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1949 results for: Keyword - Wm Francis
We found 993 matches on Author, 804 matches on Performance Comments, 139 matches on Event Comments, 60 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1901
22 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Madden, Mr Thompson, Mrs Hartle, Symmonds, Walters. Tickets deliver'd by Francis, Abbot, Widow Trott, Wilkinson, Mrs Griffiths, Mrs Hitchcock, and Mr T. Ansell will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Mrs Hartle; End of Play: A Minuet-Hussey, Miss Madden

1902
29 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hartle, Francis, Walters, Mas. Blurton, Symonds. Tickets deliver'd for the Inconstant will be taken. Tickets deliver'd by Longley, Mas. Jones, Singleton, Shuter, Norbury, Roberts, Frenzdorf, Miller, Stephenson, Read, Robson, Walker, Clarridge, Perry Sr; and Bassan will be taken. [Hours received half value of tickets plus the ready receipt money.] @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Mrs Hartle 5 31 43 #10 4s. #5 2s.@Francis 2 26 25 #6 18s. #3 9s.@Patterson 5 79 71 #20 4s. #10 2s.@Blurton - 15 28 #5 1s. #2 10s. 6d.@Symonds 19 45 42 #15 14s. #7 17s.@Longley 18 112 53 #26 12s. #13 6s.@Jones - 2 11 #1 8s. 14s.@Singleton - 8 14 #2 12s. #1 6s.@Shuter - 52 8 #8 12s. #5 14s. 6d.@Norbury 9 26 53 #11 9s. #5 14s. 6d.@Roberts 9 125 59 #26 18s. #13 9s.@Frensdorf - 42 31 #9 8s. #4 14s.@Miller 5 62 56 #16 3s. #8 1s. 6d.@Stephenson 16 61 52 #18 7s. #9 3s. 6d.@Read - 15 45 #6 15s. #3 7s. 6d.@Robson 3 101 32 #19 2s. #9 11s.@Walker - 17 68 #9 7s. #4 13s. 6d.@Claridge 5 36 35 #10 3s. #5 1s. 6d.@Perry 3 30 81 #13 7s. #6 13s. 6d.@Bassan 1 12 21 #4 3s. #2 1s. 6d.@Total 100 897 828 #242 7s. #121 3s. 6d.@ Paid Lee for a quantity of velvet #21 (Account Book). Receipts: #12 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton; End: The Provenzale-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford [see17700928]

1903
27 August 1773 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Cast
Role: Margin Actor: Francis.

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Portsmouth

Performance Comment: As17730820, but to avoid confusion full list noted: Weston, DuBellamy, Castle, Bolton, LaMash, Francis, Hamilton, Fearon, Courtney, Bannister, Mrs Weston, Lings, Osborne, Ward, Lloyd, Jacobs, Miss Platt, Mrs Palmer, Miss Atkinson, Miss Wilde, Miss Craven; Waiter-Hutton; Prologue-Weston; Tripple Hornpipe-Giorgi's Scholars; and a New Epilogue Song-Bannister.

1904
24 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Symonds, Norbury, Francis. Tickets deliver'd by Perry, Roberts, Wooley, Stevenson, Singleton, Shuter, Miller, Walker, and Real as well as those deliver'd for The Recruiting Officer will be Taken. [No charges. House rec'd the ready money receipts plus half-value of the tickets deliver'd:] @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Symonds 27 50 107 #27 16s. #13 18s.@Norbury 23 33 31 #13 14s. #6 17s.@Francis 13 36 17 #9 8s. #4 14s.@Perry 4 14 25 #6 3s. #3 1s. 6d.@Roberts 9 80 191 #38 18s. #19 9s.@Wooley 3 24 3 #3 12s. #1 16s.@Stephenson 14 107 64 #23 16s. #11 18s.@Singleton 3 48 10 #7 1s. #3 10s. 6d.@Shuter 11 39 86 #19 11s. #9 15s. 6d.@Miller 8 74 49 #16 #8@Walker .. 95 19 #12 7s. #6 3s. 6d.@Read 7 65 21 #11 8s. #5 14s.@Total 122 665 618 #189 14s. #94 13s.@ Paid Symonds for performing 5 nights in The Fair to 13 Nov. last 5s., and for 25 nights in The Sylphs to the 4th of April #1 5s. Receipts: #57 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

