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We found 3967 matches on Performance Comments, 826 matches on Performance Title, 753 matches on Author, 624 matches on Event Comments, and 2 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Massacre Of Paris

Cast
Role: Queen Mother Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Performance Comment: Schoolboy-Woodward; Major Rakish-Hippisley; Young Rakish-Hale.
Cast
Role: Young Rakish Actor: Hale.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Performance Comment: Foppington-Cibber; Loveless-Ryan; Worthy-Hale; Young Fashion-Woodward; Coupler-Hippisley; Sir Tunbelly-Marten; Lory-Chapman; Berinthia-Mrs Horton; Hoyden-Miss Hippisley; Amanda-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: Cooke, Mlle Campioni; Comic Dance call'd The Peasants-Cooke; New Grand Ballet call'd Les Allemandes-Cooke, Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Wou'dbe-Furnival; Constance-Mrs Hallam; Young Wou'dbe-Cushing; Trueman-Kennedy; Richmore-Lee; Mother Midnight-Paget; Teague-L. Hallam; Alderman-Morgan; Aurelia-Mrs Bambridge; Subtleman-Julian; Clearaccount-Blakey; Constable-Barlow; Fairbank-Dove; Frisure-Shephard; Mrs Clearaccount-Mrs Cushing; Betty-Mrs Dove.
Cast
Role: Young Wou'dbe Actor: Cushing
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Paget

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: Barlow

Dance: As17451028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Performance Comment: Lord Foppington-Foote; Varoles-Blakes; Berinthia-Mrs Woffington; Amanda-Miss Furnival; Loveless-Giffard; Worthy-Delane; Coupler-Collins; Sir Tunbelly-Taswell; Young Fashion-Mozeen; Lory-Neale; Bull-Woodburn; Miss Hoyden-Mrs Ridout; Nurse-Mrs Bridges.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Mozeen

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Cast
Role: Father Martin Actor: Taswell
Role: Young Laroon Actor: Mozeen

Dance: II: Mechel; IV: Mlle Mechel

Song: V: a Chorus song- [set by Handel, for the Gentlemen Volunteers of the City of London, Stand around, my brave boys written by John Lockman (Deutsch, Handel, p. 624)]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Bridges

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor

Performance Comment: Le Medicin-Blakes; Crispin-Yates; Old Gerald-Collins; Young Gerald-Usher; Martin-Leigh; Angelica-Miss Bradshaw; Beatrice-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Crispin-Mrs Bridges; Maid-Miss Cole.
Cast
Role: Young Gerald Actor: Usher

Dance: III: Grand Comic Dance, as17450926

Song: V: As17451114, but Lowe

Event Comment: 1 Written by Shakespear. Benefit Powell, Howard, and others; by particular Desire. Afterpiece: Never acted there before. [The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught, originally issued as The Old Debauchees by Henry Fielding, 1 June 1732, dl. Concluding the program with the National Anthem now omitted from the advertisements.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: 1 The Debauchees

Performance Comment: Old Laroon-Morgan; Isabel-Mrs Phillips; Father Martin-Paget; Young Laroon-Kennedy; Old Jourdain-Cushing; Beatrice-Mrs Cushing.
Cast
Role: Father Martin Actor: Paget
Role: Young Laroon Actor: Kennedy

Song: 1 Brett

Dance: 1 As17451028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Sir Novelty Fashion-Foote; Loveless-Giffard; Sir William Wisewood-Taswell; Elder Worthy-Havard; Young Worthy-Mills; Flareit-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Ann-Miss Cole; Narcissa-Mrs Woffington; Snap-Yates; Sly-Neale; Lawyer-Woodburn; Porter-Gray; Amanda-Miss Furnival.
Cast
Role: Young Worthy Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: II: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: IV: Lowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Delane; Elder Brother-Havard; Younger Brother-Stevens; 1st Spirit-L. Sparkes; 2nd Spirit-Woodburn; Lady-Mrs Ridout; a Bacchanal-Lowe; Euphrosyne-Mrs Clive; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Arne; Sabrina-Miss Edwards; The Dances-Muilment, Mechel, Miss Mechel, Desse, Leviez, Pelling, Roger, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Mills, Mrs Pritchard.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: As17451109, but Young Fashion-Anderson; Sir John-Anderson; Bull-Stoppelaer; Varoles-Bencraft; Shoemaker-Arthur; Constable-Dunstall; Syringe-James; Nurse-Mrs James.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Anderson

