughton; Major Oakly-Booth; Charles-Whitfield; Russet-Fearon; Captain O'Cutter-Egan; Tom-Jones; Paris-Wewitzer; Sir Harry Beagle-Mahon; Lord Trinket-Lewis; Harriet-Mrs Morton; Lady Frcelovc-Mrs Davenett; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Hunter .
Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: As17830512

11611
23 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: Jupiter (in the character of Harlequin)-[W.] Bates; Chasseur Royal (with The Early Horn)-Brett; Mercury-Darley; Doctor-Thompson; Punch-Jackson; Hercules-Dumay; Apollo-Byrne; Scaramouch-Ratchford; Mars-Cranfield; Anatomist-Jones; Pierrot-Stevens; Highland Lad and Lassie (with a new Character Duet)-Mahon and Miss Satchell; Old Woman-Mr Wewitzer; Columbine-Miss Matthews .
Cast
Role: Anatomist Actor: Jones

Song: End of Act iv of mainpiece Tally Ho!, as17830516

11612
06 June 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: As17821120, but Lord Lumbercourt-Wewitzer (1st appearance in that character); Counsellor Plausible-Jones .
Cast
Role: Counsellor Plausible Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

11613
19 September 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Lewis; Justice Balance-Hull; Worthy-Whitfield; Serjeant Kite-Fearon; Bullock-Edwin; Recruits-Quick, Jones; Welch Collier-Wewitzer; Capt. Brazen (with an Introductory Address)-Bonnor; Rose-Mrs Chalmers (Their 1st appearance on this stage); Melinda-Mrs Lewis; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield; Sylvia-Miss Scrase (1st appearance on this stage) .
Cast
Role: Recruits Actor: Quick, Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: As17830917

11614
26 September 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Performance Comment: Sir Giles Over-reach-Henderson; Lord Lovel-Davies; Justice Greedy-Quick; Allworth-Whitfield; Marall-Wilson; Order-Jones; Furnace-Wewitzer; Tapwell-Thompson; Amble-Stevens; Wellborn-Wroughton; Lady Allworth-Mrs Inchbald; Froth-Mrs Pitt; Margaret-Miss Satchell .
Cast
Role: Order Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

11615
02 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Performance Comment: Rebate-Quick; Trueman-Whitfield; Frank-Davies; Ezekiel Spotless-Jones; Precipe-Edwin; Lucy-Mrs Davenett; Emilia-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Ezekiel Spotless Actor: Jones

11616
03 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Henderson; King-Clarke; Ghost-Aickin; Horatio-Whitfield; Laertes-Davies; Ostrick-Bonnor; Polonius-Wilson; Player King-Mahon; Marcellus-Fearon; Rosencraus-Booth; Guildenstern-Thompson; Grave-Diggers-Quick, Jones; Queen-Mrs Inchbald; Player Queen-Miss Stuart; Ophelia-Miss Satchell .
Cast
Role: Grave Actor: Diggers-Quick, Jones
Role: Diggers Actor: Quick, Jones
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

11617
14 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Macheath-Johnstone; Peachum-Booth; Lockit-Thompson; Mat o' the Mint-Mahon; Ben Budge-Ledger; Jemmy Twitcher-Painter; Crook finger'd Jack-Bates; Wat Dreary-Jones; Harry Paddington-Darley; Jailor-Stevens; Drawer-Helme; Filch-Doyle; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Webb; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt; Mrs Vixen-Mrs Lewis; Dolly Trull-Mrs Chalmers; Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Inchbald; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Whitfield; Molly Brazen-Miss Stuart; Betty Doxey-Miss Brangin; Polly-Mrs Bannister. hathi.
Cast
Role: Wat Dreary Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I) The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford

11618
17 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Performance Comment: Sir John FalstafF-Henderson; King-Clarke; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Sir Richard Vernon-Whitfield; Worcester-Fearon; Poins-Davies; Francis-Edwin; Sir Walter Blunt-Booth; Bardolph-Jones; Douglas-Mahon; Gadshill-Ledger; Peto-Stevens; Carriers-Wilson, Wewitzer; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy-Mrs Lewis .
Cast
Role: Bardolph Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs Kennedy

11619
28 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Bannister; Young Cape-Whitfield; Vamp-Wilson; Sprightly-Davies; Governor-Fearon; Robin-Thompson; Poet-Jones; Printer's Devil-Stevens; Arabella-Mrs Whitfield; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Wilson .
Cast
Role: Poet Actor: Jones

11620
06 January 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Performance Comment: As17831001, but Alguazile-Stevens; Corrigidore-Jones .
Cast
Role: Corrigidore Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Friar Bacon

Related Works
Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): William Shield

11621
08 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Atall-Lewis; Careless-Wroughton; Clerimont-Whitfield; Finder-Wewitzer; Sir Harry Atall-Thompson; Mr Wilful-Fearon; Bolus-Booth; Rheubarb-Jones; Supple-Stevens; Sir Solomon Sadlife-Quick; Lady Dainty-Mrs Mattocks; Clarinda-Mrs Chalmers [Public Advertiser: Mrs Inchbald]; Sylvia-Mrs Morton; Wishwell-Mrs Wilson; Lady Sadlife-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Rheubarb Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece a Dramatic Romance, Adelaide de Brabant; or, The Triumph of Virtue. Principal Characters by Bithmere, Le Boeuf, Mme Bithmere. ["An infant son of Grimaldi (i.e. Joseph, aged 6) performs in an astonishing manner" (Gazetteer, 12 May).] End of Act IV an Allemande and Dance, called Malbrough (composed by Vestris Jun.) by Le Boeuf and Mme Bithmere

11622
18 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: More Ways Than One

Performance Comment: As17831208, but Wewitzer in place of Wilson; Joules in place of Wewitzer; omitted: Stevens, Jones, Helme, Miss Platt .
Cast
Role: Stranger Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17831001

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo by Mrs Martyr

Monologue: 1784 05 18 End of mainpiece an Address (written on the Occasion [author unknown]) by Mrs Kemble

11623
29 September 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Henderson; King-Clarke; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Sir Richard Vernon-Davies; Worcester-Fearon; Poins-Chalmers; Francis-Edwin; Sir Walter Blount-Booth; Bardolph-Jones; Douglas-Cubitt; Carriers-Wewitzer, Bates; Gadshill-Ledger; Peto-Stevens; Hotspur-Wroughton; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy-Mrs Inchbald .
Cast
Role: Bardolph Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

11624
01 October 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: As17840924, but Rosin-Jones .
Cast
Role: Rosin Actor: Jones

Dance: End of mainpiece Pastoral Sports, as17840922

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a song by Brett

11625
28 October 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: Sir Pertinax Macsycophant-Macklin; Lord Lumbercourt-Wilson; Sydney-Aickin; Melville-Clarke; Counsellor Plausible-Jones; Serjeant Eitherside-Booth; Tomlins-Stevens; Sam-Ledger; John-Thompson; Egerton-Lewis; Constantia-Miss Ranoe; Betty Hint-Mrs Morton; Lady Macsycophant-Miss Platt; Nanny-Mrs Davenett; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Counsellor Plausible Actor: Jones

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Johnstone; Captain Belville-Brett; Rustic-Davies; Irishman-Egan; William-Mrs Kennedy; Phoebe-Mrs Martyr; Dorcas-Mrs Pitt; Rosina-Mrs Bannister .
Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs Kennedy