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1369 results for: Keyword - the Princess of Wales
We found 966 matches on Event Comments, 260 matches on Performance Comments, 163 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

951
25 February 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For ye Author. Prince of Wales & 5 of ye Fam. Mrs Cibber taken ill in the Play, but made shift to finish-Mrs Yates did ye Part on Monday-(Well). Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agis

Cast
Role: Euanthe Actor: Mrs Cibber

952
28 February 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agis

Cast
Role: Euanthe Actor: Mrs Yates

953
13 March 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Barry. Afterpiece: By MacNamara Morgan. Receipts: #133 14s. 6d. plus Tickets #163 3s. (boxes 479; pit 230; gallery 89). Charges #63. Total value of House: #296 17s. 6d. Profit to Barry #233 17s. 6d. Paid Samuel Wale for painting figures Boys & other decorations in a scene designed by Servandoni #5 5s. Paid Matthew Pearce, Bricklayer, #230, on account of the New Building. Paid Thomas Pervil for sundry cloaths as specified below, #112, 17s.: A Bloom Colored Brocade coat & Breeches with silver flowers & a Gold & Silver Brocaded Waistcoat & Coffs, #8; A Pompador Velvet Coat, Waistcoat & 2 pr. Breeches shot with silver, #11 11s.; A Blue cut and uncut Velvet Suit, Flower'd and Gold Ground, #10 10s.; A Dove colored Brocade Coat & Breeches, Gold & Flowers & a Gold & Silver Brocade waistcoat & Cuffs, #10 10s.; A Blue & Silver Brocade Coat & Breeches & Silver Brocade waistcoat & Cuffs, #10; a light color'd coat & Breeches & a blue silk waistcoat with gold lace, #14; A copper color'd velvet coat & breeches, and yellow waistcoat, embroider'd with gold, #20; A blue velvet suit, plain, #4 10s.; A crimson velvet Roab Surcoat, belt sword & Bonnet worn by a Peer in Parliament, & a Green velvet Roab, purple velvet surcoat & hood-a Knight of the Thistle's dress, #17 16s.; a plain crimson velvet suit, #6 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing or Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Florizel-Barry; Polixenes-Ridout; Alcon-Sparks; Camillo-Redman; Clown-Costollo; Autolicus (The Ballad-Singing Pedlar)-Shuter; Dorcas-Miss Mullart; Mopsa-Miss Helm; Perdita-Mrs Bellamy; Singing Shepherds, Shepherdesses-Baker, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; With a New Dabce , adapted to the Comedy,-Gallini; Music by Arne-; Epilogue in Character-Shuter.
Cast
Role: The Ballad Actor: Singing Pedlar-Shuter
Role: adapted to the Comedy, Actor: Gallini
Related Works
Related Work: The Sheep-Shearing Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: As17571217

Ballet: TThe Judgment of Paris. As17571217

954
19 April 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece, Dance, and Afterpiece: By Command of the Prince of Wales. [No receipts in Cross.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: TThe Market, as17571126

955
08 December 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit of the Author. By command of Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Dance: As17581016

956
03 February 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Cast
Role: In which will be introduc'd a Roman Ovation Actor: after the manner of the Ancients.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Green

Dance: FFingalian Dance, as17581111; The Threshers, as17581016

957
10 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales (playbill). Prince & 6 more (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross); #186 (Winston MS 8). The Guardian publish'd at 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ambitious Stepmother

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

958
26 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales (playbill). Prince & 6 more (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross); #197 12s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: To conclude with a Country Dance Actor: the characters of the play.

Afterpiece Title: Crononhotonthologos

Performance Comment: Aldiborontiphoscophornio-Perry; Rigdumfunnidos-Blakes; Venus, Cupid-Miss Young, Miss E. Young; Crononhotonthologos-Philips; Bombardinian-Burton; King of Antipodes-Walker; Fidler-Atkins; Captain-Brownsmith; Cook-Johnston; Queen-Miss Hippisley; Tatlanthe-Miss Mills.
Cast
Role: Tatlanthe Actor: Miss Mills.

959
03 March 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

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

960
17 March 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales (playbill). Prince and 5 more (Cross). Receipts: #190 (Cross); #180 14s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eurydice

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Ballet: II: The Prussian Camp. As17581214

Cast
Role: Prussian Soldiers Actor: the comedians
Role: Characters of the dance Actor: Grimaldi, Giorgi, Sga Lucchi, Mrs Vernon.

961
31 March 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Prince & 5 more (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross); #182 2s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Garrick; Bobadill-Yates, 1st time; Tib-Mrs Cross; Master Stephen-Obrien, 1st time; Young Knowell-Holland; Cob-Mozeen; Old Knowell-Havard; Wellbred-Palmer; Downright-Bransby; Justice Clement-Burton; Brainworm-Blakes; Matthew-Vaughan; Cash-Packer; Bridget-Miss Haughton; Dame Kitely-Mrs Davies.
Cast
Role: Matthew Actor: Vaughan

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

962
07 April 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Last time of performing till after the Easter Holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Smith, 1st time; King-Ridout; Seleucus-Anderson; Ptolomy-Wignel; Lysimachus-Gibbs; Timon-Stoppelaer; Lieutenant-Shuter; Cerinthus-Bencraft; 1st Ambassador-R. Smith; 2d-Holtom; Physician-Redman; 1st Gentlemen-Bennet; 2d Gentlemen-Perry; Host-Marten; Leontius-Sparks; Gentleman Ushers-Collins, Dunstall; Magician-Baker; with the Incantation Song-Baker; Singing Spirits-Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; Leucippe-Mrs Pitt; Caelia-Miss Nossiter, 1st time; Old Woman-Miss Ferguson; Phoebe-Miss Allen.
Cast
Role: with the Incantation Song Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Dance: [Unspecified in the bill]

963
19 April 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

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

964
28 April 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By command of the Prince of Wales. Prince & 5 (Cross). Receipts: #180 (Cross); #162 15s. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

965
18 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Tickets deliver'd for Henry VIII will be taken Tuesday next. Prince & 4 (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross). Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antony And Cleopatra

Cast
Role: The Bacchanalian Song Actor: Beard, Champnes.

Dance: By Command Spanish Dance, as17581014

966
28 December 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: with a proper Dance of the Slaves Actor: Grimaldi, Noverre, Matthews.
Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Fairy Actor: Miss Davis1st appearance on the Stage
Role: others Actor: Leviez, Blakes, Settree, Ackman, Master Roger, Mrs Bradshaw
Role: To conclude with the Dance of the Fairies Actor: .

967
05 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

968
29 January 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Desert Island

Afterpiece Title: The Way to Keep Him

Cast
Role: A newComic Dance Actor: at the end of Act II.

969
16 February 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

970
28 February 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. The Siege of Aquileia published at 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Aquileia

971
02 May 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs Bennet, Mrs _Abington.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: II: The Cow Keepers, as17600313 End: a new Comic Dance-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi

972
10 May 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Dance: End: The Millers-Grimaldi, Mrs Vernon

973
31 May 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Dance: TThe Cow Keepers, as17600529

974
07 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Box #43 17s. 6d. Paid Mr Blackmore a Bill for sundries and expenses in taking the inventory of the Men's Wardrobe #26 2s. 6d. Bought three men's outfits #68. Gave the King's footmen and Chairmen #4 4s., and Prince of Wales' Footmen and Chairmen #2 2s. Gave the Porters of the several Inns #3 14s. (Account Book). [The Gentlewoman who played Bertha was Miss Fielding. See notation of payment to her for acting this part, 10 Jan.] Receipts: #176 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush

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

975
24 September 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command. Ladies and Gentlemen who have taken places are desired to send their servants before 3 o'clock. No persons can possibly be admitted behind the scenes or into the Orchestra. Present their Majesties the Duke of York, Prince William Henry, Prince Henry Frederick, and Lady Augusta. [The Winston Theatrical Record lists the customary night's expenses as follows]: @Renters #12 1s.@Barber 5s. 4d.@Music #4 19s. 5d.@Tallow Candles #2 10s.@Wax Candles #1 6s.@Coals 10s.@Lamps #1 12s. 3d.@1 days Billstickers 11s. 6d.@1 days Bills #1 7s.@1 days Advertising 5s.@Wardrobe Bill (a day) #1 7s.@Property Bill (a day) #1 6d.@Extras (for Opera and Rape) #1 6s. 6d.@J. Rich #5 5s.@C. Rich #1@Guards (18) and a Serjeant #1@#36 6s. 5d.@ Extras that night: @Yeomen of His Majesties' guard #1 1s.@Yeomen of Her Majesties' guard #1 1s.@His Majesties' Footmen #1 1s.@Her Majesties' Footmen #1 1s.@Princess of Wales' Attendant #1 1s.@Their Majesties' Coachman 6s.@Total #5 11s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Country Dance Actor: the characters in the Opera.

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

Dance: As17610907