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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.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Robinson. Morning Chronicle, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Robinson at her house, the corner of Tavistock-row, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #201 12s. (67.4.0; 32.6.6; 0.11.6; tickets: 101.10.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Miss Kirby

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Gillian Actor: Miss Collett

Dance: As17800316

Song: End I: He's aye kissing me-Mrs Wrighten

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: As17790925, but Norfolk-Hurst; Duke of York-Miss Langrish.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Cast
Role: Hermione Actor: Miss Farren
Related Works
Related Work: The Sheep-Shearing Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17791126

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Lady Sneerwell Actor: Miss Sherry
Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. Mainpiece: As originally written by Shakespeare. [Genest's remark (VI, 133), "Garrick's alteration [which had been performed uninterruptedly at this theatre since Dec. 1772] seems never to have been acted after this night", is correct.] Public Advertiser, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., No. 8, Air-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #280 8s. 6d. (124.18.0; 20.0.0; 0.5.6; tickets: 135.5.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Entertainment: Imitations. End II: contrasted vocal Imitations in the Italian and English stile-Bannister; End V: a variety of Imitations-Bannister Jun

Performance Comment: End II: contrasted vocal Imitations in the Italian and English stile-Bannister; End V: a variety of Imitations-Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: As17800410, but Richmond-Palmer; Lieutenant of the Tower-Fawcett.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Entertainment: Vaudeville. Jump through a Tub of Fire, as17800509, but _Wright, Spencer

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: As17800615

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Tailors, announced on playbill of 19 July.
Event Comment: The Countess of Salisbury [announced on playbill of 15 Aug.] cannot be performed on account of the Indisposition of Palmer

Performances

Afterpiece Title: Fire and Water

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Smirk, Mrs Cole-Bannister; The Minor-R. Palmer; Shift-Bannister Jun. [in announcement on playbill of 7 Sept.: 1st appearance in that character]; Sir William Wealthy-Baddeley; Mr Richard Wealthy-Gardner; Loader-Davis; Transfer-Barrett; Dick-Stevens; Lucy-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: The Minor Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Genius Of Nonsense

Related Works
Related Work: The Genius of Nonsense Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Performance Comment: The Devil-Bannister; Sir ThomasMaxwell-Gardner; Invoice-R. Palmer; Dr Julep-Baddeley; Dr Apozem-Barrett; Dr Fingerfee-Painter; Dr Camphire-Webb; Dr Calomel-Usher; Dr O'Sassafras-Davis; Dr Sligo-Egan; Dr Broadbrim-Kenny; Dr Habbakuk-Peirce; Macpherson-Walker; Forceps-Stevens; Printer's Devil-Master Hitchcock; Dr Last-Edwin; Margaret Maxwell-Mrs Webb; Harriet-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: The Devil Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Related Works
Related Work: The Genius of Nonsense Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Arbaces Actor: Miss Prudom
Role: Semira Actor: Miss Wright

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Tilburina Actor: Miss Pope.
Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #100 0s. 6d. (72.18.0; 26.7.0; 0.15.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Impostor

Cast
Role: Phillis Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Tilburina Actor: Miss Pope.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: With the Grand Triumphal Entryv. Receipts: #156 5s. 6d. (117.0.0; 37.19.0; 1.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: or, The Rival Queens. Alexander-Smith; Cassander-Farren; Lysimachus-Brereton; Hephestian-R. Palmer; Polyperchon-Phillimore; Thessalus-Wright; Perdiccas-Chaplin; Eumenes-Norris; Aristander-Wrighten; Clytus-Bensley; Roxana-Mrs Ward; Parisatis-Mrs Sharp; Sisigambis-Mrs Johnston; Statira-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Wright

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Miss Godfrey Actor: Mrs Sharp
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Brereton.
Event Comment: [Crawford was from the hay.] Receipts: #94 11s. 6d. (66.11.0; 26.8.6; 1.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Crawford (1st appearance on this stage); Roderigo-Lamash; Cassio-Palmer; Brabantio-Aickin; Lodovico-Packer; Duke-Chaplin; Montano-Norris; Gratiano-Wrighten; Iago-Bensley; AEmilia-Mrs Hopkins; Desdemona-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Crawford

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Miss Godfrey Actor: Mrs Sharp
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Brereton.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: Tartuffe; or, The French Puritan Author(s): Matthew Medbourne

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Tilburina Actor: Miss Pope.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Crawford. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Receipts: #277 0s. 6d. (128.7.0; 27.4.6; 1.4.0; tickets: 120.5.0) (charge: #68 8s. 1d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End: The Dutch Quaker, as17810312End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17800930

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: The Parts of King Richard, D. of Buckingham, Earl of Richmond, Tressel, Prince Edward, Duke of York, Lieutenant of the Tower, Lord Mayor, Duke of Norfolk, Queen-Performers from the Theatres Royal London; Lord Stanley-Rivers; Catesby-Jones; Ratcliffe-Farrel; Oxford-Thompson; Sir William Brandon-Clifford; King Henry-Burnet; Dutchess of York-Mrs Fowler; Lady Ann-Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: The Parts of Lubin, Steady, Solomon, Gillian-The Performers from the Theatres who exhibit in the Play.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: King-Farrel; Dick-Clifford; Joe-Thompson; Lord Lurewell-Wilkinson; The Miller-Burnet; Peggy-Mrs Clifford; Madge-Mrs Fowler; Kate-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: The Miller Actor: Burnet

Entertainment: Monologues.End II: A Dissertation on Macaronies-Murray; End: Abel Drugger's Description of a Fete Champetre-Murray

Song: End 2nd monologue: a celebrated song written by Garrick, on Pantomimical and Operatical Entertainments-

Event Comment: [This theatre had no patent; it could therefore remain open in Holy Week.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell Or The London Merchant

Performance Comment: Trueman-A Gentleman (from the Theatre Royal in London [unidentified]); Thorowgood-Rivers; Uncle-Brown; Blunt-Farrel; Barnwell-Clifford; Lucy-Mrs Fowler; Milwood-Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor or Dumb Lady Cured

Performance Comment: Sir Jasper-Rivers; James-Wilkinson; Leander-Clifford; Gregory-Farrel; Dorcas-Mrs Fowler; The Dumb Lady-Mrs Clifford.
Cast
Role: The Dumb Lady Actor: Mrs Clifford.

Afterpiece Title: Lincos Travels

Performance Comment: Linco-Farrel; Clown-Clifford; Old Woman-Mrs Palmer; Shepherds and Shepherdesses-The rest of the Company.

Entertainment: Monologue.End: Comic Paraphrase on Shakespear's Seven Ages of Man-Farrel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Harper.

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: As17810601

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Miss Mortimer Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Cecilia Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Performance Comment: Characters-Wilson, Edwin, Wood, Baddeley, Lamash, Barrett, Stevens, Kenny, Bannister, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Harper. [Cast adjusted from Public Advertiser, 17 Aug. 1779, and playbill of 29 June 1786: Cranky-Wilson; Bowkitt-Edwin; Bouquet-Wood; Vinegar-Baddeley; Idle-Lamash; Orator Mum-Barrett; John-Stevens; Signor Arionelli-Bannister; Dolce-Mrs Lefevre; Cecilia-Miss Harper. Kenny is unassigned.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Miss Mortimer Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Cecilia Actor: Miss Farren
Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Separate Maintenance, announced on playbill of 20 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Performance Comment: The Devil-Bannister; Sir ThomasMaxwell-Gardner; Invoice-R. Palmer; Julep-Baddeley; Apozem-Barrett; Doctors-Webb, Usher, Egan, Painter, Kenny; Dr Last-Edwin; Margaret Maxwell-Mrs Webb; Harriet-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: The Devil Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive