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2609 results for: Keyword - the Lord Mayor's Show
We found 1719 matches on Performance Comments, 678 matches on Event Comments, 366 matches on Performance Title, 43 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
07 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

52
20 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Capricious Lady

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

53
21 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

54
22 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Capricious Lady

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

55
23 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Arbaces-Sga Sestini (1st appearance in Serious Opera [at this theatre; see17821102]); Artabanes-Reinhold; Rimines-Davies; Artaxerxes-Mrs Kennedy; Semira-Mrs Morton; Mandane-Miss Harper (1st appearance in that character) .

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

56
24 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Capricious Lady

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

57
25 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

58
27 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

59
05 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

60
07 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Capricious Lady

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

61
24 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

62
10 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Husband

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

63
21 April 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

64
28 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Darley, Jones, Painter, Besford, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Sharpe, the Widow of the late Dr Arne, and Mrs Dalrymple will be admitted. Tickets delivered for The Maid of the Mill will be taken. [Afterpiece in place of THE Devil upon Two Sticks, announced on playbill of 27 May.] Receipts: #286 14s. 6d.(93/6/6; 3/1/0; tickets: 190/7/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Mahon
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirit Actor: Mrs Martyr. Larpent MS adds the following parts: Harlequin, O'Flannegan, Ulan, Man with Books, Doctors, Taylors, Servants, Mob

Dance: End of mainpiece The Fingalian; or, The Female Frolic by Miss Besford and others

65
11 November 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Rival Knights and The Country Mad-Cap, both announced on playbill of 10 Nov.] Receipts: #178 13s. 6d. (175/3/0; 3/10/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

66
17 November 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

67
24 November 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Davenant-Henderson; Capt. Davenant-Lewis; Capt. Dormer-Wroughton; Sir Harry Harlow-Aickin; Paget-Fearon; Sir Edmund Travers (1st time)-Wilson; Miss Dormer-Mrs Kemble (late Miss Satchell); Waiting Woman-Miss Platt; Lady Davenant-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Lord Davenant Actor: Henderson

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

68
18 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: Lord Winlove Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

69
10 November 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speculation

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: the Gynosophist Actor: Thompson

Dance: As17951109

70
12 November 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speculation

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: the Gynosophist Actor: Thompson

Dance: As17951109

71
23 November 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Apothecary Actor: Rees

