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2474 results for: Keyword - his Mae Author. The Spartan Dame
We found 1929 matches on Event Comments, 356 matches on Performance Title, 264 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1176
16 December 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #57 4s.; tickets #81 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 84 by moeny and 201 by tickets; stage, 23; balcony, 3; pit, 88 by money and 168 by tickets; slips, 19; first gallery, 153 by money and 57 by tickets; second gallery, 50

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dissembled Wanton

1177
18 January 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #81 6s. 6d.; tickets #82 16s. Probable attendance: boxes, 69 paid and 221 by tickets; stage, 81 paid; pit, 133 paid and 143 by tickets; slips, 26 paid; first gallery, 148 paid and 61 by tickets; second gallery, 84 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Saguntum

Cast
Role: Theron Actor: Hulett
Role: Theobald Actor: Quin

1178
21 January 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #77 1s. 6d.; tickets #36 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 105 paid and 100 by tickets; pit, 175 paid and 57 by tickets; slips, 9 paid; first gallery, 180 paid and 30 by tickets; second gallery, 79 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Saguntum

Cast
Role: Theron Actor: Hulett
Role: Theobald Actor: Quin

1179
26 January 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #45 3s.; tickets #27 4s. Probable attendance: boxes, 48 paid and 45 by tickets; stage, 2 paid; p1t, 112 paid and 67 by tickets; slips, 5 paid; first gallery, 103 paid and 59 by tickets; second gallery, 61 pa1d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Saguntum

Cast
Role: Theron Actor: Hulett
Role: Theobald Actor: Quin

1180
31 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Modes

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Modes Author(s): James Moore Smythe

1181
03 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Modes

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Modes Author(s): James Moore Smythe

1182
27 February 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [Author unknown. Apparenyly not published.] By Reason of the Length of the Entertainment...the Savage is...to be Acted with it; and, for Brevity, will be presented without Prologue or Epilogue. Receipts: #198 7s. 6d. Benefit J. Rich. Probable attendance: boxes and pit, 516 paid and 6 orders; slips, 47 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 400 paid; second gallery, 180 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Savage

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Gods of the Woods Actor: Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

1183
27 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Glover. With Two new Italian Songs composed by the Author and sung by Rochetti. Receipts: money #23 1s.; tickets #76 4s. Probable attendance: boxes, 28 by money and 187 by tickets; stage, 7 by money; pit, 45 by money and 155 by tickets; slips, 4 by money; first gallery, 37 by money and 62 by tickets; second gallery, 47 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: new Ball Dance-Glover, Mlle Salle; Pastoral-Glover, Newhouse, Dupre, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden; Pierot Dance-Nivelon, Poitier; Moors-Glover, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss Latour

1184
02 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By David Lewis.] Benefit the Author. N.B. By reason of the Heat of the Weather, the said Tragedy will be perform'd only for the Benefit of the Aug&thor (this Season). Receipts: money #18 15s.; tickets #126 16s. Probable attendance: boxes, 16 by money and 386 by tickets; stage, 12 by money; pit, 30 by money and 202 by tickets; slips, 1 by money; first gallery, 34 by money; second gallery, 34 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philip Of Macedon

1185
11 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #34 12s. 6d.; tickets #51 4s. Probable attendance: boxes, 32 by money and 161 by tickets; stage, 3 by money; pit, 90 by money and 73 by tickets; slips, 13 by money; first gallery, 72 by money; second gallery, 33 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philip Of Macedon

1186
24 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benfit the Author of Shakespeare Restored. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Strolers

Dance: Lally, Boval, Young Rainton, Mrs Booth, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Walter, Mrs Robinson; particularly Myrtillo-

1187
15 December 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Benefit of the Author of Shakespear Restor'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood

1188
19 December 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of Shakespear Restor'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood

1189
22 December 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of Shakespear Restor'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood

1190
19 January 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #47 16s.; tickets #117 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 56 by money and 266 by tickets; stage, 37 by money; pit, 41 by money and 321 by tickets; slips, 14 by money; first gallery, 99 by money and 29 by tickets; second gallery, 89 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sesostris

1191
23 January 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #38 13s.; tickets #20 6s. Probable attendance: boxes, 38 by money and 29 by tickets; stage, 1 uy money; pit, 95 by money and 79 by tickets; slips, 4 by money; first gallery, 92 by money and 12 by tickets; second gallery, 78 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sesostris

1192
01 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #143 17s. 6d.; tickets #18 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 168 by money and 75 by tickets; stage, 36 by money; pit, 286 by money; slips, 54 by money; first gallery, 356 by money; second gallery, 174 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

1193
05 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #173 11s.; tickets #16. Probable attendance: boxes, 209 by money and 64 by tickets; stage, 81 by money; balcony, 1 by money; pit, 282 by money; slips, 60 by money; first gallery, 432 by money; second gallery, 187 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

1194
08 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #153 7s.; tickets #12 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 184 by money and 49 by tickets; stage, 58 by money; balcony, 3 by money; pit, 281 by money; slips, 39 by money; first gallery, 381 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. Daily Journal, 8 Feb.: The Beggars Opera...meets with that universal Applause, that no one third Part of the Company that crowd thither to see it, can get Admittance: Which occasions a new Run to the Provok'd Husband at Drury-Lane; and so proves an equal Advantage to both Houses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

1195
15 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #162 8s.; tickets #13 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 204 by money and 54 by tickets; stage, 43 by money; balcony, 2 by money; pit, 269 by money; slips, 58 by money; first gallery, 424 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. [For the fortunes of the play, see Gay to Swift, 15 Feb. in Correspondence of Pope, II, 473-74.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

1196
18 February 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In Several Masques

1197
29 February 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Benefit of The Author of a new Tragedy which cannot conveniently be acted this Season. Tickets for 28 Feb. will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Dance: Lally, Essex, Mrs Booth

1198
13 March 1728 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: (D+Delany, Autobiography, I, 162): An opera is to be rehearsed; I have not heard the fame of it, its name nor author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Opera Rehearsed

1199
27 March 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Legar, the Harlequin, and Lalauze, the Pierot, Authors of the Entertainment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Modes Author(s): James Moore Smythe

1200
17 May 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. First piece: A Tragi-Comick Pastoral Farce, of Two Acts, written by the Author of The Beggar's Opera, with the Original Ballads

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Afterpiece Title: The Strollers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: As17271006, but Punch-_; Shopkeeper and Wife-_; Doctor's Man-_; Countrymen-reduced to Miller; Diana-Miss Robinson; With an Epilogue-Miss Robinson Jr at the Head of her Lilliputian Company.
Cast
Role: With an Epilogue Actor: Miss Robinson Jr at the Head of her Lilliputian Company.

Music: C$Corelli's Eighth Concerto-

Dance: PPieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; Harlequin-Lally, Mrs Brett