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17963 results for: Keyword - the Sir Williams
We found 11545 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 1129 matches on Roles/Actors, and 512 matches on Performance Title.

13026
03 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysteries Of The Castle

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: Hartley-Murray; Sir Charles Clackit-Munden; Young Clackit-Knight; Servant-Curties; Lucy-Mrs Mattocks; Harriet-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Clackit Actor: Munden

13027
04 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 5 years [not acted since 29 May 1794]. "The reception [the afterpiece] experienced will, we trust, convince [the manager] of the expediency of re-consigning it to the gulph of merited oblivion" (Dramatic Censor, I, 201). Receipts: #263 10s. (261.2; 2.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Performance Comment: Barnaby Brittle-Emery; Lovemore-Whitfield; Jeremy-Simmons; Sir Peter Pride-Gardner; Clodpole-Abbot; Jeffery-Klanert; Damaris-Mrs Dibdin; Lady Pride-Mrs Gilbert; Mrs Brittle-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Sir Peter Pride Actor: Gardner

13028
05 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: "The part of Lord Albert seems to be a kind of give and take between Messrs Pope and Claremont. After being resumed for a night or two by the original representative [27, 31 Jan., 1 Feb.], it again devolved upon the latter gentleman [28 Jan., 5 Feb.]" (Dramatic Censor, I, 203). Receipts: #183 12s. (177.12.6; 5.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate

Cast
Role: Sir Edward Actor: Hill

Song: As18000124

13029
07 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Farmer, advertised on playbill of 6 Feb.] Receipts: #156 (151.5.6; 4.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Waddy

Song: As18000124

13030
10 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Overture and Music by Reeve. The Ballet composed by Farley. [For synopsis of plot see 16 Mar. 1797.] Receipts: #376 15s. (372.8; 4.7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes; or, The Castle of Lindenbergh

Performance Comment: Don Raymond-Farley; Robert and Jaques (two Robbers)-Bologna Jun., Blurton; Baptist (their Father)-Delpini; Claud (a Postillion and one of the Banditti)-King; Don Felix (Father to Raymond)-Hawtin; Count of Lindenbergh-Whitmore Sen.; Theodore (Page to Raymond)-Simmons; Antonio (Page to Agnes, with a Song)-Miss Sims; Father Ansellum-Whitmore; Master of Hotel-Atkins; Old Steward (to Felix)-Wilde; Friars and Muleteers-Street, Linton, Thomas, Curties, Little, Oddwell, Everett, Sawyer, Gardner, Denman, J. Linton, Lee, Potts, Smith; Choral Boys-Master Ramage, Master Goodwin, Master Little, Master Slape, Master Bernard, Master Platt, Master Speare, Master Sawyer; Domestics-Platt, L. Bologna, Lewiss, Webb, Abbot, Goostree, Howell, Vials, Letteney; Maugerette (Baptist's mistress)-Mrs Mills; Spectre of the Bleeding Nun (mother of Agnes-Mrs Watts; Countess of Lindenbergh (Step-mother to Agnes)-Mrs Follett; Annette-Mrs Norton; Abbess of St. Claire-Mrs Gilbert; Agnes (Daughter to the Count of Lindenbergh)-Mrs Parker (1st appearance in that character); Nuns of the Convent of St. Claire-Ms Castelle, Ms Iliff, Ms Leserve, Ms Sydney, Ms Lloyd, Ms Norton, Ms Masters, Ms Cox, Ms Bologna, Ms Whitmore.
Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Simmons
Role: Father Ansellum Actor: Whitmore
Role: mother of Agnes Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Step Actor: mother to Agnes-Mrs Follett

13031
11 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate

Cast
Role: Sir Edward Actor: Hill

13032
24 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991001

13033
01 March 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

13034
04 March 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Taken from Ossian (composed by Byrn). View of the Sea and Rockv from which Oscar escapes, by leaping from a Precipice into arms of his Soldiers--a View of a Bridgev, with the Camp of Carrol--the Death of Carrol by the Hand of +Malvina, with his Fall into the Sea, and the Burning of the Camp of Carrol. [This was included in all subsequent performances.] The Overture by Reeve, with an accompaniment on the Harp by Weippert. "[The afterpiece] is a showy spectacle, but by no means equal in merit to the heroic ballet of Raymond and Agnes. It were greatly to be wished that some safer expedient could be adopted for breaking the violence of Oscar's fall, in the scene where he leaps from the rocky precipice into the arms of his soldiers. A serious disaster happened in this part last season, and had nearly occurred again this evening" (Dramatic Censor, I, 311). Receipts: #317 3s. 6d. (311.1.6; 6.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina; or, The Hall of Fingal

Performance Comment: The Hall of Fingalv Oscar (the Descendant of Fingal)-Bologna Jun.; Fingal-Bologna; Male Domestics-Blurton, Platt, Wilde, Powers, L. Bologna, T. Cranfield, Lewiss; Female Domestics-Ms Watts, Ms Follett, Mrs? Bologna, Ms Burnett, Ms Cox, Miss? Bologna, Ms Dibdin; Malvina (Daughter to Toscar)-Mrs Parker; View of a Cataractv, with the Descent of the Irish from the Mountains of Ben Lomond Carrol (, the Irish Chieftain) (1st time)-Farley; Morven (his Lieutenant) (1st time)-King; Draco (his Captain)-Klanert; Standard Bearers-Lee, Abbot; Principal Vocal Characters-Hill, Denman, Street, Thomas, Little, Miss Waters.
Cast
Role: The Hall of Fingalv Oscar Actor: Bologna Jun.

