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1122 results for: Keyword - the Girl
We found 987 matches on Roles/Actors, 244 matches on Performance Title, 141 matches on Performance Comments, 69 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

326
23 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Performance Comment: As18000121, but Prologue-_ [and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000110, but The Other Pantomime Characters-Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Cast
Role: The Other Pantomime Characters Actor: Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Whitmore Jun.

Song: As18000118

327
24 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Cast
Role: The Other Pantomime Characters Actor: Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Whitmore Jun.

Song: Chorusses, as18000118, but added: Mrs Bologna

328
25 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Incledon, but "Family distresses (The loss of an amiable wife) preventing Incledon from appearing in public, the part of Darbony was assigned to Hill" (Dramatic Censor, I, 181).] Receipts: #215 11s. 6d. (212.0.6; 3.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Cast
Role: The Other Pantomime Characters Actor: Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Whitmore Jun.

Song: As18000124

329
27 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Cast
Role: The Other Pantomime Characters Actor: Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Whitmore Jun.

Song: As18000124

330
28 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Cast
Role: The Other Pantomime Characters Actor: Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Whitmore Jun.

Song: As18000124

331
31 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Cast
Role: The Other Pantomime Characters Actor: Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Whitmore Jun.

Song: As18000124

332
01 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Cast
Role: The Other Pantomime Characters Actor: Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Whitmore Jun.

Song: As18000124

333
05 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "The part of Lord Albert seems to be a kind of give and take between Messrs Pope and Claremont. After being resumed for a night or two by the original representative [27, 31 Jan., 1 Feb.], it again devolved upon the latter gentleman [28 Jan., 5 Feb.]" (Dramatic Censor, I, 203). Receipts: #183 12s. (177.12.6; 5.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate

Song: As18000124

334
07 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Farmer, advertised on playbill of 6 Feb.] Receipts: #156 (151.5.6; 4.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Cox

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Waddy

Song: As18000124

335
08 December 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Made shorter, and intermix'd with Vocal Musick and Dancing. At 5 p.m. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bath; Or, The Western Lass

Performance Comment: A new Prologue- All in Honour of the Officers of the Army and Fleet, and to welcome them home from Flanders and Vigo.
Cast
Role: A new Prologue Actor: All in Honour of the Officers of the Army and Fleet, and to welcome them home from Flanders and Vigo.

Song: Let the dreadful Engines-Leveridge; Since the Times are so Bad-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; Sing Sing All Ye Muses-Laroone, Hughs; A Scotch Song-Leveridge

Dance: Between every Act: Genteel Round-a Devonshire Girl never seen on the Stage before, to the Harp alone; an Irish Humour, The Whip of Dunboyne-Devonshire Girl, her Master; another genteel dance-Devonshire Girl; a Highland Lilt-Devonshire Girl, her Master; A Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl all in Natural Habits

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald

336
22 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Mary, and Louisa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Dance: A French Boy and Girl (the first Time of their appearance on this Stage); Muzette, Tambourine-the Girl; Wooden Shoe Dance-the Boy; French Peasants-the Boy and Girl; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

337
26 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Anderson
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Woodward, the first time of her performance on this stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: MMuzette-French Girl; Tambourine-French Girl; Wooden Shoe Dance-French Boy; French Peasants-French Girl and Boy

338
25 August 1701 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At the Famous Dutchwoman's Booth against the Hospital Gate. At Barnes and Finley's Rope-Dancing Booth between the Crown Tavern and the Hospital Gate, over against the Cross-Daggers in Smithfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: [By] 6 Companies of Rope Dancers; who] [are joyned in one, they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women, and Children, that could be found beyond the Seas, where will be performed such wonderful variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack Rope, the Sloaping Rope-; [you will see a wonderful Girl of 10 years of Age, who walk backward up the sloaping Rope-Girl of 10 years[, driving a Wheel-barrow behind her; [also you will see the Great Italian Master, who not only passes all that has yet been seen upon the low Rope, [but he Dances[ without a Pole upon the Head of a Mast [as high as the Booth will permit, and afterwards stands upon his Head on the same-Great Italian Master; [You will also be entertained with the many Conceits of an Italian Scaramouch, who Dances on the Rope [with 2 Children and a Dog in a Wheel-barrow, and a Duck on his Head-Italian Scaramouch

Related Works
Related Work: Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Dance: Such variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack/Rope, Tumbling, as has never been seen in this Fair before-

339
16 August 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Phillips. Writ by the Ingenious Mr Shadwell, late Poet Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Bellamour-Phillips; who play'd Chamont amongst the Oxford Gentlemen see17040707 and who speaks a new Prologue to the Town-Phillips.
Cast
Role: who play'd Chamont amongst the Oxford Ge Actor: Phillips.

