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111 results for: Title - The Manager an Actor in Spite of Himself

1
14 June 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Afterpiece Title: The Manager an Actor in Spite of Himself

Song: End of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Martyr. monologues. End of Act IV of mainpiece The Adventures of a Buck by Bonnor; End of afterpiece a new address, Belles have at ye all! by Mrs Bates

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06 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Manager an Actor in Spite of Himself

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: As17850416

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25 April 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Transformation; Or, The Manager An Actor In Spite Of Himself

Afterpiece Title: The Strangers at Home

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Song: End 2nd piece: Stand to your Guns-Bannister

Entertainment: After Singing: various Imitations, Vocal and Rhetorical, -Bannister Jun

4
21 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Transformation; Or, The Manager An Actor In Spite Of Himself

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Invisible Mistress

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: A Touch of the Times; or, A Ramble through London-Bannister Jun

5
08 September 1701 @ Richmond Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Mr Abell; having had the Honour lately, to Sing to the Nobility and Gentry of Richmond and the Neighbouring Towns, thinks himself bound in Gratitude...to return his most Humble Thanks with a Performance of New Musick, in English, Latin, Italian, French-Mr Abell; &c....being Honour'd and Accompany'd-the Greatest Masters of Europe

6
22 December 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O Devilly, The Irish Priest

Music: several Entertainments of Musick by himself- The FamousSignor Gasperine lately arriv'd from Rome, in Consort with others

Song: Since Times are so Bad-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey

7
05 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: duRuel; Miller's Dance-Pinkeman

Entertainment: And performing these several Performances, first an Organ with three Voices, then the Double Curtel, the Flute, the Bells, the Huntsman, the Horn, Pack of Dogs, all with his Mouth-Mr Clinch of Barnet; and an old Woman of Fourscore Years of Age nursing her Grand/Child all which he does open on the Stage-Mr Clinch; Next performing several Mimick Entertainments on the Ladder, first he stands on the top-round with a Bottle in one hand, and a Glass in the other, and drinks a Health; then plays several Tunes on the Violin, with fifteen other surprizing Performances which no man but himself can do-a Gentleman

8
07 December 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Entertainment: The famous Mr Higgins, lately arrived from Holland; who turns himself into such variety of Amazing Shapes and Figures, that the particulars wou'd be incredible to all Persons who have not seen him

9
26 November 1713 @ Tennis Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: Mr Gibbons's Company of French Rope Dancers; where you will see stiff Rope-little Child (about two Years and a half old) perform such wonderful things, as is surprising to all that behold him; extraordinary Dancing on the stiff Rope-A Young Maiden who dances to Admiration; Dancing on the Rope, Playing on the Violin-the famous Scaramouch lately come from France, who turns himself as if he was going on the Ground; Walking on the Slack Rope after the Italian manner-A Young Man; Lastly Tumbles-The Famous Gibbon who has had the honour to perform before most of the Courts in Europe, for Lightness, and Agility, far beyond what has ever yet been seen; You will likewise be entertained with good Musick-

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28 May 1715 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)

11
13 June 1720 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Malade Imaginere

Dance: As17200531

Entertainment: Tumbling-Scaramouch who runs up a board sixteen feet high and throws himself backward upon the stage

12
13 June 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Domitian; Or, The Roman Actor

13
22 November 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Domitian; Or, The Roman Actor

14
18 March 1725 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Cru Prince Par Magie

Afterpiece Title: Pierot Grand Vizier: With The Turkish Ceremony of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Dance:

Music: new sonata on violin of Mr Roger's composing-Mr Roger (himself)

15
04 June 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Opera Of Operas

Entertainment: TThe Crowing of the Cock-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Dance: new dance (by Dew dance (by Desire)-Jones to the 5th Concerto of Vivaldi, which he accompanies himself upon the Violin, the first time of his performing it in public

16
01 April 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Compositions by Mercy played by himself

17
14 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Author's Triumph; or, The Manager Manag'd

Dance: End Afterpiece: Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde

Song: II: Dialogue by Purcell-the Masters Hamilton; III: Miss Jones; IV: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers

18
31 March 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Entertainment Of Musick

Music: BeingChoruses to the Tragedy of Julius Caesar-; And an Interlude of The Fable of Love and Folly-; Intermix'd with Two Concertos-; and a Solo by Galliard for the Hautboy-Galliard; the Hautboy Performed by himself

19
23 August 1743 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ephesian Duke; Or, Blunder Upon Blunder, Yet All's Right At Last

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Dettingen

Dance: WWooden@Shoe Dance-LaPierre, never performed by any but himself; Le Paisans Leger-LaPierre, Mlle Mariette

Song: Blogg, Miss Atherton; The Whole to conclude with a Song made upon that Occasion, set to Musick, and-Mr Blogg

20
18 May 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe, 1st time-Miss Twist

Entertainment: After: (this night only) Shuter will entertain with his Dish of All Sorts-Shuter; and Titbit for everyone, in which will be served up a humorous conversation between himself, an old man, an honest North Briton and a Gentleman of Connaught, including his ever memorable encounter with a Liverpool Sow, and other whimsical occurrences; The whole to End with: an Address to the Audience-

21
24 February 1774 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Dance: As17740222

Song: End Opera: Two Songs-Millico; accompanied on the Harp-Millico himself

22
26 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: After Opera: the Last New Occasional Epilogue, on the Departure of the Manager,-Miss Barsanti

23
30 May 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Suicide

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: End 2nd piece: new dance, The Italian Peasants-Master Byrne, Miss Byrne

24
02 June 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail; A Dramatic Proverb

Dance: As17800530

Music: 2nd piece: With an Overture-; Between the Acts: Scots Airs-

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03 June 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Village

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: End II 2nd piece: As17800530