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Cast
Role: The Death and Renovation of the Elk Actor:
Role: the Gynosophist Actor: Thompson
Role: The False Step Actor: O'Flanagan's Blunders-The Desponding Maiden-The Sailor's Return-Gobble's Disaster-with a Triumphal Procession of English Amazonians. Captain O'Flanagan-Johnstone
Role: O'Flanagan's Blunders Actor: The Desponding Maiden-The Sailor's Return-Gobble's Disaster-with a Triumphal Procession of English Amazonians. Captain O'Flanagan-Johnstone
Role: The Desponding Maiden Actor: The Sailor's Return-Gobble's Disaster-with a Triumphal Procession of English Amazonians. Captain O'Flanagan-Johnstone
Role: The Sailor's Return Actor: Gobble's Disaster-with a Triumphal Procession of English Amazonians. Captain O'Flanagan-Johnstone
Role: The Widow Bewitched Actor: How to restore a Deputy Common Council-Man. Scene IV. Outside of Dancing, Shaving and Hair-dressing Academyv
Role: In which The Long Minuet Actor:
Role: Master of the Academy Actor: Wilde
Role: The Lover's Leap Actor: Harlequin's Flight across the Theatre. Scene III. Inside of Gobble's Housev
Role: Music hath Charms Actor: O'Flanagan's performance on the Violin-Water parted from the Sea-The Lads of the Village-Come sing round my favorite Tree-and Stoney Batter, all the same to O'Flanagan. Scene IV. A Tavernv
Role: O'Flanagan's performance on the Violin Actor: Water parted from the Sea-The Lads of the Village-Come sing round my favorite Tree-and Stoney Batter, all the same to O'Flanagan. Scene IV. A Tavernv
Role: Water parted from the Sea Actor: The Lads of the Village-Come sing round my favorite Tree-and Stoney Batter, all the same to O'Flanagan. Scene IV. A Tavernv
Role: The Lads of the Village Actor: Come sing round my favorite Tree-and Stoney Batter, all the same to O'Flanagan. Scene IV. A Tavernv
Role: Come sing round my favorite Tree Actor: and Stoney Batter, all the same to O'Flanagan. Scene IV. A Tavernv
Role: A Meeting of the Council Actor: Men. Most Learned Debates!!-The Magical Nosegay-with the Crying, Laughing, Sneezing, Yawning, Dancing and Whistling Glee, by Shield-Carriage for the Company-Running without Horses-and on one Wheel only. Common Council@men-Davenport, Rees, Williamson, Wilde, Thompson, Abbot
Role: ! Actor: The Magical Nosegay-with the Crying, Laughing, Sneezing, Yawning, Dancing and Whistling Glee, by Shield-Carriage for the Company-Running without Horses-and on one Wheel only. Common Council@men-Davenport, Rees, Williamson, Wilde, Thompson, Abbot
Role: The Magical Nosegay Actor: with the Crying, Laughing, Sneezing, Yawning, Dancing and Whistling Glee, by Shield-Carriage for the Company-Running without Horses-and on one Wheel only. Common Council@men-Davenport, Rees, Williamson, Wilde, Thompson, Abbot
Role: by Shield Actor: Carriage for the Company-Running without Horses-and on one Wheel only. Common Council@men-Davenport, Rees, Williamson, Wilde, Thompson, Abbot
Role: Carriage for the Company Actor: Running without Horses-and on one Wheel only. Common Council@men-Davenport, Rees, Williamson, Wilde, Thompson, Abbot

Song: As17950921, but Vocal Parts-_

72
29 October 1694 @ The City, London

Event Comment: The Lord Mayor's Show. By Elkanah Settle. See Celia Fennes, Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (1888), pp. 242 ff, for an account of a Lord Mayor's show in the late seventeenth century

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of London

Performance Comment: Prepared for the Entertainment of Sir ThomasLane, Knight....Containing a full Description of the Pageants, Speeches, Songs, and the whole Solemnity of the Day. Performed on Monday the 29 of October, 1694. Set forth at the Proper Cost and Charges of the...Clothworkers.

73
05 September 1738 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At Lee's Booth, on the Bowling Green. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merlin, The British Enchanter; Or, St

Related Works
Related Work: Merlin; or, The Devil of Stone-Henge Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: The Country Farmer; or, Trick upon Trick

Performance Comment: To conclude with the Procession of the Lord Mayor's Show-.
Cast
Role: To conclude with the Procession of the Lord Mayor' Actor: .

Music:

74
29 October 1662 @ The City, London

Event Comment: The Lord Mayor's show. Evelyn, Diary: Was my L. Majors shew with a number of sumptuous pageantry, speeches & Verses: I was standing in an house in Cheape side, against the place prepared for their Majesties. The Prince & heire of Denmark was there, but not our King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: London's Triumph: Presented In Severall Delightfull Scaenes

Performance Comment: And Celebrated in Honour of the truly Loyal, and known deserver of Honour, Sir John Robinson. The edition of 1662 has no actors' names, no prologue, no epilogue.

75
29 October 1695 @ The City, London

Event Comment: London. By Elkanah Settle. The Lord Mayor's Show

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of London

Performance Comment: Performed on Tuesday, Octob. 29. 1695 for the Entertainment of...Sir John Houblon, Kt...Containing a True Description of the several Pageants; with the Speeches spoken on each Pageant. All prepared, at the proper Costs and Charges of the...Grocers. To which is added a New Song upon His Majesty's Return.