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

Song: As17460108

Event Comment: As written by Shakespeare, never acted there before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-L.? Sparks; Ferdinand-Delane; Caliban-I. Sparks; Stephano-Macklin; Trinculo-Barrington; Anthonio-Goodfellow; Alonzo-Bridges; Gonzalo-Berry; Boatswain-Blakes; Miranda-Miss Edwards; Ariel-Mrs Clive (with proper songs); Francisco-Woodburn; Sebastian-Marshall; With the Original Decorations; particularly, The Grand Masque-; by Mr Arne; The Part of Juno-Mrs Arne; Iris-Miss Young; Ceres-Mrs Sibella With proper Chorus's and Dances.
Cast
Role: The Grand Masque Actor:
Role: The Part of Juno Actor: Mrs Arne
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Young

Opera: Concluding with a Musical Entertainment (compos'd by Arne) of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Lowe; Amphitrite-Mrs Arne; Sea Nymphs-Mrs Young, Mrs Sibella; The whole interspers'd with Dances-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott

Performance Comment: Neptune-Lowe; Amphitrite-Mrs Arne; Sea Nymphs-Mrs Young, Mrs Sibella; The whole interspers'd with Dances-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott.
Event Comment: Not acted these six years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Performance Comment: Sir Fopling-Cibber; Dorimant-Ryan; Medley-Hale; Old Bellair-Hippisley; Young Bellair-Woodward; Shoemaker-James; Handy-Anderson; Smith-Carr; the Page-Miss Mullart; Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Belinda-Mrs Hale; Lady Townly-Mrs Havard; Lady Woodvil-Mrs James; Emilia-Mrs Bland; Pert-Miss Hippisley; Busy-Mrs Dunstall; Orange Woman-Stoppelaer; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Young Bellair Actor: Woodward
Role: the Page Actor: Miss Mullart
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni, Sodi (being the first time of his appearing on that stage)

Event Comment: New Pantomime with Songs by Dr Arne; Scenes in Scotland; background of defeat of the rebellion (Biographia Dramatica). Scenes and Decorations New. No persons can be admitted behind the Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary; or, Colombine Cameron

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Yates; Miser-Collins; Carlos-Blakes; Pope-Bibby; Magistrate-I. Sparks; Beau-Liviez; Colombine (with proper songs)-Mrs Clive; Highlander-Winstone; Scotch Servant-Barrington; Thirsis, a Volunteer-Lowe; Amoret-Miss Edwards; With Proper Dances (Scotch and other)-Muilment, the Mechels, Desse, Roger, Shawford, Miles; Victory-Mrs Arne; Fame-Miss Young.
Event Comment: Benefit Rector, Mrs Gondou, and Miss Vandersluys. Tickets deliver'd for Miss Ferguson and others will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17460331 but Eurydice-a Young Gentlewoman.

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi, Miss Vandersluys; The Peasants-Mathews, Miss Vandersluys

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: As17451127, but an Epilogue in the character of Lord Foppington--_; Lord Foppington-Cibber; Amanda-Mrs Cross; Hoyden-Miss Minors; Bull-Leigh; Young Fashion-Cross, .
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Cross, .

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: II: Scotch Dialogue, as17460310 IV: Cantata-Lowe

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17460206 V: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Performance Comment: Moor of Moor Hall-Beard 1st Time; Margerina-Mrs Lampe; Mauxalinda-Miss Young; Gubbins-LaGuerre; Dragon-Reinhold.
Cast
Role: Mauxalinda Actor: Miss Young

Dance: PPigmalion, as17460409 Peasant-Cooke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: As17460317 but Young Loveless-Cross; an Epilogue-_.
Cast
Role: Young Loveless Actor: Cross
Role: Younger Loveless Actor: Foote
Role: Captain Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

Song: Bibby

Dance: Picq, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Cashell; Lockit-Marten; Peachum-Chapman; Lucy-Miss Young; Polly-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave [Royal Chace]

Dance: I: Peasant-Cooke; II: Pigmalion, as17460409

Event Comment: At the particular desire of several persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Garrick; Aimwell-Cashell; Scrub-Chapman; Sullen- Bridgwater; Sir Charles-Kennedy; Bonniface-Marten; Foigard-Morgan; Gibbet-Cates; Bagshot-Paddick; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Daniel; Dorinda-Mrs Bland; Cherry-Mrs Vincent; Gipsey-Miss Young; Sullen-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Young

Dance: Cooke

Event Comment: At the particular desire of several Persons of Quality. With the original Music, and all the Dances and other decorations proper to the play. Being the last time of performing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Garrick; Macduff-Ryan; Malcolm-Chapman; Banquo-Cashell; Lady Macduff-Miss Haughton; Lenox-Marr; Seyton-Philips; Seyward-Oates; Donalbaine-Kennedy; Fleance-Miss Morrison; Lady Macbeth's Lady-Miss Ferguson; Hecate-Paget; Witches-Marten, Morgan, Master Shuter; 1st murderer-Stoppelaer; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Thomson, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young, Mrs Vincent.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr Hobson at the Stage Door of the Theatre. By Reason of the many inconveniences that have arose by Gentlemen's being admitted behind the scenes, 'tis hoped it won't be taken amiss, that no money will be taken there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Delane; Bassanio-Mills; Gratiano-Sparks; Lorenzo (with the proper songs)-Lowe; Launcelot-Neale; Duke-Winstone; Morochius-Bridges; Salanio-Berry; Solarino-Blakes; Gobbo-Ray; Tubal-Taswell; Balthazar-Simpson; Jessica-Mrs Ridout; Nerissa-Mrs Bennet; Portia-Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, the Sham Doctor

Performance Comment: Le Medicin-Blakes; Crispin-Yates; Simon-I. Sparks; Old Gerald-Collins; Young Gerald-Usher; Martin-Bransby; Angelica-Miss Pitt; Beatrice-Mrs Bennet; Wife-Mrs Bridges; Maid-Miss Cole.
Cast
Role: Young Gerald Actor: Usher

Song: IV: Lowe; V: Mrs Clive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Performance Comment: Si Tunbelly Clumsy-Watts from Bristol, 1st appearance in London; Foppington-Woodward; Loveless-Ryan; Amanda-Mrs Pritchard; Worthy-Ridout; Berinthia-Mrs Horton; Young Fashion-Anderson; Shoemaker-Arthur; Lory-Chapman; Nurse-Mrs James; Miss Hoyden-Miss Haughton; Bull-Stoppelaer; Syringe-James; Varole-Bencraft.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Garrick; Aimwell-Cashell; Sullen-Bridgwater; Gibbet-Chapman; Foigard-Morris; Bonniface-Marten; Scrub-Hippisley; Sir Charles-Anderson; Dorinda-Mrs Hale; Cherry-Miss Hippisley; Gipsey-Miss Young; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Pritchard; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the Play to the Tune of Whap'em Aw Wully.
Event Comment: At the Theatre, the Bottom of Lemon St., Goodman's Fields. [The terminology is repeated in the bills until 16 Feb. 1747. The concert formula is continued as before.] Afterpiece: By Particular desire. First time at this stage. [On Wednesday The Beggar's Opera and The Anatomist were announced for today.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The True And Ancient History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor

Performance Comment: Mons. le Medicin-Shuter; Crispin-L. Hallam; Beatrice-Mrs Hallam; Old Gerrard-Cartwright; Young Gerrard-Lee; Martin-Pinner; Simon-Dove; Doctor's Wife-Mrs Beckham; Angelica-Mrs Mills [Daily Advertiser].Daily Advertiser].
Cast
Role: Young Gerrard Actor: Lee

Dance: Mr Miles, Mrs Miles, Master Morgan, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Wou'd/be-Furnival; Young Wou'd/be-Cushing; Richmore-Lee; Trueman-Wignell; Fairbank-Dove; Subtleman-Cartwright; Clearaccount-Shuter; Comick-G. Hallam; Constable-Baker; Jack-Miles; Teague-L. Hallam; Aurelia-Mrs Bambridge; Mrs Clearaccount-Mrs Cushing; Mrs Midnight-Paget; Constance-Mrs Hallam.
Cast
Role: Young Wou'dbe Actor: Cushing

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: As17461113

Event Comment: This month the Gentlemen's Magazine, p. 625, reviewed in some detail Aaron Hill's Poetical Essay, The Art of Acting, Part I

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught

Performance Comment: Old Laronn-Yates; Father Martin-Taswell; Jourdain-Neale; Young Laroon-Mozeen; Isabel-Mrs Ridout.
Cast
Role: Father Martin Actor: Taswell
Role: Young Laroon Actor: Mozeen

Dance: As17461112