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18170 results for: Keyword - the Sir Williams
We found 11787 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 1129 matches on Roles/Actors, and 512 matches on Performance Title.

12126
30 April 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: The Relief of Williamstadt

Cast
Role: Sir Gregory Forester Actor: Quick
Role: How stands the glass around Actor: Incledon

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Wanderers

Cast
Role: Sir Gregory Forester Actor: Quick
Role: How stands the glass around Actor: Incledon

12127
01 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. 1st piece: Not acted these 20 years [never previously acted at this theatre]. Morning Herald, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 16, Martlet-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #349 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: May Day Or The Little Gipsey

Performance Comment: William-Incledon; Clod-Blanchard; Furrow-Powel; Cryer-Rees; Dozey-Munden; Dolly-Mrs Martyr; The Little Gipsey (with a new Gipsey Ballad [The Wandering Gipsey], the Words written and the melody composed by Peter Pindar, Esq. [pseud. for John Wolcot], the Accompaniments by Shield)-Mrs Clendining.
Cast
Role: The Little Gipsey Actor: Mrs Clendining.

Afterpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Cast
Role: Sir John Evergreen Actor: Quick
Role: Lady Catherine Rouge Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Men Bathers Actor: Rowson, Wheatland, Coombs
Role: Women Bathers Actor: Mrs Powell, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Lloyd.

Afterpiece Title: The Soldiers Festival

Cast
Role: Of the ancients it's speaking] Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Cast
Role: How stands the glass around Actor: Incledon
Role: Sir Gregory Forester Actor: Quick

Dance: As17921116

12128
06 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: The Relief of Williamstadt

Cast
Role: Sir Gregory Forester Actor: Quick
Role: How stands the glass around Actor: Incledon

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

12129
08 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Farren; Colonel Briton-Holman (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Cubitt; Gibby-Powel; Soldier-Follett; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Flora-Mrs Mattocks; Isabella-Miss Chapman; Inis-Mrs Harlowe; Violante (1st time)-Mrs Esten.

Afterpiece Title: The Relief of Williamstadt

Cast
Role: Sir Gregory Forester Actor: Quick
Role: How stands the glass around Actor: Incledon

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

12130
10 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Darley

Afterpiece Title: The Sailors Festival or All Alive at Portsmouth

Performance Comment: [Scene I. The Deck of a Man of War.] When on board our trim Vessel-Incledon; We be three poor Mariners-Johnstone, Incledon, Linton, Gray; The Mid Watch When 'tis night-Incledon; The good subjects of Old England-Incledon, Gray, Darley; [Scene II. A Landscape.] A song-Mrs Martyr; A song-Johnstone; [Scene III] In storms when clouds-Incledon; Treble Hornpipe-Byrn, Holland, Mme Rossi; A new Loyal Song and Chorus-Incledon.
Cast
Role: The Mid Watch When 'tis night Actor: Incledon
Role: The good subjects of Old England Actor: Incledon, Gray, Darley

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Hortensio-Evatt; Biondello-Rock; Pedro-Farley; Taylor-Munden; Music@Master-Rees; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Miss Leserve; Curtis-Mrs Cross; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: III: Hornpipe, as17920920

Song: End I: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon

12131
11 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by John O'Keeffe. In 1797 altered by the author as The Rival Soldiers]: With new Music, new Scenes and Dresses. The Music composed and selected [from Handel and Anfossi (BUC, 969)] by Shield. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 25 May 1793: This Day is Published Sprigs of Laurel (1s). Receipts: #210 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

12132
13 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

12133
14 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

12134
16 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clendining. The Poetry of the additional Songs [in 1st piece] by Peter Pindar, Esq. [pseud. for John Wolcot]. Morning Herald, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Clendining, No. 19, Martlett-court, Bow-street, Covent-garden. "Mrs Clendining's endeavours to entertain were successful, and Fitzroy by Incledon gave a rich feast to the musical amateur. The air beginning, 'Dear Tom, this brown jug,' had a fine effect by the music being omitted" (Diary, 18 May). Receipts: #273 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: As17930425, but Yarico (with a song to the music of Queen Mary's Lamentation, and a celebrated air from Paisiello)-Mrs Clendining (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: accompanied on the flute Actor: Ashe
Role: from the Hanover Actor: Square Concert
Role: Sir Christopher Curry Actor: Quick
Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Soldiers Festival

Cast
Role: Of the ancients it's speaking] Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Rock

Music: End: a concerto of his own composition, on the Grand Piano Forte-King (1st appearance in public)

12135
17 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

12136
20 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

12137
22 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

12138
23 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Relief of Williamstadt

Cast
Role: Sir Gregory Forester Actor: Quick
Role: How stands the glass around Actor: Incledon

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: The Mid Watch When 'tis night Actor: Incledon
Role: The good subjects of Old England Actor: Incledon, Gray, Darley
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Song: In course: The Mid Watch-Incledon

12139
24 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull and Macready. 1st piece: In Act I a Grand Banquet. With the Procession [in Act IV] from the Abbey at the Coronation of Anne Bullen . To conclude with the Ceremonial of a Royal Christening. [In 2nd piece the scenes, as listed on 10 May, are indicated.] Morning Herald, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 7, Duke's-court, Westminster; Diary, 21 May: of Macready, No. 3, Mary-street, Charles-street, Tottenham-Court-Road. Receipts: #282 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Holman (1st and only appearance in that character); Duke of Buckingham-Farren; Cranmer-Hull; Cromwell-Davies; Lord Chamberlain-Cubitt; Bishop of Winchester-Quick; Surrey-Macready; Duke of Norfold-Harley; Duke of Suffolk-Marshall; Cardinal Wolsey-Pope; Anne Bullen-Miss Chapman; Queen Catherine-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Pope.
Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Sailors Festival

Performance Comment: As17930510, but in Scene I We be three poor Mariners-_Gray; [Scene II. The Disconsolate Sailor, When my Money was gone-Mrs Martyr (in character); When daisies mead-Miss Barnett [both in place of songs by Mrs Martyr and Johnstone]; [In Scene III added: Irish Song-Johnstone; Comic Song-Munden; [To conclude with a Representation of the Grand Fleet at Anchor in Portsmouth Harbour-.
Cast
Role: To conclude with a Representation of the Grand Fle Actor: .
Role: The Mid Watch When 'tis night Actor: Incledon
Role: The good subjects of Old England Actor: Incledon, Gray, Darley
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of A Day

Cast
Role: The Page Actor: Mrs Martyr

Song: III: a song-Mrs Clendining

12140
25 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

Dance: End: Scotch Divertisement, as17930504

12141
28 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasRoundhead Actor: Munden
Role: Sir Charles Dazzle Actor: Farren
Role: Sir Charles's Servant Actor: Ledger
Role: Sir Thomas's Servant Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Cast
Role: Sir Simon Meagre Actor: Quick
Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Fatal Curiosity Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Song: In 3rd piece: Farewell to old England dear Mary adieu, as17930527

12142
03 June 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Brandon, box-book and house-keeper. Tickets delivered for May the 29th will be admitted. Receipts: #456 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Sailors Festival

Cast
Role: To conclude with a Representation of the Grand Fle Actor: .
Role: The Mid Watch When 'tis night Actor: Incledon
Role: The good subjects of Old England Actor: Incledon, Gray, Darley
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: The Page Actor: Mrs Martyr

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Cast
Role: Sir Gregory Forester Actor: Quick

Dance: In 3rd piece: The Lucky Escape, as17921116

Song: End II: Black Eyed Susan, as17930510; III: a song in character-Miss Barnett

12143
05 June 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #295 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: As17930525

Song: III: song, as17930603

12144
09 July 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Sir David Dunder Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

12145
24 August 1793 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Cast
Role: Sir David Dunder Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthin Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: Tit for Tat Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Caernarvon Castle

12146
18 September 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. In Act II a Masquerade Scene incident to the Play. [Afterpiece acted, beginning with 14 Oct., as The Sprigs of Laurel.] Receipts: #203 12s. (191.19; 11.13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedick-Lewis; Leonato-Hull; Don Pedro-Davies; Claudio-Farren; Balthazar (with a song)-Williamson; Don John-Cubitt; Antonio-Thompson; Borachio-Macready; Conrade-Claremont; Friar-Powel; Verges-Fawcett; Dogberry-Quick; Town Clerk-Munden; Hero-Miss Chapman; Beatrice-Mrs Esten.
Cast
Role: Balthazar Actor: Williamson
Related Works
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

Performance Comment: Lenox-Johnstone; Nipperkin-Munden; Sinclair-Incledon; Major Tactic-Davies; Corporal Squib-Williamson; Capt. Cruizer-Powel; George Streamer-Mrs Martyr; Mary-Mrs Clendining.
Cast
Role: Corporal Squib Actor: Williamson

12147
23 September 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Middleton (from the Theatre Royal, Dublin; 1st appearance these 5 years); Roderigo-Bernard; Cassio-Macready; Barbantio-Hull; Lodovico-Davies; Montano-Claremont; Duke-Cubitt; Gratiano-Powel; Iago-Harley; Emilia-Mrs Fawcett; Desdemona-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Middleton

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Wanderers

12148
27 September 1793 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years [not acted since 28 Dec. 1790]. Receipts: #270 13s. (264.6; 6.7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Aimwell-Farren; Father Foigard-Johnstone; Boniface-Williamson; Sullen-Powel; Gibbet-Cubitt; Sir Charles Freeman-Evatt; Scrub-Quick; Cherry-Mrs Martyr; Dorinda-Mrs Mountain; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Platt; Gipsey-Miss Stuart; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Father Foigard Actor: Johnstone
Role: Boniface Actor: Williamson
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Evatt

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performance Comment: Jemmy Jumps-Munden; Valentine-Johnstone; Rundy-Blanchard; Col. Dormant-Hull; Fairly-Thompson; Farmer Stubble-Powel; Farmer Blackberry-Williamson; Molly Maybush-Mrs Martyr; Louisa-Mrs Mountain; Betty Blackberry-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Farmer Blackberry Actor: Williamson

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt-

12149
01 October 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Performance Comment: Sir Ralph [in text: Robert ] Ramble-Lewis; Solus-Quick; Irwin-Pope; Lord Norland-Farren; Harmony-Munden; Edward-Miss Grist; Placid-Macready; Hammond-Powel; Porter-Thompson; Miss Wooburn-Mrs Esten; Mrs Placid-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Spinster-Mrs Webb; Lady Eleanor Irwin-Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performance Comment: Patrick-Johnstone; Dermot-Incledon; Fitzroy-Davies; Father Luke-Rock; Bagatelle (1st time)-Farley; Darby-Munden; Norah-Mrs Mountain; Kathlane-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Rock

12150
03 October 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: Count Almaviva-Lewis; Figaro-Blanchard; Antonio-Bernard; Bazil-Powel; The Page (with a song)-Mrs Martyr; Countess-Mrs Bernard; Marcelina-Mrs Webb; Agnes-Miss Francis; Susan-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: The Page Actor: Mrs Martyr