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14479 results for: Keyword - Williams.
We found 10791 matches on Author, 5263 matches on Roles/Actors, 1664 matches on Performance Comments, 434 matches on Event Comments, and 51 matches on Performance Title.

14276
April 1688 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Darius, King Of Persia

14277
11 April 1689 @ no theater listed

Performances

14278
October 1689 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

14279
November 1689 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Jovial Crew

Cast
Role: Tate Actor: .

14280
04 November 1690 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Cast
Role: Willmore Actor: Mountfort?
Role: With a Concert Actor: .

14281
01 January 1691 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Cast
Role: on New@Year's@Day Actor:
Role: ThomasD'Urfey Actor: .

14282
10 October 1691 @

Performances

14283
08 November 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Second, King Of England; With The Death Of Rosamond

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor:
Role: Mr Dryden Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: King Henry the Second Actor: Betterton
Role: Prince Henry Actor: Mich. Lee
Role: Vaughan Actor: Ant. Leigh
Role: Abbot Actor: Sandford
Role: Verulam Actor: Kynaston
Role: Sussex Actor: Hodgson
Role: Aumerle Actor: Bridges
Role: Bertrard Actor: Dogget
Role: Queen Eleanor Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Rosamond Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Rosamond's Woman Actor: Mrs Kent.

14284
02 December 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Mountfort.

14285
February 1693 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Last Prayer; Or, Any Rather Than Fail

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Granger Actor: Powell
Role: Gayman Actor: Boman
Role: Garnish Actor: Alexander
Role: Lord Malepert Actor: Doggett
Role: Sir Ruff Rancounter Actor: Bright
Role: Sir Symphony Actor: Bowen
Role: Drydrubb Actor: Underhill
Role: Jano Actor: Betty Allinson
Role: Lady Malepert Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Lady Trickitt Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Lady Susan Malepert Actor: Mrs Montford
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Wishwell Actor: Mrs Betterton
Role: Siam Actor: Mrs Leigh
Role: Florence Actor: Mrs Kent
Role: Judy Actor: Mrs Rachel Lee
Role: Christian Actor: Perin
Role: Porter Actor: Pinkyman.

14286
30 April 1693 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: This celebration of the Queen's Birthday presumably was given on 30 April, her birthday. The music in the Royal Society of Music gives the singers as Mrs Ayliff, The Boy, Turner, Snow, Edwards, Howell, Bowman, Damascene, Bouchier, Williams</a>, Woodeson, Roberts. See Purcell's Works, Purcell Society, XXIV (1926), ii

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14287
30 October 1693 @ The City, London

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of London

14288
21 March 1694 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ambitious Slave; Or, A Generous Revenge

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: King of Persia Actor: Bowman
Role: Tygranes Actor: Verbruggen
Role: Orontes Actor: Powell
Role: Briomar Actor: Freeman
Role: Mirvan Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Amorin Actor: Sybars
Role: Herminia Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Clarismunda Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Celestina Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Rosalin Actor: Mrs Leigh
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Rogers.

14289
22 March 1694 @ no theater listed

Performances

14290
July 1694 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: According to the testimony of Sir Thomas Skipwith, 10 Dec. 1694, the young actors played during the vacation nearly thirty days without Betterton, Williams</a>, Bright, Kinaston, Sandford, or Mrs Betterton, and made sufficient money to keep them over the vacation. L. C. 7@3, 17 Dec. 1694, in Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 374

Performances

14291
29 October 1694 @ The City, London

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of London

14292
May 1695 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: See Cibber, Apology, I, 201-2, for his account of the mistake Betterton's Company made in not retaining Williams</a> and Mrs Mountfort-Verbruggen, and of the problems of Rich's Company. In this passage Cibber implies that Hamlet, Othello, and Julius Caesar were acted at Drury Lane soon after the division of the companies

Performances

14293
December 1695 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus The Great; Or, The Tragedy Of Love

Cast
Role: Prologue to Her Royal Highness Actor:
Role: Cyrus the Great Actor: Betterton
Role: Cyaxares Actor: Smith
Role: Hystaspes Actor: Kynaston
Role: Craesus Actor: Bowman
Role: Abradatas Actor: Hudson
Role: Artabasus Actor: Thurmond
Role: Thoiyris Actor: Mrs Bowtell
Role: Panthea Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Lausaria Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
Role: Epilogue Actor: the Boy, Girl by way of Dialogue.

14294
28 December 1695 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

14295
27 October 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

14296
04 November 1697 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Europe's Revels For The Peace

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: Mr Hodgson
Role: English Officer Actor: Boman
Role: Messenger of peace Actor: Mrs Hodgson
Role: English Countryman Actor: Trefuses
Role: English Countrywoman Actor: Mrs Lawson
Role: Dutch Boor Actor: Bright
Role: English Lady Actor: Mrs Boman
Role: Irish Reparee Actor: Lee
Role: Country Lass Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Soldier Actor: Wiltshire
Role: Savoyard Actor: Jam. la Roche.

14297
23 August 1698 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jephtha's Rash Vow

14298
25 August 1698 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

14299
November 1698 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo And Armida

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor:
Role: Rinaldo Actor: Betterton
Role: Ubaldo Actor: Thurman
Role: Carlo Actor: Scudamore
Role: Armida Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Urania Actor: Mrs Boman
Role: Phenissa Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Epilogue Actor:
Role: Mr Dennis Actor: .

14300
08 March 1699 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert