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We found 13777 matches on Performance Comments, 4402 matches on Performance Title, 1720 matches on Event Comments, 357 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Giffard; Ballance-W. Giffard; Worthy-Havard; Brazen-Richardson; Kite-Lyon; Bullock-Penkethman; Appletree-Rosco; Pearmain-Norris; Collier-Woodward; Sylvia-Mrs Roberts; Melinda-Mrs Haughton; Rose-Mrs Hamilton; Lucy-Miss Tollett .
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Tollett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

Dance: II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. In IV: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Dukes, Davenport, Rector, Mrs Anderson, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett

Performance Comment: In IV: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Dukes, Davenport, Rector, Mrs Anderson, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Giffard; Blunt-W. Giffard; Day-Penkethman; Abel-Woodward; Obadiah-Lyon; Story-Hamilton; Bookseller-Norris; Teague-Rosco; Ruth-Mrs Giffard; Arbella-Mrs Haughton; Mrs Day-Mrs Wetherilt; Mrs Chat-Miss Tollet .
Cast
Role: Mrs Day Actor: Mrs Wetherilt
Role: Mrs Chat Actor: Miss Tollet

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: II: A new dance by Haughton and Mrs Bullock. V: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde

Song: IV: By Mrs Chambers

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq. And New Scenes and Clothes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France By The English

Performance Comment: King Henry-Johnson; Dauphin-Giffard; King of France-W. Giffard; Bourbon-Richardson; Orleans-Woodward; Exeter-Rosco; York-Lyon; Scroop-Havard; Cambridge-Hamilton; Sir Thomas-Ray; Princess Catherine-Mrs Giffard; Harriet-Mrs Roberts; Charlotte-Miss Tollett. With a New Prologue, addressed to the City .

Afterpiece Title: Pat1e and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling

Performance Comment: Patie-Kelly; Roger-Woodward; Peggy-Mrs Roberts; Jenny-Miss Gerrard .
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Gerrard
Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Eight Years. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. [For an attack upon this play on moral grounds, see Prompter, 25 Nov.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ma1d's Tragedy

Performance Comment: Melantius-Quin; Amintor-Milward; King-W. Mills; Calianax-Griffin; Evadne-Mrs Thurmond; Aspasia-Miss Holliday; Lysippus-Berry; Diphilus-Winstone; Cleon-Oates; Strato-Turbutt; Diagoras-Raftor; Dula-Mrs Cross .
Cast
Role: Aspasia Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Le Badinage by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Egerton 2267: Benefit Dupre. Receipts: money #70 14s. 6d.; tickets #77 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: As17351025, but Parisatis-Miss Horsington .

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: A prompt copy with most of this cast is in the Folger Shakespeare Library

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sauny The Scot; Or, The Taming Of The Shrew

Performance Comment: Sauny-Lyon; Beaufoy-W. Giffard; Sir Lyonel-Norris; Young Winlove-Richardson; Tranio-Woodward; Woodall-Ray; Geraldo-Hamilton; Jemmy-Rosco; Curtis-Dove; Biancha-Mrs Hamilton; Widow-Miss Gerrard; Petruchio-Havard; Snatchpenny-Penkethman; Shrew-Mrs Roberts .
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Miss Gerrard

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Horsington

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: As17350926, but Spirits-Leveridge, Stoppelaer, Miss Hillyard .
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #36 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Performance Comment: False Friend-Delane; Pedro-Ryan; Felix-Bridgwater; Guzman-Walker; Lopez-Chapman; Galinto-Hippisley; Leonora-Mrs Bullock; Isabella-Miss Bincks; Jacinta-Mrs Stevens .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Bincks

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Receipts: #17 9s. 6d. [Rich had rented LIF to the King of France's Company of Italian Rope-Dancers, which opened this evening. For a caustic comment, see Grub St. Journal, 18 Dec]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Peg Actor: Miss Horsington
Role: Mincing Actor: Miss Bincks

Dance: Dance of Sailors, as17351128 Comic Dance by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mrs Delorme. French Peasants by Tench and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mrs Delorme. French Peasants by Tench and Miss Rogers .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Performance Comment: As17351029, but Peggy-Miss Binks .
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Binks

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: As17350913, but Mrs Chat-Miss Bennet .
Cast
Role: Mrs Chat Actor: Miss Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Constance Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: Dutchman and Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. V: The Rover, as17360103

Performance Comment: II: Dutchman and Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. V: The Rover, as17360103.
Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Constance Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. IV: Dutchman and Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. V: The Rover, as17360103

Performance Comment: II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. IV: Dutchman and Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. V: The Rover, as17360103.
Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger
Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Farce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Performance Comment: Bellmour-by author of the Farce [Robert Drury] .Robert Drury] .

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Milliners

Performance Comment: As17360119, but Molly Wheedle-Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue .

Dance: Irish Trot. Scot's Dance. Two Pierrots. Sailor's Dance

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Indiana-Mrs Cibber; Sir John-Mills; Bevil Jr-Quin; Myrtle-W. Mills; Cimberton-Griffin; Sealand-Milward; Humphrey-Shepard; Tom-Cibber; Daniel-Leigh; Lucinda-Miss Holliday; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Pritchard; Phillis-Mrs Clive .
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Music: In II: Solo on Violin by Charke

Dance: III: Le Badinage by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. IV: Le Ballet d'Amour (new) by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #97 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17351010, but Mademoiselle omitted; Cornet-Miss Horsington. With [Vanbrugh's] Additional Scene .Vanbrugh's] Additional Scene .

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Lady Dainty-Mrs Horton; Atall-Chapman; Clerimont-Walker; Careless-A. Hallam; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Bullock; Clarinda-Mrs Stevens; Sylvia-Miss Norsa; Sir Solomon-Hippisley; but see17351118 . but see17351118 .
Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Miss Norsa

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Reading, Wife of Mr Thomas Reading, Attorney at Law, of New Inn. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Farce (never perform'd before). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Stage Half a Guinea. N.B. Mrs Reading is credibly informed, that a Hackney Writer, who has lately turn'd Author, and Player in his own Farce, has maliciously spread a Report about the Town, that she does not intend to have any Play perform'd: this is to assure the Publick, that she has taken a great deal of Pains to have the Play and Farce perform'd with all the Decency possible

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Foppington-Pulling; Morelove-Machen; Sir Charles-Barton; Lady Easy-Mrs Reading; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Stewart; Lady Betty-Mrs Thompson; Edging-Miss Burgess .
Cast
Role: Edging Actor: Miss Burgess

Afterpiece Title: The Heroick Footman

Performance Comment: Footman-Whittaker; Pinwell-Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue and Epilogue .

Dance: II: Hornpipe by Adams. IV: Two Pierrots by Bodway and Shawford.

Song: I: By Hemskerk. V: In Praise of English Plumb Pudding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Miss Tollet
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Wetherilt

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Performance Comment: Parts by Penkethman, Rosco, Kelly, Miss Jones, Mrs Dove, Miss Gerrard, Mrs Roberts, but see17360210.

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. V: Scot's Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, &c

Song: III: Italian Song by Mrs Chambers

Event Comment: Benefit Hyde. Receipts: money #41 3s. 6d.; tickets #69 14s. [In Daily Advertiser, 20 Feb., Hyde had given notice that tickets for the boxes numbered 208-14 had been lost and would not be accepted at the theatre.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And H1s Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: II: Glover's Scot's Dance. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17351202, but Dorinda-Miss Norsa .
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss Norsa
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Bincks
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Horsington

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. [Their Majesties and all the Royal Family present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Performance Comment: Phoebus-Mrs Cantrell; Phaeton-Cross; Clymene-Mrs Clive; Ethiopian-Essex; Turk-Salway; Harlequin-Le Brun; Morocco Servant-Poitier; Colombine-Miss Mann; Adonis-Denoyer; Venus-Mlle Anne Roland, but see17360228.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: Amanda-Mrs Cibber; Sir Novelty-Cibber; Sir William-Johnson; Loveless-Milward; Elder Worthy-Berry; Young Worthy-W. Mills; Snap-Mechlin; Sly-Miller; Narcissa-Mrs Thurmond; Hillaria-Miss Holliday; Flareit-Mrs Pritchard; Anne-Mrs Cross .
Cast
Role: Hillaria Actor: Miss Holliday
Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Tickets at Hippisley's, at Will's Coffee House, Bow Street, CG.] Receipts: money #71 6s. 6d.; tickets #101 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Balance-Bridgwater; Plume-Ryan; Brazen-Chapman; Worthy-A. Hallam; Bullock-Mullart; Sylvia-Mrs Buchanan; Melinda-Mrs Bullock; Lucy-Mrs Stevens; Kite-Walker; Collier (with an additional Scene of Humour)-Hippisley; Rose-Miss Hippisley, but see17351013 .

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. Harlequin by Mlle De Lisle. Scot's Dance, as17360226