1905
17 September 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: A new short Introductory Piece before a play [The Meeting of the Company]. This new Prelude call'd The Meeting of the Company or Bayes' Art of Acting by D. G. Esq--it is full of fine Satyr & an Excellent Lesson to all performers, it was receiv'd with very great Applause (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in the wording. The salaries this season were #94 7s. 8d. per day; #566 6s. per week. Kemble's note as to total receipts is short by 8 pence.] Prices: Box 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. [Unfavorable review of Meeting of the Company in The Westminster Magazine (Sept., p. 472). The actor Aickin referred to this season is J. Aickin. Francis Aickin left dl before the beginning of this season. He was dismissed by Garrick in May. See Booden, Private Correspondence of David Garrick, I, 651-55.] Paid Renters #8; Advanced Mr Watson (box office keeper) #10; Ditto to Mr Mortimer (box office keeper) #15 (Treasurer's Book). [The funds to the box office keepers was operating cash which was returned 29 May 1775. Payment to Renters was same for each acting night until the eighty-eighth night (9 Jan. 1775) when it dropped to #4 nightly, since half of the stock holders (the Old Renters) were paid up by that time. The remaining 100 nights of the season plus 11 Oratorio nights yielded #448 to the Renters. No further mention of this item of expense will be made this season.] Total to Renters #1,152. Receipts: #212 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Meeting of the Company

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair-Atkins, Mrs Sutton

1906
30 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilfold, and Symonds. The Last time but one of performing this season. Tickets deliver'd by Wooley, Wells, Claridge, Doe, Furkins, Layley, Robson, Francis, W. Ansell, Stephenson, Fowlis, Mrs Hitchcock & Mrs Trott will be admitted. Doors open half past 5. To begin half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: The Humours of Blackwall, as17750429

1907
19 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Brereton. Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [See 26 Nov. 1766. MacMillan's note from Kemble: "A Young Gentleman (Francis Rundell) appeared in Alcanor.-A tall aukward figure-spoke sensibly-and came off with applause," does not appear in Hopkins Diary.] Receipts: #63 6d. Charges: #69 13s. Deficit to Brereton: #6 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

1908
21 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilford, Wooley, Marks, Symonds, Furkins, Tickets deliver'd by Flight, Roberts, Claridge, Doe, Wells, Francis, Brandon, Budd, Miller, Constable will be taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End: The Italian Gardeners, as17751011

1909
01 February 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Wroughton. Hull, Whitefield, Thompson, Mrs Jackson, Miss Leeson, Mrs Hartley. [Cast from text (Francis Newbery, 1777): Sir ThomasOverbury-Lewis; Earl of Somerset-Wroughton; Earl of Northampton-Hull; Sir Gervas Elvis-Whitfield; Officer-Thompson; Servant-Stevens; Countess of Somerset-Mrs Jackson; Cleora-Miss Leeson; Isabella-Mrs Hartley; Prologue-Hull; Epilogue-Mrs Hartley. [These were spoken. as here assigned, at the first 9 performances only (see17770503).]These were spoken. as here assigned, at the first 9 performances only (see17770503).]

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: As17761015

1910
15 May 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

Performance Comment: The Lilliputians-Master Edwin, Master Harrison, Miss Morris, Miss P. Farren (see17770718, also Master Hitchcock, Master Pulley, Miss Besford, Miss Francis, Miss Hitchcock (Peake, II, 2).

1911
23 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Thomas Ansell, Pilfold, Woolley, Symmonds Furkins & Roberts. Tickets delivered by Clarridge, Doe, Wells, Longley, Francis, Brandon, Walker, Varley will be taken this Night. Receipts: #278 11s. 6d. (21.8.6; 0.6.0; tickets: 256.17.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: New Comic Dance, as17770425

1912
20 November 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Francis for writing parts #2 11s. Receipts: #108 19s. 6d. (107.3.6; 1.16.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: As17771111

1913
21 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilfold, Woolley & Marks. Tickets delivered by Furkins, Roberts, Clarridge, Doe, Wells, Francis, Walker, Brandon, Shuter and Abbot will be received. Tickets delivered for The Busy Body will be taken. Receipts: #243 13s. 6d. (137.12.6; 0.13.0; tickets: 105.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

1914
15 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilfold, Woolley, Marks & Furkins. Tickets delivered by Clarridge, Doe, Wells, Roberts, Francis, Walker, Whittington, Abbot, Haliburton, Ledger Jun. will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Dance: As17790222

1915
02 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Grand Divertisement, The Gala. The Minuet and Allemande by Aldridge and Miss Besford; the Quadrilles and Cotillons by Harris, Langrish, Dumay, Ratchford, Miss Matthews, Miss Rowson, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Francis, and others; The whole to conclude with a Grand Figure by all the Characters

Performance Comment: The Minuet and Allemande by Aldridge and Miss Besford; the Quadrilles and Cotillons by Harris, Langrish, Dumay, Ratchford, Miss Matthews, Miss Rowson, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Francis, and others; The whole to conclude with a Grand Figure by all the Characters .

1916
27 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Gala. A new Minuet, Rigadoon and Allemande (composed by Aldridge) by Aldridge and Miss Besford. The Quadrilles and Cotillons by Langrish, Holloway, Ratchford, Cranfield, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Invill, Mrs Davenett, Miss Francis. To conclude with a Grand Figure by all the characters; End of Act III a new Comic Dance, Frisk and Fun; or, The Whimsical Triumvirate, by Aldridge, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford; End of mainpiece St. David's Day, as17811213, the Airs accompanied on the harp by Edwards

Performance Comment: A new Minuet, Rigadoon and Allemande (composed by Aldridge) by Aldridge and Miss Besford. The Quadrilles and Cotillons by Langrish, Holloway, Ratchford, Cranfield, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Invill, Mrs Davenett, Miss Francis. To conclude with a Grand Figure by all the characters; End of Act III a new Comic Dance, Frisk and Fun; or, The Whimsical Triumvirate, by Aldridge, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford; End of mainpiece St. David's Day, as17811213, the Airs accompanied on the harp by Edwards .

Song: End of Act I of afterpiece Tally-Ho by Miss Langrish

1917
10 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by J. Wilson, Jackson, Prosser, Eves, Rowson, S. Besford, Mrs Lampe, Miss Francis, Mrs Wise, Mrs Dalrymple, Miss Ellington, Mrs Hamilton will be admitted. Receipts: #260 (81/17; 5/9; tickets: 172/14)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: End of mainpiece The Waterman by Jackson, Prosser, Eves, Miss Rowson

1918
17 August 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The East Indian

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague; or, The Giant's Causeway

Performance Comment: Harlequin Teague-Egan; Teague Harlequin-Spencer; Italian Merchant-Massey; Pierrot (his Man)-Delpini; Old Woman and Dr Caterpillar-Wewitzer; Mr Dripping-Webb; Mrs Dripping-Mrs Webb; Lieutenant of Press Gang (with Fal de ral tit)-Edwin; Farmer Furrow-Gardner; Dame Furrow-Miss Hale; Landlord of the Horns at Highgate-Wilson; Catcall-Wood; Sailor-R. Palmer; Man with two Heads (with a solo duet in character)-Bannister; Giant of the Causeway-Master Brett; Genius of Ireland-Brett; Various other Characters by Stevens, Usher, Swords, Painter, Davis, Barrett, Kenny, Darley, J. Bates, Mrs Love, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Francis, &c; Anchor Smiths (with Smiths are good Fellows)-Darley, Dorion, Burton, Brett; Colombine-Miss Morris. With a Ranelagh Masquerade. Characters out of character: Fighting Quakers-Barrett, Kenny; Disinterested Lawyer-Gardner; Humane Scalper-R. Palmer; Harlequin with one Leg-Spencer; Fainting Butcher-Painter; Reviving Death-Collins .

Dance: Afterpiece to conclude with a Grand Ballet, in Spanish Characters, by Giorgi, Byrn, Miss Byrn, Sga Vidini, and others

1919
12 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron. Public Advertiser, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Waldron, No. 19, Martlet-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Mainpiece [1st time in London; C 5, by Francis Godolphin Waldron, 1st acted at Richmond, Aug. 1782, as The Belle's Stratagem; or, The Female Fortune-Hunters, and again at the HAY in 1794 as Heigho for a Husband! Prologue by the author (MacMillan, Larpent Catalogue, 100). Author of Epilogue unknown. MS: Larpent 599; not published]. Afterpiece: Not acted these 8 years. The Indisposition which prevented King from performing last Friday continuing, Palmer has very kindly undertaken and studied the Character King intended to have appeared in this Evening. Receipts: #126 15s. 6d. (34/5/0; 21/18/6; 2/15/0; tickets: 67/17/0) (charge: #106 9s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Imitation; Or, The Female Fortune-hunters

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Dance: After the Epilogue The Butterfly, as17830426; In Act I of afterpiece the Crutch Dance {performers not listed)

Song: In Act II of mainpiece song on the Knights of St. Patrick, &c. (singer not listed)

1920
21 January 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Word To The Wise

Afterpiece Title: The Talisman

Performance Comment: Principal Parts by L'Estrange, Smith, Williams, Robson, Stannard, Jones, Johnson, Brett, Remy, Thomson; Mrs Willliams, Mrs Moore, Mrs Beaufield, Mrs Lefevre. [Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Charles Drinkwater, Francis Friendly, Sir William Randal, Darby Mulroony; Lady Drinkwater, Mrs Friendly, Miss Timor, Betty.] Prologue spoken by L'Estrange .

Song: End of mainpiece a song by Brett

Monologue: 1784 01 21 End of Act III of mainpiece a Masonic Address by a Brother [unidentified]

1921
15 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Jones, Painter, Bates, Goodwin, Atkins, Mrs Davenett, Miss Francis, Mrs Branson, Mrs Sharpe, and the Widow of the late Dr Arne will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #229 3s. 6d. (46/11/6; 2/7/0; tickets: 180/5/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece The Rival Nympbs, as17840318athi

Song: End of mainpiece Let not Age by a Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified])

1922
02 June 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Performance Comment: Bustleton-Palmer; Manager-Aickin; Gentleman in the Balcony-Bannister Jun.; Easy-R. Palmer; Irishman in the Pit-Booth; Prompter-Gardner; Actresses-Miss Hale; Mrs Poussin, Miss Francis, Mrs Lefevre; Caller-Mrs Love; Lady in the Balcony-Mrs Webb .

Afterpiece Title: Lord Russel

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

1923
31 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Afterpiece Title: Here and There and Every Where

Dance: In afterpiece, by Byrne, Ratchford, Giorgi Jun., Miss Francis, Miss Rowson, Mrs Invill, Giorgi's Scholars, the two Miss Simonets. [The dances were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Performance Comment: , Miss Francis, Miss Rowson, Mrs Invill, Giorgi's Scholars, the two Miss Simonets. [The dances were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.] hathi.

1924
17 October 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Song: In Act v of mainpiece a Roman Ovation. The Music composed by Shield, with a Grand Chorus ["taken from Caractacus" (Public Advertiser, 21 Oct.)] by Dr Arne. Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Davies, Cubitt, Palmer, Darley, Meadows, Doyle; Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Gray, Miss Orme, Miss Francis, Miss Browning, Mrs Bannister. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Performance Comment: The Music composed by Shield, with a Grand Chorus ["taken from Caractacus" (Public Advertiser, 21 Oct.)] by Dr Arne. Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Davies, Cubitt, Palmer, Darley, Meadows, Doyle; Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Gray, Miss Orme, Miss Francis, Miss Browning, Mrs Bannister. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.] hathi.

1925
14 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Nunnery

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Meadows, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Pemberton; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Orme, Mrs Gray, Miss Francis, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Kennedy

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Meadows, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Pemberton; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Orme, Mrs Gray, Miss Francis, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Kennedy .