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910 results for: Keyword - the Simsons
We found 1014 matches on Roles/Actors, 284 matches on Performance Comments, 32 matches on Event Comments, 22 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

576
23 October 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Cast
Role: other parts Actor: Mlle Mariet, Mrs Petit, Beard.

Dance: to conclude with the Gto conclude with the Grand Dance ofThe Millers, as17581012

577
26 October 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

578
06 November 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Holland
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Packer
Role: The Dances Actor: Giorgi, Sga Lucchi, Noverre, Dupuy, Miss Valcour.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Diversions of the Morning

579
11 November 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

580
30 November 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

581
01 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

582
05 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

583
11 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

584
14 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Song: III: A Cantata-Miss Young

Ballet: II: The Prussian Camp (an Entertainment). Officer-Blakes; Prussian Soldiers-the comedians; Characters of the dance-Grimaldi, Giorgi, Sga Lucchi, Mrs Vernon

Performance Comment: Officer-Blakes; Prussian Soldiers-the comedians; Characters of the dance-Grimaldi, Giorgi, Sga Lucchi, Mrs Vernon.
Cast
Role: Prussian Soldiers Actor: the comedians
Role: Characters of the dance Actor: Grimaldi, Giorgi, Sga Lucchi, Mrs Vernon.

585
19 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

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.

586
28 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Macklin dy'd (Cross). The Rout deferred by indisposition of a principal performer. Receipts: #140 (Cross); #132 15s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

587
30 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

588
01 January 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Oram buried at St. Martins (Cross). [This year was translated and published Rousseau's Letter to M D'Alembert (Preface and 190 pp.) on the effect of dramatic entertainments on mankind. Thesis: Aim of the stage is to amuse; authors succeed when they follow the whims of the public. "Let us not then attribute to the stage a power of changing opinions or manners, when it is only that of following or heightening them."] Receipts: #130 (Cross); #129 16s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

589
11 January 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: TThe Busy Body oblig'd to be deferr'd till Monday. Receipts: #170 (Cross); #164 18s. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: other characters Actor: Clough.
Role: The Flemish Feast Actor: Grimaldi, Giorgi, Noverre, Sga Lucchi, Mrs Vernon.

Song: III: A Cantata-Miss Young

590
02 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Miss Matthews

Dance: Giorgi, Sga Lucchi

591
07 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #190 (Cross); #174 14s. 6d. (Winston MS 8). The Ambitious Stepmother deferr'd on account of Mossop's indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17590206

592
14 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: other characters Actor: Clough.
Role: The Flemish Feast Actor: Grimaldi, Giorgi, Noverre, Sga Lucchi, Mrs Vernon.

Song: III: A Cantata-Miss Young

593
23 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

594
12 March 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: The Vocal Part Actor: Beard, Champnes, Mrs Vernon.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: other characters Actor: Clough.
Role: The Flemish Feast Actor: Grimaldi, Giorgi, Noverre, Sga Lucchi, Mrs Vernon.

595
18 April 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17581103, but Lady-Miss Pritchard, 1st time; The Dances-_Dupuy, Miss _Valcour.
Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: _Dupuy, Miss _Valcour.
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Holland
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Packer
Role: The Dances Actor: Giorgi, Sga Lucchi, Noverre, Dupuy, Miss Valcour.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

596
20 April 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Davies. Tickets of Davies at No 16 in New Crown Court, Russel St., Covent Garden; and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #170 (Cross); charges #63 (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Tag Actor: Miss Mathews

597
24 April 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Song: I: Johnny and Kate-Beard, Miss Young; III: A Cantata-Miss Young; IV: Miss Young

598
15 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mariet, Mrs Petit, and Miss Valcour. Tickets deliver'd by Hayes, Perry, Brownsmith, Miss Twist, and others will be taken. Receipts: #190 (Cross). Tickets to 12 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: I: The German Hunters, as17580916; III: A New Dutch Dance-Master Settree, Miss Twist, Master Blagden; End: By Particular Desire, the Louvre-Setree, Miss Twist; Minuet-Settree, Miss Twist

599
19 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Verney (Housekeeper). Observations on the Importance of Theatres, with computation of the Sum they might raise by Taxation, published at 1s. Receipts: #300 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: HHornpipe-Walker

600
24 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Tag Actor: Miss Mathews

Song: III: Miss Young