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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.

9451
07 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King and Prince Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pantalon A Broker Broken Merchant And Desperately In Love, Harlequin His Shopkeeper: With A Ridotto After The Venetian Manner, Songs, And A Serenata In A Venetian Gondola

Entertainment: As17261105

9452
12 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. With Flyings, Apparitions, &c. [The King, Prince, and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argentina A Magician, Disguised, Serving Diana, Transformed Into A Gipsie, Armenian, Footman, Fiend, Lady, And Counsellour

Dance: As17260928

9453
16 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Mercante Prodigo; Or, Harlequin A Prodigal Merchant, Persecuted By Silvio, Basilisk Of Bernagasso

Dance: As17260928

9454
19 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Furbarie Per Vendetta; Or, Brighella's Revenge Thwarted By Argentina: With Divers Transformations Of Harlequin, Viz

Performance Comment: Physician, Musick-Master, Madam Pantaska, or Lady Pancake, Swaggerer, Cyant and Grand Bashaw, Together with the Comical Egress and Regress from and to the Twon. Edition of 1726 lists no cast.
Cast
Role: Musick Actor: Master, Madam Pantaska, or Lady Pancake, Swaggerer, Cyant and Grand Bashaw, Together with the Comical Egress and Regress from and to the Twon. Edition of 1726 lists no cast.

Dance: Turkish Men and Women, being the Invention of Mr Poitier

9455
30 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Disgrazie D'arlechino: Viz

Dance: As17260928

9456
03 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Boheme. And the Flyings, Sinkings, and usual Decorations. N.B. Mr Boheme continuing indispos'd, the Tragedy of King Lear cannot be acted. Receipts: money #30 18s.; tickets #57 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 6 by money and 49 by tickets; pit, 59 by money and 246 by tickets; slips, 9 by money; first gallery, 97 by money and 81 by tickets; second gallery, 51 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: With the usual Dances proper to the Play-; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; French Sailor and his Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle

9457
11 September 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #53 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 64 paid and'11 orders; balcony, 4 paid; Pit, 162 paid and 4 orders; slips, 10 paid; first gallery, 156 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 105 paid. [In Daily Journal, 8 Sept., King Lear had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Country Wife-Mrs Younger; Pinchwife-Quin; Horner-Ryan; Harcourt-Walker; Sparkish-Milward; Dorilant-W. Bullock; Sir Jasper-Hippisley; Quack-Hall; Lady Fidget-Mrs Bullock; Alithea-Mrs Berriman; Lucy-Mrs Morgan; Mrs Dainty-Mrs Rice; Mrs Squeamish-Miss Fenton.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Berriman

Dance:

9458
28 September 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Present: King and Queen. [In Daily Post, 27 Sept., Macbeth had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

9459
30 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: With all the Original Decorations of Rising, Sinking, and Flying. Daily Post, 30 Oct.: The Play of King Henry the Eighth...having met with a very favourable Reception from the Town, we hear that the Players propose to add several different Characters of Dignity to the Procession of Queen Anne Bullen , with other proper Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O'divelly

Performance Comment: Sir Edward-Shepard; Sir Tim-Norris; Squire Heartford-Miller; Tom Shacklehead-Johnson; Teague-Williams; Belfort-Wm. Mills; Doubty-Watson; Lady Shacklehead-Mrs Wetherilt; Isabella-Mrs Horton; Theodosia-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Lady Shacklehead Actor: Mrs Wetherilt
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Mills.

Music: ll the Witches Musick both Vocal and Instrumental, by the late Mr Barret-

Dance: Dancing Proper to the Play-

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife. Cobler-Boval; His Wife-Roger; Countrymen-Essex, Haughton; Countrywomen-Mrs Brett, Mrs Mills

9460
13 December 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written Originally by Shakespear. [By Lewis Theobald.] Theophilus Cibber: [Booth's] Illness...returned soon after his playing King Henry VIII. He was then studying the Part of Julio in the Double Falsehood; he rehearsed it several times,-when the Play begin ready for acting, he was prevented appearing in it, by a Relapse into his former Indisposition.-The Part was supplied a few Nights by Mr Charles Williams (a promising Player, who died young) to whom Mr Booth had given the Part to study, as doubting the Certainty of his being able to appear in it himself: But, at Mr Theobald's Entreaty (backed by many Gentlemen and Ladies) he good-naturedly (but fatally) disregarded his Indisposition, which was then an intermitting Fever, and acted that Part from the fifth to the twelfth Night; which was alas! the last time of his Appearance on tle Stage.-Lives and Characters, pp. 82-83

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald

9461
14 December 1727 @ Westminster School

Event Comment: His Royal Highness the Duke present. Mainpiece: By Terence. Afterpiece: Imitated from the Phormio by Moliere, and translated into English by Mr Otway, with some Alterations; acted by the younger King's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phormio

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: The Scholars of the School; A New Prologue, Epilogue , address'd to his Royal Highness-.

9462
15 January 1728 @ Westminster School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phormio

Performance Comment: The King's Scholars.

9463
27 January 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

9464
17 February 1728 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Music by Handel. Text by Haym.] The King, Queen, Princess Amelia, and Princess Carolina present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siroe

9465
22 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #163 14s. 6d. King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present. Probable attendance: boxes, 228 paid and 28 orders; stage, 11 paid and 1 order; pit, 302 paid and 1 order; slips, 43 paid and 24 orders; first gallery, 443 paid; second gallery, 199 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

9466
14 March 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Majesties' Command. Pit and Front Boxes laid together at 5s. [King and Queen present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: Mrs Booth; Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett

9467
30 March 1728 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Amelia present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siroe

9468
02 April 1728 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Queen, Princess Royal, Princess Amelia present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siroe

9469
07 May 1728 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ptolemy

9470
06 September 1728 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Royal Champion; Or, St

Performance Comment: George for England , Shewing how St. George in his Travels fell in Love with the beautiful Sabrina, Daughter to the King of Egypt, and slew a Monstrous Dragon that was to have Devour'd her, and also Kill'd the great Giant Demigorean; With the Comical Humours of Rumbelo.

9471
13 November 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command.Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. The King, Queen, Prince William, and three Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

9472
30 November 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King, Queen, Princess Royal and Princesses Amelia and Carolina present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

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

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Sailors Actor: Burney, Oates, Wright, Wetherilt, Burnet, Grey
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

9473
16 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: TThe King and Queen present. Receipts: #61 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 56 paid and 40 orders; stage, 4 paid; pit, 205 paid and 14 orders; slips, 16 paid and 29 orders; first gallery, 178 paid and 21 orders; second gallery, 154 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Salle, Moreau, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, DuPre Jr, DelaGarde Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

Music: A Piece of Musick-; accompanied on Two French Horns-Joachim Frederic Creta , who will blow the First and Second Treble on Two French Horns, in the same Manner as if Two Persons: Being the first Time of his appearing in Publick, since his Arrival in Great-Britain

9474
06 March 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Their Majesties Command. Benefit Mrs Oldfield. Daily Journal, 7 March: Last Night the King, Queen, Prince of Wales, and the Princesses were all at the Theatre in Drury-Lane....But before the Play began, a Gentlewoman presented a Book, address'd to Princess Amelia, intitled, The Ladies Preservative, in the Three Chief Characteristicks of Beauty; the Hair, Complexion, and Teeth, which was very graciously received. Universal Spectator, 8 March: And supposing the Tickets which came in at the usual Rates, there was about 240 1. in the House. But her Benefit is generally reckoned at 500 1. several Persons of Quality, &c. giving five, ten, and twenty Guineas each. There was the greatest Appearance of Ladies of Quality at her Benefit that ever was known, and the House so excessive full, Stage and all, that the Actors had scarce Room to perform

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

9475
13 March 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Majesties' Command. [King, Queen, Prince of Wales, Duke, Princess Royal, Princess Amelia, Princess Carolina present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Roger; Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson; Whitsun Holiday-Boval, Mrs Mills