Song: In afterpiece: I am a jolly gay Pedlar-Townsend; Come every jovial fellow-Miss Sims, Mrs Castelle, Miss Wheatley; O ever in my bosom live-Mrs Chapman, Mrs Atkins

13035
10 March 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Afterpiece Title: The Jew and the Doctor

13036
13 March 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #307 4s. (305.2; 2.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Cast
Role: Sir Gregory Forrester Actor: Emery

13037
18 March 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate

Cast
Role: Sir Edward Actor: Hill

13038
22 March 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Legend Actor: King
Role: Jeremy Actor: Wathen

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

13039
03 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #512 5s. 6d. (442.0.6; 67.16.0; 2.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Legend Actor: King
Role: Jeremy Actor: Wathen

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

13040
16 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: V: song-Miss Leak

13041
19 April 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: Saturday Night at Sea

Performance Comment: Pull away my Hearties-Fawcett; Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; United Englishmen; or, every Man a Volunteer-Munden; Song-Johnstone; The Tight Little Island-Townsend; Our Laws Constitution and King-Incledon, Linton; Great Britain still her Charter boasts-Incledon.
Cast
Role: The Tight Little Island Actor: Townsend

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Entertainment: Monologue End: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs Pope

13042
21 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

13043
24 April 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #294 17s. (284.7.6; 10.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secrets Worth Knowing

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

13044
24 April 1800 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A Comic Opera; the Music by Paisiello. The Dialogue, for the first time in this Country, will be delivered without the Music of the Recitative. "Nina [Bolla] performed for her benefit in a novel and singular manner, the dialogue being spoken in prose without recitative, which had not a bad effect; but this way of acting it was deemed an infringement of the rights of the English theatres, and after a few nights it was stopped by authority, as unlawful at the Opera" (Mount-Edgcumbe, 111-12). Tickets to be had of Mme Bolla, No. 6, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Dance: As18000322

13045
29 April 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Dance: End I: Le Mariage Mexicain, as18000225; Pas de Quatre of Panurge-; End Opera: Hyppomene et Atalante, as18000322

13046
01 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; MF 2, by James Cobb. Text (unauthorized), Dublin: P. Byrne [1800]; synopsis of plot in Dramatic Censor, II, 135-36]: With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. The Overture composed by Mazzinghi, and the Music by Mazzinghi and Reeve. The Scenes painted by Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, Hodgins, &c. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. Receipts: #132 17s. (128.7.6; 4.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Sir Hervey Sutherland Actor: Pope

Afterpiece Title: Paul and Virginia

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Simmons
Role: Father Ansellum Actor: Whitmore
Role: mother of Agnes Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Step Actor: mother to Agnes-Mrs Follett

Dance: In 2nd piece: Dances-Blurton, Wilde, Platt, Lewiss, Klanert, L. Bologna, J. Whitmore, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Mrs Norton, Miss Bologna, Miss Dibdin, Miss Burnett

Song: In 2nd piece: Chorusses-Linton, Street, Denman, Oddwell, Thomas, Little, Curties, Lee, Ms Trevor, Ms Leserve, Ms Castelle, Ms Norton, Ms Masters, Ms Iliff, Ms Lloyd

13047
02 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deserted Daughter

Performance Comment: Cheveril-Lewis; Mr Mordent-Pope; Donald-Munden; Clement-Claremont; Grime-Davenport; Item-Emery (1st appearance in that character); Lenox (1st time)-Murray; Joanna (the Deserted Daughter)-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Lady Ann Mordent-the Late Miss Betterton [i.e. now Mrs Glover] (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Enfield-Mrs Whitmore; Betty-Miss Leserve; Mrs Sarsnet-Mrs Mattocks; Oraginal Epilogue-[the Young Lady, the Late Miss Betterton, Mrs Mattocks.the Young Lady, the Late Miss Betterton, Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Lady Ann Mordent Actor: the Late Miss Betterton

Afterpiece Title: The Social Songsters

Performance Comment: As18000426, but added: The Tight Little Island-Townsend; When Arthur first at Court began-Incledon, Linton, Denman; Old Towler-Incledon; Naval History-_; My Dolly was the fairest Thing-_; The Red Cross Knight-_; This Life is like a Country Dance-_.
Cast
Role: The Tight Little Island Actor: Townsend
Role: My Dolly was the fairest Thing Actor: Incledon
Role: The Red Cross Knight Actor: Incledon, Linton, Denman
Role: The Death of Admiral Benbow Actor: Incledon
Role: Sing Old Rose and burn the Bellows Actor: Incledon, Fawcett, Hill, Linton.

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Dance: End II 1st piece: the Duchess of York's New Minuet and Waltz= (The Music composed by Alde [recte Alday], Dance by D'Egville)-Master and Miss D'Egville; In 2nd piece: Dance-Master D'Egville, Miss Packwood, Miss D'Egville

Entertainment: Monologue. End I 1st piece: Appropriate Address written on the Occasion-Mrs Mattocks

Performance Comment: End I 1st piece: Appropriate Address written on the Occasion-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Appropriate Address written on the Occasion Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

13048
03 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Peed The Plough

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Paul and Virginia

Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Simmons
Role: Father Ansellum Actor: Whitmore
Role: mother of Agnes Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Step Actor: mother to Agnes-Mrs Follett

Dance: In afterpiece: As18000501

Song: In afterpiece: As18000501

13049
03 May 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Dance: As18000429

13050
09 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Blandford Actor: Pope
Role: Sir Abel Handy Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Paul and Virginia

Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Simmons
Role: Father Ansellum Actor: Whitmore
Role: mother of Agnes Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Step Actor: mother to Agnes-Mrs Follett

Dance: As18000503