Song: A gentleman, his first on the stage

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Dance: Harlequin Man and Woman-Laforest, Devonshire Girl; Quaker's Dance, Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl

340
12 January 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh, and Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: See17391103, but Townly-Ryan; Lady Townly-Mrs Horton; Manly-Hale; Lady Grace-Mrs Stevens; Basset-Neale; Richard-James; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Martin; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Kilby; Jenny-Mrs Vincent; Myrtilla-Mrs Hale; Trusty-Mrs Cross; Sir Francis-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: TTambourine-French Girl; Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl

Ballet: GGrand Dance in Momus. As17400110

341
15 January 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: CComic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Tambourine-French Girl; Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl

Song: TThe Parting Lovers-Laguerre, Salway, Mrs Lampe

342
10 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit Cibber. [Tickets at Cibber's Lodgings, at Mr Bolney's, Great Piazza, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17391219, but Othello (by Desire)-Cibber; Bianca-Mrs Hale; Duke-_.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Cibber

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; II: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

343
11 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets at Delane's Lodgings (No. 6) in Wild Court, Wild Street, and at Mrs Delane's Lodgings, at the Fig-Tree, opposite Salisbury Street in the Strand.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Performance Comment: King Henry-Delane; Fluellin-Hippisley; King of France-Johnson; Dauphin-Hallam; Burgundy-Harrington; Constable of France-Bridgwater; Queen Isabella-Mrs James; Catherine-Mrs Ware; Exeter-Stephens; Glocester-Clarke; Bedford-A. Ryan; Westmoreland-Roberts; Cambridge-Anderson; Scroop-Arthur; Gray-Gibson; Gkwer-Hale; Macmorris-Neale; Williams-Rosco; Bates-Mullart; Nym-Stoppelaer; Bardohph-Oates; Page-Miss Ferguson; Hostess-Mrs Mullart; Pistol-Cibber Mr Ryan being very hoarse, we are obliged to omit the Chorus.
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Ware
Role: Pistol Actor: Cibber Mr Ryan being very hoarse, we are obliged to omit the Chorus.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Tambourine-French Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

344
18 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ryan. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Piece of Musick, with several Additions by the Author. [By Henry Carey. First given on 1 Dec. 1739 as entr'acte piece. Tickets at Ryan's House, the 3d House in Great Queen Street from Drury Lane.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Performance Comment: Nancy's Father-Leveridge; Tom Trueblue-Salway; Dreadnaught-Laguerre; Coxen-Ladd; Nancy-Mrs Lampe.
Cast
Role: Nancy's Father Actor: Leveridge

Dance: I: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Song: II: Leveridge, Salway

345
20 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. [Tickets at Mrs Horton's Lodgings, the Angel in Bedford Street, Covent Garden.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Peasants-French Boy and Girl; II: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

346
18 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stephens. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Tickets at Stephen's Lodgings in Paternoster Row.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II: Peasant-French Boy; Serious Dance-French Girl; IV: Miller and Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

Song: III: Roberts

347
05 June 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by George Duke of Buckingham. Afterpiece: With Additions, the Words and Musick by Mr Carey. 6:30 p.m. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 6 June: Yesterday Morning died Mrs Hallam

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: See17391031, but Bayes-Cibber; Johnson-Ryan; Smith-Bridgwater; other parts-Hippisley, Rosco, Hallam, Hale, Gibson, Stephens, Roberts, Arthur, James, Neale, Mullart, Bencraft, Mrs Cross, Miss Burgess, Miss Brunette; With the Original Prologue-; With an Additional Re-inforcement of Mr Bayes's new rais'd Troops-; Vocals-Leveridge, Salway, Bencraft, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young.
Cast
Role: other parts Actor: Hippisley, Rosco, Hallam, Hale, Gibson, Stephens, Roberts, Arthur, James, Neale, Mullart, Bencraft, Mrs Cross, Miss Burgess, Miss Brunette
Role: With the Original Prologue Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Performance Comment: See17400318 but Nancy's Father-Leveridge; Truelove-Salway; Lieutenant-Bencraft; Nancy-Mrs Lampe; In which will be a Hornpipe-a Gentleman in the Character of a Sailor; With an Epilogue by Jo. Haines, Comedian, of Facetious Memory, -Cibber, riding on an Ass.
Cast
Role: 7400318 but Nancy's Father Actor: Leveridge
Role: In which will be a Hornpipe Actor: a Gentleman in the Character of a Sailor

Dance: I: Peasants-the French Boy and Girl; II: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Swiss Dance-French Boy and Girl; IV: Grecian Sailors-Glover; V: Hippisley's Drunken Man-

348
05 February 1703 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Singing-a little Girl

Dance: Comick and Serious Dancing-Weaver, Essex, others; a Young Gentlewoman who never perform'd before in Publick; With a Scene between Scaramouch and Harlequin- , entirely New; Vaulting on the Horse-

349
12 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Music: A piece of Instrumental Musick- to be perform'd on the Stage

Song: Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs; particularly a Two/part Song-Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell

Song: Country Farmer's Daughter, Highland Lilt-the Devonshire Girl; The Whip of Dunbyn-Claxton; a new Entry-Mrs Campion, others; A Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell; a new Scaramouch Man and Scaramouch Woman-Laferry, Mrs Lucas

350
13 March 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Play being shorten'd at least an hour in the Action

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Mode And The New

Song: Leveridge

Music: Several Entertainments on the Violin-Gasperini

Dance: The Devonshire Girl-; particularly a Quaker's Dance-

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