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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.

876
11 March 1755 @ The Great Room, Dean Street, Soho

Event Comment: By Handel. Benefit for Miss Turner. Oratorios by Handel. At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. To begin at 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Song: I: Praise the Lord- accompanied by Parry

Music: II: Concerto (Arne) on Harpsichord-Miss Turner

877
25 January 1765 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Increase of a Fund established for the support of Decayed musicians and their families. An Oratorio from the Works of the Late Mr Handel, performed but once. The Governors of the Fund spent #628 18s. 6d. last year. Pit and Boxes Half a Guinea. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries open at 4, Pit and Boxes at 5. To begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Israel In Babylon

Entertainment: I: Solo on the Violincello-Parton; II: Solo on Violin by permission of Lord Tyrawley, -Fisher

878
28 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: The other Characters Actor:

879
29 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Music [of mainpiece].Receipts: #147 10s. (118.0; 29.0; 0.10; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

880
30 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: In afterpiece: Blurton

881
01 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: London's Great Jubilee Author(s): Matthew Taubman

882
08 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Music [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #209 1s. (176.10.0; 32.2.6; 0.8.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: As17810102

883
10 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

884
11 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

885
13 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Music [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #161 15s. (121.15; 39.0; 1.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

886
15 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the playbill announces Bon Ton, but it was not acted. Its substitute is listed in the Account-Book.] Receipts: #196 8s. 6d. (154.7.0; 40.14.0; 1.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Butterfly, as17800921

887
16 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 14 years [not acted since 21 May 1764]. Paid Mrs Linley, Storekeeper and Inspector of Wardrobe #25. Receipts: #100 18s. 6d. (71.8.0; 28.6.6; 1.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

888
18 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Lord Minikin Actor: Dodd

Dance: End: Dance-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Delpini, Sga Crespi, Henry, Miss Armstrong

889
20 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

890
01 February 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of Zara, announced on playbill of 31 Jan.] Receipts: #267 3s. (265.19; 1.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17810131

891
07 February 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17810131

892
09 February 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17810131

893
14 February 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17810203

894
23 February 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17810131

895
31 March 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Vernon. 2nd piece [1st time; INT I, author unknown. Larpent MS 552; not published. It had reference to the surrender of St. Eustatius by the Dutch to Admiral Rodney, 4 Feb. 1781]. Receipts: #233 19s. (106.18.0; 27.2.6; 0.3.6; tickets: 99.15.0) (charge: #108 0s. 2d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Conquest of St

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

896
23 April 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Henry and Emma

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: As17810312

897
30 April 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Prudom. Public Advertiser, 28 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Prudom, No. 8, facing the Green Park, Piccadilly. Receipts: #132 0s. 6d. (57.19.0; 18.2.6; 1.9.0; tickets: 54.10.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Lord Minikin Actor: Dodd

Dance: End: The Dutch Quaker-Traffieri, Henry, Sga Crespi

898
06 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman, the elder.] Receipts: #197 9s. 6d. (141/14/0; 55/1/0; 0/14/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Performance Comment: Sir John Trotley (with the original Prologue)-King; Colonel Tivy-Brereton; Davy-Parsons; Jessamy-Lamash; Lord Minikin-Dodd; Lady Minikin-Miss Pope; Gymp-Miss Simson; Miss Tittup-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Lord Minikin Actor: Dodd

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17811004

899
11 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of Zara, announced on playbill of 9 Oct.] Public Advertiser, 11 Oct.: Mrs Crawford refusing to fulfill her Engagement at this Theatre, Zara cannot be performed. [Throughout this season Mrs Crawford was acting at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin.] Receipts: #110 6s. 6d. (78/1/0; 31/2/0; 1/3/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

900
21 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: For the 1st Time in 2 acts [CO 2, altered from the same, probably by the author, John Burgoyne. Text 1st published by R. Baldwin, 1788. For composer see 1 Feb.]. Receipts: #234 3s. (199/19/0; 33/12/6; 0/11/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: End of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour, as17820104; End of Act I of afterpiece New Dance by Zuchelli, Lemcrcier, Miss Armstrong, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger