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15531 results for: Keyword - the Miss Palmers
We found 14952 matches on Performance Comments, 4436 matches on Performance Title, 1983 matches on Event Comments, 256 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

2901
19 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Fleance Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Dancing Actor: , other decorations proper to the play.

Dance: I: Les Enfans Jardiniers Suedois, as17420403 III: by Desire, a Minuet-Master Poiter, Miss Poiter; IV: A Serious Dance-Poiter, Mlle Roland; A Tambourine-Master Poitier; and a Serious Dance-Miss Poitier; Also Les Paisans Allemandes, as17420403

2902
26 November 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Cast
Role: Edging Actor: Miss Brunette

Afterpiece Title: Mock Doctor

Dance: NNew Peasant Dance-two Masters Granier, Miss Granier, Ormick, Granier, Mrs Vallois, Miss Haughton; Comic Dance-Carney, Mrs Roland

2903
29 November 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Busy Body-Cibber; Airy-Giffard; Charles-W. Giffard; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Sir Francis-Julian; Whisper-Peterson; Isabinda-Mrs E. Giffard; Patch-Mrs Dunstall; Scentwell-Miss Brunette; Miranda-Mrs Giffard; Prologue-Cibber; Epilogue-nobody as17421124.
Cast
Role: Scentwell Actor: Miss Brunette
Role: Edging Actor: Miss Brunette

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: AAmorous Contention, the Politick Maid-two Masters Granier, Miss Granier; Comic Dance, as17421126; Welsh Boufon-Master Granier, Miss Granier

2904
03 December 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Edging Actor: Miss Brunette

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Scott

Dance: CComic Ballet-Granier, Carney, Mrs Roland, LaPierre, Pelling, Mrs Saintquinot, Miss Story, Mrs Vallois; Welsh Boufon-two Masters Granier; Comic Dance-two Masters Granier, Miss Granier

2905
13 December 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Note, for the better Decorum of the Stage, no money will be taken behind the Scenes; and it is humbly hoped no Persons will desire Admittance there. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Written by the late Mr Farquhar. [Customary notice.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: The Part of Sylvia to be attempted-Mrs Hooper, first appearance any stage; Plume-Giffard; Worthy-W. Giffard; Justice-Dighton; Kite-Peterson; Scale-Freeman; Scruple-Pattenden; Bullock-Dunstall; Pearman-Julian; Appletree-Clough; Melinda-Mrs Butler; Rose-Miss Scott; Lucy-Mrs Dunstall; Captain Brazen-Cibber.
Cast
Role: The Part of Sylvia to be attempted Actor: Mrs Hooper, first appearance any stage
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Scott

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-two Masters Granier, Miss Granier; III: The Welch Buffon-two Masters Granier; V: A Comic Ballet-Carney, Mlle Roland, Lapierre, Pelling, Granier, Mrs Saintquient, Mrs Vallois, Miss Story

2906
06 February 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17451209, but Bullock-Taswell; Rose-Miss Scott; a New Occasional Prologue-_.
Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Scott
Role: Melinda Actor: Miss Copin, 1st appearance

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Bradshaw
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Cole.

Song: Lowe, Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards

Dance: I: Italian Peasants-the Mechels; III: Muilment; V: Grand Dance-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott, Picq, Miss Hilliard

2907
03 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Muilment. Tickets to be had of him at the Angel in King-Street, Covent Garden; and of Hobson at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Edwards

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: I: Lowe; III: Lowe

Dance: II: Grand New Dance-Muilment, Miss Mechel; IV: Muilment; V: By Particular Desire, a Ball Dance call'd The Louvre, concluding with a Minuet-Muilment, Miss Mechel

2908
27 October 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: At the Late Wells, at the bottom of Lemon St., Goodman's Fields, a Concert, etc. The House is alter'd in a more Theatrical Manner, is made warm, and Front Boxes made at the upper end of the Pit. We shall perform every Night. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit and First Gallery 1s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Cushing; Melissa-Mrs Butler; Kitty-Miss Maddocks.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Maddocks.

Dance: II: Peasant Dance-Master Morgan, Miss Baker; III: Scotch Dance-Mr Miles, Mrs Miles; IV: Tambourine-Master Morgan, Miss Baker; V: Drunken Peasant-Miles

2909
02 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Duke Sen-Mills; Duke Frederick-Winstone; Jaques-Sparkes; Orlando-Blakes; Amiens (with proper songs)-Lowe; Oliver-Havard; Adam-Berry; Silvius-Mozeen; Le Beau-Bransby; Jaques de Boys-Usher; Corin-Taswell; Charles-I. Sparks; William-Shuter; Phoebe-Miss Bennet; Audrey-Mrs Horsington; Celia-Mrs Clive; Rosalind-Mrs Woffington; Touchstone-Macklin.
Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Miss Bennet

Dance: I: Les Caprices de la Dance-Sga Auretti; III: Grand Ballet-Cooke, Janeton Auretti; V: Polish Dance-Cooke, Sga Auretti, Leviez, Mathews, Shawford, Royer, Pelling, Mrs Addison, Mrs Shawford, Miss Cole, Miss Thompson

2910
16 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Song and Chorus] Written over our late Victory over the French Fleet (General Advertiser). (bad) upon beat F: fleet (Cross). [The battle was fought on 25 Oct. off Cape Finisterre. Accounts, both French and English, appeared in the General Advertiser by 16 Nov.] Receipts: 120 (Cross); #114 16s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Garrick; Brazen-Macklin; Sylvia-Mrs Woffington; Rose-Mrs Green; Ballance-Winstone; Kite-Berry; Worthy-Havard; Bullock-Taswell; Welsh Collier-Blakes; Scale-Simpson; Scruple-Usher; Recruits-Neale, Ray; Melinda-Mrs Mills; Lucy-Mrs Bennet; to conclude with the last New Country Dance-the characters of the play.
Cast
Role: to conclude with the last New Country Dance Actor: the characters of the play.

Song: New Sailor's Song-; Chorus call'd Tit for Tat-

Dance: New Ballet, call'd %The Gardner's Revels-Cooke, Mathews, Leviez, Pelling, Shawford, Royer, Mrs Addison, Miss Thompson, Mrs Shawford, Miss Cole

2911
28 March 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Cibber. Tickets of Page at the Stage Door. [The entertainments and mixed afterpieces formed the most elaborate night's performance this season.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Related Works
Related Work: Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Authors Farce

Performance Comment: Luckless (the Author)-Cibber; Witmore-Bridges; Bookweight-James; Player-Anderson; Jack Pudding-Dunstall; Mrs Moneywood-Mrs James; Harriet-Miss Haughton; Wherein will be introduc'd an Operatic Puppet Show, call'd The Pleasures of the Town: Punch-Dunstall; Joan-Collins; Charon-Stoppelaer; Poet-Paddick; Sailor-Barnard; Robgrave-Smith; Don Tragedio-Storer; Dr Orator-Cushing; Signior Opera-Mrs Dunstall; Mrs Novel-Miss Copin; Goddess of Nonsense-Miss Young; With the Restoration of the King of Bantum, and the Foundlings Found Out: Murdertext-Morgan; Constable-Hacket; Bantomite Governor-Anderson; Bantomime Courier-Barnard; Foundlings-Cibber, Dunstall, Collins, Miss Haughton; Concluding with the Last New Grand Country Dance, call'd The Mouse Trap, or Foot's Vagaries: Miss in her Teens-La Petite Parisienne; Sg Piede-Villeneuve; Maitre de Ballet-Bencraft; Councillor-Morris; Lady Autumn-Oates; Rout, Drum Hunters-Delagarde, Anderson, Paddick, Mrs Dunstall, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Daniel, Mrs Villeneuve.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: Mrs Novel Actor: Miss Copin
Role: Goddess of Nonsense Actor: Miss Young
Role: Foundlings Actor: Cibber, Dunstall, Collins, Miss Haughton
Role: Miss in her Teens Actor: La Petite Parisienne

Song: I: Go lovely Rose-Beard; II: Tis Liberty-Mrs Storer; III: Sper il Fostore-Miss Faulkner; IV: Smiling Liberty-Miss Faulkner

Dance: V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

2912
27 April 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Marten and White (Treasurer). Afterpiece: A farce in Two Acts [Anonymous] never acted there before. [See 14 Jan. 1743, at lif.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Drums Demolishd or Bickerstaffs Unburied Dead

Song: I: Go Rose-Beard; II: Ah Se Amanti Fasti Mai, Felice Belve-Miss Faulkner; IV: Come Ever Smiling Liberty, Tis Liberty-Miss Faulkner

2913
14 March 1749 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Sparkes. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Delane; Lysimachus-Ryan; Hephestion-Ridout; Polyperchon-Gibson; Philip-Paget; Meleager-Bencraft; Thessalus-Oates; Perdiccas-Anderson; Aristander-Arthur; Cassander-Sparkes; Clytus-Quin; Sysigambis-Mrs Bambridge; Parisatis-Miss Haughton; Roxana-Mrs Ward; Statira-Miss Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Oates
Role: Parisatis Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: Statira Actor: Miss Bellamy.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Between the acts: Miss Norris, Miss Falkner (Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library)

2914
24 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Yates; Frederick-Havard; Clerimont-King; Ramilie-Palmer; Starved Cook-Woodward; Mariana-Mrs Mills; Harriet-Mrs Willoughby; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Pit; Lappet-Mrs Clive (In which character will be introduced the song of The Life of a Beau).

Dance: II: A New Grand Comic Ballad, called the Venetian Gardeners-M Grandchamps, 1st time of his performing in England, Madem Auretti, Pelling, Shawford, Macneal, George Yates, Harrison, Master Shawford, Mrs Addison, Mlle Mariet, Miss Baker, Mrs Shawford, Mrs L'Font, Miss Shawford; IV: Grand Ballet L'Entree de Flore-Mlle Auretti

Song: III: Master Mattocks

2915
19 December 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Cast
Role: Laura Actor: Miss Norris
Role: To conclude with a Rural Dance Actor: Grandchamps, Matthews, Miss Baker, Pelling, Macneale, Harrison, Master Shawford, Miss Cole, Mrs L'Font, Mlle Mariet, Mrs Pit.

Dance: SSwedish Gardeners-Master Maltere, Miss Anne Foulcade; The Wooden Shoe Dance-Master Maltere, Miss Foulcade their 1st appearance any stage (General Advertiser)

2916
17 March 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Benefit for Mlle Auretti. King an Princess Emilia [attended] (Cross). Tickets and places to be had of Mlle Auretti at the second house on the left hand, the Corner Panton St., in Leicester Fields, and of Hobson at the stage door. [Pit and boxes laid together and Amphitheatre on stage, as on 10 March.] Paid salary list #203 7s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #280 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: Between the acts: Savoyard Travellers, A Wooden Shoe Dance, a Minuet, Louvre-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti, Mathews, Miss Baker, Mlle L'Contri, Master Maltere, Miss Foulcade; the whole to conclude with: Country Dance-

2917
29 March 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: 2nd Lady Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: 3rd Lady Actor: Miss Hippisley

Song: I: O Lovely Peace (a duetto from Judas Macchabaeus)-Lowe, Miss Falkner; II: Mirth gives Courage-Leveridge; III: Spara il Pastor contente (from the opera Phaeton)-Miss Falkner; IV: The Truly Happy Man-Leveridge; End of Play: Epilogue to Music-Leveridge

Dance: V: Cooke, Miss Hillyard

2918
12 April 1751 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Cooke. Tickets deliver'd for the Orphan 28 March will be taken. Ladies send servants by three o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17510201, but Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Indiana-Mrs Elmy; Singing-Miss Falkner.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Singing Actor: Miss Falkner.
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Haughton

Dance: I: Grand Ballet call'd Pigmalion-Cooke, Miss Hillyard; II: The Gondoliers, as17510117, but _Jardin; III: Grand Scots Ballet, as17500926; IV: Dancing-Mad Heutte being the first time of her appearing of the English Stage; End: Louvre and Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hillyard

2919
27 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the late Ray, G: Burton, Harvey, Harrison. No building on stage. Tickets deliver'd out by the Late Mr Ray will be taken. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Havard; Balance-Burton; Worthy-Mozeen; Bullock-Taswell; Costar Pearman-Shuter; Appletree-Vaughan; Brazen-Woodward; Kite-Winstone; Welsh Collier-Blakes; Melinda-Mrs Mills; Rose-Miss Minors; Lucy-Mrs Bennet; Sylvia-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote

Cast
Role: Jezebel Actor: Miss Minors
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; II: A Comic Dance-Harvey, Miss Shawford; III: A Dance-Sg Piettro, Mad Janeton Auretti; IV: A Scotch Dance-Harvey, Miss Shawford; V: The Minuet, Louvre-Harvey, Mrs Addison

2920
14 May 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Morris, Miss Shawford; IV: A Hornpipe-Morris; V: Minuet-Morris, Miss Shawford

2921
28 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets at Beard's lodgings at Mrs Coleman's in East St., Red Lyon Square, and at the Stage Door. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Receipts: #280 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Lucilla Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: I: Rise Glory, in the Opera Rosamond, by Arne-Beard; II: A Song-Miss Thomas; III: (By desire) a Ballad-Beard; IV: A Pastoral Dialogue by Arne-Miss Thomas, Beard

2922
15 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performance Comment: As17541007, but only Damon-Lowe; Phillida-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Young.

Dance: I: Comic Entertainment, as17541203; II: a Serious Dance-Miss Poitier; III: Comic Dance-Lucas, Lepy; IV: Comic Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville; V: A Masquerade Dance, with aMinuet-Poitier Jr, Miss Poitier; To conclude with a Hornpipe-a scholar of Poitier Jr

Song: II: By Particular Desire The Choice-Miss Poitier

2923
23 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Farmer Deceivd or Harlequin Statue

Dance: PPastoral Dance-Miss Toogood (ten Years of age apprentice to LaLauze being the second time of her appearing on the staee); Louvre, Minuet-LaLauze, Miss Toogood

2924
04 November 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Bajazet-Murphy, first time; Moneses-Ross; Axalla-Palmer; Prince of Tanais-Blakes; Omar-Burton; Dervisse-Bransby; Stratocles-Walker; Hali-Simson; Tamerlane-Havard; Arpasia-Mrs Pritchard; Selima-Mrs Davies; Usual Prologue-; in Act IV, the Original Song of O! Gentle Sleep-Beard.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: LLilliputian Sailors-the Little Pietro, Miss Noverre, others; New Dance-Baletti, Lauchery, Mrs Vernon, Miss Noverre

2925
26 November 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Clarke (whose first appearance was in the character of Osman in Zara); Alonzo-Ryan; Carlos-Dyer; Alvarez-Anderson; Manuel-Wignel; Isabella-Mrs Baker; Leonora-Mrs Bellamy.
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: IItalian Peasants-Granier, Miss Hilliard; also, by Desire, The Fingalian Dance-Miss Hilliard