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15524 results for: Keyword - the Miss Palmers
We found 14951 matches on Performance Comments, 4436 matches on Performance Title, 1983 matches on Event Comments, 256 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

13326
06 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Loverule-Vernon; Lady Loverule-Mrs Johnston; Jobson-Love; Nell-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Pope.
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

13327
11 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17681117, but Cordelia-Miss Morris, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Miss Morris, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Boor Servant Actor: LaLauze, 1st appearance these 6 years
Role: Dutch Woman Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Daphne Actor: Miss Valois
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

13328
14 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Comic Opera [by Joseph Reed]. Never Performed before. Books of the Opera to be had at the theatre. Receipts: #246 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs DuBellamy
Role: Country Wife Actor: Miss Ward.

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Gardeners-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford.

13329
18 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: As17681227 (Miss Burton's 5th appearance).
Cast
Role: Country Girl Actor: Miss Burton.
Role: Belville Actor: Cautherly
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Jeffries, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Fairy Actor: Miss Rogers

Dance: III: A New Pierrot's Dance-Dagueville, Sga Vidini

13330
23 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17681022, but Miller-Lewis; Add Kate-Miss Helme; Margery-Mrs Copin.
Cast
Role: Add Kate Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Kate Actor: Miss Helm
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Pearce.

Dance: End of Opera: The Tartars, as17681004

13331
24 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17680922, but Macbeth-Barry; Capt.-J. Aickin; Witches-Burton, Moody, Baddeley; Lennox-Fawcett; Vocal Parts-Miss Radley; with a +Proper dance-Dagueville, others.
Cast
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Miss Radley
Role: Proper dance Actor: Dagueville, others.
Role: Malcolm Actor: Cautherly
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Vernon, Champness, Dibdin, Bannister, Kear, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Cast
Role: Saville Actor: Cautherly
Role: Myra Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Lucetta Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: End Act II: New Comic Dance, as17681210

13332
28 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Yates; Falbridge-Bensley; Spatter-Woodward; Sir William-Hull; Owen-Gibson; La France-Quick; Lady Alton-Mrs Bellamy; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Ward; Molly-Mrs Mattocks; Amelia-Miss Morris.
Cast
Role: Amelia Actor: Miss Morris.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Boor Servant Actor: LaLauze, 1st appearance these 6 years
Role: Dutch Woman Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Daphne Actor: Miss Valois
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

13333
01 February 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The playbill notes the eighth day for Tom Jones. See cancellation of a performance on 24 Jan.] Neville MS Diary: In the forenoon skaited on the Canal in St James's Park. In the evening went to see "The Intriguing Chambermaid" at Covent Garden. Receipts: #201 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Jones

Performance Comment: As17690114, but Parts-Miss Valois replaces Mrs White; Mrs_ Pinto. Mrs_ Pinto.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Miss Valois replaces Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

13334
02 February 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The profits arising from the Entertainment will be applied to a Fund for opening an Academy the purpose of which will be the teaching of the English language Grammatically and the art of writing and speaking by rule. There have been Stoves kept constantly burning for days past, in order that the Theatre might be thoroughly warmed; Curtains also will be put up in the boxes. To begin at 7 p.m. Playhouse prices. By the Desire of many

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Attic Evening's Entertainment

Performance Comment: Readings from Milton-; Caractacus-; Gray's Elegy-Sheridan; Two Pieces of prose composition of interest to both sexes. Dryden's Ode on the Power of Music-; pieces of vocal and instrumental music-; the vocal parts-Guistinelli, Mrs Jewel [formerly Miss Edwards].formerly Miss Edwards].
Cast
Role: Dryden's Ode on the Power of Music Actor:
Role: the vocal parts Actor: Guistinelli, Mrs Jewel

13335
04 February 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Violante Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: As17690131, but Harlequin-Lewes; Pierrot-Miles; Rural Swain-Arnauld; Nymph-Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Nymph Actor: Miss Valois.
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant

13336
07 February 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Cast
Role: lists Mirza Actor: Davis, but Davis does not appear on the playbill, which lists Mrs Lessingham, though no part appears for her in the 1768 edn.. Mrs Lessingham played Aspasia according to the listing in Lloyd's Evening Post, 2 thru 5 Dec.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: As17681105, but Damaetas-Fox; Pan-Barnshaw; Juno-Miss Pearce.
Cast
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Pearce.

13337
18 February 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Cast
Role: Lord Eustace Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17681103, but Leonora-Miss Radley.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Radley.

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

13338
20 February 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Powell the clear receipt of his Night the 15th Inst.: #178 8s. (Account Book). Receipts: #224 11s. 16d. (Account book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17681212, but Margery-Miss Valois; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Rosetta-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Valois

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Peirrot Actor: Lalauze, 1st time in tha character these 8 years
Role: The New Character would seem to be Venus Actor: Mrs Baker. But playbill gives no indication of who played Mrs Baker's old part of Diana.
Role: to conclude with the Masquerade Scene Actor: with Additions and a
Role: Nymph Actor: Miss Valois.
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant

13339
06 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17681223, but Witches-Dunstall, _Quick; +Dance of the Furies-_.
Cast
Role: Dance of the Furies Actor: Arnauld

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: As17690202, but Quidnunc-Dunstall; Harriet-Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Valois.
Role: Termagant Actor: Mrs Green. u§¨cg IInterlude: The Royal Garland. As17681010.
Role: Nymph Actor: _. u§™cg A+A New Occasional Interlude: The Royal Garland.
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Copin
Role: Dwarf Actor: Miss Ford

13340
16 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter. Charges #64 5s. Balance to Shuter #106 9s. 6d. plus #95 17s. from Tickets. (Boz 309; Pit 124) (Account Book). [The Epilogue is Larpent MS 294, criticising the "rules" and praising "Laughter" as the all-in-all of Comedy]:@What matters it you or me to know@How Blockheads wrote two thousand years ago?@ Receipts: #170 14s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Performance Comment: Lionel-Mattocks; Oldboy-Shuter; Jessamy-Dyer; Flowerdale-Gibson; Harman-Mahon; Jenkins-Dunstall; Diana-Mrs Baker; Jenny-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Green; Clarissa-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Clarissa Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: I: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

Cast
Role: The Merry Sailors Actor: Aldridge.

Entertainment: II: The Cries of London-Shuter; End of Opera: An Epilogue on Modern Taste, written by the late Churchill-Shuter

13341
28 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bellamy. Afterpiece: Written by Aaron Hill not acted these 20 years. [See 17 April 1750.] Tickets deliver'd for the Distrest Mother will be taken. Charges #65 10s. Balance to Mrs Bellamy #86 11s. Plus #116 11s. from Tickets (Box 330; Pit 227). Paid the Italian Giant for 10 Nights performance in the Masquerade #38 17s Receipts: #152 1s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens; Or, The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scots

Performance Comment: Norfolk-Smith; Cecil-Gibson; Morton-Clarke; Davison-Hull; Gifford-Gardner; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Ward; Douglas-Miss Macklin; Queen Mary-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Douglas Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue; or, The Devil in the Wine Cellar

Performance Comment: Toby, the Statue (for that night only) in the character of Harlequin-Woodward. In which he will introduce the different attitudes.
Cast
Role: in the character of Harlequin Actor: Woodward. In which he will introduce the different attitudes.

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

13342
30 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Violante Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: As17690216, but Nysa-Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Miss Valois.
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Pearce.

13343
05 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Thompson. The Happy Discovery cannot be performed because of Indisposition of Mrs Mattocks. Charges #65 1s. 6d. Balance to Mrs Thompson #88 plus #40 4s. from tickets (Box 123; Pit 63) (Account Book). Receipts: #153 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17681013, but Sally-Miss Young [from Drury Lane].from Drury Lane].
Cast
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Young
Role: the Hornpipe Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: End: A Minuet-Fishar, Mrs Thompson; End Act I of the Afterpiece: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

13344
05 April 1769 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality. Music by Giardini. Second Gallery 3s. 6d. All Profits will be given to Charity

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ruth

Performance Comment: Vocals-Vernon, Reynolds, Master Brown, Miss Lindley, Mrs Weichsell.
Cast
Role: Vocals Actor: Vernon, Reynolds, Master Brown, Miss Lindley, Mrs Weichsell.

13345
10 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Ward. Mrs Ward is extremely sorry she is oblig'd to change the Night's Entertainment advertised for her Benefit, but the severe illness of Mrs Mattocks and Mrs Baker, makes it impossible to perform the Opera of Love in a Village, as does Mr Woodward's indisposition the Farce of the Citizen. The Managers have therefore kindly granted her the above tragedy and pantomime. Charges #65 15s. Balance to Mrs Ward #55 5s. plus #53 2s. from tickets (Box 58; Pit 158; Gallery 149). Receipts: #121 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17681109, but Maria-Miss Ward.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Ward.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Miss Twist
Role: With Dances Actor: Arnauld, Miss Valois.

13346
12 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs King. Theodosius Advertis'd. Mr Barry Ill (Cross Diary). Tickets deliver'd for Theodosius will be taken. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Fanny Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Colombine-Mrs King; others as usual; Dances-the Giorgis; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Old Lady-Mrs Cross; Clown-Ackman; Hermit-Kear; French Lady-Johnston; Country Girl-Miss Young; J. Burton, Castle. See17670923. J. Burton, Castle. See17670923.
Cast
Role: Dances Actor: the Giorgis
Role: Country Girl Actor: Miss Young

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

Entertainment: End of Opera: King (for that night only) will present the Audience with a Comic Paraphrase-King on Shakespeare's The Seven Ages

13347
13 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: As17690307 but Patty-Mrs Baddeley (from Drury Lane); Theodosia-Miss Valois.
Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Valois.

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Prince, with the Installation of the Knights of the Garter Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe, as17690408

Cast
Role: A New Tripple Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford.

13348
18 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Baker. The Indisposition of a principal Performer making it impossible to do the play of Hamlet as advertised for Mrs Baker's Benefit, she is oblig d to change to the above Comedy, on account of which disappointment, the Managers have kindly granted her this pantomime, and she humbly hopes her illness will plead her excuse for not appearing on her own night. Tickets deliver'd for Hamlet will be taken. Charges #66 13s. Balance to Mrs Baker #33 8s. 6d. plus #29 14s. from Tickets (Box 35; Pit 101; Gallery 58). Receipts: #100 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: As17681228, but Honoria-Miss Pearce.
Cast
Role: Honoria Actor: Miss Pearce.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Miss Twist
Role: With Dances Actor: Arnauld, Miss Valois.

13349
20 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Cast
Role: Lord Eustace Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17690411 but Leonora-Miss Radley.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Radley.

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

13350
21 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: As17690206, but La France-Quick; Molly-Mrs Bulkley, 1st time; Amelia-Miss Ward.
Cast
Role: Amelia Actor: Miss Ward.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Miss Twist
Role: With Dances Actor: Arnauld, Miss Valois.

Dance: III: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe, as17690408

Cast
Role: A New Tripple Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford.