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The Half-Pay Officers
''The Half-Pay Officers'' is a 1720 comedy play by the Irish writer Charles Molloy. The play included popular scenes from ''Henry V'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and '' Love and Honour''.Nicoll p.142 It proved popular with audiences and was revived on a number of occasions. It premiered with the farce ''Hob's Wedding'' as an afterpiece. The original cast at Lincoln's Inn Fields included Lacy Ryan as Bellayr, Benjamin Griffin as Fluellin, Christopher Bullock as Meagre, Anthony Boheme Anthony Boheme (died 1731) was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century. His year of birth is unknown. From 1720 he was a long-standing part of John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre until his death. He was married to the ... as Jaspar and John Harper as Loadham. The premiere was attended by George Prince of Wales. References Bibliography * Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Molloy (journalist)
Charles Molloy (died 16 July 1767) was an Irish journalist and political activist on the Jacobite side, as well as a minor playwright. Life The 18th century '' Biographia dramatica'' says that Molloy attended Trinity College, Dublin before moving to London and writing plays. ''A Compendium of Irish Biography'' states he "was born in Dublin early in the 18th century". His three known plays were performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields. '' The Perplexed Couple'' (1715) and ''The Coquet'' (1718) had three-night runs, but ''The Half Pay Officers'' (1720) was a success. It ran for seven nights on its initial run and was revived several times, all the way to the 19th century. On 23 May 1764, being then a resident of St. Anne, Soho, London, he became a student of Gray's Inn. Molloy was a passionate Jacobite, and he became active in the Jacobite wing of the Tory party from an early date. He contributed to and aided ''Mist's Weekly Journal'' (which ran from 1716 to 1728) and its successor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bullock (actor)
Christopher Bullock (1690–1722) was a British stage actor and dramatist. Bullock was the son of the actor William Bullock, and during his early years on the stage was often billed as Young Bullock to distinguish him from his father. He likely made his stage debut in a performance of ''The Recruiting Officer'' at the Queen's Theatre in Haymarket, London in 1707. Over the following decade and a half he also appeared frequently at Drury Lane and the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, and was considered a potential natural successor to Colley Cibber in fop roles. In 1717 he and Theophilus Keene took over the management of Lincoln's Inn from John Rich for a period. Bullock married the actress Jane Rogers in 1717, with whom he had three children. Between 1715 and 1718 he also authored severals plays, mainly farces, beginning with an afterpiece '' The Slip''. His sole attempt at a tragedy was '' The Traitor''.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.400 In 1720 he relinquished his management role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Plays
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British Plays
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1720 Plays
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George II Of Great Britain
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John Harper (actor)
John Harper (died 1742) was an English actor. He was known for comic parts. Life Harper originally performed at Bartholomew Fair and Southwark Fair; a performance for his benefit at William Bullock's booth in Birdcage Alley, consisting of '' The Jew of Venice'', songs and dances, and the drunken man by Harper, was announced in ''The Daily Courant'' of 24 September 1719. On 7 November 1719 at Lincoln's Inn Fields Harper was the original Montmorency in Charles Beckingham's ''Henry IV of France''. He remained at Lincoln's Inn Fields until 1721.Playing among other parts Dr. Caius in the ''Merry Wives of Windsor'', and Ajax in ''Troilus and Cressida''. On 27 October 1721 his name appears as Sir Epicure Mammon in ''The Alchemist'' at Drury Lane. Here he remained for eleven years, taking parts for a low comedian. For some years he was the Falstaff of Drury Lane, and was more popular in the part than his rival James Quin. He also played the king in '' King Henry VIII'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Boheme
Anthony Boheme (died 1731) was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century. His year of birth is unknown. From 1720 he was a long-standing part of John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre until his death. He was married to the actress Anna Maria Seymour.Highfill Burnim & Langhans p.185-188 Selected roles * Lord Cobham in ''Sir Walter Raleigh'' (1719) * French Bishop in ''Henry IV of France'' (1719) * Jaspar in ''The Half-Pay Officers'' (1720) * Aspar in '' The Imperial Captives'' (1720) * Nicanor in '' Antiochus'' (1721) * Haly in ''The Fair Captive'' (1721) * Lord Gracebubble in '' The Chimera'' (1721) * Courtney in ''Fatal Extravagance'' (1721) * Weighty in '' The Compromise'' (1722) * O'Brien in ''Hibernia Freed'' (1722) * Danaus in '' Love and Duty'' (1722) * Eteocles in ''The Fatal Legacy'' (1723) * Herod in ''Mariamne'' (1723) * Edwin in ''Edwin'' (1724) * Paulinus in ''The Roman Maid'' (1724) * Belisarius in ''Belisarius'' (1724) * Wiseman in ''The Bath U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Griffin (actor)
Benjamin Griffin (1680–1740), was an English actor and dramatist. He was the son of the Rev. Benjamin Griffin, rector of Buxton and Oxnead in Norfolk, and chaplain to the Earl of Yarmouth. Early life Griffin was born in Yarmouth in 1680, and educated at the free school, North Walsham. He was apprenticed to a glazier at Norwich, where in 1712 he joined a strolling company. In 1714-15 he was one of the company with which Christopher Rich opened the rebuilt theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Acting career His name first appears in surviving records, 16 Feb. 1715, as Sterling in '' The Perplexed Couple''. On 2 June he was Ezekiel Prim, a presbyterian parson, in the ''A City Ramble ''A City Ramble: or, the humours of the compter'' (sometimes ''The City Ramble'') is a 1715 dramatic comedy play by the British writer Charles Knipe. It was first performed at Lincoln's-Inn Fields Theatre, London in 1715. It was performed as an a ...'', and on 14 June Sir Arthur Addlepate in his own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Lisle's Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Originally built as a real tennis court, it was used as a playhouse during two periods, 1661–1674 and 1695–1705. During the early period, the theatre was called Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse, also known as The Duke's Playhouse, The New Theatre or The Opera. The building was demolished and replaced by a purpose-built theatre for a third period, 1714–1728. The tennis court theatre was the first public playhouse in London to feature the moveable scenery that would become a standard feature of Restoration theatres. Historical background The period beginning in England in 1642 and lasting until 1660 is known as the Interregnum, meaning "between kings." At this time, there was no monarch on the throne, and theatre was against the law. Spanning from 1642 to 1649, the English Civil War occurred. This war was an uprising against the current King of England, King Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacy Ryan
Lacy Ryan (c. 1694–1760), English actor, appeared at the Haymarket Theatre about 1709. Life By 1718 he had joined the company at Lincoln's Inn Fields, where he shared the lead with his friend James Quin. He took leading roles in ''Richard III'' and ''Hamlet'' with Anna Maria Seymour.Roland Metcalf, "Seymour , Anna Maria (c.1692–1723)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200accessed 26 May 2015/ref> In 1719 he appeared in the comedy ''Kensington Gardens'' by John Leigh. In 1732 he followed the company to Covent Garden, and there, he remained until his death. Iago, Cassius, Edgar (in ''King Lear'') and Macduff were among his best parts. Another signature part was the title role in Nathaniel Lee's tragedy ''Theodosius''. Selected roles * Valentine in ''The Wife's Relief'' by Charles Johnson (1711) * Young Gentleman in ''The City Ramble'' by Elkanah Settle (1711) * Marcus in '' Cato'' by Joseph Addison (1713) * Astrolabe in '' The Wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afterpiece
An afterpiece is a short, usually humorous one-act playlet or musical work following the main attraction, the full-length play, and concluding the theatrical evening.p24 "The Chambers Dictionary"Edinburgh, Chambers,2003 This short comedy, farce, opera or pantomime was a popular theatrical form in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was presented to lighten the five-act tragedy that was commonly performed. A similar piece preceding the main attraction is a curtain raiser. An example is ''The Padlock'' by Charles Dibdin, first performed in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ... in 1768. Notes Theatrical genres Opera genres {{Theat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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