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9969 results for: Keyword - the King
We found 10005 matches on Roles/Actors, 2634 matches on Performance Title, 2610 matches on Performance Comments, 1593 matches on Event Comments, and 23 matches on Author.

7951
22 October 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: IImogen by a Young Gentlewoman-(Miss Yonge) (Cross Diary). Miss Younge--an elegant Figure in both dresses, a very good voice, but wants management, --a great deal of acting about her, and would make a great figure, if she had a better face. Upon the whole she played the part amazingly well, and had deserved applause (Hopkins Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs King

Dance: III: The Irish Haymakers-Giorgi, Mrs King

7952
01 November 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: An English Opera composed and directed by Dr Arne. In this opera two new performers appeared,--Mr Rathom who played Artaxerxes, a bad figure, extreamly aukward, and much hissed--the other Mrs Forbes, who played Arbaces, a small figure a good voice, was well received, and went decently through the part (Hopkins Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Artaxerxes-Rathom; Arbaces-Mrs Forbes, their first appearance; Rimenes-Fawcett; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Young; Mandani-Mrs Arne.
Cast
Role: Arbaces Actor: Mrs Forbes, their first appearance

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Cautherly

Dance: M Daguville, 1st appearance, Mrs King

7953
03 November 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: A New Dance (perform'd but once) call'd The Piedmontese Mountaineer-Dagueville, Mrs King

7954
10 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Cautherly. Farce from Mrs Centlivre's The Man's Bewitched. Never acted there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Barry; Chamont-Holland; Polydore-Cautherly; Page-Miss Palmer; Serina-Miss Platt; Chaplain-Love; Acasto-Bransby; Ernesto-Castle; Florella-Mrs Johnston; Monimia-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Polydore Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Performance Comment: Parts by Packer, Cautherly, Messink, Hartry, Moody, Love, Mrs W. Barry. Capt. Constant-Cautherly; Sir Geoffrey Constant-Packer; Trusty-Hartry; Clinch-Messink; Roger-Moody; Dolly-Mrs Love; Belinda-Mrs W. Barry (MacMillan).
Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Cautherly

Entertainment: End: Linco's Travels-King, Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: NNew Comic Dance, as17681210

7955
23 September 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The music of the afterpiece by Dibdin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: The Irish Haymakers-Giorgi, Mrs King

7956
06 December 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well; or, Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Moody; Friendly-Fawcett; Sir ThomasTesty-Hartry; Old Hob-Parsons; Dick-J. Burton; Roger-Keen; Hob's Mother-Mrs Bradshaw; Betty-Mrs Millidge; Flora-Mrs Scott.
Cast
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd the The English Gardeners-Atkins, Mrs King

7957
31 March 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Falsehood

Performance Comment: Julio-Reddish; Henriquez-Aickin; Roderick-Palmer; Duke Angelo-Bransby; Master of the Flocks-Moody; Camilo-Hurst; Don Bernard-Parsons; Shepherds-Hartry, Booth; Violante-Mrs Jeffries; Leonora-Miss Younge; Prologue-Reddish; Epilogue-Miss Younge; In IV: the Original Song (New composed by Mr Hook)-Miss Radley.
Cast
Role: Master of the Flocks Actor: Moody
Role: the Original Song Actor: Miss Radley.
Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: Hearts of Oak-Giorgi, Mrs King

7958
02 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17691028, but Hamlet-Cautherly; Polonius-Love, first time; Laertes-Brereton, first time; Ophelia-Miss Radley, first time; Osric-Dodd; Gravediggers-Parsons, Messink.
Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Cautherly
Role: Player King Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17690926, but the Allemande in the concluding Masquerade performed-Mas. and Miss West, pupils of Grimaldi.
Cast
Role: the Allemande in the concluding Masquerade Actor: Mas. and Miss West, pupils of Grimaldi.
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs King
Role: the Allemande Actor: Dagueville, Sg Vidini.

Dance: II: The Wake-Sg and Sga Giorgi; IV: (By Desire) a Minuet-Sg Giorgi, Mrs King

7959
03 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles. Charges #73 16s. Balance to Miles #47 14s. plus #119 7s. from tickets (Box 226; Pit 331; Gallery 132). Williams, Gard & Singleton rec'd customary Pay for performing the Bell and the lion in the Pantomime [see 15 Feb.] (Account Book). Receipts: #121 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jubilee

Cast
Role: The Characters Actor: _Holtom, Mrs White.
Role: The Vocal parts Actor: DuBellamy, Master Leoni, Mrs Baker
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere.

Dance: III: A Minuet-King, Miss Twist; IV: The Tartars, as17691207

7960
14 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: DDialogue-Epilogue, an Address to the Town-Sparks and Keen, as Lord Chief Justice Joker and his Attorney General. Benefit for Sparks. Afterpiece: By Thomas Sheridan. [The Dialogue-Epilogue is Larpent MS 309.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Brave Irishman

Entertainment: II: The Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man-King

Dance: End: As17700428

7961
06 June 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: To begin at 7 p.m. For one night only, being particularly desired by several Persons of Distinction. Performance by a considerable number of the best "catch" singers and instrumental performers. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Books of the Catches and Glees to be had at the theatre. Performance will be over time enough for those ladies and gentlemen who are engag'd at Mrs Cornelys's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Catches And Glees

Performance Comment: Under the direction of Dr Arne; After Part I, Several favourite songs-. After part two, by desire, the music in .
Cast
Role: Several favourite songs Actor: . After part two, by desire, the music in .

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Performance Comment: The poem by Mr Congreve-, the music by Dr Arne-; The vocal parts-Gaudry; Mercury-Phillips; Paris-Mrs Scott; Juno-Mrs Woodman; Venus-Mrs Barthelemon.
Cast
Role: Mr Congreve Actor: , the music by Dr Arne-
Role: The vocal parts Actor: Gaudry
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Barthelemon.
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: God Save our Noble King- (in Honor of His Majesty's Birthday)

7962
29 March 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Entertainment: End: (For the last time this season) The Wishing Cap-King. [See17730323]

7963
22 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden not acted these 15 years.[See 23 April 1750.] Charges #68 2s. Profit to Bensley #37 19s. 6d., plus #38 5s. from tickets (Box 153). Paid Mr Hopkins for the hire of Horses in the Fair #6 16s. Paid Read (scalemaker) #3 13s.; Dobosch (furrier) #4 17s. Paid Dall on acct of his salary #42. Receipts: #106 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

7964
20 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs P. Green, Hussey and Morris. Last time of performing till the holidays. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each #8 18s. 8d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Green #44 2s. (Box 53; Pit 137; Gallery 103); Hussey, #59 18s. (Box 162; Pit 92; Gallery 56); Morris, #46 19s. (Box 39; Pit 114; Gallery 201). [The Account Book indicates that The Padlock was substituted as the afterpiece at the last minute.] Receipts: #37 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Blurton; IV: A Minuet-Hussey, Mrs Stephens; Cotillons-Hussey, Dumay, King, Curtat, Mrs Inville, Miss Bassan, Miss Matthews, Mrs Hartle, as17740518; End: A Comic Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Stephens, as17740517

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Richard II Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

7965
23 March 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: Taken from The Jovial Crew. Part of pit laid into boxes. Send servants by 4 o'clock. Paid Mr Grimaldi's draft on Mrs Adams #100 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #291 9s. 6d. Charges: #68 18s. Profits to Smith: #212 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Smith; Macduff-Reddish; Duncan-Usher; Donalbain-Everard; Fleance-Mas. Pulley; Seyton-Griffiths; Hecate-Legg; Lady Macduff-Miss Sherry; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Yates; Banquo-Packer; Doctor-Wright; Witches-Parsons, Moody, Baddeley; Ross-Aickin; Malcolm-Cautherly; Lenox-Fawcett; Angus-Keen; Seward-Hurst; Captain-Davies; Vocal Parts-Legg, Kear, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Mrs Love; In Act IV, a Dance of the Furies-.
Cast
Role: Malcolm Actor: Cautherly
Role: a Dance of the Furies Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Entertainment: End: the Favourite Interlude, Linco's Travels-, with Particular remarks on London; Linco-King; Old Woman-Mrs Bradshaw

7966
15 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild (prompter) and Miss Brown. Mrs Barry's indisposition prevents her appearing in the character of Athenais

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Performance Comment: As17750422 but Athenais-Mrs Mattocks, first time.
Cast
Role: Athenais Actor: Mrs Mattocks, first time.
Role: Aranthes Actor: Davis
Role: Theodosius Actor: Lewis
Related Works
Related Work: The Weathercock Author(s): Theodosius Forrest

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: III: A Minuet-King, Miss Brown

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue-Miss Brown, Mrs Baker, Reinhold, Mattocks; Dances-Aldridge

7967
28 October 1777 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Event Comment: [The performance is referred to in Gazetteer, 8 Nov.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

7968
20 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Announced by the playbill, but "Not perform'd on Acct. of Mr Garrick's Death (at 8 o'Clo'Morng)" (MS annotation on Kemble playbill). See also Public Advertiser, 21 Jan.: Drury Lane Theatre was shut up last night on [this] melancholy Occasion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

7969
30 March 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea; Alexander's Feast

Music: As17810302

Song: End Oratorio: My Heart is inditing [from Coronation Anthems]-; with several capital songs [selected from Handel's Works-; [to conclude with the Grand Coronation Anthem God save the King-Norris, Reinhold, Miss Linley, Miss Draper, Miss Prudom

7970
24 November 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ezio

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance, as17811120; End of Act II Divertisement Dance, King's as17811117; End of Opera Let Amans Reunis, as17811117, but omitted: Mlle Dumont

Cast
Role: Chief of the Island Actor: Slingsby.

7971
21 February 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Vlaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement Dance, as17820216; End of Act II Les King's Peeks Mens, as17811211, but added: Bournonville, Raymond; omitted: Mme Simonet, Slingsby, Sga Crespi

Cast
Role: Chief of the Island Actor: Slingsby.

7972
17 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Leonard Macnally; words to some of the songs by Edward Lysaght]: With new Music, Scenes and Dresses. The Music composed by Shield [with selections from Sacchini, Bertoni, Lord Mornington, &c. (Public Advertiser, 19 Apr.); overture by Baumgarten, being the same as that used by him in William and Nanny at CG, 12 Nov. 1779 (Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1784, p. 171)]. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Oct. 1784: This Day is published by J. Almon Robin Hood [listing cast for season of 1784-85] (1s. 6d.). [In the season of 1789-90 this was reduced to an afterpiece of 2 acts.] Receipts: #206 4s. (204/3; 2/1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood; Or, Sherwood Forest

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Cast
Role: Father Actor: Fearon
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs White
Role: Columbine Actor: Mlle Bithmere. Musical and Other Characters by Johnstone, Thompson, Doyle, Rayner, Jones, Helme, Bates, Ledger, Painter

Dance: End of mainpiece a New Dance by Le Bccuf and Mlle Constance (from the King's Theatre in Paris; 1st appearance)

7973
11 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Poor Soldier, announced on playbill of 9 Dec.] Receipts: #172 16s. 6d. (170.17.6; 1.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Apothecary Actor: Swords

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Brown.

Dance: As17861023

Song: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts, as17861023, but King, +Rock, Miss +Wilkinson

7974
18 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "A new Tragedy, called Eloisa [and Richard Coeur de Lion, both announced on playbill of 16 Dec. were] to have been represented last night; but on account of the illness of Farren [were] obliged to be deferred, and Fontainbleau, with Hob in the Well were announced [in playbill of this present night], but on account of the sudden indisposition of Edwin...both pieces were obliged to be changed to Henry IV, with Barataria" (Public Advertiser, 19 Dec.). Receipts: #117 0s. 6d. (115.0.0; 2.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Performance Comment: See17861122, but Sir Richard Vernon-; Francis-Sir Richard Vernon and Francis not acted, respectively, by Farren, Edwin [their substitutes not known].their substitutes not known].

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

7975
27 March 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Ryder. Public Advertiser, 7 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Ryder, No. 68, Dean-street, Soho. 2nd piece: Written by Foote. 3rd piece: Not acted these 10 years [not acted since 29 Oct. 1773]. Receipts: #274 16s. (176.3.6; 5.3.6; tickets: 93.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Lady Pentweazle in Town

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: II: a song-King