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582 results for: Keyword - Wm Augustus Miles
We found 247 matches on Performance Comments, 177 matches on Author, 147 matches on Event Comments, 43 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
15 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement Or An Adventure At Margate

Related Works
Related Work: Summer Amusement; or, An Adventure at Margate Author(s): Miles Peter AndrewsWilliam Augustus Miles

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

27
04 August 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement Or An Adventure At Margate

Related Works
Related Work: Summer Amusement; or, An Adventure at Margate Author(s): Miles Peter AndrewsWilliam Augustus Miles

Afterpiece Title: THE PRISONER AT LARGE

28
20 July 1795 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement Or An Adventure At Margate

Related Works
Related Work: Summer Amusement; or, An Adventure at Margate Author(s): Miles Peter AndrewsWilliam Augustus Miles

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

29
21 April 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Baker, Miss Young. Receipts: #47 0s. 6d. Charges: #63. Deficiency of #5 6s. 6d. apiece covered by income from tickets: Miles #51 3s. (boxes 79; pit 161; gallery 71); Mrs Baker, #36 16s. (boxes 60; pit 99; gallery 62); Miss Younger, #28 19s. (boxes 17; pit 112; gallery 79). Rec'd #16 8s. 3d. being overcharge for Taxes, &c. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Miles

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Miles; IV: Drunken Peasant with Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet

Song: III: A new song composed by Arne, Miss Young

30
27 April 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Baker, Miles, Miss Young. Tickets deliver'd out by Mrs Ferguson will be taken. No building on Stage. Receipts: #36 17s. plus income from tickets: Miles, #60 13s. (Box 103; pit 182; Gallery 76); Baker, #41 6s. (Box 69; Pit 125; Gallery 53); Miss Young #32 10s. (Box 28; Pit 98; Gallery 108). [All shared equally in the charges.] Mrs Ferguson's income of #18 16s. from tickets was clear (Box 9; Pit 61; Gallery 74) (Account Book). Charges: #64 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miles; IV: The Drunken Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet

31
01 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles and Stede. Charges #65 10s. [Profit to each beneficiary: #5 17s. 9d. plus income from tickets: Stede #42 11s. (Box 34; Pit 131; Gallery 144); Miles #106 16s. (Box 176; Pit 328; Gallery 136).] Paid Wilford for 29 nights renter's money #290 to 1 May inclusive (Account Book). Receipts: #77 5s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: As17670101, but Harlequin-Miles.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Miles.

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Master Harris, 1st time (scholar to Miles); III: The Drunken Peasant-Miles (Peasant), Bennet (Clown)

32
30 April 1752 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Anderson, Miles, Mrs Gondou. There will be no Building on the stage. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Miles; IV: Drunken Peasant-Miles, with Clown Bennet

33
27 April 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Green, and Miss Miller. No Building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue or The Jealous Farmer Outwitted

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Miles; Farmer-Buck; Clown-Weller; Country Girl (with a Song in character)-Miss Miller; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Miles

Dance: II: The Drunken Peasant-Miles, Bennet (Peasant-Miles; +Clown-Bennet); IV: A New +Comic Dance, as17630224

34
28 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Baker, Miss Young. Tickets delivered out by Miss Ferguson will be taken. Receipts: #7 15s. 4d. covered by income from tickets. @Tickets Miles Box 15@Pit 178@Gallery 62@Value #36 13s.@Tickets Mrs Baker Box 86@Pit 124@Gallery 67@Value #46 16s.@Tickets Miss Young Box 18@Pit 75@Gallery 80@Value #23 15s.@Tickets Miss Ferguson Box 9@Pit 57@Gallery 39@Value #14 14s.@Total Box 128@Pit 434@Gallery 248@Value #121 12s.@ Paid Rich on account #21. Paid Meares 3s. [The house is now running a deficit of #371.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Miles

Song: II, IV: A Song-Miss Brent

Dance: III: The Drunken Peasant-Miles, with Clown - Bennet

35
06 May 1751 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Anderson, Miles, Mrs Gondou. Afterpiece: With the Scene of the Drawing in the Guildhallv

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: The Characters of Dancing, as17510426 III: Hornpipe-Atkins; IV: Drunken Peasant-Miles; V: The Gondoliers, as17510117

36
03 May 1753 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Anderson, Miles, Mrs Gondou. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. There will be no Building on the Stage. Tickets sold at the door will not be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Miles

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Miles; III: Les Charboniers, as17521028

37
01 May 1756 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Miles

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet; IV: Fingalian Dance, as17551126

38
02 May 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Baker, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Pitt

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Song: II: My Fond Shepherd-Mrs Chambers; IV: Fair Kitty-Mrs Chambers

Dance: III: Drunken Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet; V: Granier, Leppie, Lucas

39
30 April 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Baker,Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returnd from Paris

Dance: III: The Drunken Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet; After: The Country Wedding-; The Milkmaid's Holiday, as17590421

Song: IV: A Favourite Ballad, call'd The Goldfinch's Address to Chloe-Miss Young; V: The Country Wedding, as17590423 but-Lowe, Miss Young

40
21 April 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Green, Mrs Pitt

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: The Drunken Peasant-Miles (Peasant), Bennet (Clown); IV: A Comic Dance-Master King, Miss Pitt; End: The Village Romps, as17651019; Between acts of Farce: A Double Hornpipe (for this Night Only)-Walker (From Drury Lane Theatre), Miss Pitt, his scholar

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London-Shuter

41
14 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by William Augustus Miles]: The music entirely new, composed by Michael Arne. With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Books of the Opera to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 15 Apr. 1780: This Day is published The Artifice (1s.). Receipts: #119 8s. 6d. (71.12.0; 47.1.6; 0.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Artifice

Related Works
Related Work: The Artifice Author(s): William Augustus Miles

42
27 April 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Green and Mrs Dyer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; End: The Knife Grinders, as17631012

Entertainment: CCries of London-Shuter, by desire

Ballet: III: The Drunken Peasant. Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet

Performance Comment: Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet.
Cast
Role: Peasant Actor: Miles

43
29 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles, Mrs Green and Mrs Baker. None admitted behind Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17650325 but Nurse-Mrs Green(, 1st time); Minuet-Mas. King (scholar to Mr Miles, his 1st appearance on any stage), Miss Valois; Solemn Dirge-Miss _Poitier. [Masquerade Dance and Funeral Procession same.]Masquerade Dance and Funeral Procession same.]

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: III: A Scotch Dance-Mas. King, Miss Pitt; IV: The Drunken Peasant-Miles, Clown-Bennet; End: A Hornpipe-Mas. King

Performance Comment: King, Miss Pitt; IV: The Drunken Peasant-Miles, Clown-Bennet; End: A Hornpipe-Mas. King.
Cast
Role: The Drunken Peasant Actor: Miles, Clown-Bennet

44
24 January 1718 @ Westminster School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Miles Gloriosus

45
September 1696 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Wits Or The Triumvirate Of Poets At Rehearsal

46
29 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: The Conjuror

Related Works
Related Work: The Conjuror Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Dance: V: The Mountaineers, as17730930

47
19 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Related Works
Related Work: The Election Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: Giorgi's Scholars

48
21 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Related Works
Related Work: The Election Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

49
22 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Electra

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Related Works
Related Work: The Election Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand

50
25 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Meeting of the Company

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Related Works
Related Work: The Election Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Genii